Barbara Finch, from England, started a friendship with Elizabeth Martin from New Zealand when the two were just 14 years old. And they have been penfriends for the past seventy years.

“Seventy years is a long time and such a lot has happened,” says Barbara.“I've lost my husband and my son, and she's lost her husband and her daughter. With things like that, her friendship means a lot to me.”

The two started writing letters to each other in November 1947. At that time, Barbara was a pupil. In her school, there was an exchange (交换) teacher from New Zealand. She helped her students to find penfriends from her country. Among the many penfriends, Barbara and Elizabeth were the only pair to form a long-term friendship.

Now both 84, the pair continue to send weekly e-mails to tell each other about their daily lives. Barbara, who's a proud great-grandmother, has kept every single letter and card Elizabeth sent her over the years.

“We e-mail each other now rather than write letters, partly because it's quicker but mostly because there's no cost,” Barbara says.

The pair not only write to each other, but they also meet face to face. They have visited each other 15 times — Barbara flying to New Zealand 10 times and Elizabeth flying to England 5 times.

“Her family has become a second family to me. She says I am the sister she never had,”Barbara says.

1.What do Barbara and Elizabeth have in common?

A. They are both good at writing.

B. They both have two children.

C. They both lost their husband.

D. They were both teachers before.

2.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. What Barbara and Elizabeth wrote in their letters.

B. How Barbara and Elizabeth became penfriends.

C. The good things about making penfriends.

D. A teacher who influenced Barbara a lot.

3.Barbara and Elizabeth now e-mail each other instead of writing letters mostly because ________.

A. it is free B. it is popular

C. it saves time D. it saves paper

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Old habits B. Good old days

C. A lifelong friendship D. Communication and friendship

Have you seen Avatar(《阿凡达》)? It’s a popular 3D movie, and you may have to wear 3D glasses to see it. The 3D glasses make the images(图像)from the movie look as if they were coming straight towards you.

More and more 3D movies are coming to theaters. Some say that 3D TV sets will come into our homes in the near future. 3D technology can make TV and movies are more exciting. However, people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3D movies. Why?

When we look at an object(物体), each eye sees it at a different angle(角度). Our eyes send the two images to our brain(大脑), and the brain puts them together. 3D technology uses two film projectors(投影机). One projects a left-eye-image and the other projects a right-eye-image. 3D glasses allow us to see a different image in each eye. So, when we are watching a 3D movie, our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes. The brain needs to work harder at “reading” the images. That makes it easier for people with eye problems to get dizzy(头晕的) or have headaches. A famous eye doctor said if your eyes can’t focus(聚焦) on the same object at once, you will have trouble watching 3D movies.

根据短文内容完成下列问题。

1.According to the passage, Avatar is a ______.

A. digital camera B. digital TV set

C. 3D movie D. 4D movie

2.The 3D glasses can make the images from the movie ______.

A. look more beautiful than usual

B. look as if they were coming straight towards you

C. look as if they were far away from you

D. look more clear than usual

3.People will have ______ in their homes in the near future.

A. 3D computers B. 3D phones

C. 3D movies D. 3D TV sets

4.When we look at an object, ______.

A. each eye sees the object at the same angle

B. our brain puts the two different pictures together

C. there will be two film projectors in our eyes

D. our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes

5.If you wear a pair of 3D glasses, ______.

A. you will see different images in both eyes

B. your brain can’t work at all

C. the images can be put together easily by your brain

D. our brain can put the images together

When you are curious about something and want to know more about it, you can use the way of asking questions. Asking questions is the first step to make discoveries and find interesting answers. The following steps can guide you during the research. 

Step l On a note card or a piece of paper, write down the subject that you are interested in. Just get the main idea down. For example, you might write: Discover more about dinosaurs. 

Step 2 Next, stop and think for a moment about what you have already known about your subject. List what you have already known like the sentences below: 

Dinosaurs lived long before human beings appeared.

Dinosaurs lived on the earth for more than 150 million years. 

Some dinosaurs ate plants; some lived on meat. 

Step 3 What can you do with what you want to learn? Ask questions, on your paper, start writing down questions about the dinosaurs as you think of them: 

What’s the best weather for dinosaurs to live in? 

How many kinds of dinosaurs were there? 

Have dinosaurs really disappeared? 

Step 4 Armed with your list of questions, you can now go to the nearest library or computer to begin your research. As you learn more about your subject, you'll probably discover some new questions. For example, you might discover that dinosaurs disappeared about 65 million years ago. Why? What happened? Asking new questions can help you research your subject more widely.   

The next time you find something interesting to research, take time to organize your thinking by asking good questions. And remember that learning more always brings more questions.

1.Which of the following shows the right order of doing some research?

① List what you want to know.  ② Choose a research subject.

③ List what you've already known.     ④ Discover new problems.

A. ④③①② B. ②①④③ C. ②③①④ D. ③②④①

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Dinosaurs liked warm seasons.

B. All the dinosaurs didn’t live on meat.

C. Dinosaurs appeared after human beings.

D. Dinosaurs lived on the earth for 65 million years.

3.What might be the best title for this passage?

A. Discovering Dinosaurs B. Good Questions Help Research

C. Finding Right Subjects D. Steps to Make Discoveries

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