Have you heard about “Survival Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,000 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without grown-ups around them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are designed by grown-ups, which brings many problems. Children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard trouble. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even the smallest danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay cool in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.The activities in “Survival Holidays” are ______.
| A．dangerous | B．comfortable |
| C．boring | D．exciting |
Which of the following is true according to (根据) the passage?
| A．Parents and children will join “Survival Holidays” together. |
| B．Children are not allowed to watch TV during “Survival Holidays”. |
| C．The skills children learn during “Survival Holidays” will be helpful. |
| D．Children play computer games together during the “Survival Holidays”. |
Mr. Smith had a hotel near the biggest train station in London. A lot of foreigners stayed there for the night. Mr. Smith only knew English, so he found it not easy for him to understand the people from other countries such as Russia, France and Japan. He thought Russian was boring but Japanese was interesting. So he asked a friend of his who knew Japanese to teach him. He studied hard and happily. At first he learned some, but soon he found that it wasn’t easy to remember Japanese words. His friend asked him to write down the useful words on his notebook so that he could use them. He did as he was told. He found it helpful for him to do so.
One evening, there were a lot of people in the dinning room of his hotel. They were all busy eating something, but a Japanese was walking up and down there. He seemed to be waiting for someone. Mr. Smith thought to himself, “ Maybe the man is hungry and wants to eat something, but he doesn’t know any English. I’ll try to help him.”
Because Mr. Smith knew only a little Japanese, he had to take out his notebook and showed the sentence “ I am very hungry” to the Japanese.
To his surprise, the Japanese took a look at it and gave him two dollars, and then left the hotel.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。In this passage, Mr. Smith learned ______ from one of his friends.
| A．Russian | B．French |
| C．English | D．Japanese |
After a few days, Mr. Smith found it ______ to learn Japanese.
| A．interesting | B．difficult |
| C．boring | D．easy |
Mr. Smith decided to help the man because he ______.
| A．thought the man was hungry |
| B．found the man was really upset |
| C．could practice Japanese with the man |
| D．knew who the man was waiting for |
If Mr. Smith knew more about the Japanese language, the Japanese would ______
| A．go to walking up and down |
| B．teach him more useful words |
| C．stay in the dinning room for dinner |
| D．help him serve other foreigners |
Which of the following is WRONG?
| A．Mr. Smith knew three foreign languages. |
| B．The Japanese thought Mr. Smith was a man asking for money. |
| C．The Japanese might be waiting for someone to have supper together. |
| D．The Japanese might be worried because nobody could understand him. |
| How to Send and Receive an E-mail Do you want to learn how to send and receive an e-mail? If you want to, please follow these directions. First, turn on your computer and connect to the Internet. Then open your e-mail program. You can see a picture of an envelope on the screen. Click on that, and a box will appear on your screen. This is your e-mail “menu”. |
| How do astronauts have meals? Eating in space is different from eating on the earth. The food that astronauts carry with them doesn’t look like the food you eat on the earth. Some food is carried in closed bags. It is cooked and frozen before the astronauts get it. All the water is removed from the food. In the space capsule(太空舱), the astronaut puts the water back. He “shoots” hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. He eats the food through a small hole in the bag. Other foods come in bite sizes. The astronaut puts a whole piece in his mouth at a time. There can be no crumb(食物碎屑) floating around the capsule. Meat, cakes and cereal often come in bite-sized pieces. Astronauts can’t drink water from open cups. The water would float in drops in the air. The water is put in the special gun. The astronaut shoots the water into his mouth. Eating in space is not easy. Astronauts must learn to eat this way. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。What can you see on the screen when you open your e-mail program?
| A．a picture of a box | B．a picture of an envelope |
| C．a picture of a menu | D．a picture of a computer |
Where is some food carried in space?
| A．bags. | B．plastics. |
| C．cloth bags. | D．closed bags. |
How does the astronaut put hot or cold water into the food bag.
| A．They put hot or cold water into the food bag with a scoop. |
| B．They put hot or cold water into the food bag with a bowl. |
| C．They put hot or cold water into the food bag with a special gun. |
| D．They put hot or cold water into the food bag with a straw. |
According to the passage, we know that eating in space ________ eating on the earth.
| A．is the same as | B．is similar to |
| C．is like | D．is different from |
Eating in space is__________.
| A．difficult | B．easy |
| C．interesting | D．boring |
Enjoying a better life at school, with shorter class hours, greater privacy(隐私)and more rights is all you dream of, right?
