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More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that’s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!

Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighbourhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car.

You can bike to work and benefit (受益) from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don’t even have to ride all the way. Folding (折叠) bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travellers.

Health Benefits of Bicycling:

It helps to prevent heart diseases.

Bicycling helps to control your weight.

A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.

Bicycling can improve your mood (心情).

Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.

Bicycling is healthier than driving.

1.From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very .

A. surprisingB. excitingC. expensiveD. popular

2.When you are riding your bicycle around your neighbourhood, you may .

A. pollute the environment around

B. find something you didn’t notice

C. go everywhere and use a little oil

D. get off your bike and begin to work

3.One of the benefits from bicycling is that .

A. you can fold the bicycle

B. you will be friendly to others

C. you will be more relaxed

D. you may get fatter and fatter

4.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people.

B. Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes

C. Riding a bike pollutes your neighbourhood.

D. Common bikes are welcomed by all airlines.

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What if our babies could somehow tell us what they’re thinking about, what they want, and what makes them unhappy? Robyn Holt, researcher for Baby Talk New Zealand, says they can. Holt heard about baby sign language through an advertisement and decided to go along to a workshop (研讨会).

“Sign language is something that’s always interested me, and I thought, it could be really cool to try this with a baby because we are always guessing all the time what they actually want.”

Holt started using baby sign language with her baby son Benjamin, now 12, and within two weeks he started to sign the sign for milk. She has since used it with her two younger sons Dominic, 8, and Matthew, 3.

Baby sign language is nothing new: the practice (which is based on adult sign language) has been out in America for more than 30 years. But it is enjoying a rebirth in New Zealand.

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1.Why did Holt go to the baby sign language workshop?

A. To entertain her own children.

B. To better understand babies’ needs.

C. To help babies with language problems.

D. To develop a new system of sign language.

2.According to the text, baby sign language _____.

A. has been used in New Zealand for 30 years

B. can easily make the parents understood

C. has developed from adult sign language

D. was designed by Robyn Holt

3.What does the underlined part “the mystery” in Paragraph 5 refer to?

A. The ability to communicate.

B. Mothers’ intuitions.

C. The cause of the baby’s crying.

D. Baby sign language.

4.Holt mentioned a parent and her child to show baby sign language is _____.

A. helpful B. difficult

C. interesting D. special

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Sometimes your friends start to talk about a new video game or a new app they have downloaded. It sounds pretty cool, and your friends really seem to like it. You become so 1. (interest) in it that you want to buy it too. Has this ever happened to you?

In the US and in places around the world, there is a similar feeling of wanting the 2. (new), greatest tech gadgets (小玩意). There is a big 3. (attract) to getting the latest technology even though people may not need it. But why is this?

As to(关于) these technologies, there’s 4. initial (最初的) excitement that 5. (get) people’s attention, according to Richard Larson, a director at MIT, US. If there’s a big group of people 6. want these things, you want to be a part of the excitement too.

One of the major US 7. (company) that really take advantage of this is Apple. It comes out with a new iPhone with very small changes every year. But people still flock (涌入) to the stores even if they have just bought the previous phone.

However, 8. (buy)these things may not always be the best choice. You could be buying things that you don’t really need and 9. (spend) too much money just for the right to show it off to your friends.

Not only that, but our need to always be on your phones or playing video games takes 10. a lot of time in our lives. So is this excitement over technology a good or a bad thing?

John Smith was a very handsome young man but he was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr. Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny, When I was your age I was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.

“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”

“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr. Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”

In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.

“John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”

When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything. “When you told me to earn some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”

Johnny was fined $250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $2,500?”

1.Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.

A. he liked listening to the radio

B. he had a big family to support

C. he spent a lot of time writing letters

D. he didn’t do the jobs well

2.Why was Johnny fined $ 250?

A. Because he was lazy.

B. Because he was out of work.

C. Because he cheated the people.

D. Because he didn’t pay for his new suit.

3.What would probably happen at last?

A. Johnny would get $2,500 from the newspaper.

B. The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny.

C. Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper.

D. Johnny would become a newspaper reporter.

4.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner.

B. What’s Johnny’s secret.

C. What did the policeman want Johnny to do.

D. How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back.

Suddenly another thought went through Kate’s mind like an electric shock. An express train was due to go past about thirty minutes later. If it were not stopped, that long train, full of passengers, would fall into the stream. “Someone must go to the station and warn the station-master,” Kate thought. But who was to go? She would have to go herself. There was no one else.

In wind and rain she started on her difficult way. Soon she was at the bridge that crossed the Des Moines River, a bridge also built of wood, just like the bridge across Honey Creek. The storm had not washed this away, but there was no footpath across it. She would have to cross it by stepping from sleeper (枕木) to sleeper. With great care she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below. If she should slip, she would fall between the sleepers, into the rapidly flowing stream.

At last — she never knew how long it had taken her — she felt solid ground under her feet. But there was no time to rest. She still had to run more than half a mile and had only a few minutes left. Unless she reached the station before the express did, many, many lives would be lost.

She did reach the station just as the train came into sight. Fortunately the station-master was standing outside. “The bridge is down! Stop the train! Oh, please stop it!” Kate shouted breathlessly.

The station-master went pale. He rushed into the station building and came back with a signal light. He waved the red light as the train came into the station. It was not a second too early.

1.What did Kate decide to do?

A. Stop the express train.

B. Check the signal light.

C. Meet the passengers.

D. Visit the station-master

2.Which of the following words best describes Kate’s journey?

A. Fruitless.B. Boring.C. Well-planned.D. Risky.

3.Why did the station-master turn pale?

A. He suddenly fell ill.

B. He realized the danger.

C- He discovered his mistake.

D. He became over-excited.

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