Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.
You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.
Since there is gravity, water runs down hill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (旋转) around.
Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. Then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape (逃出) the earth’s gravity and carry you into space.In this passage, the word “gravity” means.
| A．the pull of everything. |
| B．the force of attraction(吸引) among objects. |
| C．the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth |
| D．the force which attracts the earth towards the sun. |
When you slip(滑) you always fall to the ground because
| A．the earth always turns round. |
| B．the earth has gravity |
| C．the earth’s gravity is greater than your weight. |
| D．you are careless. |
Gravity is strong that
| A．it can throw a ball into the air. |
| B．it makes you jump only seven feet. |
| C．it can let you fly away from the earth. |
| D．it can keep everything on earth. |
Because of gravity,
| A．water flows everything. |
| B．we can go everywhere by ship. |
| C．water always flows downwards. |
| D．fish can live in water. |
Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parent. Mary doesn’t know much Chinese, but she is studying it . She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can’t understand her, because she can’t speak Chinese very well.
It’s Saturday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She wants to go to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can’t understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands, and shows her the way to the zoo.Mary is _____________.
| A．Chinese | B．English | C．Japanese | D．American |
Mary doesn’t know how to get to ______.
| A．the zoo | B．the park | C．her home | D．her school |
At last the boy ____________.
| A．can understand Mary’s Chinese |
| B．takes her to the zoo |
| C．shows the way to her |
| D．draws a picture for Mary |
Hi, boys and girls! Welcome to our museum. It’s free. You don’t have to pay any money. But we have some rules for you. Please remember them and do as I say. Firstly, don’t have food or drink here. You may make our museum dirty. Secondly, you can take photos here, but don’t touch （触摸） the things here. Thirdly, keep quiet in the museum. Don’t talk loudly. Fourthly, the museum is not open after five o’clock in the afternoon. Please leave (离开） before five. Have a good time here! Thank you.There are some rules for a.
| A．store | B．park | C．school | D．museum |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “free” in the article?
| A．免费的 | B．迅速的 | C．高兴的 | D．自由的 |
Students can in the museum.
| A．have food and drink | B．take photos |
| C．touch the things | D．talk loudly |
Students can stay in the museum .
| A．all day | B．before 5:00 a.m. |
| C．before 5:00 p.m. | D．after 5:00 p.m. |
We can learn from the article(文章) that.
| A．students don’t want to pay any money |
| B．the museum has five rules for the students |
| C．the speaker who tells the students the rules is a teacher |
| D．the speaker hopes the students have a good time |
Different people have different colors of skin（皮肤）. Some have black skin. Some have yellow skin, and some have white skin. There’s a woman in America. Her skin is orange. It’s the color of orange juice.
Why does she become （变得）orange ? She eats too many tomatoes , carrots and squashes （南瓜）. She eats many orange things. That’s why she becomes orange.
The woman doesn’t want to be orange. She goes to the doctor （医生）. The doctor says, “Don’t eat any orange things again! Eat some green things. ” The woman does so（这样做了），and she isn’t orange now. The woman has________.
| A．an orange coat | B．orange skin | C．an orange dress | D．yellow skin |
The woman’s skin is orange because_________.
| A．she drinks too much orange | B．she likes to eat orange |
| C．she likes this color | D．she eats too many orange things |
The woman goes to see a doctor because________.
| A．she likes the orange skin very much |
| B．she doesn’t want to eat any green things |
| C．she wants her skin to be green |
| D．she doesn’t like her orange skin |
What are tomatoes, carrots and squashes? Can you guess? _________.
| A．They are something to eat | B．They are something to drink |
| C．They are meat | D．They are Americans |
The doctor asks the woman to ________.
| A．eat many orange things | B．eat some green food |
| C．drink much orange juice | D．eat orange everyday |
Mark is a waiter. He doesn’t like his job. He has to work in the evenings. He sometimes has to work on weekends. He is always busy. Sometimes he has no time to eat dinner. His job is hard, and it isn’t fun. Mark likes to work, and he likes to meet people. But he doesn’t want to work in a restaurant. He wants to work in a bank. He wants to be a bank clerk.
Lisa is a nurse. She wears a white uniform. She works in a hospital. She helps doctors. She sometimes works at night. Usually she works in the day, and she gets up at six o’clock every morning. Lisa’s job is difficult and busy, but she doesn’t want to do anything else. She loves it.
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。Mark likes to work in a restaurant.
Mark wants to be a bank clerk.
Mark doesn’t need to work on weekends.
Lisa sometimes works late.
Lisa wants a different kind of job.
My name is Kumiko. I come from Tokyo. I can speak a little English. But I can’t speak Chinese. I usually get up at 6:30 and go to school at 7:30 in the morning. I think art is interesting. I don’t like math. I think it is boring. I want to visit China and Canada.
My name is Mario. I am twelve years old. I go to school at 7:50 and I go home at 4:20. It takes me about 20 minutes to get home. I have lunch at school. I usually have fish, vegetables, and soup for lunch. My favorite subject is music and I can sing English songs. I don’t like P.E. I usually do my homework at 7 o’clock and I go to bed at 10 o’clock.
I am Alice. I am from Canada. I like math and P.E. And I am good at swimming and running. I don’t like biology. I think it’s difficult. I get up at 6:30 and then I run on the playground. My good friend is Sam. He knows Chinese. He likes Chinese food and he can cook Chinese food.
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。Kumiko can speak English and she thinks math is interesting.
Mario never eats vegetables for lunch at school.
Alice is a Japanese girl and she can swim and run well.
Mario often gets home at about 4:40.
Sam, a friend of Alice, likes Chinese food.