People use their mouths for many things. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.
Sometimes, people say something to a friend or a family member. Later they regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”
Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or sad experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth.” Or the person possibly has a very frightening (可怕的) experience, like having an angry dog running after him. He might say: “I had my heart in my mouth.”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. You might say the person “was born with a silver spoon (银勺) in his mouth”. He is the opposite of a person living from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
| A．feel sorry | B．feel excited |
| C．feel proud | D．feel surprised |
| A．excited | B．afraid | C．surprised | D．happy |
| A．You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth |
| B．You really put my foot in my mouth |
| C．You really left a bad taste in my mouth |
| D．You took the words right out of my mouth |
| A．busy | B．hard | C．easy | D．rich |
| A．Different Uses of Mouth |
| B．People and Their Mouths |
| C．Expressions about Mouth |
| D．The Importance of Mouth |
You may feel curious about students in other countries: Do they also have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? On April 8, a report came out on the lives of school students in China, Japan, South Korea and the US. It surveyed around 6,200 students from the four countries last year. You will find the answers to many of your questions in this report.
Who studies hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time studying. Nearly half of Chinese students spend more
than two hours on their homework every day. That’s much more than students of the US (26.4%)， Japan (8.2%) and South Korea (5.2%).
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep in class most often. About 45% of them say they sometimes doze off in class. In South Korea, it’s 32%; in the US, 21%; and 5% in China.
South Korean students don’t like taking notes. About 70% say they write down what the teacher says in class, many fewer than in Japan (93%), China (90%) and the US (89%).
What do they do after school?
In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do physical exercises. Most Korean students watch TV.How many countries were surveyed in this passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
Who studies hardest?
| A．Chinese students. |
| B．Japanese students. |
| C．South Korean students. |
| D．American students. |
Who sleeps least often in class according to the report?
| A．Chinese students. |
| B．South Korean students. |
| C．American students. |
| D．Japanese students. |
How many South Korean students write down what the teacher says in class?
| A．93%. | B．90%. | C．89%. | D．70%. |
According to the passage, we know .
| A．Japanese students spend the most time studying |
| B．Japanese students fall asleep in class most often |
| C．Japanese students don’t like taking notes |
| D．most Chinese students watch TV in their free time |
What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible; learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury.
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. An average(平均高度的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked(渗) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are these which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto cement(水泥) might end in injury. Bushes and grass can help to break a fall.It is important to ________.
| A．put out the fire in the burning house |
| B．know the ways to escape the fire |
| C．jump off a burning house |
| D．keep the door closed |
It is possible to escape through the windows ________.
| A．if there are some bushes on the ground |
| B．if you are strong enough |
| C．if you live on a lower floor |
| D．if you have a long rope |
Which of the following escaping way is NOT right?
| A．You can escape through stairways. |
| B．You can choose fire escapes. |
| C．Escape from the windows which open onto a roof. |
| D．Use a lift to come down at once. |
Open the window so that ________ if the building is on fire.
| A．you can get fresh air |
| B．you can call for help |
| C．you can easily jump off |
| D．you can be seen first |
The best title of the passage is ________.
| A．Escaping from the Windows |
| B．Save Yourself in the Burning House |
| C．Knowledge on Fire |
| D．Waiting for Help |
We all enjoy the beautiful show of colours as leaves change each autumn. But did you ever wonder how and why this happens?
Leaves are nature’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose (葡萄糖). Glucose is a kind of sugar, which plants use as food for energy and growing.
The way plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar is called photosynthesis that means “ putting together with light”. A chemical called chlorophyll helps photosynthesis. It gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.
During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories.
As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves. Small amounts of these colours have been in the leaves all along. We just can’t see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples (枫树), glucose is caught in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red colour. The brown colour of trees like oaks (橡树) is made from waste left in the leaves.
It is the mixture of all these things that makes the beautiful colours we enjoy during autumn. The word “chlorophyll” in the third paragraph means _______ in Chinese.
| A．叶绿素 | B．氧气 | C．胡萝卜素 | D．蛋白质 |
The leaves of the trees in autumn turn yellow because of the short of _____.
| A．water and carbon dioxide |
| B．glucose and energy |
| C．sunlight and water |
| D．sunlight and carbon dioxide |
The way that _______________________ is called Photosynthesis .
| A．plants change water and carbon dioxide into sugar |
| B．plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar with the help of sunlight |
| C．plants use glucose as food for energy and growing |
| D．chlorophyll is a great help |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．When autumn and winter come, the days get shorter and shorter. |
| B．During winter trees rest and live on the food they store during the summer. |
| C．During winter small amounts of yellow and orange colours are kept in the leaves all the time. |
| D．Trees begin to stop making food in summer. |
This passage tells us __________________.
| A．all the plants can grow well with the strong sunlight |
| B．there are all kinds of plants on the earth |
| C．all the colours of the leaves aren’t made from chlorophyll |
| D．maples and oaks have the same reason as other trees for the change of colours |
A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain.
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life. . . ”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach. The crow met the swan on a ___________
| A．beach | B．field | C．lake | D．ground |
What’s the correct order of the following events?
a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks.
| A．a, d, b, c | B．a, b, d, c | C．d, a, c, b | D．d, c, a, b |
What does the underlined word “took pity on” in the last paragraph mean?
| A．对…… 怜悯 | B．对……后悔 | C．对……蔑视 | D．对……失望 |
The underlined sentence means ____________ .
| A．The swan began to fly. |
| B．It is the turn for the swan to feel proud. |
| C．The crow began to fly. |
| D．It is the turn for the crow to feel proud. |
What do we learn from the passage?
| A．Practice makes perfect. |
| B．The early bird catches the worm. |
| C．No pains, no gains. |
| D．Pride goes before a fall. |
Dear Dr Jackson,
My parents are never happy with me. They are always criticizing my clothes, my hair and the music I listen to. They hate my friends’ looks and they keep complaining when I go with them. I’m not allowed to stay out as late as my friends do, so I can’t have any fun. My parents only seem to care about my school grades. Although I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, can’t they understand me? How can I make them understand me?
Angel
Dear Angel,
Your problem is common to both teenagers and parents. Don’t worry, because all this is natural. You see, your parents have grown up at a different time and they have different experiences. So, they think some things are strange, but you find the same things are all right. For example, the music you like may sound like noise to them. Your parents love you, so they feel they must stop you from doing whatever they find strange. On the other hand, you don’t want to be different from other teenagers, so you feel that your parents restrict you.
I think you should talk about this problem with your parents. Try to explain to them what you want and make them know they can believe you. And then they’ll find you are a responsible person and they will give you more freedom.
JacksonWhy has Angel written to Dr Jackson?
| A．Because her parents make her happy. |
| B．Because her parents can’t understand her. |
| C．Because her friends don’t like her. |
| D．Because she is not good enough at school. |
Angel has ________ than her friends.
| A．more fun |
| B．less freedom |
| C．more freedom |
| D．less clothes |
What advice does Dr Jackson give to Angel?
| A．Be different from other teenagers. |
| B．Pay no attention to whatever her parents tell her. |
| C．Discuss her problem with her parents. |
| D．Don’t tell her parents what she wants to do. |
What does the word “restrict” in the article mean in Chinese?
| A．限制 | B．保护 | C．放纵 | D．抛弃 |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Dr Jackson thinks Angel’s problem isn’t usual. |
| B．Angel’s father likes the music that Angel likes. |
| C．Angel should show her parents that she is a responsible person. |
| D．Angel probably doesn’t love her parents at all. |