Fun Places to Visit in Singapore | |
Jurong Bird Park | At Jurong Bird Park you can see more than 5,000 birds and even feed some of them by hand! If feeding birds makes you hungry, you can join the park’s parrots for lunch. |
Pulau Ubin | Take a small boat into Singapore’s past. A 10-minute ride will take you to this island. The life on the island hasn’t been changed since the 1960s. |
Malls and Markets | Walk through Orchard Road’s modern malls. Then try an open-air shopping experience at the markets. There you can buy inexpensive clothes, toys and old furniture. |
Night Safari | Night Safari lets you see animals that are active at night in their natural environment. Walk through the park at night to get close to the animals from seven different areas. |
1. How many fun places are mentioned?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.
2.Where can you get to know Singapore’s past?
A. At Night Safari. B. At Pulau Ubin.
C. At Malls and Markets. D. At Jurong Bird Park.
3.You can buy old furniture ______.
A. At Night Safari. B. At Pulau Ubin.
C. At Malls and Markets. D. At Jurong Bird Park.
4.You can go to Night Safari to ______.
A. watch animals B. take a boat trip
C. buy some clothes D. feed and eat with birds
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项
One day, the father of a very rich family took his son on a trip to the countryside. He wanted to show his son how poor people lived. ____1._____.On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, “How was the trip?”
“______2._____.”
“Did you see how poor people live?” the father asked.
“Oh yeah,” said the son.
“So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?” asked the father.
The son answered, “We have one dog and they have four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a river that has no end.___ 3.____. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others. We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our garden to protect us, but they have friends to protect them.”
The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, '' ___4.________.”
A. We have beautiful lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night B. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm C. Thanks Dad for showing me how poor we are D. They found the food was tasty there E. It was great, Dad |
I was 15 months old, a happy kid, until the day I fell. It was a bad fall. I landed on a piece of glass that cut my eye badly. My mom found a doctor who knew that if the eye were taken away, my face would look ugly, so my scarred (有疤痕的), sightless, cloudy gray eye lived on with me.
Sometimes people asked me embarrassing questions. When kids played games, 1. I grew up imagining that everyone looked down on me.
Yet Mom would say to me: “Hold your head up high and face the world.” 2.
As a child, I thought Mom meant, “Be careful or you will fall down or knock into something because you are not looking.” As a teenager, 3. But I found that when I held my head up high, people liked me.
In high school I even became monitor of my class, but on the inside I still felt like a monster. All I really wanted was to look like everyone else. When things got really bad, I would cry to my mom and she would look at me with loving eyes and say: “Hold your head up high and face the world. 4. ”
When I met the man who became my husband, we looked each other straight in the eye, and he told me I was beautiful inside and out.
My mom’s love was the spark (火花) that gave me confidence. I had faced trouble, and learned not only to appreciate myself but to have deep pity for others.
“Hold your head up high” has been heard many times in my home. I say it to my children. 5.
根据文章大意，请大家把下面五个句子还原到适当的位置。
A. I usually looked down to hide my shame (羞愧). B. Let them see the beauty that is inside. C. I was always the “monster”. D. The gift my mom gave me lives on in my children. E. I began to rely on(依赖) that saying. |