In an American classroom, a teacher asked a Chinese girl to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn’t see anything funny.
So he asked her the question again.The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry. He didn’t know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment(尴尬)because she didn't know how to answer the question.
In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped(掉)a plate. The Chinese who saw this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry.”They are laughing at me,” he thought. In fact ,the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck---whether(是否) he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The laughter has some feelings, don’t take it so seriously(严重)；laugh it off, it’s nothing；such things can happen to any of us,etc.The Chinese girl smiled in an American classroom because_______
| A．the teacher asked her to answer a question. |
| B．The teacher asked her to stang up. |
| C．She couldn’t answer the question. |
| D．The teacher looked funny. |
Which feeling is NOT included(被包括) in the laughter when the Englishman dropped a plate?
| A．Don’t take it seriously. |
| B．Bad luck! |
| C．It’s nothing. |
| D．It can happen to any of us. |
What does the writer want to tell us?
| A．Chinese students are impolite. |
| B．Smiles and laughter always bring happiness. |
| C．American people are easy to get angry. |
| D．Smiles and laughter don’t mean the same thing to different people. |
A Gold Cup for an Orange
There is a poor man. He has an orange tree. On the tree, there are many fine oranges. One of them is very, very big. It is as big as a football. Nobody sees so big an orange. The poor man is very happy. He takes it to the king(国王). The King is so pleased（高兴）that he gives the man a lot of money for it.
When a rich man hears of it, he says to himself, "It’s only an orange. Why does the king give so much money for it? I’ll take my gold cup to the king. He’ll give me more money".
The next day when the king receives (收到) the gold cup, he says to the rich man, "what a beautiful cup! I’ll show you something wonderful, please take this great orange away. How many people are there in the story?
| A．Four | B．Two | C．Three | D．Five |
The orange is__________
| A．fine and big | B．fine and beautiful | C．good and fine | D．small |
The rich man takes his gold cup to the king for_______________
| A．the orange | B．the orange tree | C．a football | D．money |
The orange is____________
| A．a football | B．like a gold cup |
| C．like a football | D．like an egg |
The king receives the orange and the gold cup ___________
| A．on the same day | B．the next day |
| C．every day | D．on different days |
根据材料完成下列各题。
Beethoven
Born in 1770 in Germany
A musician (音乐家)
Died in 1827
Florence Nightingale
Born in Italy on May 12th, 1820
An English nurse
Died in 1910
Bill Gates
Born in I955 in the USA
Wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought
Owns Microsoft
Thomas Edison
Born in 1847 in the USA
Made over 1,000 inventions (发明)
Died in 1931
Yao Ming
Born on September 12th, 1980 in Shanghai, China
A basketball player
Played for the Houston Rockets, the USAThomas Edison is from __.
| A．Canada | B．Italy | C．America | D．China |
The was born in 1770.
| A．musician | B．nurse | C．businessman | D．scientist |
Business@ the Speed of Thought is the name of a_______.
| A．song | B．book | C．school | D．film |
Nightingale died in __
| A．1931 | B．1827 | C．1847 | D．1910 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Yao Ming is a football player. |
| B．Edison made over l, 000 inventions. |
| C．Nightingale was a scientist. |
| D．Bill Gates worked in Microsoft in 1955. |
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. Susan wants to give a present to her mother. Father tells her to go to the shop and try to find something. Susan hurries(匆忙) to the shopping center(中心) and goes to the women’s store. She has $3.00. First she thinks she will get her mother something to wear. Then she thinks she will buy something for her to use (使用).
But she only has $3.00. She can’t buy any nice dress. She sees a nice red hat. She knows her mother will like it. But it is too expensive. It is $10.00.
The saleslady looks at her and then looks at the hat. She takes off(取下) the price tag(标签) and says, "That’s exactly(恰好) $3.00. "Why does Susan want to give a present to her mother?
| A．She loves her mother. |
| B．Her father asks her. |
| C．Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. |
| D．She is a good girl. |
Where does Susan go?
| A．To the shop. |
| B．To a book shop. |
| C．To the women’s store. |
| D．To the supermarket. |
What’s the meaning of ‘saleslady’?
| A．妇女 | B．母亲 | C．女售货员 | D．工人 |
What is the price on the price tag?
| A．$3.00. | B．￥3.00. | C．$10.00. | D．￥10.00. |
Why doesn’t Susan buy the dress?
| A．She doesn’t like it. |
| B．Her mother doesn’t like it. |
| C．The dress is not beautiful. |
| D．She doesn’t have much money (钱) with her. |
The scientists from the Lockheed Space Company (公司) work in Felton, California, with the help of a computer. But the computer is placed in Sunnyside, about 80 kilometers away. What the scientists input is sent by telephone lines to the computer, and after a time, copies of the designs are needed back in Felton as possible. Lockheed people have tried several ways of sending the prints (印刷品), but the most effective seems to be by pigeon (鸽子). Are pigeons really used to carry messages in these days? They are, and they send the prints faster and cheaper than any other way.
Human (人类的) messengers (persons carrying messages) are much more expensive and slower than the pigeons. The road to Felton goes through the mountains, and the driving is not easy. An electronic printout system(电子印刷系统) could do the work in Felton, but at a cost of 10 dollars a print. Pigeons carry the designs for about 1 dollar each.
Now Lockheed people have ten pigeon messengers. The pigeons do the work, and they have made Lockheed more famous. You can often read the news about the pigeons in the newspapers around the world.The story is mainly about .
| A．Felton, California | B．the scientists |
| C．how to work with computers | D．sending prints by pigeon |
This story is unusual because pigeons .
| A．don’t like carrying things |
| B．are often cheap to keep |
| C．seem out of place in the space age |
| D．aren’t friendly to the scientists |
Something that’s effective（有效的） .
| A．usually costs more |
| B．is something that works |
| C．is often unhappy |
| D．is often don by animals |
Which happened first?
| A．Pigeons were used as messengers. |
| B．Human messengers were used. |
| C．What the scientists input was sent to the computer. |
| D．Scientists got their designs. |
Lockheed likes the pigeons because they .
| A．do the work at low cost |
| B．get their pictures on television |
| C．understand the computer |
| D．make the scientists pleased |
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Which of the activities can you do at night?
| A．Visit Disneyland | B．Skate on the ice. |
| C．Enjoy rock music | D．See the movie stars’ homes |
Going to ________ is beach lovers’ best choice for summer vacation.
| A．Vermont | B．Green Mountains |
| C．Northern California | D．Southern California |
Which of the following does the price of both tours include?
| A．Lessons | B．Lift tickets | C．Daily surfboard | D．Ski equipment |