Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turn around and ,sure enough, someone was looking right at you!
Parapsychologists(灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “ six sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist（心理学家） at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.
In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects (受试者) were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.
For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.
Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they are being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”What’s the aim of the two experiments for?
| A．Prove why humans have a sixth sense. |
| B．Explain when people can have a sixth sense |
| C．Show how people act while being watched in the lab. |
| D．Study whether humans can sense when they are stared at. |
What does parapsychologists say that humans have to sense?
| A．a natural ability | B．a natural staring ability |
| C．a strange thinking | D．a looking feeling |
The underlined word” outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means______.
| A．value | B．result |
| C．performance | D．connection |
In the second experiment, the subjects .
| A．could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t. |
| B．couldn’t tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t |
| C．couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t. |
| D．could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．People are born with a sixth sense. |
| B．The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea. |
| C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments. |
| D．People have a sixth sense in all places. |
| Some students’ favorite sports |
| PE is difficult but I like it very much. I’m in our city sports club. The members in the club are all young, between 6 and 13 years old. I go to the club every Sunday. I do the sports very hard. I want to be an Olympic champion. (--Sara) |
| Running! Lots of people don’t think it is exciting. However, I like running very much. I run every morning. Running isn’t expensive so anyone can run. Running is a good sport. Let’s run together! (--Alex) |
| Basketball is part of my life. I play basketball with my classmates on Saturday mornings. I watch basketball games on TV with my brother on Saturday evenings. I hope I can be a famous basketball player one day. My sister Lisa doesn’t like watching that. She likes tennis. (--Frank) |
Sara may be _____ years old.
| A．4 | B．5 | C．12 | D．14 |
_________ is cheap and anyone can do it.
| A．Swimming | B．Basketball | C．Tennis | D．Running |
Frank usually _____________ on Saturday evenings.
| A．plays basketball |
| B．watches basketball games on TV |
| C．plays tennis |
| D．watches soccer games on TV |
Have you ever asked your relatives or friends if there is Wi-Fi in their houses? Have you ever searched for Wi-Fi when you are at restaurants or hotels. The answer will probably be “Yes”. Most of us want Wi-Fi everywhere as if we couldn’t live without it. But we can only use free Wi-Fi in some public places. We still have to spend some money accessing(连接) the Internet at most time. Here comes a piece of good news.
A rich, powerful organization in the USA called MDIF has decided to change the age of online computing(计算) completely by giving free Wi-Fi to every person on the earth. They will send up hundreds of satellites(卫星) into low Earth orbit(轨道) next year.
This is because they have made a survey and found that only 60% of the world’s population have been able to get information on the Internet. And this is also because many countries can’t offer people the necessary infrastructure(基础设施) to access the web.
We can expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.
Do we have to spend some money accessing(连接) the Internet at most time?
A. Yes. B. No C. We don’t know.What is MDIF?
A. A sport meeting
B. A rich, powerful organization in the USA
C. A organization for helping homeless peopleHow many people have been able to get information on the Internet?
A. 10% B. 80% C.60%Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. MDIF will send up hundreds of satellites into low Earth orbit next year.
B.Many countries can offer people the necessary infrastructure to access the web.
C.We can’t expect to use free Wi-Fi everywhere in the near future.What is the best title of the passage?
A. The Internet
B. The great invention
C. Free Wi-Fi everywhere in the future
Thanksgiving Day was near. The first grade teacher gave her class some fun homework-- to draw a picture of something for which they were thankful.
Most of the class drew a turkey or other traditional things. But Douglas drew a different kind of picture. He drew a hand. Just an empty hand.
Douglas was a different boy. He was poor and unhappy. As other children played, Douglas was likely to stand close by the teacher’s side.
His classmates were surprised at his picture. One child guessed it was the hand of a farmer, because farmers raise turkeys. Others guessed it was the hand of God, for God feeds us.
The teacher asked him whose hand it was. The little boy said in a low voice, “It’s yours.”
She remembered the times she had taken his hand and walked with him here and there. She often said, “Take my hand, Douglas, we’ll go outside.” Or, “Let me show you how to hold your pencil.” Or, “Let’s do this together.” Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.
