Jean is a young girl who comes from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has almost everything that money can buy. The problem is that Jean’s family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. Jean is quite lonely (孤独的). So she spends a lot of time on her QQ. She likes being anonymous (匿名的), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends.
Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and he lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had the same interest in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself. He was a tall, good-looking young man with big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other.
When Jean’s father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him. She wanted to give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of a rock singer. But when she knocked on David’s door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a 70–year-old man named Jim! How disappointed Jean was!

  1. 1.

    Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ because she is_______

    1. A.
      rich
    2. B.
      young
    3. C.
      a bad student
    4. D.
      lonely
  2. 2.

    Jean thought “David” was special because he ________

    1. A.
      made her very happy on QQ
    2. B.
      was from San Francisco
    3. C.
      was tall and good-looking
    4. D.
      was rich
  3. 3.

    What are both Jean and “David” interested in?

    1. A.
      Pop music and sports
    2. B.
      Music and science
    3. C.
      Rock music and modern dance
    4. D.
      Stories and jokes
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is True?

    1. A.
      Jean has got everything in her life
    2. B.
      “David” and Jean sent cards to each other
    3. C.
      “David” didn’t tell Jean his real address
    4. D.
      Jean’s family members often get together
  5. 5.

    What’s the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Don’t go to meet those you get to know on QQ
    2. B.
      People don’t use their real names on QQ so often
    3. C.
      Don’t believe those you get to know on QQ easily
    4. D.
      Don’t spend much time on QQ

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (笔试).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge (挑战). The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended (假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride (自大) ! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life...”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach

  1. 1.

    What’s the correct order of the following events?
    a. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
    b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
    c. The crow had to ask the swan for help.
    d. The swan accepted a challenge of performing flying tricks

    1. A.
      a, d, b, c
    2. B.
      a, b, d, c
    3. C.
      d, a, c, b
    4. D.
      d, c, a, b
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

    1. A.
      Tired
    2. B.
      Bored
    3. C.
      Nervous
    4. D.
      Frightened
  3. 3.

    What do we learn from the passage?

    1. A.
      Practice makes perfect
    2. B.
      The early bird catches the worm
    3. C.
      No pains, no gains
    4. D.
      Pride goes before a fall

What do people do with their old, out-of-date but still useful computers? Most people don’t know what to do with them. Many old computers are put away in homes. Many more are simply thrown out with the rubbish.
Finally, some companies are thinking of ways to bring down the number of old computers. Sony has agreed to help recycle old Sony products(产品). Dell, Hewlett-Packard and other companies now also take back some old computers.
In some countries, laws(法规)are being passed, too. Computer companies will have to pay for collecting and recycling their used products. And 70% of computer waste must be recycled. The idea behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay the cost. That will encourage them to make computers that are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade(升级).
Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, others cannot afford them at all. Hundreds of organizations(组织)are working to solve this problem. They collect and repair old computers. Some also teach others how to repair computers.
The computers then go to schools, charities(慈善团体)and people who need them. Giving a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person’s rubbish into someone else’s useful things—and cut down on waste, too.

  1. 1.

    What do many people do with old computers?

    1. A.
      They repair them.
    2. B.
      They sell them.
    3. C.
      They send them to others.
    4. D.
      They stop using them.
  2. 2.

    How many computer companies are mentioned in the second paragraph?

    1. A.
      One.
    2. B.
      Two.
    3. C.
      Three.
    4. D.
      Four.
  3. 3.

    According tothe laws in some countries, computer companies must        .

    1. A.
      collect and recycle most of their products
    2. B.
      collect all their used products
    3. C.
      repair and upgrade old computers
    4. D.
      make more cheaper computers
  4. 4.

    What do the organizations do to solve the problem of old computers?

    1. A.
      Help the computer companies to collect them.
    2. B.
      Repair and send them to those who need them.
    3. C.
      Help people to learn to use them.
    4. D.
      Turn rubbish into useful things.
  5. 5.

    What is the main idea of this passage?

    1. A.
      Repairing old computers.
    2. B.
      Encouraging to make cheap computers
    3. C.
      Recycling old computers.
    4. D.
      Helping those who need computers.

For most people, the word "fashion (时尚)" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way:
"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour. "
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.

  1. 1.

    Most people think that "fashion" means __________.

    1. A.
      subjects
    2. B.
      holidays
    3. C.
      books
    4. D.
      clothes
  2. 2.

    By          we can see that fashions change as time goes.

    1. A.
      finding a job
    2. B.
      looking at pictures
    3. C.
      eating in a restaurant
    4. D.
      wearing a fashionable coat
  3. 3.

    In the 5th paragraph the writer mentions            kinds of ways to send information.

    1. A.
      three
    2. B.
      four
    3. C.
      five
    4. D.
      six
  4. 4.

    "There is money in fashion" means

    1. A.
      people like fashion and money
    2. B.
      fashionable things are expensive
    3. C.
      one can make money through fashion
    4. D.
      a fashionable man makes much money
  5. 5.

    The passage is mainly about              .

    1. A.
      the changes of fashions
    2. B.
      the kinds of colours
    3. C.
      the money in fashion
    4. D.
      the differences between houses
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