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I Have to See Another Doctor
Mr. Clarke lives at the foot of the mountain. He keeps the forest for a rich farmer there. The only road to the forest is just in front of his house. He can easily see the people who want to enter the forest. Sometimes he has to be on duty at night. When he hears some sound, he has to get up to see if someone cuts the trees.
One day he bought something in the town. He found a strong dog and bought it. He loves it very much and often gives some meat or bread to it. And when a strange man walks close to his house, it barks(吠) loudly. So he can soon know about it and goes out to find out who it is. But last week something was wrong with Mr. Clarke. He didn’t feel well and couldn’t fall asleep in the evening. He had to go to a hospital in the town. The doctor looked him over and then asked, “Have you got a dog, sir ”
“Yes, I have got one.”
“You have got a skin disease(皮肤病),” said the doctor. “I am sure your dog infected(传染) it to you. You can’t come in touch(接触) with it any longer.”
When he came out of the hospital, he met a friend and told him about it. The man asked, “What are you going to do, to sell your dog or to give it to another man ”
“Neither,” answered Mr. Clarke, “I have decided to see another doctor. It’s much easier to find a doctor than to buy a good dog!”
1. Mr. Clarke lives at the foot of the mountain because __________.
A. it’s very quiet there
B. he has a farm there
C. his work is to keep the forest
D. he can have a good rest there
2.Mr. Clarke is afraid, so he bought a dog, because __________.
A. someone picks the fruit
B. some animals hurt him
C. someone hurt him
D. someone may cut the trees
3. __________, so Mr. Clarke loves it.
A. The dog can help him keep the forest
B. Everyone is afraid of the dog
C. The dog can stop people coming in the room
D. He can play with the strong dog
4. The doctor told him to __________.
A. buy another dog
B. throw the dog away
C. take the dog to the hospital
D. buy some medicine for his dog
5. Which of the following is true
A. Mr. Clarke thought the dog was more useful than the doctor.
B. Mr. Clarke decided to go on coming in touch with his dog.
C. Mr. Clarke wouldn’t hurt his dog.
D. Mr. Clarke hoped to cure(医好) his dog.
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It is easier to go down a hill than to climb up a hill, so it is to fall into bad habit than into good ones.
Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little while people do not notice their danger. Some schoolboys first pick up bad habits in school and on the streets. When they cannot finish their lessons, they copy from their classmates. If they see bigger boys smoking, they also want to learn to smoke. When they are older, the habits become so strong that they can never get rid of them. From copying, they fall behind, then learn to steal, and smoking is bad for their health. At last they become worse and worse.
How necessary it is that we get rid of the bad habits at the very beginning.
1. Bad habits come _____________.
A．quickly B．suddenly
C．quietly and slowly D．easily
2. Some schoolboys first pick up little bad habits _____________ .
A．only in class
B．in schools and on the streets
C．when they were born
D．at home
3. “ get rid of “ here means ___________.
A．put on B．ring up C．pick up D．give up
4. When they grow, bad habits will ____________ .
A．become too strong to get rid of B．become smaller
C．run away D．leave
5. Smoking is__________.
A．harmful only to young people
B．bad for their health
C．not bad for us
D．bad for their study
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What might the future be like Here are some predictions(预言).
Returning home during the Spring Festival is difficult for many Chinese people. More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making buying travel tickets and the journey difficult. But 28 years later, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all. China plans to build more railways and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020. And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem.
Oil is running out faster than expected. But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料). Coal, natural gas, sun power, nuclear power(核能) and even water can take the place of oil as energy.
Schools will go electronic. Computers will be important and popular among the students. Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school. They will find information on the Internet. A computer will be the students’ library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world. There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mail. And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe.
1.More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during according to the passage.
A．Christmas Day B．National Day
C．the Spring Festival D．the Mid-autumn Festival
2.In 2020, China will build a fast transportation network that will serve of the population.
A．60% B．70% C．80% D．90%
3. is not mentioned in the passage as energy.
A．Coal B．Wind C．Nuclear power D．Water
4.From the passage we can know in the future.
