Firemen and firewomen are also called firefighters. They work in teams. One firefighter drives the fire-engine. The other firefighters use the hoses
（水龙带）and ladders.When there is a fire in a tall building, firefighters use long ladders. The longest ladders are 50 meters high. Sometimes there is a box at the top of a long ladder. Firefighters stand in the box to save people.
Firefighters are strong and very brave. They go into burning buildings to save people. Sometimes a firefighter is hurt or killed.
Sometimes there are fires in forests when the weather is dry. When there is a forest fire, many trees are burned. If the fire is big, a lot of firefighters are needed to put it out. Sometimes firefighters use planes to drop water from above to put out forest fires.
What should you do when there is a fire in your home? You should tell your parents or an adult
（成年人）at once. Get everyone out of the house or building. Close the door. Never go back into the fire. Call for a fire-engine.If you cannot get out, you should close the door and cover up all the four sides of the door so that smoke can not come in. Open all the windows in the room and shout so that people can hear you. If you cannot open the windows, break them with a chair.
(1
）How do firefighters work?[ ]
A
．Firemen and firewomen don't work together.B
．Firefighters work together with a fire engine.C
．Some firefighters drive fire engines while others climb buildings.D
．Firefighters don't often go into buildings because it is dangerous.(2
）What causes forest fires?[ ]
|
A ．Dry weather |
B ．Planes |
|
C ．Trees |
D ．Firefighters |
(3
）Why do people need to close the door when there is a fire?[ ]
A
．To let in the smoke.B
．To keep away from smoke.C
．To shout for help.D
．To cover the fire.A professor
（教授）told his students to go into the city slums（贫民窟）to study（研究）the life of 200 boys. He asked them to write reports about each boy's life future（将来）. Every one of the students wrote,“He doesn't have any hope.”Twenty-five years later, another professor read about the earlier study. He told his students to find out what had happened to these boys. Of the 200 boys, 20 had moved away or died. Nobody knew what had happened to them. They tried very hard and found the other 180 people. Among them 176 had become successful
（成功的）as doctors, teachers and scientists.The professor was very surprised and decided to study it further. Luckily, all the men were living near the place and he was able to ask each one,
“What made you successful?”Each one answered with feeling,“There was a teacher”.The teacher was still living there, so the professor found her and asked the old woman what she had used to pull those boys out of the slums, and change them into successful people.
The teacher's eyes began to shine and she said with a sweet smile,
“It's really very easy. I loved those boys.”(1
）Why did the students go to the slums?[ ]
A
．To help the poor children.B
．To look for a good teacher.C
．To study the life of some young boys.D
．To become successful people.(2
）Of the 200 boys, how many were known to be not successful?[ ]
|
A ．4 |
B ．20 |
C ．24 |
D ．176 |
(3
）What changed the boys' life?[ ]
|
A ．The professor's study. |
B ．The teacher's love. |
|
C ．Their parents. |
D ．The slums. |
(4
）Why was the second professor surprised?[ ]
A
．Because some boys had died.B
．Because most of the boys lived a hard life.C
．Because a few boys didn't have hope.D
．Because the earlier reports were wrong.(5
）Which of the following is not true?[ ]
A
．Some of the boys became doctors.B
．The second professor talked to the 180 people and their teacher.C
．The teacher still remembered the boys.D
．The boys didn't want to talk about their teacher.An ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She tries to reach the side, but she could not. The ant was very tired, and was still bravely doing her best. When a bird saw her, the bird threw her a leaf which served her as a ship, and so she reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass she heard a man coming near. He was carrying a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the bird he wished to kill her, and he would certainly have done so. But the ant bit
（咬）him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire（举枪射击）. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the bird flew away at once. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.(1
）An ant fell in the small river and could not reach the side ________.[ ]
A
．because he did not tryB
．though she tried to hardC
．because she did not cry for helpD
．because she was too weak(2
）She was tired, but the ant ________.[ ]
|
A ．didn't lose hope |
B ．stopped crying |
|
C ．went on crying |
D ．asked the bird to help her |
(3
）The ant finally got on the bank ________.[ ]
A
．when the water pushed herB
．with the help of a leafC
．when the bird reached out a leg to herD
．because the man helped her(4
）The writer tells the story to show ________.[ ]
A
．how brave the bird isB
．how clever the ant isC
．that even the small can help the greatD
．how an ant saved the bird(5
）From the story we've learned that ________.[ ]
A
．we should help those who may be useful to usB
．we should get as much help as possibleC
．we should help others as much as we canD
．we should help animals, but not manMary did not understand such sentences as
“You are yellow.”“She is blue today.”“She has a green thumb（大拇指）.”“He has told a white lie.”and so on, so she went to her teacher for help.Mary: Mrs. Smith, there is a color in each of these sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs. Smith: In English, yellow sometimes means afraid. Blue--sad. A person with a green thumb grows plants well. And a white lie is not a bad one.
