a little money, Jimmy was able to buy his mother a lovely new lamp. A. To save B. Saving C. Saved D. Having saved 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

There exist cruel wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, so it’s not only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us go through difficult times in our lives. Putting a smile on someone’s face when you know they are feeling depressed, as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.

How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don’t know the person I’m joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is a common manner to speak to others that are around you.

I know of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They don’t get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke?

Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to avoid the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. Therefore, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.

1.According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that ____________.

A．it can pick up people’s spirits

B．it can help people get on well with others

C．it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world

D．it makes people more confident

2.The author answers the question in the second paragraph with ___________.

A．facts and descriptions B．evidence and argument

C．examples and conclusion D．stories and persuasion

3.The underlined phrase “busting a gut” in the 3rd paragraph can be replaced by .

A．keeping silent B．speaking loud

C．laughing hard D．explaining carefully

4.In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to __________.

A．talk about his own understanding of humor

B．encourage people to be humorous in daily life

C．introduce a practical way to get through daily life

D．convince people of the power of being optimistic about life

5.What is the author’s attitude towards the present world?

A．Indifferent B．Positive C．Satisfied D．Critical

A School Report

Name: Edward Scott School: Kelvin Grove Stale High School Grade: 7 Term ends: 6，May
Subjects & Performances
Maths	He is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others.
English	He is the best in the class. Keep it up.
Science	He can work out many difficulties.
French	His reading is very good, he can remember many words.
History	He is not so good at this, but has done better than before.
Geography	He is familiar(熟悉) with the names of many places in the world.
Music	He doesn't like pop songs, though sings very well.
Remarks(评语): Edward is able to do a lot better. More work is needed next term.
Class teacher: Ivy	Headmaster: M. L. Martin
School reopens: 11, September

1.This is a_________.

A．studying plan of Edward Scott

B．teaching plan of Ivy

C．school report of Edward Scott

D．working plan of M. L. Martin

2.Which subject is NOT mentioned(提到) in the form?

A．Chinese

B．Music

C．Maths

D．Geography

3.Edward's best subject is_________.

A．science

B．English

C．French

D．history

4.Edward is not so good at_________.

A．science and geography

B．history and French

C．music and English

D．maths and history

Around 5:30 p.m., I was on the bus one day and everybody on the bus was quiet. People had just 36 from work, students had just finished their 37 class and everybody was a little 38 from a long day. It wasn't a particularly good day for me as I was feeling quite tired too. I was just looking outside of the 39 without any specific thought in my mind. It was the same 40 I had seen many times before, people hurrying home.

In front of me, there was a man sitting in the seat who didn't look too clean. 41 he was looking out of the window, the man suddenly 42 to me and pointed at something outside. "Hey, look." He had a big smile on his face. I turned to the 43 he was pointing to and there it was ---- the beautiful Catalina mountains burning with a beautiful 44 . The mountains were coated with bright pink light and shadows. He turned to other people on the bus and told them to look at the mountains. He 45

" Wow" and " It's so beautiful" again and again. Everybody on the bus 46 the views indeed.

The 47 view also helped me to 48 my long tiring day with a good feeling in my heart. But, more 49 , I was so inspired (鼓舞）to see that this man wanted to 50 the beautiful view with everybody on the bus, total strangers. His 51 act made me accidentally find something that I had lost which I didn't even know I had lost. He made me 52 that I had lost the feelings and the excitement I 53 have everyday. In my daily life, many things had 54 their color and movement. But he 55 me that things are still there ---- they never get lost.

1.

A．gone by

B．got off

C．given up

D．taken up

2.A morning B. important C. last D. boring

3.

A．excited

B．tired

C．puzzled

D．disappointed

4.

A．window

B．classroom

C．mountain

D．city

5.

A．people

B．bus

C．trouble

D．view

6.

A．So

B．Once

C．As

D．If

7.

A．referred

B．attended

C．turned

D．object

8.

A．finger

B．driver

C．direction

D．sky

9.

A．sunset .

B．memory

C．sunrise

D．journey

10.

A．wrote

B．followed

C．discussed

D．said

11.

A．enjoyed

B．impressed

C．described

D．recorded

12.

A．beautiful

B．full

C．same

D．simple

13.

A．save

B．hate

C．challenge

D．end

14.

A．fortunately

B．naturally

C．beautifully

D．importantly

15.

A．share

B．connect

C．compare

D．comment

16.

A．final

B．kind

C．violent

D．direct

17.

A．decide

B．believe

C．realize

D．learn

18.

A．used to

B．was used to

C．got used to

D．used

19.

A．increased

B．showed

C．faded

D．lost

20.

