| A. This electric product can make you cool during the hot days. It can help you change the temperature and control the humidity (湿度) of your room. B. You can do many things with this product, such as sending e-mails, playing games, getting online and so on. You can also listen to music with it when you want to relax. C. This electric product is useful to all of us. People often have one at home. It is often put up on the wall. If you want to know the time, just take a look at it. D. This can help you wash your dirty clothes and dry them. What you need to do is to turn it on and later hang the clothes on the line. With this electric product, life will be a lot easier for you. E. Each family needs this product. You can use it to store meat, vegetables, fruit, drinks and medicine. It can keep them cool and fresh, so that they will not go bad easily on hot days. F. It is a very useful product which tells you the time. It can wake you up with a piece of music any time you want, but you have to set the time first. G. When you wash your hair, you need this product. It can make your wet hair dry in a minute. It can also be used for drying your wet clothes or some other wet things. |
2 . We know music is very important in our daily (日常的) life. Do you notice music playing in many places? Today we hear music in most stores, stations, restaurants and other places. We can also hear music in an office or on a farm. Scientists believe that music influences (影响) people’s behavior (行为).
They think that the sound of Western classical (古典) music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. Without music, people spend even less.
Scientists also think that rock music makes people eat faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours. This makes people eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make more money in this way.
Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps students to be more active (活跃的). It is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you relax.
1. Where can we hear music?| A．In most stores. | B．In restaurants. | C．In an office or on a farm. | D．A, B and C. |
| A．something with new styles | B．something making people feel richer |
| C．something about manners | D．something making people work harder |
| A．Light music. | B．Rock music. | C．Sweet music. | D．Soft music. |
| A．eat fast | B．care about manners |
| C．more active in his/her studies | D．worry about his/her studies |
| A．Music and Behavior | B．Good and Bad Music |
| C．Kinds of Music | D．Music in Restaurants |
3 . Traveling is one of the most important activities and people have been interested in it for many years. Modern traffic develops fast, so traveling to different places has become much easier than before.
Staying healthy while traveling can make your trip happier. But do you know how to keep healthy during a trip? The following information may be useful for you.
Before leaving:
●Wear comfortable shoes, a hat and sunglasses.
●Take some necessary medicine with you. They can be used when you get sick or have other problems.
●If you do lots of sports like walking or climbing on your trip, you should do some exercise for weeks or months before you leave.
While traveling:
●Be sure not to eat dirty food or bad fruit.
●Have enough time to take a rest during your trip.
●Tap water(自来水) is not safe, so drink bottled water and always clean the cover on the bottle.
1. You should ________ before you leave your home for a trip.| A．get some medicine | B．clean the cover | C．drink much water | D．wear warm clothes |
| A．wear sunglasses | B．be too tired | C．wear a hat | D．take a rest |
| A．walk fast | B．eat too much | C．keep healthy | D．climb a mountain |
4 . Community service means doing volunteer jobs for the public. It teaches valuable lessons about the duties of a citizen(公民). Today, in the United States, important services are provided through thousands of organizations created to meet needs not provided by government at the local, state, and national levels. These activities help to create a sense of great care for the public.
There are close connections between community service programs and civic(公民的) education in schools. At every level of school, students can be involved in community service projects. In the primary grades, one of the purposes for students is to learn basic civic values that include fair play, respect for the opinions of others, and the rights and duties of a citizen in our society. By taking part in community service programs, very young children can learn how to solve problems, work in groups as leaders or group members, and accept the duties for their decisions and actions. Besides, children develop knowledge of their community—its leaders, organizations, social groups, and standards of civic behavior.
Community service programs can provide the chances for students to learn social study skills. These include higher-level processes and skills of information collecting, critical thinking and decision making. Community service programs also teach processes and skills for group discussions, leadership and teamwork.
Through community service programs, children can learn how people play roles in a discussion to work out the local problems. Students can volunteer to teach young children in child care centers or help in senior citizen centers.
