①“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? We can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, but they have great power (力量) !

②Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he found how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

③James Ferguson once saw the inside of his father’s watch, and he wondered, “Why should I not make a watch?” This made him think and he made a wooden clock which kept good time.

④Walt Disney, the famous American film-maker, was often thinking of new ideas. One day, when he was in a meeting, he suddenly stopped talking, deep in thought. He looked and looked at a place high up in the room. This went on for a long time, and then he got an idea for a new film.

⑤Ideas come at any time, and the important thing is to think. When you meet with any difficulty, don’t lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think and by thinking you will learn how to think differently.

1.Newton wanted to find out ________.

A. when the apple hit him B. why the apple fell

C. who made the apple fall D. where the apple fell

2.Walt Disney was ________ when he got an idea for a new cartoon.

A. making a film B. telling a story

C. having a meeting D. sitting in a garden

3.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A. we should always ask others for help

B. every one of us likes thinking

C. it is easy to see and hear our thoughts

D. thinking helps to get new ideas

4.Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage?

(①=Paragraph1, ②= Paragraph 2, …)

Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止)in China since January 2011.Let’s look at the following advantages of banning smoking.

First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被动)smokers. When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe in the smoke and suffer from the diseases an active smoker gets. If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled.

Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up. Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours. When a smoker doesn’t smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too. As a result, people have to give up smoking.

Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents. When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them easily. Thus the number of teen smokers will increase. Also asthma(哮喘)and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers. So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers.

Looking from the economic point of view, smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生产率).Employees(雇员)who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working. So the number of hours they put in their work is smaller.

If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned. Smoking causes air pollution. If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse.

1.________doesn’t belong to a non-smoking place.

A.A field B.A hospital

C.A library D.A restaurant

2. The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us ______.

A. banning smoking is good for restaurants

B. banning smoking is good for non-smokers

C. banning smoking is good for spread of diseases

D. banning smoking is good for active smokers and passive smokers

3.How many advantages of banning smoking are mentioned in this passage?

A. Two. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

4.According to the text, the underlined word “adolescents” means ______.

A. men B. women C. adults D. teenagers

5.Which of the following statements in NOT true?

A. If smoking is banned, work productivity will increase.

B. If smoking is banned, the number of teen smokers will be larger.

C. If smoking is banned, it will make the environment become better.

D. If smoking is banned, smokers will learn how to live without smoking.

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