Tears came into the teacher’s eyes.The underlined word “raise” , means”______”
A. 种 B. 饲养 C. 做饭Douglas drew a hand of _______.
A. a farmer B. god C. the teacherWhen other children played, Douglas _______
A. played with other children
B. sat in the classroom quietly
C. stood quietly by the teacher’s side.When the teacher knew the truth, she felt ____
A. sad B. worried C. moved Douglas drew the picture of a hand because _______
A. Douglas only liked drawing the hand.
B. the teacher asked the students to draw a hand.
C. Douglas was most thankful for his teacher’s hand.
When you want to go shopping，decide how much money you can spend for new clothes.Think about the kind of clothes you really need.Then look for those clothes on sale.
There are labels inside all new clothes.The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes.The label for a shirt may tell you to wash it in warm water.A sweater label may tell you to wash by washing in cold water.The label on a coat may say “dry clean only.” Washing may ruin（损坏） this coat.If you do as the directions say on the label，you can keep your clothes looking their best.Many clothes today must be dry cleaned.Dry cleaning is expensive.When buying new clothes，check to see if they will need to be dry cleaned.You will save money if you buy clothes that can be washed.
You can save money if you buy clothes that are well made.Well-made clothes last longer.They look good even after they have been washed many times.Clothes that cost more money are not always better made.They do not always fit better.Sometime less expensive clothes look and fit better than more expensive clothes.If you want to save money you can buy clothes that_____.
| A．don't fit you | B．don't last long |
| C．need to be dry cleaned | D．can be washed |
The label inside the clothes tells you______.
| A．how to keep them looking their best |
| B．how to save money |
| C．whether they fit you or not |
| D．where to get them dry cleaned |
The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is___.
| A．to look for well-made clothes |
| B．to see how much money you can pay |
| C．to know how to wash them |
| D．to read the labels inside them |
We learn from the reading that cheaper clothes______.
| A．are always worse made |
| B．must be dry cleaned |
| C．can not be washed |
| D．can sometimes fit you better |
The best title（标题） for the reading should be______.
| A．Buying Less Expensive Clothes |
| B．Taking Enough Money When Shopping |
| C．Being a Clever Clothes Shopper |
| D．Choosing the Labels inside New Clothes |
A teacher from a western country visited a school in an eastern country.In one class，she watched sixty children learn to draw a cat.The teacher drew a big circle on the blackboard, and sixty children copied it on their paper.The teacher drew a small one on the top of the big one and then put two small triangles(三角形)on the top of it.The children drew in the same way.The lesson wept on until there were sixty-one cats in the classroom.Each student’s cat looked exactly the same as that on the blackboard.
The visiting teacher watched the lesson and was surprised because the teaching methods were different from those in her country.A children’s art lesson in her country produced a lot of pictures，and each one is quite different from the others.Why? What makes this difference in educational methods? In a classroom in any country, a teacher teaches more than art or history or language.
In a country such as the United States or Canada，students are asked to work and find answers by themselves.The students are helped to learn to have their own ideas.In countries such as China and Japan，students often work together and help each other in the classroom，but the teachers teach，and the students listen.The students are asked to memorize a lot.They have to learn the same textbook；do the same homework and give the same answer.
根据短文内容，选出最佳选项。The visiting teacher comes from .
| A．an Eastern country | B．China |
| C．a Western country | D．South Africa |
What did the students do in the art lesson?
| A．They drew sixty-one cats in all. |
| B．The cats that the students drew were different from the teacher. |
| C．The children drew in the same way the teacher did. |
| D．They drew the cats that don’t look the same. |
Why was the visiting teacher surprised when she watched the art lesson?
| A．Because it was her first time to watch an art class in a Western country. |
| B．Because she found there were so many children in one class. |
| C．Because she had never seen such a beautiful cat as the teacher drew before. |
| D．Because she found all the cats students drew looked the same. |
According to the passage，_____in China.
| A．students are asked to work by themselves |
| B．students are expected to have different ideas |
| C．students are encouraged to learn knowledge by themselves |
| D．students are asked to memorize a lot and do the same homework |
What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．Different ways of teaching |
| B．Differences between the East and the West |
| C．An art teacher |
| D．Education in the United States |