As the American writer, Mark Twain, once said,“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.”It is true that everybody talks about the weather.Many people begin their talks by saying:“Isn't it a nice day?”“Do you think it will rain?”“I think it's going to snow.”
Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like.But sometimes they don't agree with each other.One man may say,“Do you see how cloudy it is in the east?It's going to rain tomorrow.”Another man will say,“No, it's going to be fine tomorrow.”
People often look for the weather they want.When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it's going to rain, and he doesn't look for anything else.When friends have a picnic, they hope the weather is going to be fine and they can sit eating their lunch under the blue sky.
Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says.But he doesn't Always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake.Still, he is right most of the time.
(1)
People often begin their talks by ________.
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A.
saying hello to each other
B.
drinking tea
C.
saying something about the weather
D.
looking for good weather
(2)
People sometimes have different ideas about ________.
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A.
how to begins a talk
B.
how to have fine weather
C.
what we should do about the weather
D.
what the weather is going to be like
(3)
________ they always hope the weather is going to be fine.
A:Thanks a lot.Here is the change (找的零钱) for you.Do you need a bag?
B:Yes,please.
A:Here you are.
B:Thank you very much.
A:Thank you,too.
(1)
The customer wants ______.
A.to get a discount (折扣)
B.to use a credit card
C.one bag for each item
D.to pay with a check (支票)
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(2)
How much does the cashier give the customer?
A.¥20.00. B.¥10.50. C.¥10.00. D.¥6.50.
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(3)
The tax is ______.
A.less than a dollar
B.10% of the total
C.fifty dollars
D.more than a price of a notebook
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(4)
“Here you are.” is the same as“______”.
A.This is for me.
B.Please leave.
C.This is your bag.
D.The door is over there.
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(5)
Which of these sentences is true?
A.The store doesn't have any bags.
B.A tape costs more than a pen.
C.The person buys six things.
D.The store doesn't take credit cards.
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阅读理解
Most American children eat potatoes.But many children don't know what of the potato is the best for food.Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper.Hold the piece between your eyes and light.You will see that the potato has skin(皮),an outside rim(边缘) and an inside part.The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato,is the most valuable part of all.But this is often thrown away with the skin.Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside.When eating a cooked potato,if you choose the inside and leave the outside,you are throwing the best part of it.If you can't eat the whole potato,eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do.
(1)
How many parts does the potato have?
A.It has only one part,outside rim.
B.It has two parts,skin and outside rim.
C.It has three parts,skin,outside rim and an inside part.
D.It has four parts,middle,skin,outside rim and an inside part.
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(2)
What is the best part of a potato?
A.Outside rim. B.Inside part. C.Middle. D.Skin.
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(3)
What should you eat first if you can't eat the whole potato?
A.Skin only. B.Inside. C.Outside rim. D.Part of it.
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(4)
In fact the skin is ______.
A.no good at all
B.better than the inside part
C.better than the outside rim
D.as good as the outside rim
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(5)
What does this passage tell about potatoes?
A.How to cook them.
B.How to plant them.
C.What is made up of a potato.
D.How to eat them.
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阅读理解
You will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this year.You can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidly.
Perhaps you have been told about some habits (习惯) which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those habits which you might have.
Do you still have any of these bad habits?Check yourself by answering“yes”or“no”to these questions.
(1) Do you move your lips (嘴唇) when reading silently?
(2) Do you point to words with your finger as you read?
(3)Do you move your head from side to side as you read?
(4)Do you read one word at a time?
If you answer“yes”to any of these questions,start at once to break the habit.If you move your tips,hold your fingers over them,or hold a piece of paper be-tween your lips while you are reading.Then if your lips move,your will know it and can stop them.
If you point to words,hold the two sides of your book,one side with your left hand,the other side with your right hand.Then you won't have a free finger to use in pointing while reading.If you move your head,place your chin (下巴) in one hand and hold your head still (静止不动的).
If you read no more than one or two or three words at a time,you need to work very hard in learning to take in (吸收) more words at each glance (一瞥) as your eyes travel across the lines of words.
Even if you do rather fast now,you can learn to read even faster.As you probably have been told,the secret of fast reading is to take in whole groups of words as each glance.Read in through groups and force (迫使) your eyes along the lines of words as fast as you can to make them go.Anyone who practices doing these things will he able to read faster.
(1)
You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ______.
A.to tell others to be silent
B.to feel whether your lips move or not
C.to hold a piece of paper between them
D.to keep yourself from talking to others
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(2)
When you read,______.
A.don't keep your head still
B.don't hold your books with your hands
C.don't stand up near a desk
D.don't use your finger to point to words
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(3)
If you learn to read fast,______.
A.you can read more in less time
B.you can write faster
C.you can understand better
D.you can read less in more time
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(4)
You must _______ those habits that we are talking about in this reading.