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When people talk about smart work and hard work, they usually wonder which one is more important.In fact, smart work is more important.But working smartly is very hard. This is not a wordplay.It is not easy to be smart.
What is "smartness"?
People are smart when they can find out a way to bring more results with less effort(努力).If you can achieve the same results without putting in a lot of work, you are smart.The person pushing the vehicle is smart, because he is using the knowledge and wisdom(智慧), and the hard work of some other people.
How can we work smartly?
Creating that wheel isn't easy.It needs a great thinker, followed by an engineer's hard work.It then needs a handy man.Only then does it become easier to push the material using the machine.So, smart work is not easy at all.
Besides, being smart takes a lot of effort.People need to read more, keep learning new things, try to learn from others' experiences and sharpen their thinking skills.They need to predict the results before putting any effort in any direction, and being able to manipulate the given resources(资源) to meet their needs.
Human beings are smart.The human history shows our smartness.We don't need to go hunting for our food any more, because we were smart enough to find out that farming could bring much more food with much less effort.We then developed modern tools for farming.
Humans also invented the Internet, the wheel, clothes, the smart phones—all the tools that help us to work smartly.All of this is hard, but that hard work makes us smart.Because of smartness, we are much better off today in terms of happiness and richness.
So remember: Work hard to become a smart person.
1.Which of the following is the example of smartness?
A.People go hunting for food. B.People read many books.
C.People use vehicles to carry things. D.People talk to others with body language.
2.The underlined word "manipulate" in the sixth paragraph means________.
A.to make use of B.to find out
C.to ask for D.to think about
3.What is the best title for the passage________?
A.How to Be Smart? B.What is Smartness?
C.When to Work Hard? D.Hard Work?Smart Work!
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Everyone likes talking about the weather. When people meet, they usually say something like “Isn’t it a nice day?” or “Do you think it will rain?”
Different people often want different weather. When a farmer(农民) needs water, he hopes it will rain. When people want to take a trip, they hope it will be sunny soon. How will be the weather? Many people think they can tell(判断) it. But they often have different ideas. Some may(也许) say, “It’s cloudy in the east. It will rain tomorrow.” But others may say, “No, it will be sunny tomorrow.” So people like the weather report(报告). It sometimes makes mistakes(错误). Still, it can tell many things about the weather.
1.When people meet, they usually say something about .
A、their clothes B、their work C、the weather
2.The main idea(主旨) of Paragraph 2(第二段) is that .
A、different people often want different weather
B、farmers always want rain
C、sunny weather is good for a trip
3.People often .
A、don’t know the weather tomorrow
B、have different ideas about the weather
C、do the same things in different weather
4.What does the writer think of the weather report?
A、People don’t need it now.
B、It’s interesting to watch it.
C、It’s still useful.
5.What is the best title(题目) of the passage?
A、What Is the Best Weather
B、I like Good Weather
C、Talking about Weather
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People often talk about jobs. But when I tell others what I do for a living, they can hardly(几乎不) believe it. But I’m not joking(开玩笑). I spend my days at work eating chocolate! I taste chocolate to make sure that people can get wonderful chocolate from our factory.
Every week I get chocolate from our factory. I have to check it for taste and smell. I also have to taste raw material(原材料) we usually use. I spend days choosing(选择) the most suitable ones to go into the chocolate.
Just beside my office I have a kitchen. I test and taste chocolate I make there. My kitchen is full of machines. It’s wonderful to work during the day.
No two days are the same in this job. Sometimes I am in the kitchen. Sometimes I’m out of the country to buy the raw materials we need, for some people, that can be difficult because I have a young family. But I love this job. I like to live a different life every day. The question is that many people ask me if I get bored of chocolate. I work with it for a long time, but I never feel I don’t want to eat it. In fact, I often go home and eat some more in the morning!
1.Which of the following does the writer do in his job?
①selling chocolate machines ②testing and tasting chocolate
③buying chocolate of different tastes ④choosing raw materials of chocolate
A. ①③ B. ①④ C. ②③ D. ②④
2.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 4 means ________.
A. eating too much chocolate B. going to a different country
C. living a different life every day D. working a long time in the kitchen
3.What does the writer think of his job?
A. Boring. B. Enjoyable.（令人开心的） C. Uninteresting. D. Useless
4.The passage is mainly about _________.
A. what the writer’s job is like B. when the writer begins his job
C. why the writer loves chocolate D. how the writer makes chocolate
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People usually “hello” to each other when they make a phone call.
A. say B. speak C. tell D. talk
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People usually talk about two groups of colours: warm（温暖） colours and cool colours. Scientists think that there are also two groups of people: some people like warm colours and other people like cool colours. The warm colours are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colours and a lot of light, people usually want to be active(活跃的). The cool colours are green, blue and purple. These colours unlike warm colours, are relaxing. Where there are cool colours, people are usually quiet.
Warm colours make people happy and hungry, scientists think that a warm colour such as red or orange, is a good colour for a living room or a restaurant.
Cool colours make people calm. For example，school walls are always painted green because green makes students feel calm. It is also good for the students’ eyes.
