It’s a Sunday morning. Lin Tao has no school today. He has breakfast and goes out. He is going to his grandfather’s home. Now he is on his way there. He walks and walks. Then he comes to a river. The river is not wide(宽的).There is a board over the river. Lin Tao walks onto the board. Suddenly he falls into the river. “Help! Help!”Lin Tao is crying. But no one comes. There is no one nearby. He waits in the water for some time. But nothing happens. He begins to get up. The water is not very deep(深的). It only comes to half his legs.
Lin Tao goes to his grandfather’s home __________
A.on a school day
B. on a rainy day
C.when there is no school
The river is __________
A.very wide but not deep
B. very deep but not wide
C.not wide or deep
Lin Tao falls into the river __________
A.when he is walking on the board
B.when he comes to a river
C.when he gets to his grandfather’s home
__________ comes to help him.
A.No one
B. A man nearby
C. His grandfather
Lin Tao __________the river at last.
A.walks out of B. waits in C.walks alone
配对阅读。下面是五个人在节日期间的活动和七个节日习俗简介,请按他们的节日活动匹配他们所过的节日。
A. the Mid-Autumn Festival It is a time for family members to get together. And it is also a time to enjoy the beauty of the full moon. B. Dragon Boat Festival It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. Eating zongzi and having dragon boat races are very important customs of this festival. C. The Spring Festival It starts on the first day of the first lunar month. On the Spring Festival morning, people usually visit relatives. Older people give lucky money to children. D. Thanksgiving Day It is a time to give thanks for food in the autumn. Turkey is always the most important food in this festival. E. Mother’s Day Mother’s Day in the United States is on the second Sunday of May. It is a time to show mothers our love. F. April Fool’s Day April 1st is not a national holiday, but it is celebrated in many countries. On this day, practical jokes are played on friends and family. G. Christmas Day At Christmas, family members get together to eat Christmas dinner. Parents always give children gifts. The Christmas tree is a symbol of Christmas Day. |
Why is 2004 a special year? Because it is a Leap Year (闰年).
What’s so special about that? Well, we have a Leap Year every four years. And it has 366 days, not the usual (通常的) 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.
Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar (日历) in step with the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. But a true year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. That’s the time it takes the earth to go around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, and we put it at the end of February, the shortest month of a year. Then we have a Leap Year.How often can we have a Leap Year?
A. Every year
B. Every February
C. Every four yearsWhat is a calendar? It’s a kind of clock _______.
A. for the year
B. for Leap Year
C. for the usual yearIt takes the earth ________ to go around the sun.
A.a day |
B.a year |
C.a little longer |
D.than 365 days |
Which is the shortest month of the year?
A.February | B.March |
C.May | D.June |
Mary was born on February 29,1972. Now she is 32. How many birthdays has she had?
A.32 | B.16 | C.8 | D.4 |
Love, sometimes we can’t see it!
This is an old story. One day, a man was not happy when his 7-year-old daughter made a box with some paper. The family didn’t have much money. So the father thought his daughter wasted(浪费)the paper. The next day, the little girl gave the box to her father and said,“Dad, today is your birthday. This box is for you.”
The man was happy. But he was not happy again when he found there was nothing in the box. “Why didn’t you put anything for me in the box?” He asked his daughter. The little girl looked at him and cried, “Dad, I put my love in the box. It’s all for you!”
The man felt sad and said sorry to his daughter. Sometimes, we can’t see love with our eyes.How old was the daughter?
A. Six years old.
B. Seven years old.
C. Eight years old. What did the daughter do the next day?
A. She gave the box to her father.
B. She put some money in the box.
C. She gave some paper to her father.Why was the father was not happy again when he opened the box?
A. Because he didn’t like the box.
B. Because there was nothing in the box.
C. Because he thought his daughter wasted paper.How did the father feel at last?
A. Happy. B. Sorry. C. Bored.Which of the following is true?
A. The family had lots of money.
B. The daughter loved her father.
C. The father didn’t like his daughter.
David will study in Chicago for a year. He’s reading a travel book about the weather.
Weather in Chicago |
|
Spring |
It’s usually cool. Sometimes it rains. |
Summer |
It’s usually hot and sunny. The temperature is sometimes not very high. |
Fall |
It’s normally cool and windy. The temperature is pleasant. |
Winter |
It gets very cold. It often snows. |
He’s asking, “What will I probably do there during that time?”
I’ll have a lot of free time in summer. Maybe I’ll go sailing on Lake Michigan. In fall, I won’t have a lot of free time because I’ll be in school. I’ll probably play football. Maybe I’ll be on the school team. I won’t go ice-skating, because I don’t know how to skate. I won’t go skiing, because I can’t ski. Here’s an idea. I’ll probably visit my family in Florida at Christmas and New Year and get some sunshine.
Where is David going to study? ______________________________
What’s the weather like in spring? ______________________________
Is it very hot in summer? ______________________________
What sport will David probably play in fall? ______________________________
What won’t David do in winter? ______________________________
Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the U.S.A. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.
At summer picnic, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to play. There are nine players on each team.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes(英雄). At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U.S.A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.
According to the passage, which is wrong?
A.Boys and girls like baseball games.
B.Baseball is played in the open air.
C.A baseball match has nine players.
American people play baseball in April, _______ and September.
A.May, June, July, August
B.March, May, July, August
C.January, June, October, November
What happens at the end of the baseball season?
A.People talk only about football games.
B. Many baseball fans become members of top teams.
C. Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game.
_______ follows the baseball season in the U.S.A.
A.The baseball season
B.The football season
C.A baseball match
This passage mainly tells us something about _______.
A. the football season in the U.S.A.
B.football is more interesting than baseball in the U.S.A.
C. the baseball season in the U.S.A.