The world is not only hungry, it will also be thirsty for water. About 97% of water on the earth is sea water, or salty water. Man(人类) can only drink or use the other 3% of the fresh water which comes from rivers, lakes and underground.
The sea is very big. Look at the map of the world, there is more sea than land. It covers about three quarters of the earth, it looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be terrible when there is a strong wind.
The sea water is salty. There is one “sea” called the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is not a sea. It’s a big lake in the Jordan Valley. It’s the saltiest lake in the world. It’s near the city of Jericho. It’s about 80 kilometers long, between 4.8 and 17.7 kilometers wide. The river Jordan runs into the Dead Sea. Fish can’t live in the Dead Sea and plants can’t grow near it. People can’t swim well in the Dead Sea, but they can float (漂浮) on the water. The water is very blue and the air is clean. In winter, people come to the Dead Sea to enjoy the sunshine.
根据上述信息完成下面各个选项。Does the fresh water come from rivers, lakes and underground?
A. Yes, it does. | B. No, it doesn’t. |
C. Yes, it is. | D. No, it can’t. |
The Dead Sea is .
A. a small sea | B. a big sea |
C. a big lake | D. a small lake |
The passage tells us the sea covers about of the earth.
A. 3% | B. 25% |
C. 75% | D. 97% |
The Dead Sea is about .
A. 2 kilometers wide | B. 80 kilometers long |
C. 11 kilometers deep | D. 17.7 kilometers high |
Why can’t fish live in the Dead Sea?
A. Because there is no water in the Dead Sea. |
B. Because the water in the Dead Sea is dirty. |
C. Because the water in the Dead Sea is salty. |
D. Because the water in the Dead Sea is very cold. |
Garden Tour & Cooking Class 909 North Cumbre Road. Santa Barara, CA
Saturday, October 24, 2015. 9:30am-1:00pm
Cook with Suzzane Traditionally, American Indians’ dishes were made with corn,beans,potatoes and pumpkin. Takea tour around Trinity Garden, pick some of these foods and returns in the kitchen. There you can watch Suzzane prepare delicious dishes with them.It is surely a new experience! Suzzane will make an introduction of three traditional foods and tell you what they meant to the American Indians hundreds of years ago. At the same time,you can learn how to cook with these autumn harvest(收获) vegetables.
The means includes the following:
Hot Potato Pie with Cornbread Topping
Thanksgiving Soup
Fresh Vegetable Salad
Trinity Fruit Ice-cream
★$35 per person,including printed recipes (菜谱), the four dishes above and a book by Suzzane, Children under 8 can come for free.
★Booking by email by Oct 15; Suzzane landry @ alt. Net
About Suzzane Landry: She is the writer of Healthy Eating and Fresh Food Matters. To look for new ideas to add to her cooking, she traveled a lot,working in kitchen all over the world.This brought her the idea of “fresh food cooking”. Then she set up the website below to get people’s attention to healthy eating. She is excited to share her knowledge through cooking chooses, cookbooks and DVDs. Her teaching is popular with people from different countries. Learn More: Visit WWW.freshfoodcooking.com Follow Suzzane on FACEBOOK and TWTTER.The cooking class in advertisement will be given______.
A.In spring | B.in summer |
C.in autumn | D.in winter |
In this class ,you can watch Suzzane cook dishes with the foods______.
A.brought from home | B.picked in Trinity Garden |
C.bought from the market | D.onbooked from the Internet |
The menu offered by the cooking class including the following EXCEPT______.
A.cake | B.soup | C.Salad | D.ice-cream |
If Mr.Green goes to the class with his parents and his 6-year-old son, be should pay____.
A.$35 | B.$70 | C.$105 | D.$140 |
According to the advertisement, we know that__________.
A.we can book the cooking class on the phone |
B.only American Indians enjoy Suzzane’s teaching |
C.Suzzane got her cooking ideas from different DVDs |
D.Suzzane Landry wrote two books about eating and food |
It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail (详细地),either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason. People with little education usually _______.
A.spend a long time in school |
B.have a good chance to get a job |
C.spend the best years choose jobs |
D.have fewer chances to get a good job |
The earliest education was probably to __________.
A.make a man lead a better life |
B.teach a man to write and think |
C.make people get a way of living |
D.teach people to read good books |
The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “ _______” in Chinese.
A.圆满的 | B.崭新的 |
C.公平的 | D.全面的 |
It is expected that educated people will be able to _________.
