In ancient Greece, Socrates was a great philosopher (哲学家), who was widely known for his wisdom (智慧).
One day the great philosopher met a man, who ran up to him excitedly and said, “Socrates, do you know what I just heard about one of your students?”
“Wait a moment,” Socrates replied. “Before you tell me, I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Test of Three.”
“Test of Three?”
“That’s correct,” Socrates continued. “The first test is Truth. Are you sure that what you are about to tell me is true?”
“No,” the man replied, “actually I just heard about it.”
“All right, so you don’t really know if it’s true or not,” said Socrates. “Now let’s try the second test, the test of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my student something good?”
“No, on the contrary...”
“So,” Socrates continued, “you want to tell me something bad about him even though you’re not sure it’s true?”
The man shrugged (耸肩), a little embarrassed.
“The third test – the filter (过滤) of Usefulness,” Socrates continued. “Is what you want to tell me about my student going to be useful to me?”
“No, not really...”
“Well,” Socrates said, “if what you want to tell me is neither true, nor good, nor even useful, why do you want to tell me at all?”
The man was ashamed (惭愧的) and said no more.When the man tried to tell Socrates something about his student, Socrates _____.
A.listened to him carefully | B.told him to go away |
C.asked him to pass a test | D.walked away quickly |
What is the Test of Three mainly about?
A.Love, Truth and Honesty. |
B.Truth, Goodness and Usefulness. |
C.Wisdom, Love and Goodness. |
D.Honesty, Wisdom and Truth. |
The third test is to check whether what the man wanted to say is _____.
A.useful | B.true | C.good | D.funny |
What can we learn from the story?
A.Don’t tell a lie to a philosopher. |
B.Truth always hides behind small things. |
C.No one wants to listen to bad news. |
D.Think twice before you spread a piece of news. |
Which is Not True according to the passage?
A.One day a man ran up to Socrates excitedly because he was one of his students. |
B.Socrates asked the man to pass the Test of Three. |
C.The man knew what he wanted to tell Socrates was not true. He just wanted to talk with him. |
D.At last the man felt ashamed. |
根据表格内容,选择正确答案。
Found: Watch. Is this your watch? It is a yellow watch. Please call Paul at 439-6175. |
Lost : My backpack. It is blue with a duck(鸭子) on it. Please call Linda. Phone 416-3592. |
Found: Dictionary. Is this your English-Chinese dictionary? It’s red. It’s under my desk. Please call Alan at 485-7700. |
Lost: My school ID card. My name is Jim. Please call 465-0921. |
Found: Cat. Is this your cat? It’s black and white. Please call Gina. Phone 458-3216. |
If (如果)your watch is lost, you can call.
A.439-6175 | B.485-7700 | C.458-3216 | D.416-3592 |
Linda’s is lost.
A.duck | B.cat | C.backpack | D.dictionary |
Alan found an English-Chinese dictionary.
A.on his bed | B.under the chair |
C.on the table | D.under his desk |
If you find a school ID card, it may (可能)be.
A.Alan’s | B.Jim’s | C.Paul’s | D.Gina’s |
The cat is.
A.black and white | B.blue | C.red | D.yellow |
阅读下列对话,选择正确的答案。
Miss Wang: Good morning, boys and girls! I’m Wang Li. And I’m your(你们的)English teacher(教师).
Boys and girls: Good morning, Miss Wang!
Miss Wang: This is Helen. She is English( 英国人).
Helen: I’m Helen. Nice to meet you.
Miss Wang: Are you Dale?
Frank: No. I’m Frank.
Miss Wang: OK. Now, Frank, what’s this in English?
Frank: It’s a ruler, Miss Wang.
Miss Wang: What color is it?
Frank: White.
Miss Wang: Right. And what color is this pen?
Frank: It’s blue. I like(喜欢)blue, because(因为)I like the sky(天空).
Helen: No. The pen is green. And I like green. Look! My jacket is green.
Miss Wang : Great!is the English teacher.
A.Helen B.Frank C.Miss WangThe boy is.
A.Frank B.Dale C.WhiteThe ruler is.
A.blue B.green C.white The jacket is .
A.white B.green C.blueThe _______ is blue.
A.ruler B.sky C.pen
阅读短文按要求完成各题
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save you life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked(渗) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes(灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall. 阅读短文,补全句子,每空一词
The passage mainly tells us how to _____________ ____________ ____________ from the lower floors of the building.阅读短文,补全句子,每空一词
From the passage we know we can’t use _____________ to leave a burning building阅读短文,将划线句子翻译为汉语。
Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leaked(渗) into the room.
_______________________________________________________________________________词组break a fall在文中的汉语意思是______________________________________.
回答问题,答案10词以内
What should we do to escape if an earthquake happens ? (One idea is enough)
We should / shouldn’t__________________________________________________________
“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is ‘surfing the net’ a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状):
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.What does the beginning of the passage tell us?
A.How to become an Internet addict. |
B.What an Internet addict usually does. |
C.Where to find an Internet addict. |
D.Why to write this passage. |
How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?
A.It is something like keeping drugs. |
B.It is a way of producing drugs. |
C.It is like taking drugs. |
D.It is terrible to imagine. |
Why do people worry about the teens?
A.The teens are wasting too much money. |
B.They used to work on the Internet. |
C.The playing field of the teens will disappear. |
D.More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet. |
The example in the passage shows that _______.
A.Internet problems are more serious among college students |
B.Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep |
C.Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted |
D.The police often help to find those Internet addicts. |
What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?
A.Don’t be addicted to the Internet. |
B.Go to family activities more often. |
C.Do things as you have planned. |
D.Stay with your parents as often as possible. |
“Well, we’re in our new house. Let’s get a new pet to get along with it,” Mrs. Brown said to her husband.
“That sounds like a pretty good idea,” he answered. “Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?”
“Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go,” she said.
The next morning the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. “We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes,” Mr. Snow said, “So I need to ask you some questions.”
After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn’t need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark(吠) and warn them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn’t checked her yet. So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter again. The animal doctor said, “Shadow has had all of her shots(预防针). She will be healthy.” The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.From the reading we learn that _______.
A.the Browns have never had a pet before. |
B.the Browns knew about Shadow from the newspaper. |
C.Shadow is a small and healthy dog. |
D.Mr Brown didn’t quite agree with his wife. |
The word shelter in the reading means _______.
A.a place to sell small dogs |
B.a place to keep homeless animals |
C.a place to study animals |
D.a place to sell books on pet care |
Mr Snow asked the Browns some questions to _______.
A.see if they had moved to a new house |
B.find out how rich the Browns were |
C.know where they’d keep their new pet |
D.make sure they’d take care of pets |
The Browns thinks that a small dog _______.
A.doesn’t need any room to keep |
B.can help them watch their house |
C.eats less food than a bigger one |
D.usually has a beautiful name |
It’s clear that _______.
A.Shadow will not be easy to get ill |
B.the Browns were not satisfied with Shadow |
C.Mr Snow didn’t check Shadow at all |
D.Shadow likes barking a lot |