The Tin Lizzie

  It shook, rattled (嗄嗄作响), and groaned (呻吟). It wasn't pretty. It looked like a black box sitting on high, skinny wheels. But it could go anywhere, and it was cheap.

  What was it? It was Henry Ford's Model-T ca-better known as the Tin Lizzie. This car was the most popular of all for nearly 20 years. It changed the American way of life forever.

  Model T's were sold as fast as they were made. Eleven thousand were sold in 1908. They cost $850 each. Of course, you can't buy a new car for $850 any longer. The prices of new cars keep changing.

  The line graph below shows how the average prices of American cars have been changing.

  A line graph shows how something has changed. This kind of graph uses a simple line to show changes. If the line goes up, that means things have gone up in some way. If the line goes down, then something has gone down.

  Suppose you want to find the average price of cars for 1977. Find 1977 at the bottom of the graph. Find the dot over the year. Then find the price across from the dot.

  Use the line graph to answer the questions below.

1.What was the average price of a car in 1979?

[  ]

A.$4000.
B.$6000.
C.$8000.
D.$10000.

2.What does the line graph show about car prices?

[  ]

A.They have been going up.
B.They have been going down.
C.They have not changed.
D.They have been cut in half.

3.In what year did cars cost more than $4000 but less than $6000?

[  ]

A.1975.
B.1977.
C.1979.
D.1981.

4.Suppose you were looking for a new car in 1981. What would the average price have been?

[  ]

A.Less than $6000.
B.Less than $8000.
C.More than $8000.
D.More than $10000.

5.How did the average price of cars change from 1977 to 1979?

[  ]

A.It went up by $1000.
B.It went up by $2000.
C.It went down by $1000.
D.It went down by $2000.
阅读理解。
     It was getting late. There was no noise in the forest. We could only hear the birds singing. And then,
a bear-a big brown bear-came into the forest.
     The bear stopped under a tall tree. He was very hungry. He looked up into the tree. There in the nut
tree was his supper-a supper of nice nuts. But the nuts were high up in the tree. The hungry  bear  could
not reach them. But he knew how to get his supper. He climbed up the tree.
     Up and up he climbed. He climbed onto a big branch of the tree. He sat there  and  then shook(摇)
the branch again and again. At last the branch broke. The brown bear fell down  with  the branch  and
nuts.
     The bear sat up and looked around. With his big paws he picked up the nuts and ate them up.
1.How did the brown bear get his supper?                  
A. He climbed up the tree and ate the nuts there.
B. He shook the apples off a tree and ate them.
C. He picked up the nuts on the ground and ate them.
D. He fell down with the branch of the tree. Then he took the nuts and ate them.
2.The bear was         .
A. black        
B. brown    
C. black and white    
D. brown and black
3.The story took place          .
A. in the morning  
B. at noon
C. before evening ca        
D. at midnight
4.The word "branch" in this passage means          in Chinese.
A. 树干        
B. 树叶        
C. 树枝            
D. 树桩
5.Where did the bear eat the nuts?
A. in a forest.  
B. outside the forest.
C. near a forest.  
D. in front of the forest.

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