One of the most popular items(项目) in the school newspaper is the advice column. No one knows who writes it. The students think their teacher does, but it might be a student using a false name.
The students enjoy thinking up problems for the advice column. Here are some of them and their answers.
Ask the Wise Owl
Q: I’m always late for school. I try not to be, but I can’t help it. Please advise me what to do. Tommy.
A: You are probably late for school because you don’t really like school. My advice to you is to try and enjoy school more, then you won’t be late so often.
Q: I find it difficult to make friends. What do you think I should do? Sara.
A: I can’t advise you until I know more about you. Your problem may be that you are shy. On the other hand, it may be the opposite. You may be too bold(冒失). Write and tell me more about yourself.
Q: I’m always at the bottom(底部,末尾) of the class. What do you advise me to do? Molly.
A: I advise you to concentrate on(全神贯注) improving your grades in one subject to start with. If you can do this, you should move a little way up from the bottom. Next, try to improve your grades in another subject, and so on. If you concentrate on one subject at a time, by the end of the year you should be quite a long way up from the bottom in all your classes.
【小题1】What is Tommy’s problem?

A.He needs help with his homework.
B.He finds it difficult to make friends.
C.He is always late for school.
D.He is always at the bottom of his class.
【小题2】What does Molly want to do?
A.To stay at the bottom of her classes.
B.To make more friends.
C.To concentrate on one subject at a time.
D.To improve her grades.
【小题3】What does the Wise Owl want Sara to do?
A.Give more information about herself.
B.Stop being so shy.
C.Make more friends.
D.Stop being so bold.
【小题4】By the end of the year, where should Molly be in all her classes?
A.At the top.
B.Quite a long way up from the bottom.
C.At the bottom.
D.A little way up from the bottom.
【小题5】What is the main idea of this passage?
A.Sara finds it difficult to make friends.
B.Tommy wrote to the school newspaper to ask for advice.
C.The advice column in the school newspaper is very popular.
D.The school newspaper has an advice column.

Experts(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.

A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker (虚弱)than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.

Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.

1.The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________

A.he didn’t have enough sleep             B.it wasn’t time for him to get up

C.he didn’t want to go to school             D.he wanted his mother to wake him up

2.In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may________

A.become too weak to sleep                B.not work well in class

C.go to bed early                         D.be weak in English

3.In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________”

A.get up early        B.get up late         C.sleep less         D.don’t want to sleep

4.According to the passage, which of the following is right?_________

A.If you want to study better, you must work hard at night.

B.Sleeping less means working hard.

C.Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.

D.Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do.

 

I felt very sad not to be able to get the ticket for the film Titantic last Friday. I learned in the newspaper that ticket could be bought at the cinema box office (售票处) in Richland Hill every day between 10:00 and 4:00. Because I work from 9:00 to 5:30, the only time I could go to the cinema was during my 45-minute lunch time. It is a pity that the cinema is on the other side of the town, and the bus service between my office and Richland Hills is not very good. But if you are lucky, you can make the round(往返) trip in 45 minute.

Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for fifteen minutes, waiting for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the corner, there was not enough time left to make the trip---- so I had to go back to the office. The same thing happened on Wednesday. On Thursday my luck changed, I got on a bus right away and arrived at the cinema in twenty minutes. But when I got there, I found a long line of people at the box office. I heard one man say he had been waiting in line for fifty-five minutes. I found that I would not have enough time to wait in line, I caught the next bus and went back across the town.

By Friday I understood my only hope was to make the trip by car.it was not cheap,but I felt it would be worth ot to see the film. The trip by car only took 10 minutes, but it felt like one hour to me. When I reached the cinema, I was delighted to see that nobody was waiting in line. But quickly found out that it was because they had already sold all the tickets.

1.It seems that the writer of the story works     .

A.in a small town                         B.in Richland Hills

C.on a farm near the town                  D.at a bus service Center

2.He tried to go to the cinema bo buy a ticket but really got there     .

A.five times         B.four times         C.three times        D.twice

3.The underlined word “delighted” means     .

A.sure             B.sorry             C.surprised          D.pleased

4.Which of the following is true according to the story?

A.The writer was too busy to have time for a rest during the day.

B.The buses running between his office and Richland Hills were always on time on Thursday.

C.He could buy the tickets neither before nor after work hours.

D.It always took him about twenty minutes to get to the cinema by bus.

5.What’s the title of the story?

A.How to Get a Ticket                      B.Tickets Sold out

C.A Wonderful Film                       D.The Way to the Cinema

 

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How to be a good detective

Have you seen the Hollywood movie Sherlock Holmes? Holmes is a character created by British writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. His books were so popular that Holmes soon became “the most famous detective in the world”. What do you need to be a good detective? The movie Sherlock Holmes will show you.

In this movie, this great detective faces a dangerous man, Lord Blackwood. Together with his best friend Dr Watson, Holmes stops Blackwood’s plan to control the world with black “magic”.

Most of us are not as intelligent as Holmes. But we can also work out mysteries on our own. All we have to do is to follow some simple rules.

1.No matter how smart he or she is, the most important quality for a detective is being good. In the movie, Lord Blackwood and Sherlock Holmes are both very intelligent. The difference is that Lord Blackwood is a bad man and he does bad things. Holmes can beat him on the side of justice.

2.Every bad man tries to cover up what he did. But not all things can be covered up easily. A good detective can discover clues hidden at crime scenes with sharp eyes. For example, Holmes can simply look at a man’s footprints and quickly find out his personal information like age and habits.

3.Even though Holmes has knowledge about many subjects , such as chemistry, botany(植物学) and anatomy, he still needs Dr Watson’s help to fight with him. We should also have someone to help you, especially if you don’t know as much as Holmes.

4.A good detective never jumps to conclusions. When all the necessary clues are put together, you’d better think carefully. If you can’t work it out, don’t be afraid. Just take a deep breath and concentrate on thinking. Logic can help you discover missing clues.

A.Have sharp eyes.

B.Logic (逻辑) is the key.

C.A good assistant is a great help.

D.Justice (正义) is most important.

5.Holmes is a character created by _______.

A.Lord Blackwood     B.Sir Arthur Doyle     C.Dr Watson         D.Charles Dickens

 

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Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded(记录)in the Guinness Book of Records.

Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用桨划)a bathtub(浴缸)145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29. 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon, Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance(距离)record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Bruntsfield Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.

Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney,Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28, 1989. The climbers carried a dinner table. chairs, and a meal up the mountain. When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.

People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood, however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.

1. According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?

A.A record for paddling a bathtub.

B.A record for climbing a mountain.

C.A record for pushing a hospital bed

D.A record for swimming across a river.

2.The word cover in the passage means _______.

A.start             B.go through         C.keep             D.know

3.What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?

A.The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney.

B.Only nine people held the highest dinner party.

C.They had a meal on the mountain.

D.They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party.

4.Which of the following shows the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?

a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.

b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.

c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.

d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.

A.a-b-c-d           B.d-b-c-a            C.a-d-b-c           D.b-a-d-c

5. Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?

A.Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.

B.People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.

C.Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given.

D.Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain.

 

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