John was born in 1838.When he turned 11 years old,his family moved to the United States from Scotland.They began a new life in Wisconsin that year.
John showed his love of nature in his early years.He liked playing outdoors.He also loved working outdoors on his father's farm.
When he was 29,John had an accident at work.The accident hurt his eyes.As a result he missed looking at nature for months.Luckily,he could see again.Later that year,John decided to spend all his time learning about nature.He would travel in order to make his dream come true.
First.John hiked 1,000 miles.He studied plants and wildlife He then took a trip by ship.It was to learn more about the world around him.In 1869,John went to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.He climbed the mountains and wrote down what he saw.And he wrote about the animals and plants as well.By the time John turned 33,people were reading what he had written.They realized the importance of nature from John's books.Many people understood and accepted his thoughts.
In 1852,John started the Sierra Chub.Many people joined it.They agreed that forest wildlife should be protected.Today,the club has more than two million members.It has a great influence on the people who love nature.They all help spread the ways to protect the environment.
John's books are still read today.He is famous for his love of nature.
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
(1)Where did John and his family begin their new life?
(2)How did John show his love of nature in his early years?
(3)What was John's dream after he could see again?
(4)When did John go to climb the Sierra Nevadan Mountains?
(5)Why did John do things like taking trips,writing books and starting a club?(请用一句话作答)
As the saying goes, "Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles".In modern society,travelling is a very common thing. Almost everyone can go on a trip at any time as long as they want to. In fact,centuries ago,some famous people already travelled around China and they got a lot from exploration (探险).
Xu Xiake,a geographer and writer in Ming dynasty,spend more than thirty years on the road four hundred years ago.With his mother's encouragement,Xu Xiake travelled around China.He met with many difficulties on the road.But he never stopped travelling and writing.
Xu Xiake was on the road all his life,and his travel notes covered as much as his knowledge.His 600,000﹣ word travel notes finally came out in 1776,about 135 years after his death.China Tourism Day is set on May 19th,the date when he started The Travels of Xu Xiake.Some of Xu Xiake's Footprints around China
Macro Polo's Journey to the East
Marco Polo,a businessman born in 1254 in Italy,is known as a travel king in the west.In 1271,Marco Polo with his father and uncle set foot on the road to China.It took him four years.Along the way,he met bad weathers,a shortage of food and water and so on.
They reached Shangdu in Inner Mongolia in 1275.Kublai Khan gave them a warm welcome there and took them to Dadu.
Macro Polo's hard journey created one of the world's first best sellers The Travels of Macro Polo.Medieval (中世纪的) readers fell in love with Polo's wonderful descriptions of faraway lands and got to know China and Middle Asia.
(1)Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
(2)Chart I shows some of Xu Xiake's footprints around China.Which provinces did he visit?
(3)According to the passage,Macro Polo journeyed east along .And Dadu refers to (指) now.
(4)Why did medieval readers like The Travels of Macro Polo?
(5)Please complete the facts about Xu Xiake and Macro Polo in Chart III.
(6)What have you learned from Xu Xiake and Macro Polo?How will you put what you have learned to good use in life?
Dear Mum and Dad,
I'm very happy to spend some time with Lingling's uncle in Hunan province,and I'm having a wonderful time here in Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area.It's very large,about 390 square kilometers,and it's a magic land of mountains,forests and rivers.It's famous for the strange shape of its all rocks.
Last night we camped by a small lake.During the night,I heard a loud noise,as if someone was laughing.I woke up Lingling and her uncle,and I asked them what the noise was.Lingling's uncle told us not to worry,and left the tent to find out what it was.After a few minutes,he told us to come out quickly.Then he pointed into the forest.It was a monkey.When it saw us,it jumped up into the trees and went back into the forest.
Tomorrow we're going to Mount Tianzi.I'll go back next week!Wish you were here!
Love,
Sally.
(1)How large is Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area?
(2)What is it famous for?
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(3)Where did they camp last night?
(4)According to the article,what animals will you probably see if you go there?
(5)Have you ever been to Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area?
Scientists think that there has been life on earth for millions of years.However,we haven' t found life on other planets yet.The earth is a planet and it goes around the sun.And there are seven other planets that also go around the sun.The sun and its planets are called the solar system.The solar system is a small part of the universe.
