One day, Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old . He came into the room. But people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t
. But he said nothing.
Mr. Smith went quickly and put
his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good
to eat.
Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “Eat, coat!”
The other were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”
Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to
.”
A young man is lying in hospital sadly. The 24-year-old lost his right leg. The doctor said that his long history of smoking was the reason. “I first smoked when I was 14. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was wrong,” said the young man.
It is a mistake many young people make. According to the survey, 40 million of China’s 130 million young people aged between 13 and 18 smoke. Fifteen million of them are addicted (上瘾的). The survey also found that about 68% of young smokers first smoked before the age of 13.
Many young people see people smoke in the movies, but in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing and not cool at all.
Doctors say that if a person starts smoking very young, he or she may live 22 years less than those who don’t smoke.How long did the young man smoke?
| A．For 10 years. | B．For 13 years. | C．For 14 years. | D．For 18 years. |
What did the young man think of smoking when he first smoked?
| A．It was wrong. | B．It was bad. | C．It was boring. | D．It was cool. |
What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?
| A．Smoking. | B．Getting ill. |
| C．Lying in hospital. | D．Stopping smoking. |
The number of young people who smoke in China is ____ million.
| A．15 | B．40 | C．68 | D．130 |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Many stars think smoking is cool. |
| B．People who smoke can only live to be 22. |
| C．It’s a big problem that many young people smoke. |
| D．Many young smokers first smoked before the age of 10. |
The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming. Let’s see what my friends are going to do during the three-day holiday.
Peter: I’m going to visit my uncle and aunt with my parents during the three days. They live in the countryside. It is far from our city, Beijing. We’re going to take the train there. I am going fishing there with my cousin.
Eliza: I’m going to visit my grandparents with my parents on the first day. They live in a small town. It is going to take us one hour to get there by car. On the second day, I’m going to have a party with my friends. On the third day, I have to do my homework and study for a math test.
Gina: My cousin is visiting us. He lives in Tianjin. He is coming by bus. On the first day, I’m going to play ping-pong with him. On the second day, I’m going to take him to Eliza’s party. On the third day, my cousin is going back and I am going to do some shopping with my parents. Peter is staying in ______ during the three- day holiday.
| A．Beijing | B．the countryside | C．Tianjin | D．a town |
How is Eliza going to her grandparents’ home?
| A．By car. | B．By bike. | C．By bus. | D．By train. |
Gina is ______ on the third day.
| A．visiting her cousin | B．playing ping-pong |
| C．doing her homework | D．doing some shopping |
Who are going to Eliza’s party?
| A．Peter and his cousin. | B．Gina and her cousin. |
| C．Peter and Gina. | D．Peter, Gina and their cousins. |
From the passage, we can know that ____.
| A．Peter doesn’t like fishing |
| B．Eliza is going to have a test |
| C．Gina likes all kinds of sports |
| D．all three of them have no homework during the three days |
A man went to buy a piece of meat. As he didn’t know how to cook meat, he asked the butcher (屠夫) to tell him the way of cooking it. The butcher told him how to cook it, “But I can’t remember your words,” the man said. “Will you please write them down for me?” The butcher was kind enough to write them down for him. The man went home happily with the meat in his hand and the note (字条) in his pocket (口袋). A dog followed him on the way. It jumped at him, took the meat away and ran off. The man stood there, not knowing what to do. Then he laughed and said, “never mind. You don’t know how to eat it. The note is still in my pocket.”The man went to buy a piece of meat in __________.
| A．restaurant | B．shop | C．butcher’s | D．chemist’s |
Why did the man asked the butcher to tell him the way to cook meat?
| A．He wasn’t good at cooking meat. |
| B．He can’t cook meat very well. |
| C．He didn’t know how to cook meat. |
| D．He didn’t know how to eat meat. |
In order to (为了) remember what the butcher said, he asked the butcher _______.
| A．to say it once again | B．to teach him again |
| C．to show him how to cook it | D．to write it down for him |
What happened in the end?
| A．He forgot to cook the meat. |
| B．The dog took the meat away. |
| C．He taught(教)the dog how to eat the meat. |
| D．The note is still in his pocket. |
What do you think of the man?
| A．He was afraid of dogs. |
| B．He loved dogs very much. |
| C．He was a very foolish(愚蠢的)man. |
| D．He didn’t know how to do things. |
Jim is a young farmer. He was once put into prison( 监狱).
One day, he got a letter from his mother. “ I’m so worried about our farm,”she wrote.”it’s time to plant potatoes. I can’t dig (挖 ) all the fields(田地 ) by myself.”
Jim read the letter and became sad. “ What can I do?” he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother,” don’t dig the fields. There is much money in the earth. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”
Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother. It said, “ Two days ago, about ten men came to our farm and dug all the fields. I can’t understand it. It seemed that they were looking for something. What should I do?”
Jim smiled when he read his mother’s letter. He wrote a letter to his mother at once. It was very short. Guess what it would say.Jim’s mother was much worried about___________.
| A．him | B．their farm |
| C．the potatoes | D．the money |
In the letter to his mother, Jim told his mother not to______.
| A．dig the fields | B．dig for the money |
| C．ask others for help | D．go to the prison to see him |
Jim’s mother told him that about ten men came to dig their fields. These men might be_____.
| A．farmers | B．Jim’s friends | C．prison guards( 监督员) | D．Jim’s brothers |
What would it say in Jim’s second letter?
| A．I will go out of prison very soon. |
| B．You can plant potatoes now, dear mother. |
| C．I can’t help you, dear mother. |
| D．The guards will plant potatoes. |
Little Smart or Xiaolingtong is becoming more and more popular in China. But you can use it only in your city. If you go to another city, it will have no use. It looks like a mobile phone, but the service(服务 )is quite cheap. We only need to pay about 20 yuan a month for the line and about 0.1 yuan each minute for the talk. What’s more, you don’t have to pay any money when someone else calls you.
But little Smart is not really so smart. Users often complain about( 抱怨) its bad voice. “ I can’t make or get a phone call when I am on a bus,” a person in Hangzhou said. Scientists are trying their best to make Little Smart smarter. And the latest Little Smart even has a color screen.Little Smart is popular because__________________.
| A．the service of it is very cheap |
| B．it’s very expensive |
| C．it’s very smart |
| D．it’s very useful in another city |
You can use your Litter Smart_____________.
| A．in some cities | B．in any city | C．only in the buses | D．only in your city |
The latest Little Smart______________.
| A．has good sounds | B．has a colour screen( 屏幕) |
| C．has a bad voice | D．is not smarter |
If someone calls you by your Little Smart, you should pay____.
| A．20 yaun | B．0.1 yuan | C．0.1 youan a minute | D．nothing |