Running is becoming popular these days. Many of us run for health. Doctors say many health problems come from these bad habits: eating and drinking too much, smoking and not taking enough exercise. Doctors tell us. “Eat and drink less, don’t smoke, and exercise more.”
Running is a good way of exercise because it helps to build a strong heart. It also helps most people lose weight. One 68-year-old woman runs three times a week. “I love to eat.” She says. She runs to lose weight.
Running is good for health in other ways, too. Many runners say running keeps colds and other small health problems away. “Running is my doctor.” says one man.
Running can also help people to relax. So today men and women of all ages enjoy running.Many people enjoy running because they want to .
| A．eat much | B．keep healthy |
| C．run fast | D．make friends |
Doctors tell us .
| A．not to smoke | B．not exercise |
| C．to drink much | D．to eat much |
The underlined word in paragraph 3 means“ ”in Chinese.
| A．疾病 | B．体重 | C．速度 | D．健康 |
The third paragraph(段)shows .
| A．running helps people to relax. |
| B．people who like running have many health problems |
| C．running helps build a strong heart |
| D．people who like running have fewer health problems |
.The writer mainly (主要)tells us .
| A．how to run |
| B．how to lose weight |
| C．runningis a good way to keep healthy |
| D．running is better than doctors |
There are four people in my family. They’re my grandfather, my parents and me. My grandfather exercises every day. He never uses the Internet. He eats vegetables three times a day, but he hardly ever drinks milk. And he watches TV every night. My father is a taxi driver. He’s very busy. He never exercises, but he sometimes surf the Internet. He watches TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. He often eats vegetables and drinks milk. My mother is a housewife（家庭主妇）. She watches TV twice a day. She never surf the Internet. She sometimes eats vegetables, but she drinks milk three times a week. Exercise? Of course she does. She exercises every day by doing housework. I’m a middle school student. I go to school from Monday to Friday. I often exercise. But on Saturday and Sunday, I don’t exercise because I have too much homework to do. I watch TV only on Sunday evening. But I surf the Internet twice a week. I drink milk every day, but I don’t like vegetables. My mother often says to me, “Why do you eat so much meat, Mike? It’s not good for your health.” But I like it very much.
| A．Mike and his father | B．Mike and his mother |
| C．Mike’s parents | D．Mike’s father and grandfather |
| A．Mike and his grandfather |
| B．Mike’s mother and grandfather |
| C．Mike’s parents |
| D．Mike’s father and grandfather |
| A．He often eats vegetable. | B．He sometimes surf the Internet. |
| C．He is very busy. | D．He is a taxi driver. |
| A．Because he wants to surf the Internet. |
| B．Because he wants to watch TV. |
| C．Because he has too much homework to do. |
| D．Because he has to go to school. |
| A．meat | B．vegetables | C．fruit | D．milk |
Hanging Gardens of Babylon(巴比伦空中花园)
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built in the 7th century BC and are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were amazing not only because of their beauty, but also because of their location.
In the 7th century BC a king named Nebudchadnezzar II created the gardens as a sign of love for his wife, Amyitis. According to legend, Amyitis, the daughter of the king of the Medes, was homesick. She missed the green hills and valleys of her homeland.
Upon marrying Nebudchadnezzar II, Amyitis moved to the ancient chief city of Babylon. The area was in the Mesopotamian desert, and the climate there was totally different from where she had left. So the new queen was very sad about the flat and the sun-baked desert. To make Amyitis happier and more comfortable the king decided to build her a series of magnificent gardens.
Many think of the gardens as an otherworldly creation that hung in the air somehow. But experts agree that the gardens were actually built on a mountainside, rather than actually “hanging”.
The hanging Gardens of Babylon are famous. Stories of them spread throughout the ancient world, and ancient writers recorded a large number of descriptions of the gardens, but some wonder whether this paradise of the past ever existed. There are no historical records of it except stories. Whatever may happen, even the idea of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon is amazing. They were essentially impossible to create because of the climate, but they were kept in the minds of many as a botanical beauty created in the middle of unattractive desert scenery.Hanging Gardens of Babylon are considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, aren’t they?
What makes the Hanging Gardens of Babylon so amazing and famous?
Why did the king Nebudchadnezzar II create Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
What made the Hanging Gardens of Babylon essentially impossible to create?
According to the experts, were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon really hanging or built on a mountainside?
