When Daniel woke up yesterday morning, he found he was a bit late for school, so he started running to catch the bus. Moments later, he saw a dog, but not its lead. He tripped over the lead and fell down. He jumped up quickly, went on running and got on the bus. After a while an old coach broke down in the middle of the road, and the driver couldn’t move it. It was eight o’clock, the middle of the rush hour, so it soon created a terrible traffic jam. The bus driver tried to go round the coach. Unfortunately a taxi was coming in the opposite direction. The driver tried to stop the taxi, but he couldn’t prevent the accident— the taxi crashed into the front of the bus! Luckily nobody was hurt.
When Daniel finally got to school out of breath, the Science lesson had been on for five minutes. Daniel said sorry to the teacher and sat at his desk. He reached out for his school bag— no, it was nowhere to be found.
“Where is my school bag?” Daniel was puzzled. Suddenly he realized that he had left it on the bus. Bad luck!What does the underlined word “tripped” mean?
| A．扔掉 | B．拣起 | C．绊，绊倒 | D．跨越 |
What is the order of the accident?
①A taxi was coming in the opposite direction
②The bus driver went round the coach.
③An old coach broke down.
④The taxi crashed into the bus.
| A．①→④→②→③ | B． ②→③→①→④ |
| C．③→②→④→① | D．③→②→①→④ |
What is the best title for this passage?
| A．An unlucky day | B．A happy day out |
| C．A traffic accident | D．A strict teacher |
HE cleans your house. He repairs your broken toys. He helps you with your homework. Even if you make a lot of trouble at school, he ‘ll never stop loving you.
WHO? It’s your father, _______ And you could never thank him enough for everything he has done for you.
So don’t forget to do something nice for him on Father’s Day. It’s always on the third Sunday in June. This year it’s the nineteenth of June. How can we celebrate it and make it a special Father’s Day? Here are Millie’s and Ricky’s ideas:
Which day is Father’s Day this year?
| A．9th June | B．19th June | C．9th July | D．19th July |
What will Millie probably NOT do on Father’s Day this year?
| A．Buy her dad some expensive American CDs. |
| B．Make her dad a beautiful card. |
| C．Write her dad a special letter. |
| D．Clean her dad’s shoes. |
下面哪个句子适合放在文中第二段划线处？
| A．Sometimes he is lazy. |
| B．Why not buy him a present? |
| C．He would do anything for you. |
| D．Father’s Day began a long time ago. |
The first Earth Hour was held in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million individuals(个体) and more than two thousand businesses turned their lights off for one hour to take a stand against climate change. Only a year later Earth Hour had grown into a global event with more than 50 million people across 35 countries and territories（行政区）participating(参加). Global landmarks such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge, CN Tower in Toronto, Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and Rome’s Colosseum, all stood in darkness, as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent(紧急) by the hour. In March 2009, millions of people took part in the third Earth Hour. Over 4000 cities in 88 countries and territories have promised their official support for the event. On Saturday 27 March, Earth Hour 2010 became the biggest Earth Hour. A record said 128 countries and territories joined the global display of climate action.
The event is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as the WWF. The organizers say climate change is one of the greatest threats(威胁) facing wildlife and nature. They also say when it comes to save energy and money, big changes start with small steps like turning out the lights. Now people are all joining together in a global effort to show that it’s possible to work on global warming. Earth Hour has brought about some new changes to our lives. People join in activities such as candle-lit dinners and star-gazing parties as a response to the call for "going dark". 
This year , Earth Hour is asking people to take the next step and go beyond one hour. So if you haven’t done so, next year, late half past eight to half past nine, let us turn off the lights for one hour for the environment! Earth Hour is a call to stand up, to take responsibility(责任) and to get involved(与……有关) in working towards a better future. Earth Hour is a message of hope and a message of action. Everyone can make a difference. What’s the main idea of the passage?
| A．The climate change is one of the greatest threats facing wild life and nature. |
| B．Everyone can make a difference. |
| C．Earth Hour has brought about some new changes to our lives. |
| D．Tell the source(起源) of Earth Hour and its importance. |
The underlined word “global” in the passage means “________”.
