The Tin Lizzie It shook, rattled , and groaned . It wasn't pretty. It looked like a black box sitting on high, skinny wheels. But it could go anywhere, and it was cheap. What was it? It was Henry Ford 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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The Tin Lizzie

　　It shook, rattled (嗄嗄作响), and groaned (呻吟). It wasn't pretty. It looked like a black box sitting on high, skinny wheels. But it could go anywhere, and it was cheap.

　　What was it? It was Henry Ford's Model-T ca－better known as the Tin Lizzie. This car was the most popular of all for nearly 20 years. It changed the American way of life forever.

　　Model T's were sold as fast as they were made. Eleven thousand were sold in 1908. They cost $850 each. Of course, you can't buy a new car for $850 any longer. The prices of new cars keep changing.

　　The line graph below shows how the average prices of American cars have been changing.

　　A line graph shows how something has changed. This kind of graph uses a simple line to show changes. If the line goes up, that means things have gone up in some way. If the line goes down, then something has gone down.

　　Suppose you want to find the average price of cars for 1977. Find 1977 at the bottom of the graph. Find the dot over the year. Then find the price across from the dot.

　　Use the line graph to answer the questions below.

1．What was the average price of a car in 1979?

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A．$4000.

B．$6000.

C．$8000.

D．$10000.

2．What does the line graph show about car prices?

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A．They have been going up.

B．They have been going down.

C．They have not changed.

D．They have been cut in half.

3．In what year did cars cost more than $4000 but less than $6000?

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A．1975.

B．1977.

C．1979.

D．1981.

4．Suppose you were looking for a new car in 1981. What would the average price have been?

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A．Less than $6000.

B．Less than $8000.

C．More than $8000.

D．More than $10000.

5．How did the average price of cars change from 1977 to 1979?

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A．It went up by $1000.

B．It went up by $2000.

C．It went down by $1000.

D．It went down by $2000.

答案：C;A;A;C;B

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Increasing Your Reading Rate

　　Do you know that a fast reader can get the ideas better than a slow reader can? Of course, you save time by reading fast, but this is not the main reason for fast reading. The main reason is that you understand better what you are reading when you read fast.

　　As your eyes move along the line of print, they make fixations (注视) or pauses (停顿) . It is important that you see several words at a fixation. It is also important that your eyes leave a group of words quickly and move on to another group. The number of letters or words that you see at a fixation are called your eye span (视幅、视跨). Pay more attention to improving your rate of reading. With practice you can learn to read faster than you usually read.

　　The way in which you read always depends on what you are reading and for what purpose (目的) . You should know the different ways of reading so that you can apply whatever method that is necessary. Here are four ways of reading, but not all, they may increase your reading rate.

　　1．Skimming is an important kind of reading. This method can be used when you wish to review something that you have forgotten. You may skim to find a lost place of a statement that you have read and cannot recall. You may skim to get an idea of a story.

　　2．Rapid first reading and then rereading certain parts carefully is important. You may use this type of reading to study a science lesson or a history lesson.

　　3．You need to do careful reading and rereading sometimes. This type of reading is necessary for making an intensive study of the main subject of your school curriculum (课程), solving arithmetic problems, studying rules for playing a game, or reading directions .

　　4．Rapid reading is used when reading stories for enjoyment. You may also do rapid reading when reviewing material that you already know well.

1．A fast reader can get the ideas ________ a slow reader can.

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A．as well as

B．better than

C．more slowly

D．more difficulty than

2．In this passage, “eye span” means ________.

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A．eyesight

B．a group of words

C．the number of letters or words you see at a fixation

D．your reading speed

3．The way of reading always depends on ________.

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A．the method that you like

B．your reading material

C．your reading purpose

D．both B and C

4．The word “Skimming” means ________.

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A．reading very fast

B．reading carefully

C．reading only the chief points

D．reading some parts of the material

5．Careful reading is an important kinds of reading ________.

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A．when you read a story for enjoyment

B．when you review a lesson that you already know well

C．when you read the directions before using a camera which is expensive

D．when yon wish to find a lost place that you have read

　　We each have a memory (记忆力). That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.

　　A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects too.

　　But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.

1．Some people can easily learn many things by heart because ________ .

[　　]

A．they always sleep very well

B．they often eat good food

C．they read a lot of books

D．they have very good memories

2．Everybody learns his mother language ________ .

[　　]

A．at the age of six

B．when he is a small child

C．after he goes to school

D．when he can read and write

3．Before a child can speak, he must ________ .

