Shu Pulong has helped at least 1000 people bitten by snakes. “It was seeing people with snake bites that led me to this career, ”he said.
In 1963, after his army service, Shu entered a medical school and later became a doctor of Chinese medicine. As part of his studies he had to work in the mountains. There he often heard of people who had their arms and legs cut off after a snake bite in order to save their lives.
“I was greatly upset when they told me the story of an old farmer I met. It was a very hot afternoon. The old man was pulling grass in his fields when he felt a pain in his left hand. He at once realized he had been bitten by a poisonous snake. In no time he wrapped(缠绕)a cloth tightly around his arm to stop the poison(毒)getting to his heart. Running home he shouted, `Bring me the knife' Minutes later the man lost his arm forever. ”
“The heartbroken story touched me so much that I decided to devote myself to helping people bitten by snakes. ” Shu added, “I worked very hard and tried my best to make a good snake doctor.” And at last he made it. The best headline(标题)for this newspaper article is .
A.Amazing Medicine |
B.Farmer Loses Arm |
C.Dangerous Bites |
D.Snake Doctor |
Shu decided to devote himself to snake medicine because .
A.he wanted to save people's arms and legs |
B.he had studied it at a medical school |
C.he had seen snakes biting people |
D.his army service had finished |
Why did Shu go into the mountains?
A.He wanted to study snake bites. |
B.He wanted to help the farmers. |
C.He was being trained to be a doctor. |
D.He was expected to serve in the army. |
Which of the following can explain the word upset in the third paragraph ?
A.sad | B.surprised | C.interested | D.frightened |
Ellie lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a few houses were washed away, but Ellie’s house was high enough to keep them safe.
Many families lost everything in the flood. And Ellie took in one of the families. She shared her home with them until the family could build their own new house. Ellie’s friends could not understand why she did so because she already had so many children to look after.
“Well,” Ellie said to her friends, “At the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now.”
“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We will not be able to have much for Christmas. I am going to get just one present for us all. Now I will go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who had no parents, ‘Here is our present,’ she said to her own children.”
“The children were very excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grew up as their sisters. I was that Christmas present.”How many children did Ellie had in total?
A.Five. | B.Six. | C.Seven. | D.Eight. |
What happened in the winter?
A.There was a flood. |
B.There was an earthquake |
C.There was a rain storm. |
D.There was a fire. |
What did Ellie do to help other families?
A.She gave them food. |
B.She bought many Christmas present for them. |
C.She took in one of the families. |
D.She took in a girl. |
What did the poor woman in German bring to her children for Christmas?
A.Many beautiful presents. | B.Nothing. |
C.A girl. | D.A daddy. |
What do we learn about Ellie in the passage?
A.She had no children. |
B.Her husband was killed. |
C.She had no parents. |
D.She gave much money to others. |
American boys and girls love watching television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday.
Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn both bad things and good things from them. Some programs help children to understand the news, and others show people and places from other countries or other time in history. With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.
Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crimes (犯罪活动) and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.Some children spend eight hours or more ________ on Saturday.
A.studying | B.playing card games |
C.watching TV | D.helping their parents |
On television children can see ________.
A.games | B.big animals |
C.oceans | D.almost everything |
Children usually spend ________ a day in school.
A.six hours | B.more than eight hours |
C.only a few hours | D.four hours |
“Television brings many places and events into homes. ” means ________.
A.television makes things happen in homes |
B.we can know places and events without going to see them |
C.we can see houses and buildings on TV |
D.we can find them easily |
Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is ________ for children.
A.a bad program | B.an animal |
C.a game | D.an uninteresting film |
Mr. Smith never watched TV. He thought that people spent too much time watching it. Some of his friends often talked about sports shows, the movies and plays. Mr. Smith said to himself, “They never read any books or go out in the evening. ” So he didn’t buy a TV.
Two years ago, Mr. Smith was 60 years old. He stopped working in the hospital. His son bought him a TV. He began to watch all the news. He knows much more about the world now. And he reads more books, too.
Now, Mr. Smith will get very unhappy if you trouble(打扰) him when he is watching TV. I can’t know that one can change(改变) his idea when he is 60. Mr. Smith didn’t watch TV because ________.
A.he had no time to watch it |
B.he thought it took (占用) people much time to watch TV |
C.he couldn’t buy the TV set |
D.he thought watching TV is bad for people’s eyes |
Mr. Smith ________ when he worked in the hospital.
A.went to mountains |
B.played sports |
C.read books |
D.watched TV |
Mr Smith didn’t work in the hospital ________.
A.after he was 60 |
B.before his son bought him a TV |
C.when his son asked him not to work |
D.after he liked watching the news |
Mr. Smith is ________ now.
A.58 | B.60 | C.62 | D.61 |
The black word “unhappy” means ________ in Chinese.
A.很高兴 | B.很和蔼 | C.不高兴 | D.不理解 |
阅读短文完成下列任务
Thank you for watching CCTV’s Around China. I’m Quan Ling, a reporter from CCTV. Now, we’re in Penghu, Taiwan. The beach here is really beautiful and clean. It’s raining these days, today is sunny, but the weather is hot and humid. But there are lots of people here on vacation. Some people are taking photos; some are swimming in the sea, and others are 4on the beach. Look at this group of young men playing beach soccer. 3. They are only wearing sports shorts and sunglasses. They are running barefoot(光脚). They really look cool. I’m 5that they can play so well in this heat. This is a very beautiful and interesting place. It’s also a good place to relax. I like here so much that I really don’t want to leave.
任务一选择最佳答案What does Quan Ling do?
A.A soccer player. | B.A reporter. | C.A tourist. | D.An actor. |
What’s the weather like today?
A.Rainy. | B.Sunny. | C.Hot and humid. | D.Sunny, but hot and humid. |
任务二把划线句子翻译成汉语________________________________________________________________
任务三从方框中选择适当的动词并用其适当形式补全短文
relax, surprise, lie |
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Mr Brown works in a hospital. He is a good doctor. Mr Brown is shortsighted(近视), but he doesn’t like wearing glasses(眼镜) when he has his meals.
Mr Brown is very strict with his son, Peter. Peter is a good student. He likes talking with others very much. He often talks about his teachers and his classmates at the table. Mr Brown says, “Don’t talk when you have meals. It’s dangerous and not good for your health. ”
One day, when they’re having dinner, Peter sees a fly (苍蝇) in his father’s bowl(碗). He wants to tell his father about it. His father looks at him and says, “ Don’t talk! ”
After dinner his father asks him, “ What do you want to say? ” “There is a fly in your bowl! ”What does Mr Brown do?
A.He works in a hospital. | B.He is a doctor. |
C.He is shortsighted. | D.He has a son. |
Mr Brown is a ________ father.
A.good | B.bad | C.dirty | D.strict |
Peter likes ________.
A.talking in class | B.talking about flies |
C.having dinner with a fly | D.talking with others |
Why doesn’t Mr Brown let Peter talk at table?
A.Because he is very strict. |
B.Because he doesn’t like Peter. |
C.Because he thinks it’s dangerous and not good for health. |
D.Because he is a doctor. |
Which is NOT true?
A.Mr Brown doesn’t have glasses. |
B.Mr Brown is a good doctor. |
C.Peter knows a lot about his teachers and classmates. |
D.Perhaps(或许), Peter had the fly that day. |