| A．全球性的 | B．地域性的 | C．官方性的 | D．海洋性的 |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．The first Earth Hour started in 2007 in Australia. |
| B．Earth Hour is hold to reduce the bad effect on climate. |
| C．The writer thought that big changes start with small steps. |
| D．More than one hundred countries and territories supported the action last year. |
The best title of the passage is_________________.
| A．the WWF | B．Earth Hour in Australia |
| C．Climate Action | D．Earth Hour |
The Aborigines (澳洲土著) have lived in Australia for about 60,000 years. They painted pictures inside caves, and these are the rock paintings that have given us so much information about Aboriginal life. For example, some of the paintings that are about 10,000 years old show men with boomerangs. From this we know that the Aborigines started using boomerangs for hunting at that time. Other pictures show kangaroos, so we know that there were kangaroos at that time.
The Aborigines believed that spirits made people, animals and plants, and that these spirits still live in the earth. For Aborigines, no one can own the earth—the earth belongs to the spirits.
In 1700, there were many Aboriginal groups with a population of 750,000 all over Australia, and there were probably more than 240 different Aboriginal languages. The groups did not have a leader. Instead, things were decided by the older men in a group. People from different groups often travelled hundreds of miles to meet each other.
Aboriginal life changed when an English boat arrived in Australia in 1770. Many Aborigines were killed in the wars that they had with the English. More Europeans came, and they started taking land from the Aborigines. The Europeans also brought new illnesses that killed the Aborigines. The result is that today there are only about 300,000 Aborigines in Australia.The Aborigines painted pictures .
| A．on animals’ fur | B．on the land |
| C．on the tree | D．on the rock |
What do you think the Aborigines used boomerangs to do?
| A．To paint. | B．To hunt. | C．To fight. | D．To play. |
The Aborigines thought were the most important on the earth.
| A．people | B．animals | C．spirits | D．plants |
In an Aboriginal group decided things.
| A．the older men | B．the leader |
| C．the English | D．the Europeans |
The number of the Aborigines is small today .
| A．because their living condition was very bad |
| B．because the English killed a lot of them in the wars |
| C．because of the new illnesses the Europeans brought them |
| D．because of the wars and the new illnesses |
There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by ,it becomes less and less ,so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to use horses ,carriages and bicycles .
In the Second World War ,some people didn＇t use gas made from petroleum （石油）in their cars .They made gas from wood and plants instead . The cars didn＇t go fast ,but they ran ,so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can＇t cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.
Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity(电)to run our cars but first we must make the electricity ！Some countries have coal and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big ,strong rivers and they can use the power of water to turn turbines(涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.
We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river .Then the tide comes in ,the water turns the turbines and then it goes out ,it turns them again.
Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?
| A．When they are poor |
| B．When they run out of oil |
| C．When they need more exercise |
| D．When there aren＇t any big trees in the world |
How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?
| A．2 | B．5 | C．4 | D．3 |
The passage is mainly about .
| A．how to run our cars |
| B．what to do when oil runs out |
| C．different types of gas |
| D．the way to make electricity |
Smoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止)in China since January 2011.Let’s look at the following advantages of banning smoking.
First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被动)smokers. When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe in the smoke and suffer from the diseases an active smoker gets. If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled.
Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up. Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours. When a smoker doesn’t smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too. As a result, people have to give up smoking.
Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents. When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them easily. Thus the number of teen smokers will increase. Also asthma(哮喘)and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers. So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers.
Looking from the economic point of view, smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生产率).Employees(雇员)who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working. So the number of hours they put in their work is smaller.
If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned. Smoking causes air pollution. If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse.________doesn’t belong to a non-smoking place.
| A．A field | B．A hospital | C．A library | D．A restaurant |
The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us ______.
| A．banning smoking is good for restaurants |
| B．banning smoking is good for non-smokers |
| C．banning smoking is good for spread of diseases |
| D．banning smoking is good for active smokers and passive smokers |
How many advantages of banning smoking are mentioned in this passage?
| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
According to the text, the underlined word “adolescents” means ______.
| A．men | B．women | C．adults | D．teenagers |
Which of the following statements in NOT true?
| A．If smoking is banned, work productivity will increase. |
| B．If smoking is banned, the number of teen smokers will be larger. |
| C．If smoking is banned, it will make the environment become better. |
| D．If smoking is banned, smokers will learn how to live without smoking. |
Yesterday I was shopping for a few items(物品).With nothing to do at home, my son, who just left university, was ready to go together with me.