Scientists have launched many spaceships to explore other planets in the solar system.
Some spaceships have gone beyond the solar system.However,no one has discovered any life in space yet.
Why has no one from other planets sent us a message?Have they tried to send information to us?With so many stars in space,are we alone,or is there life on other planets in space?
(1)请写出文中划线处"it" 指代的内容。
(2)According to the passage,the solar system includes and .
(3)How many planets are there in the solar system according to the passage?
(4)Have any spaceships gone beyond the solar system?
(5)Fill in the blank with the right words according to the passage.
The FA Cup
The FA Cup is a very special football competition.It is the oldest football competition in the world as it has been played since 1871.It is also famous for the number of football teams in England that enter.
More than 700 football teams take part in the competition every year.That is all of the teams from the four professional (职业的) leagues and hundreds of small non﹣professional clubs.These clubs come from small towns and villages from around England.
Because there are so many teams,it lasts for a very long time.The early games are only between the small teams.After six matches,the professional teams from the third and fourth league enter and then,two games later,the biggest clubs from the Premier League.
Often very small clubs will play against big teams.There have been many surprise results in the past many years.Teams from the fifth league have even won against teams from the Premier League,but a Premier League team does usually win the competition every year.However,there is always a chance of seeing a surprise result.As a result,people show great interest in the FA Cup.
It's amazing that the FA Cup has the power to change a football club,rewrite the past and shape the future.
回答下面5个问题,每题答案不超过7个词。
(1)How long has the FA cup been played?
(2)How many football teams take part in the FA Cup every year?
(3)Where are the small clubs from?
(4)What type of team usually wins?
(5)What does"a surprise result" mean in the passage? (根据作者意图,自拟答案)
阅读下面的材料,然后根据材料内容回答问题。
Xiangiang Middle School encourages the students to have different talents.Mike plays the guitar at school,and Max plays the drums.They both play very well.All the students like to enjoy their music.There are more than 50 clubs in the school,but they want to do something different.One day Mike and Max decided for the school's first marching band(行进乐队).But they needed more musical instruments (器) and members.
Mike and Max put up a sign asking anyone who plays a musical instrument to join.Many students were really interested in this.Soon they got a lot of answers.
Sam really wanted to join the band,but he had one huge problem.He could not play any musical instrument.Sophia also wanted to join the band,but she played the harp (竖琴).The harp is too big.She can't carry it while playing.
"How can you be in our band?" Mike asked Sophia."You play the harp sitting down,how can you march?"
All the band members wanted Sophia to play in the band.But they also wanted to march.Where is the way?
Then Max had an idea.He invited Sam and Sophia to join the band.Max asked his father for help.His father is good at creating.He made a big board with four wheels.Then Max asked Sam to ride a bicycle to pull the board with Sophia and her harp on it.Sam could use the bicycle's bell as a kind of musical instrument.
The band members loved Max's idea and everyone loved the marching band's great music.
(1)How many clubs are there in the school?
(2)What could Sophia play?
(3)Who rode a bicycle in the band?
(4)What did Max's father do for the band?
(5)Why was Sam able to join the band?
Protecting the Habitats of Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees are not only social animals living in communities and work together,but they are smart in many different ways.For over 40 years,people have been studying chimps both in the wild and in captivity.One thing they have learned is that chimpanzees and their natural habitats﹣or where they live in the wild﹣need to be protected.
In 1960,a researcher named Jane Goodall began to live with and study wild chimpanzees in Africa.She learned that they are highly intelligent animals that communicate with gestures and physical contact.They make tools to find food,they possess innate decision﹣making skills,and they make choices about which groups to join and what foods to eat.Chimps cooperate to hunt and often share the food they have caught.In captivity,where they live in zoos and science centres,they can be taught American Sign Language so that they can communicate with their hands.There have even been experiments which show that a few chimpanzees have learned to use computers and to play games!Some scientists argue that chimpanzees can show emotions such as happiness or sadness.
Although chimpanzees are impressive and intelligent animals,their safety is in danger every day.In the wild they can be found in 21 different African countries,living in forests.Chimpanzees are able to adapt(适应) to changes in their environment.They can move to a new place,make new nests,and find new foods.Yet people are destroying their natural habitats.By cutting down trees for firewood and using the space to build houses,humans leave chimpanzees with smaller areas to live in.
