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Some people say that today, reading is not as important as it was. These days we have photographs, films, radio and television. Why read a description of something when you can look at a photograph? Why read a newspaper when the latest news is brought to us every hour on radio and TV?
Photography was certainly a wonderful invention. Photographs can give a very clear idea of places and of people that we have never seen. An encyclopedia (百科全书) , for example, is always better when it has good illustrations. But we also need words to explain the photographs and drawings. A photograph of an elephant may give us a very good idea of what an elephant looks like, but it tells us nothing about the different sorts of elephants there are and where they are found, their exact size and weight, how they can be useful to man and so on.
In the same way, a good film has action, movement, color, and maybe music. These are things we do not find on the printed page. But reading a novel has certain advantages over watching even an excellent feature film. Reading a novel requires imagination. Each of us imagines a story differently.
Watching news on television can certainly be exciting. But we need newspapers as well. Some important news stories happen when there are no cameras around. More importantly, a newspaper does not just report the news. It explains why something has been happening. It also contains interesting articles on different subjects. Newspapers are an important part of our lives, if we want to understand what is going on in the places we live as well as in other parts of the world.
Reading is very important for information and pleasure. We need to be good readers to enjoy a full life as human beings. Reading is a skill and like other skills, it needs practice. The more we read, the better readers we become. And the better readers we become, the more we enjoy reading! The secret is to get the reading habit. Read at least a little every day.According to Paragraph 2, photographs can give us __________.
| A．enough information about people and places |
| B．no information about things |
| C．some information about things but not enough |
| D．the wrong information about things |
Newspapers contain __________.
| A．more information than television |
| B．less information than television |
| C．more news from other countries |
| D．less information about important events than TV |
What are the advantages of novel over a feature film?
| A．There are more interesting subjects in novels. |
| B．We do not hear any music in a novel. |
| C．Novels always explain what is happening. |
| D．Novels make us use our imagination. |
What does the author think about reading?
| A．It is a wonderful invention. |
| B．It is an important part of our lives. |
| C．It requires no practices. |
| D．It is not as important as television. |
Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning ? Hiroyuki’s bed will solve your problem ! Here is how it works .
The bed is connected to an alarm clock . First , the alarm clock rings . You have a few minutes to wake up . Next , a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music . The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend . She whispered in a soft voice , “Wake up , darling , please .” After minutes later , Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss . His boss shouts , “Wake up at once , or you’ll be late !”
If you don’t get up after the second recording , a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head . The bed waits a few more minutes . What ! You’re still in bed ! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher . The foot of the bed goes lower and lower . Finally you slide off the bed and onto the floor . You are out of bed awake !
Hiroyuki’s bed is not in stores . There is only one bed--- the bed Hiroyuki made for a contest（竞赛）. Maybe someday a company will make Hiroyuki’s bed and sell it in stores . Maybe people will buy millions of beds . Then Hiroyuki will be rich . If the bed makes Hiroyuki rich , he won’t need to work , and he won’t need to get up early !
( ) 4. The bed is useful to the people _______ .
A. who can’t sleep well B. who can’t get up early
C. who go to bed early D. who go to bed late
( ) 5. The bed is not connected to _______ .
A. an alarm clock B. a tape recorder
C. a TV D. a mechanical “foot”
( ) 6. What will finally happen to Hiroyuki if he doesn’t get up ?
A. He will slide onto the floor .
B. A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss .
C. A mechanical “foot” will kick him in the head .
D. The bed will rise higher and higher
The star of the Harry Potter films has become the youngest person to earn a place on the list of Britain’s richest people. Daniel Radcliffe has owned 14 million pounds, but he is only 17 now.
Thanks to Harry Potter films, Daniel Radcliffe would not have to worry about money for a very long time. He is still at school but he will never have to work in future. Money has been pouring into his company.
The youngest woman on the list is the singer Joss Stone. The 19-year-old singer has collected a fortune(财富) of about 6 million pounds.
( ) 1. Daniel Radcliffe is ___________.
A. an actor B. a teacher C. a girl D. all of the above
( ) 2.Joss Stone is ___________ on the list.