However, almost everyone agrees that warm colours remind (使想起) people of warm days and cool colours remind them of cool days. Because in the north (北方) the sun is low during winter, the sunlight are quite blue. Because the sun is higher during summer, the hot summer sunlight are yellow.
1.__________is warm color.
A. Green B. Blue C. Red D. Purple
2.Cool colours make people feel______.
A. calm B. happy C. active D. hungry
3.Which is the best title?
A. Two groups of colours B. Two groups of people
C. Warm colours D. Cool colours
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阅读下面短文，按要求完成下列各题．
Many famous people had dreams when they were young. They often worked hard to make their dreams come true. When I was only 14 years old, I first thought about what I should do in the future. I used to__曾经)dream about being a basketball player, a soccer player, or a baseball player. However, because I was short, I gave up these dreams. Then I thought about going into music, so I bought a guitar. But I couldn't play it very well. Then I had to give up my dream again. After that I thought about being a reporter and worked really hard. At the age of 25, my dream came true and I became a reporter.
Finally, I learned the truth about making dreams come true. I should never give up and I must work hard.
1.Why did the writer give up his guitar dream?______________________________
2.What did the writer became finally? _______________________________
3.What is the truth about making dreams come true?_______________________________
4.翻译文中划线的句子．
I used to dream about being a basketball player, a soccer player, or a baseball player._______________________________
5.In this passage, the underlined word “it” refers to (指代 )___________________
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In England, people usually don't talk very much on a bus or a train.They often read books and newspapers.
When you meet English people, they often talk about one thing —the weather, because it often changes(变化) in one day.
Jim is an English boy.He usually drives his car to work.But one day, he wants to take the bus.He meets a beautiful girl, Lucy when he is taking a bus.He says, "It's fine today.isn't it?”
“But it was rainy yesterday”, Lucy answers.
“Oh, it will be cloudy tomorrow!”Jim says.When hearing this, people will think, “How friendly they are!”
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
1.What do Englishmen often do on a bus or a tram?
_________________________________________________________________________________
2.Why do English people often talk about the weather?
_____________________________________________________________________________
3.How does Jim usually go to work?
________________________________________________________________________________
4.Where does Jim meet Lucy?
____________________________________________________________________________________
5.What do people think of them when Jim and Lucy talk like this?
____________________________________________________________________________________
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When people talk about volleyball, they think of the spirit(精神)of Chinese women's volleyball team. On Sept.29, the team won the gold medal with the record 11-0 at the 2019 World Cup. This is China’s fifth World Cup victory(胜利). China's girls first won the game in 1981. In the following 38 years there were ups and downs, but they put in hard work to win the game.
The 2019 World Cup was played in some different cities in Japan and the team doesn’t have much time to train (训练). The girls had to use every minute to train.On Sept. 25, for example, they got to Osaka at 2: 30 p. m, and started training only an hour later. During the game, captain Zhu Ting was there, ready to do everything with her friends to win.
“Every time we fight for the same goal: to win the game!"said head coach Lang Ping, after China’s first game at the 2019 World Cup.
1.When did Chinese women's volleyball team win the fifth gold medal?
A.On Sept. 25, 1981 B.On Sept. 29, 2019
C.On Sept. 29, 1981 D.On Sept. 25, 2019
2.What does the underlined ( 划线)word"record"mean?
A.录音 B.比分 C.高分 D.记录
3.The underlined word"they" in paragraph one refers to_____________.
A.The gold medals B.38 years C.Chinese girls D.Ups and downs
4.Which of the following in TRUE?
A.Chinese women’s volleyball team won 10 games at 2019 World Cup.
B.After 1981, there were ups and downs for the Chinese women’s volleyball team.
C.The 2019 World Cup was played in only one place, Osaka.
D.On Sept. 25, Chinese girls started training at 2: 30 p.m
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In America when people meet each other for the first time, they talk about things like weather, family, work, school, or sports. They ask questions like “Do you have any brothers or sisters?” “Where do you work?” “What school do you go to?” and “Do you like sports?” They also ask questions like “Where do you come from?” and “Where do you live?” These are polite questions, not personal questions.
But some things are personal or private, and questions about them are not polite. People don’t ask questions about a person’s salary (薪水). They don’t ask how much someone paid for something. It is OK to ask children how old they are, but it is not polite to ask older people about their age. It is also not polite to ask people questions about politics (政治) or religion (宗教) if you don’t know them very well. People don’t ask unmarried people “Why are you single?” and they don’t ask a married couple with no children “Why don’t you have any children?”
1.According to this article, when you meet Americans, it is OK to ask them about their .
A. average salary B. favorite sports
C. religious beliefs D. age
2.When you meet Americans for the first time, the question such as is NOT polite.
A. “Do you come from a big family?” B. “Do you like playing baseball?”
C. “How much did your shoes cost?” D. “Where do you come from?”
3.In America, it’s OK to discuss politics with .
A. married couples (已婚夫妇) B. children
C. older people D. good friends
4.In America it is OK to ask a how old he/she is.
A. child B. man C. woman D. doctor
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—Why do English people talk so often about the weather when they start a conversation?
—Well, it’s probably because the weather is a safe topic.
A.perfectly B.patiently C.possibly