As I pushed the basket towards the register(收银机),I checked my items to see how many I had, thinking I might go to the Express Line(快速通道)where the sign said“Ten items or less”.
I started to go to that line and my son said,“Mon, you have twelve items!”I said,“You know, but they’re close.” He said,“Why are you in such a hurry to get home? You should go to the Regular Line because you have over ten items.”
Knowing he was right. I agreed and then pushed the basket to the next line. So I was waiting for my turn there and I was just removing my items from the basket to pay for them when a young man came up behind me in line with two items.
I just left the Express Line because I had too many and now I really wanted to get finished. Again, my son came up.“Mom, he has only two items and the Express Line is very long now. Won’t you just let him go first?”I agreed, and the young man smiled widely and thanked me several times.
It felt good to be with my son and have him remind me not to live a hurried life. Do what’s right and also be kind. I really take pride in him. The writer ________ when she was pushing the basket towards the register.
| A．lost something she liked best | B．found her favourite item |
| C．checked her handbag | D．counted the items she had |
The writer went to the Regular Line because _______.
| A．she had 2 items | B．she had 12 items |
| C．she was in a hurry to get home | D．she wanted to wait for her son |
Of the following, which order is right according to the story?
①prepare to remove the items from the basket
②let the young man behind go first
③walk towards the Express Line
④return to the Regular Line
| A．②①④③ | B．④②③① | C．③④①② | D．①③④② |
If you pay for your items at the Express Line,_____.
| A．you need to help others |
| B．you must wait for a long time |
| C．you can get finished more quickly |
| D．you should buy more than ten items |
What did the writer learn from her son that day?
| A．Enjoy your life and be kind. |
| B．Don’t buy too many at a time. |
| C．Try to be friendly to your family. |
| D．Never waste time waiting in line. |
Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here’re logos for China’s seven important traditional festivals.
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Chunjie, Spring Festival, China’s lunar new year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. People usually get together, watch fireworks and the lion dance, eat dumplings and put on new clothes. They pay New Year calls to their relatives and friends. Children usually get red packets. |
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Yuanxiao, Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings. |
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Qixi, the Night of Sevens is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. It’s Chinese version(版本)of Valentine’s Day(情人节). |
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Qingming, Tomb-Sweeping Festival is around April 5.People from home and abroad go to the graves(墓)of the dead in memory of(纪念)them. |
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Zhongqiu, Mid-Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy moon cakes and tell the story of Chang’e. |
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Duanwu, Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and remember the poet Qu Yuan. |
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Chongyang, Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect(尊敬)to the old. |
Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar.
| A．on 15th of August | B．on 7th of July |
| C．on 15th of January | D．on 5th of May |
What do Chinese people eat at Dragon Boat Festival?
| A．Dumplings. | B．Moon cakes. |
| C．Rice dumplings. | D．Sweet dumplings. |
Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________.
| A．Lantern Festival | B．the Night of Sevens |
| C．Spring Festival | D．Tomb-Sweeping Festival |
At Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people go to the graves in memory of ________.
| A．Qu Yuan | B．the elderly | C．Chang’e | D．the dead |
At Double Ninth Festival, what do people usually do?
| A．They watch lanterns. | B．They pay respect to old people. |
| C．They visit their relatives. | D．They get together to tell stories. |
What’s the red star in the sky through a telescope(望远镜)? It is Mars. Do you want to know more about it? Take the “Mars Orbit Express”!
“Mars Orbit Express” is a space probe (探测器). It was sent towards Mars by American scientists on August 12th，2005. Its tasks are to study Mars’ atmosphere and return photos to Earth. But before that “Mars Orbit Express” must travel about 100 hundred million kilometers and seven months. It reached Mars’ orbit(轨道)in March，2006.
Mars and Earth have similar weight and size. However，Mars is closer to the sun than Earth. Mars is very cold. The average temperature is below 50℃. The temperature at noon only reaches 20℃ during a Mars day. Its atmosphere is mostly CO2. It has much sand and two moons---Phobos and Deimos.
