What do you usually do in your free time? Play sports? Watch TV? How about reading books? You must know the Chinese saying： "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles” Books are important in our life. Reading books is good for us. It can help us know and understand the world better. It can help us get a lot of knowledge(知识). It brings us a new and different world that we have never been before. Almost all the great men like reading, like Chairman Mao and Madame Curie.
In a word, books are helpful to us and we must love them. But before you read, remember to choose a good one. Ask your parents or teachers about what books to read. Be sure you are interested in them. There are many different kinds of books： I like biography(传记) because I can learn something from the characters.
What about you? Young friends, please love books and read them, They are very helpful to you.Which of the following is TRUE?.
| A．We have to choose a good book before we start to read. |
| B．Madame Curie doesn't like reading at all. |
| C．We shouldn't ask teachers about what books to read. |
| D．Reading books can’t give us any knowledge. |
What does the underlined part "Read thousands of books; travel thousands of miles." mean in Chinese?
| A．滚石不生苔 | B．读数千本书就能行数千里路 |
| C．读万卷书，行万里路 | D．读书百遍，其义自见 |
Reading books can help people_________.
| A．understand the world better | B．get more sleep |
| C．know little about themselves | D．get money from others |
What kind of books does the writer like?
| A．Comic books. | B．Biography. | C．Novels | D．Story-books. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Books are helpful to us. |
| B．Only reading books can make people succeed(成功). |
| C．Young people should read more books. |
| D．Chairman Mao likes reading very much. |
Mr Black goes into his usual teashop one morning, and sits in one of the seats at the counter(柜台). Many other people also come in, but none of them stays long.
About fifteen minutes later, a young man and a young woman come in. There are only two empty seats at the counter, one on Mr Black’s left, and the other on his right. The woman sits on one seat, and the young man sits on the other, but Mr Black immediately(立即) asks to change seats with the young man so that he and the young woman can be together.
“Oh, that isn’t necessary,” the young man says, but Mr Black insists(坚持). When the young man and the young woman are side by side, he says to her, “Well, this old man is very kind. He wants us to sit together. May I introduce myself? My name is John. What’s your name?” Mr Black sits ________ of the teashop one morning.
| A．in the middle | B．in the centre |
| C．at the counter | D．in the front |
There are ________ at the counter.
| A．two tables | B．none |
| C．some waiters | D．two empty seats |
Why does Mr Black immediately ask to change places?
| A．Because the young man asks him to |
| B．Because the young woman asks him to |
| C．Because Mr Black wants the young man and the young woman to sit together |
| D．Because there is something wrong with the seat |
At last the young man _________.
| A．changes seats with Mr Black |
| B．doesn’t change seats with Mr Black |
| C．goes away |
| D．goes away with the young woman |
The young man and the young woman are _______.
| A．friends | B．a couple(一对) |
| C．brother and sister | D．strangers(陌生人) |
| How does Lucy spend a week? |
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| Monday |
Practise playing volleyball 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
| Tuesday |
Go to see Tim Chindren's Hospital 8:30-10:30 p.m. |
| Wednesday |
Part-time job 1:00-5:00 p.m. |
| Thursday |
Go to the station to meet her uncle Ricky 9:00 a.m. |
| Friday |
See Mr Green 10:30-11:30 a.m. Part-time job 2:00-6:00 p.m. |
| Saturday |
A birthday party for Lily 7:00-10:00 p.m. |
| Sunday |
Help Frank with his Maths |
Where does Lucy meet Tim?
| A．At Frank’s house. | B．At Lucy’s house. |
| C．At the station. | D．In the hospital. |
How many hours a week does Lucy do her part-time job?
| A．Five hours | B．Eight hours |
| C．Ten hours | D．Eleven hours |
Who may be ill in hospital?
| A．Lucy. | B．Lily. | C．Tim. | D．Ricky. |
Lucy’s uncle is coming on _______________.
| A．Saturday | B．Friday | C．Thursday | D．Wednesday |
What does Lucy do on Saturday evening?
| A．She has a birthday party. | B．She studies with Frank. |
| C．She plays volleyball. | D．She does a part-time job. |
Once an Englishman named Jack Brown went to Russia for a holiday. He stayed there for several months and then came home again. Some of his friends visited him a few days after he got back. “I had a very dangerous trip while I was in Russia,” Jack said to them. “I wanted to see a friend of mine in the country and the bad weather made me very late. So I was still traveling through a forest in a sleigh(雪橇) when the sun went down. It was a long way from my friend’s house when about twenty wolves began to follow my sleigh. It was very dark in the forest. There was thick snow on the ground. It was cold, and there were no houses for miles and miles. First I heard the wolves. The noise was terrible! The horses heard them, too. They were frightened and began running faster. Then I saw long, gray forms among the trees, and soon the wolves were near us. They were running very fast, and they didn’t seem to get tired like the horses.”
