Mike’s father, Mr. Lee, is a farmer. He lives on the farm. He is happy to see his son move to a new flat in the city. One day, Mr. Lee comes to visit his son with a big orange pumpkin, about 10 kg. He grows it all by himself. “I’ll let my son share it with his neighbours (邻居). Everyone likes pumpkin. Then Mike and his neighbours will become good friends,” Mr. Lee thinks.
At noon, Mr. Lee gets to the community centre(社区). The building is so tall. There are twenty floors. Mike lives on the sixteenth floor. But he is not at home.
Mr. Lee thinks, “I’ll give the pumpkin to Mike’s neighbours. They will be glad too see the gift.” And he does it. But to his surprise, the neighbour on the left says coldly, “Thank you, but I don’t like it at all.”The woman on the right says nothing and closes the door quickly.
The old man feels sad. At last, he goes to the market, sells it and goes back home. “Are they really neighbours? ” he says to himself. He doesn’t know why.Where does Mr. Lee live?
A.On the farm. |
B.In the city. |
C.On the sixteenth floor of a flat. |
D.On the right of a woman. |
Who grows the big pumpkin?
A.Mike. | B.Mike’s neighbour. |
C.Mike’s mother. | D.Mike’s father. |
What does Mr. Lee want Mike to do with the pumpkin?
A.He wants Mike to share it with his neighbours. |
B.He wants Mike to make a pumpkin lantern. |
C.He wants Mike to cook it and eat it by himself. |
D.He wants Mike to sell it at the market. |
Where does the pumpkin go at last?
A.The woman on the right gets it. |
B.Mr. Lee sells it at the market. |
C.Mr. Lee takes it back home. |
D.Mike gets it when he comes back. |
Which is RIGHT?
A.Mike’s neighbours are polite to his father. |
B.Mike’s neighbours don’t want the pumpkin because it is too small. |
C.Mr. Lee thinks neighbours are always friendly and kind. |
D.Mr. Lee will bring some pumpkins to Mike’s neighbours again. |
Kate lives in London with her parents. She is a schoolgirl. Today is Kate’s birthday and she’s fifteen years old. Her father’s name is Smith. He works in a hospital. People think he is a good doctor. Kate’s mother is a nurse. She is a very good nurse. Kate has two brothers and a sister, and they study in China. Her elder(大) brother speaks Chinese very well and has many friends there. He is a college (大学) student. But her younger brother and sister are middle-school students. Both of them are studying Chinese very hard and want to be teachers of Chinese in their country(国家). Today Kate is _________________.
A.fifteen | B.sixteen | C.seventeen | D.eighteen |
What is her father? ___________ .
A.A teacher | B.A nurse | C.A doctor | D.A worker |
What do her younger brother and sister want to be?
A.Teachers of English | B.Teachers of Chinese |
C.Teachers of maths | D.Teachers of art |
Where does her elder brother have many friends? ____________.
A. In his country B. In the hospital C. In China D. In the USA.Her younger brother and sister want to teach _______ people Chinese.
A.English | B.American | C.Chinese | D.China |
Hi, I’m Liu Ying. This is my school. It’s big and beautiful. There are twenty classes. There are nine hundred students in my school. There are four beautiful gardens in it. There is a building in my school. On the first floor, there are two offices and a hall. There are six classrooms on the first floor, too. On the second floor, there are fourteen classrooms. There are two toilets on the second floor. There is a big library and some reading rooms in my school, too.How many classes are there in the school?
A.Ten | B.Fifteen | C.Twenty | D.fifty |
Is there a building in the school?
A.No, there isn’t | B.Yes, there is | C.Yes, there are | D.No, there aren’t. |
Are there any classrooms on the first floor?
A.Yes, there are | B.There is one | C.No, there aren’t | D.Only two |
How many gardens are there in it?
A.Three | B.Four | C.One | D.Five |
There are _________ students in the school.
