A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak.

“Good morning, Madam.” It said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more .If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”

The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”

The third one to use the machine was an American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”

1.The machine in this passage could_________.

A. speak all kinds of languages B. tell people what they should eat

C. weigh and talk to people D. make people laugh

2.The man put his first machine _________.

A. in the station B. in a train

C. in the doctor’s waiting room D. in the women’s room

3.The machine told the Indian woman _________.

A. she was a little lighter B. she was a little heavier

C. it couldn’t speak Indian D. to eat what she wanted to eat

4.How was the American woman?

A. She was healthy. B. She liked thinking.

C. She was too heavy. D. The machine didn’t like her.

In the United States, we are lucky to have an easy way to get clean water — just by turning on the tap.

We wake up in the morning, take a shower, brush our teeth, drink a cup of coffee and go out to enjoy a beautiful day. Water is an important part in our daily lives and we use it for different purposes (目的),but do we really know how much we use?

Each American family uses more than 300 gallons (加仑)of water per day at home. About 70% of this use is indoors.

Water also plays a big part in our local com-munities (当地社区). Without water there would be no local business or factories. Fire fighting, parks, -and public swimming pools all need lots of water. We need a lot of pipes to bring us a large amount of water to our taps each day.

Where does all this water come from? It starts out as rain or snow and flows into our local lakes, rivers and streams or into underground. You can learn more about water in your country, for example, how people protect water and where your local drinking water comes from.

1.What does the underlined word “it” refer to (指的是)?

A. Water. B. Coffee. C. Shower. D. The day.

2.What does Paragraph Four talk about?

A. The use of water in homes. B. How to use water in homes.

C. How to use water in the local community. D. The use of water in the local community.

3.What can we know from the passage?

A. It is difficult to get clean water for the writer. B. Most use of water in America is indoors.

C. Water is not valuable for Americans. D. Each family uses less than 300 gallons of water.

4.Why did the writer write the passage?

A. To ask us to save water. B. To tell us where water comes from.

C. To tell us some information about water. D. To ask us to drink water.

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