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Up in the Sky
Take a trip up a hill on a windy day. What is flying high in the sky? It isn’t a bird or a plane. It is a kite!
Kids and adults like flying kites. Long ago, the first kites were made by Chinese people. Then, people around the world began flying kites.
One story tells a man’s hat got lifted off by wind. He had fun chasing his hat, so he did it again! His hat became the first kite. Other stories tell that people liked watching leaves on windy days. They tied leaves to strings and watched them fly.
Long ago, kites became important in keeping China protected. A man might be lifted up by a kite while he spied(监视) on an enemy. He could use the kite to fly high like a plane. He could also fight from the air!
Kites come in many shapes, sizes, and styles. They are usually made of cloth or paper. A kite might be shaped like a bird, a fish, or just a box. Kites are also painted with colors.
You can use a kite to catch fish. First you tie a fishing line to a kite. Then you put bait(鱼饵) on the line. You watch the kite with hopes as it flies over the water. When you pull the kite down, you might find a fish on your line! Some people think this is more fun than using a fishing pole(杆).
Many countries have special days to honor kites. People make, sell and fly many types of kites. There are several kite festivals in China. The Beijing International Kite Festival is usually held in April every year. People spend all days flying kites. You might see famous fighter kites. People fly these kites quite fast and try to cut other flyer’s lines.
There is much to learn about kites. From long ago in China until now, kites have had many uses. They have been used for spying, fighting, and fishing. But the best way to use a kite is to fly it high for fun!
1.Who made the first kites long ago?_______________________________________
2.What did people tie to strings?___________________________________________
3.What are kites usually made of?__________________________________________
4.When is the Beijing International Kite Festival usually held?____________________
5.What have people used kites for?________________________________
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I am Steve. I was born and grew up in South Wales. My favorite place to play was out on the hills where my imagination had plenty of space to expand(拓展).
My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I had never learned any French， my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. That’s the time I started writing， just for myself， and I’ve been writing ever since.
I have always loved BIG IDEAS， and so I enjoy writing fantastic stories. And I also write horror(恐怖的)stories. I think they are like the old fairytales(童话故事)， and can teach you important things.
I am in my forties on the outside， twelve on the inside. I like rock music， Indian and Chinese food， and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village with my wife Mary， ducks， cats， goats， hens and lots of rabbits. If you’d like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books， go to www.sbowkett.freeserve.co.uk.
1. When he was 13， the writer ________.
A. wrote lots of poems
B. moved out of Wales
C. sold many story books
D. became a famous singer
2. He liked playing out on the hills because he could ________.
A. expand his imagination B. learn French
C. listen to stories D. buy some books
3.Maybe the writer is________years old now.
A. 12 B. 22
C. 32 D. 42
4. According to the passage， the writer keeps ________.
A. cats， hens and pigs
B. ducks， goats and rabbits
C. hens， rabbits and dogs
D. rabbits， pigs and cats
5. From the passage， we can learn that the writer________.
A. lives in a big city with his son
B. likes eating Japanese food
C. lives in the countryside with his wife
D. introduces a nice book to us
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—Jack got up late this morning. And his bike was broken on the way to school.
— . What a bad day for him!
A.No pain, no gain B.It never rains but pours
C.Practice makes perfect D.Burn the candle at both ends
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On the day of the interview, I got up at 6: 00 in the morning. I got to the interview place without having ______. I was the 24th interviewee(应聘者) and the 22nd was a short ordinary-looking girl. I greeted her by nodding my head. I asked her where she graduated. She told me in a low ______, “I graduated from a junior college（大专）”, the only one without getting a bachelor's degree(学士学位) among the 50 interviewees.
I didn't expect(预料) the interview would last so long. As I didn’t have breakfast, my stomach started to ache. I had to sit by the table for a ______. Just at that time, the girl asked me ______ happened. I told her, “I didn't have breakfast this morning, so my stomachache comes to me.”
After a while, a worker came in and ______ me a bottle of milk and a piece of bread. It was certain that they were bought by the girl. I felt ______ all over my heart because I hadn't imagined she would be so nice to help me—her rival(竞争对手).
