1 . One day Einstein was walking in the street in New York. His friend met him and said to him, “Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is!” But Einstein answered, “It doesn’t matter. Nobody knows me here. After a few years Einstein became a famous scientist. But he still wore the old coat. His friend met him again and asked him to buy a new one. But Einstein said,” I needn’t buy a new one. Everyone knows me here.

阅读材料，根据其内容判断材料后各个小题正、误。正确的选A，错误的选B。
1. Einstein was an English scientist.
2. Einstein’s coat was very old. His friend helped him buy a new one.
3. Einstein didn’t want to buy a new one because he didn’t mind it.
4. A few year later, Einstein became a great scientist and still wore the old coat.
5. The title of this passage should be Einstein’s coat.

3 . Very hot weather is common in many parts of the world. Although hot weather just makes most people hot, it can cause medical problems and death.

Floods, storms and other terrible natural events kill thousands of people every year. And we hear much about them in news reports. We generally hear little about heat (热), which experts say may be nature’s most dangerous killer.

Health experts say that since the year 1900, very hot weather has killed more people in the United States than any other natural event. One year—the unusually hot summer of 1980 heat caused about 1,700 deaths in the United States. In 1955, more than 600 people died in another heat wave in one city —Chicago, Illinois.

Besides drinking lots of cool water, doctors say there are some other things to do to protect against the health dangers of heat. Stay out of the sun, if possible. Wear loose and light-colored clothes. Wear a hat while in the sun. Eat fewer hot and heavy foods. And, rest more often.

Health experts say these simple steps can prevent the dangerous health problems caused by heat. They will prevent sickness, help you feel better and may even save your life.

1. Very hot weather is common all over the world.
2. Experts say maybe flood is nature’s most dangerous killer.
3. About 1,700 people died of heat in the USA 1980.
4. People can drink lots of cool water to protect against the health dangers of heat.
5. The passage mainly talks about the health problems in hot weather and the ways to prevent them.

4 . You may have known about many traditional Chinese festivals such as Spring Festival or Lantern Festival, but have you ever heard of Dragon Heads-raising Day?

Dragon Heads-raising Day is also called Spring Dragon Festival. It is on the second day of the second lunar(农历) month. It’s on February 21st this year. It came from an old story. After that day, the Dragon King will wake up from his winter sleep and bring more rain. So that day is the start of spring and farming season.

One of the most interesting things related to the day is about haircut. People believe that a haircut during the first lunar month is not a good idea. It may bring bad things to your uncles. So people can only cut it on or after Dragon Heads-raising Day. Although it’s not true, many people still do it.

There are also other ways to celebrate this festival. For example, people eat food with dragon names. People call noodles dragon’s beard(胡须) . Dumplings are dragon’s ears and spring rolls(春卷) are dragon’s scales(鳞) .

People also do dragon dances and make dragon lanterns. The lanterns stand for people’s best wishes and good luck.

阅读判断根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(A)、误(B)
1. Dragon Heads-raising Day is on the second day in February every year.
2. After Dragon Heads-raising Day, rainfall usually increases, which is good for farming.
3. People believed that having your haircut on Dragon Heads-raising Day might cause bad luck to your uncles.
4. The article explains why people eat food with dragon names to celebrate the festival.
5. The writer probably wants more students to know about Dragon Heads-raising Day.

5 . Once, a man sold his well to a farmer. Next day when the farmer went to get the water from that well, the man didn’t agree. He said, “I sold you the well, not the water, so you can’t get the water.”

The farmer became very sad. And he came to the judge in the office alone. He described everything and asked for help. The judge called up the man who sold the well to the farmer.

He asked, “Why don’t you let him use the water of the well? You have sold the well to him.” The man replied, “I have sold the well to the farmer, not the water. That means he can’t get the water from the well.”