A．warned

B．reminded

C．advised

D．persuaded

My daughter recently asked me what a Travel Agency does. There is one located on our street and it has just been completely rebuilt. I told her that they helped people book their trips and vacations. “Why haven’t we ever been in there?” she wanted to know. “Because we do everything ourselves online these days” I explained. “But why do it yourself if other people want to do it for you?” she wondered out loud.

The answer is that the travel agency makes a little bit of money on each ticket you book through them. If you book your ticket yourself, online, you save that money. Saving money sounds great except that when you think about it you typically spend three evenings comparing prices to end up saving $30 on a $300 trip. All those $30 discounts add up of course so I guess we should be happy with that.

Still, how bad is it really to pay someone $30 and trust them to buy you something decent? Wouldn’t you say your free evenings are worth more than $10 a piece?

Consider books for a moment. Buying your book at Amazon saves you maybe 30% to 40% on each book. Add to that the convenience of shopping from home and getting the package delivered to your home address. So far so good.

Unfortunately that does mean you spend way too much time browsing Amazon. com while you could do something fun instead. Like maybe reading an actual book?

Then the package arrives and you aren’t home and end up having to pick it up at the local post- office. All in all I wonder how much time I end up investing in the whole process.

Time sounds free, but to most of us, it is more valuable than money.

The Internet Economy promised to get rid of the middle-men and we loved it. Somehow, I’m starting to get the feeling that we ourselves ended up doing the work of that middle-men we were so eager to get rid of.

In any project you can always pick two of these: fast, cheap or good. We seem to have focused a lot on ‘cheap’ and ‘good’ but the extra time we need to invest to keep it ‘fast’ comes out of our own pockets.

You can always make more money but you can never make more time.

1.What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．It mainly shows the curiosity of the author’s daughter.

B．It indicates that the Internet has influenced our daily life.

C．It tells us the importance of a travel agency.

D．It shows why people need a travel agency.

2.What’s the author’s attitude towards the Internet Economy?

A．The author thinks online shopping saves time and is a convenient way to buy products.

B．The author worries about sending personal information over the internet.

C．The author doesn’t think online shopping is satisfactory in every way.

D．The author likes the convenience but is concerned about the e-commerce environment.

3.What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The convenience of the Internet Economy.

B．How to save money in the Internet Economy.

C．The hidden cost of the Internet Economy.

D．How to save time in the Internet Economy.

第二部分阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、 D和E）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Scott Langteau has this message for kids: Spend less time playing video games．

It’s a message that many a mom and dad have tried to impress upon many a youngster （and some not-so-youngsters） who spend perhaps a bit too much time with game controllers in hand．

But the 40-year-old Langteau isn’t a parent．He’s experienced at video games — one who played producer on three “Medal of Honor” games and co-founded his own game development company．

Langteau has just published a children’s book called “Sofa Boy,” which tells the story of a kid who spends too much time sitting on the couch with controller held in hand and the rather terrible consequences that follow．

It’s a fairy tale plucked straight from Langteau's own experiences as a lad with a fondness for video games and his own bouts with a bit of game addiction．But first, Langteau would like to make one thing clear: “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t play video games．I think video games are great, I think they do great things for kids．Instead, Langteau says his book is all about a little something called “moderation．（克制）”

_“It’s_about_being_well_rounded,” he says．“Just like with anything else, we all need to make sure that there’s a variety in what we do．”

Video gamers can be rather bad-tempered when it comes to accepting criticism about their favorite entertainment．And understandably so．After all, most people who go around talking about the dangers of playing video games tend to be outsiders — people who don’t play video games and certainly don’t understand that they can be a valuable and healthy form of entertainment．

But Langteau and “Sofa Boy” seem to be in a unique position to deliver a message of gaming moderation that the young game-savvy masses might actually listen to．After all, this is a

man who understands what it means to be a kid with a passion for games．His early experience has taught him a lesson．

1．Scott Langteau published “Sofa Boy” to_____________．

A．share his great skills on games

B．warn kids against game addiction

C．tell about his fairy tale as a kid

D．deliver a message for games

2．We can learn from the passage that____________．

A．Langteau advises the young to play games within limits

B．Langteau advises the young not to play games

C．playing video games ruins the future of kids

D．playing video games is of no benefit to kids

3．By saying “It’s about being well rounded” Langteau thinks____________．20090506

A．games do great things for kids

B．gamers are usually fat and round

C．games should be viewed from all sides

D．gamers are to blame for their behaviors

4．What topic will be discussed in the following paragraph?

A．His idea to create “Sofa Boy”．

B．His great achievement in games as a kid．

C．His hard times to set up his game company．

D．His enthusiasm for games when he was a small boy．

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