It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason

  1. 1.

    People with little education usually ______.

    1. A.
      spend a long time in school
    2. B.
      have a good chance to get a job
    3. C.
      spend the best years to choose jobs
    4. D.
      have fewer chances to get a good job
  2. 2.

    The earliest education was probably to ______.

    1. A.
      make a man lead a better life
    2. B.
      teach a man to write and think
    3. C.
      make people get a way of living
    4. D.
      teach people to read good books
  3. 3.

    The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese

    1. A.
      圆满的
    2. B.
      崭新的
    3. C.
      公平的
    4. D.
      全面的
  4. 4.

    It is expected that educated people will be able to ______.

    1. A.
      accept education as a way of living
    2. B.
      take an interest in the whole world
    3. C.
      develop their abilities to make plays
    4. D.
      learn subjects like language and math
  5. 5.

    The passage mainly tells us that ______.

    1. A.
      education should make a man improve
    2. B.
      people can get education in a short time
    3. C.
      people should be able to get better paying jobs
    4. D.
      all subjects are so important for a way of living

Have you ever noticed that your fingertips are winked when you’ve just finished swimming or washing dishes? It seems as if your hands have aged 30 years in a second. But is this an accident? Or is it something that nature has built into our bodies?
If your finger’s wrinkling up had no use at all, “ it wouldn’t need to.” Professor Tom Smulders from Newcastle University, UK, told BBC News. By studying wet fingers closely, Smulders and his partners found that the wrinkles looked a bit like the patterns on the car tire or on the bottom of the running shoes. So they made a guess that wrinkles on fingers might be able to help the hand hold things more tightly.
To test this, researchers asked 20 people to pick up marbles from water with their hands. But before they started, some of the people had to keep their hands in water for half an hour.
The researchers found that the people with wrinkled fingers completed the task the task faster than those with dry hands. But when they were asked to move dry marbles, all the people performed equally well, no matter they had the wrinkled fingers or not.
Our ancestors might not have played with marbles, but wrinkled fingers could have made it easier for them to climb around in the wet forests and catch fish from rivers, researchers say.
Similarly, our toes also get wrinkled in water. This may have developed from our ancestor’s need to run on wet ground.
But the question is, if wrinkled fingers are so helpful, why don’t our hands just stay that way all the time? Researchers explained that wrinkling has its disadvantage: wet fingertips are far less sensitive than smooth ones, reducing our sense of touch

  1. 1.

    What does the underlined world “this ” in the third paragraph refer to?

    1. A.
      Whether fingers have wrinkles after they are put in water
    2. B.
      Whether wrinkled fingers can hold things more tightly
    3. C.
      Why keeping things in water makes them wrinkled
    4. D.
      Why wrinkles help hands hold things more tightly
  2. 2.

    The test shows that ________

    1. A.
      winkled hands hold dry things more tightly than dry hands do
    2. B.
      dry hands hold dry things more tightly than wrinkled hands do
    3. C.
      winkled hands hold wet things more tightly than dry hands do
    4. D.
      dry hands hold wet things more tightly than wrinkled hands do
  3. 3.

    What might be the disadvantage of wrinkled fingers?

    1. A.
      They are too sensitive to be touched
    2. B.
      They might be more likely to get hurt
    3. C.
      They cannot hold things tightly enough
    4. D.
      They are not so sensitive as dry fingers

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those people who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who has cars may want to walk on the country road at their free time.
In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into __it__. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. When you take lessons, your parents are always taking care of your life and health. When you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. When you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them , you can see that happiness is always around you.
Happiness is not the same as money. It’s a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, “ Life is like a revolving door, when it closes, it also opens.” If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, which of the following is happiness?

    1. A.
      You have lots of money, but you have no friends
    2. B.
      When you’re in trouble, your classmates often help you
    3. C.
      You have a big house, but you always feel lonely
    4. D.
      When you meet difficulties, you give up at once
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “ it ”refer to?

    1. A.
      Happiness
    2. B.
      Trouble
    3. C.
      Health
    4. D.
      Difficulty
  3. 3.

    The third paragraph(段) tells us that _______.

    1. A.
      Poor people are always happy
    2. B.
      Difficulties means happiness
    3. C.
      Happiness is a feeling of heart
    4. D.
      Life is the revolving door
  4. 4.

    What would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      Money and cars
    2. B.
      Happiness is everywhere
    3. C.
      Happiness is money
    4. D.
      Luck in life

A Russian, a Cuban, an American businessman and an American lawyer were on a train traveling across England. The Russian took out a large bottle of vodka, gave each of the men a drink and then threw the rest half bottle of vodka out of the window. “Why did you do that?” asked the American businessman. “There’s too much vodka in my country,” said the Russian, “And really we have more than we will ever use.” A little later, the Cuban passed around fine Havana Cigars. Then he threw his out of the window. “I thought Cuba is not a rich country,” the businessman said. “But you threw that very good cigars out of the window!” “Cigars,” the Cuban answered, “are the cheapest in my country. We have more of them than we know what to do with.” The American businessman sat quietly for a moment. Then he got up, caught the lawyer by the arm and threw him of the window

  1. 1.

