【题目】A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.

An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end of losing both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others'. An unpunctual person is always complaining that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.

Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect (不尊重) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all other guests (客人) waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.

Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can't do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.

【1】The Chinese meaning of the word “punctual” in this passage is probably “_______”.

A. 听话的 B. 能干的 C. 守纪律的 D. 守时的

【2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. An unpunctual person often has more time.

B. A punctual person often does his work wonderfully.

C. A punctual person often has a busy life.

D. An unpunctual person has more work to do.

【3】When you are invited to dinner, you'd better arrive there________.

A. at the decided time B. after the host

C. in a hurry D. before other guests

【4】 From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually ________ in the bed.

A. saves time for others

B. loses his time and good name

C. gets his chances and knowledge

D. leaves his family and friends

【5】According to the author, which one is more useful?

A. Good name. B. Respect.

C. Material things. D. Time.

【题目】Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands.

Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books. But he was interested in his mother’s microscope (显微镜). When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes.

Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years, young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope. The boy thought they were beautiful enough for him to start to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.

How could he keep their beauty all the time? Bentley thought of buying a camera.

The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.

But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.

For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became famous as “Snowflake” Bentley.

【1】 The best title for this passage is .

A. Snowflake Photos B. Snowflake Boy

C. Long and Hard Winters D. Teenage Photographer (摄影师)

【2】 We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was .

A. a farmer B. a funny man C. a writer D. a school teacher

【3】 Which of the following statements about Bentley is TRUE?

A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.

B. He was born into a rich family.

C. He was crazy about the beauty of snowflakes.

D. He was the only person to take photos of snowflakes.

【4】 The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to (指的是)“ ”.

A. water drops B. rain drops C. flowers D. snowflakes

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