“I will think of it.” It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking?

Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.

A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire, watching the lid of the kettle move up and down. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking. And when he became a man, he improved the steam engine (蒸汽机) so much that it could easily do the work of many horses.

James Ferguson was a poor boy. Once, seeing the inside of a watch, he wondered. “Why should I not make a watch?” But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring (钟表的主发条)? He soon found he could make it with whalebone (鲸骨). He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. His motto (座右铭) was “I will think of it.” And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.

Boys and girls, when you have a difficult lesson to learn, don’t lose heart, and don’t ask someone for help before helping yourselves. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

1.From the passage, we know that some great things come from ______.

A. listening B. reading

C. speaking D. thinking

2.The idea of Isaac Newton’s discovery was from ______.

A. the falling of an apple

B. the cleaning of a garden

C. the falling of a tree

D. the moving of a lid

3.The achievement of James Watt was that he ______.

A. kept thinking

B. found the steam in the kettle

C. improved the steam engine much

D. watched the lid move up and down

4.The right order of the following sentences is ______.

① James Ferguson made a wooden clock.

② James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch.

③ James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone.

A. ③ ② ① B. ② ③ ①

C. ② ① ③ D. ③ ① ②

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Learn to ask for help.

B. A difficult lesson to learn.

C. It is easy to say “I will think of it.”

D. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose.

A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car, but it is an aircraft (飞行器) that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways. Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time. But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our real world. And the dream of the science fiction writers will soon come true.

The first-known sky car is the FSC-1. The FSC-1 looks like an expensive sports car. You can drive the FSC-1 on the road like a normal car. If you touch a button, its wings and propeller (螺旋桨) fold out and then it can take off, fly and land as an airplane. The owners of the FSC-1 can choose if they want to drive or fly.

Another flying car or sky car is the Moller Skycar M400. Although you can’t drive it on the roads, it is small and easy to fly and can take off and land like a helicopter (直升飞机). Urban Aeronautics’ X-Hawk is another type of sky car. It is expected to be available for about $3 million.

Just like any new technology, flying cars have taken a long time to be developed. But some experts think the technology is far from what people imagine when they are sitting in traffic. It still needs to be improved.

1.______ kinds of flying cars are mentioned in the passage.

A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

2.The writer thinks that flying cars will be no longer a dream because ______.

A. science fiction writers’ ideas are stupid

B. they are too expensive to make

C. they will soon be available

D. they are only in science fiction

3.The FSC-1 can ______.

A. change itself into a robot

B. move on water like a ship

C. be flown only like an airplane

D. be driven like a car and flown like an airplane

4.The Moller Skycar is different from the FSC-1 because ______.

A. it can’t fly

B. it can’t be driven like a car

C. it is difficult to land

D. it is much more expensive

5.Some experts think the technology of flying cars is ______.

A. normal B. traditional

C. not good enough D. strange

Many people run for exercise. But what will you do if you are not a “born” runner or jogger (慢跑者)? You may still want a kind of exercise that’s inexpensive and easy to do. Why not try walking?

Walking requires no special equipment (装备). It is a kind of exercise that almost any normal, healthy person can do. Walking is good for your health like jogging or running; it will just take longer. Jogging and running make your heart work harder than walking. They also put more stress on your legs and feet than walking does.

The problem with walking is that most people don’t take it seriously. But there’s a big difference between serious walking and the walking that most of us do. Walking, like jogging, should have a steady and continuous motion (稳健而持续的动作).

If you want to get your exercise by walking, you need to have your own walking plan. After all, runners and joggers set goals for themselves. Walkers need goals, too. You also need to set a course to walk. Start by walking about 15-30 minutes a day. Increase your time and distance (距离) slowly. And try increasing your walking speed little by little.

If you prefer to jog or run, follow the same advice. Start off slowly. Spend most of the first few days just walking. Then, start walking and running on the same day. Run or jog a short distance, then walk for a while, then, run, then walk. Follow that pattern for 15-30 minutes a day. Slowly make each run longer and each walk shorter. Later on, you can increase your distance, speed and exercise time.

任务一1. 将划线短语 a “born” runner 译为汉语。

任务二 2.列举两条Jogging和running对身体部位的影响。

1.make

2.

任务三 3.回答问题。What’s the problem with walking?

任务四 4.选出作者关于步行健身的两种建议,将字母代号填写在答题卡上。

A. Have a walking plan.

B. Walk fast at the beginning.

C. Start by walking an hour a day.

D. Increase distance and speed little by little.

1. 2.

