How does a young dog or cat get to know a new home? The animal uses its nose. Right away it smells its new places. Then it makes wider and wider circles, smelling all the time. Before long it can find its way home very well, even in the dark. It simply follows something it knows well.

Stories happen about animals who found their way across land they had never smelled before. Take the case of Smoky, a small white cat. Smoky had some funny red hair around its right ear. One day Smoky and his owner began a long journey. They were moving from Oklahoma to Tennessee. When they were just eighteen miles from their Oklahoma home, Smoky jumped out of the car. Then he found his way back to the old house. There he wandered around outside for many days. Finally he disappeared.

A year later Smoky meowed at the door of a house in Tennessee. A man opened the door. “Is that you, Smoky?” he said in surprise. At first he couldn’t believe it. Then he saw the red hair around its right ear. It was Smoky!

1.What is the first thing a pet does in a new place?

A. It follows something it knows. B. It finds its way in the dark

C. It smells the new place. D. It travels a long way.

2.Put these events in the right order that they happened.

①Smoky went to his old house. ②Smoky jumped out of the car. ③Smoky got to Tennessee.

A. ②①③ B. ③①② C. ②③① D. ③②①

3.What does the underlined word "wandered" mean in the passage?

A. 围绕 B. 思考 C. 搜寻 D. 游荡

4.What does “it” in the second line from the bottom refer to(指的是)?

A. One journey B. One thing C. One dog D. One cat

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. A Humorous Cat B. A Kind Owner

C. An Excellent Memory D. A Surprising Journey

He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn‘t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.

This is Jay Chou,the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king(天王)。 His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his new album (唱片), “Ye Huimei”, and the album was released (发行) in July and was named after his mother.

Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.

His mother noticed the boy‘s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.

Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me,” said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No.101 Middle School in Beijing.

“He is true to himself. He never follows others,” said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong,Jiangsu Province.

根据以上短文内容,然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。

1.From this passage,we know that Jay Chou _______.

A. is very handsome

B. has a bright smile

C. often makes too much noise

D. is a pop music star

2.His fans are so excited because _______.

A. he released a new album in July

B. he will sing new songs in Beijing

C. he can play the piano very well

D. his new album was named after his mother

3.When he was a little child, he _______.

A. talked a lot every day B. did well in his study at school

C. started to like music D. had huge crowds of fans

4.According to one of his fans,Jay _______.

A. is a good student B. has long and beautiful hair

C. is a well-known pianist D. is very attractive to them

5.The sentence “He never follows others” in the last paragraph means _______.

A. he always has his own style(风格)

B. he likes to walk alone

C. he doesn‘t like other people’s songs at all

D. no one can catch up with him

The British are known as people who love to stand in line, but a new research shows that the British are only about average (平均数) at waiting politely in a queue(排、队). The French are the best. It's the Germans who don't have a good habit of standing in line. They can't stand to wait for anything. They begin to shout loudly and noisily if the line doesn't seem to be moving fast enough. Sadly it never moves fast enough for them.

The experts studied 940 people across Europe. They watched secretly as they waited in line to get tickets, to order fast food and to wait for the bus. They found people who are good at forming (排成) queues feel that they move along faster. For example, in Britain, the average waiting at a queue needs about three and a half minutes. In Germany or Sweden people hate waiting in line. In fact, people spend double the time as the British in queues. They get to the front of the queue without thinking about others, so they waste others' time.

The expert who did the research had asked a person to break into a queue to see what people would do. In Britain, people shouted loudly at him, but when he said," I' m terribly sorry. I didn't realize there was a queue. Do go before me. " People smiled and said. "Oh, that's all right, one more won't matter much. "It was also found in France, where 80% of the people didn't mind standing in line only if they were treated politely. While in Germany everyone was angry and wore an unhappy face. The expert said, "If only they could learn from the British and the French to think of queuing as an exercise in making the best of an unhappy thing, they might find that the queue then moves faster."

1.The research shows that the people in _______ are the most polite in standing in line.

A. Sweden B. Britain C. France D. Germany

2.The Germans spend more time than the British in queues because they __________.

A. always talk a lot with others B. like waiting in line

C. don't follow the rule of queuing D. don't know the rule of queuing

3.According to the research, which of the following is TRUE ?

A. The British didn't care about the queue jumper.

B. The Germans were angry with the queue jumper.

C. The French treated the queue jumper badly.

D. The Swedish enjoyed themselves while queuing.

4.From the last sentence we know the expert wished the Germans could__________.

A. have a good habit of standing in line B. save others' time while queuing

C. move quickly when queuing D. take exercise in queues

5.The result of the research shows that__________.

A. people in Europe hate waiting in line

B. standing in line is a kind of exercise

C. there are always queue jumpers all over the world

D. people who are good at standing in line think they move along faster

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