Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things.
Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sorrowful days: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn't.
In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn't have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hairs. The summer of my life passed quickly.
Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change colour and give us delicious fruits.
But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left, but 1 will enjoy them to the end.
(1) The writer was very busy in the ________of his life.
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A .spring |
B .summer |
C .autumn |
D .winter |
(2) According to the passage, which of the following ages is during the autumn of his life?
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A .15. |
B .33. |
C .62. |
D .87. |
(3) What does the word
“sorrowful” mean in this passage?[ ]
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A .Sad. |
B .Exciting. |
C .Wonderful |
D .Pleasant |
(4) Which of the followings is true?
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.The writer was an engineer.B
.The writer had a garden with flowers.C
.The writer was always happy as a child.D
.The writer now is old and weak, but he still enjoys his life.(5) The best title of the passage can be ________.
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A .Four Seasons |
B .My Life |
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C .Four Seasons in a Year |
D .Four Seasons in My Life |
Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test
(试验)was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds for breakfast, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists(科学家)wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfasts.The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.
The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight
(减轻体重). This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain weight(增加体重)instead of losing it. You will lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.(1) During the test, the people were given ________.
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A .no breakfast at all |
B .different foods or sometimes none |
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C .very rich breakfasts |
D .little food for breakfast |
(2) The results show that ________.
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A
.breakfast has great effect(影响)on work and studiesB
.breakfast has little to do with a person's workC
.a person will work better if he only has fruit and milkD
.girl students should have little for breakfast(3) According to
(根据)the passage, some people think that if you don't have breakfast, you will ________.[ ]
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A .be healthier |
B .work better |
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C .lose weight |
D .lose your way |
(4) The word reduce in last sentence means ________.
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A .增加 |
B .减少 |
C .放弃 |
D .享用 |
(5) Which of the following is NOT right?
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A
.It is bad for your health to have no breakfast.B
.Too little for breakfast and too much for lunch may make you fatter.C
.If you don't eat much for lunch and supper, you may lose weight.D
.If you have no breakfast, you'll become thinner.We each have memory. That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a good help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two lanuages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
(1) Some people can easily learn many things by heart because ________.
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A .they always sleep well |
B .they often eat good food |
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C .they read a lot of books |
D .they have very good memories |
(2) Everybody learns his mother language ________.
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A .at the age of six |
B .when he is a small child |
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C .after he goes to school |
D .when he can read and write |
(3) Before a child can speak, he must ________.
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A .read and write |
B .make sentences |
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C .hear and remember the sounds |
D .think hard |
(4) In school the pupils can't learn a foreign language well because ________.
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A
.they have no good memoriesB
.they have not recorderdC
.they have too much time for itD
.they are busy with other subjects(5) Your memory will become better and better ________.
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A
.if you have plenty of good foodB
.if you do more and more exercisesC
.if you do morning exercises every dayD
.if you get up early