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New Energy (能源) in the Twenty-first Century
Energy from the wind
All over the world, people use wind power. It is a clean source of energy, and there is lots of it. However, if the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy.
Energy from the water
When water moves from a higher place to a lower place, it has the power to make electricity (电). In Brittany, waterpower produces enough energy to power a town of 40, 000 people. Waterpower gives energy without pollution. However, people have to build dams to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.
Energy from the earth
There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal energy. San Francisco gets half of the energy it needs from geothermal power. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is only possible in a few places in the world.
Energy from the sun
Solar panels (太阳能电板) on the roofs of houses and buildings can turn energy from the sun into electricity. These panels can create enough energy to heat the whole house during winter. Solar power is clean and plentiful, but when the weather is bad, it can’t produce power.
New __1.___ | Advantages (优点) and disadvantages |
Wind power | There is a lot. If the wind doesn’t ___2.____, there is no power. |
Water power | Without ____3.____. But __4.____ dams is very ___5.____. |
Geothermal power | This type of energy is ___6.___, but it is _7.____ in most places in the world. |
Solar power | Solar power is_8.___ and__9.____ , but it needs good . _10.____ |
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Most people want to be happy, but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness. Aristotle, a Greek thinker, said, “Happiness depends upon (取决) ourselves.” In other words, we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions(建议) to help you be happier. The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future -for example, getting into college or getting a good job -that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life’s simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.
Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies where you forget your problems and time. Many people experience this dancing, or playing a sport, such as swimming. You can forget about your problems, and only think about the activity. Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.
1.The best title of the passage is_________.
A. Money Makes You Happy
B. The Secrets of Happiness
C. Ideas for Helping Other People to Be Happy
D. Good Friends Make You Happy
2.The first paragraph tells us that_________.
A. the more friends you have, the happier you will be
B. we shouldn’t think about our future
C. happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life
D. some people fail to live a happy life
3.The passage gives us _________pieces of advice on happiness.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
4.The writer thinks that_________.
A. everyone knows how to live a happier life
B. it’s wrong to spend time on work
C. hobbies take up too much time
D. doing good things for someone can make you happier
5.Which of the following is not mentioned(提到) in the passage?
A. Reading a good book.
B. Traveling to a foreign country.
C. Playing a sport.
D. Spending time with close friends.
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阅读理解 阅读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
It was a wet, rainy day during the school holidays. Lily looked out of the window and thought about her parents. They were on a long holiday. They said Lily was too young to go. So Lily was staying with her Aunt Bella. Today Lily was unhappy. She was all alone —Aunt Bella was out shopping.
Lily decided to go to the top floor. Maybe there was something interesting. She arrived at the top. There was an old door. Lily opened the door and walked in. The walls were changing colours. A sofa wasn’t on the floor! It was in the air. Suddenly she heard a sound “Whoooosh!” and after a minute she saw a boy appear(出现).
“Hi,” he said. “I am the genie(精灵). Who are you?”
“I’m Lily,” she answered, “but you don’t look like a genie.”
The boy looked at her. He said, “Hocuspocusinversus!” And then suddenly Lily was in the air. “OK! I believe you,” she shouted. “Get me down!”
“So, how many wishes do you want?” the boy said.
Then she told the cool genie she was lonely. She told him about having no friends. The cool genie just nodded his head(点头). When Lily finished her story she felt better.
The genie said, “Well, I must go now!” Then suddenly he was gone. Lily went downstairs(下楼) and found a postcard from her parents. It said, “Dear Lily. Miss you, back next week, love Mom and Dad.” Then the front door opened and she heard Aunt Bella arriving with her shopping.
The next day Lily decided to say “Thank you” to the genie. She went to the top floor and opened the door. But there was nothing there except a dark old room with a few boxes.
1.Why was Lily unhappy?
A. Because it was a rainy day in the school holidays.
B. Because her parents were on a holiday.
C. Because her Aunt Bella was at home.
D. Because she was lonely.
2.Where did Lily see the genie?
