题目内容
一______do you do in the evening?
—I do my homework or watch TV.
A. What B. When C. Where D. Why
Last year my uncle Shanghai.
A. moves to B. moving to C. moved to D. moved
Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed really hard to get the thread(线) to run smoothly around the needle(针).
Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. He dreamed that he had been caught by terrible soldiers whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the prison and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears(矛) raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine.
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.
To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all kinds of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images(图像) which the conscious part may not know at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called“secret messages to ourselves ”.
1.According to the passage, Elias Howe was _______.
A. the first person that solved problems in his sleep
B. much more hard-working than other inventors
C. the first person to design a sewing machine that really worked
D. the only person at the time who knew the value of dreams
2.The problem Howe was trying to solve was _______.
A. what kind of thread to use
B. where to put the needle
C. how to design a needle which would not break
D. how to prevent the thread from getting caught around the needle
3.Thomas Edison is spoken of because _______.
A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine B. he got some of his ideas from dreams
C. he was one of Howe's best friends D. he also had difficulty in falling asleep
4.What does the underlined phrase “secret messages to ourselves” mean?
A. Strange images are used to communicate ideas.
B. Images which have no meaning are used.
C. We can never understand the real meaning.
D. Some specially trained people can know them.
—Who is your favorite singer, Mike?
—TF Boys. They are very ____ boys and girls.
A. proud of B. popular with
C. strict with D. worried about
It’s raining________and people can________go out.
A. hardly; hard B. hard; hardly
C. hard; hard D. hardly; hardly
1.帮着做家务_________________________________
2.几乎从不 _________________________________
3.每周一次_________________________________
4.每月两次_________________________________
5.使用互联网_________________________________
6.on weekends_________________________________
7.go shopping_________________________________
8.go to the movies_________________________________
Helping people who are in need is a very 1.(重要的)part of the American way of life. Many high schools ask their students to spend a certain number of hours 2.(志愿活 动)every year. So how do you go about it? If you like animals, help out at a local animal shelter. Most shelters 3.(依靠)on volunteers to make the cats and dogs4.(更高兴). If you think you may be5.(感兴趣)in politics, volunteering to help with a campaign
(竞选活动)is a great way to find out how things work-whether it’s for the president of the United States or your city’s mayor(市长). If you have a friend or relative who has a6.
(健康)problem such as a cancer(癌症), you might donate (捐助)some of your time to help
an organization or7.(提供)other help to people with the same8.(疾病).You also can serve food at a9.(无家可归的)shelter; volunteer to10.(花 费)time at a retirement community; take part in a park clean-up day. The possibilities are endless!
--I think English is as ______ as math.
--I agree with you.
A. more interesting B. most interesting
C. the most interesting D. interesting
A journey by train is than by coach.
A. more relaxing B. relaxing
C. most relaxing D. the most relaxing