A koala is a little animal with a round head, round ears and a round body. It looks like a bear, but it is not a bear. Soft grey fur (软毛) covers its fat body. Its eyes look like buttons. It has small feet and big ears. And its nose looks like your new black shoes.
Where do koalas live? In Australia. The people in Australia take care of them. When a koala is born, it has no fur. And it is no bigger than your little toe (脚趾)!
The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body. The baby stays in this warm pocket for six months. When the cub (幼兽) leaves the pocket, it has lots of fur. And it is as big as your shoe. It climbs to its mother’s back. It rides there while she teaches it to find food.
For most of the day the koala sleeps. At night it looks for food. It may go miles to find food and sometimes it is difficult to find it.
1. Koalas are fat and black.2. A baby koala has no fur and is very small.
3. The baby koala lives in its mother’s pocket for about half a year.
4. Right after it is born, the baby koala climbs to its mother’s back.
5. Koalas sleep all the daytime.
6. Sometimes it’s not easy for the koala to find food.
Not everyone working in a big company is an important worker. But the important workers are the best you can find in a company. Sometimes the company cannot run without those important workers. They are called the key players.
Through a study of the key players, we find that there are three important qualities in a key player. First, a key player knows how to work with other workers selflessly. He understands the importance of teamwork: only by working together can we work faster and better. Secondly, a key player always makes the best use of his time. What he thinks should be done today will never be put to tomorrow’s list. Business happens every minute. If we don’t hurry, we will never catch a chance. Last but not least, a key player is willing to take risks. If you want to achieve success that others have never got, you have to take risks. You should never be afraid to fail. If you fail, try again; but if you succeed, you are the only winner!
The three qualities are necessary if we want to do better in our jobs. Always remember, the biggest prizes are only for the key players.
1. According to the passage, the most important players in the ball game are key players.
2. There are more than four important qualities we can usually find on a key player.
3. A key player seldom works together with other people.
4. A key player makes a good use of time.
5. A key player always plays safe. He never takes risks.
More than 200,000 members of Beijing’s driving associations (协会) are being asked to leave their cars at home at least one day a month in the hope of improving air quality in the capital. Their aim is to reduce traffic jams and noise, and improve air-quality as well.
“I love driving, but I’m ready to make more blue-sky days in Beijing,” said Lu Chuan, a film director and a former environmental ambassador (大使). Lu plans to ride his bicycle and walk more often in the future to protect the environment.
“Motor vehicle emissions (排放) are the main cause of Beijing’s air pollution,” said Du Shaozhong, from the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (环保局). According to the city’s environment department research, Beijing’s vehicles give out 3,600 tons of pollution each day.
The “no-car day” activity comes as Beijing tries to achieve 238 “blue-sky days”, or days with good air quality this year, five days more than last year.
The “no-car day” was first introduced by 34 French cities that started the world’s first “no-car day” on September 22, 1998.
1. How often are members of Beijing’s driving associations asked to leave their cars at home?2. Lu Chuan agrees to help make more blue-sky days in Beijing, doesn’t he?
3. What’s Lu’s plan to protect the environment?
4. What are the main cause of Beijing’s air pollution?
5. How many “blue-sky days” did Beijing achieve last year?
6. What do you think the writer of this passage tries to tell us?
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American boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.
Television is like books and films. A child can learn good things and bad things from it. Some TV programmes (节目) help children to understand the news, the people and places from other countries. With TV, children do not have to go out to see films. They can hear interesting music or watch a game at home. But some programmes are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting and useful things to do.
1. In America, some children spend eight hours or more ___________ on Saturday.A.studying | B.playing games | C.watching TV | D.helping their parents |
A.six hours | B.more than eight hours | C.only a few hours | D.four hours |
A.games | B.big animals | C.rivers and lakes | D.almost everything |
A.play football | B.hold a sports meeting | C.see some films | D.have a swim |
A.good programmes | B.bad programmes | C.news | D.weather report |
A.fight each other | B.go shopping | C.read books | D.play video games |
☆ Earthquake (地震)
The earthquake is one of the most dangerous natural disasters (灾害)in the world. It often happens at night. People are asleep and can’t feel it. Many buildings and houses fall down (倒塌). Lots of people maybe stay under them.
☆ Typhoons
The typhoon is a kind of strong wind. It happens over the sea in summer. A bit of rain and wind in summer can be nice. But bad storms are quite different. Some of the worst storms are typhoons. Every year, about 80 typhoons hit different places around the world. The strongest ones are usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.
☆ Volcanoes (火山)
Mountains sometimes send fire and smoke high into the air. They make the earth move and break, and houses near them may fall down. Inside the volcanoes, there are holes deep into the Earth. The inside of the volcano is very hot. Rocks flow like water.
☆ Lightning
Lightning travels inside a cloud, between clouds, or from a cloud to the ground. It is colourful, but it can cause serious problems. It often kills people in rainy weather.
1. The earthquake often happens at night.
2. The typhoon often happens over the sea in spring.
3. Every year, about 180 typhoons hit different places around the world.
4. The strongest typhoons usually happen around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea.
5. The outside of the volcano is very hot.
6. Lightning may kill people in rainy weather.
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Finding Nemo (《海底总动员》), the newest release from Disney and Pixar, is an American cartoon movie. Finding Nemo is an underwater adventure between a father and a son. Nemo in the movie is a boy clownfish and lives with his father —Marlin.
