One morning Mrs Petty said to her husband, “Jack, there’s a meeting of our Ladies Club at Mrs Young’s house at lunchtime today, and I want to go there. I’ll leave you some food for your lunch. Is that all right?

“Oh, yes.” her husband answered, “That’s quite all right. What are you going to leave for my lunch?”

“This tin of fish.” Mrs Petty said, “And there are some eggs and vegetables and some bread here, too.”

“Good.” said Mr Petty. Then Mrs Petty went to her meetings. All the ladies had lunch at Mrs Young’s house and at 3 o’clock Mrs Petty came home.

“Was your fish nice, Jack?” She asked.

“Yes, but my feet are hurting.” He answered.

“Why are they hurting?” Mrs Petty asked.

“Well, on the tin was written ---OPEN THE TIN AND STAND IN HOT WATER FOR FIVE MINUTES.”

1.Mrs Petty wanted to ________.

A. visit her old friends           B. go to Mrs Young’s house

C. have a dinner in the restaurant   D. have lunch by herself.

2.Mr Petty had to _____  .

A. buy some food himself         B. cook dinner for Mrs Petty  

C. have lunch at a restaurant       D. have lunch by himself at home

3.Mrs Petty had her lunch    __    .

A. at home                    B. with her husband  

C. in Mrs Young’s house         D. in Jack’s house

4.Mr Petty’s feet were hurting because ________.

A. the tin of fish hurt his feet.

B. he fell down and hurt his feet.        

C. he himself stood in hot water for 5 minutes.

D. his wife didn’t tell him how to open the tin.

5.In the last sentence, “STAND” means ________.

        A. put         B. push          C. send           D. sink (浸)

Have you ever hoped a toy balloon? They are very light. But there are much bigger balloons can fly very high up in the sky. They are big enough to carry people. They are called hot-air balloons.

To make a hot-air balloon go up, turn on the burner(燃烧器). That will make the air inside the balloon hotter. Then the balloon will go up.

To make the balloon go down, turn off the burner. The air inside the balloon will get cooler. Then the balloon will go down. Underneath(在….下面) the balloon there is a large basket. That is where the pilot and the passengers go.

The burner is just above the basket. You can stand in the basket and turn the burner on and off. The balloon will go where the wind is blowing the right way! Do you want the balloon to go somewhere special? First make sure the wind is blowing the right way!

People have been flying in hot-air balloons for over two hundred years. Before planes it was the only way of flying. Today people fly in hot-air balloon for fun. Some people like to race hot-air balloons.

1.A hot-air balloon is ____

A．smaller than a toy balloon                 B．bigger than a toy balloon

C．the same as a toy balloon                 D．lighter than a toy balloon

2.Where will you sit if you want to fly in the balloon?

A．Inside the basket                        B．On top of the balloon

C．Under the basket                       D．Inside the balloon

3.You want the balloon to go up. So you will ____

A．jump out of the balloon

B．let the air out of the balloon

C．make the air inside the balloon hotter

D．let the air inside the balloon cool down

4.Now you are high up in the sky. If you want the balloon go down, you will _____

A．make your friends go out of the basket

B．make a hole in the balloon with a knife

C．make the air inside the balloon hotter

D．make the air inside the balloon cooler

5. Now everything is all right! The balloon is flying across the sky. Where are you going?

A．Towards the sun                        B．To the seaside

C．Where the wind blows you.                D．To the nearest mountains

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What if there is a fire in your house? Would you know what to do? Here are several suggestions which might help you escape (逃生) from the fire.

Leaving the house through a door should be your first choice as an escape route. Windows on a higher floor may be a safe escape route if you could get help from another person.

     If you can see smoke in the house, stay low to the ground as you go to the door. In a fire, smoke and poisonous air hurt more people. You’ll breathe less smoke if you stay close to the ground.

