Each December， I promised to make Christmas a relaxed and peaceful experience. I didn’t spend too much time on card writing， endless cooking and decorating. Yet still， I found myself tired， unable to enjoy the valuable family moments， and of course， to understand the true meaning of .
Christmas came again. My son， Nicholas， was in primary school that year. It was a very season for a six-year-old. For weeks， he’d been memorizing songs for his school’s “Winter Celebration.” All the parents were invited to be present at their show.
I didn’t have the heart to tell him I’d be working. Unwilling to his shining moment， I spoke with his teacher. She told me there’d be a dress rehearsal(彩排) the morning of the presentation. All unable to be present that evening were welcome to come then.
So， on the of the dress rehearsal， I arrived ten minutes early. Around the room， I saw several other parents. Because the public school system had long stopped referring to the holiday as “Christmas”， I didn’t anything other than fun. So， when my son’s class rose to sing “Christmas Love”， I was a little bit surprised by its title.
Nicholas was excited， as were all of his classmates. Those in the front row held up large letters， one by one， to out the title of the song. As the class would sing “C is for Christmas，” a child would hold up the letter C. Then， “H is for Happy，” and on and on all the children presented the complete message “Christmas Love”.
The show was going smoothly， until suddenly， a small， quiet， girl in the front row held the letter “M” upside down — totally not knowing her letter “M” appeared as a “W”. The audience(观众) laughed at this little girl’s . But she had no idea why they were laughing at her， so she stood tall， holding her “W”. The laughter continued until the last letter was raised， and we all saw it together. A sudden came over the audience and eyes began to widen. At that moment， we understood why we were there and why we the holiday.
For when the last letter was held high， the message read loud and clear： “CHRIST WAS LOVE”.
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Time Temp Glasses
Are you a person who wants to know the time and temperature during the day? You might like Temp Glasses. These special glasses show the time above your right eye and the temperature your left eye. It is surely easier than wearing a wristwatch, and you never have to guess the Tature.
Alarm() Fork
Do you eat too quickly? Do you eat too much? How can the Alarm Fork help you? Aren’t you is (好奇的)? Well, this special fork has two lights: one green and one red. When the green is on, it’s OK to eat a piece of food. The fork "knows" when you eat a piece, and soon the red goes on. Wait for the green light before you eat another piece.
Smell This
Sow do you know if your breath smells nice, or if it smells bad? It’s difficult It) know, because it’s very hard to smell the air that comes out of your own mouth. Smell This is useful for this ion. Smell This covers your nose and your mouth. Docs your breath smell nice, or do you need a piece of gum(口香糖)?
Banana Suitcase(手提箱)
Has this ever happened to you? You put a banana in your bag lunch in the morning, and when pen the bag at noon, the banana looks like someone drove a car over it. If you put your banana Banana Suitcase, this will never happen. It keeps a banana safe, delicious, and looking like a m!The writer thinks that the four inventions are_.
| A．dangerous | B．useless | C．unusual | D．expensive |
A person who wants to lose weight may be interested in_.
| A．Time Temp Glasses | B．Alarm Fork | C．Smell This | D．Banana Suitcase |
Which invention is most helpful for someone waiting for a train?
| A．Time Temp Glasses. | B．Alarm I ink. | C．Smell This. | D．Banana Suitcase. |
If you want to know how your breath is. you may buy _.
| A．Time Temp Glasses | B．Alarm Fork | C．Smell This | D．Banana Suitcase |
Who might use the Banana Suitcase?
| A．A person who eats bananas only at home. |
| B．Someone who needs to throw away a banana. |
| C．A person who has little interest in eating bananas. |
| D．Someone who loves bananas and brings lunch to school every day. |
Most people graduate from school and then get a job. Everyone wants a job that pays well. How much money can you make? Ask yourself these questions: What can I do? What skills do I have? Also ask yourself: How much education do I have? For most jobs, the higher your education, the higher your earning power.
In the United States, high school graduates make about $ 18,600 a year. If you do not finish high school, you make only $10,800 a year. You can make $7,800 more each year by staying in high school!
If you stay in school, then you can make more money. A person with a high school degree makes about $18,600 a year. If that person goes to college and gets a bachelor’s degree（学士学位), he can make S42,000. With a master’s degree (硕士学位), he can make about $53,000. If the person gets a PhD（博士学位), he can make almost $79,000 or more a year.
We can learn a very important, thing from this information. If you want to work and make more money, get a good education.The passage mainly talks about_.
| A．how education and pay are connected | B．high paying jobs |
| C．jobs for high school students | D．good schools |
According to (根据) the passage, "earning power" means the ability to _____ money.
| A．save | B．spend | C．pay | D．make |
The writer thinks that a high school graduate usually makes more money than_.
| A．a university graduate | B．a person who gets a PhD |
| C．a person who only finishes primary school | D．a person with a master’s degree |
Each year a person with a PhD can make more than a person who does not finishhigh school.
| A．$37,000 | B．$68,200 | C．$60,400 | D．$26,000 |
From the last paragraph(段落) we know that______.
| A．a high school degree is not important |
| B．university is too expensive |
| C．a person can make more money with a good education |
| D．people with a degree don’t need to worn about finding jobs |
The word “sport” first meant somethin that people did in their free time. Later it often meant hunting (捕猎) wild animals and birds.
