Many people like to drink soda pop (苏打汽水) , but they may not know that soda pop has an interesting story.

The story began with mineral water (矿泉水). In many places, people thought washing with mineral water was good for their health. Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people. Some mineral water had bubbles (气泡) in it . So people learnt to make bubble water to put CO2 into water to make the water bubbly. The called the bubbly water “soda water”.

Later, people put juice or some other things to make soda water taste good. Many drugstores (药房) or ice cream shop sold soda water. Now people can buy soda pop in almost every food store. Some people call it “pop”, some say “soda” and other people call it “soda pop”.

At first people made soda pop because they thought it was good for their health. But in fact, it’s bad for us. For example, drinking too much soda pop make us fat. Well, maybe we should drink less this kind of good tasting water for our health.

1.Why did people in many places drink mineral water?

A.Because they thought it was good for their health.

B.Because the thought it was cleaner.

C.Because it tasted good.

D.Because it was cheap.

2.Where could people buy soda pop in the past?

A.In food stores. B.In restaurants.

C.In ice cream shops. D.In supermarkets.

3.Which of the following is true about soda pop?

A.It’s bad for people’s health. B.It’s only sold in drug store now.

C.It doesn’t have any bubbles now. D.It tastes worse than mineral water.

4.The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A.soda pop is an old drink. B.soda pop has different names.

C.soda pop has an interesting story. D.soda pop is popular with many people.

A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was dark and cloudy that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. But when school was over, the wind became stronger and it began to rain.

The little girl’s mother felt worried. She thought her daughter might be scared when she walked home from school. The lightning (闪电) might frighten her. After seeing a bright flash of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child’s school.

As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain. To her great surprise, she found that every time lightning struck (划过), her daughter would stop, look up and smile. Another lightning came, and then another. With each flash of lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.

Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter. “What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning struck?” The little girl answered with a smile, “Mom, you know, someone was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid, someone would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”

1.How did the little girl go to school every day?

A.By car. B.By bike. C.By bus. D.On foot.

2.What does the underlined word “frighten” mean in the text?

A.使害怕 B.燃烧 C.照亮 D.使惊讶

3.When lightning came, what did the girl do?

A.She put her head in her hands. B.She went on walking in the rain.

C.She looked up at it and smiled. D.She took a picture of the lightning.

4.What can we infer (推断) from the last paragraph?

A.The little girl was trying not to be afraid.

B.Playing games in the rain was fun to the girl.

C.The little girl knew her mom would pick her up.

D.Different kinds of weather stood for different games.

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