For students in Shanghai, they are no longer just dreams. This week experts(行家)and law-makers in Shanghai had a meeting to talk about a new law(法律). It is called the “Shanghai Underage Protection Law(上海未成年人保护法)”.
The law says students’ diaries and letters are their secrets and “Nobody can read them if they don’t agree.”
Do your teachers sometimes say something bad to you? Maybe they send you out of the classroom because you fail to finish doing your homework. If this happens in Shanghai, you can stand up and say “No”.
Shanghai students may have less homework because of the law. Class hours may become shorter for juniors next year, down from 45 minutes to 40 minutes in some schools.
The law also talks about students’ health. According to the rules,“Smoking in these places full of kids is not allowed.”That means you can ask your teacher to stop if he smokes in a classroom.
The law makes schools safer for students. “No dancing halls, Internet bars or computer game bars are allowed within(在……以内)200 meters of a school gate.” the law says.
The law is great, right? Many students like it.
“My mom reads my diaries sometimes. I think she will be afraid if I tell her she is doing something against the law.” said Luo Jia, 13, at Shanghai Fuxing Junior School.
If you want to know more about the law, go to “www.spcsc.sh.cn”.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。The students’ diaries and letters are their secrets and_______.
| A．only their parents can read them |
| B．only their teacher can read them |
| C．Nobody can read them |
| D．Their teacher can read them |
Shanghai students may have _____homework, because of the law.
A. less B. more C. many D much moreIf your teacher smokes in a classroom, you can _____.
| A．stop her | B．agree her |
| C．leave | D．smile |
Internet bars or computer game bars _______within 200 meters of a school gate.
| A．are allowed | B．are important |
| C．aren’t allowed | D．are necessary |
According to the passage, we know the new law is _______for the students.
| A．good | B．wrong |
| C．not useful | D．impossible |
An earthquake may happen at any time. It’s best for us to know what to do, where to safe and who to contact during the earthquake. The following information will help you.
Remember: Prepare your personal earthquake bag. Collect these items and keep them somewhere near you. Water, food, medicine, mobile, phone, torch(手电筒),personal washing things, blanket, money.
Remember: Drop, Hide, Hold and contact. Drop to the floor and protect your head and neck with your arms. Hide yourself beside something like a table, a bed and so on. Hold the furniture so that you won’t move away during the earthquake. Contact family friends to tell them where you are.
Remember: Never do these things. Stand to the close to the buildings stand under the trees or signs because it’s better for you to stand in an open space. Go too close to the power lines(电线) because you may be badly hurt by electricity.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。What does the under line word “contact” mean in the passage?
| A．求救 | B．联络 | C．接触 | D．帮助 |
Where should we drop to protect our head and neck with our arms?
| A．on the table | B．behind the door |
| C．on the floor | D．beside the furniture |
It is safer for you to stand_______ during the earthquake.
| A．close to a building. | B．beside power lines. |
| C．under a tree | D．in an open space. |
According to the passage, how many main items should we remember during the earthquake?
| A．three | B．two | C．four | D．five |
Which is the best title of the passage?
| A．The Personal Earthquake Bag. |
| B．The reasons of the Earthquake. |
| C．Different Kinds of Earthquakes. |
| D．It’s Better to be Safe than Sorry. |
A. The fish are found in an acidic swamp (酸性的煤炭沼泽) on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Indonesian swamps are disappearing because of the unchecked development and farming. And several populations of the tiny fish have already been lost.
B. According to researchers, such acidic swamps was once thought to have few animals in, but recent research has discovered that they are homes to many unique creatures.
C. The fish has a translucent(半透明的)body and a head unprotected by a skeleton(颅骨).Mature females(成熟的雌性)grow to less than a third of an inch long.
D. Scientists say they have discovered the world's smallest known fish in Indonesia.
E. "This is one of the strangest fish that I've seen in my whole career,' said Ralf Britz, a zoologist(动物学家) at the Natural History Museum in London. "It's tiny and has these special fins(鱼鳍). I hope we'll have time to find out more about them before their habitat disappears completely."
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