Today more and more people like to go shopping online(在线的). Wang Xing is one of them. Wang Xing is a writer in Beijing. She likes shopping online. She often shops on Taobao.
Do you know Taobao? If you like shopping online, I am sure you know it. Taobao is China’s biggest online shopping site (网上购物网站). Taobao means “looking for treasure”. People can find almost everything on Taobao, from clothes to books, from mobile phones (手机) to computers.
Wang Xing says“ My friends and I often go shopping online. First, because we don’t like to go out very often. Second, because there are many goods (货物) on Taobao, and you can find everything you want to buy. Third, because the goods on Taobao are cheaper than those in the shopping malls.”
【小题1】Taobao is .
| A.a shopping mall | B.an online shopper |
| C.an online shopping site | D.a person |
| A.Treasure | B.Looking for gold |
| C.Money | D.Looking for treasure |
| A.singer | B.writer | C.officer | D.worker |
| A.something | B.nothing | C.everything | D.anything |
| A.Because goods on Taobao is cheaper. |
| B.Because there are many goods on Taobao, and she can buy everything she needs. |
| C.Because Wang Xing doesn’t want to go out. |
| D.A, B and C |
In the past 300 years, more than 130 species of animals have become extinct. One of these extinct species is the passenger pigeon(旅鸽). At one time there were millions of these birds in North America, but now there are none. The last one died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. Another extinct animal is the cape lion(西非狮). The animal has been extinct since 1860.
What cause animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause; pollution is another.
Governments around the world have begun to protect wild animals in danger. In the United States, the US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for(承担义务)endangered animals. It has listed nearly 200 species of endangered animals in North America.
【小题1】The underlined word “extinct” in the first sentence probably means “ ”.
| A.ill | B.dying out |
| C.becoming | D.changing |
| A.last century |
| B.in the twentieth century |
| C.more than one hundred years ago |
| D.in 1914 |
| A.The pollution | B.Too much killing |
| C.Too much hunting | D.The war |
| A.less than 130 | B.about 200 |
| C.over 300 | D.nearly 300 |
| A.A sad story |
| B.Endangered animals in North America |
| C.Wild animals become extinct |
| D.The US Fish and Wildlife Service |
Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it?The internet is many different networks around the world. A network is a group of computers put together.
Maybe that doesn’t sound interesting. But when we’ve joined the internet, there are lots and lots of things wecan do. We can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web (WWW). We can use the Internet instead of a libraryto find all kinds of information for our homework. We can find information about our favorite sports or film starsand do shopping on the Internet. We can also send messages to other people by e-mail. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending a letter.
Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at
home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information they need. They can buy or sell whatever they want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?
【小题1】The passage is mainly about _________________.
| A.the Internet | B.information | C.computers | D.e-mail |
| A.by post | B.by e-mail | C.by telephone | D.by TV |
| A.find information for our home work |
| B.get some information about our favorite sports stars |
| C.do some shopping |
| D.do our housework |
| A.The Internet is a big computer. |
| B.The Internet is lots of computer network |
| C.The Internet is very helpful. |
| D.People can work at home with the help of the Internet. |
| A.The Internet is more and more popular. |
| B.All the information is in English. |
| C.English is important in using the Internet. |
| D.Every computer must join the Internet. |
Many scientists find that colors can change people’s feelings. It’s very interesting. Some colors can make people feel relaxed, and some colors can make people feel nervous. Now,this kind of knowledge is being used in many places. For example,school walls are always painted green because green makes students feel relaxed. It is also good for the students’ eyes. Some bookings they’ve learned from scientific studies. The color red makes people hungry. Many fast food restaurants have red furniture or walls. Soft colors like pink and light blue make people feel relaxed,so they spend more time eating. Loud music may be nices are also green or light blue for the same reason. Restaurant owners not only have to know how to make food,but also have to know how to make money. Here are some thi at first,but it soon makes people want to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat quickly and leave. Many restaurants,especially fast food restaurants, use this knowledge to make customers eat faster.
【小题1】How does the color green make the students feel?
| A.Hungry. | B.Nervous. | C.Angry. | D.Relaxed. |
| A.Hungry. | B.Comfortable. | C.Excited. | D.worried. |
| A.Green. | B.White. | C.Light blue. | D.Red. |
①Play loud music. ②Play soft music.
③Have hard seats. ④Paint their walls red.
| A.①②③ | B.①③④ | C.①②④ | D.②③④ |
| A.Color and restaurant. | B.Use color to make money. |
| C.Color and science. | D.Use color to change feelings. |
When we have small cuts in the skin(皮肤), something strange may happen. The cuts are able to heal(痊愈) themselves in a couple of days. How does this happen? Read on, and you will find out the secret.
Every living thing on the earth is made up of cells(细胞). Cells grow and make new cells. Most cells are very small and we can't see them with our eyes. Different cells have different uses. Our skin cells are special ones. The cells on the outside of our skin are old dead cells. New skin cells are right under the outside. These are the living skin cells. They work for our bodies. They help protect our bodies and heal cuts.
