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Favourite Inventions(发明)
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My favorite invention is the Internet. You can always know what's going on in the world. Ir s amazing! I live in America, but I can talk and write to my friends in England through the Internet! | 
My favourite invention is the TV. It has become part of my life. When I watch TV. I feel relaxed. My favourite programme is Mode Family. I think it is interesting. |
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The mobile phone is my favourite invention. I use my mobile phone to do my homework. It is fun. My mobile phone is also my alarm clock. It really makes my day a little easier. | 
I like the camera best. My parents took a lot of pictures for me when I was young. I feel happy when I see these pictures. It helps us keep all the special moments. |
1.What's Tim's favourite invention?
A.The Internet B.The TV
C.The mobile phone D.The camera
2.When Ann watches TV, she feels_________.
A.amazing B.relaxed C.fun D.happy
3.Ben uses the mobile phone to_________.
A.do his homework B.take pictures
C.talk and write to his friends D.watch the programme Modern Family
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Time is very important in our lives. It organizes(规划) our everyday moments. However, time never had any importance in my life until I received a watch from my father. The watch organized my life and made me more responsible(有责任感的).
I received this gift on a cloudy day. On that day, I had to go to the airport at 9:00 a.m. to meet my uncle and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was staying with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 a.m., I remembered my uncle, but at that time he had left the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 p.m. on the same day. Seeing my father's angry face, I felt sorry at that moment. After I said hi to my angry father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him and he handed me this watch.
Then he said, “Lisa, did you have fun with your friends today?”
I answered, “Yes, father, and I'm sorry about not picking up Uncle Harry.”
He said, “What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions.”
I was ashamed and said, “Father, I'll never do it again.I promise.”
He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a reminder (提醒) for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my life.
The watch taught me to respect time and never be late. That’s why it is important to me.
1.On that day, the writer had to___________.
A.buy a beautiful watch
B.say hi to her father and uncle
C.take a taxi to her father's house
D.go to the airport to pick up her uncle
2.When the writer got to her fathers house, she felt very___________.
A.angry B.tired C.sorry D.surprised
3.The writer's father gave her a watch to___________.
A.welcome her uncle B.remember her uncle
C.have fun with her friend D.teach her a lesson about time
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Do you have a headache? Eat some bird brains for dinner, and your headache will go away. Is your hair turning gray? Eat black rice every day. And you won't have gray hair.
Eat bird brains and black rice? "Some people ask. "How strange!" But for many Chinese people, bird brains and black rice are not strange things to eat, they are good things to eat. They are good medicines, too.
Many Chinese believe that food can be medicine. Food that is medicine is called medicinal food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(调味料)for hundreds of years. Ginger(姜), for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking now. Ginger gives food a nice favor(味道). The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. At that time, they used ginger not because it tasted good. They used it because it was medicinal Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion (消化). It also helped people who had colds.
Not everyone approves of the medicinal food. Some people think that food and spices are not medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drug stores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, "Maybe medicinal food can't help me, but it can't hurt me, either.”
People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California .The restaurant serves only medicinal food. Queen's Secret", for example, is one dish at the restaurant. Meat from a chicken with black skin is in the dish. It is for women who want to look young.
Alan Lau is the owner of the restaurant,, He says, "Some people try medicinal food only once and then say, 'It didn't work. But think about this: When your doctor prescribes (开药方) medicine. you take the medicine for five days, or for ten days, or maybe for weeks. It's the same with medicinal food. You have to eat the food many times before it begins to help. "Mr. Lau believes that medicinal food works, he eats medicinally every day.
1.Why did the Chinese use ginger many years ago?
A.Because it had a good taste
B.Because it was good for health
C.Because it made people feel cold
D.Because it gave food a different flavor.
2.The words “approves of” in Paragraph 4 probably mean “___________”.
A.agrees to B.cares about C.hears of D.gives up
3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Can Food Be Our Medicine?
B.Can Spices Change Our Cooking?
C.What Is the Best Medicine for a Headache?
D.What Can People Eat in a Chinese Restaurant?
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The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles". These are the Necessary Tasks Bottle, the Voluntary Tasks Bottle and the Happiness Bottle.
Every day, we spend time filling the Necessary Tasks Bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with Voluntary Tasks. These are things that we do for others, we may not enjoy, but we do them anyway This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing clothes for family members, Those bottles are very important if we don't fill them each day.
However, we often forget to fill the third bottle-the Happiness Bottle. This is the bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your Happiness Bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks, time flies by, and before we know it. it is time for bed. We all have days like that.
This is why each day we have to make an effort(努力) to fill our Happiness Bottle. Most days, I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We show our musical talent and practice music for charity(慈善) It was a time of fun, friendship and music-making. At the end of the evening, my Happiness Bottle was filled to top.
The challenge(挑战)for each of us is to not let the day go by without filling our Happiness Bottle. That takes some planning. Many of us probably need to pencil happiness activities into our schedule(日程表) Or, we will fill our schedule with those Necessary and Voluntary Tasks.
This week. Think about how your time is being spent. Are you doing enough activities that bring joy to your life? Or are the Necessary and Voluntary Tasks using up all your time? At the end of the day. Hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our Happiness Bottle is filled.
1.Which activity belongs to(属于) a Necessary Task according to the passage?
A.Having fun with your good friend
B.Preparing a big dinner for your family.
C.Going to work although it is raining heavily.
D.Sending your son to a piano lesson on Sunday.
2.People can fill the Happiness Bottle by________.
A.planning our schedule without any Voluntary Tasks
B.spending time on activities that make us happy
C.using up all the time to find happiness.
D.doing more things for other people
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.People often fill the Happiness Bottle at bedtime.
B.People are happy to fill the Voluntary Tasks Bottle each day
C.It is necessary for people to plan happiness activities on the schedule.
D.It is OK if we don't fill the Necessary Tasks or Voluntary Tasks Bottle.
4.What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?
A.To describe what the Happiness Bottle is like
B.To introduce ways to fill the Harness bottle
C.To share the experience of filling the Happiness Bottle
D.To tell people to spend time filling the Happiness Bottle
