Unlike Chinese people, the ones in the West believe in star signs. Western world has a complete system(系统) of star signs, and they explain them and use them to tell a person’s characteristics and the things they like or dislike. There are a cycle of 12 of them in all. All of them are decided by the date instead of the year of your birth and each of them has its own characteristics.
Sagittarius (射手座) is one of them. Now, let’s take it as an example:
Sagittarius (November 23—December 21)
Sagittarius in short
Sagittarius are fun, loving, generous and very friendly. They seldom tell lies; in fact they’re so open about everything, They have surprising intuitions(直觉) that they should pay attention to. They are pretty clever because they are so interested in everything. They can be a bit rude, that’s only because they’re very honest and will say exactly what they think. They love travelling, fast cars and horse riding. They also love spending money.
More about Sagittarius
Sagittarius are great friends because they are interested in everything and everyone. They are attracted by even the strangest people. With their humour, they are often in a good mood. They can be hurtful to others because they cannot stop speaking what they see as the truth, but they don’t mean to. Money is not their God. Their values are spiritual(精神的) rather than material.
They are hard-working. They are very open-minded about new ideas and love to try ideas out. Usually it does end up working because they have an excellent intuition and can usually tell straight away if an idea is a good one or a bad one. One of their weaknesses is not asking enough money for all the hard work they do, because they love doing it.Whose star sign is Sagittarius?
| A．Miss Yao who was born on Mar 18, 1978. |
| B．Peter, a boy who was born on Nov 22, 1998. |
| C．Mr Zhou who was born on Dec 23, 1976. |
| D．Lucy, a girl who was born on Nov 30, 1991. |
Which is WRONG about Sagittariaus?
| A．Sagittarians often tell lies. |
| B．Sagittarians can be rude. |
| C．Sagittarians show great interest in strange things and people. |
| D．Sagittarians can end up working by using their good intuition. |
What can we know from the underlined sentence “Money is not their God”?
| A．Sagittarians care too much about money. |
| B．Sagittarians believe that money is from the God. |
| C．Sagittarians hate God. |
| D．Sagittarians pay no attention to money. |
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Most schools are trying hard to improve their lunch programs and they want to offer the best food they can.
Even if your school provides healthy options(选择)，you may still want to have something delicious outside.
How do you take control? Take a packed lunch to school!
Here are the four reasons to pack your lunch and snacks at least twice a week.
Control Have you ever waited in the lunch line only to find when you get to the front that you don’t like what they’re serving?
VarietyIf you’re eating the same food all the time , your body probably feels ready for a change. Packing lunch a couple of times a week means you can enjoy some favorites that you might not find at every school.
Money ServingPacking healthy snacks so that you needn’t go out for a fast-food lunch, chocolate or a soda! If so, you will save much money. And you can buy something you need.
Warm Feeling Remember when your mom or dad used to pack your lunch? Pack a lunch for yourself, maybe that is your favorite healthy food.
Whether you pack or eat in the cafeteria(自助食堂)，what’s important is that you make right choices. If you are worried that cafeteria doesn’t offer enough healthy choices, try to make changes. Ask a teacher or someone in food service for advice on hoe to get started.
Take a packed lunch to school
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To control diets |
It helps __ |
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Your body needs __ |
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Healthy snacks from home are ___ |
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| To feel warm |
In the past, your parents packed lunch for you while you just do it_ |
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| Conclusion |
It’s important to __ |
Over 30,000 years ago, people from northern Asia went to America. Today we can tell these people Indians.
The Indians went to America because the weather began to change. Northern Asia became very cold. Everything froze. They had to move or they would die. How did the first Indians go to America? They walked!
