A boy named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a workmate was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car,Paul?”he asked.
Paul answered,“Yes,my brother gave it to me for Christmas.”The boy was surprised.“You mean it didn’t cost you anything?Boy,I wish…”He stopped.
Of course Paul knew that he would wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
“I wish,”the boy went on,“that I could be a brother like that.”Then they got on the car.
After a short ride,the boy turned and with his eyes shining,said,“Paul,would you mind driving in front of my house?” Paul smiled a little and thought he wanted to show off. But Paul was wrong again.
"Will you stop where those two steps are? the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back. He was carrying his little handicapped brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
“There she is,Buddy,just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn’t cost him a cent. And some day I’m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things.”
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
根据短文内容判断正误,正确的写A,错误的写BPaul received an expensive car from his brother as a Thanksgiving present.
Paul’s workmate was very surprised to see his car.
Paul thought of his workmate in the wrong way three times.
Paul’s workmate wanted to buy a car for his handicapped little brother.
From the story we know that Paul and his workmate are both kind to others.
Tree Climbing Course
The students in the USA started to take tree climbing courses in the 1980s. Now over 1,000schools offer tree climbing courses to students in the USA.
Xiamen University was the first school in China to teach students to climb trees in 2012.
Suzhou No. 1Junior High School also offers a tree climbing course to students.
Swimming Course
Starting from 2017, the new students in Tsinghua University need to take a swimming test at the beginning of their university life.
All primary and middle schools in Hainan will set up swimming courses in 2019. This year the government is busy building swimming pools for schools﹣at least one for each town,
hoping that every student will be able to swim before they leave school from 2020on.
(1)There are kinds of courses mentioned in the passage.
A. |
2 |
B. |
4 |
C. |
6 |
(2) started the tree climbing course first in China.
A. |
Xiamen University |
B. |
Tsinghua University |
C. |
Suzhou No. 1Junior High School |
(3)All primary and middle schools in Hainan will start swimming courses in .
A. |
2018 |
B. |
2019 |
C. |
2020 |
(4)According to the passage, which of the following is True? .
A. |
China started tree climbing courses earlier than the USA. |
B. |
Hainan will build at least one swimming pool for each town. |
C. |
Students in Suzhou need to take a swimming test. |
(5)The passage is mainly about .
A. |
climbing trees |
B. |
building swimming pools |
C. |
setting up new courses |
It was Saturday again.Grace and Karen disliked Saturdays.That was another thing the twins had in common.They shared the same clothes and tied their hair in the same manner.In fact,it was hard for their classmates and teachers to tell them apart sometimes.
Unlike their classmates,they had to get up early at seven every Saturday to prepare for their lessons.Grace had to attend the art lesson and Karen had to attend her ballet lesson."How I wish I could do something different today,"said the twins with one voice.All at once,an idea came to Grace and Karen at the same time."How would you like to be me for a day?"they asked each other.It seemed like a wonderful plan to them.After giving each other a description of their own friends,Grace put on Karen's ballet dress while Karen put Grace's brushes and paints into her bag.Then they left for their classes.
When the art lesson started,Karen was lost.Unlike Grace,Karen was poor at drawing.When the art lesson finally ended,Karen didn't dare to hand in her work.
Meanwhile,Grace was struggling in the ballet class as well.As she had no idea about the dance steps,she had to follow her classmates blindly.As a result,she kept knocking into them.Their ballet teacher became impatient with her,"Karen,you should remember the basic steps.You can't rely on copying what others are doing."
When Karen and Grace got home,they were tired out.They decided that they would never try to be someone else they were not.It seemed that the grass was not always greener on the other side.
88.Did Grace and Karen like Saturdays?
89.When did the twins get up on Saturdays?
90.What was the twins'plan when they decided to do something different?
91.How did Karen feel at the beginning of the art lesson?
92.Why did the ballet teacher become impatient?
93.What does the underlined part" the grass was not always greener on the other side"at the end of the story try to tell us? .
69.April is the birthday month of .
A. |
Nobel Book Store |
B. |
Fanta Centre |
C. |
Retro Mall |
D. |
Winkle Mall |
70.You can get the biggest discount on .
A. |
adults'story books |
B. |
all magazines |
C. |
children's picture books |
D. |
all textbooks |
71. will help you know more about the most popular books this year.
A.Claire Tay B.Michael Hawes C.David Koh D.Kate White
72.The underlined word" renowned"means .
A.new B.young C.humourous D.famous
73.If you spend 65,you will get a chance to win .
A. |
an e﹣dictionary |
B. |
a 10 gift card |
C. |
Nobel membership |
D. |
a concert ticket |
74.The main purpose of the advertisement is to .
A. |
find excellent writers |
B. |
attract more book buyers |
C. |
celebrate Children's Day |
D. |
introduce new reading courses. |
One day,a baby snail(蜗牛)found that he had to carry a big and heavy shell at any time.He was confused(困惑的),so he went up to his mother and asked,"Why was I born with a shell that grew so hard and heavy?"His mother said,"Because we don't have bones to hold us up.We can only move slowly,so we need a shell to protect us."
The baby snail asked again,"The caterpillar(毛毛虫)has no bones,either,and she can't move quickly.Why can she live without a shell?"The mother snail answered,"That's because a caterpillar will become a butterfly(蝴蝶).She can fly high into the sky.The sky can protect her.
The baby snail had one more question,"But the earthworm(蚯蚓)moves like us.He has no bones and he won't turn into a butterfly.Why doesn't he carry a hard and heavy shell?"His mother said,"He can dig a hole and hide in the ground,and then the earth can protect him."
The baby snail then cried,"We are so poor!We have no protection from the sky or from the ground!"His mother smiled at him,"That's why we have a shell.My dear,imagine that if we don't have the shells,what will happen to us?Hot sun will dry out our bodies and we'll have nowhere to sleep.What's more,we'll die in the heavy rain.How terrible it is!We don't depend on the sky or the ground for protection.We should depend on ourselves."
根据短文内容,回答下列问题.
81.Whom did the baby snail ask for help,his mother or father?
82.What will the caterpillar in the story become when she grows up?
83.Where can an earthworm hide?
84.How many questions did the baby snail ask?
85.Who should the snails depend on according to the story?
Have we ever thought what we read for,information or skills?How do we feel when we read,excited or upset?We read word by word aloud and think about them.Is that enough?I think reading is more than pronouncing or thinking about words.
Recently The Reader,a very popular TV program,is staged in the form of reading.It's a national reading program.Dong Qing works as both a hostess and a producer.The reader hopes to tell us what the world is and it takes us to see the beautiful world by reading.The show has invited some influential(有影响力的)guests who have rich experiences and touching stories,like Ni Ping,Wang Yuan from TFboys and Yao Chen.
"Reading touches people's hearts"is the slogan(口号)The Reader.What it wants to present isn't reading skills but real feelings.They are what touches the audience(观众)most."I have long thought about working on a program related to the human spirit.So The Reader has become a turning point in my career in hosting and the program has brought me quite a huge challenge,"said Dong.
The Reader is of great importance to the audience and Chinese culture.It also tells us if we keep our mind on what we are reading,we'll know what reading really is and we'll become better readers.
根据短文内容,判断下列各句正(T)、误(F).
66.Dong Qing works as not only a hostess but also a producer in The Reader.
67.The slogan of The Reader is"Listening touches people's hearts."
68.What The Reader wants to present is only reading skills.
69.The program has brought Dong Qing quite a huge challenge.
70.The Reader is very important to the audience and Chinese culture.