Mary David knew she wanted to be a movie star when she was very young. She was not sure what gave her the idea, but she wanted to look like a movie star. “I have a lot of pictures from my childhood of me wearing sunglasses,” she says. “I used to wear them to watch TV.”
Early movie actors started wearing sunglasses, not because they looked good, but because their eyes hurt. The lights used on movie sets were really bright and could cause a painful problem known as “Klieg eyes”. It was named after the Klieg brothers who invented the lights. Actors wore sunglasses to give their eyes a rest. But when movie stars began wearing their sunglasses in public, they quickly became a must.
From then on, actors started wearing sunglasses in their movies as well as on the street. Audrey Hepburn wore ultra-cool Ray-Ban sunglasses in the 1961 movie, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. As a result, Ray-Ban sunglasses started to appear more and more in the movies. In 1979, Ray-Ban “Wayfarers” were worn by Jake and Elwood in The Blue Brothers. Tom Cruise wore Ray-Ban “Aviator” sunglasses in the 1986 hit, Top Gun. Then in 1997, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones made Ray-Ban “Predator” sunglasses famous in Men in Black.Why did Mary David like to wear sunglasses?
| A．She was a movie star. |
| B．She wanted to follow a movie star. |
| C．Wearing sunglasses was good to her eyes. |
| D．It was good to wear sunglasses when watching TV. |
Early actors’ eyes hurt because ________.
| A．they wore sunglasses. |
| B．they went out in the sun too much |
| C．the lights on movie sets were too bright |
| D．their words were written in very small writing |
In order to ________, the actors wore sunglasses in the movies at first .
| A．be cool |
| B．get a must |
| C．give their eyes rest |
| D．keep off the sunlight. |
We may know from this passage that ________.
| A．Audrey Hepburn was a famous film star |
| B．Ray-Ban is the name of sunglasses maker |
| C．sunglasses made Top Gun the hit in 1986 |
| D．Men in Black must be an advertisement of sunglasses |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．The use of sunglasses. |
| B．The history of sunglasses. |
| C．The sunglasses and movie stars. |
| D．Why movie stars like to wear sunglasses. |
When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.He listened to me quietly, then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like ? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I go to fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it.“That’s just for you,” he said.“You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”
Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.What does “Week by week her list grew” mean?
| A．Week by week she discovered more shortcomings of mine and pointed them out to me. |
| B．She had made a list of my shortcomings and she kept on adding new ones to it so that it was growing longer and longer. |
| C．I was having more and more shortcomings as time went on. |
| D．Week by week, my shortcomings grew more serious. |
Why did her father listen to her quietly?
| A．Because he believed that what her daughter’s “enemy” said was mostly true. |
| B．Because he had been so angry with his daughter’s shortcomings that he wanted to show this by keeping silent for a while. |
| C．Because he knew that his daughter would not listen to him at that moment. |
| D．Because he wasn’t quite sure which girl was telling the truth. |
Which do you think would be the best title for this passage?
| A．Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend |
| B．The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had |
| C．My Father |
| D．My Childhood |
Algae(水藻) are very simple plants. They grow in fresh water or salty water. Seaweed is algae that grow in salty water. Seaweed is red or brown in color. The Japanese people use these plants from the sea in many ways. From it, they make a food called Kombu. Kombu is seaweed that has been dried, cooked and pressed together. Then it is dried again and cut into long pieces. The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu and like it very much.
Japanese farmers often use seaweed as fertilizer. It makes their plants grow better. Many farmers also find seaweed makes a fine food for their animals.
From seaweed the Japanese also get iodine(碘), which they sell to other countries. Iodine is used in many ways all over the world. It is used in making medicine. It is added to the salt we use at the table. Scientists even use one form of iodine to “seed clouds” when they want rain to fall.Kombu is a kind of ____ according to the text.
| A．plant | B．medicine | C．food | D．fertilizer |
In the last sentence of the text, “seed clouds” means ____.
| A．clouds spreading like seeds |
| B．to make rain fall with human power |
| C．the seeds like clouds |
| D．dropping seeds by clouds |
The main idea of the story is that ____.
| A．The Japanese eat seaweed when they want rain to fall. |
| B．Kombu is made into medicine for farmers. |
| C．The Japanese eat a lot of Kombu. |
| D．The Japanese use seaweed in many ways. |
A: Excuse me, Sonia. Is this your backpack?
B: No, it isn’t. My backpack is here. You can ask the girl in red. I think it’s hers.
A: OK. Excuse me. Is this your backpack?
C: Oh, yes.
A: Here you are.
C: Thank you very much.
A: That’s all right. Oh, what’s your name, please?
C: My name is Jenny.
A: Are you in Class Two?
C: No. I’m in Class Eight. And what’s your name?
A: Ah, it’s a secret. Goodbye.
C: Bye.The backpack is ________.
| A．the boy’s | B．Jenny’s | C．Sonia’s | D．the teacher’s |
Jenny is ________.
| A．a girl | B．a boy | C．a woman | D．a man |
Jenny ________ in Class Two.
| A．and Sonia are | B．is | C．is not | D．aren’t |
secret 的汉语意思是 ________.
| A．朋友 | B．再见 | C．麻烦 | D．秘密 |
| Found Is this your pencil case in the lost and found case? It is blue. Please call Alan. Phone # 895-6320. |
| Lost I lost my keys in the classroom. They (它们) are one white key and two yellow keys. My name is Cindy. Please call 832-9253. |
| Found Is this your watch in the library? Please call Sonia. My phone numder is 621-5679. |
| Lost I lost my dictionary at school. It’s red. My name is on it. Please call David at514-8063. |
Alan’s Phone number is _______.
| A．895-6320. | B．832-9253. | C．621-5679 | D．514-8063 |
Cindy lost ______ key(s).
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
Sonia found the watch _______.
| A．in the lost and found case | B．at school |
| C．in the library | D．in the classroom |
David’s dictionary is _______.
| A．blue | B．red | C．white | D．yellow |
My good friend Lucy has a big (大的) family. Many people (许多的人) are in her family: her grandparents, her parents, her uncle, her aunt, her two cousins and she. Alan and Gina are her grand-parents. Nick and Sonia are her parents. Paul is her uncle and Mona is her aunt. Dave is Paul and Mona’s son. He is 12. Linda is Dave’s sister. She is 10. ______ members are in Lucy’s family.
| A．Six | B．Seven | C．Eight | D．Nine |
Alan is Lucy’s __________.
| A．grandfather | B．father | C．uncle | D．brother |
Lucy’s parents are ___________.
| A．Alan and Gina | B．Nick and Sonia |
| C．Paul and Mona | D．Dave and Mona |
Linda is Lucy’s _______.
| A．brother | B．cousin | C．friend | D．son |