Which is better-to drive on the left or right? Do you think it really doesn't matter? If so, you are wrong. A group of America scientists say cars moving on the right hand side of the road help to make tornadoes(龙卷风). The' Americans say that cars and trucks going very fast each other make the air turn anti-clockwise(逆时针方向)in the northern half of the earth. In the southern half of the earth the air goes clockwise. So in the USA people must drive cars on the left, and in Australia, for example, people must drive on the right!

  There are about 2.5 million cars and trucks moving on the roads in the USA at any time. The air that they move is strong enough to change to the movement of the air. Between 1933 and 1973,there were not so many tornadoes because there were less cars and trucks on the roads.

  Scientists have found that there are not so many tornadoes on Saturdays. That is because cars on Saturdays are fewer. But tornadoes come mostly on weekdays when there are so many people driving to work

(1) The passage tells about _________.

[  ]

A.cars

B.how tornadoes are brought about

C.Driving on the wrong side may bring about tornadoes

(2) In which of these countries must cars be driven on the right? _______

[  ]

A.New Zealand

B.Canada

C.India

(3) Why are there fewer tornadoes on Saturdays? ________

[  ]

A.Many people drive out to enjoy the weekend

B.Many people do not drive to work

C.People go to work by bus

(4) A group of America scientists say cars moving on ________ side of the road help to make tornadoes.

[  ]

A.the right hand

B.the left hand

C.the middle

(5) Scientists have found that there are not so many tornadoes on _________

[  ]

A.Sundays

B.Saturdays

C.Weekends

  Hong Kong has about forty public beaches. Some of the beaches are the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drinks on most of the beaches.

  You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions:

  (1)Never swim alone.

  (2)Never swim after meals or when you feel hungry or tired.

  (3)Do not stay in the water too long.

  (4)Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.

  Remember: A red flag means that it is dangerous for anyone to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.

(1)You can reach ________ by bus.

[  ]

A.all the public beaches

B.any public beaches

C.only a few public beaches

D.all the public beaches except some

(2)You can buy ________ on most of the beaches.

[  ]

A.food and drinks

B.cars and buses

C.boats and ships

D.dresses

(3)When you see a blue flag, you know that ________ there.

[  ]

A.women should not swim

B.children should not swim

C.nobody should swim

D.men should not swim

(4)Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.You and your friends swim together.

B.You shouldn't swim when you see a red flag.

C.You swim when you are hungry.

D.You swim for an hour.

(5)You've just had lunch, and you're full. You can't ________ on the public beaches.

[  ]

A.take a walk

B.swim

C.go to a shop

D.lie down

  Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day. TV brings the outside world closer to people's home. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of TV.

  What's going on in the other counties? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What's the life in the deepest part of the sea?

  If you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on the TV. Turn it on and watch. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radios. But with TV they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can hear and watch at the same time.

  TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps to open our minds. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing things.

(1)Some people say the world is smaller than before because ________.

[  ]

A.watching TV is one of the most important activities

B.many people like to watch TV

C.TV brings the outside world closer to people

D.many people have their TV sets

(2)We can know ________ when we watch TV.

[  ]

A.there is a good sports game in America

B.what our neighbours are doing

C.what classes we'll have tomorrow

D.someone who will teach us English next term

(3)People learn better through TV than through radio because ________.

[  ]

A.they can't know anything without TV

B.TV sets are more expensive than radios

C.they can watch and hear at the same time

D.radios are small and they can put them in the pockets

(4)Which of the following is not right?

[  ]

A.Watching TV is one of the ways to know about the world.

B.Watching TV is the only way to know about the world.

C.People can learn a lot by watching TV.

D.There are many TV programs every day.

  A lift is wonderful. It is really only a small room. Rooms usually stay in one place. Lifts travel up and down all day long.

  Sometimes a worker stands in the lift. He or she operates(操作)it up and down. In modern lifts there is no worker. The people walk in. They know what floor they want. They push a button(按钮)and the lift goes to that floor. It is very fast and easy.

  Lifts are important to us. Why? Think about a tall building. Maybe it has twenty floors. Maybe it has fifty or more. Who can walk up all the stairs? Maybe people can climb them one time. Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day? Can small children walk up to their rooms on the twenty-fourth floor? Can their mothers and fathers carry food up all those stairs? Of course not.

  We can have high buildings because we have lifts. We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts. They are really wonderful.

(1)A lift looks like ________.

[  ]

A.a small room

B.a small house

C.a small ladder

D.a small stair

(2)Which of the following is true?

[  ]

A.A modem lift has no buttons.

B.A modem lift has a worker to operate it.

C.A modem lift can go up and down without a worker in it.

D.A modem lift knows what floor people want.

(3)If you want to go to the floor you want, you ________.

[  ]

A.ask for help

B.open the door of the lift

C.ring the bell

D.push the right button

(4)People have to use lifts because ________.

[  ]

A.they have tall buildings

B.they can't walk up and down

C.old people and children need them

D.lifts are wonderful

(5)Choose the best title for this text.

[  ]

A.Bottons

B.Lifts

C.Tall Buildings

D.Climbing Stairs

  The word Sandwich(三明治)is an English word. Sandwich was an Englishman. He lived about two hundred years ago. Sandwich had lots of money. He was very rich. But he liked to play cards for money. He often played all day and all night. One time, he played twenty-four hours without stopping. He did not leave the card table to eat. He asked his servant(仆人)to bring him some meat and some bread. He did not want to stop playing while he ate. He put the meat between two pieces of bread. In this way he could go on playing cards. From the name of this man, Sandwich, we have the word“Sandwich”today.

(1)The word Sandwich is from ________.

[  ]

A.the name of a Frenchman

B.the name of an Englishman

C.the name of an Englishwoman

D.the USA

(2)Which of the following is true?

[  ]

A.Sandwich was poor but he liked playing cards for money.

B.Sandwich was rich but he didn't like playing cards at all.

C.Sandwich usually liked playing cards in the morning.

D.Sandwich often played cards from morning till night.

(3)In order to(为了)save more time for playing cards ________.

[  ]

A.he played all day and all night without eating

B.he asked his friend to eat something

C.he once put meat between two pieces of bread and ate it

D.he decided to eat nothing

(4)Which of the following is not mentioned(提到)?

[  ]

A.Sandwich is easy to make.

B.The people in America like Sandwich.

C.Sandwich has two pieces of bread.

D.From then on, people called this kind of bread Sandwich.

  I have a friend. He has a police dog called Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

  One Sunday afternoon a young man came to see my friend. He stayed for a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack was very worried. He walked around the room a few times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention(没注意). He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor. But this time he took the visitor's cap in his mouth.

(1)The young visitor stayed for a long time, didn't he?

[  ]

A.Yes, he didn't.

B.Yes, he did.

C.No, he didn't.

D.No, he did.

(2)Jack was worried because ________.

[  ]

A.he wanted to go out for a walk

B.he wanted to play with them

C.he didn't know the young man

D.he wanted to eat something

(3)Jack sat down in front of the visitor because ________.

[  ]

A.he wanted the visitor to talk with him

B.he wanted to talk with my friend

C.he wanted to show how clever he was

D.he wanted the visitor to leave

(4)The visitor went on talking and ________.

[  ]

A.didn't like Jack

B.paid no attention to my friend

C.played with my friend

D.paid no attention to Jack

(5)Jack went out of the room with nothing, but when he came back, he had ________ in his mouth.

[  ]

A.food

B.my friend's cap

C.the visitor's cap

D.the visitor

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