【题目】"Oh, how large he is!"

"Isn't he? And such wonderfully strong legs!"

"See his trunk(象鼻), too! Isn't it cute! And he is well stuffed(填充的)! This is really one of the best toys in the UK that ever came into our shop, Geraldine, don't you think so?"

"Yes, Angelina. I must call father to come and look at him. He will make a lovely present for some boy or girl - I mean this Stuffed Elephant will make a lovely present, not our father!" and Miss Angelina Mugg smiled at her sister across the big packing box of Christmas toys they were opening in their father's store.

"Oh, no! Of course we wouldn't want father to be given away as a toy!" laughed Geraldine. "But this Stuffed Elephant-oh, I just love him!"

Miss Geraldine Mugg caught up the rather large toy animal and hugged it tightly in her arms.

"Be careful" called her sister. "You may break him!"

"Oh, he's just a Stuffed Elephant!" laughed Geraldine. "I mean he hasn't any works inside him to wind up(结束).There's nothing but cotton inside him. But I am beginning to like him more than I cane for some of the toys that do wind up. I almost wish I were small again, so I could have this Elephant for myself!"

"He is nice," admitted(承认)Angelina.

"Well, I'm glad they like me," thought the Stuffed Elephant to himself, for just now he was not allowed to speak out loud or move around, as the Make Believe toys could do at certain times.

An excerpt(节选)from《The Story of a Stuffed Elephant》

1From the passage, we can know that the sisters' father is a(n) .

A. toy maker B. animal keeper C. shop owner D. salesman

2What can we learn about Geraldine from the underlined part in Paragraph 4?

A. She is very excited to find the cute Stuffed Elephant.

B. She doesn't like her father and wants to leave him.

C. She wants her father to make a lovely toy for her.

D. She wants to get a toy as a present from his father.

3When does the story happen?

A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter.

4What does the paragraph following the passage probably discuss?

A. The story about the girl's family. B. Who gets the Stuffed Elephant as a gift.

C. Something about Make Believe toys. D. Some other toys the sisters have.

【题目】In today's world of modern science and medicine, a more traditional treatment is once again becoming popular-animal friendship.

It is now well-known that people with problems such as heart disease or cancer live longer and get better more quickly if they have pets. Keeping pets lowers blood pressure and makes people less worried. Animals are increasingly important in treating older people who have memory loss and other brain problems. These people often feel nervous and upset. Activities with animals help them improve their physical condition and also give them joy, entertainment and loving friendship.

Here is a case that shows the advantages of animals. John was a six-year-old mute. He had no physical problems. He just refused to talk. His older cousin, Ned,had a parrot called Sally, and John used to visit it. When he arrived, Net used to say, "Hi,John!" We all know parrots copy what they hear. After a few visits, Sally began saying "Hi,John!" when John came into the room. Then, one day, John turned to the parrot and replied "Hi, Sally !" Staying with the parrot encouraged John to begin talking.

Another use of animal helpers is in schools. In some cases, animals are used to help children with physical or personal problems. In other cases, they are used to teach children to get on and share with others, and even to teach them about animals.

If you want to know more about animal helper programmes, you can get in touch with organizations like Riding for the Disabled or do a search under "animal therapy" on the Internet. You don't have to be an animal trainer or a doctor to join in.

1Which is NOT mentioned as an illness that animals can help with?

A. Heart disease. B. Blood pressure. C. Fever. D. Cancer.

2How can animals help schoolchildren according to the passage?

A. They can improve children's memory.

B. They can make children more popular.

C. They can make children's blood pressure higher.

D. They can teach children to share with each other.

3The underlined word "mute" in Paragraph 3 means .

A. a person who speaks slowly B. a person who does not speak

C. a person who can not hear D. a person who enjoys talking

4What is the best title for this passage?

A. Be kind to animals B. Talk to animals

C. The most dangerous disease D. Get healthy with animal helpers

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What do you think being beauty really means? All answers to that question are correct, because there are no right or wrong replies. Despite(不管) what society tries to make us believe, there is no “ideal” beauty. There are exact standards—hair colour, or eye colour—that make someone beautiful. Think about it: did you consider someone to be really beautiful, but your friend didn’t see it? That’s because what’s attractive to one person isn’t necessarily going to be attractive to another. So how can we believe that there’s a standard for beauty? It makes no sense.

Weight-loss companies and clothing industries seem to have made it their goal to get us believe that we are not enough and that we need all kinds of things to be prettier. It’s not true! Companies sell us this ideas for their products to make money. I’m not saying that buying beauty products is bad, but what would be bad is using them because you feel like you have to look a certain way in order to be “beautiful”.

Remember, the people wear tons of make-up and are photoshopped in order to look perfect. When you see a girl who society considers as a “great body”, you have to remember that people have different body types and everyone’s body is different. We’re all beautiful, whether we’re slim, thickset or anywhere in between. If you want to lose weight, go ahead, but do it in a healthy way and do it for the right reason—not because you want to fit in. Being comfortable with yourself is really important, and being with others who accept you as you are and don’t ask you to change to look a specific(特定的) way is important too.

Beauty standards

What being

beautiful means

●It’s not 1 to give an answer to the question.

●One’s beauty cannot be decided by exact standards.

●People have 2 ideas about beauty.

Social factors

●Weight-loss companies and clothing industries 3 our ideas about beauty for the sales of their products.

●It’s bad to use products in order to fit in with a certain standard.

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●People have different body types and each of us has our own beauty.

●It’s OK to lose weight but remember to do it 5.

●It’s important for you to accept the way you are and spend time with people who don’t ask you to change the way you look.

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