[　　]

A．read and write

B．make sentences

C．hear and remember the sounds

D．think hard

4．In school the pupils can't learn a foreign language well because ________ .

[　　]

A．they have no good memories

B．they have no recorders

C．they have too much time for it

D．they are busy with other subjects

5．Your memory will become better and better ________ .

[　　]

A．if you have plenty of good food

B．if you do more and more exercises

C．if you do morning exercises every day

D．if you get up early

Belize Is Born

　　The world has been changing a lot. Since 1975, more than a dozen(一打，十二个) new nations have appeared. One of the newest is Belize, a tiny nation near Mexico. The British had ruled(统治)Belize for 300 years. But by 1981, the people of Belize were ready to rule themselves. One day in September the British flag came down. The red, white, and blue flag of Belize went up. Belize was independent (独立) at last.

　　Find out more about new nations by looking at the table below. Each of these nations was once ruled by another nation.

　　A table is arranged in columns and rows. A column goes up and down. Each column has a title. The title(题目) tells what kinds of facts are in the column. For example, all the words in the first column are nations.

　　A row in a table goes across, from side to side. Each row has facts about the nation in the first column. For example, one fact about Angola is that it has 6000000 people.

　　Use the table about new nations to answer the questions below.

1．Which nation on the table has nearly ten million people?

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2．Which nation was the last to become independent?

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3．Which nation has the fewest people?

[　　]

4．Which two nations became independent in the same month of the same year?

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A．Angola and Tuvalu

B．Angola and Surinam

C．Tuvalu and Belize

D．Mozambique and Surinam

5．Which two nations were probably ruled by English－speaking people?

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A．Belize and Tuvalu

B．Tuvalu and Surinam

C．Angola and Mozambique

D．Djibouti and Angola

The Slowest and the Fastest

　　The state of Florida was once almost gobbled (大吃) up by snails(蜗牛). They were giant(巨大的) snails from Africa. A visitor took some to Florida, where they spread quickly. Some of the snails were as big as a person's hand. They ate the leaves on trees and other plants. They had to be stopped, and they were. Poison killed thousands of the snails, and Florida was saved.

　　Catching a snail should be easier than catching any other animal. The snail is the slowest of all land animals. Its top speed is 55 yards per hour. At this speed it would take the snail about 32 hours to travel one mile. A snail only goes that fast when it's very hungry.

　　The bar graph below shows some other top speeds.

　　A bar graph has bars of different lengths, instead of pictures. This kind of graph makes it easy to compare several things quickly. To read the graph, notice where each bar ends. Then find the closest number at the bottom of the graph.

　　Use the bar graph about running speeds to answer the questions.

1．What is the top speed of a rabbit?

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2．Fifty miles per hour is the top speed for ________ .

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3．What is the difference in running speed between a greyhound and a gazelle?

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4．The closest to an elephant in running speed is ________ .

[　　]

5．A rabbit and greyhound can both run faster than ________ .

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This Man's Number One

　　Millions of people have their names listed in the Manhattan telephone book in New York. Alec Aarman is special, however. His name came first in the book in 1981. The year before the telephone company did not spell his name right. They spelled it Aarman. So John Aab was the first name listed in the telephone book.

　　Alec loves being first. Everyone can't be first like Alec. Someone has to be last. In 1981, the last person listed in the telephone book was N. Zzherobrouskievskieskieea.

　　People are listed in the telephone book by their last names. The names are arranged in the order of the alphabet (字母), from A to Z. When two names begin with the same letter, the second letter is used in deciding the alphabetical order. When two last names are spelled the same, the first names are alphabetized.

　　Look at the names in the list below. Are they in alphabetical order?

1．The name John Hiedel will appear between ________ .

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A．Hickel, Jos. and Hickel, W.	B．Hickel, W. and Higgins, Arthur
C．Hill, Gloria and Hill, H.D.	D．no names in the list

2．Hill's Top is the name of a store. It may appear in the telephone listing ________ .

[　　]

A．between Hill, Gloria and Hill's Market

B．between Hillo, Saml. and Hill's Market

C．before Hill's Market

D．after all the names

3．Which of the following words will appear first in the order of the alphabet?

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A．Corn./B．Copy.
C．Crab./D．Chair.

4．Which of the following words will appear last in the alphabetical order?

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A．Until.	B．Unlucky.
C．Unfortunate.	D．Unhappy.

