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Mike was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always happy and always had something interesting to say. If someone asked him how he was doing, he would reply, “Couldn’t be better!” He was really a care-free young man and never felt tired.
Mike used to say, “Each morning I wake up and say to myself, ‘Mike, you have two choices(选择) today. You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be upset.’ I choose to be happy. Each time something happens, I am always ready to learn a good lesson. I choose to learn from life.”
I tried to understand what he said. Indeed life is all about choices. Every situation is a choice. The bottom line is: You’re living your life and you make it either happy or sad.
Several years later I had a car accident and my legs were seriously injured. When I was lying on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or choose to die. I chose to live.
People like to say, “Choose the one you love and love the one you choose.” Why not choose the one we love and live happily?
What kind of man was Mike?

A．A happy young man.	B．A hard-working man.
C．An ugly bad boy.	D．A kind young man.

What does “Couldn’t be better!” mean?

A．It’s bad.	B．It’s very good.
C．It isn’t bad.	D．It isn’t very good.

Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Mike tried to be happy every day.

B．Mike chose to learn from life.

C．The writer learned from Mike.

D．The writer was unhappy every day.

When the writer got hurt in a car accident, .

A．he loved the one people chose	B．people loved the one he chose
C．he chose to live	D．he chose to die

Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Life Is Difficult	B．Life Is Different
C．Life Is Colorful	D．Life Is Full of Choices

Like most English children, I learned foreign languages at school. When I made my first visit to the United States, I was sure I could have a nice and easy holiday without any language problem. But how wrong I was!
At the American airport, I was looking for a public telephone to tell my friend Danny that I had arrived. An American asked if he could help me. “Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”
“Well, that’s nice. Are you getting married?” he asked.
“No,” I replied, “I just want to tell him I have arrived.”
“Oh,” he said, “there is a phone downstairs on the first floor.”
“But we’re on the first floor now,” I said.
“Well, I don’t know what you are talking about. Maybe you aren’t feeling too well after your journey,” he said. “Just go and wash up, and you will feel a lot better.” And he went off, leaving me wondering where on earth I was: At home we wash up after a meal to get the cups and plates clean. How can I wash up at an airport?
At last we did meet. Danny explained the misunderstanding: Americans say “to give someone a call”, but we English say “to give somebody a ring”. When we say “to wash your hands”, they say “to wash up”. And Englishmen start numbering from the ground floor so the first floor is the second for Americans.
The writer went to America by __________.

A．plane

B．ship

C．bus

D．train

The writer went to America for __________.

A．education	B．business
C．holiday	D．friendship

The American thought “a ring” should be a __________.

A．phone call	B．present
C．person	D．letter

Englishmen usually wash up __________.

A．after dinner	B．after a journey
C．when they are tired	D．before they telephone someone

The third floor in England is the __________ floor in America.

A．first

B．second

C．third

D．fourth

Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle(肌肉) when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt your back.
To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend (弯曲) your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over, from your waist (腰) keep your back and hips (臀部) and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.
As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight. Put your hand under the thing that is in front of you, between y our knees.
To lift the thing, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in order to stand up. In other words, lift with your legs, not with your back.
Which part of your body is more easily to be hurt when you lift heavy things?

A．The leg muscles.	B．The back muscles
C．The hips	D．The knees

Many people hurt their backs when they lift something because _______.

A．they are not strong

B．the things are very heavy

C．the way to lift the things is not correct.

D．they are very heavy

The muscles are stronger if you _______.

A．keep your back, hips and waist in a line

B．bend over from your waist

C．lower your self

D．get down on your knees

To lift heavy things, the most important of all is to _________.

A．stand up slowly	B．keep your back straight
C．bend your knees	D．put one knee on each side

What does “In other words” mean? ________

A．总而言之	B．换句话说
C．在其它话中	D．在其它单词中

Many places in the world need more fresh water(淡水). Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh.
Why aren't there many factories like the Symi factory?
In some places, the sun isn't hot enough, or it doesn't shine every day. In these places other ways to heating(加热) sea water can be used. These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun. By boiling(煮沸) sea water with high heat，a lot of fresh water can be made quickly. But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways are tried. One way is freezing(冷冻). The fresh part of salt water freezes first. To get fresh water, the pieces of ice are taken out.
Which way is best? The one that gives the most water for the least money. It may be a different way for each place.
Symi's way seems very good for small, hot places. It doesn't make very much water at a time. But the factory is easy to build and cost little.
From the passage we know that fresh water .

A．is needed in many countries	B．is needed in every country
C．can be used in many ways	D．is very important for factories

The Symi factory .

A．is a fresh water factory

B．can be built everywhere

C．can make much fresh water at a time

D．doesn't need sunshine every day

Which is the best way for small and hot places to get fresh water?

A．Boiling or heating the sea water.

B．The way in sunny places.

C．The Symi's way.

D．Freezing the sea water in cold places.

The writer is mainly talking about .

A．water making factories in different countries

B．the ways of making fresh water from sea water

C．hot places and dry places

D．how to make good use of the sunlight

Which of the following isn't true?

A．New ways are tried to get fresh water.

B．A lot of fresh water can be made quickly by heating.

C．The best way is to get the most fresh water with the least money.

D．The Symi's way doesn't work in dry places.

In general (一般来说) people talk about two groups of colours: warm colours and cool colours. Scientists think that there are also two groups of people: people who prefer warm colours and people who prefer cool colours.
The warm colours are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colours and a lot of light, people usually want to be active. People think that red example is exciting sociable (善交际的) people, those who like to be with others like red. The cool colours are green, blue and purple. These colours unlike warm colours, are relaxing. Where there are cool colours, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue.
Red may be exciting but one scientist says that time seems to pass more slow in a room with warm colours than in a room with cool colours. He suggested that a warm colour such as red or orange, is a good colour for a living room or a restaurant.
People who are relaxing or eating don’t want time to pass quickly. Cool colours are better for offices of factories as the people who work there want time to pass quickly. Scientist don’t know why people think some colours are warm and other colours are cool.
However, almost everyone agree that warm colours remind (使想起) people of warm days and cool colours remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is low during winter, the sunlight appears quite blue. Because the sun higher during summer, the hot summer sunlight appears yellow.
When people talk about two groups of people, they mean those that ________.

A．like warm colours and like cool colours

B．are yellow, red and yellow

C．are warm colours and cool colours

D．are green, blue and purple

The people who like warm colours _________.

A．are very hard to get on with others

B．are very easy to get on with others

C．like to stay at home by themselves

D．don’t like to be with others

Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Time seems to pass more slowly in a room with warm colours than in a room with cool colours.

B．The persons who are relaxing don’t want time to pass slowly.

C．Maybe warm colors make people think of warm days.

D．The writer thinks cool colours are good for offices of factories.

Why do some people like warm colours and others like cool colours?

A．Because the people who like warm colours are active.

B．Because the people who like cool colours prefer staying at home alone.

C．Because warm colours are nice and cool colours are not nice.

D．The writer doesn’t tell us the reason.

Which is the best title?

A．Two groups of colours	B．Cool colours
C．Warm colours	D．Colours and people

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C．4886888	D．4686788

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