One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to bring a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students, “From today on, for every person you don’t like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person’s name and the date on it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students’ bags were very heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts at night, on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time so that they wouldn’t forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and smelt nasty(恶心的). They all tried to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance(宽容) as a gift to other people, and clearly it is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got anything from the wise teacher and what she asked her students to do? What did the teacher ask her students to write on the potatoes?
A.The names of the persons they didn’t like and the date. |
B.The names of the persons they liked and the date |
C.Their own names and the date. |
D.The names of their family members and the date |
How did the students try to deal with the potatoes when they went bad?
A.Ate them up. | B.Kept them. |
C.Give them away | D.Threw them away. |
The students would put the bags in the following places except__________
A.inside their quilts |
B.next to their desks at school |
C.on the seats in a car or on a bus |
D.in their friends’ houses |
Which is the best title of the passage
A.Carrying potatoes. | B.Less hatred, happier life. |
C.Keeping sadness and hatred. | D.a bag of potatoes |
Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn: students can teach themselves. For example, if you can’t remember something when you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.
How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in. or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don’t understand, or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading the passage or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep doing like for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study.Listening to the teacher is ______for students to learn something.
A.not a way | B.the best way |
C.the only way | D.not the only way |
In teaching yourself, the first thing you must do is_______.
A.writing | B.reading | C.asking | D.answering |
A clever student usually likes _______.
A.asking questions | B.answering questions |
C.finding questions | D.teaching others |
If you want to succeed, you"d better learn_____ .
A.how to teach others | B.how to teach yourself |
C.to read and write carefully | D.how to ask questions |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.A student can teach himself/herself only in class |
B.It is a bad way to learn from the teacher |
C.A student can learn to teach himself/herself if he/she wants to |
D.Students know very well how to teach themselves |
In the world today, all of the people need recreation (消遣). We cannot work all the time if we are going to keep healthy and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular form (形式) is to take part in sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual (个人的) sports, such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoor.
Not everyone who enjoys sports likes to take part in them. Many people like watching them on TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.
It doesn’t matter whether we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.Which is the most popular form of recreation? .
A.Sports | B.Watching TV |
C.Sleeping | D.Singing and dancing |
People want to take part in sports in order to .
A.keep healthy and enjoy life |
B.make friends |
C.find a good job |
D.make more money |
Outdoor sports include(包括) .
A.watching TV |
B.singing and dancing |
C.listening to the radio |
D.skating and mountain climbing |
Why do many people like watching sports on TV or listening to them on the radio?
A.Because they like sports, but they don’t like to take part in them. |
B.Because they don’t enjoy sports. |
C.Because they don’t enjoy life. |
D.Because they don’t need recreation. |
The passage mainly tells us that .
A.basketball is a kind of team sport |
B.everyone who enjoys sports should take part in them |
C.different people have different ways of relaxing |
D.indoor recreation is not as important as outdoor sports |
Beijing Opera is my favourite. Bao Zheng always has a black face and Guan Yu has a red face in Beijing Opera. But many people don’t know why.
I come from America and I have lived in China for six years. I like Beijing Opera very much. I think Beijing Opera is very interesting. I can learn a lot about Chinese history. Now let me tell you the art of Beijing Opera facial paintings.
In Beijing Opera facial paintings, different colours and patterns are for different roles. For example, a black face is for fair people. A red face is for brave people. A white face is for bad people. Blue and green faces are for heroes. The gold face is for gods.Why does Bao zheng have a black face?
A.Because he is bad. | B.Because he is fair. |
C.Because he is brave. | D.Because he is a god. |
The writer thinks he can learn a lot about _______ by watching Beijing Opera.
A.Chinese history | B.American history |
C.different colours | D.different pattern |
What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?
A.It tells us why people like Beijing Opera. |
B.It tells us the writer ’s personal information. |
C.It tells us the art of Beijing Opera facial paintings. |
D.It tells us the history of Beijing Opera. |
You can see the film__________
A.at 4:00 p.m. On Saturday |
B.at 6:30 –8:30 p.m. On Monday |
C.at 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. On Saturday |
D.at 6:30 –8:30 a.m. On Sunday |
Mr and Mr. Read have two sons. They are both 12 . If they four want to see the film, how much should they spend?
A.Thirty-two yuan | B.Forty-two yuan |
C.Thirty-six yuan | D.Forty-six yuan |
Sam likes eating fish very much. He often buys fish in the shop and takes them home. One day his wife sees the fish and thinks, “Good! Now, I can ask my friends to have lunch and we can eat the fish. They like fish very much.”
When Sam comes home from work in the evening, the fish is not there and his wife says, “Oh, your cat eats it.” And then she gives him some bread for his supper. Sam is angry. He thinks his wife tells a lie. He takes the cat and his wife to a shop near his house and weighs(称) the cat. Then he turns to his wife and says, “My fish weighs one kilo. The cat weighs one kilo, too. My cat is here, you see, then, where is my fish?”Which is RIGHT according to(根据) the story?
A.Sam doesn’t like eating fish at all. |
B.The friends of Sam’s wife eat the fish. |
C.Sam often buys some fish for his cat. |
D.Sam’s cat always eats fish before he comes back. |
What does “tells a lie” mean in Chinese?
A.摆事实 | B.讲真话 | C.撒谎 | D.开玩笑 |
How much does the cat weigh?
A.One kilo. | B.Two kilos. |
C.One and a half kilos. | D.Half a kilo. |
Who gets very angry?
A.Sam’s wife. | B.Sam’s friends. |
C.Sam’s wife’s friends. | D.Sam. |