This is the twins’ bedroom．The two beds looks the same（看起来像）．This bed is Wang Lei’s．It is near the window．That one is Wang Fang’s．It’s behind the door．The twins have one desk and two chairs．Their clock，books and pencils are on the desk．Their schoolbags are on the chairs．Wang Lei’s shirt is on his bed．On Wang Lei’s bed there is her skirt．It’s yellow．The room isn’t big，but nice．How many beds are in the bedroom?
__________________________________________________Where is Wang Fang’s bed?
__________________________________________________What’s on the desk?
__________________________________________________What color is the skirt?
__________________________________________________Is the room small?
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Daniel wakes up in the morning and collects his post.
There’s a letter for him with a picture of a sick horse. It’s from a charity(慈善机构), asking him to give money to help save the animals. The doorbell rings and there is an old woman outside . She is asking for money to help old people. When he turns on the TV, he hears sad music and sees a picture of a poor child who is dying of hunger in Africa. He knows those poor children need money. He is always ready to help those in trouble.
In May 2003, Yao Ming, a basketball star, held a TV show in Shanghai and he collected ＄300, 000 to help scientists with medical research.“We must do something to help our country at this difficult time.”he said.
People such as Daniel and Yao feel good about helping others with money.
根据短文内容, 判断正(T)误(F)。Daniel always collects letters in the evening.
Daniel often looks after a sick horse.
Yao Ming is kind and helpful.
Many people such as Daniel and Yao like helping others with money.
This passage is mainly about charity.
At a day care center in Taxes, children were playing outside. One of the children was Jessica McClure. She was 18 months old. Jessica’s mother, who worked at the day care center, was watching the children. Suddenly Jessica fell and disappeared. Jessica’s mother cried and ran to her.
A well was in the yard of the center. The well was only eight inches across, and a rock always covered it. But children had moved the rock. When Jessica fell, and she fell right into the well.
Jessica’s mother reached inside the well, but she couldn’t feel Jessica. She ran to the phone and called 911 for help.
Men from the fire apartment arrived. They discovered that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. For the next hour, the men talked and planned Jessica’s rescue(营救). Then they told Jessica’s parents their plan.
“We can’t go into the well. ” they said “It’s too narrow. So, we’re going to drill(钻) a hole next to the well. Then we ‘ll drill a tunnel across Jessica. Then we’ll bring her up through the hole. ”
The man began to drill the hole on a Wednesday morning. “We’ll reach Jessica in a few hours ”, they thought. The men were wrong. They had to drill through the solid rock. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were still drilling,. And Jessica McClure was still in the well.
During her days in the well, Jessica sometimes called her mother. Sometimes she slept, sometimes she cried, and sometimes she sang.
All over the world people waited for the news of Jessica. They read about her in the newspapers and watched her rescue on TV. Everyone worried about the little girl in the well.
At 8 P. M. on Friday, the men finally reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Jessica was dirty, hungry, thirsty and tired. Her foot and forehead was badly injured. But Jessica was alive. A doctor at the hospital said, “Jessica was lucky she was young. She’s not going to remember this very well. ”
Maybe Jessica will not remember her days in the well. But her parents, her rescuers, ans many other people around the world will not forget them. After Jessica’s rescue, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well. On the cover he wrote, “To Jessica, with love from all of us. ”Jessica fell into the well because____.
| A．her mother was not watching her |
| B．she was too weak |
| C．the rock cover was moved away |
| D．other children played with her |
To rescue Jessica, the rescuers___.
| A．had to dig another hole next to the well |
| B．spent hours on making a rescue plan |
| C．kept the secret of the rescue |
| D．tried to make the hole big enough |
What the doctor said meant that ____.
| A．Jessica’s parents should help her forget that |
| B．no medicine could help Jessica to forget that |
| C．the hospital was lucky to help Jessica |
| D．young Jessica wouldn’t remember that for long |
We learn from the passage that___.
| A．Jessica got many people’s attention |
| B．Jessica didn’t make a sound in the well |
| C．it took the whole Friday for the men to rescue Jessica |
| D．Jessica’s parents made a new cover for the well |
Which of the following can most probably be the tittle of the reading?
| A．Rock Cover | B．Dangerous Well |
| C．Everybody’s Baby | D．Careless Mother |
Five years ago, Rachel Lopez graduated from college with a degree in history. Today she works for a large software company. Now twenty-seven, Rachel takes classes twice a week after work. She is learning to use the computer program PowerPoint. “I enjoyed college, but my job doesn’t use information I learned when I was doing my degree,” Rachel says,” This course is helping me to do my job better. In the future, I might go back to school and got an MBA. ”
In the past, when students graduated from college and got a job, they usually stopped studying. Today, lifelong learning is becoming more common. In the United Stated, people can return to school in their late twenties, thirties, or older to get a higher degree, such as a master’s or Ph. D. Like Rachel many more are taking training courses to improve their workplace skills. With many classes now available through the Internet, it is easier for people to get degrees or training by distance learning.
