5.The meaning of the underlined sentence in the passage is .
A the middle school students’ life in Singapore is easy
B the middle school students’ life in Singapore is amazing
C the middle school students’ life in Singapore is boring
D the middle school students’ life in Singapore is hard ,but it’s interesting
(B)
Henry is a carpenter of our village . Once I asked him to make a dining table for my wife . He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows . When I arrived home that evening ,Henry was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for his work.
My wife said to me, quietly , “That’s his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said loudly,
“It’s a beautiful table ,dear , isn’t it ?”
“I won’t decide about that until I see that bill.” I said.
Henry laughed and gave me his bill for his work .It said:
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BILL One dining table June 10,1995 Cost of wood 17.00 Paint 1.50 Work,8 hours (1 an hour ) 8.00 Total 36.50 |
When I was looking at the bill ,Henry said, “ it’s been a fine day, hasn’t it ?Quite sunny.”
“Yes,” I said . “I’m glad it is only the 10th of June.”
“Me too,” said Henry. “You wait – it’ll be a bit hotter by the end of the month.”
“Yes . Hotter and more expensive . Dining tables will be 20 more expensive on June 30th ,won’t they , Henry?”
Henry looked hard at me for half a minute. There was a little smile in his two eyes .
I gave his bill back to him.
“If it isn’t too much trouble ,Henry ,” I said .”Please add it up again. You can forget the date.”
I paid him 26.50 and he was happy to get it.
6 Why did Henry talk about weather when the writer was looking at the bill?
A Because it was a fine day indeed.
B Because he wanted the writer to look at the bill carefully .
C Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like .
D Because he didn’t want the writer to go through the bill carefully .
7 Why did the writer say that dining tables would be 20 more expensive by the end of June?
A Because he thought Henry would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table
B Because it was difficult to make dining tables in hot weather .
C Because paint would be more expensive .
D Because the cost of wood would be more expensive .
8The writer thought Henry would asked for if he made a dining table on the last day of June. A 26.50 B 56.50 C 46.50 D20.00
9 When the writer gave him the money , Henry was happy because .
A he got the money easily
B he didn’t have to add up the cost again
C he got what he should get for his work
D he got much money for his work
10 From the story we know that .
A Henry had written out the bill before the writer got home
B Henry still wanted to get 36.50 for his work in the end
C Henry made a mistake in the bill
D Henry tried to get more money for his work
(C)
Computer scientists are busy trying to design new computers that know how you’re feeling .(1)computers ,The, who, will ,you , your ,talk ,can ,friends ,be ,like , to .
After a long day at school , you get a heavy evening of homework ahead . You turn on your computer to work on your homework . An animated kid on your computer screen smiles and says .”Hey , it’s good to see you again . But you look tired .Are you OK?”
You answer that you’re feeling quite tire ,but you get lots of homework to do . “ I know your feeling ,” your computer-kid replies .”But don’t worry .We’ll work on it together .”
But it may be many years before (2) you’ll have a computer that can tell when you’re tired and responds(做出反应) by telling you a joke , or you’ll have a computer that cheers you up and gives you hints(暗示 ) when you’re feeling frustrated with a math problem .