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Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may surprise you. Did you know curry isn’t Indian? Did you know Americans weren’t the first to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasn’t created in Italy?
First, let’s talk about curry. But in reality(事实)， wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices (香料) hundreds of years before British ships traveled to India.
Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these dishes became popular in other parts of England.
The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s-nearly one thousand years before pizza became popular in Naples, Italy!
Finally let’s look at the truth behind hamburgers. Many people think hamburgers are an American food. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors introduced hamburgers to Americans.
Where foods come from isn’t nearly as important as how they taste—delicious!
| A. However according to some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. B. So, go and get some of your favorite and enjoy it. C. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1660s. D. As for pizzas, this dish was probably first made in Persia(波斯). E. In fact, the word “curry” can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. |
Recently, Chinese netizens (网民) enjoy themselves on “growing and stealing crops” on the Internet. This is a game called “Happy Farms”. Now more and more people are joining in the game, and getting addicted. Some of them are even found playing the game at work. Because of this, some players have been fired by their bosses. Lovers have broken up, but none of them can stop Happy Farms from becoming more popular.
Here we interviewed some young netizens and let’s see what their opinions were.
Nongmin: Playing happy Farms at work, that’s terrible! A clerk was fired because she was online playing it at work.
King: I find that all the dreams of having houses and fields, which are very hard to get in real life, are very easy to be realized in the games. I think I know the reason why the game is so popular.
Kaixin: We have to know how to control ourselves. We should keep our minds on study. Games are just games. I prefer to play sports with my classmates when I am free.
Kitty: I like Happy Farms. My high-pressure work makes me feel like I can’t breathe. I wish I could have a real house and farm, but it seems so far away. I have to turn to virtual(虚拟) nature for my own house and farm.
People often get tired from work or study, so they go to their own farms, take care of their crops and pull out weeds. It is really delightful to forget about the pressure. But some players work from morning to night to “grow and steal crops”. They lose themselves in the game and show no interest in anything else. It is really terrible. From this passage, we know that “Happy Farms” is _____.
| A．a popular online game | B．a kind of sport |
| C．an interesting online film | D．a real farm |
The word “fire” means _____ in the underlined sentence in the first paragraph.
| A．火 | B．雇佣 | C．解雇 | D．着火 |
From Kaixin’s words, we can guess that he is probably a_____.
| A．farmer | B．worker | C．student | D．clerk |
_____ have the similar idea about “Happy Farms”.
| A．Nongmin and King | B．King and Kitty |
| C．Kaixin and Kitty | D．Nongmin and Kaixin |
From the passage, the writer thinks _____.
| A．“Happy farms” is good for people’s work and study |
| B．people can play “Happy farms” at night |
| C．people should never play “Happy farms” |
| D．“Happy farms” sometimes can help you relax but it may also cause problems |
Have you ever heard of a famous charity called Operation Smile? We hope we can help you understand how we are trying to help children all over the world. 
Operation Smile was started by a doctor and his wife. In 1982, together with some volunteers, they went to Philippines to help children who had holes in their lips or inside their mouths. It was very difficult for them to eat and drink. These volunteers worked very hard. But they worried that they could not carry on with the work because they were short of money. Then they decided to start a charity so that they could help these needy children. They called it Operation Smile.
Operation Smile works in more than twenty developing countries and has cured over 10,000 children who have problems with their mouths. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work and in 1999 they even started a special event called“The World Journey of Hope”. 5,000 children in 18 countries are cured during the event.
On the other hand, Operation Smile trains local doctors and nurses in developing countries so that they can continue to help children when Operation Smile has left. As to the children with much more serious problems, they will send them to America for further treatment.
So show your kindness and generosity to the needy children now. You can send your donation to Operation Smile at local banks. Many thanks from the children who can smile now will come to you. Operation Smile is a famous _____, which was started by a doctor and his wife.
| A．school | B．charity | C．building | D．person |
Operation Smile helps the children by _____.
| A．curing the children who have problems with their mouths |
| B．helping poor children go back to school |
| C．helping blind children to see again |
| D．offering houses to homeless children |
Five thousand children from _____ countries are cured during the event “The World Journey of Hope”.
A. ten B sixteen C. eighteen D. twentyWhy did they worry that they could not carry on with the work?
Because _____.
| A．there were no more volunteers |
| B．they went to America for further study |
| C．they didn’t have enough money |
| D．the doctors were too busy |
What does the writer ask us to do to show our kindness and generosity to the needy children?
| A．To donate money at local banks. |
| B．To be a volunteer in Philippines. |
| C．To send cards to the needy children. |
| D．To be a doctor of Operation Smile. |
On a hot summer day, Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they lay down in a tent for the night and went to sleep.
Some hours later, Holmes woke up and pushed his friend. “Watson, look! What can you see in the sky?"
Watson replied, “I see millions and millions of stars.”
“What does that tell you?” asked Holmes.
Watson thought for a while. “First, it tells me that we will have a beautiful clear day tomorrow. Second, it tells me that the time is about twelve o’clock. And…”
“What else?” Holmes asked.
“Well, it also reminds me that the world is so big and we are so small. What does that tell you?” Holmes said with a grin on his face, “You silly guy! It only tells me that someone has stolen our tent!”Holmes woke up _____.
| A．in the middle of the night | B．early in the morning |
| C．soon after he fell asleep | D．after Watson pushed him |
Watson thought of at least _____ things after he saw the stars.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The story happened in the afternoon. |
| B．They had some wine before they went to sleep. |
| C．Holmes asked Watson questions because Holmes didn’t know what happened. |
| D．Holmes and Watson were in their tent while they were talking about the question. |
If you want to learn something about computers, you may send e-mails to _____.
| A．zhaoweiping@sohu.com | B．wudong@yahoo.com |
| C．tomsmith@163.com | D．lwh988@263.com |
A five-year-old boy has something wrong with his teeth. He should go to see _____.
| A．Mr. Zhao | B．Mr. Wu | C．Mr. Smith. | D．Mr. Li |
First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout, “Look out,” I put my head out of a window and a basin (盆) of water fell on me. It seems that “Look out” may mean “don’t look out.”
Second Frenchman: Once I was on a ship and heard the captain (船长) shout, “All hands on deck,” I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.
Third Frenchman: I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid who came to the door and said, “He’s not up yet. Come back in half an hour,” When I went again for him, she said, “He’s not down yet.”
“If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?” I asked.
She said, “He’s still in bed. When I say ‘He’s not up ’ I mean ‘he has not yet got up’. When I say‘He’s not down ’I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs.”“Look out”here means “ _______”.
| A．put your head out of the window and look |
| B．Take care |
| C．I’m going to pour the water |
| D．Help me |
“All hands on deck”means “ _______ ”.
| A．All the sailors gather ( 集合 )on deck |
| B．Give your hands to me |
| C．Put your right hand and left hand on deck |
| D．Shake your hands with me |
When the third Frenchman went back, the English friend _______ .
| A．was washing his face |
| B．was having his breakfast |
| C．was still in an upstairs room |
| D．was reading a newspaper |