Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna（维也纳）. He was also a man full of humour. Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words.“Well,”said Freud, “we take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering.”
As a devoted son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summer in a small mountain town in Austria. The King Josef usually spent his summer there, too. One day in the summer, a band was playing a lively tune when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing, but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mama, the band is playing for your birthday.”She believed him and had a wonderful day. Freud was a famous ______ of ______.
| A．doctor, Austria | B．general, Vienna |
| C．King, Austria | D．doctor, Australia |
From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party, we can see that he was __.
| A．a brave man | B．a sick man |
| C．a devoted man | D．a man full of humour |
One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ______.
| A．his 70th birthday |
| B．the King Josef’s birthday |
| C．his mother’s birthday |
| D．for his holiday |
Which of the four sentences is wrong?
| A．Freud’s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summer in the same place. |
| B．Freud’s mother’s birthday and the King’s birthday were on the same day. |
| C．Freud’s mother was so old that her memory was very bad. |
| D．She knew that the band was playing for the King. |
Freud’s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because ______.
| A．the King Josef himself came to celebrate her birthday |
| B．the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday |
| C．she believed that the band was playing for her birthday |
| D．she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully |
One day Trudy saw an advertisement in a magazine. It offered a packet of 100 mixed stamps for $10. Trudy wanted to start a stamp collection so she ordered the packet. One hundred mixed stamps seemed a good way to begin a collection. She sent a postal order to the stamp company with her order, and waited excitedly for the stamps arrived. Trudy checked the mail every day for four weeks but the stamps didn’t arrive. So Trudy decided to write to the company. “Dear Sir/Madam,” she wrote, “a month ago I sent you a postal order for $10 as payment for 100 mixed stamps. They haven’t arrived. Please send them by return of mail.” another month passed. The stamps still didn’t arrive and she didn’t receive any replay to her letter. She asked her father for advice. Her father said, “You must write a stronger letter. Make the stamp company worry that you will report them to the authorities.” “Dear Sir/Madam,” she wrote in her second letter. “I am writing to complain about your poor service. Two months ago I sent you a postal order for $10 as payment for 100 mixed stamps. I didn’t receive the stamps. A month ago I wrote to inform you of this. I still haven’t received the stamps, and you haven’t replied to my letter. If I do not receive the stamps within seven days. I shall report this matter to the authorities.” Two days later Trudy received the stamps in the mail. Trudy ordered the stamps because _______.
| A．it seemed a good way to start a stamp collection |
| B．she wanted to give them to her father |
| C．she need them to mail some letters |
| D．she thought they were cheap |
Trudy paid for the stamps with ________.
| A．cash | B．a check | C．the credit card | D．a postal order |
Trudy checked the mail every day for ______.
| A．4 months | B．a week | C．a month | D．for 3 weeks |
In her second letter Trudy complained about how _______.
| A．expensive the stamps were |
| B．boring the stamps were |
| C．poor the company’s service was |
| D．slow the postal service was |
Trudy received the stamps ______ after she sent the second letter.
| A．a week | B．a month | C．two months | D．two days |
The question whether there is life on Mars (火星) has made the public think a lot for more than a century. The closest look showed Mars to be a dusty, cold world, covered by air too thin to breathe. A British spaceship and Europe's Mars spaceship plan to land on Mars or enter orbit (轨道) around it. One of the NASA’s (美国宇航局) spaceships is expected to land on January 3, the other is going to land on the opposite side of Mars on January 24. Since 1960, over twenty spaceships sent to Mars have failed. Most have been lost on flying up or landing because those are the most difficult times of any flights. Scientists wanted to find out whether there was water in Mars. In October, a team of scientists reported that Mars had been a dry wasteland. But weeks later, a second team reported differently that they had found some marks showed clearly that they were made by the rivers. Such marks told us that Mars was a warmer place billions of years ago — just as life first appeared here on Earth. Scientists at once raise a question: if what they said is true, what happened on Mars? Then what about the earth? Which is right about Mars?
| A．It’s cold without dust. |
| B．There is no water or air. |
| C．It’s warm with some thin air. |
| D．It’s a dusty, cold world almost without air. |
Two NASA’s spaceships _______________.
| A．will land on the different sides of Mars |
| B．will land on the same day |
| C．will enter orbit around Mars |
| D．will land with a man |
The most difficult times of a flight are _______________.
| A．taking off |
| B．flying up and arriving |
| C．entering the orbit and landing |
| D．leaving the earth and entering the orbit |
A team of scientists reported that there might be_____________ in Mars.
| A．nothing but air |
| B．nothing |
| C．water billions of years ago |
| D．thick air and lakes |
What are scientists worried about when they raise the question?
| A．Life disappeared on Mars. |
| B．Spaceships can’t land on Mars. |
| C．The air on the earth gets less and less. |
| D．The earth might be changed like Mars |
What will you do if weight keeps going up? Here are ideas to help you stay healthy:
Don’t sit around
Stay active. Try to exercise 30 to 60 minutes every day. Your exercise doesn’t have to be hard. Start small. Take the stairs instead of the elevator(电梯). Walk or ride a bike to places such as school or a friend’s house. Help your mum with housework, such as cleaning windows or the bathroom. It all burns fat. Make changes from time to time so you don’t get bored: Try running, biking, skating. There are many choices. Don’t spend long hours watching TV or playing video games. Even reading a book burns more fat.