A. the richest person B. the richest singer
C. the youngest singer D. the youngest woman singer
( ) 3. The underlined part “on the list”means _______ in Chinese.
A. 在表格上B. 在排名榜上
C. 在电影界 D. 在艺术界
| TV PROGRAMS |
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| Channel 1 |
Channel 2 |
| 18:00 Around China 18:30 Children’s Program 19:00 News 19:30 Weather Report 19:40 Around the World 20:10 TV Play: A Big Family 21:00 English for Today 21:15 Popular Music 21:55 Talk Show |
17:45 Computers Today 18:10 Foreign Arts 18:30 English Classroom 19:00 Animal World 19:25 China 2001 20:20 Sports 21:00 TV Play: Guo Lanying 21:45 English News 22:05 On TV Next Week |
( )1. If you want to know something about Japanese, which of the following programs would be the best one?
A. Weather Report B. China 2001 C. Around the World D. Animal World
( )2. If you are a basketball fan, you may watch TV at ______________ .
A.19:00 on Channel 2 B. 19:40 on Channel 1
C. 20:20 on Channel 2 D. 21:15 on Channel 1
( )3. How long does the TV play “A Big Family” last?
A.30 minutes B. 50 minutes C. 90 minutes D. 100 minutes
( )4. You can watch ______________ if you want to learn English on TV.
A. English News B. English Classroom C. English for Today D. all the above
( )5. You should wait until _______ if you want to know the programs of next week.
A.21:55 B. 22:05C. 21:00 D. 21:45
John was a bookseller. He didn’t like paying for anything. One day he let a big box of books fall on his foot. “Go to the doctor,” said his wife. “No,” he said, “I’ll wait until the doctor comes into the shop next time. Then I’ll ask about my foot. If I go to see him, I’ll have to pay him.”
The next day the doctor came into the shop and bought some books. When John was getting them ready, he told the doctor about his bad foot . The doctor looked at it. “Yes,” said the doctor, “you must put that foot in hot water every night.” “Thank you,” said the bookseller, “and now sir, here are your books.” “How much?” said the doctor. “Two pounds,” answered John. “Good,” said the doctor. “I shall not have to pay you anything.” “Why?” asked John in surprise. “I told you about your foot . I want two pounds for that . Good-bye.”
( ) 1. What was John? He was ______.
A. a doctor B. a shop assistant C. a bookseller D. a farmer
( ) 2. John hurt his foot because ______.
A.he didn’t like paying anything B.a big box of books fell on his foot
C.he wanted to ask the doctor about his foot D. a box of food fell on his foot
( ) 3. ______ told him to go to the doctor.
A. His wife B. A man C. Nobody D. His friend
( ) 4. When the doctor came the next day, he ______.
A. bought nothingB. didn’t give John any advice on his foot
C. bought some books D. told John to go to hospital
( ) 5. At last the doctor paid ______ for his books.
A. two pounds B. nothingC. less than two pounds D. a little money
Science has told us so much about the moon that it is quite easy to form an idea of what it would be like to go there. It is certainly not a friendly place. As there is no air or water, there can be no life of any kind. Mile after mile there are only plains(平原) of dust with mountains around them. Above, the sun and stars shine in the black sky. If you step out of the mountains shadows, it will mean moving from terrible cold into great heat. The moon is also a very silent(安静的) world, for sound waves (声波)can only travel through air. But from the moon, you can see a friendly sight(景色). Our earth is shining more brightly than the stars. It looks like a large ball, coloured blue and green and brown.
() 16.What kind of place is the moon?
A. It is a friendly place. B. It is a lively place.
C. It is a nice place for man to live. D. It is a lifeless place.
( ) 17.Temperatures on the moon____.
A. are usually the same everywhereB. Are always very low
C. can be very different D. are usually very high
( ) 18.The moon is a silent world because____.
A. there is no life there B. there is no air there
C. there is no water there D. there is not a green tree there
() 19. When we look from the moon, the sky is ____.
blue B. black C. green D. brown
() 20. Mile after mile there are only plains of dust with mountains around them. The word “dust” means “___”.
A. dump (垃圾堆) B. dry earth (泥土) C. land D. field