A frog (青蛙) is born in a small river．When he is young，the river is his home．He doesn’t know his parents，but he has hundreds of brothers and sisters．He swims about and plays with them all the time．At that time，he doesn’t look like his parents．He has no legs and he has a big tail (尾巴)．So he looks like a fish．
Later，his tail gets shorter and shorter．And he has four legs and a very short tail．He looks like his parents now. Then, he’s going to eat a lot of bad insects (害虫)．
【小题1】Where is a frog born?

When you are reading something in English, you may often meet with a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you a lot about the word: the pronunciation, the Chinese meaning and how to use the word. But how can you know where the word is thousands of English words? How to find it in the dictionary both quickly and correctly?
First, all the English words are arranged(安排) in the letter order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with letter A, then B, C, D…. That means, if there are two words “desert” and “pull”, “desert” will be certainly before “pull”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth… For example, “pardon” is before “plough”, “judge” before “just”, etc.
Do you understand how to look up in the dictionary?
The dictionary will be your good friend. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English study.

1. 1.

   This passage is about______.

   1. A.
      new words in writing
   2. B.
      different dictionaries
   3. C.
      the best way of reading
   4. D.
      using an English-Chinese dictionary
2. 2.

   In the dictionary you may not find_______.

   1. A.
      how to pronounce the word
   2. B.
      the spelling of the word
   3. C.
      who used the word first
   4. D.
      how to use the word
3. 3.

   In an English-Chinese dictionary, the last word______.

   1. A.
      begins with Z
   2. B.
      begins with A
   3. C.
      is a short one
   4. D.
      is not often used
4. 4.

   Which group of words is in the right order in an English-Chinese dictionary?

   1. A.
      perhaps, produce, plenty
   2. B.
      straight, subject, surprise
   3. C.
      century, center, business
   4. D.
      foreign, entrance, headache
5. 5.

   In the passage the writer tries to tell us that_______.

   1. A.
      we have to use a dictionary when we read something in English
   2. B.
      an English-Chinese dictionary can tell us everything about a word
   3. C.
      an English-Chinese dictionary can help us a lot in our English study
   4. D.
      all English-Chinese dictionary are the same

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【小题1】 Which of the following is True about the headphones?

After a hard campaign, Barack Obama won the US president election on November 4. He will become the 44th President of the United States---the first African-American in the country’s history.
On the election eve, Obama’s grandmother died---only a few days before seeing her grandson’s victory. Tears ran down the face of Obama as he spoke about his grandmother. “She taught me about hard work.She was the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me.”
In his first speech as the president, Obama declared to tens of thousands of cheering supporters, “…The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year, or even one term, but America---I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you: We as a people will get there…” The crowd broke out into the same chant(咏唱，吟诵), “Yes, we can!”Those three short words have become the defining phrase of Obama’s campaign.
Forty-five years ago, Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. Today the dream has come true.
【小题1】When will Obama begin to work as a president?