Mary: Would you give me an example for a white lie?
Mrs. Smith: Certainly. Now I give you some cakes. In fact
（实际上）you don't like them, but you won't say so. Instead you say,“No, thanks. I'm not hungry.”That's a white lie.Mary: Oh, I see. Thank you very much.
(1
）Mary did not understand the sentences and asked Mrs. Smith ________.[ ]
|
A ．what color they are |
B ．what they meant |
|
C ．how to say the sentences |
D ．to read them |
(2
）He is _______ today because he was told his father was seriously ill.[ ]
|
A ．blue |
B ．green |
C ．white |
D ．yellow |
(3
）I don't have a green thumb, so all my plants ________.[ ]
|
A ．are sad |
B ．look nice |
|
C ．grow well |
D ．are dead |
(4
）He didn't want me to know ________ of the accident. He told me a white lie.[ ]
|
A ．the meaning |
B ．the answer |
|
C ．the true story |
D ．the beginning |
(5
）This passage is about ________.[ ]
|
A ．Mary |
B ．Mary and her teachers |
|
C ．colors and their meaning |
D ．some difficult sentences |
阅读理解
Mabel is a cashier
（收银员）in a big shop in New York. People can buy medicine, watches, sweets, and many other things. They pay Mabel for the things they buy.At the shop people can also buy lottery tickets
（彩票）. They pay one dollar for a lottery ticket. There are pictures on the ticket. Some pictures are winning pictures. Some pictures are losing pictures. Most people win nothing. Some people win two dollars. A few lucky people win thousands of dollars.One day Mabel was working at the shop. She sold three lottery tickets to a woman. The woman looked at the pictures on the tickets. Then she threw the tickets on the counter
（柜台）and walked away.”These are losing pictures”, she thought.Mabel picked up the tickets and looked at them. She was surprised. Then she was excited. One ticket was a winning ticket.
“
Excuse me!”Mabel called to the woman.”You won $50,000!”The woman came back to the counter. She took the winning ticket and looked at it.
”You are right.”she said.” won $ 50,000.”The woman walked away slowly, looking at the ticket again and again. Then she turned around.”Thank you! Thank you very much!”she said to Mabel.Why did Mabel give the woman the ticket? Why didn't she keep the ticket? Didn't she want to get $ 50,000?
“
Of course I want the money,”Mabel said.“But it was her ticket. It wasn't my ticket.”“
Well, I am sorry that you are not rich,”her mother said.”But I am happy that you are honest（诚实）.”(1) Mabel ________ at the big shop.
[ ]
A
．receives and pays out moneyB
．puts things on the shelvesC
．helps people choose thingsD
．carries things for old people(2) One lottery ticket costs ________.
[ ]
|
A ．nothing |
B ．three dollars |
|
C ．two dollars |
D ．one dollar |
(3) The woman was lucky because ________.
[ ]
A
．all her three tickets were winning ticketsB
．all her three tickets were losing ticketsC
．Mabel found the winning ticket and gave it back to herD
．she found the winning ticket by herself(4) Mabel didn't keep the winning ticket because ________.
[ ]
A
．she won $ 50,000,tooB
．her mother told her not to do soC
．she didn't want to have anything that was not hersD
．her mother was very rich(5) When Mabel's mother learned about her story, she was very ________.
[ ]
|
A ．angry |
B ．surprised |
|
C ．disappointed |
D ．happy |