Leon was a postman．Every day Leon would wake up and feed his 37 cats．Leon didn't really want 37 cats，but one by one they had appeared on his doorstep，and Leon had taken them in．
Every day，after feeding the cats，Leon would collect the letters from the red postboxes in the village and take it home．"If only I had 37 helpers instead of 37cats，my job would be so much easier，"Leon thought．Just then，the cats started meowing for their dinner．That gave Leon an idea．That night，Leon worked late making 37cat﹣sized postal backpacks．Then，he went around to each postbox，putting up signs that read：Postbox closed!Please use the postal cat service．
The next day，Leon put a backpack on each cat and dropped off the cats around the village．Leon knew that the cats would be happy walking around all day．He also knew that they would always come home for dinner．Leon spent the day relaxing，waiting for his helpers to return．Leon was right．The cats did return，but they did not bring home many letters．Some got the letters wet．Some bit off the corners of the letters．Some even lost their backpacks．""Cats are just too unreliable（不可靠的），"Leon thought．
Just then，a strange sound came from the outside of Leon's door．A dirty dog was waiting to be invited inside．That gave Leon an idea．
（1）In Paragraph 2，Leon that night．
A．made postal backpacks
B．put up a sign on each cat
C．had dinner with the cats
D．collected letters in the village
（2）According to the last paragraph，we can infer（推断） that Leon would ．
A．let the dog take a shower
B．invite the dog to dinner
C．make the dog work for him
D．walk the dog around the village
（3）From the passage we know Leon was ．
A．honest
B．brave
C．strict
D．funny．
I am a teenager. I want to use the Internet. I know that there are rules about what I should do online. I agree to follow these rules, and my parents agree to help me follow these rules:
1. I will not call or meet anyone alone that I meet online unless my parents say it’s okay.
2. I will not buy or order anything online without my parents’ permission.
3. I will not fill in any form online that asks me for any information about myself or my family without asking my parents first.
4. If someone sends me any pictures or any e-mails using bad language, I will tell my parents.
5. If someone asks me to do something that I am not supposed to do, I will tell my parents.
6. I know that my parents want to make sure I’m safe online, and I will listen to them when they ask me not to do something.
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Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony:
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool middle school. One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn’t go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn’t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry:
The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favorite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand. I’d taken the hand of a complete stranger（陌生人）!Tony arrived at school late that morning because .
| A．he couldn’t find hid shoes | B．his alarm clock didn’t ring |
| C．he washed and dressed slowly | D．his car went wrong on the way |
The students began laughing when they saw Tony .
| A．wearing a wrong shoe | B．his alarm clock didn’t ring |
| C．looking down suddenly | D．rushing into the classroom |
Henry and his wife held hands .
| A．at the cinema | B．in the shop | C．at the restaurant | D．along the street |
What does the underlined word “scream” mean in Chinese?
| A．尖叫声 | B．笑声 | C．哭声 | D．呼救声 |
Henry was embarrassed because he .
| A．slapped the woman in the face |
| B．took the hand of a complete stranger |
| C．heard hid wife screaming in the street |
| D．knocked over some watches in the shops |
Travel Information
| Place of Interest |
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| Location(位置) |
Beijing |
Hangzhou |
Hong Kong |
Harbin |
| Phone Number |
010-28135589 |
0571-68345576 |
0852-28029822 |
0451-82187899 |
| Price of Ticket |
￥60 |
￥50 |
￥300 |
￥150 |
| Feature |
Special bubbly (气泡状的) design |
The Broken Bridge |
Cartoon characters |
Skywalk |
It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on .
| A．Dragon Tower | B．West Lake | C．Water Cube | D．Disneyland |
If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube, he should call to get information.
| A．0451-82187899 | B．0571-68345576 | C．0852-28029822 | D．010-28135589 |
Disneyland in attracts(吸引) a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year.
| A．Beijing | B．Harbin | C．Hong Kong | D．Hangzhou |
Two travelers plan to have a bird’s-eye view(俯视) of Harbin, and they need to pay .
| A．￥160 | B．￥300 | C．￥450 | D．￥150 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the travel in formation? .
| A．Water Cube is special in design. |
| B．The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest. |
| C．In Disneyland, you can’t see any cartoon characters. |
| D．Dragon Tower is an interesting place in Beijing. |
Do you have an umbrella? Someone invented the umbrella about 4,000 years ago. People used umbrellas in Egypt, Assyria, Greece, and China in ancient times. We use our umbrella for protection from the rain. However, people first used umbrellas for protection from the sun. People in China were the first ones to use their umbrellas for rain. They put wax(蜡纸) on paper umbrellas.
European women used umbrellas before European men used them. Jonas Hanway was the first man to carry one in England. He made umbrellas popular for men and women. Some people called the umbrella a Hanway because of him.
We make umbrellas from many different things. The first ones were wood and cloth. Now many are plastic(塑料). Today umbrellas are easy to carry. They fold up into a small package(包). The umbrella is a great invention. Don’t forget yours the next time when it rains.
根据文章内容判断正误，正确的写“A”，错误的写“Ｂ”。The umbrella was invented about 2,000 years ago.
The first umbrellas were used for protection from sun.
People in Europe were the first ones to use their umbrellas for rain.
Some people called the umbrella a Hanway because he made umbrellas popular for people.
The first umbrellas were made from plastic.
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering(不开花的) plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds(种子). The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores(孢子). Spores are very, very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady(阴凉的) places, they usually grow into new plants.What fact does the passage lead you to believe?
| A．Of all living things, animals are most important. |
| B．Spores are seeds. |
| C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds. |
| D．Without plants, man will die out. |
The paragraph following the passage will be about ________.
| A．how plants can make food from air |
| B．how spores grow into new plants |
| C．why some plants have no seeds |
| D．why non-flowering plants are more important than flowering plants |
This passage is most likely to be taken from ________.
| A．a story book | B．a novel |
| C．a science magazine | D．a laboratory report |