People usually read e-books on personal computers. Some people like to read e-books on their mobile phones.
At first, e-books were just for a certain group of readers and most of them were about only a few subjects. With the development of the Internet, knowledge and answers to a lot of questions mainly come from e-books. This is why the e-book business is rising quickly.
E-books have many advantages. First of all, they save time. We don’t need to go to a bookstore to buy books. We can find the topic we want to know about on the Internet, and then we can quickly get many e-books on this topic. Second, e-books save money. Some e-books cost us little money, and there are many thousands of e-books on the Internet. Besides, because of e-books, we don’t need so many trees to make paper books. Also, e-books make reading more convenient. You can carry a whole library of hundreds of books with you in a small computer or any e-book reader, without worrying about their weight.
But e-books have certain disadvantages. They need a personal computer or an e-book reader, and the information can be lost if the reader’s computer doesn’t support its file format (文件格式).
However, e-books give us a new way of reading. That is really good.
1题完成句子；2、3、4题简略回答问题；5题将画线句子译成汉语。1. E-books save
2. Who were e-books for at first?
3. What are the disadvantages of e-books? (至少写出文中提到的一个方面)
4. Do you like to read e-books? Why?
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2 . Do you often feel cold in winter? When you feel cold, what do you do to warm yourself up? Do you put on more clothes? When it’s cold, how do you sense that?
I like to take a bath. I like the way the warm water feels on my skin. I do not like to get out of the bathtub (浴缸). When I get out of the bathtub, I get really cold. Sometimes I am so cold that my teeth begin shaking, and I start to shiver (颤抖). Why do we shiver when we are cold?
Shivering is a reflex (反射). We don’t have to think about a reflex in order to make it happen. When the air around us suddenly becomes cooler, the nerves (神经) in our skin sense that we are cold. These nerves then send messages to our brain. The brain sends messages back that race through our bodies. These messages tell all of our muscles (肌肉) to start warming up.
Our muscles then start tightening (绷紧) and relaxing. They do this very quickly over and over again. These quick actions are the shivers. These shivers help to warm us up. So the next time you start to shiver, thank your nerves. They’re working to warm you up before you even have the chance to shout, “Mom, I’m c-c-c-old!”
1. When ______, we often shiver.| A．we feel cold |
| B．we get out of the bathtub |
| C．we take a bath |
| D．our teeth begin shaking |
| A．To help us warm up when we are cold. |
| B．To help us to become brave. |
| C．To help us think about something. |
| D．To help send messages to our brain. |
| A．encourage you to take more baths |
| B．show the best way to stay warm |
| C．tell you how and why your body shivers |
| D．tell you how to stop shivering |
| A．Shiver Me! |
| B．Shivering: What a Strange Way to Warm Up! |
| C．How to Stop Shivering |
| D．Shivering is Not for the Weak |
3 . If you have a pet, do you know how to take care of it? Actually, don’t worry. It’s not as difficult as most people think. You can do it if you follow these ideas.
Food
☆You need to be sure that you know when your new pet need food and what food is good for it.
☆Most animals need to be fed once or twice a day. Sometimes baby animals need to be fed more.
☆ Don’t give chocolate to your pet because it can make most animals sick.
Water
☆ Make sure that your pet has enough clean, fresh water. Make sure that you change the water twice a day.
☆ If your pet is a fish or a turtle, be sure to clean the tank (缸) at least once a week.
Exercise
☆ Pets, like dogs, need plenty of exercise. It helps them to keep healthy and happy. Don’t forget to take them for a walk. Play with your dog every day. The exercise is good for you, too.
1. How often should you clean the tank if you keep a fish?| A．Once a year. | B．At least once a week. |
| C．Once a month. | D．Less than once a week. |
| A．You need to exercise to look after a pet. | B．We needn’t take pet dogs out for a walk. |
| C．Clean and fresh water is important to pets. | D．Most people think it’s easy to look after a pet. |
| A．Right Food for Pets | B．The Importance of Water |
| C．Exercise and Health | D．How to Look After Pets |
4 . When I was young, I lived in Scotland with my parents. I had a good time there. One morning, I ran to the garden, and said to the old gardener. “Today I am going up the mountain.”
“No, no, Missey, not today,” he said, “It will rain.”
“No, it will not rain.” I said. “The sun is up.”
“I don’t care for the sun. The pimpernel (海绿) says it will rain, so it will. Flowers always tell the truth. When they say rain, go and get your umbrella.” said the old man.
Sure enough, by noon the rain was pouring (倾倒) down. After that, I looked with great respect (崇敬) at the flower. But the pimpernel is not the only plant that is a “weather prophet”(预言者).
If you find the African marigolds (金盏花) shut (合上) after seven o’clock in the morning, you may be pretty sure that there will be a rainy day. Most “weather prophet” plants shut up for rain. Tulips (郁金香) are careful not to open their cups very wide in the morning if it is probably going to rain. The cause of the opening and closing may be the difference in light. Perhaps these plants shut their flowers because of the short of light.
