Mr Smith had a week’s vacation, so he said,“I’m going to the seaside by train. ”He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the railway station(车站)and got into the train. He wore a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the beautiful scenery. Suddenly, the wind pulled his hat off.
Mr Smith quickly threw(扔) his old bag out of the window, too. The other people in the train laughed,“Is your bag going to bring back your beautiful hat?” they asked.
“No,” Mr Smith answered.”But My name and address are on the bag. If someone finds both of them, he or she will send me the bag and the hat.”
【小题1】Mr Smith went to take a vacation for .
| A.nine years | B.half a month | C.seven days | D.eight days |
| A.see the beautiful scenery |
| B.say goodbye to his friends |
| C.throw his hat out of the widow |
| D.say hello to the people outside |
| A.visit his friends |
| B.see his parents |
| C.enjoy himself in the train |
| D.the seaside |
Because .
| A.he hoped someone would find his bag |
| B.he hoped someone would back his bag and hat |
| C.he hoped his bag would bring back his hat |
| D.he hoped the people in the train would laugh |
| A.clever man | B.kind man |
| C.foolish man | D.sick man |
My name’s Molly. I’m a lion. I am three years old .My favorite food is meat and I like to eat little animals .I like the forest(深林),but I live in the zoo now, I live in a big cage. I can’t run and I can’t see my parents,I don’t like the zoo or the cage. Every day I get up in the cage ,I have breakfast,lunch and dinner in the cage. I sleep in the cage .I really want to run in the forest and live with my parents.
【小题1】Molly is a(n)_______.
| A.tiger | B.elephant | C.lion | D.giraffe |
| A.Fruit | B.Grass | C.Meat | D.Bread |
| A.forest | B.zoo | C.park | D.river |
| A.have a dinner | B.sleep in the cage |
| C.run in the forest | D.play sports in the zoo |
| A.are in the forest | B.don’t want to see her |
| C.Live with her | D.are in the zoo, too. |
Mike works very long hours every day. He usually gets up at 17:00. He has a shower and makes his breakfast. What a funny time to make breakfast! After breakfast he practices his guitar, then he puts on his jacket and goes to work. To get to work, he takes the number17 bus to the Star Hotel. The bus usually leaves at 19:15. He works all night. People love to listen to him! He gets home at 7:00, and he watches the early morning news on TV. He goes to bed at 8:30, a tired but happy man. Can you think what his job is?
【小题1】How long does Mike work?
| A.7 hours | B.8 hours | C.about 9 hours | D.all night |
| A.gets up | B.takes a shower |
| C.works | D.washes his face |
| A.He goes to work. |
| B.He puts on his clothes. |
| C.He practices his guitar, then puts on his jacket and goes to work. |
| D.He practices his guitar. |
| A.a worker | B.a singer | C.a writer | D.a teacher |
| A.By car | B.By bikes | C.On foot | D.By bus |
For as long as I can remember, Grandma’s plentiful tomato garden has been a sign of summer’s end. Each September, just as the decreased heat of the sun suggests cooler days, Grandma requests (ask for something) my help in her tomato garden. I’m sure that she cannot pick tomatoes without my youthful eyes and quick mind. She says we need to examine each tomato and agree on its readiness for picking. While Grandma’s request for my help in the tomato garden is always the same, her desire for my help seems to increase each year.
Grandma has eyes for finding even the tomatoes hidden by undergrowth and other tomatoes. I, however, just turn circles looking for the ones I think Grandma will like. I spot what looks like a ripe(成熟的)tomato, head in its direction, and then get sidetracked by another that appears to be equally ripe. I usually end up watching Grandma and trying to stay out of her way, which seems the only way my eyes and mind are useful.
There we are, lost in the tomato vines(藤). Grandma’s eyes are always knowing, and they are no different in the vegetable garden. From afar she spots (notice) what looks like a ripe tomato. As she walks toward the garden, she evaluates the tomato for a second time, but from a different angle. I already know it will end up in the basket with the pile of others Grandma has carefully chosen. However, Grandma acts as if she needs a final look to be sure. She calls me to her side, kneels beside the vine while enjoying the warmth of the fading sunlight on her face, and grasps the tomato in her hand. She turns each round, red ball toward the sunlight before disconnecting it from the vine with a half-hearted smile.
She then looks at me. I nod my head and smile. Grandma assumes I smile in agreement with her tomato selection. I know I smile, instead, at her.
【小题1】Why does Grandma ask the author to go to the tomato garden with her?
| A.He can help pick more tomatoes. |
| B.He can learn the hardship of labor. |
| C.She enjoys staying with him while working. |
| D.She tries to share tomato harvest with him. |
| A.isn’t good at picking tomatoes |
| B.doesn’t like to stay with Grandma |
| C.thinks his eyes and mind are useful |
| D.is trying to be out of Grandma’s sight |
| A.Gardening—good for my Grandma. |
| B.Growing Grandma. |
| C.Gardening—good for my growth. |
| D.Picking tomatoes. |
Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname(绰号)“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name.
