Sandy feels sure about her own ability. She is a (n) _______ person.

A. energetic B. confident

C. outgoing D. curious

The computer needs_________. I think I need ________ to ask Mr. Zhang for help.

A. fixing; going B. to fix; going

C. fixing; to go D. to fix; to go

We wonder if our teachers_________ to our graduating party next weekend. If they ________,We’ll be very happy.

A. will come; will come B. come; will come

C. will come; come D. come; come

Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world’s rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and medicine.

Destruction of the world’s rain forests is a serious problem. Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute! As part of a class project, Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 per acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.

So last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. “The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at us,” one of the students said, “It was a great learning experience for all of us,” said Myers.

Each student chose something specific about Costa Rica to study involving the plants, animals, food, and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activities. They went whitewater rafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.

Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.

1.How much did Myers’ students pay for the rain forest they bought?

A. $25 B. $75 C. $80 D. $2000

2.What did Myers and his students do at the beginning of the trip?

A. They went into the rain forest.

B. They bought acres of rain forest.

C. They took a boat ride down a river.

D. They visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.

3.The word “Destruction” in paragraph 2 probably means “the process of being ______.”

A. destroyed B. developed

C. described D. discovered.

4.When the monkeys saw Myers and his students, they _________.

A. felt excited B. felt angry

C. jumped off the trees D. left the rain forest

5. The passage mainly shows that Myers and his students ________.

A. did something to protect rain forest

B. wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa Rica

C. were interested in the culture of Costa Rica

D. went to the rain forest for various fun activities

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1.我学习英语语法挺费劲。

I have _________________________________________________________.

2.对工程师们来说，失之千里，谬以千里。

To the engineers, __________________________________.

3.我的父母亲和我儿子都没有去过北京。

_____________________________________________________been to Beijing.

4.Jack足够坚强，不会轻易放弃练习拉小提琴。

Jack is strong _________________________________playing the violin easily.

5.Mary 宁愿与别人分享她的快乐，也不愿炫耀自己的成功。

Mary would rather _____________________________________ her success .

6.这张老照片总让我想起童年的幸福时光。

The old photo always ____________________the happy time of my childhood.

-- Cross the road carefully, __________ you’ll keep yourself safe.

--Thank you.

A. so B. or C. but D. And

______Jim ______his cousin has been to America, but to our surprise, _______of them know the country well.

A. Not only； but also； all

B. Neither； nor ； both

C. Both； and； each

D. Either； or； none

The sign ______, “ No photos!” Why are you still taking photos here ?

A. is written； B. is said； C. says； D. is read；

--“Oh, no！There isn’t any sugar left.

-- ______. I’ll buy some when I go into town.

A. Good idea. B. Not at all.

C. Go ahead. D. Never mind.

People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.

But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.

Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.

Edison could not understand why anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.

1. What is genius according to Thomas Edison?

A. Hard thinking. B. Hard work.

C. Useful ideas. D. Useful inventions.

2.How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?

A. To write down what he had learned.

B. To carry out a new experiment.

C. To make them useful in life.

D. To share them with others.

3.What does the last sentence in the passage mean?

A. Edison was born to be a great inventor.

B. Edison was able to live another 100 years.

C. Edison was ready to make his 100th invention.

D. Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings.