Now， everybody is taking selfies. From your best friend to your favourite pop star， selfies are taking over Facebook and Sina Weibo. The word “selfie” was even named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2013. But why do people feel the need to take them? And are they doing us more harm than good?
According to some scientists， humans have an area in their brain that controls social activity. Receiving ‘LIKE’ on a selfie you have posted online can be the same as someone stopping you in the street and speak highly of you on your appearance.
The act of taking a selfie also puts you in a position of power. You are the director and the subject of your own work of art. It helps people feel in control of their appearance and can be a powerful tool.
But can it go too far? Scientists warn that too much time spent on selfies can influence people’s confidence， especially in teenagers. If you are spending a lot of time choosing the perfect selfie clothes， then there could be a problem.
At the same time， posting selfies online can harm your personal relationships. UK studies found that many people find it hard to talk to people who are often posting selfies online.
So next time you want to use your smartphone(智能手机) to take a quick selfie， it may be better to drop it straight back into your pocket.What does the underlined word ‘selfies’ mean?
| A．Pictures of yourself， usually taken by yourself. |
| B．Pictures of your best friends， usually taken by you. |
| C．Pictures of yourself， usually taken by others. |
| D．Pictures of your favourite stars， usually taken by you. |
What does the passage mainly talk about?
| A．People like taking selfies. |
| B．Why people often like taking selfies. |
| C．How people take more beautiful selfies. |
| D．What good and harm taking selfies brings to people. |
The writer thinks taking selfies .
| A．is doing us more good than harm |
| B．is doing us more harm than good |
| C．brings us as much good as harm |
| D．brings us only harm |
Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now.
Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he . At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tale Change stomach for Mice.
Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.”How many books has Dou Kou written?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
Thanks to his , Dou Kou could write his books.
| A．mother | B．father | C．school life | D．life in different cities |
What does the underlined word “they” refer to(指代)？
| A． Dou Kou’s parents. | B．Mice. | C．Cows. | D．Grass. |
When did Dou Kou begin to use a dictionary?
| A．When he wrote fairy tales. |
| B．Before his father taught him how to learn something. |
| C．After he went to school. |
| D．After his mother taught him how to learn something. |
What do you think of singing? If you love it, you will like the TV show Don’t Forget the Lyrics. It is a popular singing show in America. This program started from July 11th, 2007.
So how does this new singing show work? The contestants need to have much knowledge(知识) of lyrics. In the show, the contestants have to sing the songs with right lyrics. When he finishes a song with wrong lyrics, he can’t sing again. If he finishes all ten songs with right lyrics, he is the winner and he can get a very good prize.
You may say, “I can’t sing well, but I remember many lyrics of beautiful songs. Can I join it?”
Don’t worry!
The show says, “You don’t have to sing it well. You just have to sing it right.” Every music lover can join it.What is Don’t Forget the Lyrics?
| A．A popular singing show. | B．A popular story |
| C．A popular movie | D．A popular song. |
When did Don’t Forget the Lyrics come out?
| A．In the year 2000. | B．In the year 2005. |
| C．In the year 2007. | D．In the year 2010. |
What does the underlined word“contestants” mean?
| A．Famous singers or actors. |
| B．The best performers. |
| C．Participants (参与者) in the singing competition. |
| D．The successful musicians. |
How many songs should you finish singing right if you want to win the good prize?
| A．Five. | B．Seven. | C． Eight . | D．Ten. |
If you want to learn dancing, you can call .
| A．271-1399 | B．301-2768 | C．488-6888 | D．231-2769 |
You can enjoy Jay Chou’s music at in the music hall.
| A．8:00p.m. on July 20 | B．9:00p.m. on July 23 |
| C．7:30p.m. every day | D．8:00a.m. on July 21 |
If Mr. Zhong wants to go to the museum with his wife and ten-year-old daughter, how much should he pay for it?
| A．￥75. | B．￥100. | C．￥125 | D．￥25. |
Rico is a dog who lives in Germany(德国). His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of a certain toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys!
Some researchers in Germany wanted to test Rico. They put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find a certain toy. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times!
Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico’s toys in the room together with one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico had never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times!
Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, these tests seem to show that Rico can think about what he hears and think about what he knows. In fact, Rico seems to think and remember things as well as a three-year-old child.
From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico has given them a lot to think about.From the passage we know that Rico is good at ______.
| A．catching toys | B．counting toys | C．finding toys | D．putting toys in order |
At first researchers asked Rico to ______.
| A．bring a certain toy out of a room | B．choose a toy that he liked best |
| C．name toys and put them away | D．put his toys into his room |
Rico went into the room _______ times to find a new toy he did not know.
| A．seven | B．thirty-seven | C．ten | D．forty |
The best title for the passage is ________.
| A．German dogs are the smartest | B．An unusual dog |
| C．How dogs use language | D．The best toys for Rico |
A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.
An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material(物质) things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others’. An unpunctual person is always saying unhapppily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.
Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect(不尊重) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.
Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can’t do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.The Chinese meaning of the word “punctual” in this passage is probably “______”
| A．听话的 | B．守时的 | C．守纪律的 | D．能干的 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．An unpunctual person often has more time. |
| B．An unpunctual person has more work to do. |
| C．A punctual person often has a busy life. |
| D．A punctual person often does his work wonderfully. |
When you are invited to dinner, you’d better arrive there ______.
| A．in a hurry | B．after the host | C．at a decided time | D．before other guests |
From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually ______ in the end.
| A．saves time for others | B．leaves his family and friends |
| C．gets his chances and knowledge | D．loses his time and good name |