One day Nemo swims to a place where his dad forbids (禁止) him and is stolen and put in a fish tank in a dentist’s office in Sydney, Australia. His father is very worried but he has always been a timid (胆小的) fish. Then another fish —Dory offers to help Marlin to search the ocean to find Nemo. Dory is kind but very forgetful.
On their journey to rescue Nemo, they meet many interesting events and Marlin finds himself to be a hero. At the same time, Nemo misses his home and father very much, and he makes several plans to get back home safely. And finally he does.
1. Nemo is a boy clownfish and lives with his mother.
2. Nemo is put in a fish tank in a dentist’s office.
3. His father is always very timid.
4. Dory offers to help Marlin to search the ocean to find Nemo.
5. Nemo finally gets back home.
Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is famous for its biking culture. Its people have biked to work since the 1880s. And recently, it has shown again that it is one of the world’s great biking cities.
For the first time, there are more bikes than cars in the heart of the city, reported The Guardian. It has found 13,100 more bikes than cars in the city center over the past year. In the last 20 years, the number of bikes used has risen by 68 percent.
This is mainly because of the huge efforts(努力) that the local government has made to create a bike city. Since 2005, a large amount of money has been spent on biking, and the city now has several new bridges only for biking and walking.
Bikes are also becoming more and more popular in China. An increasing number of people are cycling instead of driving to school, to their workplace or to tourist attractions. Public bike rental(出租) services have also been introduced in many cities, including Beijing, Hangzhou and Changchun.
The introduction of Mobike, a new public bike rental system—which started in Shanghai in April and came to Beijing on Sept 1—brought the use of bike to a whole new level. After Scanning(扫描) the QR code(二维码) on the bike, you can ride the Mobike’s orange bikes to your destination. It is far more convenient than the old bike rental system. New payment methods such as Alipay and Wechat are also supported by the service.
Despite this, it’s still not easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities. Because cars usually take up bicycle lanes(车道), bikers often have to ride next to cars. However Copenhagen is much friendlier to bikes. Lanes are built to encourage cycling. Traffic lights are timed for bicycle speeds.
For example, Cycle Snake, a high orange bike lane, allows fast bikers to go in both directions. In the mid-afternoon during the summer, bikes can see the daylight between two nearby buildings. It make riding a bike more enjoyable.
1. Copenhagen is one of the world’s great biking cities, isn’t it?2. Why are there more bikes than cars in the heart of Copenhagen?
3. How can you use the Mobike’s orange bike?
4. Why is Copenhagen much friendlier to bikes? Name two reasons.
5. Do you want to go to school by bike? Why or Why not?
8 . If you are going to apply for a job, be prepared for the kinds of interviews you can expect. One type of interviews is the telephone interview. Here are some tips for telephone interviews:
________. Before the interview, guess and write down the questions you might be asked. Practice the answers orally until you are satisfied with yourself. The questions can be about your working experiences, skills and achievements.
Keep your notes handy. Have any key information next to the phone, including your notes about the company and the questions you have prepared for. Then you can easily get the information you need. In this way, you will sound more prepared.
Avoid salary topics. When you are asked how much money you would expect, it’s not wise if you give no response. But it’s not right to give an exact number at once. Try to be open to discussion, so you’d better say something like, “If this is the right job for me, I believe we can come to an agreement on salary.”
Push for a face-to-face meeting. At the end of the interview, don’t forget to sell yourself. You can say something like, “I am very interested in your company. If possible I’d be really happy to see some of your managers. I am free either Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. Which would be better for you?”
Try to rearrange surprise interviews. If you receive an interview call without any expectation, you can politely ask them to arrange another time for the interview, so you can be better prepared. Try something like, “I am sorry but I can’t do it right now. Can I call you back tomorrow after work, at 6 p.m.?”
After the telephone interview, only a few are left for face-to-face interview, so get prepared and good luck!
1. The article is about ________.A.how to apply for a job | B.how to make a telephone call |
C.how to deal with a telephone interview | D.how to take telephone messages |
A.Make a self-introduction | B.Practice working skills |
C.Write down the answers | D.Predict the questions |
A.easy to get | B.easy to recognize | C.easy to hold | D.easy to understand |
A.I am expecting a salary of $5000 month. | B.My salary requirements can be discussed. |
C.May I not answer your question? | D.I don’t mind at all. |
A.not answer the call | B.ask someone else to answer it |
C.ask for another interview | D.start your interview at once |
9 . 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. |
10 . In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny,the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞) or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
1. “People can also have summer in winter.” Means “it is sometimes too ________ in winter.”A.cold | B.warm | C.cool | D.rainy |
A.black clouds | B.sunshine and snow | C.summer and winter | D.spring and autumn |
A.Because the sky is sunny all day. | B.Because they often have very good weather. |
C.Because the weather is warm just like in spring. | D.Because they may have four seasons in one day. |
A.it often rains in England | B.they are going to sell them |
C.their friends ask them to do so | D.they are their favourite things |
A.Bad Seasons | B.Summer or Winter | C.The Weather in England | D.Strange English People |