As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事长)of the oil company, heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to come to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname for ‘Four dollars a bucket’. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Oh! Mr. Rockefeller! I like this nickname very much, because ‘Four dollars a bucket’ is our company’s advertisement. As long as someone calls me‘ Four dollars a bucket’ once, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so , Mr. Rockefeller?”
“Oh! What a wonderful man!” Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words “Young man! Work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller.
Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the world-shaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”
【小题1】What was Albert in The oil company at the beginning?
| A.A worker. | B.An assistant. | C.A manager. | D.The second board chairman. |
| A.He liked to have a nickname. | B.It could make his workmates happy. |
| C.He could become famous. | D.It was a free advertisement for his company. |
| A.Rockefeller asked young people to work harder. |
| B.It’s very important to do small things well. |
| C.You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname. |
| D.You should make more advertisements for your company. |
| A.I Believe in You | B.Albert and Rockefeller |
| C.Four Dollars a Bucket | D.The Second Board Chairman |
Prana, our beautiful dog whose name means ‘breath of life’, isn’t with us any more. But she brought such joy and love that we still miss her.
There are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one.
It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn’t know the difference between autumn and winter. Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big snow fall for which no one was prepared.
We have two apple trees in our backyard. Prana loved apples. When she went outside, she’d take hold of an apple, put it far back in her mouth, and sneak into the house to save for eating later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house. Feeling my displeasure, she would turn her head so I wouldn’t see her hidden treasure.
On the day that it snowed too early in the season, Prana went outside and I watched her from the window. I noticed that she was madly digging holes and brought the apples to the surface so they could be seen above the snow. I wondered why she was doing this. She seemed to be completely busy with some kind of important task to dig up as many apples as possible during her yard time.
When I called her back into the house, she had her usual one apple in her mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The yard was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. She knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food to live through such an early winter.
【小题1】The story about the dog happened _______.
| A.in autumn | B.in winter | C.in spring | D.in summer |
| A.enter quickly | B.enter secretly | C.enter happily | D.enter slowly |
| A.she liked digging holes and eating apples |
| B.she was always saving the apples for eating later |
| C.she wanted to leave the apples to her bird friends |
| D.she loves playing with snow |
| A.Prana is helpful to the writer |
| B.Prana is devoted to the writer |
| C.Prana is not only beautiful but also joyful |
| D.Prana is especially loving and thoughtful |
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Indian boy Piscine Patel is troubled by his first name. It sounds like a rude word, and his classmates laughed at him. He decides to change his name to “Pi”.
But Pi’s name problems are nothing compared to what is waiting for him.
Pi’s father owns a zoo. He decides to move to Canada. The family, together with all the zoo animals, set sail across the Pacific. One day, a huge storm hits the ship. The next morning, Pi finds his family has sunk with the ship. He is the only person still alive.
He finds himself on a lifeboat with several animals, one of which is a tiger called Richard Parker. Soon, all the animals are killed and Pi is left alone with the tiger.
As the tiger becomes hungrier, Pi starts to fish to feed him. Otherwise, he himself will become the food.
The boy and the tiger develop an amazing relationship on the sea. Although he feels hopeless, Pi never gives up. After 227 days, the lifeboat finally lands on a beach in Mexico, but Richard Parker runs away into the forest.
The ship company finds Pi and asks what happened. Pi tells them about Richard Parker but the company doesn’t believe him. Pi then tells another story in which there is no tiger, but some other shocking details(细节).
Is there really another story? If so, which one is the truth? Maybe you will have your own answer after watching The Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the latest 3D movie from American Chinese director Ang Lee.
【小题1】What’s the first trouble of the Indian boy Piscine Patel?
| A.His classmates laughed at his name. |
| B.His family set sail across the Pacific to Canada. |
| C.A huge storm hits the ship with his family. |
| D.The tiger nearly killed him on the lifeboat. |
| A.they are hunted by others |
| B.they are eaten by the tiger |
| C.they are sunk under the sea |
| D.they are killed and cooked by Pi |
| A.how Pi’s lifeboat sank in the sea |
| B.how the tiger ran away from the sea to the forest |
| C.what happened to Pi on the lifeboat with a tiger |
| D.what happened to the animals in Pi’s father’s zoo |
| A.The tiger was killed at last. |
| B.Pi was saved by another ship. |
| C.The ship company believed Pi’s tiger story |
| D.Pi told two stories in the movie. |
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business .But he was not a good artist .So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden .That was the first photo.
The next important date in the history of photography (摄影) was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room .He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called a Daguerreotype.
Soon, other people began to use Daguerre’s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world .people took picture of famous buildings, cities and mountains.
In about 1840, photography was improved .Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things .That was not simple .The photographers had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard.
Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people .The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike.
Photography also became one kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world .They showed feelings like other kinds of art.
【小题1】The first photo taken by Niepce was a picture of ________
| A.his business | B.his house | C.his garden | D.his window |
| A.a Frenchman | B.a kind of picture |
| C.a kind of camera | D.a photographer |
| A.watch lots of films | B.buy an expensive camera |
| C.stop in most cities | D.take many films and something else. |
| A.how photography was developed |
| B.how to show feelings in pictures |
| C.how to take pictures in the world |
| D.how to use different cameras |