“Today is Mom’s birthday, Mosh,” Nick said. “Let’s make her favorite banana bread and surprise her.”Nick took out a cookbook. “I’ll read the recipe, and you follow it. Get out a bowl and a spoon while I turn on the oven.” Nick read from the cookbook. “First, mash (捣碎) the bananas in the bowl.”
The robot put the bananas into the bowl and was going to mash them with its hands. “Stop!” Nick said. “Let’s try this again. Peel the bananas, put them in the bowl, and mash them with the spoon.” Nick watched when Mosh peeled the bananas and put the peel (外皮) into the bowl. Again, Nick told Mosh to stop. Then he showed the robot which part of each banana should go into the bowl.
Then Nick read, “Add the eggs. No, wait,” he said right away. Nick cracked (打碎) the eggs into the bananas.
“Last, add flour (面粉), milk and sugar,” Nick said. “Mix everything together. Then pour the batter (面糊) into the bread pan.” Mosh followed Nick’s orders while Nick read the cookbook.
“I’ll put this in the oven,” Nick picked up the pan.
Just then Kelly came into the room. “What happened in here?” she felt surprised.
Nick answered, “Mosh and I are making banana bread for Mom’s birthday. It is a lot of work, but I think she will be surprised.”
“If you want it to be a good surprise for Mom,” Kelly laughed, “you need to give Mosh one more order. Clean up!”Why did Nick decide to make banana bread?
| A．Because his robot liked it a lot. |
| B．Because it was his favorite food. |
| C．Because it was his mother’s birthday. |
| D．Because no one else cooked dinner for him. |
Nick learned to make banana bread from ______.
| A．his mother | B．his sister |
| C．a cookbook | D．a robot |
How was Mosh going to mash the bananas?
| A．With the spoon. | B．With its hands. |
| C．With its legs. | D．With the pan. |
How did Kelly feel when she came into the room?
| A．Surprised. | B．Excited. |
| C．Sorry. | D．Bored. |
According to the passage, we know ______.
| A．Mosh knew which part of each banana should go into the bowl |
| B．Nick thought making the banana bread was a lot of work |
| C．the banana bread was Kelly’s favorite |
| D．there wasn’t any milk in the batter |
We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them over and over again. Many of the great men in the world got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning languages. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear，remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.Some people can easily learn many things by heart because __________.
| A．they always sleep well |
| B．they often eat good food |
| C．they read a lot of books |
| D．they have very good memories |
The underlined word “pupils” in the second paragraph means__________.
| A．teachers | B．parents |
| C．students | D．great men |
In school the pupils can’t learn a foreign language easily because __________ .
| A．they have no good memories |
| B．they have no good teachers |
| C．they don’t like it |
| D．they are busy with other subjects |
The best title of this passage is ____________________.
| A．How to learn a new language |
| B．The great men’s surprising memories. |
| C．How to have a good memory |
| D．Children’ memory. |
Jane was not a good student. Her head was in the clouds(处于幻想之中) most of the time. She wanted to listen in class, but other things seemed more important: her clothes, her hairstyle, new movies and soap operas. Many times she tried to work hard at her lessons, but soon she gave up.
One day, her math teacher gave the class an important lesson and told her students that there would be a test next week. She helped them review all the week. Jane seemed to listen in class, but her mind went away again.
The day of the test arrived. Jane couldn’t answer many of the questions in the exam. Mike, a very hard-working student, sat in front of Jane. So Jane decided to copy his. Mike was very angry when he found Jane was copying his answers. He changed all his answers into wrong ones. Before the bell rang, Mike quickly changed his answers back into right ones. After the test, Mike turned to Jane and said, “All the answers you copied from my paper are wrong.”Jane thought less about________ than other things.
| A．her clothes | B．her study |
| C．films and television | D．her hairstyle |
Jane couldn’t answer many of the questions on the exam because _______.
| A．her mind was not in the study most of the time |
| B．she was not clever. |
| C．she always slept in class. |
| D．she didn’t know how to study |
Mike was angry when he ________.
| A．was changing all his answers |
| B．failed the math test |
| C．found Jane was copying his answers. |
| D．found Jane copying the wrong answers |
Which of the following is right?
| A．Jane copied the wrong answers. |
| B．Mike couldn’t answer the questions |
| C．Jane sat before Mike. |
| D．Jane tried her best in the exam. |
| Name |
Personal information |
| Norman Bethune |
Born in 1890,A doctor in Canada Died in November, 1939 in China, Came to China in March 1938 |
| Celine Dion |
Born in Canada, A singing star, In 1997 sang My Heart Will Go On for the film Titanic |
| Thomas Edison |
Born in 1847,in USA, Made over 1,000 inventions, Died in 1931 |
| Mark Twain |
Born in 1835, in USA, A writer in USA, Died in 1910, Wrote The Adventure of Tom Sawyer |
| Bill Gates |
Born in 1955, in USA, Wrote Business @the Speed of Thought, Owns Microsoft Company |
_______ is from Canada.
| A．Bill Gates | B．Mark Twain |
| C．Thomas Edison | D．Celine Dion |
My Heart Will Go On is the name of a _________.
| A．book | B．song | C．story | D．film |
Dr. Bethune worked in China for about _____years.
| A．2 | B．4 | C．6 | D．8 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Mark Twain Wrote Business @the Speed of Thought. |
| B．Bill Gates started working for Microsoft Company in 1955. |
| C．Thomas made over 1,000 inventions. |
| D．Celine Dion stopped singing in 1997. |
Australia is the smallest continent(洲) in the world. It is a little smaller than China. It is near the south of the equator(赤道).So when it is summer in our country, it is winter in Australia.
Australia has a small population (人口).The population of Australia is nearly the same as that of Shanghai, a city in China.
Australia is famous for its sheep and kangaroos. After driving for a short time from any town, you will find yourself in the middle of white sheep. Sheep are everywhere. Have you seen a kangaroo? It has a “bag” below its breast(胸). The mother kangaroo keeps its baby kangaroo in the “bag”. It is very strange, isn’t it?China is __________than Australia.
| A．larger | B．large | C．small | D．smaller |
It is ________in Australia when it is summer in our country.
| A．autumn | B．spring | C．winter | D．summer |
Australia is famous for its _________.
| A．kangaroos | B．deer | C．elephants | D．birds |
阅读下文并回答问题。
There are many advantages of becoming a professional musician. The biggest advantage is being able to do something you love. You will have the chance to travel to many different places and meet a lot of different people. That will open up your eyes.
However, there are also disadvantages of being a professional musician. One of the biggest disadvantages for most musicians is that they don’t always have enough money. Most of the time, you will be looking for jobs. Sometimes you won’t be able to find a good job. Another disadvantage is the place you live in. If you want to be a musician, you usually have to move to an area that has a lot of jobs, such as New York City. The cost of living in these areas is usually very high. The third disadvantage is that you can’t have a stable (不稳定的) family life. Different jobs will take a musician to different places, so most musicians are unable to have a regular (正常的) family.Is a person able to do something he loves when he becomes a professional musician?
_______________________________________________________________________________.Why can’t most musians have a stable family life?
_______________________________________________________________________________.What does the author mainly tells us in the passage?
_______________________________________________________________________________.