When you think about competitions, you probably think of sports such as basketball and football. Not all competitions are sports, though. One example is the Rock Paper Scissors World Championship.
Some people might consider the Rock-Paper-Scissors competition to be strange. Hundreds of people run down a hill and chase(追趕) a huge wheel of cheese.(1)At first,the competitions was held for the people who lived in the local village. But now people from all over the world come to attend it.(2)They are just a few of the crazy games that people play.
There was once a jeweler (珠寶商), famous for many virtues (美德). One day, some Arabs came to him for some diamonds to decorate an important thing for a yearly celebration.
The Arabs told him what they wanted, and 【1】 a fine price for him. He replied that he could not let them see the jewels at that moment, and needed them to come again.
B【2】 they wanted the diamonds very much and thought that the p【3】 of the jeweler was only to increase the price of the diamonds, the Arabs offered him twice, then three times as much as they were worth. But he still r【4】, and they were quite disappointed and went away.
Some hours later, he went to the Arabs and p【5】 the diamonds before them, for which they again offered him the last price, but he said, "I will only accept the first p【6】 you offered to me this morning."
"Why, then, did you disagree with us at first?" asked they in s【7】.
"When you came," replied he, "my father had the key to the safes (保險(xiǎn)箱), in which the diamonds were locked, and as he was asleep, I would have to w【8】 him to gain them. At his age, a short of sleep u【9】 does him good; and no business is more important than my father's health."
The Arabs were t【10】by his words. They spread their hand upon the jeweler's head and showed their satisfying smiles.
【題目】According to a new survey, students' safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery(搶劫) on the way to and from school. Now in main big cities in China some schools have taught an unusual lesson: self-protection. Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.
Ma Xiaocui, a teacher at Beijing No 37 Middle School gives young students advice on how to deal with danger.
If you are being robbed
Keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later.
If you are in a traffic accident
If a car hits you, you should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don't know how seriously you are hurt.
If it is raining hard and there is lightning
Don't stay in high places and stay away from trees.
When there is a fire
Get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift.
If someone is drowning(溺水)
If you can't swim, don't get into the water. Cry out for help.
Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times!
【1】Why do students like the self-protection lesson?
a. There are no tests.
b. The Lessons are exciting.
c. They can learn how to save lives.
d. They will learn how to stop danger before it happens.
A.a,b,cB.b,c,dC.a,b,dD.a,c,d
【2】What should you do if a bicycle hurts you?
A.Stop the rider going away and call your parents.B.Let the rider go before calling parents.
C.Let the rider go and go to the hospital.D.Remember the bicycle number.
【3】What must you do if your house is on fire?
A.Put things on your body.B.Take the lift to run quickly.
C.Take what you have and then run away.D.Run away and find an exit as quickly as you can.
【4】How many kinds of danger are talked about in the passage?
A.4.B.3.C.5.D.6.
【5】What should be the best title for this passage?
A.How to Keep CalmB.Self- protectionC.DangerD.A Special Lesson
Peter and James were brothers.One afternoon【1】the lessons were over, they stayed in school to help their teacher.They worked【2】an hour.Then the teacher said, "Thank you, boys.We will finish the work tomorrow.Now you must go home.”
When the boys【3】home, it was seven o'clock.There was light inside their house and the door was【4】.They could see a man inside, too.
“【5】can it be? thought Peter.Father and mother have gone shopping.They won t be home by eight o'clock.” When the inside man【6】Peter, he smiled and said, “Come in! You don’t know me, but I'm your【7】friend.He asked me to fetch some money for him.The man did not see James.
Peter went inside and began talking to the man but James did not he quietly but quickly ran off to call the police.He soon found a policeman and【8】 him back to their home.The man was still there, but when he saw the policeman, he tried to run 【9】.The policeman caught him and held his arm.Just then Mr and Mrs Baker, the boys' parents, came 【10】.
“Is he your friend, sir,”the policeman asked.
“No!” said Mr.Baker. “I don’t know him.He must be a thief.i am glad you have caught him.”
【題目】With China’s large population and increasing urban(城市的)space, the cost of electricity is rising in cities. So the Chinese government is preparing to send the world’s first artificial(人造的)moon to space.
The man-made moon is, in fact, a satellite. It carries a huge space mirror so that it can throw back sunlight to the Earth. The moon will fly about 500 kilometres above Chengdu, a south-western city of China, and work like the Moon at night. Since it runs much closer to the Earth than the Moon, it’s much brighter and there will be no need to use street lights in the city. According to scientists, Chengdu can save around 174 million dollars in electricity if the man-made moon brightens 50 square kilometres of the city.
For now, the artificial moon is still going through testing. Although it has many advantages, quite a lot of people think that creating more artificial light is harmful to the environment, as light pollution is a growing problem in our modern world. Actually, there is no need to worry. Chinese scientists say the mirror on the moon can be controlled, so they can decide its direction, brightness and so on. They can even turn it off when needed. Moreover, when the man-made moon works, people will see only a bright star above. It won’t be a giant moon as imagined.
Several countries, including China, are all looking to use energy from space, and artificial moons have been under discussion for some time. In 1999, Russia tried sending a space mirror into space, but it failed. And later the project was cancelled, according to the New York Times. And now, it seems that space light has come closer.
【1】China will send the man-made moon to space to __________.
A.study the MoonB.explore spaceC.save energyD.protect the Earth
【2】What is the second paragraph mainly talking about?
A.How the man-made moon works.B.How the man-made moon was created.
C.How scientists control the man-made moon.D.How the man-made moon throws back sunlight.
【3】What can we learn about the man-made moon from the passage?
A.It looks huge from the Earth.B.Three will be sent to space in 2020.
C.It is designed to work at night only.D.China is the first country to send it to space.
【4】In which column(專欄)of a newspaper can we probably find the passage?
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Good memory is a gift so not all people have such a talent. It’s lucky for you if you are good at memorizing things because in a sense it can help you in learning a language. Some people have very good memories so they can easily 【1】 long poems. But most people can only remember things when they have said them over and over gain.
A good memory is very 【2】 for learning a language. As we know, each person learns mother tongue (母語(yǔ)) by remembering what he hears when he is a small 【3】. Some children live in foreign countries with their 【4】. They learn two languages as easily as one. In schools it’s not easy to learn a second language because there is no 【5】 for it, and they are busy with other 【6】.
The human mind is like a 【7】, 【8】 it takes photos not only of what we feel, hear, 【9】 and taste. In the 【10】 way there is much work to be done before we can make a picture forever in the mind.