We spent this holiday with our uncle. He loved to go on walks to collect stones. One day, he bought us backpacks(背包)and asked us to go to the mountain with him, and carry the stones.

The whole day we walked around. Every now and then he put stones in our bags. To our surprise, he also took some stones out from our bags. But we thought he had just found better stones.

When we returned to the house, we were very tired. The backpacks were so heavy that we felt relaxed when we put them down. Yet our uncle's backpack was half empty.

“Why did you put so many stones into our backpacks?” we asked.

“I didn't. You did,” he said. “You didn't know it, but I gave you a test today. I listened to every word you said. Whenever you were complaining(抱怨), I added a stone to your bags. Whenever you talked about something with positive(积极的) thinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks.” Our backpacks were full of stones.

“Your negative(消极的) thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind(头脑) just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts, the heavier your mind.”

With great love, our uncle taught us one of the most important lessons in life.

1.How did they feel when their uncle took some stones out from their bags?

A. Relaxed. B. Surprised.

C. Sad. D. Tired.

2.What did they find when they returned to the house?

A. Their uncle's bag was half empty.

B. There was nothing in their uncle's bag.

C. Their uncle's bag was full of stones.

D. There were few stones in their uncle's bag.

3.What can we learn from the story?

A. Everyone must accept others' advice.

B. We should be positive about life.

C. Never think about unimportant things.

D. It's necessary to make a plan before doing things.

You speak, write a letter, and make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.

When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying “No”. You nod (点头) and people know you are saying “Yes”. Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive message from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books and magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

1.People communicate ________.

A. with words only B. in many different ways

C. in letters and drawings D. with smiles, tears and hands

2.Signs can carry as many ________.

A. questions B. examples C. tears and smiles D. messages

3.Which of the following is not talked in the passage as which can help is communicate?

A. Books and magazines. B. TV and films. C. Newspapers. D. Radio.

4.Communication is important because it can help you to ________.

A. understand the world and the people around you

B. teach each other to speak, write, read and draw

C. know what other people are thinking about

D. understand what is happening

5.The best title for this short passage is ________.

A. Signs Carry Messages B. The important Communication

C. Words, Signs and Drawing D. Ways of Communication

A photographer Rienermann spent half a year with her head in the clouds—taking pictures of every letter of the alphabet in the spaces among ______.The talent female ______ is 36 years old. In her spare time she often walks in the streets of Barcelona, looking up to the ______.

One day, she ______ the letter “q” in the city. The letter had been ______ by the curve of a pretty square and the narrow ______ that leads people into it. She quickly took it in her ______. She thought maybe she could find the other ______ in the alphabet, so she ______.

It took her six months from “q” to all the letters. Her strange ______ have been put into a book called Type the Sky.

She said, “Barcelona is beautiful anyway—especially the old part of the town with the ______ streets. Every time you ______ you can only see a small part of the sky and nothing else ______ there are houses each side.”

She ______, “I tried it in Berlin, but it didn't ______ because the houses and streets are too far apart.”

Her work is receiving more and more attention now.

1.A. buildings B. people C. cameras D. traffic

2.A. journalist B. actress C. inventor D. photographer

3.A. stores B. windows C. sky D. moon

4.A. found B. read C. heard D. wrote

5.A. broken B. sent C. formed D. chosen

6.A. bridge B. river C. hole D. street

7.A. camera B. pocket C. eyes D. hands

8.A. notes B. letters C. places D. streets

9.A. did B. tried C. thought D. believed

10.A. plans B. decisions C. photos D. behaviour

11.A. clean B. narrow C. new D. busy

12.A. look out B. look around C. look back D. look up

13.A. because B. so C. although D. but

14.A. smiled B. thought C. added D. answered

15.A. reply B. agree C. start D. work

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