Without flowers, many plants would not be able to reproduce (繁殖) and many insects would not be able to get enough food to live. Here are some interesting facts about flowers plants.
● Most plants grow flowers each year, but some take much longer. The century plant (龙舌兰) grows only one flower and then it dies! Even more amazing is a plant from South America called Puya raimondii. It doesn’t grow a flower until it is 150 years old, and after that it dies, too.
● The smallest flowering plant in the world is thought to be the common watermeal (无根萍). Its leaves are only 1mm across!
● Bamboo has amazing flowering habits. There are many different kinds of bamboo in the world. And they have different flowering habits. A few flower each year, but most wait much longer. What is amazing is that all bamboo of the same kind will flower almost at the same time, where it is 6 growing! Nobody knows why.
● The white flower of the Amazon water lily (睡莲)is the size of a football, and the flower turns purple after it has been pollinated (授粉).
● The Caucasian lime can grow in Britain. Its flowers are poisonous to bees. If they touch the flowers, they will die.Which of the following plants needs the longest time to grow flowers?
| A．The bamboo. | B．The watermeal. |
| C．The Puya raimondii. | D．The Caucasian lime. |
From the fourth paragraph we know that ________.
| A．bamboo is the most amazing plant in the world |
| B．all kinds of bamboo grow beautiful flowers every year |
| C．the flowers of a bamboo is as large as the size of a football |
| D．the same kind of bamboo will grow flowers at the same time |
The Amazon water lily’s white flowers can ________.
| A．change color | B．grow long |
| C．kill bees | D．attract insects |
The underlined word “poisonous” in the last paragraph means “________” in Chinese.
| A．有香味的 | B．有毒的 |
| C．有吸引力的 | D．有营养的 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Many insects get their food from flowers. |
| B．After growing a flower, the century plant will grow better. |
| C．The common watermeal has the smallest leaves in the world. |
| D．Bees will die if they touch the leaves of the Caucasian lime. |
| Headache Medicine · Take the medicine twice a day, every morning and night. · Dose (药量) / each time Age: over 14 2 tablets (粒) 8-13 1 tablet 4-7 1/2 tablet · Not right for children below the age of three. |
The Public Library · Opening hours: 9:00 am-5:00 pm Sunday to Friday · Social Science Books 3rd floor · Children Books 2nd floor Foreign Books 4th floor · You can borrow books and search for information on the Internet. |
| Conlins Zoo · Over 600 animals, tigers, pandas... · Opening hours: 9:00am-5:00pm Monday to Sunday · Price: $20 per person (half price for children) · Transport: No.1 Bus |
Tom is a 6-year-old boy. If he has a headache, he should take _______ a day.
| A．1/2 tablet | B．1 tablet |
| C．2 tablets | D．3 tablets |
If you want to borrow some children books, you can go to _______.
| A．5th floor | B．3rd floor |
| C．4th floor | D．2nd floor |
Tom and his father want to go to the Conlins Zoo, they should pay _______.
| A．$15 | B．$45 | C．$30 | D．$10 |
Steve Jobs, the designer(设计者) of Apple Computer, wasn’t smart when he was at school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made trouble(麻烦) with his schoolmates. Then he dropped out (缀学). But he was full of new ideas.
After he left college, Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.
Steve Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned(返回) from India.
In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple computer with his friend . He chose the name“Apple”just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.
His Apple computer was such a great success that Steve Jobs soon became famous all over the world.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 At first Steve Jobs became a _________ after he left college.
| A．designer | B．farmer | C．teacher | D．gardener |
Steve Jobs designed his new computer _________ .
| A．in India | B．with his friend |
| C．by himself | D．in an apple tree garden |
Steve Jobs chose the name “Apple” because__________.
| A．apple was his favorite fruit |
| B．he designed the computer under an apple tree |
| C．he wanted to remember the happy time |
| D．the computer was designed in the apple tree garden. |
Steve Jobs was famous for his _________ in the world.
| A．new ideas | B．apple |
| C．video games | D．Apple Computer |
We learn __________ according to this passage.
| A．Steve Jobs finished his studies in the college. |
| B．Steve Jobs liked travelling all over the world. |
| C．Steve Jobs was always trying to make his new ideas come true. |
| D．Steve Jobs was weak in designing video games. |
It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home alone all the time. Go out of the house and do things to keep in touch with other people. It’s easier to make friends in this way.
Don’t be afraid to show people what you are really good at. Talk about the things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you.
Watch their eyes when you talk to them. Through this way, they can find it easier to talk to you. If you don’t, people may think you are not interested in them and may not be interested in you.
Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”. Ask them lots of questions. Show an interest in their answers.
Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like — not just with those who are easy to meet. Be friendly to a lot of people. You will have a bigger group of people to choose from and have more chances for making friends.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。Staying at home alone is a good way to make friends.
If you have something interesting, someone may be interested in you.
It’s possible(可能的) to make friends if you show people what you’re really good at.
You only need to make friends with the kind of people you really like..
It’s good to talk too much about yourselves when someone talks about himself.
The largest number of people in a race
The biggest race is in San Francisco, the USA. More than 100,000 people run the 12 kilometers in the race. Another famous race is in London every year. This race is longer and harder, it is more than 42 kilometers, but 25,000 people usually finish it.
The youngest international player
The youngest international player in any sport was Jamaica. Her name was Joy Foster. She was the Jamaican table tennis champion (冠军) in1958 when she was 8 years old.
The strongest superlative (最佳者)
Have you ever tried walking backwards? The world record for walking backwards is 12,875 kilometers. A man from Texas, the USA, walked backwards for 18 months in 1931—1032. Nobody else has ever broken this record (打破记录).
The most popular sport
The popular sport team game in the world is football. People play football in villages, streets and stadiums all over the world. The most famous football competition is the World Cup. It happens every four years, and nearly 2,000,000,000 people watch it on TV. The first Women’s World Cup was in 1991.The San Francisco race is not as _______ as the London race.
| A．easy | B．big | C．popular | D．long |
Joy Foster was born in __________.
| A．1950 | B．1952 | C．1958 | D．1966 |
______ walked more than 12,875 kilometers’ backwards.
| A．Few people | B．Nobody else |
| C．One man has | D．Many people |
The best title of this passage is __________________.
| A．Enjoy your sport | B．Different sports |
| C．Sport superlatives | D．Strange sport |
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Here's morning news. Yesterday afternoon a ten-year-old school boy swallowed (吞下) a pen cap!
The boy was daydreaming in class. Without knowing what he was doing, he put a pen cap into his mouth. A few minutes later, he was surprised to find that he had swallowed it! The teacher was shocked(震惊) when the boy stood up and said, "I've just swallowed a pen cap." He was quickly sent to the nearest hospital. There a doctor examined him and said the best way was to give him medicine so that the pen cap could pass naturally. Three hours later the boy successfully made it.
"The boy is really lucky," said the doctor. "It's not rare that small children put things into their mouths for fun. It's very dangerous," he added.Where will we probably get this news?
| A．In a newspaper. | B．On the radio. |
| C．In a textbook. | D．In a magazine. |
What do the underlined words "made it" mean?
| A．swallowed the pen cap |
| B．went to see the doctor |
| C．made the pen cap pass naturally |
| D．had the medicine |
Which sentence is RIGHT according to the news?
| A．The boy was 8 years old. |
| B．The boy was listening carefully in class. |
| C．The boy went to the hospital himself. |
| D．The boy was all right at last. |