During work hours, among the sounds of machines, the kitchen of Bach’s Bakery (面包房) is especially tidy and quiet, not because of any rules against talking during work hours, but because all of the workers have a hearing disability. They are hard-working and professional in their work, and use sign language to communicate with each other from time to time.
Bach’s Bakery lies in Changsha City, Hunan Province. It is run by a German couple, Uwe Brutzer and his wife Dorothee Brutzer, who started it up ten years ago with the purpose of creating more jobs for those disabled in the neighborhood. So far, Bach’s Bakery has trained around 30 hearing disabled people. While some skilled workers found jobs in other bakeries and hotels and have been able to live on their own, several of them have stayed to work at the bakery after they completed the training.
The Brutzers’ work has won the support of many people in China. With the spread of news about the bakery, many Internet users learned about Bach’s Bakery and its inspiring story. As a result, many local people in Changsha as well as visitors from other parts of the country come to buy their products, Uwe said that public attention has encouraged them a lot and helped grow the bakery’s business, resulting in workers getting higher pay. However, what he values more is that, through media (媒体) reports, more people have come to understand that disabled people can work as well as other people when they are given chances.
Now, as they are preparing to return to Germany, they have found a German couple teaching in China as the new managers, and handed over the bakery to a public welfare (福利) organization. Their wish is to continue providing free training for the hearing disabled and that the bakery will never be changed into a shop with moneymaking as its main goal.
(1). The workers in Bach’s Bakery use sign language because ________.
| A． |
their boss doesn’t allow them to talk |
B． |
machines make too much noise |
| C． |
they can’t communicate in spoken words |
D． |
heavy work keeps them too busy to speak |
(2). It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Bach’s Bakery ________.
| A． |
also offers jobs to people outside Hunan |
B． |
helps its workers live independently |
| C． |
requires its workers not to leave after training |
D． |
has more than 30 workers now |
(3). In Uwe’s opinion, the greatest value of public attention is that ________.
| A． |
disabled workers are paid more |
B． |
his shop becomes more popular |
| C． |
the disabled are better understood |
D． |
sales of their products get stronger |
(4). What’s the best title for the passage?
| A． |
A Silent Bakery |
B． |
A Special Wish |
C． |
The Success of the Disabled |
D． |
The Rules of Bach’s Bakery |
We all want to have vacations. To me, it’s very important to relax myself. I finished a one-week vacation just now. Let me tell you what I did. I know you will feel bored when you look at other people’s vacation pictures!
My son finished his last week of school. During that week, I became a school mom. They had a class party at a teacher’s house, so I volunteered (志愿) to drive some of the students and attend the party. That was the last week my son would be with them. So it was time for me to spend time with them. I had lunch with the class and then attended their meeting. I never had time to be with the class before. I found it very interesting and my son was happy to show off that.To the writer, the best thing to do on her vacation is .
| A．to play with her child |
| B．to have a good rest |
| C．to work from day to night |
| D．to go to a new place |
According to the writer, people .
| A．don’t like looking at others’ vacation pictures |
| B．often help their children’s teachers |
| C．often work for their children’s classes |
| D．like showing them off in the school |
From the passage, we can guess the party is to celebrate .
| A．the teacher’s birthday |
| B．the teacher’s child’s birthday |
| C．the children’s graduation (毕业) |
| D．the finishing of their vacation |
The word “attend” means .
| A．组织 | B．离开 | C．观赏 | D．参加 |
Little Peter is a boy of nine. He began to go to school the year before last and now he’s in Grade Three. He lives not far from the school but he is often late for class. He likes watching TV in the evening and goes to bed late, so he can’t get up on time in the morning.
This term, Mrs. Black, Peter’s aunt, works in Peter’s school. She teaches Grade Three math. She’s strict with Peter and often tells the boy to obey the school rules and come to school on time. Yesterday morning Peter got up late. When he hurried to school, it was half past eight. His aunt was waiting for him at the school gate.
“You’re ten minutes late for the first class, Peter,” Mrs. Black said angrily.
“Why are you often late for class?”
“Every time I get to the street corner, I see a guidepost(路标). It says：
‘SCHOOL---GO SLOW!’ ”Peter is at school for __________.
| A．one and a half years | B．two years |
| C．more than two years | D．more than three years |
Peter is often late for school because ________.
| A．he likes playing very much |
| B．he goes to school slowly |
| C．he can’t sleep well at night |
| D．he can’t get up on time in the morning |
The first class begins at ________.
| A．ten to eight | B．eight |
| C．eight-twenty | D．ten past eight |
The guidepost is for ________.
| A．drivers | B．Peter | C．workers | D．teachers |
Fruit is good for people. Many people eat some fruit every day. Mr. and Mrs. Green like fruit very much and every Monday Mrs. Green goes to buy some fruit in the shop near her house. The man in the shop knows her well and helps a lot. She can buy all kinds of fruit there, apples, pears, oranges and bananas. In different time of the year, the price of each kind of fruit is not the same, sometimes high, sometimes low. Mrs. Green wants to buy cheap fruit. But Mr. Green likes bananas only. She buys bananas for him every week. She only buys cheap fruit for herselfWhen does Mrs. Green go to buy some fruit?
| A．Saturday | B．Monday. | C．Thursday. | D．every day |
Where does Mrs. Green buy fruit?
| A．In the shop near her house. | B．In the town. |
| C．Near the shop | D．In different shops |
Which of following is not right?
| A．Fruit is good for people. |
| B．Mr. and Mrs. Green like fruit a lot. |
| C．Mrs. Green can buy all kinds of fruit. |
| D．Mrs. Green only buys apples for herself. |
In different time of the year, the price of each kind of fruit is______.
| A．the same | B．not the same | C．high | D．cheap |
There was a heavy snow last night. Maria stayed at home. Her cousin Cara came to visit her. She came back from Beijing. She told Maria something about her vacation. "It was pretty good. "She said. Cara visited the Palace Museum and the Great Wall. She took a lot of photos.
It was lunch time. Maria's parents were not at home. They decided to cook by themselves. Maria cooked noodles with some tomatoes and peppers(胡椒). After Cara ate up the noodles, she said slowly, "I think it is delicious!" But Maria thought the food was too awful. She said," Cara, thank you, but I put too many peppers!"—How was the weather? —It was 。
| A．sunny | B．snowy | C．cloudy | D．rainy |
—Where did Cara go on vacation? —She went to________？
| A．Hainan | B．Tianjin | C．Beijing | D．Anhui |
cooked noodles.
| A．Maria | B．Maria's parents | C．Cara | D．Mary |
There are some with the noodles.
| A．peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes |
| B．green peppers, tomatoes and eggs |
| C．peppers, tomatoes |
| D．peppers and eggs |
Hello! I’m Mark Smith. I’m an American boy. I’m 12 years old. This is my little sister, Ann . She is five. My family are in China now. Because my father and my mother work in China. They are English teachers. They work hard. The students all like them.
Now I’m a middle school student. I have a friend at school. He’s a Chinese boy. He’s very good. His name is Huang Long. His English name is Bill. But I don’t know his family name. Can you tell me?What’s my sister’s name?
| A．Smith Ann | B．Smith | C．Ann | D．Mark |
What’s Ann’ s last name?
| A．Mark | B．Bill | C．Huang | D．Smith |
Where is Mark now?
| A．In China | B．In America |
| C．In England | D．In Canada |
Where is Bill from(来自)？
| A．The USA | B．China | C．Japan | D．England |
Huang Long’s family name is .
| A．Long | B．Bill | C．Smith | D．Huang |