题目内容
—_______ should I go to the station?
—You can take a bus.
A. When B. Where C. Why D. How
I think it's really ______ hard work for me to finish the job in ten minutes．
A. a B. an C. the D. 不填
Researchers in the 1960s found bilingual（双语的）people scored higher on intelligence （智力）tests than monolinguals—people who speak only one language. The latest studies show that being bilingual does not necessarily make people cleverer, but it probably does make you better at certain skills.
Imagine driving down the highway. There are many things that could attract your attention and you really need to be able to watch all of them. Why would bilingualism make you any better at that?
The answer is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention—a function（功能）called the executive control system. It’s quite possibly the most important system we have because it’s where all of your decisions about what to attend to, what to ignore（忽视），what to process are made.
The best method to measure（测量）the executive control system is called the Stroop Test. Suppose you would have the word blue written in red but you have to say the colour red. But “blue” is so eye-catching, and you really want to say “blue”. You need to ignore it so that you can say the colour red. That’s the Stroop Test.
Bilingual people continually practice this function. They have to, because both languages are active in their brain at the same time. They need to ignore one to be able to speak in the other. This exercise might help in other ways, too. Researchers say bilingual children are more likely to have trends from different cultures. Bilingual adults are often four to five years later than others in developing Alzheimer’s disease.
1.What did the recent research find about bilingual people?
A. They can safely drive their cars.
B. They can well manage their attention.
C. They can have a better control of imagination.
D. They can easily pick out the colours they want.
2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. Red. B. Blue. C. Test. D. System.
3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Bilingualism may do harm to people’s health.
B. Bilingualism helps children make more foreign friends.
C. People must practice speaking two languages continually.
D. People use more active words from their mother languages.
4.What might be the best title for the text?
A. How does the Stroop Test work?
B. What is executive control system?
C. Are monolingual people smarter?
D. Are bilingual people better at some skills?
John and Ann are from Dublin, Ireland. They’ve been friends since they were children. They lived in the same neighbourhood (社区) when they were young and they went to the same university.
Today John is a 34-year-old policeman. He works in the heart of Dublin. He is very busy and doesn’t have much free time. He found a maid (女佣) to clean his house on Saturdays, but during the week he has to make the bed and tidy up his room. He must also wash the dishes. Sometimes he cooks a meal, but most of the time he stops at a restaurant near his home and buys a meal for dinner. He often arrives home very late. Luckily, his maid is quite professional and takes good care of the house. In just 6 hours, the house becomes clean, with a fresh look and clean air.
Ann is 35 years old. She lives in a small village in Dublin. She works as a doctor at the village’s health centre. She starts working at 9 am and finishes at 4 pm. There is a half-hour lunch break at 12:30 pm. After work, Ann has to pick up her two daughters from school. After they arrive home, the children do their homework while Ann prepares dinner. Her husband usually does part of the housework when he gets home. First he prepares the children’s bath and then he washes clothes. Before dinner, he hangs (挂) up the clothes and then the children help him to lay the table (摆放餐具) and ... it’s dinner time! After dinner, Ann’s husband usually does the dishes while she tidies up the kitchen. When there is too much rubbish, she takes it out.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.What is John?
A. An actor. B. A doctor. C. A scientist. D. A policeman.
2.What does the underlined word “professional” mean in Chinese?
A. 幽默的 B. 敏感的 C. 专业的 D. 传统的
3.How long does Ann work a day?
A. For six hours.
B. For six and a half hours.
C. For seven hours.
D. For seven and a half hours.
4.What does Ann’s husband often do after dinner?
A. He does the dishes.
B. He tidies up the kitchen.
C. He washes his children’s clothes.
D. He helps the children with homework.
5.What do we know about John and Ann?
A. They are the same age.
B. They both have a big family.
C. They went to the same high school.
D. They once lived in the same neighbourhood.
In the English Club, students need to _______ each other in English. It will help them improve their spoken English.
A. agree with B. communicate with C. worry about D. think about
Today Mr.Liu told us something about universe in class.
A. a B. an
C. the D. /
Jack ack is from England (英国). He is 13 years old. He and his parents are in Beijing now. Jack can speak Chinese and English. His Chinese teacher Mrs Zhang is good to him. And Jack also likes her. Jack likes playing basketball. He can also swim but he can’t swim well. So he joins Cool Swimming Club.
