What do you know about the sea? Everybody knows that the sea looks beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it becomes very terrible when there is a strong wind. If you study the map of the world, you’ll learn that about three quarters(四分之三) of the world is sea.
Have you ever been at sea? The sea is very deep. In some places the sea is much deeper. The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high while the deepest place of the sea is almost 11 kilometers deep.
The sea can be very cold. At the top of the sea the water may be warm. But if you go down it becomes colder and colder. In most places of the sea, there are lots of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down.
You know the sea water is salty. The water of Dead Sea is very salty. It is so salty that swimmers cannot sink(下沉)! Fish cannot live in the Dead Sea! What a strange sea!
| A．25％ | B．75％ | C．30％ | D．45％ |
| A．The sea looks beautiful when it is calm（平静的）. |
| B．The sea is 6 kilometers in depth on average(平均) |
| C．The sea becomes very horrific(可怕的) when there is a strong wind. |
| D．The Dead Sea is so salty that nothing can live in it. |
| A．the more comfortable he feels. |
| B．the warmer he feels. |
| C．the colder he feels. |
| D．the cooler he feels |
| A．Most of the plants and fishes live near the top of the sea. |
| B．None of the plants and fishes live near the top of the sea. |
| C．Some of the plants and fishes live near the top of the sea. |
| D．Most of the plants and fishes live deep down of the sea. |
| A．There are many kinds of fishes in it. |
| B．It is a safe place for the swimmers. |
| C．It is very salty. |
| D．No fish can be found in it. |
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 |
I love collecting old paving bricks (铺路砖 ). It is my favourite hobby. I started it last year when I needed to help our teacher to hold a fair display (展览 ) for our school. A few years earlier, I read an article about paving bricks in a fashion magazine. I found it was very interesting, so I decided to do the display on the bricks. But we didn’t have so many bricks for a good display. Then I decided to go out and look for them.
Now I have collected hundreds of bricks. Most of them are from Ohio (俄亥俄洲 ). Actually , there are more than one thousand different kinds of bricks in Ohio. Sometimes, I bought some old but special bricks on the Internet. The price is from 5 to 10 dollars for one brick.
Sometimes, people can’t understand why I buy bricks. I must say that it’s my favourite hobby.I collected old paving bricks_________.
| A．last week | B．last year | C．A few years ago | D．this year |
I came to know paving bricks________________.
| A．in the library | B．on the Internet | C．in a newspaper | D．in a magazine |
Now I have collected_______ different kinds of bricks.
| A．about 100 | B．about 1000 | C．about 200 | D．several hundred |
How much is a brick?
| A．5 dollars | B．10 dollars | C．15 dollars | D．5 to 10 dollars |
Boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six in front of the TV set. Some children even watch TV for eight or more hours on Saturday. TV programmes are like books and films. A child can learn bad things from some of them and good things from others. Some programmes help children know the news from the other parts of the world. Some programmes show people and places from other countries or other times（时代）in history. With TV, a child doesn’t need to go to the zoo to see animals or to the sea to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a film, a play or a basketball match at home. Some programmes can teach children how to cook or how to use tools. It’s interesting to watch TV, but it is also interesting to read a book or to visit friends. Children can learn ________ from TV programmes.
| A． good things | B．bad things | C．good or bad things | D．good and bad things |
How many hours do children often watch TV a day?
| A．4 | B．4-6 | C．6 | D．8-10 |
Which of the following is wrong?
| A．Watching TV is the only interesting thing in life. |
| B．Reading a book is also interesting |
| C．Visiting friends is interesting, too |
| D．A child should learn useful things from TV programmes. |