Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) is considered to be of great importance in the world film industry (行业). She made over sixty films during her long career (事业) in Hollywood. She got so many special names, such as “the Legendary film star in Hollywood”, “the evergreen tree in Hollywood”, “forever blooming flower in Hollywood” and “the No. 1 beauty in the world”. She was much known for her beautiful purple eyes. She was also known for her private life and eight marriages (婚姻).
She was the first person who got over one million dollars for her playing the queen of Egypt in the 1963 movie Cleopatra. She won the Oscar Award twice. In 1999, she was chosen the seventh actress in a hundred years by Motion Picture Association of America.
She volunteered to help the patients of AIDs. In 1985, she helped create AMFAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research. In 1991 she started the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. The organization helps people around the world who are living with AIDS.
She was very kind and honest. Many old actors and actresses, including Taylor, were invited to celebrate the sixtieth year of Oscar in 1988. But the USA attacked Iran that year. She gave an anti-war (反战的) speech. She hated wars and called for stopping the war.
Elizabeth Taylor died of heart failure at the age of 79. It’s said that the actress was always known not only for her beauty, success and treasure, but for her extreme intelligence, independence, courage and voluntary care for others.
There are __________Elizabeth Taylor’s special names mentioned in the passage.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5
Elizabeth Taylor was the first person who __________.
A. won the Oscar Award
B. gave an anti-war speech in public
C. earned over one million dollars for her acting in Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor gave a speech calling for_________in 1988.
A. stopping the war
B. fighting with Iran
C. caring for others
According to Paragraph 3, Elizabeth Taylor was__________.
A. popular B. charitable C. hard-working
Elizabeth Taylor was known for her__________.
a. beautiful purple eyes
b. film achievements
c. good speech skills
d. independence and courage
A. a, b, c B. a, b, d C. a, c, d
What problems do the teenagers have? Here is a survey showing their main problems.
| problems |
Causes（原因） |
Advice |
| Feeling stressed |
Much homework. Don’t have enough time for their hobbies. |
Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax as possible as you can. |
| Getting short-sighted （近视） |
Too much homework. Bad reading and writing habits. |
Do homework or read in a correct way. |
| Fighting with each other |
Don’t know how to get on well with classmates. |
Make more friends and understand each other. Share your problems with them. |
| Feeling tired of study |
Computer games, bad influence. |
Don’t be crazy about computer games. Play them just for a short time when you’re tired. |
| Getting fat |
Have more pocket money( 零花钱 ) to buy snakes（零食）. Dislike doing exercise. |
Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day. |
What problem can reading and writing habits cause?
A. Getting short-sighted
B. Fighting with each other
C. Feeling tired of studyIf Bob is feeling stressed, he should___________.
A. do much homework
B. make a plan for study and hobbies
C. donate（捐献）his pocket money to Project HopeMichael is tired of study, maybe because he ______.
A. has no close friends
B. plays too many computer games
C. has no pocket money______is a good way for the teenagers to stop fights.
A. Doing less homework
B. Playing basketball
C. Learning to make friendsIf Betty often has snakes and dislikes doing exercise, she will ______
A. get fat B. feel stressed C. feel tired
When a 13-year-old girl was riding home, a man suddenly jumped out and pulled her off her bike and rode away. The girl didn't run after the man. She found a telephone and called the police at 110.“Safety is the most important thing in such a situation,” The girl said her teacher had told her in her first aid (急救) class. “It is not safe to run after an adult who is much stronger than you.” The girl is a junior student at a school in Guangdong. Her school is one of the first in China to have compulsory (必修的) first aid education. Junior 1 students at the school must take the class once a week.
Safety is important. Some students die every day from drowning (溺水), food poisoning and traffic accidents. The girl said she learned a lot from the first aid education. The teachers in the school teach students skills so that they can protect and save themselves in emergencies (紧急情况). The teacher told the students that they should try not to go out alone, especially at night. If someone tries to do bad things to them, they may hit their eyes or noses. Then they should try their best to quickly run into a crowded place. Students at the school also have learned skills for surviving (幸存) in earthquakes.When the man pulled the girl off her bike and rode away, the girl ____________________.
A. ran after the man
B. called the police
C. just cried loudlyThe girl thinks, in such a situation, __________is the most important.
A. the bike B. safety C. moneyThe girl learned_________________ from the first aid education.
A. nothing B. muchC. little How often do Junior 1 students at the girl’s school must take the first aid education?
A. Once two weeks B. Every day C. Every week. According to the passage, in order to protect and save yourselves, you ______________.
