We have to accept the truth: Sometimes, we just want to shout out loud.
For example, we all have days like this: our dog has made a mess on the floor we just cleaned, or our friend called to tell us he or she couldn’t come at the last minute when we had cooked dinner for him or her. We may be really angry but we tried to bear things like those. According to ancient Chinese wisdom, we should shout in a loud voice instead of keeping silent. In fact, it’s good for our health.
“Chinese people have passed on the practice from ancient times to now as a part of traditional medicine,” said Mrs. Li, a 60-year-old woman from Hangzhou. “My parents taught me to do this. It’s a part of our folk（民间的）culture. ”
Mrs. Li is a member of a group of people who love shouting. Each morning, she and some of her friends climb to the top of a hill and let out loud shouts before starting their daily exercise. They believe that shouting is good exercise for their lungs（肺）and it brings them a lot of fun.
“Sometimes I shout out and other shout back,” said Mrs. Gu, another shouting lover. “It makes you happy. You laugh and then you feel very comfortable. ”
Dr. Peter Calafiura, an American doctor, agrees that shouting can have a positive influence on people’s health.
So, next time you start your morning run, why not try to shout out first? It will make you healthier.
| A．纠正 | B．忍受 | C．铭记 | D．杜绝 |
| A．her parents | B．her teacher |
| C．Mrs. Gu | D．Dr. Peter Calafiura |
| A．In a park. | B．At a square. |
| C．In her house. | D．On a hill. |
| A．It’s great furl. |
| B．It’s good for people’s health. |
| C．It’s easy to learn. |
| D．It’s good exercise especially for kids. |
| A．a shouting 1over |
| B．a shouting club |
| C．the advantages of shouting |
| D．the history of shouting |
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Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Houston Rockets in 2002 in NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center became the first player to come from a foreign team.
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother was a center and captain(队长) of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father played basketball, too.
Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in CBA. It’s short for China Basketball Association(联赛). During the 2000-2001 season, he got 27.1 scores(得分) for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match.
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in October, 2002. He said this was a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高) himself.
Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said，“Yao Ming has the potential(潜力), the capability(能力) of changing the future of basketball.”The Houston Rocket is the name of a ____ team.
| A．table tennis | B．volleyball |
| C．basketball | D．golf |
Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were ____.
| A．football players |
| B．basketball players |
| C．the centers of the Chinese National Team |
| D．the c aptains of the Chinese National Team |
Yao Ming ____ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.
| A．does well | B．is good |
| C．was good | D．did well |
Yao Ming ____ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002.
| A．did his best to join |
| B．was well known in |
| C．became a member(成员)of |
| D．liked |
Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to ____.
| A．learn from the NBA |
| B．change the future of basketball |
| C．improve himself |
| D．became the captain of the Houston Rockets |
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Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England. In some important matches, you can see the rich and the poor, the young and the old all there, shouting and cheering for one side or the other.
One of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has photographs of them and knows the results of a large number of matches. He will tell you who he expects(预料) to win such and such a match(诸如此类的比赛).
The schools arrange(安排) games and matches for their pupils. Football is a good game. It is good exercise for our body. It needs skills(技能) and wisdom(智慧) and it is popular and cheap. As a result, it is the school’s favorite game in winter.
根据短文内容判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)。Many people in England like football.
It is the strangest thing in England about football that people shout and cheer for oneside or the other.
The reason why the schools arrange football games for pupils in England is that it’s very interesting.
Even the smallest boy seems to have a great knowledge of football.
Football is a good game, but it is not cheap.
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Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the U.S.A. Children play baseball in sports field or in parks.
At summer picnics, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, the young and the old, take turns to beat. Each team has 9 players.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes. At the end of season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio and watch television. People seem to talk only about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U.S.A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball when there is an important game. Thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the television set to hear or watch the result. According to the passage, ____ may be the most popular sport in the U.S.A.
A. baseball B. soccer
C. American football D. volleyball There will be ____ players in a baseball game match.
| A．9 | B．18 | C．10 | D．16 |
Which of the following is true?
| A．Americans always become heroes in September. |
| B．Some baseball players become famous during the match time. |
| C．Americans enjoy baseball the best. |
| D．It seems that people have no interest in sports. |
The baseball fans can enjoy game by ____.
| A．watching game |
| B．listening to the radio |
| C．watching TV |
| D．all above |
The football season begins ____.
| A．in spring | B．in summer |
| C．in autumn | D．in winter |
I can’t remember the date when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of seeing litter near my home and realized that nobody else was going to pick it up.
I live close to a forest in Ohio, America. I can walk there within three minutes! I used to love going there to play with my dog. But one day there was so much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided to clean up the forest.
I made my first trip to clean the forest one afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes later, my bag was full of cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers.
Since that first trip three years ago, I’ve been to the forest four times a year to pick up litter. I’m often there for three hours. It makes me feel great to do something for the environment.
After each trip, I look at all the litter I’ve found. If any of it is recyclable(可回收的)，I’ll keep it. I can’t understand why people drop litter. But I will keep picking it up until they stop dropping it.
I know I can only do a small bit to help the earth, but I still think it is important.When did the writer begin to collect litter?
A.When he was very young.
B.After his home moved to a new place.
C.When he got tired of seeing litter near his home.Where does the writer live?
A.He lives in a forest.
B.He lives in a place with much litter.
C.He lives near a forest.The writer collects litter________.
A.in order to make the place clean
B.in order to make fun
C.in order to make moneyWhere does the writer collect litter?
A. In the forest B. In the street C. In the park.From the passage we infer(推断) __________
A．the writer always collects a lot of litter
B .the environment will be more beautiful if everyone tries to protect it.
C. the writer will go on collecting litter.
A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. The bombing(爆炸) destroyed her home and killed her mother.
Every day we see pictures like this on TVs or in newspapers. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad(巴格达). We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost at the same size as their small bodies as they leave their homes in Baghdad.
“Dad, why are the Americans fighting us? Are we going to be killed?” asks the son of Abu Sinar, an Iraqi engineer. Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his eight-year-old son.
He tries to comfort him by saying ,“The bombs（炸弹） are far away from us. The Americans are fighting the soldiers. We are going to be all right.” Even though Abu knows this isn’t always the truth, what else can he do? In Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to make them sleep so that they won’t hear the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed.
“All we do is to listen to and hear the war,” said Abu, “We, all the people and the children, have to live in fear(恐惧). We feel hopeless and helpless. We don’t know where the next bombs are going. We can do nothing but wait to be killed.”During the war, children are ______________.
A.studying at school B.safer than their parentsC.in great dangerThe children have to flee(逃离) their homes because_________.
A.it’s dangerous to stay at home because of the bombing.
B.their parents are not at home
C.they want to get food and water.Abu finds it hard to explain this war to his son, because___________.
A.he doesn’t want to tell him the real reason
B.he doesn’t want to tell a lie.
C.he doesn’t know how to explain it clearly.“sleeping pills” are __________.
A. a kind of thing to help them to be away from the war.
B.a kind of medicine to help them to fall asleep
C.a kind of food to make them strongAccording to the passage we know that__________.
A. all the children in Iraqi are looking for something to eat.
B. all the children in Iraqi are thinking about something to solve the war problem
C. the children in Iraqi are feeling fearful, helpless and hopeless during the war.