Life in the future(将来) is different from now. There are not any paper money in the future. People use their credit cards when they go shopping. There are not so many stores. At weekends, people needn’t go out. They usually do some shopping at home on the Internet.
Children don’t get up early to go to school. They have lessons at home on the Internet, too. Teachers teach their students and give them homework on the Internet. Children give the homework to their teachers on the Internet, too.
People don’t need to do much work. There are more robots(机器人). Robots do hard work for people. Parents don’t cook or wash clothes. A cooking robot cooks breakfast. In fact, robots do all the housework for us.
There are more holidays. Parents spend much time with their children. They spend a lot of time travelling around the world.
I think life in the future is very interesting. Do you think so?What is the Chinese for the underlined phrase “credit cards”?
| A．身份证 | B．户口本 | C．信用卡 | D．优惠卡 |
Teachers teach their students __________ in the future.
| A．in the classroom | B．over the radio |
| C．on TV | D．on the Internet |
In the future, robots can __________ for us.
| A．eat dinner | B．cook meals |
| C．watch films | D．talk with friends |
How does the writer like the life in the future? He thinks it is__________.
| A．hard | B．easy | C．interesting | D．healthy |
Which is the best title(标题) for the passage?
| A．Life in the future | B．Studying at home |
| C．Working at home | D．A hard life |
I was born an albino(白化病人）in Pennsylvania in 1945．No one in my family had ever known what an albino was and what it meant to be an albino.
My family and friends treated me as everybody else．That was just about the best thing they could have done．It helped me believe in myself, so when troubles came along, I could deal with them．
Like most albinos, I had the terrible eyesight, but the fact that I could hardly see didn’t bother me that much .Kids would make fun of me, calling me“Whitey”． People looked at me when I held the books right at the tip of my nose so that I could see it well enough．Even when I was eight, movie-theater workers started asking me to pay full prices because I“looked older”．The worst thing for me was that because my eyesight was so bad, I couldn’t play sports very well．I didn’t give up trying, though．And I studied harder．Finally, I got better at school and loved it．When I got to university, I was double majoring(双修), going to summer school and busying myself with every activity I could find．I had learned to be proud of being an albino．I did my best to make“albino”a good word．And I decided to make my living with my eyes—and in sports．
I couldn’t see very well to play sports, but with a good education and a drive to do it, I could make a living in the area I loved．I’ve done it now for more than thirty years in video, and now in cyberspace(网络空间)．People make jokes about how I’m the only“blind editor”they know, but the jokes are of goodwill and some of them are signs of respect(尊重)．
I was just a proud albino kid from the country of Pennsylvania．I now realize that being born an albino helped me to overcome difficulties, have confidence, and be proud of my personal achievement . Which is one of the signs of being an albino?
| A．He has a black face. |
| B．He can’t see clearly |
| C．He looks much older. |
| D．He has a little nose. |
How did the author’s family and friends deal with him?
| A．Regarding him as the best friend |
| B．Laughing at him |
| C．Treating him as a usual person |
| D．Being afraid to speak to him |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The author has learned to face difficulties. |
| B．The author started to be brave after going to university. |
| C．The author could achieve everything because of his good education. |
| D．The author could play sports well because he never gave up |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．To give the reason of causing the albino. |
| B．To tell us how the albino was treated |
| C．To help us deal with kinds of challenges. |
| D．To tell us how an albino succeeded |
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. |
Let’s look at the picture. The boy’s name is John. The girl in the white blouse is his sister, Rose. The other(另外的)one in the yellow blouse is his sister, Mary. John and his sisters are students in No.10 Middle School. The two sisters are in Class Three, Grade One and John is in Class Two, Grade Two. The man and the woman are their father and mother. The man is a worker and the woman is a teacher. The old man and the old woman are John’s grandfather and grandmother. It’s a happy family.There are ______ people in the family.
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
Mary is in the _____ blouse and Rose is in the ______ one.
| A．yellow, white | B．white, yellow |
| C．yellow, blue | D．black, red |
John’s sisters are _______ .
| A．not students |
| B．in the same(相同的) class |
| C．in Grade 2 |
| D．in different (不同的)middle schools |
The sisters’ ________ is a teacher.
| A．father | B．grandfather |
| C．mother | D．grandmother |
Which of these is right?
| A．The two girls have two brothers. |
| B．John and his sisters are in the same school. |
| C．The man’s son is in Grade 1. |
| D．John’s family is not a big one. |
| Paul |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Get up |
7.10 a.m. |
7.10 a.m. |
7.10 a.m. |
7.10 a.m. |
7.10 a.m. |
| Morning |
School |
School |
School |
School |
School |
| Lunch |
pizza |
rice |
rice |
rice |
rice |
| Afternoon |
yo-yo |
tennis |
tennis |
tennis |
football |
| Evening |
homework |
homework |
TV |
homework |
homework |
| Go to bed |
10.15 p.m. |
10.15 p.m. |
10.15 p.m. |
10.15 p.m. |
10.15 p.m. |
Paul has ________ on Monday.
| A．rice | B．chicken | C．pizza | D．apples |
Paul’s favorite sport is __________.
| A．volleyball | B．tennis |
| C．yo-yo | D．football |
What time does Paul get up ?
| A．6.00a.m. | B．7.00 a.m. |
| C．7.10 a.m. | D．7：15 a.m. |
On Wednesday evening, Paul usually ___________.
| A．watches TV | B．does his homework |
| C．washes clothes | D．meets friends |
Which is NOT right ?
| A．Paul goes to school from Monday to Friday. |
| B．Paul goes to bed after ten. |
| C．Paul does sports in the afternoon. |
| D．Paul always has fish for lunch. |
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Country music is a kind of modern-day pop music, originated (起源) in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains. The singers usually play the guitar, and in the 1920s they started using electric guitars. Nowadays people use the violin, banjo, and slide-guitar as well.
The music at the very beginning was generally very smooth, beautiful and the phrasing structure (句法结构) also was simple. In the 1950s, American country music was about other things, for example, love and money. In the 1960s, songs were often full of anger, and some of them made fun of the political (政治的) leaders. During the 1990s, American country music became more and more popular. Song writers were no longer writing about the modern values of the USA—money, success or expensive things to buy. Instead they were writing once more about things that were usual for everyone.
Today country music has become a big business. It brings in a lot of money. Now, it has reached all parts of the States, from Los Angeles in the west to New York in the east. It remains much the same as before. One subject is “the good old days”. In “the good old days” people praised each other. They believed that the best things in life were free: sunshine, laughing, walks in the beauty of the country, friends and music.
Country music
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| Origins |
the traditional music in the southern United States and Appalachia mountains |
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| guitars, violins, banjos, and slide-guitars |
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1950s |
money was also thought to be important |
| 1960s |
were often full of anger often played |
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| 1990s |
feeling lonely in the modern world the value of having good friends |
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| Today |
remains much the same as before |
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| For example, in “the good old days”, people praised each other and loved life in the |