These days, more and more young people wish to be more beautiful, so they turn to plastic surgery for help．They spend thousands of yuan on these painful surgeries to fix their nose, to change their eyelids or to take off weight from their stomachs．
In fact, most people are not pleased with the way they look．Even the most beautiful actresses often wish they could change something about their looks．Should we live our whole lives believing we are ugly?Why can’t we raise our head high and believe that we are as beautiful as others?A smile is beautiful on any face, whether fat, oily or hairy．And a kind heart is much more beautiful than a pretty look．
So, let’s feel grateful that we all have beautiful and healthy bodies that do not need surgeries!Today, I call on you to make an easy change：hold your head high, smile and be kind to others．If you do these, you will be full of confidence, beauty, and warmth everywhere you go．
(1)
________ are more and more interested in plastic surgeries．
[ ]
A．
Old people
B．
Young people
C．
Men
D．
Women
(2)
What do people think they can do to make their dreams come true?
[ ]
A．
Sleep more．
B．
Eat less
C．
Do sports
D．
Have surgery．
(3)
How can we feel great about ourselves according to the author?
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A．
Hold your head up
B．
Smile
C．
Be kind
D．
A, B and C
(4)
The author suggests we should believe we are as ________ as others．
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A．
confident
B．
good
C．
beautiful
D．
clever
(5)
Which is not true?
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A．
Actresses never worry about their looks．
B．
It costs a lot of money to have plastic surgeries．
C．
We only need to make a small change to feel beautiful enough．
How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?
The sun was probably the world’s first“clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos(爱斯基摩人)live．There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer．But in most of the world, people have used the sun fooday, if you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night．The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon．When the sun is almost directly overhead, it’s noon．
People who live near the sea from the tides．In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach．And then it about six hours．The same thing happens again at night．There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours．
Seamen on a ship leall time by looking at the moon and the stars．The whole sky is their clock．In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing．In these places the wind can be the clock．
A sand clock is an even better clock．If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the the sand will take another hour to go back again．
(1)
From the passage we can know there are ________ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch．
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A．
3
B．
4
C．
5
D．
7
(2)
The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ________．
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A．
they know very little about the sun
B．
the sun there never goes down in winter
C．
it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun
D．
it has long da and long light summers
(3)
The underlined word“tide”in the passage means ________．
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A．
洋流
B．
潮汐
C．
海啸
D．
波浪
(4)
In which page of the newspapost probably read this passage?
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A．
News．
B．
Science．
C．
Advertisement
D．
Sports．
(5)
What’s the best title for the passage?
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A．
Different Ways to Tell Time
B．
How the Clock Was Invented
C．
The Development of the Clock
D．
A Useful Machine to Tell Time
完形填空
Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist．He lived in 1 in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries．He painted some of 2 pictures in the world．Mona Lisa is a good example of his works．He 3 painting Mona Lisa in 1503．
Da Vinci loved science and 4 ．He used darkness and light in a clever way in the painting．And a person can 5 see that there is a lot of geometry(几何学)in Mona Lisa．The face of Mona Lisa is 6 many circles and round shapes like balls．Even her 7 can be seen as a small part of a large circle．
The woman in the painting is 8 on a balcony(阳台)and mountains can be seen behind her．Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, 9 we can see these in his other paintings．
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side．Her hands are held together 10 her．This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman．
(1)
[ ]
A．
China
B．
Italy
C．
Japan
D．
Canada
(2)
[ ]
A．
less famous
B．
more famous
C．
the least famous
D．
the most famous
(3)
[ ]
A．
forgot
B．
began
C．
allowed
D．
remembered
(4)
[ ]
A．
maths
B．
music
C．
English
D．
chemistry
(5)
[ ]
A．
early
B．
easily
C．
safely
D．
happily
(6)
[ ]
A．
used for
B．
worked out
C．
put away
D．
made of
(7)
[ ]
A．
cry
B．
tears
C．
smile
D．
sadness
(8)
[ ]
A．
lying
B．
walking
C．
sitting
D．
reading
(9)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
but
C．
or
D．
until
(10)
[ ]
A．
under
B．
behind
C．
next to
D．
in front of
完形填空
Leonardo da Vinci was a great artist．He lived in 1 in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries．He painted some of 2 pictures in the world．Mona Lisa is a good example of his works．He 3 painting Mona Lisa in 1503．
Da Vinci loved science and 4 ．He used darkness and light in a clever way in the painting．And a person can 5 see that there is a lot of geometry(几何学)in Mona Lisa．The face of Mona Lisa is 6 many circles and round shapes like balls．Even her 7 can be seen as a small part of a large circle．
The woman in the painting is 8 on a balcony(阳台)? and mountains can be seen behind her．Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, 9 we can see these in his other paintings．
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side．He hands are held together 10 her．This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman．
(1)
[ ]
A．
China
B．
Italy
C．
Japan
D．
Canada
(2)
[ ]
A．
less famous
B．
more famous
C．
the least famous
D．
the most famous
(3)
[ ]
A．
forgot
B．
began
C．
allowed
D．
remembered
(4)
[ ]
A．
math
B．
music
C．
English
D．
chemistry
(5)
[ ]
A．
early
B．
easily
C．
safely'
D．
happily
(6)
[ ]
A．
used for
B．
worked out
C．
put away
D．
made of
(7)
[ ]
A．
cry
B．
tears
C．
smile
D．
sadness
(8)
[ ]
A．
lying
B．
walking
C．
sitting
D．
reading
(9)
[ ]
A．
so
B．
but
C．
or
D．
until
(10)
[ ]
A．
under
B．
behind
C．
next to
D．
in front of
Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503．He was working on a special painting for a church at the time, but the church painting was not going well．An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s second wife．This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa．
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s work．Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting．
Da Vinci loved science and math．Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry in the Mona Lisa．The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls．Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle．
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and mountains can be seen behind her．Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over in his other paintings．
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side．Her head is turned to look out of the painting．Her hands are held together in front of her．This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today．
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