题目内容
It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.
The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory(介绍的)questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's answer.
"Aha!" they both exclaimed, "You ARE from Korea!" Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized(道歉)to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother language in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.
"I agree." said Rose.
"You're 100 percent right." agreed Jenny, "Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right,Rose?" Rose nodded,and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.
The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.
1.The underlined word "exclaimed" in Paragraph 3 means " ".
A. announced with excitement
B. shouted in surprise
C. screamed with joy
D. cried in fear
2. From the passage, we can infer(推断)that .
A. Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea
B. Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group
C. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her the following days
D. Tara said she wasn't from Korea because she didn't like Rose and Jenny and wasn't willing to speak Korean with them
3.Which is the best title of this passage?
A. Don't Tell Lies B. An ESL Class
C. Let's Speak English D. Three Korean Women
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A report in a newspaper says that school accidents, such as food poisoning (食物中毒), fires, electricity and traffic, kill more primary and middle school students than anything else. So we must learn how to protect ourselves better. Here are some tips for keeping safety in mind every day.
On our way home or to school: Wait for the green traffic light, and look left and right before we go across the road. We’d better wear bright-color clothes, so the drivers can see us easily. Don’t believe strange people in the street.
At school: When students around us begin to push each other, we need to stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. If we fall down in a moving crowd, use both hands to cover the head. Lean to one side, curl up (蜷缩) our body and bend (使弯曲) the legs.
In a fire: Stay calm. Leave the classroom quickly under the directions of the teachers. Smoke can be more dangerous than fire, so use a piece of cloth to cover our mouth and nose. What will we do if the clothes burn? Remember not to run! Drop and fall to the ground. Then roll! It will make the fire go out.
For eating: Wash fruits carefully before eating them. Check the expiration dates (保质期) on the packages of the snacks, and if it looks or smells bad, don’t eat it.
Topic: 1. safety every day | ||
Fact | It’s 2. that school accidents kill more students than anything else. | |
Safety Tips | On the way | Wait for the green light, look both sides before we 3. the road. Wear bright colors. Don’t believe 4. in the street. |
At school | It’s5.___ for us to stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. We’d better cover our head with both hands, leaning to one side, curling up our body and 6. our legs. | |
In a fire | Stay calm. Follow the teachers’ 7. and leave quickly. Cover our mouth and nose by 8. a piece of cloth. Drop to the ground and roll over and over to put out the fire. | |
For eating | Wash fruits carefully before we eat them. Check the expiration dates. Don’t eat the food that 9. bad. | |
Purpose | To make the students know the tips to be protected from 10. . | |