Mayumi Hosoya, who is forty, teaches Japanese at a community college in New York. “Next term, I’ll be teaching some of my classes using the Internet. This is new for me,” says Mayumi, “At the moment, I am taking a course to learn how to teach this way. ” At the same time, Mayumi’s seventy-year-old mother and father are taking a distance learning course in Art History. “We love the subject,” says Mayumi’s father, ”and now we can study with people from all over the world. I never thought learning could be this much fun. ”The reading is maily about_____.
| A．Rachel Lopez’s studying and working experience. |
| B．the education in the United States |
| C．people’s life in New York. |
| D．lifelong learning becoming more common. |
Rachel is sure that _____
A. getting an MBA is necessary for her job
B. colleague studies didn’t prepare her well for her job
C. it’s not clever to get a master’s or Ph. D. in later thirties.
D. students needn’t to study when they get a jobThe underlined words ‘distance learning’ in the reading means___
| A．studying in community college |
| B．learning for higher degrees |
| C．studying away from classroom. |
| D．learning in the workplaces |
Mayumi’s parents are taking a course ____.
| A．the using of the Internet | B．the workplace skills |
| C．Japanese teaching | D．Art History |
We know from the reading that ___.
| A．many people go to school to take teaching courses |
| B．Rachel graduated when she was twenty |
| C．Mayumi’s teaching how to use the Internet now |
| D．many students stopped studying when looking for jobs |
We may read the above material mostly____
| A．in an airport report |
| B．on buses and in taxis |
| C．in a picture story book |
| D．in a Cambridge newspaper |
It’s clear that the advertisement is given by___.
| A．London Train Station | B．London Stansted Airport |
| C．Cambridge University | D．Stansted’s check-in |
The advertisement suggests that people go to Stansted____.
| A．by train | B．by taxi |
| C．by plane | D．by bus |
The train services are available___.
| A．only at the train station |
| B．at any time of travel returning |
| C．In about four weeks |
| D．to people who walk to the check-in |
If one wants to know about the train services, he can___.
A. save￡14. 50. B. get on the train
C. take the plane to M. A. G D. check online
Hearing what I said， my dad laughed kindly. I continued， “I owe your thanks， and I hope you realize how much you did for me as my dad.”
I could almost hear him smiling one the other end. I knew he was touched and felt a little shy. His voice sounded shaky.
“Well， we got you educated，” he said， laughing generously.
“You did more than that，” I said， “You did well.”
“You like your house now， and your life?” he asked quietly.
“Yeah， Dad， I’m happy. You don’t have to worry—things are going great for us.”
I told him I loved him and he told me he loved me and I hung up the phone. As I got ready for bed， I thought about what an amazing conversation we had.
Ten hours later， my mother called， waking me up. I could hardly understand what she was trying to say.
“Your father’s dead!” she cried. “I found him lying on the dinning room floor.”
Suddenly I was standing straight up beside my bed， holding the phone and sobbing .
I was a thousand miles away. All I could think about was how many hours， minutes and seconds it would take me to jump on a plane and get there. I thought about my mother sitting there alone with my father， and I couldn’t move fast enough.
The flight was long and painful. I had planned on going home to see my dad and mom in another month， and I cried aloud， thinking I was too late. Then I suddenly realized the incredible miracle of it all: I hadn’t been late at all. Actually， everything had been right on time.When did Dad die?
| A．Soon after he made the telephone call. |
| B．The next morning. |
| C．Before the writer hung up the phone. |
| D．Ten hours later after the telephone call. |
From the story， we can infer Dad was_____ when he died.
| A．happy | B．sad | C．angry | D．upset |
The writer lives___________.
| A．in a place not far away. | B．in the same city |
| C．a thousand miles away | D．at home |
The writer thought__________
| A．his father did well. | B．his father do enough. |
| C．his father did badly | D．his father is too old to do. |
From the last part， we can know__________
| A．the writer will be sad. |
| B．the writer will change pain into power. |
| C．the writer will be happy. |
| D．the writer won’t do anything. |