Chimpanzees are in danger,and all eyes should be on them. Fortunately many organizations and researchers have started to take steps to protect them.Everyone should be aware of their work and it is important to help these amazing animals.
(1)According to the passage,why should people help chimpanzees?
(2)How do chimpanzees communicate in their natural habitats?
(3)How do chimpanzees adapt to changes in their environment?
(4)What does the writer want to tell us by saying "all eyes should be on them"?
(5)What can you do for chimpanzees?(请自拟一句话作答)
阅读下面的短文并根据短文内容回答所提问题。
With the development of science and technology,communications are becoming easier and quicker now — people can use telephones,cellphones,fax machines and the Internet.It means that we seldom write letters now.But a TV show,Letters Alive (《见字如面》,is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses,but there are no funny jokes or different competitions.Instead,only one person walks up to a microphone and reads a letter.The letters were written by people from different times in history.For example,in one episode(集),they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941.The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future,
"Every letter opens another world for us," said Guan Zhangwen,the director of the TV show. "It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers".Since its first episode was on.Letters Alive has been widely praised.Many audiences(观众) say that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows.
Besides Letters Alive,some other cultural TV shows have also attracted Chinese audiences.They include the Chinese Poetry Conference,a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers,a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote.It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.
(1)Who does Letters Alive invite to read letters ? .
(2)What does Xiao Hong' s letter show according to the passage ?
(3)Chinese audiences highly prise the TV show,Letters Alive don't they?
(4)Besides Letters Alive,what other cultural TV shows are mentioned in the passage?
(5)How do you like the cultural TV shows?Why?
John was born in 1838.When he turned 11 years old,his family moved to the United States from Scotland.They began a new life in Wisconsin that year.
John showed his love of nature in his early years.He liked playing outdoors.He also loved working outdoors on his father's farm.
When he was 29,John had an accident at work.The accident hurt his eyes.As a result he missed looking at nature for months.Luckily,he could see again.Later that year,John decided to spend all his time learning about nature.He would travel in order to make his dream come true.
First.John hiked 1,000 miles.He studied plants and wildlife He then took a trip by ship.It was to learn more about the world around him.In 1869,John went to the Sierra Nevada Mountains.He climbed the mountains and wrote down what he saw.And he wrote about the animals and plants as well.By the time John turned 33,people were reading what he had written.They realized the importance of nature from John's books.Many people understood and accepted his thoughts.
In 1852,John started the Sierra Chub.Many people joined it.They agreed that forest wildlife should be protected.Today,the club has more than two million members.It has a great influence on the people who love nature.They all help spread the ways to protect the environment.
John's books are still read today.He is famous for his love of nature.
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
(1)Where did John and his family begin their new life?
(2)How did John show his love of nature in his early years?
(3)What was John's dream after he could see again?
(4)When did John go to climb the Sierra Nevadan Mountains?
(5)Why did John do things like taking trips,writing books and starting a club?(请用一句话作答)
Once,there lived a wise man.His son,however,had no goal(目标)in life and wasn't happy.
As the years passed,the man was more and more worried.One day,he handed his son a map and said,"I want you to go and find a treasure."
The son set out eagerly (急切地).He travelled really far,across forests and mountains.Finally,he reached the place and began to dig.He dug and dug,but nothing was found.Tired and sad,he decided to go back home.
On his way back,he noticed dancing birds and beautiful flowers.He met happy farmers in the fields.He found everything nice!
He got home,and his father asked,"How was your journey to the place?Did you enjoy it?"
"of course not!I was worried that someone else would find the treasure before I did.But I really enjoyed the journey back home and forgot the pain of not finding the treasure." The son continued to tell his father what he noticed on his way back.
"Nice things are always there," the father smiled "My son,I want you to have a goal.If you don't have a goal,you won't set out.But if the goal is the only thing in your mind,you'll miss something nice and won't be happy.So remember:It's important to have a goal in life and enjoy the journey as well".
