My name is Jim. My story begins when an old sailor came to the inn(小旅馆)where I lived with my father. My father was the innkeeper.
“Do many people came here?” the old sailor asked my father.
“No,” my father told him. “It is a very quiet place.”
“Good,” the old sailor said. “Then this is a place for me.”
“And what’s your name, sir?” my father asked him.
“Just call me ‘captain’”, the man said.
He put some gold coins on the table. “Tell me when I have spent all these,” he said.
Not long after he came to the inn, the captain said to me, “Do you want to earn some money?”
“Yes, please,” I answered. I was only a boy at the time and never had any money. “What do you want me to do?”
“Keep watch for a man with one leg.” he said, “Tell me as soon as you see him. Do that and I’ll give you a coin every week.”
At first, the Captain was a very quiet man and did not want to talk to anyone. But there were nights when he drank a lot of rum. Then he talked a lot and became very noisy. He told stories about bad men doing bad things, and he sang the same song over and over again at the top of his voice, “Fifteen men on the dead man’s chest. Yo-hap-ho! And a bottle of rum.”
My father wanted him to leave because some visitors stopped coming to the inn. But, even when the gold was spent, my father didn’t dare to tell him to leave.
Then father became ill, and Dr. Livesey came to see him. After giving my father some medicine, the doctor came into the inn. When the doctor waited for a man to bring his horse. The Captain started singing the same song again.
The doctor asked him to be quiet. “There was a sick man here,” he said angrily.
The Captain took out his knife and pointed it at the doctor.
“Put that knife down, man,” the doctor said. “And if you keep drinking rum, you’ll soon be dead.”
The Captain was very angry. He began to move toward the doctor.
“Keep away from me. If you do anything bad, you’ll be in trouble.” said the doctor.
Then the doctor’s horse came, and he rode away from the inn. For a few days after this, the Captain was quiet. The Captain asked Jim _________.
A.to give him some money |
B.to bring him some drinks |
C.to watch the doctor |
D.to look for a man with one leg |
The underlined word “rum” in the passage probably means a kind of _________.
A.tea | B.wine | C.juice | D.soup |
Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a. Jim’s father got sick.
b. Some visitors stopped coming to the inn.
c. The man told Jim’s father his name.
d. The doctor told the Captain to be quiet and mind his behaviour
e. The Captain gave Jim’s father some coins so he could stay at the inn.
A.c e a b d | B.c e b a d |
C.e c b a d | D.e c a d b |
Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.An Important Visit | B.A Quiet Inn |
C.An Unwanted Guest | D.A Simple Boy |
Everything is made of something.Nothing is made of nothing.
Chemistry is about the smallest things that other bigger things are made of,and what happens when theychange.The word chemistry comes from chemical,which is an example of one type of the very small things that other bigger things are made of.The words you are reading now are made of a dark liquid called ink (墨水),which is written on paper.The paper itself is made out of the chemicals that wood is made out of.Both the ink and the paper were made by different chemical processes.A chemical process is what happens when chemicals come together to make other chemicals,and therefore other things.
Cooking makes chemical changes.Your different ingredients are made of different chemicals,and when you put them together and make them hot and cook them,the chemicals change into new chemicals and the different ingredients make something new.That tomato sauce you're making is made of tomatoes,onions,garlic,salt and pepper.Those ingredients each have their own chemicals and their own flavors,but now with your sauce you've made something different,something that has its own flavor,all the ingredients mixed together,all the chemicals mixed together,something new.
You can smell the chemical changes,too,as they go up into your nose,especially when you forget about your sauce and it doesn't just cook but bums and becomes black and has a really bad flavor.You can't make it better,either,because once chemicals change,they can't be changed back again.
(1)What does the underlined word "they" in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. |
Chemistry. |
B. |
Chemical. |
C. |
The smallest things. |
D. |
The bigger things. |
(2)What is a chemical process?
A. |
Ink is written on paper. |
B. |
Paper is made out of wood. |
C. |
Everything is made of something. |
D. |
Things mixed together produce something new. |
(3)What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. |
How to make tomato sauce. |
B. |
What to use to form new things. |
C. |
Ingredients and their own flavors. |
D. |
Chemical changes in cooking food. |
(4)Which might be the best title for the text?
A. |
What chemistry is like. |
B. |
Chemistry changes everything. |
C. |
Where the word chemistry comes from. |
D. |
A chemical process is called chemistry. |
The 6﹣year﹣old girl,Ruby,lived in New Orleans,Louisiana..She was supposed to go to school close to her home.But all the students in that school were white.Ruby was black.School leaders didn't want to accept her,so they made Ruby take a hard exam and hoped she would fail.But Ruby was so smart that she passed the test easily and was finally allowed to go to the school.
Ruby was excited about her new school.But when she and her mom arrived on her first day,she saw a crowd of angry people shouting very cruel things at the gate.They did not want a black child to attend the school. "I had no idea what was happening, " remembered Ruby.She thought the crowd was celebrating something.
Each day.Ruby went to school with four police officers who worked for the national government to protect her.The sight of this small girl with her big bodyguards moved the artist Norman Rockwell.He created a painting of Ruby.He called it The Problem We All Live With",It became a very famous painting.
Ruby grew up to be a civil rights activist.She worked to protect the rights given to all citizens by the government.She even went to the White House to meet President Barack Obama.They looked at Mr.Rockwell's painting.It hung outside the Oval Office.
"We should never judge a person by the color of their skin, " Ruby said. " That's the lesson I learned in first grade. "
(1)How could Ruby get the chance to go to the school?
A. |
By meeting the president. |
B. |
By passing a difficult exam. |
C. |
By visiting the school leaders. |
D. |
By asking for help from the government. |
(2)What was the crowd probably shouting at the school gate?