A. On the walls.
B. In the sofa.
C. In the room on the top floor.
D. In the air.
3.How did the genie make Lily believe that he was a true genie?
A. He said, “Hocuspocusinversus”.
B. He appeared in the room strangely.
C. Lily saw a sofa stay in the air.
D. He made Lily in the air.
4.What did Lily do when she believed the boy was a true genie?
A. She said she wanted some wishes.
B. She laughed happily when she saw the boy.
C. She ran downstairs.
D. She told the boy she was lonely and unhappy.
5.When would Lily’s parents come back?
A. Next week. B. That afternoon.
C. Next year. D. That week.
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Weekday mornings are very busy for US middle school students. People are running into each other, shouting across the house, knocking on the bathroom door and always, always running late. When you’re late for the carpool, though, you also make everyone else late.
When your school doesn’t have a bus, and you live too far away to walk, you need a carpool. A carpool is a group of people sharing the responsibility (责任) of driving their kids to school in the morning. There are usually four or five kids in a carpool and their parents take turns to drive the kids in their cars. Someone’s car smells like wet dogs. Some kids get to eat desserts (甜点) for breakfast and some parents shout so much that all you try to do is to stay
quiet and go unnoticed. When your mum or dad drives the carpool, your classmates get a close- up look at how strange your parents can be. It might be your first sociological (社会学的) study and your first time to work with others.Teamwork is really important in the carpool because nobody wants to make everyone else late. It’s a great lesson in responsibility. Imagine (想象) sitting in the car outside of a classmate’s house, watching the watch and counting the seconds. Then you start to understand how your carpool friends might feel when you are still inside the house at 7:48. You really begin to learn all your real life lessons just moments before the start of school—in the carpool.
1.What is a carpool?
A. Kids go to school in their parents’ cars.
B. Parents take turns to drive their kids to school.
C. Parents drive their kids to school on their way to work.
D. Kids drive their own cars to school.
2.How many kids are usually in a carpool?
A. Two or three. B. Three or four. C. Four or five. D. Five or six.
3.What can kids learn from a carpool?
A. How to drive a car. B. How to get along with others.
C. The importance of good habits. D. Real teamwork.
4.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Kids living far away are always late for school.
B. Kids enjoy carpooling better than taking a school bus.
C. Kids can learn real life lessons in a carpool.
D. Kids often have enough time to finish their homework in a carpool.
5.When in a carpool at the beginning, kids may feel .
A. worried B. excited C. surprised D. sad
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Coke arrived at a lonely house, but he didn’t go into the room. He listened for a moment but he could not hear anything at all. “Why is it so quiet? Are the police waiting for me in there?” he asked himself. He went to the front door and pushed it. To his surprise, it was open! He went in very quietly. The room was clean, small and very warm.
Suddenly Coke froze. There was someone else in the room. He could feel it! He turned around quickly and, at the same time, put his hand on his pocket. There was a small knife there. He saw an old woman. She had a dish in her hands and there was a sweet smell of meat and vegetables. She did not look afraid. She did not even look surprised.
“I’m sorry,” She said, and put the dish down on the table. Coke could hardly believe his ears. Here he was, a stranger in her house and yet she said she was sorry!
“I’m sorry,” she said again. “I didn’t hear you. People often come to the door and knock, but I don’t hear them. I’m glad you came in.”
1.When Coke reached the house, he didn’t go into it at once because .
A. there must be a woman B. it was dark inside the house
C. there might be some danger D. he could hear nothing
2.What can we know from the underlined sentence?
A. It was very cold in the house. B. Coke was frightened.
C. Coke’s mother was at home. D. Coke found himself in the wrong house.
3.What is true of the old woman?
A. She was Coke’s aunt. B. She was very rich.
C. She was too weak to close the door. D. She couldn’t hear anything.
4.Why did the woman say she was sorry?
A. Because she thought she didn’t hear Coke knock at the door.
B. Because she couldn’t remember what was Coke’s name.
C. Because she hadn’t prepared dinner yet.
D. Because she had so little food for the dinner.
5.Coke must be .
