American football
In almost every big university(大学) in the USA, football is a favourite sport. American football is not like soccer. Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it If they move it to the end of the field, they win six points. This is called a touchdown.
It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man with the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.Each university wants its team win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell (助威，加油）for their favourite team. Young men and women from the cheer
Team dance and jump while they yell.Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best team plays again on January 1st,the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on television.American football is ____________.
| A．the same as soccer |
| B．only popular in the big universities in the USA |
| C．a game played only with feet |
| D．a game with ten players |
To win six points the players in a team must ____________.
| A．kick the ball ten yards |
| B．kick the ball to the other team |
| C．move the ball to the end of the field |
| D．throw the ball to the sky |
If the man does not move the ball ten yards,____________.
| A．his team loses a point |
| B．the other team kicks the ball to the end of the field |
| C．his team kicks the ball to the other team. |
| D．his team wins six points |
.Each university will have ____________ to help them win the game.
| A．thousands of people | B．a cheer team |
| C．a favourite team | D．a good player |
It is a very important sport because ____________.
| A．many people like it |
| B．thousands of people play it |
| C．the best team will play on New Year's Day . |
| D．many universities have this game |
Dolphins are our friends. They can use tools to solve problems although they don’t have hands. For example, scientists have ever found that a dolphin can make a shy eel(鳗鱼) come out of its hole with a dead fish.
Dolphins use different sounds to exchange information with each other. Scientists in Hawaii have developed a sign language to give instructions to dolphins, and the results are amazing. They find that dolphins not only understand the meaning of individual (个别的) words, but also understand the importance of word order in a sentence.
Most animals enjoy playing — but dolphins seem to like making their games as challenging as possible. On a beautiful day in 1997, scientists at a beach watched a little dog going into the sea and swimming towards the dolphins. To their surprise, the dolphins came up to the dog and then started throwing it into the air. The dog seemed to enjoy the "game" and continued playing with the dolphins for more than an hour.
Dolphins live in a very different world from ours, but they are very good at our "IQ tests” . For example, they will jump out of the water when they hear a whistle (口哨) noise. They do this because they will get a fish as a prize.
There is still much to learn about these cute problem-solvers, but it is certain that watching a dolphin show is fun.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。 What can a dolphin use to make an eel come out of its hole?
| A．Its mouth. | B．Its head. | C．A dead fish. | D．A little dog. |
How do dolphins exchange information with each other?
| A．By using tails. | B．By using tools. |
| C．By using words. | D．By using sounds. |
Where did the dolphins throw the dog when playing?
| A．Onto its back. | B．Into the air. |
| C．Onto the beach. | D．Into the water. |
Why do the dolphins jump out of the water when they hear a whistle noise?
| A．Because they want to get a fish as a prize. |
| B．Because they enjoy playing on the water. |
| C．Because they want to play with other dolphins. |
| D．Because the dolphin keepers want them to come out. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Dolphins understand many languages. |
| B．Dolphins are a kind of clever animals. |
| C．Scientists have known dolphins well enough. |
| D．Dolphins seem to make their games relaxing. |
It is Sunday today. Ann is shopping with her mother. She wants her mother to buy a new sweater for her. In a clothing shop, she finds an orange one. She tries it on (试穿). It is too small. She wants a bigger one, but the bigger ones are not orange. Ann doesn’t like other colours. Her mother asks:” Shall we go to another shop to have a look? ” So they go out of the shop and go into another one.
The second shop is bigger than the first, and in it there are many kinds of sweaters of different sizes and colours. Ann tries on an orange one. It is too big. She tries a smaller one. It is OK.
“How much is it ?” Ann’s mother asks the women who sells clothes. Then they find it too dear (贵), and they don’t have so much money with them.
“Would you like a cheaper one ? ” The women asks.
“ No, we shall take this one. My daughter likes it. We will come back to buy it tomorrow. ” Ann’s mother answers. It is Sunday. Ann and her mother
| A．are at home | B． are in a clothing shop |
| C．are in a restaurant | D． are in a park |
Ann wants to buy.
| A．an orange | B．an orange sweater |
| C．an orange for her mother | D．an orange sweater for her mother |
There is only one .
| A．shop near her home | B．orange in the first shop |
| C．orange sweater in the first shop | D．orange sweater in the second shop |
The orange sweater in the first shop is .
| A．too small | B．OK. | C．longer | D．too dear. |
In the second shop, why don’t they buy the sweater ？
| A．Because Ann doesn’t like the sweater. |
| B．Because it’s too small. |
| C．Because they don’t have enough(足够的) money. |
| D．Because they want to buy a cheaper one. |
Mary and Her Friends
Mary has some friends. They are Betty, Peter, Alice and Mike. Mary is the oldest of the five. Betty is thirteen years old. She is younger than Mary and older than Peter. Alice is nine and Mike is seven.
Betty and Peter are good runners( 长跑运动员 )。 But Peter runs faster. Mary and Betty like to play basketball. Mary plays better than Betty. Alice sings best of them.
Mary and Betty study in a middle school. Peter, Alice and Mike study in a primary ( 小学 ) school. They all work hard at school. But Betty works hardest. Her handwriting ( 书法 ) is good, too.Mary has _______ friends.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．three |
Mike is ______ than Alice.
| A．youngest | B．oldest | C．younger | D．older |
Peter runs _______ than Betty.
| A．faster | B．slow | C．fast | D．the fastest |
Betty’s handwriting is _______.
| A．worst | B．good | C．better | D．best |
They all ______ .
| A．study in the same school | B．like to play basketball |
| C．good runners | D．work hard |
Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited (继承) a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn’t happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn’t have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple life like everyone else. He gave ﹩10，000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36. He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.
Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each ﹩200 a month. The money was used for the children’s study, food, medicine and clothing. Jack receives a report each year on the children’s progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.
When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them. “It was nothing special,” he said. “Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn’t know anything about their life.” Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa. He said that the meeting was very exciting. “When I met her, I felt very, very happy, ”he said. “And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping those children.”Jack has sent them each ﹩200 a month to help some poor children ________.
| A．only in Washington | B．only in England |
| C．only in Africa | D．around the world |
Jack learned about the children’s progress by ________.
| A．visiting them each other | B．getting a report each year |
| C．staying with them | D．talking to them in English |
The underlined words “for a good cause” means ________ in Chinese.
| A．施舍 | B．行善 | C．优惠 | D．赏赐 |
The money Jack gave the children wasn’t used for the children’s ________.
| A．clothing | B．medicine | C．study | D．playing |
What’s the main idea of the story?
| A．Help others, and you’ll feel happy |
| B．It’s necessary to write letters to poor children |
| C．Live a simple life., and you can give others help |
| D．It’s the most important to help the children in Africa |
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, They can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asked everyone except the old people, to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of the children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can’t help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers make millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves!Our country asked everyone to learn to use computers except the ________ .
| A．young people | B．old people | C．students | D．adults |
Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _____
| A．Our country asks us to learn it. | B．it can help us to do a lot of things. |
| C．We can use it to play games only. | D．it can help us to find jobs only. |
What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain about _____ .
| A．their students and children use computers to learn well. |
| B．computers let them lose their jobs |
| C．computers make their students and children fall behind |
| D．computers bring people a lot of trouble |
In this passage we know computers _____
| A．also bring us trouble | B．bring us happiness only |
| C．are hated by people | D．are good for people’s health |
How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? It means ____
| A．computers are used by people |
| B．people can live well without computers |
| C．one must decide how to use computers |
| D．computers are strange machine |