A. |
No seats for black! |
B. |
Congratulations ! |
C. |
Let her in! |
D. |
Welcome! |
(3)Why did Mr.Rockwell create the painting?
A. |
To celebrate Ruby's success. |
B. |
To present his painting skills. |
C. |
To praise the four police officers. |
D. |
To show the serious social problem in the US. |
(4)What lesson did Ruby learn in first grade?
A. |
Fight for your rights. |
B. |
Intelligence (智商)is valuable. |
C. |
Treat people of different colors equally (平等地). |
D. |
Get help from the police when in trouble. |
Alex:Look at that guy over there.
Dave:What about him?
Alex:That's Tony Smith.
Dave:Oh,Tony.That's right.He goes to ballet(芭蕾舞)classes.
Alex:Yeah,that's weird!A boy!Doing ballet!
Dave:Hey.Tony.Do you want to play football with us?
Alex:Or are you worried about your pretty little dancing feet?
Dave:Alex,shut up!Don't listen to him,Tony,he's stupid!
Tony:You know,Alex,I like playing football.And,no,I'm not worried about my feet.
Alex:Oh,yeah?But doing ballet...
Tony:I like ballet.It's not my problem if you don't like it!
Alex:Well,I mean,it's different,isn't it?For a boy...
Tony:So what?
(1)The underlined word "weird" in Picture 2 has the similar meaning to .
A. |
awful |
B. |
strange |
C. |
fantastic |
D. |
interesting |
(2)In Alex's opinion, .
A. |
Dave is different |
B. |
ballet is only for girls |
C. |
football is only for boys |
D. |
Tony is worried about his feet |
(3)The three boys are mainly talking about .
A. |
dances |
B. |
sports |
C. |
hobbies |
D. |
classes |
A Friend to the Pilgrims
"I speak English." When the Pilgrims (清教徒前辈美洲移民) heard these words,they were very surprised.The words came from Squanto,a Native American (印第安人).But how did he learn to speak English?As the Pilgrims would soon find out,this happened to be a long story.
In 1605,George Weymouth,an English captain (船长),was exploring America.People from England were interested in the Native Americans of this new land.When Weymouth came to Squanto's village,he captured (俘获) five men.Squanto was not among them,but the little boy was curious (好奇的).He volunteered to go with Weymouth to England.
In England,a friend of Weymouth's took good care of Squanto.But after nine years,Squanto felt homesick.In 1614,two English captains,John Smith and Thomas Hunt,asked Squanto to help them explore America.They promised to take Squanto to his home village after the trip.Squanto was happy and agreed to go.But after the trip,Captain Hunt broke his promise.Instead of bringing Squanto to see his family,he sold him to Spain as a slave (奴隶).
In Spain,some monks (僧侣) saved Squanto and looked after him for three years.Then,he joined another trip to North America.The trip was to Newfoundland.This was still far from Squanto's home.Squanto returned to England in the end.
By now,Squanto had known many important men in England.They liked Squanto and wanted to help him.Finally,Squanto went back to his home village in 1619 with the help of them.But sadly,the village was empty.All of the villagers had died from an illness.
When the Pilgrims arrived in America in 1620,winter would soon come.They needed help.Squanto happened to be living close to their houses.He offered to help.Knowing the language and customs of Englishmen,Squanto helped the Pilgrims in many ways,including teaching them how to catch fish.The Pilgrims were really lucky to have such a good friend!
(1)What did George Weymouth do when he came to Squanto's village?
(2)Who helped Squanto return to his home village in the end?
(3)When did the Pilgrims arrive in America?
(4)How did Squanto help the Pilgrims?
(5)What do you think of Squanto?And why?
On Saturday morning,Tom Sawyer had to paint his aunt's fence (栅栏).Tom looked at the thirty meters of wide fence and felt bad.He thought of the fun he had planned for the day.Soon the free boys would go out to play,and they would laugh at him for having to work.He felt even worse.(1)_____
Soon Ben Rogers appeared,eating an apple.Tom ignored (不理) him and continued painting.He stopped and looked at his work like an artist. "Hello,Tom.I'm going swimming.Don't you wish you could?But of course,you have to work."
Tom looked at Ben,then said, "What do you call work?"
"Isn't this work?"
Tom continued painting,and answered, "Well,maybe it is,and maybe it isn't.All I know is,I like it."
"Do you really like it?"
"(2)_____"
That made it sound different.Ben stopped eating his apple.Tom moved his brush carefully backwards and forwards and stepped back to look.Ben watched every move,getting more interested.Presently,he said, "Hey,Tom,let me paint a little."
Tom thought,and then said, "No,I don't think so,Ben.Aunt Polly wants this fence painted carefully because it's on the street.It's difficult to do it right."
"Come on,let me try."
"I'd like to,Ben.But Aunt Polly won't even let my brother Sid do it."
"I'll be careful.I'll give you my apple."
(3)_____While Ben was working in the sun,Tom sat under a tree eating the apple and thinking how to catch more boys.And there were lots of them.Boys came to make fun,but stayed to paint.By the time Ben was tired,Tom had exchanged the next turn with Billy Fisher for a good kite,and then Johnny Miller,and so on.(4)_____ He had learned that to make someone want something,you only have to make it difficult to get.
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A.All of the boys were glad to paint this fence because they could get Tom's toys if they did. B.Tom gave Ben his brush with reluctance (勉强) on his face,but with happiness in his heart. C.Suddenly he had an idea.He took his brush and started painting. D.By the time he had no more paint,he had had lots of toys and treasures,and the fence had had three coats of paint. E.Why not?Does a boy get a chance to paint a fence every day? |