1. From the passage, we know ________ play a main role in community service.| A．the adult citizens | B．the volunteer organizations |
| C．the students at school | D．the local and state governments |
| A．Children can learn about their community at school. |
| B．Civic education is about knowledge of community. |
| C．School students can offer community service programs. |
| D．Communities provide chances for school civic education. |
| A．Basic civic values. | B．Social study processes. |
| C．Skills for information collecting. | D．Processes of decision making. |
| A．The students. | B．Social study skills. |
| C．The chances. | D．Community service programs. |
| A．how the students set up community service organizations |
| B．how schools get involved in community service programs |
| C．what students can learn by joining in community service projects |
| D．the volunteer jobs that the students can do in their community |
5 . Have you ever been to Thailand? It is a country in Southeast Asia. I’ve been in Thailand for a few days with my parents. We are here for a holiday.
Now we are staying in Bangkok. It is the capital of Thailand and it is a very interesting place to visit. Yesterday we visited some places of interest in the city. They are great! This morning we went shopping. Bangkok is a wonderful place to shop for jewelry（珠宝）and clothes. My mother bought a nice necklace（项链）. My father and I bought some fashionable T-shirts.
Thailand is called “Land of Smiles” because people here are very friendly. And it’s true! When we eat in the restaurants in Bangkok, the waiters are really nice and they are always smiling. Thai food is delicious, but it is sometimes a little spicy（辛辣的）for me. You can also get Chinese food here because a lot of Chinese people came to live in Bangkok many years ago. Chinese food is very good, and it isn’t as spicy as Thai food. Our American food can also be found in Bangkok. However, I don’t eat it. You know, I’d like to try new things when I travel.
The weather has been very hot. Yesterday it rained and got a little cooler. But today it’s hot again.
根据短文内容回答问题。
1. Where is Thailand?
2. Which city is a good place to shop for jewelry and clothes?
3. Why do people call Thailand “Land of Smiles”?
4. What does the writer think of Thai food?
5. Is Chinese food as spicy as Thai food?
6 . Many people (人们) like to travel (旅行) by plane, but I don’t like it because an airport (飞机场) is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for (等待) hours for the plane to take off (起飞) and it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose (选择) the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to go out of the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe. Railway stations are usually in cities. When you are late (晚的) for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. I know it takes a little more time.
I also like cars. You can start your journey (旅行) when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station or a bus stop. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.
1. Why do many people like to travel by plane?| A．Because it’s fast. | B．Because it’s safe. |
| C．Because it’s cheap. | D．Because you can walk around in the plane. |
| A．It is safe. | B．It takes a little more time. |
| C．You can open the windows. | D．You can walk around in the train. |
| A．A bus | B．A car. | C．A train. | D．A bike. |
| A．You needn’t go to a station. | B．You can start your journey when you want to. |
| C．There are too many cars on the road. | D．You needn’t go to a bus stop. |
| A．He thinks it takes a lot of time to go to and get out of the airport. |
| B．He likes to take a train because it takes a little more time. |
| C．He likes to take a car because he has a car. |
| D．He likes to take a plane because it’s fast. |
7 . Travel in the Future
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight takes about 16 hours. You also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer（换乘）onto a different airplane. If you add all of that extra time, the trip takes at least 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from New York to Beijing might only take two hours.
Right now, a company is developing something called ET3, which stands for “evacuated tube（真空管）transport technology（技术）”. Here’s how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules（舱）move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule. The capsules use electricity instead of oil. For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6, 500 kilometers per hour. That’s much faster than airplanes—most modern airplanes usually only fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.
So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they have to move through air. The air slows the airplanes down. Because there isn’t any air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very high speed. Also, the capsules are quite light. Each only weighs 183 kilograms.
There are other advantages to ET3. Because it uses electricity, it’s quite clean. Also, it’s a lot quieter than airplanes and cars. Finally, ET3 tubes and capsules don’t require very much building materials.
Of course, ET3 doesn’t come into use yet. The technology is still being developed. Developers still have to solve a lot of problems. The biggest problem is that right now ET3 would be far too expensive. In order to make ET3 cheaper, we will need much better technology.
