It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.
The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介绍的)questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer.
"Aha!" they both exclaimed, "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.
"I agree." said Rose.
"You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right,Rose?" Rose nodded,and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.
The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.
The underlined word "exclaimed" in Paragraph 3 means " ".
A.cried in fear |
B.shouted in surprise |
C.screamed with joy |
D.announced with excitement |
According to the passage, we can infer(推断)that .
A.Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea |
B.Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group |
C.Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them |
D.Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days |
What can be the best title of this passage?
A.Let's Speak English | B.An ESL Class |
C.Don't Tell Lies | D.Three Korean Women |
Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds’ singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it before you reach the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got to know the meaning of hope in life. I found myself standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as clear as crystal. The passage tells us that mountain-climbing was ______ for the father and the son.
A.hard | B.enjoyable | C.painful | D.comfortable |
The underlined word “crystal” in the passage means _______.
A.岩石 | B.火焰 | C.水晶 | D.寒冰 |
Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the father’s words in the second paragraph(段)?
A.You will get all you need at the top of the mountain. |
B.The sky is always as clear as crystal. |
C.You can find life is full of nice things. |
D.Never give up half-way. |
We can infer(推断)from the last paragraph that__________.
A.the writer was very successful in his life |
B.the writer reached the top of the mountain |
C.though the write was young, he could understand his father |
D.the writer used to stop half-way when he climbed the mountain |
The best title for the passage is________.
A.Reaching the Top of the Mountain |
B.Standing at the Top of the Mountain |
C.Conversations between Father and Son |
D.Seeing all of the nice things |
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources(资源),we are short of others, for example, fresh water(淡水). It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources, what can we use in the future and where can we move?Think about it. I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life, we can do many things to prevent waste from happening, for example, turn off the water taps when we finish washing, turn off the lights when we leave the classroom, try not to order more food than we need, and so on. Little by little, everything will be changed. Waste can be stopped one day, if we do our best. From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school.
A.eat too much | B.don’t work hard |
C.waste things | D.throw rubbish everywhere |
Which is not mentioned in this passage?
A.Fresh water | B.Forest. | C.Oil. | D.Coal. |
What may happen in 100 years?
A.We may still have enough oil. | B.We may still have enough coal. |
C.We may have a little oil. | D.We may have no coal or oil to use. |
Which of the following is RIGHT?
A.Waste brings problems. | B.Waste can bring no problem. |
C.China is rich in fresh water. | D.Students never waste things. |
Which is the best title of this passage?
A.Stop Wasting | B.School life |
C.Waste in the School | D.Rich Resources in China |
(B)
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During the day we work and play,and at night we sleep. Our body rests when we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. Our body grows most when we are asleep. Children who are tired usually need sleep. We can get better at our lessons after having plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our body needs plenty of air when we are asleep. If we do not get enough fresh air, we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our head,our lungs need to get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night,we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Our body grows most while we are _______.
A.eating | B.playing | C.sleeping | D.reading |
Too little sleep makes us _______.
A.tired | B.hungry | C.happy | D.angry |
—What may cause us to feel tired in the morning?
—_______ during the sleep.
A.Too much air | B.Not enough fresh air |
C.Too much cold air | D.Too much warm air |
How many hours of sleep should 9-year-old children have every night?
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What do the lungs need most?
A.Fresh air. | B.Exercise. | C.Warm air. | D.Cold air. |
Today we can see that many people are cutting down the trees in the forests. A lot of lands have become deserts. If we read newspapers, we’ll learn that the forests on the earth are getting smaller . We are cutting down large numbers of trees we need wood and farmland. Some scientists say that there will not be any great forests 20 or 30 years.
What will happen if the forests disappear? A lot of plants will die and the animals will
their homes. In many places the new farmland will soon look the old desert. Crops will not grow there. There won’t be enough , and the weather will get hot and dry. If the climate of the earth changes, life will be for everyone. Our living environment will become . More and more rich farmland will disappear. We will suffer a lot from both droughts (干旱) and floods.
It’s our duty the forests well. Everyone should try his best to make a contribution (贡献) to taking care of the forests. Stop cutting down the trees and make the world greener!A. rich B. low C. lonely
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A. at B. on C. in
A. find B. build C. lose
A. up B. like C. at
A. snow B. rain C. wind
A. easy B. happy C. hard
A. better and better B. worse and worse C. bigger and bigger
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