Later Columbus found the New World in 1492. At first, only a few Europeans followed. They traveled to America in boats. For the next 300 years, about 500,000 people went there. Then the number grew very quickly. From 1815 to 1915, over 32,000,000 Europeans left their countries for the United States. The biggest groups went from Germany and Italy. These Europeans spoke many different languages. Most of them took almost no money. They went to America so they could find a better life.________ went to America first.
| A．People from northern Asia |
| B．People from Italy |
| C．People from Germany |
| D．Columbus |
Why did the Indians go to America? Because ____________ .
| A． northern Asia became very hot |
| B． northern Asia became very cold |
| C．they were interested in America |
| D．they liked traveling |
The “New World” was _________.
| A．Italy | B．northern Asia | C．Germany | D．America |
These Europeans ___________.
| A．didn’t speak the same language |
| B．spoke English |
| C．spoke German only |
| D．spoke both English and German |
The Europeans went to America in order to _________ .
| A．find the New world |
| B．find a better life |
| C．build more boats |
| D．learn English |
At 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003, our country launched (发射) its first manned (有人的) space-ship, Shenzhou V, into space at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu Province. It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 21 hours to circle the earth 14 times. Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He comes from Liaoning Province, and he has been an air force pilot(飞行员) since 1983. He was chosen from 14 pilots after many difficult tests.
The life of an astronaut is hard to imagine for many people. To put on a space suit takes 15 minutes with the help of others. Sleeping in space is not easy, either. He has to sleep in a special sleeping bag on the wall because there is no gravity. Yang can eat chicken and rice. It’s especially made to eat in space but it doesn’t taste nice.
“I’m feeling very good in space, and it looks wonderful here,” said Yang, “I have looked at our beautiful earth and I have recorded all that I have seen here.”
China has become the third country in the world to send a person into space after the former Soviet Union(前苏联) and the United States. China is now planning its next launch. Shenzhou VI will be into space within(在……之内) the next years, it may take three astronauts. We are all proud of our motherland.Shenzhou V was launched into space _____.
| A．at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2003 |
| B．at 9 p.m. on October 15, 2003 |
| C．at 9 a.m. on October 16, 2003 |
| D．at 9 p.m. on October 16, 2003 |
Yang Liwei is a(n) ______.
| A．policeman | B．businessman | C．doctor | D．astronaut |
Yang Liwei is from _______.
| A．Liaoning | B．Gansu | C．Jining | D．Inner Mongolia |
Which of the following is true?
| A．It took Yang Liwei and his spaceship about 12 hours. |
| B．Life in space is easy for an astronaut. |
| C．China is planning its next launch now. |
| D．Yang Liwei is the first man into space. |
We can know there are _____ countries in the world which can send man into space.
| A．five | B．four | C．three | D．two |
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This is a story about a famous American woman．Her name is Helen Keller．When she was only nineteen months old．she got an illness．It made her blind（瞎的）and deaf（聋的）．She couldn’t see or hear anything．So she couldn’t learn to speak．When she was six，a young teacher came and taught her to read and write．Her name was Ann Sullivan．
Later，when she was ten，Miss Sullivan took her to another teacher，Sarah Fuller．Sarah Fuller taught her to speak．Helen put her fingers（手指）on Miss Fuller’s face and into her month．In this way，she learned to speak．She went to school and became famous because she was one of the first blind and deaf persons to learn to speak．She began to write books and to help the blind in many parts of the world．Her hard work and her courage（勇气）made people in all countries love her．How old was Helen Keller when she was blind and deaf?
________________________________________________________________________Why couldn’t she learn to speak?
________________________________________________________________________What did Miss Fuller teach her to do?
________________________________________________________________________Why did she become famous?
________________________________________________________________________What made all people love her?
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Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists found that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on their work.
Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people couch potatoes.
Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Yong people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight.ScientistssayifkidswatchtoomuchTV,theywill______.
| A．learnlanguageskillsmoreeasily |
| B．behealthier |
| C．findithardtolearntoread |
| D．eatlessfood |
Kidslearnlanguageskillsbestby______.
| A．reading |
| B．talking |
| C．playingwithothers |
| D．alloftheabove |
WhilewatchingTV,whatDON’Tpeopledo?
| A．Eatalotoffood. |
| B．Havelesstimeforreading. |
| C．Hardlymove. |
| D．Focusontheirwork. |
Whichofthefollowingistrue?
| A．AnAmericanchildwillwatch12,000fightingactsonTVayear. |
| B．It’sgoodforkidstolearnfromfightingactsonTV. |
| C．ToomuchTVisgoodforpeople’shealth. |
| D．It’seasyforkidswhowatchalotoffightingshowstofight withothers. |
Couch potatoes are people who watch too much TV and become____.
| A．thin | B．fit | C．fat | D．strong |