Christmas was comingMr. Smith had no money to buy any presents for his childrenHis wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her medicineAnd the harvest was bad and all his family were going to be hungry the next springHe was quite worried about it

“We had only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day“You’d better take it to the townSell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children

“It’s a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put it into a boxIt was difficult to walk on the road covered with thick snowTwo hours later he was very tied and wanted to have a restHe put the box to the ground and sat down

“The air in the box must be close,” the man said to himself“I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, or it’ll die

So he put the cock to the groundWhen he started again, he couldn’t catch it any longer

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith called out angrily“You can herald(预示…来临) the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”

1 The story happened in          

    A November             B December         C January           D February

2          , so Mr. Smith was worried

    A They would have noting to eat on Christmas  

    B His children would be sad on Christmas

    C His children were naughty(顽皮)

    D They would die in the cold weather

3 Mr. Smith couldn’t buy any presents for his children because         

    A his wife was ill                                   B the harvest was bad

    C they had a big family                           D he was very poor

4 Mr. Smith was quite tired on his way to town because         

    A there was much snow on the road        B something was wrong with him

    C the box was very heavy                       D He lost his way 

5 In fact,          was foolish

    A the cook        B Mrs. Smith            C Mr. Smith             D none

Today there are 6 billion people on the earthBy the year 2050 there may be 125 billion This is a lot of people to feedWe need more food

One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plantsFor thousands of years, farmers have made plants betterEvery season, they pick the best plants for the next seasonIt works very slowlySince 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material(遗传物质). Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods(转基因食品), or GM foods

By changing the genetic material of a plant, it is possible to make new plantsThey make plants which are strong against plant diseasesThey can also help with our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared (准备), for example, which stops people from becoming blind

Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and bring in more moneyPoor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food

GM plants are not naturalNo one knows how good or bad they areMaking GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050 There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnaturalThey may feed people, then hurt them or their children laterBut, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go awayIn 2050, we may think differently about them

1 GM foods are made up by         

A farmers                 B workers            C Scientists               D plants

2 What are the good things about GM foods?          

A They make plants strong against disease     B They are unnatural

C they can help in human disease              D Both A and C

3 GM foods         

A are a quick way to produce food                B grow in the wild

C are safe                                                    D are grown only in rich countries

4 Why do some people not like GM foods?            

A Because they are not useful                    B Because are not helpful

C Because they are not natural              D Because they are not cheap

5 From the reading we know that        

A GM foods will disappear one day in the future

B GM foods will not disappear in the future 

C people will be interested in GM foods

D people will have to stop using GM foods

A professor told his students to go into the city slums(贫民窟)to study the life of 200 boys He asked them to write reports about each boy's life in the futureEvery one of the students wrote, "He doesn't have any hope"

Twenty-five years later, another professor read about the earlier studyHe told his students to find out what had happened to these boysOf the 200 boys, 20 had moved away or died Nobody knew what had happened to themThey tried very hard and found the other 180 peopleAmong them, 176 had become successful as doctors, teachers and scientists

The professor was very surprised and decided to study it furtherLuckily, all of them were living near the place and he was able to ask each one, "What made you successful?" Each one answered with feeling, "There was a teacher"

The teacher was still living there, so the professor found her and asked the old woman what she had used to pull those boys out of the slums, and change them into successful people

The teacher's eyes began to shine and she said with a sweet smile, "It's really very easy I loved those boys"

1 Why did the students go to the slums?

A To help the poor children                       B To look for a good teacher

C To study the life of some young boys     D To become successful people

2 Of the 180 boys, how many were known to be not successful?    

A 4                      B 20                    C 24                    D 176

3 What changed the boys' life?    

    A The professor's study                               B The teacher's love

C Their parents                                      D The slums

4 Why was the second professor surprised?

A Because some boys had died              B Because most of the boys lived a hard life

C Because a few boys didn't have hopeDBecause the earlier reports were wrong

5 Which of the following is not true?

A Some of the boys became doctors

B The second professor talked to the 180 people and their teacher

C The teacher still remembered the boys

D The boys didn't want to talk about their teacher

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