You may have already forgotten the days when you had to learn how to use chopsticks．Every Chinese kid manages to use them for some time． But chopsticks are not just simple tools to pick up food． They come with their Own special rules and traditions．
Generally， people should not make noise with chopsticks． Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners， just as playing with forks and knives in a Western country would be rude．
There are also some superstitions （迷信） related to chopsticks． For example， some people believe that chopsticks should not be left standing upright in a bowl． It looks like the incense （香）that Chinese use to honor the dead．Doing it at the dinner table is believed to bring bad luck．
You should not tap（敲） chopsticks on the edge of the bowl either， as beggars （乞丐） do this to ask for food． Parents might get angry if children do this as they don't want their children to be as poor as beggars in the future．
Besides， chopsticks can also be a great gift． In Chinese， "chopsticks" are known as "kuaizi"，so newlyweds （新婚夫妇） feel happy to receive chopsticks as a wedding gift． Skilled craftsmen （手艺人）paint beautiful pictures on chopsticks to make them look like fine artwork． Today， even people from western countries are leaning to use chopsticks and like to collect them as souvenirs（纪念品）．
（1）The text is about ．
A． history of chopsticks
B． stories behind chopsticks
C． rules and traditions of using chopsticks
（2）What is Chinese people's opinion of playing with chopsticks？
A． It is all right．
B． It is not polite．
C． It is funny．
（3）What does the underlined word "honor" mean？
A．挽救
B．复活
C．表达敬意
（4）Chinese parents might get angry when their children tap chopsticks on the edge of the bowl because they don't want their children to ．
A． get ill
B． be poor
C． become lazy
（5）Giving newlyweds chopsticks is welcome because it means ．
A． having a baby soon
B． having good meals
C． being rich quickly
As Sam slowly woke, he got a funny feeling in his stomach. He knew he would have to do something that he had been afraid to do for a long time.
The school bus came on time, and he sat with his friend, Billy. They chatted about baseball. It was a great way to get his mind off what he had to do later. As they got close to the school, he could feel his heart beating. His hands were starting to sweat. He hated this!
He entered Mrs. Owen’s class. She was smiling, and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.
“Hi, Sam!” she said as he walked in.
“Hi,” he said and quickly sat in his seat. Then the class began to take their spelling test. He looked at the clock. The time was near. He hoped he was not first! Mrs. Owens said it was time to begin their special day.
“Sam, you’ll be first.” Mrs. Owens said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his report on Hawaii, and I know it is very interesting.”
Sam nervously greeted his class. Then, he thought about the fun things he had read about surfing, volcanoes, and pineapples in Hawaii, and he started to talk. He talked in front of the whole class, and it was fun. The class clapped as he finished and Mrs. Owens was smiling. It wasn’t terrible at all and he knew he would do better the next time. How did Sam feel after he woke?
| A．Excited. | B．Nervous. | C．Happy. | D．Hungry. |
What did Sam have to do that day?
| A．To have a baseball match. | B．To take a reading test. |
| C．To go to a new class. | D．To do something special. |
What does the underlined word “sweat” probably mean?
| A．触摸 | B．鼓掌 | C．出汗 | D．指点 |
Which could be inferred (推断) from this passage?
| A．Sam hated chatting about baseball. |
| B．Sam learned about Hawaii by travelling. |
| C．Mrs. Owens is unfriendly to her students. |
| D．The class enjoyed Sam’s talk very much. |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．A special day | B．An interesting lesson |
| C．A nice teacher | D．A professional report |
阅读短文，然后在下面的表格中完成内容提要，每空不超过3个单词。（共4个小题，每小题2分）
New Energy in the Twenty-first Century
Energy from the wind
Wind is a kind of clean energy, and there is lots of it, But, if there’s no wind, there is no wind energy.
Energy from the water
When water moves from a high place to a lower place, it can make electricity(电）without pollution. However, people have to build dams(水坝) to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.
Energy from the earth
There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal(地热的)energy. This kind of energy is cheap, but itis only possible in afew places in the world.
Energy from the sun
Solar panels (太阳电池板) on the roofs of houses can turn energy from the sun into electricity. Solar power is clean and plentiful(丰富的).but when the weather is bad, It doesn’t work.
New Energy in Twenty-first Century
| Advantages |
Disadvantages |
|
| Wind Energy |
Clean .There is a lot. |
It needs |
| Water Energy |
It is expensive. |
|
| Geothermal Energy |
only possible in afew places |
|
| Solar Energy |
Clean and plentiful. |
It depends too much on |
Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood(洪水) ,and quite a few houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high enough to escape it.
Elizabeth helped one of the families which had lost everything. She shared her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand her since she already had so many children to take care.
"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, at the end of World War II, there was a poor woman in a town in England .Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just like me now .The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, “We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one present for us all .Now I’ll go and get it. She came back with a little girl who had no parents .Here’s our present, she said to her own children. The children were more than excited to get such a present. They welcomed the little girl warmly, and she grow up as their sister. I was that Christmas present."
Survey about What Students Do in the Summer Vacation
| The students |
The things they do in the summer vacation |
Feelings |
| 80% |
Study in some training schools |
Bored |
| 50% |
Got together with classmates |
Happy |
| 40% |
Play computer games |
Excited |
| 20% |
Do chores at home |
Tired |
Most students____-in the summer vacation
A. learn some subjects B play computer games C do chores at home According to the survey, what the students like to do best is____.
A. Study in the training school
B. get together with their classmates
C. do chores at home
阅读下列图表，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共4个小题，每小题2分）
阅读下面的内容
| Office Clerk Wanted 1.Good looking 2.Agad between 22 and 26 3.Good at English and Putonghua 4.Good at computer programme Apply to:Xunda company Ltd.Xinangtan Tel:0731-55235916 |
Xunda company Ltd.wants______.
A an office clerk
B a computer programme
C. a beautiful girl.If you want the job. you must be_____.
A. able to speak two foreign languages
B. good at repairing computers
C young and beautiful