    The people in the story are from ______ countries

    1. A.
      one
    2. B.
      two
    3. C.
      three
    4. D.
      four
  2. 2.

    The four people are traveling by _______

    1. A.
      bus
    2. B.
      air
    3. C.
      train
    4. D.
      sea
  3. 3.

    Vodka is a kind of _______

    1. A.
      treasure(珍宝)
    2. B.
      wine
    3. C.
      food
    4. D.
      medicine
  4. 4.

    The Russian and the Cuban both wanted to _______

    1. A.
      tell the businessman that their countries are rich
    2. B.
      prove(证明) that they were rich
    3. C.
      ask the two Americans to visit their countries
    4. D.
      make the businessman happy
  5. 5.

    What did the businessman want to say by throwing the lawyer out of the window?

    1. A.
      I want to buy some vodka
    2. B.
      We have too many lawyers in my country
    3. C.
      I’ll go to Cuba and do some business of cigars
    4. D.
      If you need lawyers, come to America

This March, the H7N9 virus (病毒) hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and so on. It seemed that most people who were infected(被感染) with H7N9 had the common flu. Some people suffered from a fever or a cough.  
Don’t be afraid—it’s not easy to be infected with the virus. Here is some advice to help you protect yourself when it comes.
Wash your hands. You need to wash your hands with soap and hot water before you eat, after you use the toilet, and after you touch animals, because your hands may carry viruses.
Cover your nose and mouth. When someone sneezes(打喷嚏) or coughs, flu viruses can travel as far as one meter through the air, so you’d better stand a proper distance (距离) while talking to someone who has a cold. And always cover your mouth and nose with a piece of paper when you sneeze or cough, and then clean your hands.
Wear a mask(口罩). Some doctors say that masks can stop the flu as much as 80%, but if
you don’t wash your hands often, it’s no use wearing a mask. And it’s necessary to wear the mask in the groups of people.
Do sports often. Exercises will help make your body strong enough to resist the virus

  1. 1.

    When did the H7N9 virus hit Shanghai?

    1. A.
      In March, 2013
    2. B.
      In May, 2013
    3. C.
      In March, 2012
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Some people who were infected with the H7N9 virus had a toothache
    2. B.
      You should cover your mouth and nose with a piece of paper when you sneeze or cough
    3. C.
      Some doctors say that masks can stop the flu as much as 100%
  3. 3.

    How many ways to stop the virus are mentioned in the passage?

    1. A.
      Three
    2. B.
      Four
    3. C.
      Five
  4. 4.

    What does the underlined word “resist ” mean in Chinese?

    1. A.
      抵抗
    2. B.
      传播
    3. C.
      感染
  5. 5.

    What’s the main idea of this passage?

    1. A.
      It tells us how to wash hands
    2. B.
      It tells us why we should use masks
    3. C.
      It gives us some advice on how to protect ourselves when the H7N9 virus comes

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Yao Ming, the center of the Chinese National Men’s Basketball Team, served the Houston Rockets in 2002 in NBA. The 2.26m, 120kg center became the first player to come from a foreign team.
Yao Ming was born in Shanghai in September, 1980. His mother was a center and captain(队长) of the Chinese National Women’s Team. His father played basketball, too.
Yao Ming is widely known in China. He came to be a very important basketball player in CBA. It’s short for China Basketball Association(联赛). During the 2000-2001 season, he got 27.1 scores(得分) for the Shanghai Oriental(东方) Sharks in every match.
Yao Ming joined the Houston Rockets in October, 2002. He said this was a new start in his basketball life. He would do his best to learn from the NBA and improve(提高) himself.
Sport analyst(分析家) Bill Walton said,“Yao Ming has the potential(潜力), the capability(能力) of changing the future of basketball.”

  1. 1.

    The Houston Rocket is the name of a ____ team.

    1. A.
      table tennis
    2. B.
      volleyball
    3. C.
      basketball
    4. D.
      golf
  2. 2.

    Both Yao Ming’s father and mother were ____.

    1. A.
      football players
    2. B.
      basketball players
    3. C.
      the centers of the Chinese National Team
    4. D.
      the c aptains of the Chinese National Team
  3. 3.

    Yao Ming ____ in CBA during the 2000-2001 season.

    1. A.
      does well
    2. B.
      is good
    3. C.
      was good
    4. D.
      did well
  4. 4.

    Yao Ming ____ the Houston Rockets in November, 2002

    1. A.
      did his best to join
    2. B.
      was well known in
    3. C.
      became a member(成员)of
    4. D.
      liked
  5. 5.

