Peter wondered why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.” “Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed.
The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said “Thank you ” to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “ Thanks for the invitation.”Peter asks Bill and Martha to bring ________.
| A．a violin | B．some toys |
| C．a cake | D．some juice |
The party was held ________ .
| A．at Peter’s house | B．in a large hall |
| C．at Peter’s friend’s house | D．in a secret place |
________ liked Peter.
| A．Many of his friends | B．Few people |
| C．Everyone | D．All his friends |
From the story, we can see Peter was ________ .
| A．a warm-hearted man | B．good at making friends |
| C．a selfish(自私的) man | D．a welcomed friend |
Teachers and parents usually call attention to the pictures when they read storybooks to preschool children. But a new study tells that calling attention to the words and letters on the book may lead to better readers.
The two-year study compared（比较）children who were read to this way in class with children who were not. Those whose teachers most often discussed the words showed clearly higher skills in reading, spelling and understanding.
Shayne Piasta, a professor of teaching and learning at Ohio State University, says most preschool teachers would need only a small change in the way they teach. They already read storybooks in class. The only difference would be increased attention to the printed words.
Ms. Piasta says if you get children to pay attention to letters and words, it makes sense that they will do better at word spelling. But she says studies show that very few parents and teachers do this in a systematic（系统的）way.
They watched more than three hundred children aged four and five in classrooms in Ohio and Virginia. The children came from poor families and were poor in their language skills. They may become bad readers when they enter primary schools later.
Professor Justice says children’s language skills can be improved by discussing with him or her when you are reading a book to a child. There are different ways that adults can talk to children about the letters and words on the page. They can point to a word and discuss the shape of it with a finger. They can point out a word: “This is ‘dog’.” They can discuss the meaning of the word or how the words tell the story. And they can also show how words are written left to right in English.What does the underlined phrase “it makes sense” in Paragraph 4 mean?
| A．It can be understood and agreed. |
| B．It is impossible to happen. |
| C．It can be difficult to imagine and describe. |
| D．It is surprising to see. |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．Parents are more important than teachers for little children. |
| B．Teachers need to learn a lot to use the new teaching way. |
| C．It’s impossible for preschool children to understand words. |
| D．Skills are important to children’s reading development. |
The writer wants to tell us that _________.
| A．preschool children should have higher discussing skills |
| B．parents should make a plan to teach their children reading |
| C．teachers should help children pay attention to printed words |
| D．languages skills should be discussed with preschool children |
Many companies use guards and expensive alarm systems to protect their property（财产）. Soon a new kind of protection will be used—robots. Engineers have been working on the first mobile robots for businesses. The robots will guard factories, warehouses（仓库）and museums at night.
The mobile robots will move around slowly on wheels. They will be able to detect（察觉，发现） people through walls and pick up sounds, such as breaking glass. They can be fixed with loud sirens to frighten thieves, or radios to signal police or guards.
To protect a building, a robot will have to move around without knocking into the walls. Information about the building will have to be stored in the robot’s small, built-in computer. A floor map could be programmed into the computer’s memory, for example.
A mobile robot will not be able to do everything. Unlike human guards, it will not be able to climb stairs, open doors, or move along rough ground. It won’t be able to tell the difference between friends and enemies. Because of that, people will have to be prevented from entering the area it moves.
One kind of mobile robot will be able to “sense” whether a chair or a box has been moved and go around it. This robot will also judge size well enough so that it won’t send an alarm if a cat crosses the room. And if someone tries to steal this robot, it will sound a loud, painful siren. The three-foot-tall robot is hard to be stolen anyway. It weighs about 200 pounds.
U.S. companies pay almost $10 billion a year to protect their property with alarm systems and human guards. Mobile robots may be cheaper.Why is the new kind of robots called mobile robots? Because they can _______________.
| A．guard factories, warehouses and museums |
| B．send loud, painful sirens when it is stolen |
| C．sense moving objects and signal police |
| D．move around and do the programmed work |
How will a robot get directions for moving around a building?
| A．From a human guard. | B．From a built-in computer. |
| C．From another robot. | D．From radio signals. |
What can be the best title of this passage?
| A．New Guards. | B．Science and Technology. |
| C．Alarm Systems. | D．Engineers and Robots. |
When I was seven years old, my mom was diagnosed（诊断）with cancer. The doctors told us my mom might be saved with operation. But it could also kill her. She chose to have it.
