Linda has been a vegetarian for years. She stopped eating meat because of how she felt. As she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat. She bought a vegetarian cookbook and decided to "go all the way". She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes; now, however, most of her food is vegetables, fruits, and grains (谷类). Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.
Nancy is an animal lover. Nancy grew up on a farm where there were cows and chickens. As she grew older, she started to eat less meat One day she realized that she had stopped eating meat. She thinks it is not right to kill animals for food.
When Mark was a student, he had a careful plan of how to spend money. The little money that he had for food, he spent on rice, cheap vegetables. He learned to be a very good cook. Now Mark is a successful engineer, but he still eats simple foods, and no meat.
Roy is an environmentalist He knows that the population is increasing faster and faster, but the land for growing food is not increasing at all. He knows that it takes sixteen kilos (克) of grain to make one kilo of meat; he thinks about the fifteen kilos of grain that are wasted if he eats meat "Somewhere, " he says, "someone hasn't got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak (牛排)?" Mark's ideas about what is right and wrong make him a vegetarian
According to the passage, a vegetarian usually will not eat _____ .
Linda became a vegetarian because ______ .
A .her doctor asked her to do so
B. she was badly ill
C she enjoyed eating vegetables
D. she wanted to be healthier.
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Mark became a vegetarian when he was a student. |
B.We aren't sure when Roy became a vegetarian. |
C.Nancy became a vegetarian when she was old. |
D.Roy doesn't like steak at all |
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.people choose to be vegetarians for different reasons |
B.people become vegetarians because they don't like meat |
C.meat is not good for one's health |
D.we had better become vegetarians |
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There is a family of ants close to my house, but I don't know when they came here.
They work hard all day long cleaning their house and looking for food outside. There is not a lazy one in their family. They are friendly to each other and help each other. I like them very much and often go to see them.
One day I went to see the ants just before a heavy rain. They were busy carrying earth in their mouths to stop up the door of their house. Just then the rain came down. I ran back into the house. I thought,“The ants will be in danger. How heavy the rain is!”
When the rain stopped, I went out to see the ants. The earth at the door kept the rain out. They were busy carrying it away.
It was late, and the people all went home. I thought that the ants must be tired.I went to see them again with the help of the lamp. They were still working quietly. What good, hard-working neighbours they are!Who is the writer's neighbour?
What did they do all day long?
They aren't very kind to each other, are they?
What did they use to keep the rain out?
Do they go to sleep just as the people do in the evening?
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins are mammals(哺乳动物), not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say“welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can’t hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.(An aquarium is a zoo for fish.) People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.A school of dolphins means_____.
A.a zoo for dolphins | B.a show by dolphins |
C.a group of dolphins | D.a library of dolphins |
A dolphin feels _____in an aquarium.
A.afraid |
B.happy with people watching them |
C.lucky |
D.sad and lonely |
Which sentence is true?
A.Dolphins talk with words. |
B.Dolphins always bring good luck. |
C.Dolphins make more sounds above water. |
D.Dolphins can’t breathe(呼吸) under the water. |
People can’t hear the dolphins’ sounds because they are .
A.low | B.high | C.soft | D.quiet |
From the passage we know_____.
A.Dolphins travel together. |
B.Dolphins talk with words when they play. |
C.Dolphins like to live in aquariums. |
D.All people want to catch dolphins and eat them. |
Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.
One day, though, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were sitting in class. The teacher was giving us our results for a Chinese test. I had done badly. I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at her, but said nothing. I knew Vallina had got a good mark in the test. I thought she was making fun of me. I stayed silent(沉默), but Vallina didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions: “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to show you the right answers?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn’t know what to do. I looked everywhere for me paper, but couldn’t find it.
In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big surprise. Vanilla had written the right answer next to every one of my mistakes. My face went red. Vanilla had been trying to help me all along. How mean I had been to her when she was being so nice. I wanted to hug (拥抱)her, but all I did was to hold her hands and say, “Thank you.” That afternoon, Vanilla and I walked home together. I felt so happy that I had to thank her again. We were still best friends.The sentences “ But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.” Really means _________.
A.she doesn’t want others to see her eyes |
B.there is something wrong with her eyes |
C.she likes to wear dark glasses |
D.she is often shy |
The writer felt sad because ________ in the Chinese test.
A.she got a good mark |
B.Vanilla had done better than her |
C.she didn’t have a good mark |
D.the teacher was angry with her |
Vanilla really came to the writer to _______.
A.make fun of her |
B.find out what had happened to her |
C.help her |
D.show her the right answers |
Vanilla left the writer because she __________.
A.wanted to write the right answers for the writer |
B.didn’t know what to do to help her friend |
C.was angry with the writer |
D.wanted to go home for lunch |
Which of the following phrases has the same meaning as “make fun of”?
A.Saying “hello” to. |
B.Seeing me off. |
C.Laughing at. |
D.Looking after. |
Guitar Player Wanted Are you a lover of music? Can you play the guitar? Can you sing or dance? Welcome to our Sunshine Rock Band. Please call Mike at 5487-6598 or send an e-mail to sunshine@yahoo.com. |
Hot Club Do you like to play table tennis? Do you want to play it well? Mr. Zhang is a good teacher. You can come here every Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30. Telephone: 8665-7868 Address: Room 105, Lantian Hotel |
Swimmer Wanted Can you swim? Do you like children? Can you teach them to swim on Sundays? Come and join us. Call Joe at 8472-9999 for more information. |
Summer Job Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? Would you like to work for a magazine? Then come and work as a reporter. Please call Kate at 5561-8823. |
You don’t have to be able to do it if you want to join the Sunshine Rock Band. What is it?
A.Playing the guitar | B.Singing | C.Dancing | D.Painting |
Who can teach you to play table tennis?
A.Mike | B.Joe | C.Mr. Zhang | D.Kate |
If you want to learn to play table tennis, you can go to Lantian Hotel on______.
A.Saturdays | B.Sundays | C.Mondays | D.Fridays |
If you want to work as a reporter, you can call________。
A.5487-6598 | B.8665-7868 | C.8472-9999 | D.5561-8823 |
The ads may be from___________。
A.a newspaper | B.a storybook | C.an art book | D.a science book |
Once there was a little girl in a village. She spent summers on her grandfather’s farm. The year she was four, she knew some ducks. The ducks were white with orange feet. They lived in a little wooden(木头的) house near the road. The little girl liked these ducks very much.
Every day they walked down the road to the pond(池塘). The ducks went into the water. The little girl sat on the bank(岸) and saw them swimming in the pond. The little girl talked to the ducks and they quacked back to her.
Then one day the ducks were gone. No one would say anything about them. The little girl was afraid to ask where they were. One night everyone sat down for dinner. The food looked a little like chicken. The girl didn’t want to eat. Can you guess why?
根据短文内容,从每小题后所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项,并在答题卷相应的位置用2B铅笔涂黑。The story is mainly about _______.
A.eating chicken | B.sitting by the pond |
C.living on a farm | D.a little girl and ducks |
The ducks were _____________.
A.yellow and orange | B.yellow and white |
C.white and orange feet | D.white and black |
The underlined “quaked” in paragraph two means _________ in Chinese.
A.嘎嘎叫 | B.与......交谈 | C.跑开 | D.飞起来 |
At the end of the story, the ducks were probably ______
A.under the water | B.on the plate |
C.in the wooden house | D.swimming in the pond |
The little girl didn’t eat because ______
A.she wanted nice cakes | B.the food was ducks |
C.the food was too hot | D.the plate was empty |