Humans' Greatest Achievements
The Earth is 4.5billion years old，but the human race has lived on it for just 200，000years．In that short time，we have achieved some amazing things．
（76） The list is almost endless．The invention of the airplane has changed our lives．The discovery of antibiotics （抗生素） has saved the lives of millions of people．Can you imagine living without electricity？What about the printing press （印刷术）？Without the printing press，you wouldn't be reading this．In the last 50years，there have been great achievements in communication，such as radio，TV，computers，the Internet，and smartphones （智能手机）．（77）
What about the arts？The arts have brought pleasure to many people，but are the Beatles and Bach more important than antibiotics？（78）
Finally，we must not forget humans' early achievements．（79） We can't imagine modern life without cooked food and cars．
What are humans' greatest achievements？To answer the question，we need to decide what we mean by "great"．（80） Or is it just something that makes us say "Wow，"like the Great Wall？What do you think？
A．Do you think it is difficult to have great achievements？
B．Is it something that makes us rich or happy or save lives？
C．We enjoy these things every day because they are free to use．
D．They used fire for cooking and heating and invented the wheel．
E．Many of humans' great achievements are in science and technology．
F．And is Mickey Mouse as important an achievement as going to space？
G．We could probably live without them，but life wouldn't be as interesting．
Mr. Green asked a lot of questions about the buses. But Sam couldn’t answer them. Here’s a timetable. Friends, after you read it, can you answer Mr. Green’s questions?
| Timetable |
||||
| STOP |
BUS 1 |
BUS 2 |
BUS 3 |
BUS 4 |
| Ferry |
6:00 |
6:30 |
7:00 |
7:30 |
| Old street |
6:10 |
6:40 |
7:10 |
7:40 |
| Park |
6:25 |
6:55 |
7:25 |
7:55 |
| New Street |
6:30 |
7:00 |
7:30 |
8:00 |
| Hotel |
6:35 |
7:05 |
7:35 |
- |
| Playground |
6:40 |
7:10 |
7:40 |
8:05 |
| Hospital |
7:00 |
- |
8:00 |
8:25 |
| Market |
7:00 |
7:30 |
8:10 |
8:35 |
1. How many stops are there between the Ferry and the Market?
A. Five B. Six C. Seven D. Eight
2. How often does the bus get to the New Street?
A. Every half an hour B. Every twenty minutes C. Every ten minutes D. No answer
3. At what time does Bus Four leave the Hotel?
A. Seven fifty-five B. Eight o’clock C. Five minutes past eight D. No answer
4. I work in the hospital. It is quite near the bus stop. Only three minutes’ walk. I must reach the hospital at eight o’clock. Which bus should I take?
A. The first bus B. The second bus C. The third bus D. The fourth bus
5. I start my work at 8:00. I have breakfast at 7:30. Before breakfast, I must get to the market. Which bus should I take?
A. The first bus. B. The second bus. C. The third bus. D. The fourth bus.
SUNNY SCHOOL
We are a bilingual(双语) school for children of 6-15. We want a cook, a library assistant, a sports coach(教练) and a language teacher.
根据招聘启事，选择最佳答案。Which of the following can’t go to Sunny School？
| A．A four-year-old child | B．A ten-year-old child |
| C．An eleven-year-old child | D．A fifteen-year-old child |
.Who is not wanted by Sunny School?
| A．A cook | B．A headmaster |
| C．A library assistant | D．A sports coach |
Which of the following may not be able to(能) speak English?
| A．The language teacher | B．The library assistant |
| C．The cook | D．The sports coach |
The coach must major in _________.
| A．Chinese | B．English | C．physical education | D．language |
Which is right?
| A．The teacher can only teach Chinese. |
| B．A twenty-five-year old cook can’t work in the school. |
| C．The library assistant must be careful. |
| D．A teacher must be strong. |
Mr. Smith is an English teacher. He comes from America. He has a daughter. Her name is Amy, and she is a good engineer in New York. Mr. Smith likes traveling very much, and he can speak Spanish very well. Now, he is in China, so he wants to learn some Chinese. He works very hard at his Chinese, and goes to Chinese classes every evening. He has a lot of friends in China and they often help him. He likes to talk with them. He tells his daughter that he can speak good Chinese, and he doesn’t have any trouble（麻烦） with his Chinese, but the Chinese have a lot. Mr. Smith works in ______.
| A．a hospital | B．a police station | C．a school | D．a restaurant |
Mr. Smith is good at ______.
| A．Chinese | B．Japanese | C．Spanish | D．French |
He learns Chinese ______.
| A．very well | B．not very well |
| C．we don’t know | D．very good |
Where does he learn Chinese?
| A．In an evening school. | B．At home. |
C．In his friend’s home. | D．In a park. |
Does he study very hard?
| A．Yes, he doesn’t. | B．No, he doesn’t. |
C．Yes, he does. | D．No, he don’t. |
I have always been interested in making things. When I was a child, I enjoyed painting, but I also liked malting things out of day. I won a prize for one of my paintings when I was fourteen.
That may be why I went to art school four years later. But I studied painting at first, not pottery. I like being a potter because I like to work with my hands and feel the clay. I’m happy working by myself and being near my home. I don’t like mass-produced things, for they are made by machines and are all the same. I think crafts(手工艺) are very important and crafts persons(手艺人)make things cleverly with hands. They make our lives colorful. When I left school, I got some money. I hope to become a full-time craftswoman. This workplace is small, but I wish tot: move to a larger one next year.
1. The writer went to the art school at the age of___________
2. The writer is talking about her workplace_____________
A. unhappilyB. hopefully
C. seriouslyD. angrily
3. From the passage we know that the writer prefers
A. a long way to work
B. group work
C. a small workplace
D. something different
4. What does "mass-produced" mean in Chinese?
5. From the passage we are sure that the writer is a ________ (man/woman).
Americans think much about time. Form childhood they learn to value (珍视)
time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.
1. What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?
A. It is not easy to make money.
B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C. Working hard can bring people health.
D. ff someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.
2. Americans think it wrong _____________.
A. to work lateB. to get up early
C. to be late for school
D. to be on time to do everything
3. This passage says that a dying person___________.
A. is having a good time
B. is living on a borrowed time
C. thinks time goes easily
D. is saving time
4. From this passage we can be sure that
A. Americans live a hard life
B. Americans always walk fast
C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)
D. Americans are good at saving time
5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Americans’ ideas about time
B. Never waste time
C. Time is money
D. Learn to be on time