A. wanted by the police B. lost in a mountain
C. a businessman D. a sportsman
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I have been reading Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. In this book, Fern lives on a farm. At the start of the book, a piglet (小猪) has recently been born. He is very small. Fern’s father is going to kill him. But Fern saves the piglet. She calls him Wilbur and feeds him. When he is big
enough, Wilbur goes to live in a barn (谷仓) that belongs to Fern’s uncle. In the barn, Wilbur makes a friend called Charlotte. She is a spider (蜘蛛). Wilbur finds out that Fern’s uncle is going to kill him for meat. Wilbur asks Charlotte for help. Charlotte helps by writing words in her web so that people will think Wilbur is a special pig.
My favourite part of the book is when Wilbur has gone to the fair. The family have been at the fair too. They have helped Wilbur to get ready for a competition, but now they have gone home. Wilbur is nervous and Charlotte is working on a new web. This is an exciting part of the book. The best character is Templeton, the rat. He is funny. I also like the geese. I think the writer makes them seem real.
I really enjoyed reading this book. It is a nice story but the ending is a bit sad.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. helpful spider called Charlotte.
B. A book about the friendship between a piglet and a spider.
C. A clever and funny rat called Templeton.
D. A competition that makes Wilbur very nervous.
2.Who is the writer of the book?
A. E. B. White. B. Fern. C. Charlotte. D. Wilbur.
3.Which is the best character according to the passage?
A. Wilbur. B. Charlotte. C. Templeton. D. Fern.
4.Which animal doesn’t the writer mention?
A. A pig. B. A spider. C. A goose. D. A duck.
5.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Fern wants to kill Charlotte for meat.
B. Charlotte helps Wilbur and stops Fern’s uncle from killing him.
C. ilbur writes words in Charlotte’s web to call for help.
D. Charlotte helps Wilbur win the competition.
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Animals do many different, amazing things to get through the winter. Some of them migrate. They travel to other places where the weather is warmer or where they can find food.
Many birds migrate in autumn. Because the trip can be dangerous, some travel in large groups. For example, geese(鹅) fly in noisy, “V”-shaped groups. Other kinds of birds fly alone.
Some animals stay active in winter. They must change themselves as the weather changes. Many change their doing or their bodies. For example, snowshoe rabbits grow white fur to help them hide in the snow.
Food is hard to find in winter. Some animals, like mice, collect lots of food in autumn and store it to eat later. Some animals eat different kinds of food as the seasons change.
Some animals hibernate for part or all of the winter. This is a special, very deep sleep. The animal’s body temperature drops, and its heartbeat and breathing slow down. It uses very little energy. In autumn, these animals get ready for winter by eating much more food than in summer and storing it as body fat. They use this fat to keep them alive while hibernating.
Water makes good protection for many animals. When the weather gets cold, they move to the bottom of lakes and rivers. There, frogs and many fish hide under rocks or fallen leaves. Cold water holds more oxygen than warm water, and frogs can breathe through their skin.
Every type of insect has its own life cycle and that is the way it grows and changes. Different insects spend the winter in different forms of their lives. Some insects also spend the winter without moving. Some insects spend the winter as pupae(蛹). Other insects die after laying eggs in autumn. The eggs change into new insects in spring and everything begins all over again.
1.What does the underlined word “migrate” in the first paragraph most probably mean ?
A. move from one place to another B. sleep in the winter
C. disappear D. look for food
2.Why do many birds fly in large groups?
A. They can easily find food this way.
B. They will use little energy.
C. They can get warm at night.
D. There may be danger during the trip.
3.The main purpose of the examples in the last paragraph is to tell us ________.
A. most insects die when winter comes
B. most insects spend the winter without moving
C. different insects grow and change in their own ways
D. different insects grow and change in the same ways
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How living things grow and change in the winter.
B. How living things spend the winter.
C. How living things get food in the winter.
D. How living things travel in the winter.
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I live in a new town with my family. There are lots of tall buildings in the town. The streets are busy and the traffic is heavy, but the pollution is not very serious .
