Every body talks about the weather．It's the most popular topic of conversation（谈话）．For example，people may say to each other"Isn't it a nice day？""Do you think it is going to rain？？"or"I think it is going to snow．"（1）
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like．（2） ．One man may say，"Do you see how cloudy it is in the east？It's going to rain tomorrow．"But anther man may say，"Yes，it's cloudy in the east，so we are going to have a fine day tomorrow．"
（3） When a farmer needs water，he looks for something to tell him it is going to rain，he won't believe other things．When people have a picnic，but it begins to rain，they will be so sure about something that shows the weather is going to be fine very quickly（4）
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says．But he does not tell us what we want．and sometimes he makes a mistake．（5）
A．People often hope for the weather they want．
B．However，he still probably comes closer to being right than most people．
C．But they don't always agree with each other．
D．They won't believe that will finish their lunch in the rain．
E．All these are the common ways to start a conversation．
A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling (四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, what the mother has done is repeated again and again. The struggle (挣扎) to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again. Why? She wants it to remember how it can get up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying great people, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something unusual about these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out (着手) to do.”The expression “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ______.
| A．a happy thing | B．a difficult task |
| C．a big dream | D．a beautiful place |
A View from the Zoo is a book written by.
| A．Gary Richmond | B．Charles Darwin |
| C．Irving Stone | D．Vincent van Gogh |
The mother giraffe puts herself over her child and throws her long leg and kicks her baby because she .
| A．is an unkind mother |
| B．likes watching her bay sprawling |
| C．doesn’t want her baby to live with her |
| D．wants to train her baby to get up in this way |
The writer mainly wants to tell the readers that .
| A．the giraffe is an unusual animal |
| B．we should learn to be a careful writer |
| C．learning to get up leads to success |
| D．A View from the Zoo is a good book to read |
A 13-year-old boy traveled to Washington, D.C. to raise money for homeless kids.
Zach Bonner was pretty tired. Instead of going to camp last summer, Zach decided to walk 668 miles from Atlanta to Washington, D.C. He hoped more people would help homeless kids. His journey to help others began six years ago. Zach walked from his home in Tampa to Tallahassee. Then, in 2008, Zach Bonner went on a 270-mile walk from Tallahassee to Atlanta. In 2010, he did it again, from Tampa to Los Angeles.
Last summer, Zach traveled 12 miles every day on foot. Along the way, he collected more than 1000 letters about homeless children. He hoped to give the letters to President Obama. Zach says he wants his walk to make a difference.
More than 1 million children in the U.S. have nowhere to live. During his journey, Zach spent 24 hours with some homeless children so he could learn the difficulties they face.
When Zach walked the last mile of his long journey, more than 500 supporters, including 300 homeless kids, joined Zach. They went with him down the National Mall. “It was a long walk,” Zach says, “but it was meaningful.”
Although the journey is difficult and tiring, Zach won’t give up. “When homeless kids get tired of being homeless, they don’t get to stop. So why should I stop when I get tired of walking?”How many times did Zach Bonner travel to help homeless kids according to the passage?
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
Last summer, Zach Bonner ______.
| A．went to camp |
| B．learnt to face difficulties |
| C．wrote letters to President Obama |
| D．walked from Atlanta to Washington |
When Zach walked the last mile of his long journey, ______.
| A．he was tired and hurt |
| B．he decided to stop |
| C．many people walked with him |
| D．many homeless kids thanked him |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．A walk for others | B．A journey to Los Angeles |
| C．A visit to Obama | D．A plan for traveling |
How to look good in a school uniform? You can look great in your school uniform, if you follow these tips:
(1) Make sure the uniform is the right size for you.
You will need a pair of scissors (剪刀), but please, don’t cut anything until you measure (量) where you want the uniform to reach on your body. If you can find a tailor (裁缝) to do the job for you, it will be better.
(2) Make your uniform tidy
Your uniform should be taken good care of. Make sure your uniform is always tidy and clean. It helps you look smart.
(3) Accessories (装饰物) can help.
You can wear a nice watch. It will make you look beautiful and tell you the right time when you need to know. A cute hair clip can also make you, girls, look attractive. Choose a hat that matches the shape of your face or a backpack that goes well with your uniform. Also, have fun in winter by wearing colorful scarves.
(4) Walk with confidence.
It doesn’t matter how cool your uniform is (or is not). If you are not confident, nobody will notice how great you look!We can probably read this article in the part of a newspaper.
| A．news | B．sports |
| C．life | D．advertisement |
The following things can make you look good EXCEPT.
| A．having a pair of scissors | B．wearing clean uniforms |
| C．wearing a nice watch | D．being confident |
This article is mainly written for.
| A．students | B．parents |
| C．teachers | D．tailors |
When you are reading something in English, you may often come across a new word .What’s the best way to know it?
You need an English-Chinese dictionary (字典).It will tell you a lot about the word , for example (例如) , how to read this word ,what it means in Chinese and how to use this word. But there are so many English words in the dictionary and how can you know where the word is? There is a way to look for it.
In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B,C,D,E…That means, if there are two words , “desk” and “hour”, “desk” will be before “hour”; “story” “before” “Sunday”, “tomato” before “tomorrow” etc. The English-Chinese dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you will often use it in your English learning.When you don’t know a new word, the best way according to the passage (短文) is ____________.
| A．to ask your teacher | B．to guess |
| C．to ask your friends | D．to use a dictionary |
What does “come across” mean (意思) in Chinese in the passage?It means________.
| A．遇到 | B．撞倒 | C．越过 | D．过来 |
Here are four words, “face”, “autumn”, “film” and “April”. Their right order (次序) in the English-Chinese dictionary is _________.
| A．April, autumn, face, film |
| B．film, face, April, autumn |
| C．face, film, April, autumn |
| D．April, face, film, autumn |
This passage is about _______.
| A．how to use the right words in your English writing |
| B．how to read the new words in the English story |
| C．how to use an English-Chinese dictionary |
| D．how to choose a right English-Chinese dictionary |
Harry is eight years old. He goes to school near his home. He always goes there and comes home on foot. One day he came home from school late. His mother saw him and asked him, "Why were you late, Harry?"
"My teacher was very angry and asked you to go to her office tomorrow."
"To her office? Why?" his mother asked. "Because she asked a question in the class." said Harry. "Nobody could answer it, but I could."
"You are so clever, my son." his mother said with a smile. "What is her question?"
Her question is "Who put the tomato on my chair and made my trousers dirty?" said Harry._______ can answer the teacher's question in class.
| A．Nobody | B．Harry |
| C．Many students | D．Some students |
The teacher asked Harry's mother to go to school because ________.
| A．Harry is eight | B．Harry goes to school on foot |
| C．Harry's home is near | D．Harry made her angry |
The teacher's trousers were dirty because_______.
| A．she sat on the desk | B．it was raining hard |
| C．she sat on the tomato | D．she had them for a long time |