Scientists think Earth and Mars had similar beginnings 4.6 billion years ago. But while Earth supports millions of lives，Mars becomes bad. “Earth easily could have turned out like that.” said an scientist, “It is important for us to find out why and Mars Orbit Express’ should do that.” “Mars Orbit Express” also would help scientists to learn what might happen to Earth in the future. “Mars Orbit Express” would work for about four years. What can you see through a telescope when watching Mars? ________.
| A．Much sand | B．A red star | C．Its atmosphere | D．Its size |
One of the tasks of Mars Orbit Express is _______.
| A．taking pictures of Mars |
| B．studying the weight of Mars |
| C．finding out distance between Earth and Mars |
| D．telling the time it takes to go from Earth to Mars |
Compared with Earth，_______.
| A．Mars has a long history | B．Mars is big and heavy |
| C．Mars is close to the sun | D．Mars’ atmosphere is mainly O2. |
Which might be the proper title for the passage?
| A．Mars：differences from Earth | B．A probe：to learn more about Mars |
| C．Mars: change of temperature | D．A probe：to tell the future of Earth |
The teacher stood before his class of 30 students and was going to hand out the final exam papers．“I know how hard you have all worked to get ready for this test．” he said．“And because I know you are all able to understand these questions．I am ready to offer a B to anyone who would prefer not to take the test．’’
A number of students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom．The teacher looked at the rest students and said．“Does anyone else want to get a B? This is your last chance．”Two more students decided to go．Seven students stayed．The teacher then handed out the papers．There were only three sentences on the paper： Congratulations! You have received an A in this class．Keep believing in yourself．
I never had a teacher who gave a test like that．but I think that it is a test that any teacher could and should give．Students who do not have confidence in what they have learned are B students at most．
The same is true for students in real life．The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and failures．They have learned life’ s lessons, whether from school education or from events in their lives，and have become better people．Scientists say that by the age of eight，80% of what we believe about ourselves has already been formed．You are a big kid now and you realize that you have some limits(局限)．However，there is nothing you can’t do or leant to be．Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma (珠穆朗玛峰)said，“We do not conquer the mountain．but ourselves．”Some students left the classroom because_____
| A．they were happy with the grade the teacher would give them |
| B．they were allowed to take another easier exam later on |
| C．they knew the teacher didn’t like them to take the test |
| D．they thought the exam was so easy that they don’t need to have a try |
The teacher gave the rest students an A because______
| A．they answered all the questions in the exam correctly |
| B．they didn’t believe themselves |
| C．they believed themselves in what they had learned |
| D．they had been working hard for each exam |
The underlined word “conquer’’ means ______ in the passage.
| A．发现 | B．控制 | C．探索 | D．征服 |
What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
| A．He wants us to know what our limits are． |
| B．He wants us to learn to believe in ourselves． |
| C．He wants us to receive school education． |
| D．He wants us to1earn from B students． |
In the summer of 1978 an English man named Steven was driving his tractor through a field of wheat when he discovered something strange. Some of his wheat was lying on the ground. The flattened wheat formed(形成)a circle about six meters across . Around this circle were four smaller circles of flattened wheat.
Three years later a farmer who lived nearby discovered almost the same circles in one of his fields. These circles were larger—nearly 15 meters across . That same year , another English farmer discovered three circles of flattened wheat on his land—one large circle between two small circles. During the following years, farmers in England found circles in their fields more and more often.
The circles are called “crop circles” because they usually appear in fields of wheat or corn. The wheat in the circles lies on the ground but is never broken; it keeps on growing, and the farmers can later harvest it. Farmers always discover the crop circles in the morning, so the circles probably form at night. They appear only in the months from May to September. What causes the crop circles?
At first, people thought that some kids were making them as a joke, or that farmers were making them to attract tourists.(In fact, in 1991, two men said they made the circles themselves, but many scientists don’t believe them.) People tried to copy them: They tried to make circles exactly like the ones the farmers had found. They couldn’t do it. They couldn’t enter a field of wheat without leaving tracks, and they couldn’t flatten the wheat without breaking it.
Several times people reported seeing stranger objects near the fields where crop circles later appeared. Many people believe that these crop circles are the messages sent by living things from outer space(外层空间)or the marks left by their spaceships.
