Rice is very important t people all over the world. When we talk about rice, we will think of a great man. He is Yuan Longping, the father of rice. He has made great advances in rice research. Millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America eat rice every day of their lives. Rice is a kind of grass. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice. Famers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern United States and eastern Australia.

No one really knows where rice came from. Some scientists think that it started to grow in two places. They think that one kind of rice grew in southern Asia many years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5, 000 years ago. Another kind probably grew in West Africa. Other scientists think that rice came from India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world.

There are two main ways to grow rice. Most rice grows in wet soil. People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand. This is the same way as farmers worked hundreds of years ago. In some countries, people now use machines on their farms.

People use every part of the rice plant. They make animal food and rice oil from it. They also make baskets, brooms and roofs for houses. They burn dry rice plants in fires for cooking.

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( ) 71. How many kinds of rice are there?

   A. There are more than 5,000 kinds.   B. There are less than 7,000 kinds.

   C. There are over 7,000 kinds.     D. There are 12,000 kinds.

( ) 72. Where did scientists think rice probably come from?

   A. It came from East Asia.       

   B. It came from Asia and Africa.

   C. It probably came from India or West Africa.

D. It only started in France.

( ) 73. How did farmers grow rice hundreds of years ago?

   A. They grew rice by hand.     

B. They used machines to grow rice.

   C. They grew rice by hand and with machines.

D. They grew rice with modern machines.

( ) 74. Which part of the rice plant can be used?

   A. Only one part rice plant.      B. Some parts of rice plant.

   C. More parts of rice plant.      D. Every part of rice plant.

( ) 75. Why do people call Yuan Longping “the father of rice”?

   A. Because he is from Asia.

B. Because he has made great advances in rice research.

C. Because people like to play a joke on him.

D. Because people want him to grow more rice.

 

Mr. Baker worked in a small town. Two weeks ago his friends helped him to find work in New York. So he and his wife were going to move to a city. Mr. Baker wanted to live in a room on the first floor and he could go for a walk by the beautiful garden after supper. But his wife hoped to live on the second floor.

“There is enough sunlight, I think. And we can watch the flowers in the garden by the windows.” said the woman.

Mr. Baker thought she was right and agreed with her.

It was Sunday. All their friends came to help them. They were tired but Mrs. Baker got food ready. They ate and drank a lot. Then they sang and danced. It lasted a long time.

  Suddenly the telephone rang. Mrs. Baker went to answer it. Then she said to her husband, “Luckily, you have listened to me! The man downstairs complained on the telephone that they couldn’t fall asleep! ”

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( ) 66. Mr. and Mrs. Baker lived in ______.

  A. China   B. England   C. America   D. Canada

( ) 67. Mrs. Baker hoped to live on the second floor because ______.

   A. it was dirty on the first floor  

B. she didn’t like walking after supper

   C. there was much noise on the first floor

D. she liked the sunlight and flowers

( ) 68. Mrs. Baker got nice food ready because ______.

   A. their friends helped them move to the building

   B. their friends helped her husband to find work there

   C. she was a good cook    D. it was her birthday that day

( ) 69. That night Mr. Baker’s friends were _____.

   A. sorry    B. happy   C. sad     D. hungry

( ) 70. The people downstairs couldn’t fall asleep because ______.

   A. they weren’t at all     

B. they didn’t feel well

   C. they didn’t know what happened upstairs 

D. the people upstairs made a lot of noise

 

Once my father and I went to see a circus(马戏团). A family was standing in front of us 51 for tickets.

The family had eight children. Their clothes were not 52 but they were clean. They were talking about the clowns(小丑)and elephants excitedly.

“I want  53  tickets, eight for children and two for adults(成年人).” Said the father to the ticket lady.

The ticket lady told him the 54 . When he heard that, the man couldn’t believe his 55 . He asked again, “How much?”

The ticket lady spoke again. The father looked sad. Clearly, he didn’t have 56   money.

My dad took a $ 20 bill and dropped it on the ground. Then he 57 the bill, and said to the man, “Sir, this fell out of your pocket.” 

The man knew what was 58 on. He looked into my dad’s eyes and took the 59 . “ Thank you, Sir. This 60 means a lot to me and my family. ”

We didn’t go to the circus that night, but we didn’t feel sorry for it at all.    

(  ) 51. A. waiting       B. looking     C. working        D. preparing

(  ) 52. A. common      B. cheap       C. old            D. expensive

(  ) 53. A. eight         B. ten         C. two            D. five

(  ) 54. A. ticket        B. number      C. price           D. time

(  ) 55. A. eyes         B. ears         C. nose           D. head

(  ) 56. A. spare        B. any          C. little           D. enough

(  ) 57. A. picked up    B. took away     C. put down       D. looked up

(  ) 58. A. walking      B. going        C. looking         D. holding

(  ) 59. A. book        B. pocket        C. bill            D. bag

(  ) 60. A. hardly       B. nearly        C. only            D. really

  

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