任务五5. 找出最后一段的主题句。

阅读下面短文,按要求完成各项任务。

I went through some difficult times, dealing with the pressures of growing up. I found it hard to communicate with my mother. Relations between us became difficult.

One day, I ran away from home and stayed away for many hours. When I returned home at night, I saw all the pain, anger and disappointment on my mother’s face. ①_____________________. We agreed to have breakfast together the next morning. It was a turning point in both of our lives and our relationship.

We decided to go to a restaurant. On our way to the table I noticed my mother had two notebooks. I asked her what they were for. She explained to me that sometimes it was easier to write down our feelings rather than talk about (A) them. We would write down our feelings in the form of a letter. It could be as long or as short as we wanted.

Our first topic was “Why I’m so angry?” I wrote a half page, and my mom filled up nearly three pages. (B) I watched tears run down her face as she wrote. I never realized anyone could hide so much anger. After we finished writing, we exchanged our notebooks. As soon as I started reading my mother’s words, I began to cry and so did she. When we finished reading, we discussed our feelings. ② _________________. Our talk helped me realize so many things I had never thought of before, not only about my mother but also about other people.

My mother and I continue to use our notebooks as a way of communicating our anger and worries, and our happiness as well. We know that no matter how we feel about each other, our notebooks are a safe place to express our feelings. We have come to an agreement that at the end of each letter we write, “I love you.”

任务一 1.选择最佳句子补全文章,将字母代号填写在答题卡上。其中有一项是多余的。

A. We knew that we were in great need of a talk.

B. I just wish you would help a little more with the family.

C. Amazingly enough, it felt like all the anger inside me went away from my body.

任务二 2.找出(A)处划线代词 them 所指代的内容。

任务三 3.将(B)处划线句子 I watched tears run down her face as she wrote. 译为汉语。

任务四 4.找出与 The minute we read each other’s words, both of us started to cry. 意思相同或相近的句子。

任务五 5.选择文章的最佳标题,将字母代号填写在答题卡上。

A. I Love You, Mum

B. The Difficult Times in My Life

C. The Notebooks Filled With Love

任务六 6.完成句子。第3和第5个空每空不超过10个词,其它每空限填一词。

The relations between my mother and me used to be . One morning, we had a talk in a . After the talk, we .Now we continue to use our to communicate because

完形填空

阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Think before we speak!

It was a sunny and enjoyable day. Everyone in the station was waiting for the train to arrive. Among the crowd, there was a group of young friends who were on board for vacation.

It was a station with a lot of people and some juice shops, coffee and tea stalls, newspaper shops, etc. The train was arriving and everyone prepared to the train to their seats.

The group of friends made loud noise to _ the train as it moved into the station. They ran to get their seats anyone entered the train.

The empty seats were and the train whisded (鸣汽笛) to move. An old man with a young boy aged around 15 had their seats just next to the friends' group. The young boy was so to see everything. He cheered,"Dad, the train is moving and the things are moving backward."

His father and nodded his head.

As trhe train starled moving fast, the young boy again screamed (尖叫) , "Dad, the are green in color and run backward very fast. " His father said, “ Yes, dear," and smiled

Just like a kid, he was watching everything with great .

A fruit seller passed selling apples, bananas and oranges. The young boy asked his dad, "I want to eat . " His father bought some for him. He said, "Oh, this apple looks a lot sweeter than it tastes. I love this color. " The group was watching all the of this boy and asked the boy's father, "Is your son having any problem? Why is he behaving so ?"

" His son is mad, I think," a friend from the group made fun of him and shouted.

The father of the young boy, with patience, the friends' group, “My son was bom . Only a few days ago he was operated. He is seeing different things in his life for the first time. ”

The young friends became very quiet.

1.A. railway B. bus C. police D. television

2.A. dark B. silent C. busy D. lonely

3.A. get off B. get down C. get out D. gec into

4.A. hreak B. welcome C. push D. leave

5.A. after B. until C. before D. as

6.A. washed B. moved C. filled D. carried

7.A. surprised B. afraid C. sorry D. proud

8.A. shouted B. smiled C. cried D. refused

9.A. skies B. trees C. rivers D. houses

10.A. interest B. doubt C.courage D. sadness

11.A. apples B. bananas C.oranges D. strawberries

12.A. fruits B. words C. clothes D. activities

13. A. happily B. differently C. quietly D. quickly

14.A. quarreled with B. waited for C. replied to D. pointed at

15.A. normal B. deaf C. mad D. blind

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