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　　A man and his wife wanted to move to a new house. They searched for a long time and finally found an advertisement for a nice one. They looked at the house together and almost decided to buy it, but they wanted to learn more about the neighborhood first. Would the neighbors be nice or not? An old man was walking in front of the house, so they went to him to get some information.

　　“Sir,” said the husband, “my wife and I are looking at this house. It seems excellent and we may buy it. But first, before our final decision, could you please give us some information about the neighborhood? What are the people around here like? We want to avoid trouble if we can.”

　　The old man looked at the couple, and then replied with a question. “What type of people live near you in your present home?”

　　“They're terrible,” the husband replied. “They're always causing arguments (争论) and making trouble. We decided to move mainly to avoid them.”

　　“Well, don't move here”, warned the old man, “You'll find the same type of people here.”

　　The couple thanked the old man for his warning and drove off to continue their search (寻找). Just then a second couple drove up.

　　“Sir,” the second husband said, “could you please give us some information about the neighbors here? We may want to buy this house.”

　　“How are the neighbors around your present home?”

　　“They're excellent,” was the husband's reply. “Everybody is helpful, friendly and cheerful. We never have any trouble. It will be terrible to have to move away from them.”

　　“They're cheerful, eh?” said the old man. “Well, you'll find the same type of people here.”

1．The old man was ________.

[　　]

2．Why did the first couple want to buy a new house?

[　　]

A．To have an excellent house.

B．To learn from the neighborhood.

C．To get away from their neighbors.

D．To have a permanent (永久的) home.

3． The second man and his wife were ________.

[　　]

4．What is the main idea of this passage?

A．People should not ask questions.

B．Do not rely on old men.

C．Nice people can be happy in any place.

D．It is hard to find good neighbors.

Reading Comprehension

　　People are wiser and can do more things than other animals because of their wonderful brains. We can talk, read, write, build houses, and invent things. Your brain has three main parts：the front brain, the hind brain, and the middle brain.

　　The front brain is the largest. It is gray outside and white inside. This is the part of the brain where you remember, think, and plan. With this part of your brain you make your arms and legs do what you want them to do. Here is where the messages from the eyes, ears, and nose let you see, hear, and smell. The hind brain is smaller than the front brain and is more like that of other animals. This part of the brain gives you balance and control of your muscles. You walk without tripping and skip without falling because the hind brain is doing its job. If it were not, you would lose your balance and fall over.

　　The middle brain is the smallest of all, but very important. It controls the beating of your heart, swallowing food, breathing, and other things you do without thinking. The middle brain is a small swelling where the brain joins the spinal cord－a large bundle of nerves in your backbone. The spinal cord is the main road to and from the brain. It comes into the middle brain bringing messages from all parts of your body. It also takes charge when some part of your body is in danger. If you touch a hot iron, the message to the spinal cord makes you pull your finger away even before you feel the pain of the burn. This is called a reflex. Nerves conned most parts of your body to the spinal cord.

1．What is the main idea of the passage?

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A．How brains make people intelligent.

B．How your brain is connected with most parts of your body.

C．How the spinal cord in your body works.

D．How each part of your brain functions.

2．Which part takes charge when one is designing his research project?

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3．The spinal card leads to your

[　　]

4．What does the underlined word “that” in the second paragraph refer to?

[　　]

A．The front brain.

B．The hind brain.

C．The smaller brain.

D．Other animals' brains.

5．If you cut your finger, how can your brain know it?

[　　]

A．Your heart feels it and lets your brain know.

B．When you see the blood, your eyes will send the message to your brain.

C．Your backbone collects the message and sends it to the brain.

D．Your spinal cord collects the massage and sends it to the brain.

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A)、(B)、(C)和(D)中，选出可以完成句子或回答所提问题的最佳选项，并填写在题前括号内。

　　It's important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:

　　1．Reduce

　　If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely(明智的). A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste.

　　2．Reuse

　　You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

　　3．Recycle

　　Bottles, cans(罐子) and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat(压平) and melted(融化) and the metal things are made for new coke cans.

　　4．Recover

　　When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten(腐烂的) apples, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and use the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.

　　5．Repair

　　If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society, but the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.

1．The “Reduce” rule mainly requires(要求) us ________.

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A．to use things wisely

B．to cut down many trees

C．to use a lot of paper

D．to throw away your old clothes

2．What's the right order(顺序) of recycling coke cans?

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a．collect the used cans

b．melt them

c．smash them flat

d．send them to a factory