(1)Why did the man worry about his son? (不超过10个词)
(2)What did the son think of everything on his way back? (不超过5个词)
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(3)What did the man want his son to remember? (不超过15个词)
A two﹣week﹣old baby hippo sat alone on the bank of the Zambezi River in Zambia,a country in Africa.His mother was dead.The morning sun rose and with every passing minute he lost more strength.Without his mother,the baby probably wouldn't make it through the night.
Luckily,Ian Stevenson and his friends saw the baby hippo.They took him back,fed him milk and eggs.The young animal was saved and soon doubled his weight.He seemed happy and healthy.
Later,the hippo,now called Douglas,was moved to an ideal home at Chipembele,a wildlife center owned by Ann and Steve Tolan,They built a sleeping place for Douglas by a pool where he liked to swim.They fed him every three hours.Douglas enjoyed playing with the Tolans' pet dogs and swimming in the pool.Sometimes at night,other hippos came from the nearby river to eat grass.At first,Douglas would walk into his pool to hide. "But he soon fought against his shyness and played with them, "Tolan says.Douglas remained at Chipembele for about five years before he was moved to another part of Zambia.
(1)What's the name of the hippo?
(2)How did the baby hippo survive the night without his mother?
(3)In your opinion,where was the hippo moved five years later,a zoo or the wild,Why?
每个人均有自己的爱好,有时这些爱好可以帮助他人。请根据下面5个人不同的爱好,从A-E中为他们提供合适的建议。
Name |
Loves |
Could |
Xu Hui |
Soccer |
|
Chen Tang |
English |
|
Joy |
Movies |
|
Gong Wei |
Music |
|
Lucy |
Reading |
A.Show free movies to the villagers |
B.Sing for sick people |
C.Train a soccer team for kids |
D.Teach kids to start a good reading habit. |
E. Help teach English to those poor kids
In May, 1976, Gaynor was a nine-year-old girl and lived in North Wales. One day, on her way home from school, she saw a silver(银色的)object(物体)in a field not far from her home. The object looked like a saucer.
Gaynor was very scared. She stayed behind the tall grass and watched the door of the strange object open. She saw two aliens wearing silver suits get out. Then they used something to examine(检测)the ground. They were short and had pink eyes. After about thirty minutes, the two aliens went back into the object. Then it took off.
When Gaynor got home, she told her mother about this unusual experience, but her family decided to keep quiet about it. They didn’t want others to laugh at their daughter.
However, 18 months later, Gaynor told her story to UFO scientists. They found out that Gaynor told the truth. Where did Gaynor see the UFO?
▲ What did Gaynor see when the door of the UFO opened?
▲ What did the two aliens do?
▲ What did the two aliens look like?
▲ Why did Gaynor’s parents keep quiet about her unusual experience?
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阅读下面短文,根据其内容完成后面各项任务。
Confidence is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude (态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chance to make themselves successful. Here are some suggestions about how to be more confident.
Speak loud When you are not confident, you can’t do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak _______(1) enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can _______(1) you become more confident.
Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.(2)
Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done.
Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.
Get rid of (消除) fear Fear comes along with failure (失败). But it’s easy to overcome (克服) if you know that failure is part of your life. Don’t hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.在(1)处横线上填入适当的词。___________ ___________
将(2)处划线部分翻译成中文。______________________________________________
回答问题How many suggestions can help you to be more confident? ______________
找出并写出所给句子的同义句。
If singing is your favourite, you can sing as often as possible.__________________________找出并写出最能表达该短文主题的句子。
______________________________________________
根据短文内容按要求完成任务
Kids in the US may not get presents for Thanksgiving next Thursday, but they’ll still have fun. Why? Because they get the day off school!
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year . It’s a time to be with your family, to eat and play.
Thanksgiving was first celebrated in 1620. That year English people went to the US for the first time.
They found farming in the US hard . But with the help of the native Indians, they still got a lot of food.
So they invited the Indians to eat with them. Ta the meal they thanked God for their food luck. Thanksgiving has been celebrated ever since in the US.
On Thanksgiving, families eat a big golden turkey, corn and pumpkin pies . There’s so much food, everyone gets a big stomachache .
They also give thanks for their loved ones, and play games. It’s a great day!
阅读短文,回答下面问题。Why kids still have fun though they don’t get presents for Thanksgiving?
When is Thanksgiving?
When did Thanksgiving start?
What do people eat on Thanksgiving?
Where did English people go in 1620?
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