There he has a new friend, Ben. The boy is ll years old and he is from Shanghai. He is in Beijing with his grandfather. His Chinese is very good. Ben likes basketball and swimming. He swims very well. He often helps Jack with swimming. Oh, Ben is also a movie fan (电影迷). He goes to movies every week.
1.Jack joins Cool Swimming Club because he ________.
A. swims B. can’t swim very well
C. can’t play basketball D. is too young
2.Mrs. Zhang is Jack’s ________.
A. mother B. friend C. Chinese teacher D. art teacher
3.Ben is from ________. He is in ________ now.
A. Shanghai; Beijing B. America; Shanghai
C. Beijing; Shanghai D. London; Beijing
4.Ben ________.
A. plays tennis very well B. likes playing basketball
C. doesn’t like movies D. likes singing
5.Ben often helps Jack with ________.
A. swimming B. baseball C. Chinese D. English
Two months ago, my family moved to Planet Zox. There are species (物种) from many different planets on Planet Zox. In fact, I liked my new planet till it was time to start school.
“I’m worried,” I told my parents that first morning. “Nobody there will be like me.”
“They don’t have to be like you to be friends with you,” Mum said.
When I got to school, I kept an eye out for other humans (人). I found a few in the halls, but I was the only one in my class. Nobody talked to me all morning. At lunch, I found that all the other humans were eating with other species. I found only one table with empty (空的) chairs. There, alone, sat one of my classmates, Hululialana. She had many tentacles (触手). I spoke to her with great care (关心), “Hello, Hululialana.”
Slowly, one of her tentacles pulled (拉) a chair closer to me.
I sat down. “Thank you,” I said. We looked at each other, then away.
“How’s your first day going?” I quickly asked.
“I wish I were still at my old school,” she said.
“I miss my old school too,” I said.
“But you’re not the only human__I’m the only Hulu.”
I thought for a minute and said, “That makes you special.”
“That makes me a freak (怪人),” she said.
“Well, let’s be freaks together.”
Then, for the first time, Hululialana smiled.
After that day, school on Planet Zox began to be pretty fun.
1.Before the writer went to his new school, he worried that _______.
A. the subjects would be difficult
B. the school would be dangerous
C. he couldn’t understand the teachers
D. he would look different from others
2.The underlined part “kept an eye out for” in Paragraph 4 means “_______”.
A. 调查 B. 负责
C. 信赖 D. 留心
3.What can we know about Hululialana？
A. She lived close to the writer.
B. She thought she was a freak.
C. She was bored with her old school.
D. She had fewer tentacles than the writer.
4.The underlined sentences show that Hululialana probably felt _______.
A. lucky B. proud
C. sad D. angry
5.After the lunch, the writer and Hululialana might _______.
A. become close
B. leave Planet Zox
C. get popular at school
D. go to a different table
There was a man who had four sons. He hoped that his sons could learn not to judge(评判) things too ___________. So he gave them each of his four sons a question, asking them to go and look at a pear tree during different ___________.
The first son set out in the winter,the second in the spring,the third in the summer and the youngest son in the autumn.
When all of them returned home, he called them together to __________what they saw.
The first son said the tree was ugly and there was __________there.
The second son said the tree was covered with ___________buds and full of hope.
The third son didn’t have the same idea as his two brothers, saying that it was full of ____________. He said they smelled sweet and looked beautiful.
The last son____________ with all of them, saying that there were lots of fruit___________the tree, and the tree was full of life.
The man told his sons that they were all right, ___________each of them only saw the tree during one season. He told his sons that they cannot judge a tree only by one season.
If you give up during the coldness of winter, you'll miss the___________of spring, the beauty of summer,and harvest of autumn in your life.
1.A. clearly B. slowly C. quickly D. carefully
2.A. years B. seasons C. months D. weeks
3.A. describe B. draw C. discuss D. decide
4.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
5.A. green B. black C. purple D. blue
6.A. leaves B. pears C. flowers D. birds
7.A. agreed B. disagreed C. helped D. shared
8.A. with B. to C. at D. on
9.A. if B. while C. when D. because
10.A. hope B. life C. beauty D. future
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