“What did you do?” one of Jack’s friends asked.
“When the wolves got very near,” Jack answered, “I put up my gun and shot the first wolf. The sleigh was moving about, but I hit the animal and killed it. Then all the other wolves stopped and ate it, so our sleigh got away from them for a few minutes.”
“Then they finished their meal, and I heard them coming again. The moon was shining brightly on the snow now, and after a few minutes I saw them running among the trees once more. They came nearer again, and then I shot another of them, and the others stopped once more to eat it.”
“The same thing happened again and again, and my horses became more and more tired and ran slower and slower until, after about two hours, only one wolf was still alive and following us.”
“Wasn’t it too fat to run?” one of his friends asked. Jack told his friends what happened to him when he was _________.
| A．in England one winter evening |
| B．in Russia one winter evening |
| C．in America one winter morning |
| D．in Russia one winter morning |
In the sentence: “They finished their meal”, “meal” here means “_________”.
| A．the food Jack had brought with him |
| B．the meal prepared by Jack’s friend |
| C．the wolf which had been killed by Jack |
| D．the dead animals on the way |
According to what Jack said, the last wolf _________.
| A．was the strongest of all |
| B．ran much faster than the other wolves |
| C．had eaten all the other wolves |
| D．was very fat and didn’t run fast enough |
From what Jack’s friend said we know that _________.
| A．all the wolves had been shot by Jack |
| B．the last wolf was too fat to run |
| C．the friend did not believe what Jack had said |
| D．Jack was telling the truth |
People who are about the same age as you are your peers. Peers include your friends and your classmates. They have strong influence on your actions. Your peers influence how you think, how you act, and even how you dress. Peer pressure is the influence that people of the same age have on one another.
Sometimes your peers influence you in a helpful or positive（积极的）way. A friend may notice that you have problems in math. And he might invite you to join a study group or show you how to solve a difficult problem during lunch. Such actions are helpful to you.
Sometimes your peers influence you in a negative or unhealthy way. A friend might offer you cigarettes（香烟）．Cigarettes are harmful to your health. Your friend knows that. Your friend also knows that underage smoking is against the law. Yet he or she still makes the offer. This bad influence is negative peer pressure.
Your peers may not always realize they are influencing you in a negative way. For example. a friend might invite you to the movies. You would love to go, but you have a lot of housework to do. In situations like this you should make a wise decision.
You can learn to deal with negative peer pressure. Keep away from people who try to influence your behavior in harmful ways. Though it is not always easy to say no, it’s really necessary to learn to do that. Follow the following steps. First. look at the person and say no in a firm(坚定的）but polite voice. Make sure your face shows that you are serious. Let the person know you will not back down. Then, give reasons for saying no. Explain why you won't do what the person wants. Remember to say goodbye and walk away if he or she continues.From Paragraph 2, we can infer（推断）that a friend who influences you in a positive way might______．
| A．go to school together with you |
| B．do your homework instead of you |
| C．share cigarettes from his father with you |
| D．try to help you when you are in trouble |
What does the underlined word "negative" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
| A．Harmful. | B．Useless. | C．Careless. | D．Forgetful. |
How many steps of saying no are mentioned in the last paragraph?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
Which sentence shows the writer's opinion?
| A．Peer pressure is the influence that people of the same age have on one another. |
| B．We should learn to deal with negative peer pressure. |
| C．It's not always important to say no to your peers. |
| D．Peers include your friends and your classmates. |
If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture. You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor. This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
Give me five” is a gesture to _______.
| A．make people laugh | B．ask for money |
| C．celebrate success | D．give my five yuan |
The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of _______.
| A．toes | B．hands | C．arms | D．fingers |
When you ______, you give your friends high fives.
| A．lose your money | B．go back home |
| C．win a football game | D．pick up some money |
The gesture started in _______ according to the story.
| A．Rome | B．America | C．China | D．Britain |