A.accept education as a way of living |
B.take an interest in the whole world |
C.develop their abilities to make plays |
D.learn subjects like language and math |
The passage mainly tells us that _________.
A.education should make a man improve |
B.people can get education in a short time |
C.people should be able to get better paying jobs |
D.all subjects are so important for a way of living |
NOTICE (Monday)
DIRECTIONS ● Each student will be on a team of three classmates. ● The team’s task is to work together on a storybook project. ● Each team will choose a favourite storybook. ● One student will be picked to dress the storybook covers. ● The other two students will dress like characters in the storybook. ______ ● Cut two large pieces of cardboard(硬纸板). They will be used as the front and back covers of the storybook. ● Paint one side of each cardboard yellow or blue. ● Paint the name of the storybook black and it should be in huge and clear letters. ● Make small holes in the top of each piece of cardboard. Use rope to tie the front and the back covers together. ATTENTION ● Bring the clothes and the storybook covers before eight o’clock on Friday morning. ● Get dressed before classes start. |
There will be ____ student(s) on one team.
A.one | B.two | C.three | D.four |
Which of the following can be put in ___ ?
A.HOW TO READ A GOOD STORYBOOK |
B.HOW TO MAKE THE STORYBOOK COVERS. |
C.HOW TO PAINT THE STORYBOOK COVERS. |
D.HOW TO CHOOSE A FAVOURITE STORYBOOK. |
The name of the storybook should be painted ____.
A.blue | B.white | C.yellow | D.black |
When will be storybook project be examined?
A.On Monday morning. | B.On Thursday evening. |
C.On Friday morning | D.On Sunday afternoon |
Where can you most probably find the notice?
A.In the classroom |
B.In the school dining room. |
C.In the teachers’ office. |
D.In the school playground. |
Once upon a time, there lived a wealthy and kind king. However, the people were worried about him because he was very fat. He didn’t do anything other than eat and sleep.
One day, the king finally realized that he couldn’t even move his body. There were many good doctors in his country. However, none could cure the king. The king had a lot of wealth, but no amount of wealth could make him healthy.
One fine morning, a holy(神圣的) man visited the country. He heard about the ill health of the king and told the minister to meet him at his place, which was far from the king’s palace. When the minister came, the holy man said that he could easily cure the king. Hearing these promising words, the minister became very happy. Since the king could not move his body, the minister asked the holy man to go to the king’s palace to treat him. However, the holy man refused and said that he would treat the king only if the king came on foot to his place.
The king was unable to walk even a few steps on the road, but after great efforts, he reached the holy man’s place. Unluckily, the holy man was not available and his wife told the king to come the next day. This was repeated for two weeks. Suddenly, the king realized that he felt a lot lighter. Very soon, the king became healthy, and the people became happy again. Why did the holy man want the king to walk to his place?
A.To punish him | B.To play a joke on him |
C.To help him save money | D.To help him lose weight |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “available”?
A.Free | B.Busy | C.Rude | D.Wise |
Which of the following is the RIGHT order according to the story?
① The king walked to the holy man’s.
② Many doctors tried to treat the king.
③ The minister went to meet the holy man.
A.②①③ | B.③①② | C.③②① | D.②③① |
From the story, we can learn that ____.
A.the holy man lived near the king’s palace. |
B.the minister didn’t care about the king |
C.the holy man’s wife was silly |
D.the king never met the holy man. |
What’s the BEST title for the passage?
A.A lucky king | B.Health is wealth |
C.How to lose weight | D.Wealth is important |
Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got of bed, put on his dressing gown and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it: "It is now after midnight, so it is April Fool's Day. April Fool to you!"
"Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr. Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and felt asleep at once. The bell did not ring again. Mr. Lee went to bed _______.
A.before twelve o'clock |
B.after twelve o'clock |
C.as soon as the bell rang |
D.when he saw the boy |
Why did he rush to the door when he heard the bell ring the second time?
A.He wanted to open the door for the visitor |
B.He wanted to find out who the visitor was. |
C.He was afraid of the ring |
D.He was waiting for someone. |
Mr. Lee found ______on the floor at last.
A.a letter | B.a stamp |
C.a book | D.a piece of paper |
Mr. Lee thought the English boy _________.
A.was a bad boy |
B.was friendly with him |
C.shouldn't ring the bell at midnight |
D.did a dangerous thing |
From this passage, we learn that people can _______ on April Fool's Day.
A.say "Hello" to each other |
B.dance and sing at night |
C.play jokes on each other |
D.send presents to children |