When you finish high school or university, is learning done? The answer is “no”. In many countries, people continue learning all their lives. Why is lifelong learning important? How can it help you? Let’s look at one example of lifelong learning in Japan.
Why is lifelong learning important?
You go to school and learn. You take tests. But learning doesn’t only happen in school. And learning doesn’t stop when you graduate from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example, learning can happen when you go to a museum. It can also happen when you get a job. You learn when you play a sport or when you take a trip. Learning is life! We never stop learning. Every day, you can improve yourself by learning something new.
Lifelong learning in Japan
In Japan, life learning is very important. People in Japan like to try new learning activities. Music calligraphy, flower arranging, and foreign languages are some of their favorite classes. The Japanese take classes to improve their skills and learn new things.
Conclusion
When we graduate from school, we can continue to learn. Make lifelong learning one of your goals!Why is lifelong learning important?
| A．It helps you improve yourself. |
| B．It’s the best way to learn. |
| C．It’s fun and easy. |
| D．It’s an important goal. |
Some people in Japan take foreign language classes to________.
| A．get a job | B．learn new things |
| C．get good grades | D．finish college |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Learning only happens in school. |
| B．When we graduate from school, learning is done. |
| C．You can’t learn anything when you play a sport. |
| D．Music, calligraphy, flower arranging and foreign languages are popular classes in Japan. |
When can we learn?
| A．in the high school. |
| B．in the college |
| C．when you get a job. |
| D．in school or college, at work. |
What is the main idea of the reading?
| A．Learning can be fun. |
| B．We are always learning in school. |
| C．Finishing high school is important. |
| D．People can learn all their lives. |
Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying: Friends are God’s way of looking after us. But how do you find real friendship and keep it?
The Care and keeping of Friends by American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends.
Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed(种子) and look after it to make it grow.
First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient（耐心）. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complains( 抱怨) and do their best to help. To make a friend, you can’t be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives.
But things can’t always be happy. Even the best friends have fights（吵架）. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to them. When there is no one around, have an honest （真诚的） talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter.
Sally says there are three steps of being friends again: Tell him or her how you are felling; say what your friend has done wrong, and say why you did this or that . The book also has advice on some small but important things like celebrating your friends’ success. Even if you haven’t had a real friend before, you will start to think of having one if you read this book. Because the book tells that friendship is the most important thing in your life.The writer of the text really wants to tell us________.
| A．life is great |
| B．an old saying |
| C．Sally is an American writer. |
| D．God’s way of looking after us. |
The Care and Keeping of Friends is_____________________.
| A． the word of the God |
| B．a way of making good friends |
| C．the name of a book by Sally |
| D．a story from a newspaper |
A good friend should_________________.
| A．have a lot of money | B．have good look |
| C．be kind and patient | D．listen to you |
What can’t you do if your good friend has done wrong?
| A．Write a letter to him. |
| B．Have an honest talk with him. |
| C．Tell him or her your feeling. |
| D．Have a fight with him. |
I like playing football, but I am not very good at it. I do not usually play on my school football team. I am a reserve player. This means that I play only if another player on the team can’t play or is hurt during a game. I have only played in one of the games this year. That was the game we played yesterday. In the middle of the game, one of the players hurt his knee. “Take his place,” the coach said. I ran onto the field. Soon a player on the other team ran towards me with the ball. We were both near my team’s goal. I ran towards him. I got the ball away from him. “ I can’t kick hard, “ I thought. “ I’ll kick the ball to my goal-keeper. He can pick it up and kick it to the other end of the field. “ I did this, but I kicked the ball too hard. The goal-keeper couldn’t get it. The ball went into the goal. I had scored on our own goal! I don’t think the coach will ask me to play for the team again.Why won’t they ask him to play on the team again?
| A．He doesn’t know the rules. | B．He got hurt. |
| C．He made a big mistake. | D．He plays too well. |
How often did he play on the team before this game this year?
| A．Never. | B．A few times. |
| C．Quite often. | D． All the time. |
How did he probably feel after he scored the goal?
| A．worried | B．Excited. |
| C．Sad | D．Very happy |
What’s the meaning of the underlined word “reseave”?
| A．业余的 | B．专业的 | C．替补的 | D．优秀的 |
One day Einstein（爱因斯坦）is walking in the street in New York. His friend meets him and says to him, “Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is !”
But Einstein answers, “It doesn’t matter. Nobody knows me here.”
After a few years Einstein becomes a famous scientist. But he still wears the old coat.
His friend meets him again and asks him to buy a new one.
But Einstein says, “I needn’tbuy a new one. Everyone knows me here”Einstein isscientist.
| A．an English | B．a Chinese |
| C．an American | D．a Japanese |
Einstein’s coat is very old. His friend.
| A．gives him a new one |
| B．asks him to buy a new one |
| C．helps him buy a new one |
| D．helps him mend the old coat |
Einstein doesn’t want to buy a new one because.
| A．nobody knows him | B．he likes the old one |
| C．he has no money | D．he doesn’t mind it |
A few years later Einstein.
| A．buys a new one | B．becomes a great scientist |
| C．wears a new coat | D．nobody knows him |
The title of this passage should be（短文的题目应是）.
| A．Einstein and His Friend | B．Einstein and His New Coat |
| C．Einstein’s Coat | D．Einstein |
Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia. Italians like to eat __________.
| A．dumplings | B．pizza | C．hot food | D．fish |
Fish and chips are very popular in _____.
| A．England | B．Australia | C．the USA | D．Canada |
In different countries people eat ______ food.
| A．different | B．the same |
| C．the different | D．same |
The hamburger does not have any _____ in it.
| A．beef | B．pork | C．fish | D．chips |
Hamburger is a kind of ______.
| A．meat | B．drink | C．food | D．vegetable |
Mr. Jackson is a worker in a computer factory. Every day it takes him 45 minutes to go to work by bike. It’s Monday today, but his bike is broken(坏了), so he has to go to work by bus. But there isn’t a bus stop near his home. He has to ask a policeman，He tells him that there is a bus stop in front of a bookshop about 500 meters . Then Mr. Jackson begins to walk there and finds the bus stop. Oh, good! A bus is coming! He gets on the bus（上车）. It takes him 10 minutes to go to his factory. He isn’t late for work! How happy he is!Mr. Jackson often goes to work by bike.
Mr. Jackson takes a bus because he likes buses.
He finds a bus stop near his home.
His factory is far from his home.
Mr. Jackson is late for work today.