E—schoolbags

Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon.

Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for a long time. But the e-schoolbag will work it out. An e-schoolbag is much lighter than a usual schoolbag. Perhaps, the e-schoolbag should be called an e-textbook. It is as small as a usual book, but it can still have all the things for study, such as a textbook, an exercise book and so on. They can be made into chips(芯片) like stamps. The students can read the text page by page on the screen, take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers. They only need to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag and then the students can use it.

Some people say that e-textbooks can be easily broken, while others say it is not good to student’s eyes. But only time will tell.

1.What is the e-schoolbag used for ? It can’t help students _________.

         A. take notes                      

B. send e-mails  

C. lighten(减轻) the schoolbag     

D. read the text in the paper book

2.What’s the e-school like?

         A. It’s bigger than a usual book.  

B. It’s just as big as a usual book.

         C. It’s as big as a stamp.          

D. It’s not as small as a usual book.

3.How can e-schoolbags have all the things for study?

        A. They are made into stamps   

B. They are made into chips.

         C. They are called e-textbooks   

D. They put the books into e-schoolbags.

4.Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?

        A. That e-schoolbags may be easily broken    

B. It may not be good to student’s eyes.

C. They have been into use in school in China.                

D. The e-schoolbag will solve the problem of the heavy schoolbags.

One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear, “ Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it. Then I will give you twenty dollars.” “All right,” says the young man. After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man twenty dollars and says, “ Now, can you tell me how you found the elephant’s bad ears?” “ I didn’t find the bad ears,” says the young man. “ Then why are you looking at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man. The young man answers, “Because I have never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”
(   )1. ______ the elephant.
A. The young man sells      B. The old man sells
C. The two men sell         D. The old man buys
(   )2. The young man is looking at the elephant slowly. He wants to find out _______.
A. which foot of the elephant is bad    B. how heavy it is
C. which ear of the elephant is bad     D. what it looks like
(   )3. The young man _______.
A. knows the elephant has bad ears   B. wants to buy the elephant
C. looks after the elephant   D. gets some money from the old man
(   )4. The young man _______.
A. is not interested in elephants
B. knows what an elephant looks like
C. has seen some elephants before
D. has never seen an elephant before
(  )5. Hearing what the young man said, the old man will probably(可能) be ______
A. angry      B. happy      C. dangerous     D. hungry

动词填空  用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，并将答案写在标有题号的横向上。（本大题共8小题，每小题1分，共8分）

1.—Isn’t it time for you to go to bed, Mike?

—I ____________ (reply) to my classmates’ e-mails all afternoon, so I have to do my homework now.

2.The students had no choice but _____________(stay )in the classroom because of the heavy haze(雾霾).

3.The boy’s abilities to organize class activities may ____________ (doubt) if he fails again tomorrow.

4.She said nothing and finally ____________ (accept) the fact that she didn’t pass the maths exam.

5. —Mum, can I go to the zoo with Jack?

—When your homework ____________ (finish), you can.

6.Our teacher often says that ___________(plan) ahead can help us a lot.

7.He told me that he _______________ (not hear) from his father since last November.

8.In his last seven games, Bale from Real Madrid(皇马) _______________ (score)eight goals.

My father is tall and has short gray hair. He wears glasses with heavy black frames(框). Here is a picture of him from 1968. What a surprise! In the picture, he's 15 years old. He's short and he is wearing glasses with small round frames. He has short blond hair and it's really straight. He is wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt with the word "love" on it. I'm 15 years old now. I'm of medium height and I have short hair. My hair isn't blond. It's blue. My father thinks it's strange (奇怪的), but my friends think it's great. I wear glasses, but my glasses have bright red frames. They're so cool! I have an earring (耳环) in one ear, too. I never wear blue jeans. I' like big baggy pants (袋状裤) and long T-shirts. Most of my T-shirts have pictures of my favorite rock bands on them.

1.What kind of glasses is the writer's father wearing in the picture?

2.What color is the writer's hair?

3.What does the writer like wearing?

4.What's on his father's T-shirt in the picture?

One day, a teacher was giving a speech to his students. He held up a glass of water and asked the class, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
The students' answers ranged from 20 g to 500 g. "It does not matter on the weight itself. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance (救护车). It is exactly the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. "
If we carry our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier. "
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”
We have to put down the burden sometimes, so that we can be refreshed (使恢复) and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
【小题1】The teacher brought a glass of water to the class because_________.