But some plants open for rain. The verbenas (马鞭草) are one kind of them. They love the shade and become smaller in a strong light. The roses make no changes. The light seems to make no difference to them.
On the whole, if you go into your garden, and find tulips, marigolds shut, you’d better not go for picnics or long walks.
1. Why did the old gardener think it would rain?| A．The sun told him. | B．The cloud told him. |
| C．The weather report told him. | D．The pimpernel told him. |
| A．They love shade. | B．They tell about the weather. |
| C．They open for rain and light. | D．They become smaller in a strong light. |
| A．When the verbenas do not shut. | B．When the roses shut in the sunshine. |
| C．When the tulips open wide in the daytime. | D．When the African marigolds shut after 7:00 am. |
5 . Having a nosebleed is not comfortable and looks scary. When the situation of the nosebleed gets worse, it can make you go into shock (休克). But most of the time, if you can control it, it’s usually not dangerous. Let’s have a look at two examples of stopping a nosebleed.
Michael’s mother tells him to put his head back when he has a nosebleed. The reason is that the blood will make his clothes dirty. As well, many people don’t like to see blood. But one of the biggest mistakes about stopping nosebleeds is to put the head back. In fact, Michael should put his head down. If he lies down or puts his head back, the blood may godown the throat. Then it will go into the stomach. Blood may irritate the stomach and make Michael vomit (呕吐) suddenly.
Tina presses the sides of her nose during a nosebleed. The right place of pressing is just below the bony bridge (骨桥). If she does it in a right way, she should be able to breathe through the nose. And she had better keep pressing for at least five minutes. If the nosebleed doesn’t stop after 15 to 20 minutes of pressing, Tina should go to see a doctor.
1. According to the 1st paragraph, what can we know about the nosebleed?| A．Having a nosebleed is not dangerous at all. |
| B．It is always dangerous to have a nosebleed. |
| C．If the nosebleed gets worse, it can make you go into shock. |
| D．It’s common for everybody to have a nosebleed most of the time. |
| A．It looks very scary. | B．It is not comfortable. |
| C．The blood will make our clothes dirty. | D．The blood may godown the throat and into the stomach. |
| A．She should breathe through the nose. | B．She should go to see a doctor right away. |
| C．She should press below the bony bridge. | D．She should keep pressing for at least fifteen minutes. |
| A．刺激 | B．修补 | C．管理 | D．观察 |
| A．when we see a doctor | B．how we stop a nosebleed |
| C．why we have a nosebleed | D．who helps Michael and Tina |
6 . It is a good idea to make a list (清单) before you go shopping. Some people do not like to make a shopping list because it takes time. However, there are many reasons why you should make one.
Firstly, a shopping list helps you to save time. When you write the list, you should put the things in different groups. For example, you can write down all the fruit and vegetables in one column (栏). In the next column, you can write down all the meat. Do the same for other things. Keeping your list organized will help you shop faster.
Secondly, a shopping list helps you not to forget anything. You would not want to get home from the store and find you didn’t buy all the things you needed. A shopping list helps you to remember everything you want to buy.
A shopping list can also help you to save money. Without a list you might not remember if you have enough milk at home. You might buy the milk as you think you don’t have any. When you get home, you would see you already have a full bottle of milk. Then the extra (额外的) milk might go to waste. If you make a list, you will not buy the things you do not need.
Although it will take you a few minutes to write out a shopping list, it is worth (值得) your time.
1. How does the writer start the text?| A．By telling a story. | B．By asking a question. | C．By providing an example. | D．By giving an opinion. |
| A．Fruit. | B．Clothes. | C．Vegetables. | D．Meat. |
| A．Improving our life. | B．Saving our time. |
| C．Saving our money. | D．Remembering what to buy. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．How to make a shopping list. | B．Take time to buy what you need. |
| C．Importance to make a shopping list. | D．Making a shopping list is a waste of time. |
7 . How will the Internet change the world? Will we enjoy a smarter life in the future? Many of the world’s biggest Internet companies took part in an important meeting. They talked about how to build a future for our online world. The companies at the meeting showed us some of their latest technology.
Lip reading Machines can not only read faces. They can also read your lip movements. The Chinese Internet company Sogou has made lip reading technology. You don’t need to speak aloud. The machine turns your lip movements into voice or text. Police can also use this technology. Sometimes they see criminals on city-monitoring (城市监控) cameras, but they don’t know what they say. The lip reading technology can help people with this.
Smart shoes Your feet might hurt if your shoes do not fit you. This won’t happen if you wear “smart” custom-made shoes. The Xiemofang company brought a machine to the meeting. The machine scans your feet. It records 39 parts of your feet. It even records how long each to e is. It also has a database (数据库). The database has more than 10,000 kinds of shoes. You can choose the color and style. It also gives you advice for your choices. The suggestions are based on records of other people’s feet. You can get your new shoes after 10 days.