A. needn’t learn skills for surviving in earthquakes.
B. can do nothing if someone wants to do bad things to you
C. had better try not to go out alone at night
It is very common to raise money in Canadian and American schools. Students, teachers and parents have many special ways to raise money for field trips. Some schools think of great ideas, such as “King or Queen for a Day”. It cost each student one dollar to buy a ticket for the draw. After all the tickets are sold, one ticket is drawn. The student with the winning ticket will be the king or queen for the next school day. When the student arrives in the morning, the headmaster greets him or her and carries the student’s books. The student sits in the headmaster’s chair for the day and even can use the headmaster’s mobile phone to call home. At noon, the headmaster and other teachers order a special lunch and service it to the student.
根据材料内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的选（A），错的选（B）。(10分)If your ticket is drawn, you can be the king or the queen for the next day.
It is very common to raise money only in Canadian schools.
The student with the winning ticket can have a special lunch .
The students should spend ten dollars on a ticket for the draw.
Maybe more than two tickets are drawn after all the tickets are sold each time..
There are many colors in nature．But do you think that a color has weight? I think you'll say “no”. But I'm afraid you are wrong. If you don't believe it, you may do a small experiment (实验)．
First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes．Then cover the boxes. Third, wrap(色裹) one box with a red piece of paper, the other one with a white piece of paper. OK．Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one．It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier．
Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weights in man's mind. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind．
The scientist told us that colors also have smell．Can you smell the color? Of course not．Then why did the scientist say so. That is because every color stands for (代表) a kind of light with a certain wavelength (波长)．It reaches our brain through sense organs.
According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate．So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like．Or you'll be nervous or even get ill． For example, you like blue and hate red．If you stay in a room with red windows, wallpaper and furniture for two hours, you'll feel you have been there for four hours．But if the room is blue, you'll feel you have been there for only an hour. And, if a person walks out of a blue room and into a red room, his temperature will rise．
That means our body temperature will change with different colors．From the experiment, we know that_________．
| A．the two boxes have the same weight |
| B．colors can change the weight of an object |
| C．the red paper is heavier than the white paper |
| D．colors have different weights in people's mind |
From the fourth paragraph, we can infer ____．
| A．the smell of colors is changeable（可变的） |
| B．people can sense the light from colors |
| C．people can smell the colors through the nose |
| D．all the colors have the same smell for the blind |
Which of the following is true? ____．
| A．White color is heavier than red color |
| B．People may get ill if they refuse the colors they don't like |
| C．People can stay longer in red rooms than in blue rooms |
| D．People's body temperature will change with different colors |
We can infer from the last paragraph that____．
| A．red color is bad for our health |
| B．people may get nervous in a red room |
| C．blue color can raise（提升）our body temperature |
| D．colors can influence our mood（情绪）and health |
The passage is probably ____．
| A．a short novel | B．a news report |
| C．a science report | D．an advertisement |
Next time you’re in a public place, take a look around you, and count how many people are using their phones. I can tell you that it is probably more than half, whether you’re in a bus, in a café or simply walking down the street.
I’m not saying that I am not an example of this, but I wonder how people can spend so much time on their phones without actually talking to anyone in particular. We can now do almost anything with a phone. But has it gone too far? We spend too much time on our mobiles but not enough time talking to people in real life.
Last time I visited London, I traveled by subway. I noticed that almost everybody else
was on their phones except those who were asleep. People were playing games, reading articles and listening to music.
Recently, my smart phone broke and I had to use an old basic phone just to keep in touch with my family and friends. I could only send text messages, make calls and play one game with it. And I loved it. I loved being free from the Internet, and I really didn’t mind what my friends were doing or what the latest news was. I could enjoy my time watching the people around me and seeing what was going on.
However, I knew that as soon as I got my smart phone back, I would be one of those people once again.The writer finds that _________ people are using their phones in public places.
| A．most | B．few | C．half | D．all |
Which of the following cannot be done on a phone?
| A．Playing games. | B．Sending text messages. |
| C．Listening to music. | D．Having meals. |
The writer could use his old basic phone to __________.
| A．surf the Internet |
| B．watch the people around him |
| C．play one game |
| D．look through the latest news |
What didn’t the writer see on the subway when he visited London?
| A．People were sleeping. |
| B．People were talking with each other. |
| C．People were playing games. |
| D．People were using their phones. |
From this article, we know that __________.
| A．everybody was on their phones when the writer traveled in London by subway |
| B．most people spend enough time talking to people in real life |
| C．the writer enjoyed his time without his smart phone |
| D．the writer won’t use his smart phone any more |