(One day Alice runs after a strange rabbit and comes into a deep hole. She becomes smaller when she wakes up the next day. She finds herself in a wonderland with many amazing things inside.)   

The Caterpillar(毛毛虫) and Alice looked at each other for some time in silence. At last the Caterpillar took the pipe out of its mouth, and said to her in a tired, sleepy voice.   

“Who are YOU?” said the Caterpillar.

This opening for a talk couldn’t make Alice at ease. Alice replied, rather shyly, “I----I hardly know, sir, just at present ----at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.”

“What do you mean by that?” said the Caterpillar, “Explain yourself!”

“I can’t explain MYSELF. I’m afraid, sir.” said Alice, “because I’m not myself, you see.”

“I don’t see.” said the Caterpillar.

“I’m afraid I can’t put it more clearly.” Alice replied very politely, “for I can’t understand it myself. And being so many different sizes in a day is very puzzling.”

“It isn’t.” said the Caterpillar.

“Well, perhaps you haven’t found it so yet.” said Alice. “But when you have to turn into a chrysalis(蛹,茧)----you will some day, you know ----and then after that into a butterfly, I think you’ll feel it a little stranger, won’t you?”

“Not a bit.” said the Caterpillar.

“Well, perhaps your feelings may be different.” said Alice. “All I know is, it would make ME feel very strange.”

“You!” said the Caterpillar scornfully(鄙视地). “Who are YOU?” The question brought them back again to the beginning of the talk. Alice felt a little angry because the Caterpillar was making such VERY short sentences. She drew herself up and said very seriously, “I think you ought to tell me who YOU are first.”

“Why?” said the Caterpillar.

Here was another puzzling question. As Alice could not think out any good reason, and as the Caterpillar seemed to be very unpleasant, she turned away.

“Come back!” the Caterpillar called after her. “I’ve something important to tell you!”

This certainly gave Alice some hope. Alice turned and came back again.

1.Where may their talk take place?

A. In a wonderland. B. In the field.           C. In the tree.   D. Outside the hole.

2.Why did Alice think she was not herself?

A. Because she was too young to understand the changes.

B. Because being changed several times in a day made her feel puzzled.

C. Because she didn’t like her changes

D. Because she didn’t feel very well.

3.Which of the following sentences can be added to the end of the story?

A. “Don’t be silly. You are still yourself.” said the Caterpillar.

B. “Don’t be angry. You think you’re changed, do you?” said the Caterpillar.

C. “Don’t be sad. You’ll grow bigger again.” said the Caterpillar.

D. “Don’t be afraid. You can go home now.” said the Caterpillar.

 

One midnight, a little girl woke up to pass water. She by herself got up and down her bed, walked to the bedroom door and opened it. She looked outside and walked back, for it was so dark in the hall that she feared.

Her mother said, “Don’t be afraid, honey. Take courage!”

“What’s courage?” she asked, running to her mother’s bed.

“Courage is the brave breath,” her mother answered.

“Mum, do you have courage?”

“Certainly.”

The girl held out her little hands, saying, “Mum, blow some of your breath of courage to me.”

After her mother blew out two mouthfuls of breath into her little cold hands, the little girl clenched her fists(握拳) nervously, afraid that the “breath of courage” would run away. Then with her fists clenched, she walked out of the bedroom towards the bathroom with nothing to fear.

Her mother said to herself, “It will be nice if someone can blow some kind of ‘breath’ to me. Then I can hold it in my hands too when I feel terrified or lost.”

In fact, mostly, what we are terrified of is nothing but the fear in our mind. Who we should defeat(战胜) is nobody but ourselves.

1.The girl walked back because __________.

A. the bathroom was too far away.

B. her mother wouldn’t go with her

C. she was too afraid of the dark

D. the bedroom door was locked

2.We learn from the reading that ___________.

A. the girl went to the bathroom by herself     

B. the girl pretended to be terrified of nothing

C. the girl’s mother was able to blow brave breath

D. the girl’s mother was very proud of herself

3.To stop “mother’s breath” from running away, the girl __________.

A. held out her little hands                       B. clenched her fists

C. talk to her mother                            D. held her own breath

4.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A. adults are always brave enough         

B. children learn to be brave quickly

C. the fear in one’s mind is the real problem  

D. the mother can deal with anything with breath

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. The Fearless Mother               B. One Lonely Girl

C. One midnight                     D. The Breath of Courage

 

Live Music---Late Night Jazz

    Enjoy real American jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet(号手). He is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.

PLACE: The Jazz Club     DATES: 15---23 June

PRICE: ¥100-150        TIME: 10 p.m. till late!

TEL: 4668736

Scottish Dancing

Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.

PLACE: Jack Stein’s      DATES: 10-20 May

PRICE: ¥150           TIME: 7-10 p.m.

TEL: 4021877

    Shows---Anhui Museum

    There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.

PLACE: Anhui Museum    DATES: 1Mar-30 Jun

PRICE: ¥130            TIME: Mon-Fri  9a.m-5p.m.  

Saturday  9a.m.-9p.m.

TEL: 4886888

Your pen friend is coming from Australia to your city for a holiday. You send him this E-mail to tell him something about the hotels.

SUN HOTEL

Dates                Prices(a night)

1Oct-31Dec             ¥168

1Jan-31Mar             ¥148

1Apr-30Apr(closed)       ……

1May-31May            ¥188

1Jun-30Sep              ¥208

ROSE HOTEL

Prices(a night)

¥198

¥178

……

¥218

¥248

 TEL: 4686788   E-mail: Li Hong@163.com.

1.If you want to watch dancing, you can call______.

A. 4668736                B. 4021877                 C. 4886888       D. 4686788

2.You can’t see the whole of Chinese history at______ in April in Anhui Museum.

A. 3p.m. on Sunday              B. 11:30a.m. from Monday to Friday  

C. 10a.m. on Saturday            D. 4p.m. on Thursday

3.You can enjoy ______ at Jack Stein’s.

A. American Jazz        B. Scottish dancing  C. 12,000 pieces on show   D. yourself all night

4.Sun Hotel and Rose Hotel are open for______ months of the year.

A. twelve                     B. ten                    C. eleven         D. nine

5.You have ¥140, and you can ______ in May.

A. watch Scottish dancing                     B. go to Anhui Museum            

C. listen to Jazz                      D. stay in Sun Hotel for a night

 

Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves (波).Just as the eye sees light wares in the form of colors, the ear and the eye Curs these different waves into signals that the brain (大脑) can make sense of.

The ears and brain have an Amazing amities to recognize(识别)particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded is importance.

The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.

After hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source (来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.

1.Which of the following shows the normal hearing process of a mother hearing her baby crying?

a. The ears receive the sound waves.

b. The mother recognizes her baby’s cry.

c. The ears turn the sound waves into signals.

d. The baby’s cry ravels in the form of sound waves

e. The brain connects the signals to the information in me memory.

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

2. Certain words or songs can change tarpon’s moods mainly because of his         .

A.lifestyle           B.personality        C.experiences       D.hobbies

3.According to the last paragraph, It will be the most difficult for a person who has lost the hearing in one ear to tell         .

A.where the source of a sound is             B.how loud a sound is

C.when a sound starts to appear              D.what makes a sound

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Human Brain’s Amazing Facts

B.Human Hearing Characteristics

C.How to improve Hearing

D.How Do Humans Hear

 

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