Birthdays are celebratedall over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebr 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

In the deep blue Indian Ocean, there’s a beautiful island (岛) country called Maldives(马尔代夫). It’s the smallest in population and area of all the Asian countries. It has an area of 90,000 km², but 99% of the area is covered by the sea. It has 1,190 islands and is about 820 km from North to South. People live on no more than 200 islands, while another 87 are visited by tourists. Some of the islands are only used for fishing or farming. The capital Maléis is on one of the middle islands, and about 75,000 people live there. The people there are friendly and welcoming. They use their traditional games to welcome people from all over the world. It is sunny on the islands almost every day, and makes them look so beautiful. People can enjoy lots of things in Maldives.
小题1:How many people live in the capital Maléis?

Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account ( 账户)each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off( 注销)the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent, of course \
Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it puts in 86, 400 seconds. Every evening it writes off, as it is lost. There is no balance or overdraft 透支) . If you fail to use the day’s savings, the lost is yours. There is no going back. There is no taking from " tomorrow". You must make good use of it so as to get more in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade; To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature( 早产)baby; To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper; To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet; To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train; To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided(避免)an accident.
Make good use of every moment that you have. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called "The Present".
小题1:The underlined word "balance" in paragraph 1 means_________.

A．平衡

B．贷款

C．余款

D．提款

小题2: What is special about the TIME bank we each have?

A．We can store time in it whenever we like.

B．Someone puts $ 86, 400 in it every day.

C．The time in it will surely get lost if you don’t use it.

D．Someone helps you spend your time every night.

小题3:What can be the best title of the passage?

A．The Bank of Money	B．The Bank of Time
C．The value of one hour	D．The clock is running

小题4: In this passage, the writer tries to tell us_________.

A．what a bank is	B．how to save money
C．the difference of time units	D．to make good use of time

It was the last night of my summer camp. 16 I didn’t want to leave, I had to go back home the next day. I didn’t want to pack (收拾行装). I just wanted to make the night go 17 . How I wished that I could make time 18 at that moment! However, it seemed that time flew more quickly than before. I 19 on the bed, but I wasn’t 20 at all. I just closed my 21 , thinking of every minute I had 22 with my friends during the camp.
Just then, someone 23 the door. “Open the door, please.” said a soft 24 . I thought it was my friend, Elle. So I replied, “It’s open.” Then the door 25. When I looked at the door, I was 26. There stood all my friends, Elle, Lily, Sally and Allie. Together they walked over to my 27 and then each of them gave me a big hug (拥抱). We 28 our phone numbers and e-mail addresses to each other. We said that no matter how far we would be away from each other, we would 29 forget each other.
Just then, a tear slowly rolled down my face. As I looked up, I noticed all of my friends’ eyes were also 30 .

A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where to plant it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one of his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit. Finally he planted the tree in his wood. But without sunlight and good soil(土壤),the tree soon died,
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What’s the difference? " the farmer said angrily and then told what he had thought.
"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree !"
小题1:What gift did the farmer get from his friend one day?
小题2:How many people are there in the story?
小题3:Where did the farmer plant the apple tree at last?
小题4:Why did the apple tree soon die?
小题5:Who destroyed the apple tree?

林华的英语老师今天布置了一份问卷调查，假如你是林华的一个被调查者，请把你的回答放到相应问题前的序号内, 其中有一个答案是多余的。

A. Once a week. B. For nine hours C. By bike.
D. Go shopping. E. France. F. Playing basketball

小题1:What do you usually do on weekends?
小题2:Where are you going for winter vacation?
小题3: How often do you watch TV?
小题4:How do you usually go to school?
小题5:What’s your favorite exercise?

(At the beach)
Ben: Hi, Judy! I can’t believe you came to join us!
Judy: Hello, Ben. I came because I like your idea: when you give, you’re rich. I’m happy that I can do something for the Earth.
Ben: Right. That’s why we had this plan to get our clean beach back. Do you know if Paul’s coming? I remember he had the same idea and said he would try his best to come over.
Judy: But he just called and said he wouldn’t come today because it’s too hot.
Ben: I can’t believe it! He always says, “We can do this and that….”
Judy: Don’t you know him? He only pays lip service to what should be done but seldom does anything.
Ben: I see. Let’s forget about him. We’ll have Tony and Sophie to help us soon.
Judy: That’s great. So where should we start now? Should we pick up those bottles first?
Ben: Sure, let’s go.
小题1:Why are Ben and Judy at the beach?

A．To go swimming.

B．To clean up the beach.

C．To have a beach party.

D．To learn about sea animals.

小题2:What does Judy mean by saying Paul pays lip service?

A．He enjoys eating.

B．He is good at singing.

C．He talks a lot but does little.

D．He kisses people to show his thanks.

小题3:Which is true?

A．Paul comes to the beach in the end.

B．Judy feels bad about going to the beach.

C．Ben is surprised to see Judy at the beach.

D．Tony and Sophie will not come to the beach.

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.
小题1:According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now.

A．a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed

B．a soldier who has not had any experience in war

C．a person who is new in a job

D．a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country

小题2:The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ________.

小题3:Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right?

A．If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat.

B．The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago.

C．Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains.

D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution.

小题4:We can know from the passage that _______.

A．all growing plants is green

B．green is the most important color in nature

C．a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well

D．the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years

小题5:The main idea of the passage is ________.

A．a greenhorn	B．a green thumb
C．the Green Revolution	D．the word “green” and its story

Sometimes the easiest way to get somewhere is on the back of a bike.
More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi( 马拉维 ).Bikes are the most popular in this African country.
Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “ bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.
If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on . You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.
Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.
28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job.“I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people,” he says.
小题1:In Malawi ________ are the most popular way for people to get somewhere.

小题2:The passage tells us that Alice enjoys the bike taxi because it’s________.

A．on the side of the road	B．popular and heavy
C．all over the country	D．cheap and easy

小题3:From the passage we can learn Panjira Khombe thinks that________.

A．going shopping is easy	B．making boats is difficult
C．riding a bike taxi is cheap	D．carrying heavy people is interesting

小题4:The best title of the passage may be “________ ” .

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