A.one hundred | B.nine hundred | C.eight hundred | D.two hundred |
What do people do with their old, out-of-date but still useful computers? Most people don’t know what to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more are simply thrown out with the rubbish.
Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products(产品). Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers.
In some countries, laws(法规)are being passed, too. Computer companies will have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay the cost. That will encourage them to make computers that are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade(升级).
Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford them at all. Hundreds of organizations(组织)are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers.
The computers then go to schools, charities(慈善团体)and people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish into someone else’s useful things—and cut down on waste, too.What do many people do with old computers?
A.They repair them. | B.They sell them. |
C.They send them to others. | D.They stop using them. |
How many computer companies are mentioned in the second paragraph?
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
According tothe laws in some countries, computer companies must .
A.collect and recycle most of their products | B.collect all their used products |
C.repair and upgrade old computers | D.make more cheaper computers |
What do the organizations do to solve the problem of old computers?
A.Help the computer companies to collect them. |
B.Repair and send them to those who need them. |
C.Help people to learn to use them. |
D.Turn rubbish into useful things. |
What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Repairing old computers. | B.Encouraging to make cheap computers |
C.Recycling old computers. | D.Helping those who need computers. |
Good morning, class!
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet is popular and it makes our lives colorful. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and get more information from the Internet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in playing computer games. We can send E-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat(聊天) freely online with our friends. It can help us get in touch with people from all over the world.
But some students spend too much time in playing computer game and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Teenagers even get to have boyfriends or girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them to much time to chat online so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. We should get online with adults(成人)--our teacher or parents.
At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. We have different kinds of activities. If you are interested in sports, you can play basketball or football. We can go to the English Corner. We can practice talking in English there. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.
Thank you for listening to me. That’s all.The short passage is about __________.
A.going online | B.how to communicate with others |
C.how to spend our free time | D.different kinds of activities |
The Internet can make our lives _________.
A.helpful and important | B.enjoyable and interesting |
C.enjoyable but expensive | D.different kinds of activities |
________ is not good.
A.Sending E-mails | B.Reading newspapers and magazines online |
C.going on line with adults | D.Spending all day in the net bars |
Playing computer games________.
A.gives us lots of information | B.makes our studies worse |
C.makes us more clever | D.is harmful to our health |
Which of the following is NOT right?
A.There are too many net bars in the cities. |
B.We can learn English from the Internet. |
C.We mustn’t get online when we are studying at school. |
D.We cannot do out-of-class activities from 4:50 to 5:50 p.m. |
Hello Sandy,
We have just returned from our holiday. We went with our friends Edward Smith and his wife Tina to the Yorkshire Moors. This is a beautiful place. It is a natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills, miles of grassland with no people, just sheep and birds.
Edward, who had just come out of hospital, could not walk as far as he used to. However this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a cafe for lunch each day, before returning to the place we live. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant!
I have taken lots of photos from the place we live, across the valley(峡谷)below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam powered trains(蒸汽火车)are very popular. I have taken many photos of the train and from it.
Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early (we usually expect snow in January). It rained all day, and then snowed in the evening. Today we have bright sunshine!
Both Jenny and I are well. I don’t know if I told you, in the last E-mail, that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice and she is enjoying the work.
Please write to us to tell us your news.
Yours,
Victor What kind of place is the Yorkshire Moors?
A.A hotel. | B.A natural park. | C.A hospital. | D.A cafe. |
When did the ladies take a walk?
A.Only in the morning. | B.Only in the afternoon. |
C.Both in the morning and in the afternoon. | D.In the evening. |
They had ______ snow this winter.
A.an early | B.a late | C.a usual | D.a big |
What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.The valley. | B.Travel. | C.The mist. | D.The train. |
What do we know from this passage?
A.This is the first time Victor wrote an e-mall to Sandy. |
B.Edward didn’t go traveling because he had just come out of hospital. |
C.Jenny’s new job in a hotel is an easy one. |
D.People in England like the old steam powered trains very much. |