Eat healthy
Truly different kinds of food and get enough fruits and vegetables each day. Drink water and low fat milk instead of soft drinks like Cola. Stay away from fast food. Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored or because you can’t think of anything else to. Don’t eat meals or snacks while watching TV because you’ll probably end up eating more than you need. Some worry so much about their weight that they don’t eat breakfast. This is a bad idea. Teenagers need enough food. If not, you won’t get the nutrients you need to grow normally.
Don’t rush to go on a diet
Even if you are a little heavier than your fiends, you still may be normal. Remember to talk to doctors and your parents before you decide to lose weight.
| Don’t |
Do |
| Don’t sit around |
Stay |
| Don’t spend long hours |
Even reading a book burns more fat |
| Don’t eat fast food |
Try |
| Don’t eat when you are bored or because you can’t think of anything else to do. |
Eat when you are |
| Don’t rush to go on a |
Talk to doctors and your parents before you decide to lose weight |
Have you ever hoped a toy balloon? They are very light. But there are much bigger balloons can fly very high up in the sky. They are big enough to carry people. They are called hot-air balloons.
To make a hot-air balloon go up, turn on the burner(燃烧器). That will make the air inside the balloon hotter. Then the balloon will go up.
To make the balloon go down, turn off the burner. The air inside the balloon will get cooler. Then the balloon will go down. Underneath(在….下面) the balloon there is a large basket. That is where the pilot and the passengers go.
The burner is just above the basket. You can stand in the basket and turn the burner on and off. The balloon will go where the wind is blowing the right way! Do you want the balloon to go somewhere special? First make sure the wind is blowing the right way!
People have been flying in hot-air balloons for over two hundred years. Before planes it was the only way of flying. Today people fly in hot-air balloon for fun. Some people like to race hot-air balloons.A hot-air balloon is ____
| A．smaller than a toy balloon | B．bigger than a toy balloon |
| C．the same as a toy balloon | D．lighter than a toy balloon |
Where will you sit if you want to fly in the balloon?
| A．Inside the basket | B．On top of the balloon |
| C．Under the basket | D．Inside the balloon |
You want the balloon to go up. So you will ____
| A．jump out of the balloon |
| B．let the air out of the balloon |
| C．make the air inside the balloon hotter |
| D．let the air inside the balloon cool down |
Now you are high up in the sky. If you want the balloon go down, you will _____
| A．make your friends go out of the basket |
| B．make a hole in the balloon with a knife |
| C．make the air inside the balloon hotter |
| D．make the air inside the balloon cooler |
Now everything is all right! The balloon is flying across the sky. Where are you going?
| A．Towards the sun | B．To the seaside |
| C．Where the wind blows you. | D．To the nearest mountains |
Once there were two crows (乌鸦)whose opinions(观点) were always opposite.
One day, one of the crows said to the other, “ You should realize, of course, that I can fly much higher than you.”
“ Don’t be ridiculous (荒谬的).” the other crow said. “ Everyone knows that I can fly much higher than you.”
“No, you can’t” the first crow said.
“Yes, I can” the second crow replied, and the argument went on and on.
At last they decided to have a contest to solve the argument.
“ We will compete to find out who can fly higher while carrying a bag” the first crow said.
They argued for some time because of the size of the bag, but at last came to an agreement.
Then there was a further argument about what each bag would be filled with. Finally, they agreed that the first crow would fill his bag with cotton and the second crow would fill his with salt.
The first crow thought he was clever to agree to this, because salt is much heavier than cotton. At last they were ready for the contest. Holding their bag in their mouths, they flew into the sky.
They had not been flying for long. However, when it began to rain- as the second crow had expected it would. Can you guess who could fly higher?The two crows were arguing about ____
| A．who was much clever |
| B．who can fly higher |
| C．how to fly into the sky |
| D．how to carry the bag |
The underlined phrase “came to an agreement” means ____ in Chinese.
| A．达成一致 | B．争论结束 | C．请来裁判 | D．争论升级 |
In the rain the bag with cotton in it would got ____.
| A．lighter | B．heavier | C．bigger | D．smaller |
The second crow filled his bag with salt because he thought ____
| A．salt was lighter | B．cotton was heavier |
| C．it would rain | D．he would need some salt |
How many times did the two crows argue?
| A．Once | B．Twice | C．Three times | D．Four times |