About a hundred years ag
o the word was first used for organized games. This is the usual meaning of the word today. People spend a lot of their spare time playing football, basketball, tennis and many other sports. Such people play because they want to. A few people are paid for the sport they play. These people are called professional sportsmen. They may be sportsmen for only a few years, but during that time the best one can earn a lot of money.
For example, a professional footballer in England earns more than ＄3000 a year. The starts earn a lot more. International golf and tennis champions (网球锦标赛) can make more than ＄50000 in a year. Of course, only a few sporsmen can earn as much money as that. It is only possible in sports for individuals (个人的) like golf, tennis and motor-racing. Perhaps the most surprising thing about sportsmen and money is that: the star can earn more money from advertising than from sport. An advertising for sports equipment (设备) does not simply say “Buy our thing”. It says “Buy the same shirt and shoes as…”. Famous sportsmen can even advertise things like watches and food. They allow the companies to use their name or a photo of them and they are paid for this. Sport is no longer just something for people’s spare time.
根据上文内容判断正（T）误（F）A “professional” sportsman is someone who likes sports very much.
The word “sport” now usually means “organized ” games.
An advertisement for sports equipment just says “Buy our thing”.
The sport stars can earn as much money from advertising as from sport.
This passage mainly talks about sport and money.
I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket for the film Titantic last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that ticket could be bought at the cinema box office (售票处) in Richland Hill every day between 10:00 and 4:00. Because I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round(往返) trip in 45 minute.
Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip---- so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for fifty-five minutes. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town.
By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car.it was not cheap,but I felt it would be worth ot to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like one hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But quickly found out that it was because they had already sold all the tickets. It seems that the writer of the story works .
| A．in a small town | B．in Richland Hills |
| C．on a farm near the town | D．at a bus service Center |
He tried to go to the cinema bo buy a ticket but really got there .
| A．five times | B．four times | C．three times | D．twice |
The underlined word “delighted” means .
| A．sure | B．sorry | C．surprised | D．pleased |
Which of the following is true according to the story?
| A．The writer was too busy to have time for a rest during the day. |
| B．The buses running between his office and Richland Hills were always on time on Thursday. |
| C．He could buy the tickets neither before nor after work hours. |
| D．It always took him about twenty minutes to get to the cinema by bus. |
What’s the title of the story?
| A．How to Get a Ticket | B．Tickets Sold out |
| C．A Wonderful Film | D．The Way to the Cinema |
Monkeys are clever and lively, but they are naughty and greedy (贪婪的) as well. Whenver they find delicious food, they will eat enough. What’s more, they will take it when they leave. They have suffered (吃亏) a lot because of this. But they never change this way.
In India, people use monkey’s greed to catch them. Do you know how they can catch monkeys? Here are some instructions.
◆Make a hole in a big pumpkin (南瓜). The hole must be just right ----neither too big nor too small.
◆Put some jujubes (枣) in the hole.
◆Leave the pumpkin under a tree. Make sure there are some monkeys in the tree.
◆Hide yourself and watch the monkeys.
As soon you leave, the monkeys can’t wait to come down to the pumpkin. When they find a hole in the pumpkin, they don’t know what’s in it and one of them can't help putting its hand into the hole to find what on earth there is. When it touches the jujubes, it will clench (攥紧) some of them in its hand. As a result, it isn’t able to take its fist (拳) out of the hole. You can’t come close until this time. Will the monkey drop off the pumpkin? Don’t worry. It prefers the pumpkin than its life. It will run with the pumpkin, clenching its fist more tightly. In the end, it is caught helplessly.Monkeys haven’t changed their way of doing with nice food because they are
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| A．clever | B．lively | C．greedy | D．naughty |
“The hole must be just right” means it is .
| A．big enough for the monkey to put its hand in |
| B．smaller than a monkey’s hand |
| C．bigger than a monkey’s fist |
| D．bigger than a monkey’s hand but smaller than its fist |
Seeing the hole in the pumpkin, a monkey will .
| A．be interested in | B．be afraid of |
| C．run away at once | D．take the pumpkin away in arms |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Indians often catch the monkeys in this way. |
| B．sometimes monkys are stupid. |
| C．as soon as the monkeys comes to the pumpkin, you can rush to catch it. |
| D．In India,monkeys like pumpkins every much. |
What should we learn from the passage?
| A．weshould catch monkeys in this way. |
| B．One mustn’t be greedy. |
| C．We should protect monkeys. |
| D．Come up with another way to catch monkeys. |