Look at the centre circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. Which of the centre circles looks larger? In fact, they are exactly the same size.

Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:

When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret（解读）the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “visual illusion(视觉错误)”.

Movie makers often make use of visual illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of visual illusions.

1.Why does the centre circle in Diagram A look smaller than that in Diagram B?

A．something is wrong with our eyes

B．the two circles are not the same size

C．our brains interpret the information in a wrong way

D．the two pictures change quickly from one to the other

2.What do movie makers make use of visual illusions for ?

A．To help the actors look better

B．To make the actors much braver

C．To help the actors become stronger

D．To make the actors seem different in size

3.In the picture below, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as  Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A. The second one.               B. The third one.

C. The fourth one.                D. The sixth one.

4.What’s the right order according to the passage?

a. We look at things with our eyes.

b. Our brains interpret the messages.

c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.

d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

A．a d b c            B．c a b d            C．a c d b            D．b c a d

5.Where may this passage be from?

A．A letter                               B．An English newspaper

C．A science book                         D．An advertisement

A．从右栏中找出左栏正确的应答语。

(   )⒈ Why not buy some flowers for Betty?             A. February.

(   )⒉ Can you sing an English song?                        B. Sure. Here you are.

(   )⒊ Why he can’t come to school today?               C. Because he’s ill in bed.

(   )⒋ Can I have a look at your photo?                     D. Yes, I can. It’s easy.

(   )⒌ Which month is different from others in days? E. Good idea.

B．通读对话，选择可以填入相应空白处的五个答案。

A：What’s the date today?

B：__6__

A：And what’s the date tomorrow?

B：It’s September 31.

A：___7_ September has only thirty days.

B：Oh, I see.

A：Please remember this. There are thirty-one days in January, March, May, July, August, October and December. And thirty days in April, June, September and November.

B：_8___

A：Oh, it has twenty-eight or twenty-nine days.

B：What is your favorite month?

A：___9_ But I like June and July best.

B：Why?

A：_10___

B：Is swimming your favorite sport?

A：Yes, and I like growing flowers, too. April, May and September are also my favorite months.

A. What about February?          B. It’s September 30.                          C. It’s hard to say.

D. Because I can go swimming.  E. Oh, you’re wrong.                         F. It’s Friday.

If you look at the word Christmas, you can see the word Christ in it. On Christmas, people celebrate (庆祝) the birthday of Jesus Christ.

Of course (当然) not everyone in America thinks Christ a great man, but Christmas is a holiday for all the people. It’s on December 25. Shops and schools are not open. Almost (几乎) every family has a Christmas tree in the house. People make their Christmas trees very beautiful. They put many colored bulbs on the trees. The bulbs make the trees more beautiful at night. They also put some dolls, balls and small animals on the trees. On Christmas day almost everyone gives gifts to others and also gets gifts from others.

1.The word Christmas comes from          .

2.In America people celebrate Christmas because          .

3.People have Christmas trees in their houses          .

4.The word “bulb”means something that _________.

5.On Christmas,  __________.

For years I wanted a garden．I’d spend hours thinking of different things I could plant that would look nice together．
But then we had Matthew, and Marvin, and the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen．I was too busy raising them to grow a garden．
Money was not enough．Neither was time．Often when my children were little,
one of them would want something that cost too much, and I’d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn't grow on trees, you know．”
Finally, all the children got through high school and college and were off on their own．I started thinking again about a garden．
Then, one spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I looked out of the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．There were things blowing around on it．       Then I put my glasses on—and I couldn’t believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills(帐单), one hundred of them, hanging all over that tree．There was also a note among them, “Thank you for your time, Mom．We love you!”
Later, my children bought me tools, ornaments, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．A new page started in my life．
That was three years ago．My garden’s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and take care of my flowers, I don’t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．It feels like they’re right there with me．Now every year when winter comes, I look out of my window and think of the flowers I’ll see next spring in my little garden．I think about what my children did for me, and I get tears in my eyes—every time．
I’m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
【小题1】How many children did the writer have?