The day before the operation I was off school, and my mom planned the best day of my life, everything I loved at seven and everything that would put a smile on my face. The day began with her waking me up saying, “Kate, I have a surprise for you. Come and see.” The surprise was a doll I had wanted for the longest time. Throughout the day, she told me everything that she thought I would need to know to grow up and be a good person; she told me to be the best I could be and that I would always make her proud. We had a picnic in the park, and it was so cold that we moved to the car. The day was filled with laughter. For the first time in a long time I could see she was really happy. I would never forget her smile, or the way her eyes shone as if we were the same age. It was the best day of my life, and I will never forget the conversations we shared.
My mother managed to live through the operation. Now when I look back, I realize that the best day of my life could be her last and this could be the last day I would remember with her, the last one we shared. I also understand how unselfish a mother is.Who decided to have the operation?
| A．The doctors. | B．Kate’s mother. |
| C．Kate. | D．Kate’s family. |
What was the surprise to Kate?
| A．Kate’s mother gave her a doll. |
| B．Kate’s mother woke her up late. |
| C．Kate’s mother talked a lot to her. |
| D．Kate’s mother was getting better. |
Why was Kate’s mother happy that day?
| A．Because she was proud of what her child had done. |
| B．Because she expected the operation to be successful. |
| C．Because she realized her child had grown up. |
| D．Because she left her child a special memory. |
Science and Technology Museum
Opening hours
Saturday-Wednesday 10:00 am－17:30 pm
Charge
Adult（成年人）:￥10 Student: ￥5 Under 12: Free
What’s on
Ancient Technology － the ground floor
Modern Technology －the first floor
Space － the second floor
The Silk Road: Trade and Travel － the second floor
Shop – the third floor
Please note
The museum is closed for 3 days during Spring Festival every year.
Contact us
Information desk: 73238299
Email: information@scienceandtechnologymuseumYou can go to the Science and Technology Museum____________.
| A．at 9:00 am on Sunday | B．at 6:00pm on Monday |
| C．at 11:00 am on Wednesday | D．at 2:30pm on Friday |
Mr. and Mrs. Green want to visit the museum with their 10-year-old daughter. How much will they pay for the tickets?
| A．￥20. | B．￥30. | C．￥25. | D．￥15. |
Mr. and Mrs. Green learn a lot about ancient technology on ____________.
| A．the ground floor | B．the first floor |
| C．the second floor | D．the third floor |
Feng Huan was born(出生) in a far village in Jiangxi Province. She is 13 years old, but she is only as tall as a six-year-old girl. She is an unlucky child. Born with an illness，she can’t walk as others. Family elders once tried to abandon(遗弃) her because of her poor health, but her mother never gave up. She named her Feng Huan, which means happiness, hoping her daughter would grow up to have a happy life in the future.
The illness brought so much pain to Feng Huan over the years. Her legs have become deformed as she has been unable to walk since she was born. She could hardly walk or go to the washroom without help. What’s worse, her illness is getting worse and worse, which puts pressure on one of her kidneys(肾脏). Her mother has taken her to Shanghai to see a doctor, and her parents have done everything they could to treat her illness.
Thanks to great love from her mother, Feng Huan is able to go to school as other children. She says she loves school because she can learn many things there and chat with her classmates. After she goes home on her mother’s back from school, she does her homework with her favorite doll by her side. She takes the doll everywhere with her, even when she sleeps.
Luckily, when her story is reported, many kind-hearted people have lent helping hands.
Feng Huan is now recovering after corrective surgery(矫正手术) on her legs in Shenzheng, Guangdong Province. Perhaps we can see a healthy girl soon.Feng Huan got ill when __________________.
| A．she was 13 years old |
| B．She was 6 years old www.21-cn-jy.com |
| C．she was born |
| D．she went to school |
How does Feng Huan come home from school?
| A．By herself |
| B．With some kind-hearted people’s help |
| C．On her mother’s back |
| D．On foot |
What does the underlined word “recover” mean in Chinese in the last paragraph? ______.
A.改正 B 保护 C 爱护 D 康复What do you think the writer want to tell us from this passage? ___________
| A．What a poor girl! |
| B．Mother’s love makes her daughter strong. |
| C．Illness is terrible. |
| D．How to keep healthy. |