The Turners sat at the kitchen table. The sun was shining and filled the kitchen with a warm light. It was a perfect day for having a picnic or going surfing. But in the Turners’ kitchen, no one seemed to be paying attention to the________.

“Okay, girls,” said Mrs. Turner. “I can tell by the expressions on your faces that you have a pretty good idea of why we need to have this family______.” Linda and Kala exchanged looks and slowly nodded.

“Your mom and I have had many talks lately about the possibility of______,” said Mr. Turner. “We were hoping that it wouldn’t come to this, but we don’t have other choices.”

“But Dad,” said Kala, “Kilauea has been an active volcano (火山) since 1983! Nothing has happened to us or to our house yet. I know we’ll be________here. ”

“But your dad and I care about all the recent warnings given by the government. Even though we’ve been safe up to now, there is no way to guarantee (保证) that a larger eruption (喷发) isn’t coming up,” said Mrs. Turner.

“Mom, this is our______. I can’t even remember living anywhere else!” Linda said, fighting back tears.

Mrs. Turner put an arm around her daughter’s shoulder. “This won’t go ______for any of us,” she said. “Dad and I love this house, too. We have so many happy memories here. But we’re tired of living with such uncertainty. The most important thing in the world to us is that our family stays safe.”

Mr. Turner______.“ Girls, there are other places in Hawaii where we’ll feel safer. We’ll have to give up our house, but you know home is wherever we go as a family. We’ll make new memories, and we’ll find things to love about our new home.”

The girls were quiet for a moment as they considered what it would mean to move. “There are so many things I’ll________here, ” said Kala quietly.

“We all will, ” said Mrs. Turner. “But one of the places that your dad and I have looked at is only a few minutes’ walk to the beach.”

Kala and Linda couldn’t help________ when they heard that. They both spent every spare minute they had surfing. If their parents told them that they could actually live in the water, they would have been perfectly happy.

Mr. Turner walked around to the other side of the table. He put one large hand on each of his daughter’s shoulders. “I’m proud of you two,” he said. “Thank you for trying to________ why this is so important to your mom and me.”

Linda and Kala smiled. Dad was right: home was wherever the family was.

1.A. kitchen B. table C. picnic D. weather

2.A. trip B. meeting C. dinner D. celebration

3.A. moving B. traveling C. returning D. rushing

4.A. happy B. safe C. brave D. relaxed

5.A. dream B. choice C. home D. island

6.A. early B. easily C. quickly D. successfully

7.A. nodded B. shouted C. judged D. repeated

8.A. sense B. stress C. respect D. miss

9.A. smiling B. arguing C. worrying D. doubting

10.A. explain B. wonder C. understand D. discuss

A good way to pass an examination(考试) is to work hard every day in the year. You may fail in the examination if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the examination. If you are taking an English examination, don’t learn only rules of grammar.

Try to read stories in English and speak in English whenever you can. A few days before examination you should start going to bed early. Do not stay up late at night studying and learning things. Before you start the examination, read carefully over the examination paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your examination, read your answers, correct any mistake that you see and make sure that you have not missed anything out .

1.How do you know to pass an examination?

A. Work hard every day in a year.

B. Work hard many days in a year.

C. Work hard most of time in a year.

D. Work hard only before the examination.

2.If you are going to take an examination, ______ .

A. study hard and sleep less

B. get up early and do a lot of reading

C. go to bed early and have a good rest

D. go to bed late and get up late

3.What should you do when you are taking the examination?

A. Pick up your pen and write at once.

B. Go over your paper before you hand it in

C. After you finish the examination, hand in at once.

D. Try to understand every word while you are reading.

4.What should you do if you want to learn English well according to the passage?

A. Speak more, listen less, never write.

B. Speak less, write more, never listen.

C. Read more, listen more, speak less.

D. read and speak as much as possible.

5.What does “missed...out”mean according to the passage?

A. 遗漏 B. 增补

C. 缺乏 D. 丰富

In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the same answer: The sexes(性别) are different, because their brains(大脑) are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in different ways.

Boys, for example, usually are better than girls at mathematical ideas. Boys also are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sports. Girls, on the other hand, usually start speaking earlier than boys. And they often see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languages.

What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connected by nerve(神经) tracks(轨道). The left side usually is used for mathematics, speech and writing. The right side is used for artistic(艺术) creation and the expression(表达) for emotions(情感). In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it’s the area used for mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are connected by smaller nerves than the two sides of a woman’s brain are.

1.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Research(研究) on the Brain

B. Differences Between Men and Women

C. People’s Different Brains

D. Who Are Better, Boys or Girls

2._______ make men and women think differently.

A. Sexes B. The different brains

C. The different experiences D. The influences(影响) of society(社会)

3.We learn from the passage that girls are often better than boys at _______ at school.

A. history B. physics(物理) C. English D. geography

4.Which of the following is true?

A. The left side of brain in boys often develops better than that in girls.

B. The left side of brain in girls usually develops better than that in boys.

C. Men are better than women in all things.

D. The area in girls’ brain for language skills develops better.

5.In men and women the nerves connecting the halves of brain are _______.

A. the same B. different C. smaller D. larger

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