Families and schools have some rules, Some students think they are important(重要的) and always obey them, but others don't. Mary and her cousin Jane are American girls. They are good children in the same school.

They think obeying the rules is very important. One day Mary gets an idea. She wants to make a book of rules. She says.” I think the book can help Jane, our brothers, sisters and me to be good children. If he or she doesn't obey the rules, he or she has to sit at the door for five minutes.”

The two girls begin writing the book of rules. There are some school rules like "Do your homework, Don' t be late for school "There are also some interesting rules in it, such as, "No eating other people's food "and "Don't cry.”

Both girls like the book very much. Their brothers and sisters think it is very interesting and they often do as (像) it says. Their classmates want to read it, too. Their teachers and parents want to publish(出版)it for them.

1.Mary and Jane are .

A. brothers and sisters B. good children at school

C. both from England D. in different schools

2.The book is about .

A. their school life B. outdoor activities

C. important rules D. school and family rules

3.They write the book to .

A. make some money B. help school and family make some

C. help their brothers and sisters be good children D. ask their parents to publish it

4.Their brothers and sisters think the book is .

A. interesting B. boring C. difficult D. easy

5.The underline word "it"refers to(指代) .

A. the book B. the rule C. the school D. the teacher

Has anyone told you that it’s fun to play with English words? For a long time these “words within words” in English have been used to surprise and educate us…and they often make us laugh too. Now we go to learn about them.

Riddles(谜语)

How did the animals open the zoo door? They used a monkey! What’s the longest word in English? Smiles—there’s a “mile” between the first and last letters! These jokes —a question followed by a surprising answer — are known as “riddles”. But the ones above are examples of a special kind of riddle, a riddle which is funny because a word is hidden within another word. Many English speakers are crazy about this kind of words with double meaning. And it can be found in texts written in English a very long time ago. But riddles are not the only example of “words within words”.

Hidden words

During Victorian times (1837—1901), the game of hiding words within a whole sentence became popular. Look carefully at this sentence—The king eats his lunch in a fine palace. Can you see that the countries “China” and “Nepal” are hidden in it? The Victorians even used hidden words to teach children history and geography at school. Today we still see hidden word games in books and magazines, but we also use hidden words in jokes.

Palindromes(回文词)

Palindromes are words and phrases which can be read the same forwards and backwards. The pop group “Abba”, for example, is a palindrome. The sentence “Was it a car or a cat I saw?” is also a palindrome. We find them interesting, but they can also be funny: I kept receiving emails about reading maps backwards, but then I realized it was just spam(垃圾邮件)!

1.Which of the following is a riddle?

A. step—pets, part—trap B. hiding words within a whole sentence

C. silent—listen, the eyes—they see D. Which letter is a question? Y (Why) .

2.By reading the article we can know “___________”.

A. Riddles are the only example of “words within words”.

B. Victorians even used riddles to teach kids history at school.

C. “Was it a car or a cat I saw?” is a palindrome as well.

D. These “words within words” in English often make us cry.

3.The best title of the passage is ________.

A. It’s fun to play with words B. “Words within words” educate us

C. Riddles & Hidden words D. The pop group “Abba”

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