A．the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem in China
B．90% of the population will live in the city
C．robot teachers will check students’ homework
D．readers can discuss topics with each other face to face
5.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph_________
A．Schools will go electronic.
B．Computers will be important.
C．There will be robot teachers.
D．School buses will be like spaceships.
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根据海报内容，选择正确答案。
1.The movie will be on (上映)__________.
A. for nine days
B. for ten days
C. for eleven days
2.The movie Shrek III lasts for ___________.
A. one and a half hours
B. two hours
C. two hours and a half
3.We can see the movie___________.
A. on Monday morning
B. on the morning of 1st June
C. at nine o’clock in the evening
4.The tickets for a family of three are __________.
A. ¥ 40 B. ¥45 C. ¥50
5.Which of the following is TRUE
A. We don’t know the address (地址) of the cinema (电影院).
B. We don’t know the name of the movie.
C. We don’t have the telephone number of the cinema.
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Tiger Mom,
You’ve been criticized(批评) a lot since your book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, came out. One problem is that some people don’t get your humor. They think you’re serious about all things and Lulu and I are suffering a lot from such a strict mother. That is not true.
But for real, it’s not their fault. No outsider can know what our family is really like. They don’t hear us laughing over each other’s jokes. They don’t see us eating our hamburgers with fried rice. They don’t know how much fun we have when the six of us dogs included squeeze into one bed and argue about what movies to download from Netflix.
I admit it: Having you as a mother was no tea party. There were some play dates I wish I’d gone to and some piano camps I wish I’d got away from. But now that I’m 18 and about to leave the tiger den(穴), I’m glad you and Daddy raised me the way you did.
A lot of people have accused you of producing robot kids who can’t think for themselves. Well, I came to the opposite conclusion: your strict parenting made me more independent(独立的).
Everybody’s talking about the birthday cards we once made for you, which you refused to take because they weren’t good enough. Funny how some people believe that Lulu and I will feel hurt for life. But let’s face it: It took me 30 second; I didn’t put my heart into it. That’s why, when you rejected it, I didn’t feel hurt at all.
There’s one more thing: I have come to understand what it really means to live a meaningful life to the fullest. To me, it’s about knowing that you’ve tried your best, body and mind. You feel it when the piano piece you’ve practiced for days and hours finally comes to life beneath your fingertips. You feel it when you do something on your own that you never thought you could. And for that, Tiger Mom, thank you.
Yours,
Sophia
1.In the writer’s opinion, why do some people criticize her mother
A．They don’t know what her family is really like.
B．They have a different culture.
C．They aren’t strict with their children.
D．They don’t have a good sense of humor.
2.The passage tells us her mother’s strict parenting raised the writer to be _________.
A．a robot kid
B．a kid with no play dates
C．a kid uninterested in the piano
D．an independent thinker
3.Which of the following sentences is Wrong
A．Sophia is thankful for what her strict mother has made her
B．Sophia has never been disturbed by tea parties.
C．Sophia is satisfied with her parents’ way of raising her.
D．Tiger Mom was blamed for rejecting her daughters’ birthday cards.
4.The underlined words “it” in the last paragraph refer to_________.
A．Making personal achievements
B．Having lived your life at 110 percent
C．Practicing piano pieces
D．Doing something on your own
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A young man once went to town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he found that they were about two inches (英寸)long.
He went to the kitchen, there his mother and two sisters were doing housework .He said to them, “The new trousers are too long. Could one of you help me to shorten them by two inches ” But they were too busy and they said nothing and were still working.
After his mother finished washing all the plates ,she shortened the trousers by two inches. Then one of his sisters remembered his trousers and shortened them by two inches. When the other sister came back from cinema, she also remembered the new trousers. “I nearly forgot that,” she thought. Then she shortened them by two inches.
Answer the questions（回答下列问题）：
1.Who did the young man buy the pair of trousers for
2.What did he want his family to do
3.Did his family hear what he said
4.Who shortened the trousers first
5.How many people shortened the trousers
6.How would the man probably feel when he tried on the trousers the next day
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