Scientists who have studied the crop circles try to find out what causes them. In the summer of 1990 some scientists spent three weeks in the part of England where many circles have appeared. They had all the latest high-tech equipment(最新高科技设备). The equipment—worth 1.8 million dollars—got nothing. But one night, as the scientists were watching a field, crop circles formed in the field behind them, which were quite different from the others. The scientists had neither seen nor heard anything.
When Steven discovered the crop circles on his land in 1978, he said, “It was just like something that had landed in the field from the air and gone back up again. I don’t know what to make of these things.”
Crop circles have appeared in England, Japan, the United States and Russia. Experts from all over the world have studied them, and they say what Steven said: They don’t know what to make of these things.Which picture is probably the one formed in the field behind the scientists?
“Flattened wheat” means ___________.
| A．broken wheat | B．lying wheat |
C．harvested wheat | D．growing wheat |
The passage is mainly about something ___________ .
| A．that is done by living things from outer space |
| B．that cannot be solved but found all around the world |
| C．that cannot be made clear or understood |
| D．that is discovered and copied by the farmers |
Train-spotting
Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Train spotting starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us really know what train-spotting is all about? Now this is not considered cool in town and the word “train-spotter” in Britain is related to “geek” or “nerd” (someone who seems very ridiculous). But is this reputation really deserved?
First of all, let’s see what train-spotting is. It is said that there are some 100,000 train spotters in the UK. Exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the number of each train that leaves and arrives and write it down. The eventual aim is to have seen every train in the country.
Being crazy about railways and trains is not modern and it dates back to 1804. As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow? Is this any stranger than people who love cars?
So, what do you need to be a train-spotter? Well, all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers. Other equipment(装备) includes hot tea in a thermos, a camera and some sandwiches for those long afternoons spent on train platforms when you don’t want to risk the delights of railway station food.
It’s interesting to note that despite the “bad name” of train-spotting, there have been famous railway lovers in history, such as Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed them regularly, especially The 39 Steps. There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a strange phenomenon（现象）in Britain.
One glance at the US train stations should be enough to convince you that train-spotters there are alive and well. In America, they try to call rail lovers “train-fans” and talk of “train-fanning”. Don’t let this fool you—these people are train spotters and there are a lot of them. Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb.org.
340wordsWhat is train-spotting according to the passage?
| A．A kind of hobby. | B．A type of sport. |
| C．A strange phenomenon. | D．A special job. |
Which of the following about train-spotters is true according to the passage?
| A．They number each train they see. |
| B．They keep a careful path of every train. |
| C．They count the trains passing in front of them. |
| D．They produce films about trains with video cameras. |
The writer writes the passage to .
| A．introduce some famous train-spotters |
| B．encourage readers to do more train-spotting |
| C．try to present a true picture of train-spotting |
| D．describe the necessary equipment in train-spotting |
What do we learn from the passage?
| A．Train-spotters in the UK want to fool people. |
| B．Train-spotting is more acceptable in America. |
| C．Train-spotters are much stranger than car lovers. |
| D．Train-spotting relates to（与…有关）a dangerous lifestyle. |
Read how Sofia writes a composition.
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| 1.The weekend before she has to give it to the teacher, she sits on her own in the kitchen. First, she looks at the title and thinks a lot. |
2.Then she writes a few ideas onto a piece of paper, in no particular order. She looks up a couple of words in the dictionary and writes those down. |
3.Then she has a sandwich and goes to watch TV. |
4.The next day she looks at what  she wrote. She adds some more ideas. Then she decides how to order her ideas. She starts to write. |
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| 5.There are some words she’s not sure about so she looks them up in her dictionary. |
6.When she has finished writing, she reads  carefully through her composition. She crosses some things out and changes one or two sentences. |
7.Then she looks back at her notes from other written work. She makes sure she hasn’t made any of the same mistakes. |
8.Finally, she writes out her composition onto a clean piece of paper and puts it in her bag. |
180wordsWhat does Sofia do first before she writes the composition?
| A．She looks at the title and thinks a lot. |
| B．She has a sandwich and goes to watch TV. |
| C．She writes a few ideas onto a piece of paper. |
| D．She looks up a couple of words in the dictionary. |
When she meets some words she’s not sure, .
| A．she writes them down | B．she looks back at her notes |
| C．she crosses some things out | D．she looks them up in the dictionary |
From the passage we can know Sofia is a .