Our bodies make skin cells all the time. As the old cells fall off, new cells grow in the same place. Each person makes about 18 kg of skin cells during his or her life. Outside skin cells fit together closely with no gaps between them. When you cut yourself, you can harm your skin cells. A small cut will not be harmful. Your skin will quickly heal itself by making new skin cells. How do skin cells work? First, the cells near the cut get bigger and move into the gap. Next, these bigger cells meet in the middle. They form a new layer(层) of skin cells. Finally, new cells will grow until the gap disappears. In this way, your skin can grow and get well itself. How amazing the small cells are! Next time you have a cut, don't worry about it. Maybe in a few days, you will be surprised to find it healed.
【小题1】The underlined word “gaps” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.
| A.突起 | B.条纹 | C.缝隙 | D.代沟 |
| A.are large and we can see them with our eyes |
| B.can heal few cuts themselves |
| C.are in everything on the earth |
| D.can grow and make new cells |
【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A.Each person can make 18 kg of skin cells every day. |
| B.Different cells have different uses in our bodies. |
| C.The skin cells have little work to do in the body. |
| D.Every living thing on the earth is made up of skin cells |
| A.How Skin Cells Heal Cuts |
| B.The Importance of Skin |
| C.How to Protect Our Fingers |
| D.The Importance of Cells |
Have you ever heard an echo of your voice?
An echo is a reflected(反射)sound. Stand in a very large, empty hall with nothing on the walls. Then shout. The sounds you make will hit the walls and come back to you. The walls reflect the sounds. These reflected sounds are called “echoes”.
We can use reflected sound to make sound travel farther. Hold a watch about fifty centimeters from your ear. You cannot hear it. The sound of the watch travels a short way in all directions. It does not travel as far as your ear. You can make it travel to your ear by using a roll of cardboard(纸板筒).
Make the roll of cardboard about fifty centimeters long. Put one end over your ear and hold the watch at the other. Now you can hear the watch because the sound has not gone in all directions. It is reflected down the roll to your ear.
A megaphone(喇叭筒)works in the same way. It makes sound travel farther. It reflects the sound into a beam which can travel a long way. In the ship, the sailor uses the megaphone to make his voice travel. Without the megaphone, his voice cannot travel far.
We use reflected sound in many ways. We use it to measure the depth of the sea, for example. Among the animals, bats and whales use reflected sound to tell them where they are and what things are near them.
【小题1】What is called “echo”?
| A.Very loud voices. |
| B.Very loud voices that are made by man. |
| C.Very loud voices that are made by animals. |
| D.The sound that is made by man or animals comes back from some place. |
| A.shout in a small room |
| B.shout in a large house full of things |
| C.shout in narrow valleys(山谷) |
| D.shout in the open air |
a. We hear the reflected sound
b. The sound returns to us
c. The sound hits the walls
d. We make a sound
| A.c, b, a, d | B.c, a, b, d | C.d, c, b, a | D.d, b, c, a |
| A.reflected sound is useful only to blind people |
| B.people haven’t made use of reflected sound yet |
| C.bats use reflected sound to fly and get food |
| D.whales don’t use reflected sound as they live in the sea |
| A.a long piece of wood | B.a roll of cardboard |
| C.a thin thread | D.a long piece of silk |
Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the personal computer times and the founder of Apple. He was also one of the giants of the information age. Here are some of his greatest contributions.
| AppleⅡ Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers inc.in 1976. A year later, the AppleⅡwas invented. This production was the world’s first mass-market personal computer. |
| The iMac Under Job’s leadership, Apple introduced the all-in-one iMac computer in 1988. The iMac became the first machine which offered only a CD-ROM slot (插槽). |
| The iPad By 2010, Steve Jobs was confident that the world was ready to have a tablet computer that would be great for watching movies and playing games. The touch-sen-sitive iPad was a great success. |
| The iPhone 4s The iPhone 4s came out on October 4, 2011, in America. It looks like the iPhone 4. It has a larger and wider screen and a slimmer yet wider case. It has a better camera and faster data transfer (数据传输) speeds. |
| A.In 1976 | B.In 1977. | C.In 1998. | D.In 2010. |
| A.People could play games on it. |
| B.It offered only one CD-ROM slot. |
| C.It had one camera in it. |
| D.It had a larger screen. |
| A.The iPhone 4s. |
| B.The AppleⅡ. |
| C.The iPad. |
| D.The iMac. |
| A.has a better camera |
| B.is the first personal computer |
| C.has a CD-ROM slot |
| D.is great for watching movies |
| A.Its screen is the same size as the iPhone 4. |
| B.It has a smaller screen and slimmer case than the iPhone 4. |
| C.It has a larger screen and a better camera than the iPhone 4. |
| D.It uses more time to transfer the same date than the iPhone 4. |