In our town, more than half of the buildings have fifteen to thirty floors. Most of the people live in such tall buildings, but they don’t have to climb the stairs. They use lifts to go up and down.
Many restaurants, supermarkets, cinemas and theatres are in very tall buildings. They are big, bright and modern. So people enjoy eating, shopping, seeing films and watching plays in them.
The streets in our town are wide, but because there are too many cars, they are still very busy. Sometimes when you come to the street crossing, you have to wait for the green lights for a long time. The people in our town never put rubbish everywhere or put dirty water into the river, so you cannot see much pollution in our town. I hope you’ll come to visit our town if you like.
1.The streets in the writer’s town are very busy because ________.
A. there are too many cars
B. they are too wide
C. many people walk on them
D. the cars don’t go fast
2.The underlined word ‘rubbish’ means ________ in Chinese.
A. 塑料 B. 玻璃 C. 垃圾 D. 毒物
3.Which of the following is not about restaurants, supermarkets, cinemas and theatres?
A. Modern. B. Noisy. C. Bright. D. large
4.The writer feels ________ when he talks about his hometown.
A. sorry B. bored C. tired D. happy
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The cartoon movie Bolt is an interesting movie. All the characters are very lovely. The movie is about a dog and his name is Bolt. Bolt is a dog star. He always thinks he is very strong. He often plays in TV programs. Many people love him. So he is a little proud.
One day people take him to New York, but the poor dog is lost there. The place is far from his home town. It’s about 2,000 miles away. Bolt wants to return to his world. He has to face all the danger all by himself. He begins to go across the USA.
On his way he meets Mittens, a lonely cat. Then they meet a mouse. His name is Rhino. He likes watching TV very much. They become friends. They meet many strange animals and people on their way.
At last Bolt feels that he can be a hero both in TV programs and in real life. The movie is very instructive.
1.What is Bolt?
A. He likes watching TV.
B. He lives in New York.
C. He is a lonely cat.
D. He is a dog star.
2.Bolt has to go _________ miles to go back to his world.
A. 2,000 B. 1,000 C. 20,000 D. 10,000
3. Bolt meets _____________ on his way.
A. a friend B. a tiger
C. a rabbit D. many strange animals
4.What’s the meaning of the word “instructive” in Chinese?
A. 滑稽的 B. 有趣的
C. 有教育意义的 D. 好看的
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WHERE TO STAY IN BOSWELL?
TOUR GUIDE TO OUR BEST HOTELS
FIRST HOTEL Address:222 Edward Road Telephone:414-6433 The number of rooms:120 Single room: $25 Double room: $35 Special attractions: Air-conditioned rooms. French restaurant. Swimming pool. Shops. Coffee shop and bar. Telephone, radio and television in each room. Close to the city center. |
FAIRVIEW HOTEL Address: 129 North Road Telephone:591-5620 The number of rooms: 50 Single room: $12 Double: $18 Special attractions: Close to the airport. Telephone in each room. Bar. Restaurant. Garage. Swimming pool. |
ORCHARD HOTEL Address: 233 Edward Road Telephone:641-6446 The number of rooms:120 Single room: $15 Double $20 Special attractions: Facing First Hotel. European restaurant. Coffee shop. Television. Nightclub. |
OSAKE HOTEL Address: 1264 Venning Road Telephone:643-8200 The number of rooms:180 Single room: $30 Double $50 Special attractions: Air-conditioned rooms. Japanese and Chinese restaurants. Swimming pool. Large garden. Shops. |
1.If you want to eat Chinese food, you will go to the restaurant in _________.
A. Fairview Hotel B. First Hotel
C. Orchard Hotel D. Osaka Hotel
2.If a Japanese traveler likes to eat in a French restaurant, _______ is the right place for him to go to.
A. 233 Edward Road B. 1264 Venning Road
C.222 Edward Road D. 129 North Road
3.Which hotel faces Orchard Hotel?
A. First Hotel B. Osaka Hotel
C. Fariview Hotel D. No hotel
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