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B．doctor | C．student | D．parent |
People cannot reach an agreement on the use of science and technology. For example, will radiation from electronic equipment destroy the environment? Should medical scientists change gene structures to prevent genetic disease or to create “more perfect” human beings? While people are arguing about these and others, technology continues to influence our everyday lives—the home, health and education, entertainment and communication, and so on.
Some people carry on active social lives with computers —their own or the ones in public places like cafes, social centers, libraries, and so on. Communicating with others in chat rooms, computer users can get to know people they might never meet in traditional ways. With live online video connections, two people with cameras in their computers can see and talk to each other from separate places.
With modern telephone technology, most people stopped writing lettters—especially personal letters and notes. But now, writing to communicate has returned in electronic form, or e-mail, which is a way of sending messages from one computer to another. For some computer users, the wish to communicate intelligently or creatively with others makes them want to write better.
Computer technology has also made it possible to run a house electronically. From turning lights on and off to starting the coffee and cooking the hot meal, computers are taking care of people at home. Many modern machines have computer chips that allow their owners to program them. For instance, you can “instruct” a microwave oven how to cook a dish. Most entertainment equipment operates with computer technology too. Computers can even start cars automatically so that on cold winter mornings you can get into a warmed-up vehicle and drive off.
Although much of the technology in our everyday lives has good effects, there are some uses that raise questions. For example, are interactive media ( i.e., a combination of television, telephone, and computer) going to control minds, cause people to forget about family life and personal relationships? What effects will the genentic engineering of food have on people’s health? High-tech medical treatments can make a person live a much longer life, but can they improve the health and happiness of human beings? Only time will tell, but, in the meantime, science and technology will continue to move forward. What does the underlined word “ chips” mean?
| A．thin pieces of potatoes | B．small holes | C．small pieces of wood | D．central parts |
We can know from the passage that _________.
| A．technology never stops changing our everyday lives |
| B．with computers each of us can live a comfortable life |
| C．people can do more activities with computers |
| D．the more you use computers, the better you might write |
What can we infer from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph?
| A．The longer you live, the happier you are. |
| B．High-tech medical treatments can’t improve our health and happiness. |
| C．High-tech medical treatments can’t help us with everything. |
| D．The writer questioned high-tech medical treatments somehow. |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Science and New Technology | B．Computers Change Our Lives |
| C．Everyday Uses of Technology | D．Only Time Will Tell |
Oriole’s Nest
Picky, Picky
Scientists have no idea exactly why birds choose certain objects to build their nests. But scientists know that the main reason birds build nests is to keep their babies safe, warm and healthy.
Baby birds grow faster and are healthier when they are warm. They also learn to fly and leave the nests sooner than birds without warm homes.
What A Yarn (纱)
Yarn is big on an oriole’s shopping list during nest building. Scientists are still trying to work out why so many birds choose white yarn over other colors for nest building.
Scientists think that the white objects remind birds of cotton fluff (绒毛) they find in the wild.
Do It Naturally
Even though birds can help us recycle some of our junk by using it to build nests, they also need to use lots of natural things. Long grass, dried sticks, spider’s silk and mud are some of the natural ingredients that are good for nests, too.
You can make a collection box of things to leave for birds so they can help themselves. Hang a small plastic box with holes on a tree branch. Fill the box freely with nest building goodies. Hang the box on a tree and watch birds climb on board to pick through the junk to find their treasures.
Warning: Don’t let the birds turn into a tasty treat. Keep your bird station away from places where cats hang out.
For The Birds!
Stop! Don’t throw all that garbage out! Give some to the birds. Look and see how your old junk can help beautify and warm a bird’s new home. The baby birds with warm homes are able to _____.
| A．choose right objects | B．leave the nests sooner |
| C．build good nests | D．learn to fly higher |
What can people make for birds to build nests?
| A．Holes on the tree. | B．Food out of the rubbish. |
| C．A warning board. | D．A collection box of things. |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Birds build nests to store things. |
| B．Birds regard white objects as cotton. |
| C．Birds and humans can help each other. |
| D．Birds and cats fight against each other. |
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