As a kid, I walked to the library several times a week and stayed up late reading. I checked out so many books and returned them so quickly the librarian once snapped, "Don’t take home so many books if you’re not going to read them all."
"But I did read them all," I said.
In college, when I created my online dating(约会) profile, in the " favorite books" section I put One Hundred Years of Solitude, A Moveable Feast, White Fang and so on. But I realized I hadn’t read most of those titles for two years.
David was my first online date. David read about a book or two a week. When we compared libraries, we had only four titles in common.
On our seventh date, David and I visited the library.
"I have a game," he said, taking out two pens and Postits(便利贴). Let’s find books we’ve read and leave reviews in them for the next person. "
We stayed there for an hour.
Before leaving, I said, "I will tell you something. I’ve only read one book this year. "
"But you like books, "he said. "You like bookstores. You like libraries. Read a book!"
Back home, David's charge to "read a book" echoed in my head. I bought books whenever I got the chance, but I hardly read them. They sat on every surface until my house appeared to wear books the way one wears clothes.
I picked up one. Whenever I wanted to give up on it, I thought of David.______________
"How’s your day?" David texted.
"Good. A little tired, "I replied. "I stayed up late and finished my book. "The last time I'd pulled an allnighter to read, I was 12 and the book was Little Women.
David suggested we visit the library again. He pulled a book from the shelf, dropped to one knee, and opened it. Inside, his Postit read:"Karla, it has always been you. Will you marry me? "
His proposal had rested in the book for over a year.
(1)How do the first two paragraphs help develop the story?
A. To show how rude the librarian was.
B. To show Karla was always a reader.
C. To prove Karla just liked borrowing books.
D. To prove it’s better to buy books than borrow books.
(2)Which is the correct order of what happened to Karla?
a. She had a game with David.
b. She created her online dating profile.
c. She was shown the Postit written to her.
d. She told David she only read one book that year.
e. She found they had only four titles in common.
A. dbeac
B. baecd
C. beadc
D. dbase
(3)Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5 from the bottom?
A. I just loved the idea of reading.
B. I tried to appear to be a book lover.
C. I painfully realized most of my books went unread.
D. I felt him pushing me to be more of the person I used to be.
(4)What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Falling in love by the book
B. Buying books for yourself not for your shelf
C. A true lover of books knows no time
D. Love books enough and books love you back
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was improved .Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photographers also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings like other kinds of art. The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ________
A.his business | B.his house | C.his garden | D.his window |
The Daguerreotype was_______.
A.a Frenchman | B.a kind of picture |
C.a kind of camera | D.a photographer |
If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to_____.
A.watch lots of films |
B.buy an expensive camera |
C.stop in most cities |
D.take many films and something else. |
This passage tells us_____________.
A.how photography was developed |
B.how to show feelings in pictures |
C.how to take pictures in the world |
D.how to use different cameras |
阅读下列内容,从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。The people inneedn’t go to work on Fridays.
A.Canada | B.Scotland | C.Japan | D.Egypt |
If it is 8:00 a.m. in western Canada, the time is _______ in eastern Canada.
A.11:00a.m | B.2:00 p.m. | C.12:30 p.m. | D.4:00 a.m. |
While Canadian children are waking up, children in Scotland are ________.
A.having lessons | B.sleeping | C.watching TV | D.playing games |
Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortable environment. If the envionment(环境) is bad, it will affect(影响)our bodies, and make us not feel well. Sometimes we may be terribly ill. At that time we don’t want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the envrionment is very important to us.
It’s germ that makes us ill. There are germs everywhere, They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope(显微镜). They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing, Germs can always be found in the dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust(灰尘). If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your boby, and you will have pain everywhere.
To keep us healthy, we should try to our best to make our environment become cleaner and tidier. This needs us to act together.The writer tell us that________.
A.we like working when we are ill |
B.germs can’t live in the water. |
C.we can’t feel ill if the environment is bad. |
D.we feel well when the environment is good. |
Germs are________.
A.very small things that you can’t see with your eyes. |
B.the things that don’t effect people. |
C.the things that you can find with your eyes. |
D.the things that are very big. |
Where can germs be found? They can be found_________.
A.on the small thing | B.in air and dust |
C.only in dirty water | D.everywhere |
How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?
A.I will feel nothing. | B.I won’t mind. |
C.I will feel tense. | D.I will feel painful. |
From the passage we know that________
A.environment doesn’t affect our life. |
B.we don’t need to improve our environment. |
C.germs may make us ill. |
D.if the environment is better, germs will be more. |
Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant (仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.
One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, “Here are two bottles of poison (毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take good care of them.” With these words, he went out.
But the servant knew that the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.In the story, _______ liked wine and good food very much.
A.the rich man | B.the servant | C.both A and B | D.neither A and B |
The rich man knew that it was _______ that drank the wine and ate up all the nice food.
A.the cat | B.himself | C.nobody | D.the servant |
The rich told the servant that there was poison in the two bottles, because ________.
A.there was in fact poison in the bottles |
B.he did not want the servant to drink his wine |
C.he wanted to kill the cat |
D.he wanted to kill the servant |
In fact, _______ ate all the nice food and drank the wine.
A.the servant | B.cat | C.the rich man | D.nobody |
From the story, we know that the servant is very _______.
A.lazy | B.bad | C.clever | D.kind |
A woman saw three o1d men sitting in her front yard.She said,“I don’t think I know you,but you must be very hungry. Please come in and have something to eat. ”
“We don’t go into a house together,”they replied.
“Why is that?” she asked.
One of the old men answered.“His name is Wealth,this is Success, and I am Love.” Then he said,“Now go in and discuss with your family which one of us you want in your house.”
Then the woman went in and told her family what was said. She said “Let’s invite Wealth. Let him come in and bring us nice things.We have been so poor.”His husband disagreed,“My
dear,why don't we invite Success? Don’t you want me to be a successful man?.”
Then the daughter asked,“Would it be better to invite Love? Our life will then be filled with 1ove!” “Let’s take our daughter's advice(建议)s,” said the father and mother.
So the woman went out and asked, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our Guest. ”Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other two also got up and followed Him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success, “I only invited Love. Why are you coming along?” The two o1d men answered,“If you had invited Wealth or Success, two of us would have stayed out, but since you have invited Love, wherever he goes, we go with him. Where there is Love, there is Wealth and Success.”
根据短文内容,判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的在题前括号内写“T”,错误的写“F"。This is a true story that happened a 1ong time ago.
Wealth could make the family very rich.
The family had different ideas and didn't know whom to invite.
The three o1d men all went into the house to get something to eat.
The story tells us that 1ove is the most important of al1.