We can see walls everywhere in the world .But the Great Wall of China is the biggest of all . The Chinese call it “ The Ten—Thousand—Li Great Wall”. It is in fact more than 6,000 kilometers long. It is 4-5 meters wide. In most places, five horses or ten men can walk side by side.
When you visit the Great Wall, you can’t help wondering how the Chinese people were able to build such a great wall thousands of years ago. Without any modern machines(机器), it was really very difficult to build it. They had to do all the work by hand . It took millions of men hundreds of years to build it.
The Great Wall has a history of over two thousand years. The kings began to build the first parts of it around two thousand seven hundred years ago. Then Qinshihuang had all the walls joined up. He thought that could keep the enemy(敌人) out of the country.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest. Not only Chinese people but also people from all over the world come to visit it. It is a Chinese saying, “A man who has never been to the Great Wall is not a real man.”The Great Wall is the biggest wall in _______ _________.
It is more than six thousand _________ ___________.
Without any modern machines, people had to do all the work _______ _______.
Qinshihuang thought the Great Wall could keep the enemy _______ ________ his country.
Today _______ ________ Chinese people but also people all over the world come to visit it.
Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don't sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!'
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
| A．she had paid him for this | B．she knew him very well |
| C．she wanted to have a change | D．she enjoyed his singing |
| A．the lady helped him a lot |
| B．he caught the chance |
| C．he continued to play in the bar |
| D．he stopped playing the piano |
| A．fail to realize | B．forget to use |
| C．try to develop | D．manage to show |
| A．hide it and wait |
| B．ask others for help |
| C．pay no attention to it |
| D．work hard to improve yourself |
| A．Sing in the Bar | B．Achieve Success in Life |
| C．Never Lose Heart | D．Find Your Hidden Talent |
“When you are sad, I will dry your tears. When you are worried, I will give you hope. Why? You may ask. Because you are my friend!”
A friend often listens to your problems, understands you and will not tell other people your secrets(秘密). How should you make your friendship(友谊) grow stronger? You can e-mail and call your friends often. And don’t forget to send cards to them on Friendship Day.
People started to celebrate Friendship Day in American in August, 1935. Today, people in many countries celebrate it. On the first Sunday in August every year, people from kids to old men meet their friends. They give cards, flowers or gifts to their friends. On Friendship Day, people also hold parties for their friends. Everybody is excited to wish their best friends in their own ways.
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The passage starts w______ a short beautiful poem (诗歌). It tells us that we all need f___
____, because our friends can always g__
____ us a hand when we are in t___
____. In o___
____ to make our friendship stronger, we should always keep in touch with our friends. So the f______
__ Sunday in August was the F__
________ Day. On that day people b___
___ young and old meet their friends. They give all k___
_____ of gifts to their friends to w__
____ their best friends in their own ways.
It seems that many young people still think that smoking is cool. There are many reasons for this, for example, films．Many actors smoke in films and this can lead the young to think that smoking can be cool. But now, top actors and actresses are refusing the movies in which they are asked to smoke. So hopefully, the "cool" factor(因素) will become much smaller.
Many young people believe that smoking makes them look cool. It’s probably true that smoking helps them look older. Doctors say that not only sugar and alcohol(酒) but also smoking is bad for your skin(皮肤). Do you really want to see wrinkles(皱纹) on your face at a young age? Do you really think that smoking will make you as cool as you think ?Do you really believe that he or she will like someone that smells like a factory? This is simply a bad idea.
Besides causing cancer(癌症), smoking will make you ugly and sad. So, boys and girls, forget about smoking! Don’t ever start. If you are smoking, give it up as quickly as you can. Why not lead a healthy life without smoking?
根据短文回答问题Why do some young people think smoking is cool?
What can make people look older?
Can smoking make people ugly?
Who is the passage written for?
What’s the writer’s opinion on smoking?
The Brown family lived in a small house.
One Sunday, they decided to buy two new beds. Mr. and Mrs. Brown went to shop and paid for two new beds. The shop made a mistake and sent four beds. The Browns were very unhappy because they didn’t have room for so many beds. Mrs. Brown called the shop about the problem. The truck from the shop came, but it didn’t take away the extra (额外的) beds. It brought two more, and then there were six beds. Mrs. Brown called the shop again. The truck came, but it did not take away the four extra beds. It brought four more beds and then there were ten!
There were beds everywhere. Mrs. and Mrs. Brown were much worried. They didn’t know what to do with so many beds. They were afraid to call the shop again, but they had to ask the shop to take back those extra beds.
根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）The Brown family lived in a large house.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown only paid for two new beds.
The Browns were very happy to have so many beds.
Mrs. Brown called the shop twice.
The shop sent 10 beds to Mr. Brown’s house.
“Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream,” some scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night.
Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come up over and over again. That may be the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts (想法) can carry over into dreams.
Too much dreaming can be harmful (有害的). The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is still at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.It may be less important to sleep than to ____
| A．think | B．dream | C．work | D．study |
Dreams and films are usually _____
| A．very long | B．in color |
| C．about work | D．very sad |
Why do some people often dream about their work?
A. Because they are tired in the daytime.
Because they are not interested in their work
Because they may be thinking about their work all day
Because they have too much work to doThe main idea of the story is that _____
| A．what dream is | B．people like to sleep |
| C．dreams are like films | D．we always remember dreams |
Which sentence is right?
| A．It is good to sleep longer |
| B．We will feel tired after a long dream |
| C．The mind isn’t work when we dream |
| D．All people can find an answer of the work in the dream |