It’s exciting to think of how ET3 will change the travel in the future. Who knows? Maybe someday you’ll be able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
1. According to the passage, an ET3 looks more like a _________.| A．ship | B．bus | C．plane | D．subway train |
| A．it is powered by electricity and oil |
| B．it is much lighter than an airplane |
| C．it moves through a tube without air |
| D．it is made up of fewer capsules |
| A．modern technology will be used in airplanes |
| B．ET3 will take the place of any other way of transportation |
| C．more money will be spent on the technology of ET3 |
| D．ET3 will change the travel in the future greatly |
8 . American boys and girls love watching television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Saturday.
Televisions are like books or films. A child can learn both bad things and good things from them. Some programs help children to understand the news, and others show people and places from other countries or other time in history. With television, a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home.
Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crimes (犯罪活动) and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.
1. Some children spend eight hours or more ________ on Saturday.| A．studying | B．playing card games | C．watching TV | D．helping their parents |
| A．games | B．big animals | C．oceans | D．almost everything |
| A．six hours | B．more than eight hours | C．only a few hours | D．four hours |
| A．television makes things happen in homes |
| B．we can know places and events without going to see them |
| C．we can see houses and buildings on TV |
| D．we can find them easily |
| A．a bad program | B．an animal | C．a game | D．an uninteresting film |
9 . Computers can injure you. Most other injuries happen suddenly. For example, if you fall off a bike and break your arms, it happens very quickly. But computer injuries happen slowly.
You probably know how to ride a bike safely. Now learn to use a computer safely.
Your eyes
Too much light can injure your eyes, so never sit too close to a computer screen. Your eyes should be at least 50 centimeters from the screen. Remember to look away from it sometimes. This gives your eyes a rest.
When you use computer, the window should be on your left or your right. If it is behind you, the light will reflect on (反射) the screen. If the window is in front of you, the sun and the screen will both shine into your eyes.
Your hands and wrists (手腕)
Hand and wrist injuries can happen because the hands and wrists are moved in the same way hundreds of times. If you use a keyboard for a long time, follow these three rules:
1. Rest your wrists on something.
2.Keep your elbows at the same height as the keyboard.
3. Stop sometimes and exercise your hands, wrists and fingers in a different way.
Your back
Some people sit for many hours in front of a computer. If you sit in the wrong way, you can injure your back or your neck. So you should sit with your back straight. The top part of the screen should all be in front of your eyes. Your forearms wrists, hands and the upper part of your legs should all be parallel (平行) to the floor. If you are sitting for a long time, get up every 30 minutes and exercise your arms, legs and necks.
Enjoy your computer, but use it safely.
1. A computer screen may injure your eyes if _______| A．you sit 60 centimeters away | B．you remember to look away |
| C．your eyes are too close to it | D．the window is on your left or your right |
| A．get plenty of exercise | B．move in the same way again and again |
| C．rest your wrists on something | D．keep your elbows as high as the keyboard |
| A．you work near a window | B．you often take a rest from working |
| C．you use a keyboard for a long time | D．the window is behind you |
| A．in the right way | B．for many hours |
| C．with the screen below your eyes | D．with your back leaning forward |
| A．How to protect your eyes. | B．How to protect your hands and wrists. |
| C．How to use a computer safely. | D．How to protect your back. |
10 . What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, or red? If you do, you must be an active person who enjoys life. Do you like blue? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and would rather follow than lead.
Colors do influence our moods(情绪). A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one, and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing(令人压抑的). There was a black bridge over the Thames River, near London. The number of people who killed themselves on that bridge used to be larger than on any other bridge in the area—until it was repainted green.
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but also more active. In the factory, the workers will work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black.
1. An active person may like ________ .| A．yellow, orange, or red | B．yellow, black, or red |
| C．orange, blue, or black | D．orange, yellow or blue |
| A．tired | B．bored | C．relaxed | D．depressed |
| A．Because the bridge was too crowded. |
| B．Because people didn’t like the bridge. |
| C．Because the color of the bridge was depressing. |
| D．Because the bridge was high enough. |
| A．Your Favorite Color | B．The Secret of Color |
| C．The Color of a Bridge | D．The Color of machines |