Luckily, I got the job. The first day I went to work, I was ______ to see the girl there. She also got the job. Later I asked her why she got the job. She said ______ a smile. “That day when I bought you the ______, an interviewer went to the washing room with papers in hands. He asked me whether I could help him to copy those papers while he was in the washing room. I helped him. After I came back to him, he asked me why I took the food in hands. I told him the truth. Then I got the job.” At that moment, I came to know that when the girl helped me and the interviewer, she also helped ______. Helping others will help yourself as well.
1.A.breakfast B.lunch C.supper D.dinner
2.A.point B.level C.sound D.voice
3.A.rest B.sleep C.test D.talk
4.A.which B.how C.what D.when
5.A.handed B.showed C.sent D.bought
6.A.cold B.warm C.excited D.cool
7.A.afraid B.surprised C.worried D.bored
8.A.at B.from C.with D.in
9.A.bread B.milk C.water D.food
10.A.myself B.himself C.herself D.yourself
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One day in class, the teacher held up an apple. She stood on the platform (讲台) and said, “Please ______ it in the air, and…”
One student ______ his hand and said, “I can smell it. It is the smell of an apple.”
The teacher stepped ______ the platform, passed by each of the students and said, “Smell ______ to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air.”
Half of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. The teacher returned to the ______ of the classroom and asked again who else could smell the apple. The rest raised their hands except one boy. The teacher came to the boy and asked, “You really can’t smell the apple?”
The boy answered, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a ______ apple.”
The teacher ______ at the boy and said to the class, “He’s right! It’s not ______ to get the apple smell from this apple.”
All of the other students had been tricked. Some may have thought that perhaps the apple didn’t have the apple smell, ______ they didn’t dare to speak up. They just ______ the first student blindly and went along with him.
1.A.watch B.feel C.smell
2.A.shook B.raised C.showed
3.A.on B.off C.towards
4.A.later B.once C.again
5.A.front B.middle C.back
6.A.real B.tasty C.nice
7.A.laughed B.smiled C.shouted
8.A.surprising B.possible C.common
9.A.and B.so C.but
10.A.followed B.admired C.preferred
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World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It was set up by the UNESCO(联合国教科文组织)in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of r1. Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, millions of students can buy books of special p2., much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year since 1998. W3.do people like reading? First, reading helps us become more knowledgeable and more intelligent (勤奋的). S4., reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology. Besides, reading gives us i5.about other cultures and places of the world. When we read, we may find many things that we don’t know well. We would have to think about them or do more reading to f6.out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. What’s more , reading is also one of the m7.important ways to learn a foreign l 8. like English.
“Reading makes a full man.” Books, magazines, newspapers can help us to know m9. about the outside world and perfect us. So it is necessary for us to form the h10. of reading every day.
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It is easier to go down the hill than to climb up the hill，so it is easier to fall into bad habits than into good ones.Bad habits do not come suddenly. They come little by little without one being aware of（意识到）their danger. School boys first pick up little bad habits in the school and on the street. When they can't write their lessons，they copy from their schoolmates. If they see bigger boys smoking，they also want to learn to smoke. If they see their friends gambling（赌博），they want to gamble. When they get bigger，the habits become stronger and stronger，so that they can no longer get rid of（摆脱，除掉）them. From copying，they learn to steal，from gambling，they learn to cheat. At last they become distrusted（不信任） by everybody. How necessary it is that we get rid of the bad habits in the beginning.
1. It is easier to fall into ______ than into ______ .
A. good habits，bad ones
B. bad habits，good ones
C. bad habits，good one
D. good habits，bad one
2. Bad habits come ______.
A. suddenly B. little by little
C. faster and faster D. slower and slower
3.Where do school boys pick up little bad habits first？______ .
A. In the school
B. On the street
C. In the school and on the street
D. In a hospital
4. When school boys get bigger，their bad habits become ______ .
A. stronger and stronger B. weaker and weaker
C. better and better D. less and less
5.It is important for us to ______ .
A. copy others
B. learn steal and cheat
C. get rid of the bad habits in the beginning
D. laugh at others
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It is usual day for me, I get up, wash and put on my school uniform.
A.a B.an C.the D./
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---What’s __________your mind? ---I’m worried ________up is hard.
A. in; grow B. on; growing C. on; growth D. up; grows
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______ fun it is to fly a kite on a windy day! Let’s go right now.
A.How a B.What a C.What D.How