Once there was a little girl who lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill. From there she could see across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill on the other side. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl would dream of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers. She wanted to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

When she got to an age and got enough skill and sensibility to go outside, she asked her mother if she could go for a ride outside the gate and down the lane. After pleading with her, her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she should keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she got to the gate of the golden house across on the other hill.

As she arrived, she focused on the path that led to the house and then on the house itself. She was so disappointed as she realized all the windows were ordinary and rather dirty, reflecting(反映出) nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that was derelict(废弃的).

So sad she didn't go any further and turned, and heart broken. As she glanced up she saw a sight to amaze her. There across the way on her side of the valley was a little house and its windows glistened golden as the sun shone on her little home.

She realized that she had been living in her golden house and all the love and care she found there was what made her home the “golden house”. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose! 

1.Which sentence is True according to the passage?

A.The girl’s mother finally allowed her to go to the golden house alone.

B.The golden house was on the hill where the girl lived.

C.What disappointed the little girl was that the house was locked.

D.Actually, the windows of the golden house were common and covered with dirt.

2.What can we infer from the passage ?

A.The girl didn’t love or care for her parents

B.The girl had no idea where she was heading after leaving home

C.The mother thought that she needn’t keep an eye on her daughter

D.The girl made up her mind to go to the golden house at the beginning

3.The passage is intended to tell us that_____.

A.not all dreams will come true

B.girls often have amazing imagination

C.what we dream of may be just around us

D.nothing is impossible to a willing heart

 

Charlie,a master carpenter(木匠),was very well respected in his community.Everyone knew that if they wanted the best,they would call on him.Of course that meant that Charlie would never be rich.Other carpenters always told him that if he used inferior(劣质的)materials and cheap labor then he could make a lot of money.Charlie would not take their advice.

One day,John,the richest man in town came to Charlie.He said that he had just bought the best piece of land in town. He was going to Europe for 4 months and wanted Charlie to build him the best house in town.“Spare no expense and give me the best.”

Charlie thought about this and decided finally he would make some money.He did not get his usual great carpenters and fine materials from his normal suppliers.He built the house and covered up the flaws(瑕疵).After 4 months he had spent about 50%of what he usually spends on a house.

John came back from Europe and immediately called Charlie and asked him to meet him at the house.When they met,John asked him if he had used the finest materials and spared no expense.Charlie said absolutely(绝对地).John said that he was glad.He paid Charlie,then told him that he wanted to reward Charlie for all of his years of service to the community by giving Charlie this house.

There are many times in our lives where we let down a little bit. When you do,you never know what is going to happen.

1.What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

A.Charlie was an honest and respected master carpenter.

B.Charlie was a very foolish master carpenter.

C.Charlie was a good but stubborn master carpenter.

D.Charlie was a carpenter who would never be rich.

2.What does the underlined phrase “spare no expense” in the second paragraph mean?

A.to spend no money

B.to spend all the money necessary

C.to give not enough money

D.to waste no money

3.From Paragraph 3 we can learn ___________________ .

A.Charlie did as the rich man told him

B.the house was well built

C.Charlie kept some of the money to himself

D.the house was only half finished after 4 months

4.When Charlie heard that he would be given the house, he must have felt _______ .

A.happy            B.sorry             C.1ucky            D.satisfied

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A.A good carpenter shouldn’t earn money from his labor.

B.A carpenter shouldn’t earn a rich man’s money.

C.The richest man often punished carpenters.

D.One should always be honest.

 

All the wisdom of the times, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us in books, but we must know how to make use of this treasure. The unluckiest people in the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good books.

I’m very interested in people and finding out about them. Some of the most amazing people I’ve met could only  be found in a writer’s imagination, then in his book, and then, again, in my imagination. I’ve found in books new friends and new worlds.

Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the writer’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his.

Every book stands by itself, like a one-family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are separate(分开的), in some way they are connected with each other. The same ideas, or related(相关的) ones, appear in different places; the human problems that repeat themselves in life repeat themselves in books, but with different solutions(解决方法) according to different writings at different times. Books influence each other. They connect the past, the present and the future and have their own generations (age groups), like families. Wherever you start reading, you connect yourself with one of the families of ideas, and in the end, you not only find out about the world and the people in it, you find out about yourself, too.

Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you concentrate on(专注于) books somebody tells you “ought” to read, you probably won’ t have fun. But if you put down a book you don’t like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax with it, you will almost certainly have a good time — and if you become, as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder, or more gentle, you won’t suffer during the process.

1.Which of the following ideas may the writer of this article agree with?

A.You will never meet amazing people in your life unless you read.

B.You think actively instead of getting facts passively(被动地)when reading.

C.You will get much delight from any book that you are told to read.

D.You can relax yourself by reading because it involves little thinking.

2.What can we learn from Paragraph 4?

A.We can often find something connected with ourselves in books.

B.Different writings at different times share the same characteristics.

C.The same problems will appear in different books with similar solutions.

D.Reading books which are written for your generation is more helpful to you.

3.What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A.To advise us to enjoy ourselves by reading.

B.To encourage us to make full use of libraries.

C.To encourage us to find out solutions in books.

D.To advise us to discuss books with other people.

 

When you have a cold, you must be unhappy (不快乐) because your body becomes hot, and there are pains (疼痛) all over. You don’t want to work, you stay in bed, feeling terrible.

What makes you ill? It’s germs. Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your eyes but you can see them with a microscope (显微镜). They are very small and there could be hundreds of them in or on a very small thing.

Germs are always found in dirty water. When you look at dirty water under the microscope, you can see them in it.

Germs are found not only in water. They are also found in air and dust (灰尘). If you cut your finger (手指), and if some of the dust goes into the finger, it will become big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes germs will go into your body and you will have pain everywhere.

1.The word “germ” means (意思是)___________.

A.细菌             B.废气             C.煤气             D.空气

2.You can see germs____________.

A.when you are ill

B.only when you use a microscope

C.when you cut your finger

D.everywhere around you

3.Your parents won’t allow(允许) you to drink dirty water because_________.

A.dirty water will make you dirty

B.there are many germs in it and germs can make you ill

C.you can see many germs in it

D.it will make your finger red and big

4.The writer(作者) talks about__________.

A.how to keep dirty water clean

B.how to look after your fingers

C.how to find germs in the dirty water

D.what can make you ill

 

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