Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.
More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi(马拉维). Bikes are the most popular in this African country.
Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.
If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.
Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.
28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.
| A．cars | B．bikes |
| C．trains | D．buses |
Bikes are the most popular in Malawi because __________________.
| A．people are too poor to buy cars |
| B．visitors don’t like taking taxis |
| C．they travel faster than cars |
| D．they are cheap and easy |
From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.
| A．going shopping is easy |
| B．making boats for a living is difficult |
| C．riding a bike taxi is cheap |
| D．carrying heavy people is interesting |
Which of the following is True?
| A．The easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike in the world. |
| B．More and more people are using bike taxis in many places in Africa today. |
| C．People in Malawi only use bike to carry tourists. |
| D．A tourist can get around Malawi at a very low cost on a bike. |
The best title of the passage may be “________”.
| A．Bike Riders | B．A Special Country |
| C．Bike Taxis | D．A Cheap Journey |
At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (发射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飞行员) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.
The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.
“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”
China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前苏联) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之内) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.
| A．at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003 |
| B．at 9 p.m. on October 15, 2003 |
| C．at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2003 |
| D．at 9 p.m. on October 16, 2003 |
Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.
| A．policeman | B．businessman | C．doctor | D．astronaut |
Yang Liwei is from _______.
| A．Liaoning | B．Gansu | C．Jining | D．Inner Mongolia |
Which of the following is true?
| A．It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 12 hours. |
| B．Life in space is easy for an astronaut. |
| C．China is planning its next launch now. |
| D．Yang Liwei is the first man into space. |
We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.
| A．five | B．four | C．three | D．two |
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This is a story about a famous American woman．Her name is Helen Keller．When she was only nineteen months old．she got an illness．It made her blind（瞎的）and deaf（聋的）．She couldn’t see or hear anything．So she couldn’t learn to speak．When she was six，a young teacher came and taught her to read and write．Her name was Ann Sullivan．
Later，when she was ten，Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher，Sarah Fuller．Sarah Fuller taught her to speak．Helen put her fingers（手指）on Miss Fuller’s face and into her month．In this way，she learned to speak．She went to school and became famous because she was one of the first blind and deaf persons to learn to speak．She began to write books and to help the blind in many parts of the world．Her hard work and her courage（勇气）made people in all countries love her．How old was Helen Keller when she was blind and deaf?
________________________________________________________________________Why couldn’t she learn to speak?
________________________________________________________________________What did Miss Fuller teach her to do?
________________________________________________________________________Why did she become famous?
________________________________________________________________________What made all people love her?
________________________________________________________________________
Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists found that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on their work.
Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people couch potatoes.
Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Yong people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.ScientistssayifkidswatchtoomuchTV,theywill______.
| A．learnlanguageskillsmoreeasily |
| B．behealthier |
| C．findithardtolearntoread |
| D．eatlessfood |
Kidslearnlanguageskillsbestby______.
| A．reading |
| B．talking |
| C．playingwithothers |
| D．alloftheabove |
WhilewatchingTV,whatDON’Tpeopledo?
| A．Eatalotoffood. |
| B．Havelesstimeforreading. |
| C．Hardlymove. |
| D．Focusontheirwork. |
Whichofthefollowingistrue?
| A．AnAmericanchildwillwatch12,000fightingactsonTVayear. |
| B．It’sgoodforkidstolearnfromfightingactsonTV. |
| C．ToomuchTVisgoodforpeople’shealth. |
| D．It’seasyforkidswhowatchalotoffightingshowstofight withothers. |
Couch potatoes are people who watch too much TV and become____.
| A．thin | B．fit | C．fat | D．strong |
What is a library for? Most libraries have books and other things to read. Many of them have things to listen to. Some libraries even have computers. Very few people would think of a library as a place to live in.
One library in New York City turned into(变成)a home for 250 people for a few days. These were all people near the library. They slept on the floor. Why did the people move into the library?
The people moved into the library because the city wanted to close it to save money. These 250 New Yorkers loved their library. They didn't want to lose it. So they moved in. They knew that the library couldn't be closed if they were living inside it. At last the city agreed to keep the library open, and the people all went home.Where did the story happen?_________.
| A．In New York City. |
| B．In a school in New York City. |
| C．In the streets in New York City. |
| D．In most libraries in New York City. |
The library had hundreds of ___________.
| A．workers in it | B．policemen in it |
| C．people living in it | D．computers in it |
The people in the story _______________.
| A．were all the workers in the library |
| B．were all people near the library |
| C．didn't read any books |
| D．wanted to buy some computers |
Why did 250 people move into the library? Because_____________.
| A．these people wanted to save money |
| B．these people needed places to live in |
| C．the library was very quiet |
| D．they loved the library and they didn't want to lose it |
From the passage we know that ___________.
| A．the library was kept open at last |
| B．the library was closed because no one read in it |
| C．the library became a home of these people |
| D．the city saved a lot of money |
George liked flying a plane. Once he bought a small plane and learned how to fly it. He soon became so good that he could make his plane do all kinds of tricks（技巧）.
George had a friend. His name was Peter. One day George said to his friend, “ Peter, would you like to have a trip in my plane?” Peter thought, “ I’ve traveled in a big plane several times, but I’ve never been in a small one, so I’ll go.”
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in a shaken voice（颤抖的声音）, “ Well, George, thank you very much for these two trips in your plane.”
George was very surprised and asked, “ Two trips? ”
“Yes, my first and my last.” Answered Peter.Peter ______ his friend’s plane.
| A．had to fly in |
| B．was asked to have a trip in |
| C．was asked to fly |
| D．asked George to fly |
Peter went up with George in the plane because ______ .
| A．he liked traveling very much |
| B．George was good at flying his plane |
| C．he had never traveled in a small plane |
| D．Peter could do all kinds of flying tricks |
They were in the plane for ______ minutes.
| A．forty-five | B．sixty | C．thirty | D．some |
How many times did Peter travel in his friend’s small plane?
| A．Once | B．Twice | C．Three times | D．Several times |
From the passage we know that ______ .
| A．Peter thanked George for the nice trip |
| B．Peter thought it was wonderful to have such a trip |
| C．Peter felt surprised that his friend could fly so well |
| D．Peter was worried about his safety while George was doing tricks in the sky |