Unmanned (无人的) supermarkets You walk into a supermarket, pick out your goods and go to check out. But there is no worker. There is just a table t that says “Please smile”. When you smile, it gives you a discount. Your money goes from your Alipay account to the supermarket. The Alibaba company has made this supermarket. When you go into the supermarket, it knows your face and your Alipay account.
1—2完成句子；3—5简略回答问题1. The Internet companies talked about how to
2. The machines turn people’s lip movements into
3. Which technology would be very helpful to the police?
4. If you have difficulty choosing a pair of suitable shoes, what should you do?
5. Do you like the technologies in the text? Why or why not?
8 . Do you often ask questions? Children are known for wanting answers to many questions, because curiosity (好奇心) is part of human nature. Books and TV shows often depend on curiosity. People keep reading or watching because they want to find out what happens.
As we know, curiosity provides many advantages. Many of history’s greatest discoveries were made by curious people. People wondered how things worked and how work could be done more quickly. Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and have useful technology to help them. Even if you don’t plan to be an inventor or researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the curiosity of learning, classes will become more interesting. You will be good at them because you enjoy the process of learning. Even if you’re no longer a student, curiosity will make you an able worker.
What will you do if you’re not already curious? Luckily, curiosity is a skill that can be improved. Often, the more you learn about a topic, the more interesting it becomes. To improve your curiosity, get information from as many sources (来源) as possible when you learn about a topic. At the same time, read all kinds of books, watch or listen to speeches and ask questions. Don’t always get information in the same way. Instead, learn to understand the facts that different people know.
Don’t assume you already know everything. Instead, search for other possibilities and opinions. Remember, everyone knows something that you don’t know. Find out what it is, and ask about it. This lets you learn something and makes the other people happy by letting them show off their knowledge. Let’s try to become people who are full of curiosity.
1. Children like to ask questions because they ________.| A．they don’t know human nature | B．they are born with natural curiosity |
| C．they like reading and watching | D．they don’t want to find the answers |
| A．It can make you cleverer than before. | B．It can make the classes easier for you. |
| C．It can help you feel relaxed. | D．It can help you enjoy the process of learning. |
| A．Reading only one kind of book. | B．Getting information from many sources. |
| C．Showing others your knowledge. | D．Getting the information in the same way. |
| A．Try to Be Curious | B．Make Others Happy |
| C．Learn to Ask Questions | D．Discoveries Made by Curious People |
Dogs like living with people. They are very friendly. They can do many things for people.
Some dogs help people take care of sheep, and other dogs help them find the lost children. Some of the dogs can even help the blind.
There is a kind of dog “Seeing Eye dog”. Now we can see this kind of dog all over the world. They work for the blind. The Seeing Eye dogs are strong and easy to train. They help the blind to walk from place to place. Before a dog becomes a Seeing Eye dog, he must go to a training school for about three months. The dog has many things to learn. First, he has to learn to sit or stay when he hears the trainer’s call. In his next lesson, the dog learns to take his trainer across busy streets. At the end of the training school, he must take tests. When he passes the tests, the Seeing Eye dog will do things by himself. Now he can help the blind people. The new owner may be a man, a woman, or even a child. It takes the dog and his blind owner about a month to learn to work and live together.
1. Now, we can see the Seeing Eye dogs2. A Seeing Eye dog must
3. Who does the Seeing Eye dog work for?
4. Where must a dog go before he becomes a Seeing Eye dog?
5. How long will it take the dog and his owner to learn to work and live together?
10 . About 130 million books come out in the human history. A reader will read at most 6,000 books in his life. Most of them won’t be so much fun or very unforgettable. Books are like people. We meet many but fall in love with a small part of them.
Maybe we will only remember about thirty books. They will be different for each of us, but they affect (影响) us in similar ways.
_______________ When we see a bird flying in the sky, we have a great feeling, but we may find it hard for us to use words to show our feelings and finally we just say, “That’s so nice.” However, a good writer can describe it wonderfully.
Great writers build bridges for us so that we can talk with each other. They depict the similar experiences of us, and show us how we can share the same thing with each other in a different way.
Great writers also help us to feel. By reading a book, we meet someone. Probably she is very beautiful, young, smart but dying, and we feel sad about her pain (疼痛) and the unfairness (不公平) of the world. Or maybe she is poor but hard-working, and we find the spirit to face the difficulties in life through her story.
1. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?| A．A person should read as many books as possible. |
| B．A person should read at least 30 books in his life. |
| C．A person can read many books and remember all of them. |
| D．A person may read many books, but he only remembers some of them. |
| A．Books make us become great writers. |
| B．Books make us show our feelings better. |
| C．Books make us become smarter than others. |
| D．Books make us want to learn about lots of things. |
| A．control | B．describe | C．share | D．imagine |
| A．Why should we read books? | B．How can we choose good books? |
| C．How many books should we read? | D．Whose books are the best in the world? |
