阅读短文回答问题(共5题,每题2分,计10分)
Most children have wonderful toys to play with. Usually, their parents buy these toys for them, often as Christmas or birthday gifts. Some children buy small toys with their pocket money. But instead of buying toys, one fun way to get new toys is to make them.
The easiest toy to make is a kite. For a kite, all you need is a large piece of paper, two sticks, some string and some glue. Take the two sticks and use the string to join them together in the centre. Then take a string and tie it to the ends of the sticks to make a string square. Cut the paper to make it the same size as the square. Finally, stick the paper to the string square with glue. Now your kite is finished. All you need to do is to tie a long string to the kite so you can fly it.
In many countries, they have kite-building competitions. Hundreds of people come together to show off their kites. In one famous competition, some of the kites are more than three metres tall. They take many strong men to fly them and use rope instead of string. According to the article, what is one fun way you can get toys?
What materials do you need to make your own kite?
What is the last thing you need to do before you can fly your kite?
How big are some of the kites in one famous competition?
With really large kites, what must people use instead of string?
Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge(向…挑战)yourself. So you can not always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving(旋转)door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.When you fall down in a PE class, both your teacher and your classmates will_________.
A.laugh at you | B.play jokes on you |
C.quarrel with you | D.help you up |
What will your friends say to you when you make great progress?
A.Oh, so do I. | B.Congratulations. |
C.Good luck. | D.It’s just so-so. |
Which idea is NOT right according to the passage?
A.People who have cars would never like to walk in the open air. |
B.You can get help from others when you make mistakes. |
C.You can still be a happy person even if you have little money. |
D.Happiness is always around you though difficulties come towards you. |
Which of the following is this passage about?
A.Bad luck. | B.Good luck. | C.Happiness. | D.Life. |
Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.We can most probably read this story_______.
A.in a dictionary about read animals | B.in a newspaper |
C.in a book on art | D.in history textbooks |
People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.
A.newspaper reporters bought her picture |
B.her pictures were better than those of real artists |
C.they just wanted to have fun |
D.zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park |
Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to_______.
A.make other ones | B.clear her trunk |
C.dig a hole in the sand | D.ask for brushes and paints |
From the story, we can know that_______.
A.Ruby can paint a picture all by herself |
B.Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo |
C.Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers |
D.Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture |
Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get on with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents(才能) that others will like.
Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
Be humourous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile at others.
Respect(尊敬) the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept(接受) yours.
Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show your kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
Don’t complain(抱怨). Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaints all the time.
Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.Why do we need friends according to the passage?
A.Friends can do everything for us. | B.Friends can bring us happiness. |
C.Friends accept our ideas all the time. | D.Without friends, we could not live. |
What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?
A.To help others. | B.To smile to others. |
C.To get on with others. | D.To listen to others’ complaints. |
Which of the following shows a sense of humour?
A.Opening the door for someone. | B.Complaining to others all the time. |
C.Laughing at ourselves and our weakness. | D.Finding someone who will understand us. |
How many pieces of advice does the writer provide when we have trouble in making friends?
A.Five. | B.Seven. | C.Nine. | D.Eleven. |
Motor cars were first made in England just before 1900. The parts for the bodies and engines were hand-made and the cars were built from these. One at a time. This took a long time, and the cars cost a lot of money. Then a quicker and cheaper way of making cars was found. Instead of making all the parts at their own works, some car factories asked other factories to make some of them. All the parts were then fitted together in the car factories.
Modern car-making factoriess are so large that each one is really a lot of factories close together. Each workshop makes some parts. The pieces of a car body are joined together by welders(电焊工) . All the bits and pieces that make up each car are collected and put ready for the assembly line(装配线) , where they are fitted together.The first motor cars were probably made by______.
A.Europeans | B.the Whites | C.the Blacks | D.the English |
A quicker and cheaper way of making motor cars was______.
A.found in 1900 |
B.that all parts of motor cars were no longer made by hand |
C.the one that they should be made in a large car factories |
D.the different parts of motor cars were produced in different works |
"Modern car-making factories" means "______".
A.the factories which modern cars are making at |
B.the factories where cars are made by modern workers |
C.the new factories at which cars are being made |
D.the factories where modern cars are made |
Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your things will be sent to your house in a couple of days.
November 11th is a big day for people who like shopping online. On that day last year, many online stores offered a big discount and free delivery service. The biggest online shopping sites in China,Taobao.com and Tmall.com ,sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.
“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also saves me a lot of time. And we often have more goods on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily. She stayed up very late for a lot of cheap goods online. She spent several thousand that day.
Another big advantage of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different cities, even different countries, with ease. “I like eating duck neck very much and I often buy it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It’s much more delicious than what our local (当地的) stores sell, but cheaper,” said Zang Xin, a girl in Yangzhou.
While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, especially for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted by advertisements on the Internet and buy things they don’t need.
“Middle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the ages of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things that they want to. Some of goods are even bad for young students such as cigarettes and wine.”Nowadays many people like shopping online instead of _________.
A.clicking their mouse | B.paying money |
C.sitting in front of their computers | D.going to shops |
What does the underlined phrase “with ease” mean?
A.轻松地 | B.困难地 | C.便宜地 | D.昂贵地 |
According to the article, which of the following is not an advantage of shopping online?
A.It can save people time and money. | B.Online stores have better quality goods. |
C.People can buy things from different places. | D.Online stores may have more kinds of goods. |
People worry about students shopping online because students _________.
A.have no time to waste and are easily attracted to buy bad things |
B.may depend too much on online shopping |
C.haven’t met the online store owners |
D.may buy nothing with a lot of money |
The article is mainly about _________.
A.how to buy good products online |
B.how to find good online stores. |
C.advantages and disadvantages of online shopping. |
D.dangers of shopping online for students. |