题目内容
“If I had one million yuan,I would buy you a palace! Do I have one million yuan? No,I don't! So I only can spend ten fen on this short message, sending you my best wishes!”
Today, SMS—Short Message Service is popular and brings people a lot of joy.China Mobile says that every second,there are 410 messages being sent.
Look around you! People are watching their mobiles,smiling or laughing.Thumbs(拇指)are moving quickly on mobiles,bringing happiness to their friends.Through SMS,we know the weather report,share jokes and news,express love and friendship.
SMS is becoming more and more popular.It is reported that 67%of young people like to send short messages to greet each other.Internet SMS will be helpful to people.I am thankful for the progress because SMS saves me much money.Just on the top end of a thumb,so much joy can be found !
1.How much does one short message cost according to the passage?
2.Which finger plays the most important role when sending short messages on mobiles?
3.Who like SMS better, the young or the old?
4.What is the passage mainly about?
1.Ten fen./It costs ten fen./It costs 10 fen.
2.A thumb./The thumb.
3.The young.
4.Short Message Service./SMS is popular and brings people a lot of joy./The ways people use SMS and the joy people can get through it.
There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform (平台)was built so that the artist could put up the ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.
One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.
【小题1】The story happened in ______.
A.America | B.France | C.German | D.England |
A.To see how his work was progressing. | B.To have a better look at his painting. |
C.To paint a bow in his painting. | D.To pour some paint on his painting. |
A.He painted a famous painting himself. | B.He ran forwards to stop him. |
C.He shouted to the artist and painted his painting. | D.He stopped mixing the paints. |
Note: a: artist b: assistant c: painting ←: the direction of the movement.
【小题5】After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?
A.He would be angry with what the assistant had done. |
B.He would punish the assistant for having destroyed his painting. |
C.He would be thankful to be the assistant for having saved his life. |
D.He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more. |
Now, there is a new-type school in New York, which has no everyday lessons, no class teachers and even no school buildings. It is called “City-as-School”. The name just means the city itself is the place where students learn their lessons. They are from the age of 15 to 18. The students choose areas of work which interest them. Then they help to do that work. One girl spends her week in a government office helping the public with problems like housing. Then she goes to help in a theatre for a day and she spends a week for first-year courses at college.
Well, students have to pass Maths and science exams before they enter the “school”. These subjects are not easy to provide in“City-as-School”. Teachers watch the progress of the students. The success rate (比率) is high. 80% of the students go to college after the “City-as-School”.
The students like the duty of their work. They have the sense of purpose. They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city. One of the students, Lizette Martinez, writes “ I want to say that I do not know where I would be right now if I had never become part of City-as-School. Leaving my regular high school and going to City-as-School was the best decision I have ever made. The way the school works to get you to go out there and learn different fields instead of sitting in a classroom is wonderful. For all those who are in between school and dropping out, go to CAS and it will change your life forever.”
City-as-School High School is the nation’s leading (引导) external (外部地) learning or experiential (来自经验的) learning model for high school students.
【小题1】What can we learn about“City-as-School”?
A.It has no teachers. |
B.It has no school buildings. |
C.It has only girl students. |
D.It is the only school in the city. |
A.They do whatever they like. |
B.They learn Maths and Science. |
C.They help with work in a certain area. |
D.They learn all the college courses. |
A.all the students go to college |
B.students forget the duty of their work |
C.students earn much money while studying |
D.students learn a lot about different kinds of work |
A.A New City | B.A New School |
C.A New-type School | D.A Girl in New York |