The judge smiled and said, “OK, as long as you have sold the well to him, and you say the water is yours, then you can’t keep your water in the farmer’s well. Either you pay for the farmer to keep your water, or you must take it out of his well right away.”

The man understood that his idea couldn’t work. The story tells us we can’t cheat others, though we are smart. We can’t win in the end.

根据短文内容判断正、误，正确的选“A”，错误的选“B”。
1. A farmer bought a well from a man.
2. The man went to the judge in the office alone for help.
3. The man thought the farmer could get the water from the well at first.
4. The judge asked the man to pay for the farmer to keep his water.
5. The story tells us we can’t cheat others, though we are smart.

6 . 根据短文内容，判断正误（正确 “T”，错误“F”）。

The supermarket near my house is always busy. I found a great place to park my car, just then I saw a woman in a blue car also needed it. Because I was happy, I let her have it and I found another place to park my car.

I went out of the supermarket soon. Feeling good, I gave some money to a poor man and helped an old man with heavy things.

When I went back into my car, I saw the same woman looking at me. “Hello,” she said. “Maybe you don’t believe it, but I wanted to give you one of my mother’s things. You are like her. You helped those people, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me and gave me a box. “I think she would like you to have it.” I took it from her. She smiled and walked away.

It was a beautiful necklace （项链） in the box. I thought it was the nicest gift, and it was from a person I didn’t know. I wore it from that day on. It was a gift of kindness.

1. I gave the parking place to a woman in a white car.
2. I helped the woman with heavy things.
3. The woman gave me her mother’s necklace.
4. I know the woman well.
5. The story tells us that we should help more people.

8 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂“A”错误的涂“B”。

A Letter From 2070        Hi, this is the year 2070. I have just turned 50, but I look like a person of 85. Because I don’t have enough water to drink. I’m afraid I don’t have much time left to live. I’m already one of the oldest people in this society.        I remember when I was five years old. Everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks. I could enjoy a shower for half an hour. At that time, women had beautiful hair. Now we have to shave our heads to keep them clean without the use of water.        I remember there were “Save Water” warnings(警告)in many places, but nobody paid attention. We believed water would last forever. Now, all the rivers and lakes are either dry or polluted. Water is much more expensive than gold. In the past, doctors suggested adults drink eight glasses of water a day. Now days, I am only allowed half a glass. People die young.        When my son asks me about my childhood. I tell him about how pleasant it was to fish in the rivers and how healthy people were. When he asks, “Why is there no clean water now?” I feel very sorry. I belong to a person who turned a blind eye to all the warnings.        I wish this letter could travel back in time and that it would make people living in the 2020s truly understand the importance of saving water.        Best, Natalie

根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂“A”错误的涂“B”。
1. According to the passage, a person who is 85 is one of the oldest people in society. ______
2. There used to be lots of trees and women used to have beautiful hair. ______
3. Now, water is much more expensive than gold because it will last forever. ______
4. The writer probably didn’t save water when he was young. ______
5. The article is written to give people advice on how to save water. ______

10 . I’m Tom and I spent a holiday with my uncle Frank. Frank loved to walk around to collect stones. One day he bought me a backpack and asked me to go to the mountains with him.

The whole day we talked while walking around. Every now and then he put stones into my backpack. To my surprise, he also took some stones out of my backpack. But I thought he had just found better stones.

When we returned to the house, I was very tired. The backpack was so heavy that I felt relaxed when I put it down. Yet my uncle’s backpack was half empty.

I wondered why there were so many stones in my backpack. Uncle Frank explained that he would put stones backpack whenever I was complaining and take out a stone when I said something positive.

He said, “Your negative(消极的) thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in the backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind will be.

1. Uncle Frank asked Tom to help him collect stones.
2. Tom felt surprised when his uncle took some stones out of his backpack.
3. When Tom got back home, he found his uncles backpack was full of stones.
4. If Tom complained about something once, his uncle added a stone to his backpack.
5. From the passage we learn that we should be positive about life.