One day an old man is selling(卖) an elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly(慢慢地). The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it, then I’ll give you some meat.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you find the bad ears of the elephant?” “ I didn’ t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I never see an elephant before(以前), and I want to know what it looks like.”______ the elephant.
A.The young man buys | B.The old man sells |
C.The two men sell | D.The old man buys |
The young man looks at the elephant. He wants to find _________.
A.bad ears | B.some meat |
C.a good elephant | D.what it looks like |
We know that the _______.
A.two men are not good |
B.young man is not a bad man |
C.old man is a good man |
D.elephant is a very good animal |
The young man ________.
A.knows the elephant isn’t good |
B.finds the bad ears but does not say it |
C.looks after the elephant |
D.gets some meat |
The young man looks at the elephant slowly, because he _________.
A.likes the elephants | B.wants to find something |
C.helps the old man | D.never sees an elephant before |
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Mr. Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He calls him Gao Ling. The little boy is clever. He and his wife love him very much. It’s September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He’s going to school with his new bag. “Let me take you to school, dear.” said Mrs. Gao. “Thank you, Mummy,” said the boy. “The school is not far from here. I can go there myself.”
At school a teacher met the little boy and asked, “What’s your name, my little friend?” “Gao Ling, sir.” answered the boy. “How old are you?” “Six, sir.” “What’s your father’s name?” “Gao Daling, sir.” “How old is he?” “He is six, too, sir.” “Oh,” the teacher said in surprise. “Is he as old as you?”
“Yes, sir,” said the boy. “He became a father only on the day when I was born.”Mr. Gao is _____now.
A.six | B.twenty-five | C.thirty- one | D.thirty-five |
Mr. and Mrs. Gao love their son because_____.
A.the boy is clever |
B.he likes to go to school |
C.he can go to school himself |
D.he can answer their question |
Gao Ling didn’t let his mother take him to school because_____.
A.she was too busy |
B.his friends could took him |
C.the policeman could help him |
D.the school is near and he could take care of himself |
Gao Ling went to school_____.
A.by car | B.on foot | C.by train | D.by bike |
Gao Ling thought_____.
A.his father and he were born on the same day |
B.his father was younger than him |
C.his father forgot to tell him about his age |
D.Gao Daling became a father only for six years |
TV PROGRAMMES |
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Channel 1 |
Channel 2 |
18:00 Around China 18:30 Children’s programme 19:00 News 19:30 Weather report 19:40 Around the world 20:10 TV play: Sisters 21:00 English for today 21:15 Popular music 21:55 Talk show |
17:45 Computers today 18:10 Foreign arts 18:30 “Modern English” 19:00 Animal world 19:25 In Asia 20:20 Sports 21:00 Sports player: Yao Ming 21:45 English news 22:05 On TV next week |
If you want to watch a football game, the best programme for you would be ______.
A.TV play | B.Sports | C.TV play: Yao Ming | D.Talk show |
The programme of ___ will let you know much about western countries.
A.Sisters | B.Around China |
C.Around the world | D.In Asia |
If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best programme for you is
A.at 19:40 on Channel 1 | B.at 19:00 on Channel 2 |
C.at 18:30 on Channel 2 | D.at 21:15 on Channel 1 |
“Modern English”is a programme that ____.
A.lets you know something about classroom |
B.tells you something about students |
C.lets you know something about school life |
D.teacher you English |
The programme at the end of Channel 2 means ____ on TV next week.
A.news | B.programmes | C.people | D.places |
阅读理解
Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street corner and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene(场景), but each perceives(察觉)something different about it.
Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket(罚单). Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow(拉着). For perception(感知) is the mind’s interpretation of what the senses—in this case our eyes—tell us.
Many psychologists(心理学家) today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.Perceiving is an action that takes place _____.
A.in our eyes |
B.only when we think very hard about something |
C.only under the direction of a psychologist |
D.in every person’s mind |
People perceive different things about the same scene because ____.
A.they see different things. |
B.they can not agree about things |
C.some have better eyesight |
D.none of these |
Psychologists study perception by _____.
A.setting up many experiments. |
B.asking each other what they see. |
C.looking out of windows. |
D.Studying people’s eyes. |
The best title for this article is _____.
A.How We See |
B.Learning About Our Minds Through Science |
C.What Psychologists Perceive |
D.How To Become An Experimental Psychologist |
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and TV, telephone and so on. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has also brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution (污染). Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living things in the world. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal (煤) in houses and factories in the city.
The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.Our world is becoming much smaller _______.
A.because the earth is being polluted day and night |
B.thanks to science development |
C.because of the rise in population |
D.because the earth is blown away by the wind every year |
Thousands of years ago, life was _________it is today.
A.much easier than | B.as easy as |
C.as hard as | D.much harder than |
Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means______.
A.Water pollution | B.air pollution |
C.noise pollution | D.rubbish |
Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _______.
A.it’s bad to all living things in the world |
B.it makes much noise |
C.it has made our rivers and lakes dirty |
D.it makes us become angry more easily |
Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A.Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. |
B.The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world’s population does. |
C.From now on, maybe people should try to go to work by bus or bike instead of car ormotorbike. It is helpful to fight against the problem of SO2. |
D.The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are so many people |
Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countries are so lucky.
There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi. When she was young, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the fields with her parents every day. Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school.
Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope Project and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.
If you give Hope Project ¥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life._____ can go to school.
A.Almost every child in the world |
B.Almost every child in China |
C.Almost every child in big cities |
D.Almost every child in small villages |
Xiao Fang didn’t go to school when she was young because_________.
A.her family was too poor |
B.she didn’t like to go to school |
C.there was too much work for her to do |
D.she could learn nothing at school |
With ¥300, _________.
A.one child can go to school for nine years |
B.a new school can be built |
C.many children can go to school |
D.a child can go to school for a whole year |
Hope Project helped Xiao Fang because__________.
A.it heard about her |
B.she went to ask for help |
C.she knew someone working there |
D.she wrote a letter to the newspaper |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Hope Project helps the poor children to go to school |
B.Hope Project helps to build new schools |
C.Hope Project helps schools to buy desks, chairs, books, etc. |
D.All the above |