    Sport analyst Bill Walton thought Yao Ming was able to ____.

    1. A.
      learn from the NBA
    2. B.
      change the future of basketball
    3. C.
      improve himself
    4. D.
      became the captain of the Houston Rockets

Can dolphins talk ? Maybe they can’t talk with words ,but they can talk with sounds . They show their feelings with sounds .
Dolphins travel in group . We call a group of them a “school “. They don’t study , but they travel together.
Dolphins talk to other dolphins in the school .They give information . They tell other dolphins when they are happy or sad or afraid . They say “welcome “when a dolphin comes back to the school . They talk when they play .
They make a few sounds above water . They make many more sounds under water . People can hear these sounds because they are very high .
Sometimes people catch dolphins for large aquariums . People can watch the dolphins in a show . Dolphins don’t like to be in the aquarium , being away from their school . They are sad and lonely if they do so .
There are many stories about dolphins . They help people . Sometimes they save someone’s life . Many people believe that dolphins can bring good luck

  1. 1.

    Dolphins show their feelings with ______.

    1. A.
      pictures
    2. B.
      words
    3. C.
      waves
    4. D.
      sounds
  2. 2.

    Dolphins ______ in the school according to the passage

    1. A.
      give information
    2. B.
      don’t tell other dolphins when they are afraid
    3. C.
      talk when they sleep
    4. D.
      say “ sorry” when a dolphin comes back
  3. 3.

    People can’t hear the dolphin’s sounds because _______.

    1. A.
      they are above the water
    2. B.
      they are under the water
    3. C.
      they are very high
    4. D.
      they are very low
  4. 4.

    Many people believe that dolphins can bring______.

    1. A.
      good luck
    2. B.
      health
    3. C.
      wealth
    4. D.
      danger
  5. 5.

    Which of the following is TRUE ?

    1. A.
      Dolphins study in the school
    2. B.
      Dolphins travel in a group
    3. C.
      Dolphins like to be away from their school
    4. D.
      Dolphins sometimes kill people

You probably know you should say” please” and “thank you ” at restaurants. You probably know the rules of a library. You know you should respect and be nice to your classmates. But do you have music manners?
Keep It Down! You have to notice the volume of your music. You should not play your music so loud that everyone around you can hear it. Some people might even get angry. Usually, when you play the music loud on an MP3 player, other people can’t hear the words of the song. They just hear a loud sound. Not one wants to listen to this. Very loud music can also be bad for your cars, so even if you are alone when listening to our MP3 player, you shouldn’t have it turned up too high.
Take Them off! You need to know when to turn your MP3 player off and put it away. Libraries and schools don’t allow MP3 players. There are other places, like museums, that don’t have rules,
but is would be rude to have your MP3 player on. Sometimes, it just doesn’t make sense to listen your MP3 player at event. Why would you listen to music at a play, a movie or a sporting event?  your would miss what is going on and others would wonder why you even came.
Take One Out! Once is a while it’s okay just to take out one earphone and not other. Imagine you are listening your MP3 player when someone asks you the way. It would not be rude to take out one earphone, tell him the way, and put back the earphone and continue listening. You can also do this when you order food at a fast-food restaurant or when you answer the telephone and it’s not for you.
It’s Your Choice! There are times when you need to decide what is best. For example, some people can listen to music on their MP3 Players when read books, while others think it is disturbing. In cases like this, you need to do what seems right for you

  1. 1.

    The underlined word volume in Paragraph Two probably means” _____

    1. A.
      the type of music
    2. B.
      the amount of a sound
    3. C.
      the length of a song
    4. D.
      the colour of and MP3 player
  2. 2.

    No one wants to listen to _____ from others’ MP3 player

    1. A.
      a loud sound
    2. B.
      sad stories
    3. C.
      a long movie
    4. D.
      the words of a song
  3. 3.

    We should turn down the music when we are alone because loud music _____

    1. A.
      is not enjoyable
    2. B.
      makes us tired
    3. C.
      is bad for MP3 players
    4. D.
      huts our ears
  4. 4.

    If we listen to our MP3 player at a play, _____

    1. A.
      the theater won’t allow it
    2. B.
      the actors will get angry
    3. C.
      others won’t hear the play well
    4. D.
      we will miss part of the play
  5. 5.

    We can take once earphone out when we _____

    1. A.
      show others the way
    2. B.
      talk to fiends on the phone
    3. C.
      watch a sporting event
    4. D.
      have dinner with our parents
  6. 6.

    It’s all right to use our MPS player in _____

    1. A.
      schools
    2. B.
      libraries
    3. C.
      restaurants
    4. D.
      museums
  7. 7.

    What can be the best title of this passage?

    1. A.
      Music Lovers
    2. B.
      Music Manners
    3. C.
      MP3 Players
    4. D.
      MP3 Earphones
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