If fire or smoke is blocking (阻塞) an escape route, you do this, firefighters (消防队员) will have difficulty finding you. The sooner they find you, the sooner you can get out.

Meanwhile, keep heat and smoke from getting through the door by blocking the cracks (缝隙) around the door with blankets, or clothing. If there is a window, open it all the way and stand in front of it. If you can get a piece of clothing, cover your mouth to keep from breathing in the smoke. This works even better if you wet the cloth first.

If your clothed catch fire during a fire, don’t run! You had better stop, drop to the ground, and roll. This will cut off the air and put out the fire.

Train-spotting

Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Train spotting starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us really know what train-spotting is all about? Now this is not considered cool in town and the word “train-spotter” in Britain is related to “geek” or “nerd” (someone who seems very ridiculous). But is this reputation really deserved?

First of all, let’s see what train-spotting is. It is said that there are some 100,000 train spotters in the UK. Exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the number of each train that leaves and arrives and write it down. The eventual aim is to have seen every train in the country.

    Being crazy about railways and trains is not modern and it dates back to 1804. As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow? Is this any stranger than people who love cars?

    So, what do you need to be a train-spotter? Well, all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers. Other equipment(装备) includes hot tea in a thermos, a camera and some sandwiches for those long afternoons spent on train platforms when you don’t want to risk the delights of railway station food.

    It’s interesting to note that despite the “bad name” of train-spotting, there have been famous railway lovers in history, such as Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed them regularly, especially The 39 Steps. There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a strange phenomenon（现象）in Britain.

    One glance at the US train stations should be enough to convince you that train-spotters there are alive and well. In America, they try to call rail lovers “train-fans” and talk of “train-fanning”. Don’t let this fool you—these people are train spotters and there are a lot of them. Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb.org.                      

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1.What is train-spotting according to the passage?

A. A kind of hobby.             B. A type of sport.

C. A strange phenomenon.        D. A special job.

2.Which of the following about train-spotters is true according to the passage?

A. They number each train they see.

B. They keep a careful path of every train.

C. They count the trains passing in front of them.

D. They produce films about trains with video cameras.

3.The writer writes the passage to        .

A. introduce some famous train-spotters

B. encourage readers to do more train-spotting

C. try to present a true picture of train-spotting

D. describe the necessary equipment in train-spotting

4. What do we learn from the passage?

A. Train-spotters in the UK want to fool people.

B. Train-spotting is more acceptable in America.

C. Train-spotters are much stranger than car lovers.

D. Train-spotting relates to（与…有关）a dangerous lifestyle.

Last year The Voice of China, the most popular TV talent show became a popular topic in people’s chatting and media information from both home and abroad. It began on July 13, 2012 and ended on September 30, 2012. Liang Bo, a handsome boy from Changchun, Jilin was the champion of The Voice of China in 2012. Before the competition Liang Bo was just an ordinary college student studying music. He captured (夺得) the hearts of audience (观众) with his passionate (激情的) rock’n’roll (摇滚) performance at the show.
Fans described Liang’s voice as “natural, clear and touching’’. Although he seemed cool on stage, he could quickly turn on the power once he started singing. “His performances make you imagine things. When I listen to his singing, I see pictures and think of stories.” said Na Ying, one of the four judges (评判员) on the show. She was also Liang’s tutor for the competition.
Liang Bo, like many young Chinese, he fell in love with music through playing the guitar. Liang got his first guitar as a birthday gift when he was in middle school. He would spend days and nights practicing. “ I can’t live without my guitar.” he said.
“ I don’t like talking much but I carry great passion inside me,” Liang said. “ There is no better way to let it out than through music like rock’n’roll. Many people compare Liang to famous Chinese rockers including Xu Wei, Wang Feng and Zheng Jun. But the young man doesn’t want to stand in others’ shadow. “ I respect those rockers, but I’m not going to copy them. I will be who I am,” he said. 
【小题1】Which was the most popular TV show last summer?