Did Hanging Gardens of Babylon really exist? What makes you think so? (In no more than THREE sentences)
Did you know that a new weblog is being created each second? Many of these bloggers are teenagers. While their parents wrote in a diary to express their emotions, or shared their interests by spending time with friends, teens are now using blogs instead. In fact, in the US, one in every five school-aged teens has a blog. Most of these are just chatter, some are funny or clever, but a few have become Internet success.
For example, Chloe Spencer’s blog ‘Neopets Fanatic’ gets around 300,000 hits per month. When Chloe was 15, she started the blog out of her strong liking for Neopets, a kind of pet website. One reason her blog has so many visitors is because she gives instructions and tips for the popular pet site.
Then there is Tavi Gevinson’s blog ‘Style Rookie’. It is said to get 1.5 million hits per month. Tavi, who started her blog when she was just 12, puts up her photos of her own clothes online as well as designers’ collections. Tavi’s blog has caught on because she knows a lot about style for someone so young, and she is not afraid to try out unusual clothes or see things in a different way.
Blogs like these are interesting, but they only become really popular after better-known websites link to them or they get noticed by the media(传媒). For example, Tavi’s blog became an overnight(一夜之间) success after being written about in The New York Times. Popular blogs can even earn money, usually from advertisements that companies pay to put up on the bloggers’ sites.
So for some, blogging is just a recreation(消遣), but for others, it can become a source of income and even a full-time job! Teens nowadays ________ than their parents did.
| A．have more ways of communication |
| B．share their feelings more |
| C．write in diaries more often |
| D．make more friends |
In line 4, the underlined word ‘chatter’ means talk about ________ topics.
| A．funny | B．clever | C．serious | D．unimportant |
Chloe Spencer and Tavi Gevinson are both ________.
| A．pet lovers | B．teenage bloggers |
| C．interested in fashion | D．keen on taking photos |
From the passage we know that Chloe Spencer is a person who ________.
| A．visits many websites | B．loves pets |
| C．is easy to get angry | D．rarely gives opinions |
According to paragraph 4, Tavi Gevinson’s blog ________.
| A．is not well-known yet |
| B．is written every night |
| C．became popular very quickly |
| D．got a lot of money from advertising |
The best title for the passage might be ________.
| A．How to be good teen bloggers |
| B．How teen bloggers attract the media |
| C．Keeping diaries or writing blogs |
| D．Teen bloggers mean business |
In today’s world many people seem to be hungry for money. Money does have its most useful effect on the poor. But even if a person has already got plenty of money, he can’t get everything.
If money were everything, all millionaires would have real love, true friendship, good health and a long life. However, this is not always correct.
Since the beginning of time no three words have ever invited more pleasure than “I love you”. But can love be bought? I’m afraid not. Love means to give, not ________ (78). To every person, health and a long life are probably the best things. Well, can health and a long life be bought with money? The answer is “No”.
(79) Of all the longest living people in the world, few of them are millionaires. True friendship can’t be bought, either. In a word, where money is dreamed too much, it can cause brothers to quarrel, marriage to end, lovers to hate, and strangers to fight. No matter how much money you have, it is still not enough to make a happy person if you have no one to laugh with, no one to cry for.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。从文中找出与下句意思相近的句子。
It seems that a lot of people want money very much now.
________________________________________________________________________根据短文内容回答问题。
What are probably the most important things to everyone?
________________________________________________________________________根据上下文，将句子补充完整。
________________________________________________________________________将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
________________________________________________________________________给短文拟一个合适的标题。（within 10 words）
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There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to use horses, carriages and bicycles.
In the Second World War, some people didn’t use gas(气体) made from petroleum (石油) in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn’t go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can’t cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.
Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal(煤炭) and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines (涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.
We are also able to get power from the ocean tides(潮). We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.
Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?When might people have to go back to use horses and carriages?
| A．When they are poor. |
| B．When they run out of oil. |
| C．When they need more exercise. |
| D．When there aren’t any big trees in the world. |
What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?
| A．Water | B．Coal | C．Wood and plants | D．Tides |
How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?
| A．2 | B．5 | C．4 | D．3 |
According to the passage, which of the following statements is True?
| A．There is more petroleum than we can use now. |
| B．Trees are needed for some other things besides making gas. |
| C．We got electricity from ocean tides in the old days. |
| D．Gas wasn’t used to run cars in the Second World War. |
The passage is mainly about _________.
| A．how to run our cars |
| B．what to do when oil runs out |
| C．different types of gas |
| D．the ways to make electricity |