Run, Terry, Run

  Terry Fox had cancer(癌). It left him with only one leg. Yet he became famous for running. He ran with an artificial (人造的) leg to raise(集资) money to fight cancer. His plan was to run all the way across Canada, from St. John's to Vancouver. He would cross the water by boat. Terry started out in St. John's in April, 1981, and made it to the halfway point.

  Terry had to give up the run at Thunder Bay when doctors found cancer in his lungs. He died on June 28, when he was 22 years old. He raised more money for the Canadian Cancer Society than he dreamed possible-over $24 million.

  This map shows the route that Terry Fox planned to run and the part of the route he was able to cover.

  To follow Terry's run on a map, you must be able to find directions (方向) . The four main directions on a map are north, south, east, and west. Between the four main directions are four “halfway” directions. They are northeast (NE), northwest (NW), southeast (SE) , southwest (SW) . These directions appear on the map's compass rose. Find the compass rose at the bottom of the map .

  Some maps use only an arrow pointing north. When you know which direction is north, you can figure out that south is below. West is to the left. East is to the right.

1.Terry started his run in St. John's on Canada's ________ coast.

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A.north
B.south
C.east
D.west

2.Terry planned to run from ________ .

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A.north to south
B.east to west
C.south to north
D.west to east

3.Montreal is ________ of St. John's.

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A.NE
B.SE
C.NW
D.SW

4.The city that is west of Thunder Bay is ________ .

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A.St. John's
B.Winnipeg
C.Ottawa
D.Montreal

5.From Winnipeg, the direction to Toronto is ________ .

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A.NE
B.NW
C.SE
D.SW

I have always been interested in clowns(小丑).The earliest thing I can remember,as a child of three,is seeing a pair of clowns梠ne is very fat,the other is very 1 ndline.A traveling circus(马戏团) came to our town and my parents took me to see it.When we arrived at the circus,egeryone was laughing at the clowns.I didn't un-derstand why they were laughing,2 ndline  I laughed,too.

  While I was 3 ndline,the fat clown came and sat down next to me.“Shall we dance?”he asked,then 4 ndline  me up and began dancing.I felt frightened and I began to cry.5 ndline  then I have been interested in clowns.They make me laugh a lot,although they still make me a bit 6 ndline  too.

  In life,we sometimes laugh at things that 7 ndline  us.We often laugh most at people who make us nervous.When we laugh,we relax and 8 ndline  ourselves.People who never laugh can become worried and ill.

Laughter is like medicine and a clown is like a 9 ndline

  There have always been,and there will always be clowns,because people need to laugh.Laughter is the best kind of 10 ndline  in life.

(1)

A.happy  B.thin   C.kind   D.lucky

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(2)

A.and   B.so   C.or   D.but

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(3)

A.dancing B.eating C.laughing D.crying

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(4)

A.picked B.threw  C.hung   D.pushed

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(5)

A.Before B.Since  C.By   D.From

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(6)

A.tired  B.silly  C.afraid D.sick

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(7)

A.trouble B.surprise C.interest D.frighten

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(8)

A.play   B.love   C.enjoy  D.understand

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(9)

A.doctor B.nurse  C.friend D.teacher

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(10)

A.dream B.medicine C.care   D.color

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阅读下面短文,判断下列句子的正误,正确的用“A”表示,错误的用“B”表示。
     Who wants to carry a heavy bag to school? Not children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and aching too. In India,  most people would look at the reduction(减少) of textbooks as a way out.  But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a "school bag" which is  as  small  as  a  laptop  computer (笔记本电脑) ,  weighing . about 2.5 kg. The goReader has a color screen and can "hold" any textbook that a student may need, says a report in The Asian. Age Newspaper.      
     The company plans to work closely with the publishers(出版社) of textbooks so that these books can be offered on the Internet.  All the students will have to do is to download(下载)  their textbooks.  Making notes and marking key parts of a lesson can be done just as students have usually done on their textbooks.      
     At present, the project is being tested out in a university.  Richard, who founded. the company, is having his invention tested at Chicago's DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean we will say gooLlbye to the soimd of tuming ne,w paper and the smell of  the black ink?  
(     )1. Children like to carry heavy bags to school according to the passage.  
(     )2.  The school bag created by goReader is very big and heavy.  
(     )3. There are many kinds of textbooks in goReader.  
(    )4. Students can't make notes and mark key parts of a lesson on the school bag created by goReader at present.  
(     )5. Richard graduated from Chicago's DePaul University.

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