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As Keira climbed into bed, she thought about tomorrow’s field trip. Her class was going to a presentation by a West African traditional storyteller. Keira was excited because she was of West African descent. Her great-grandmother had come to the United States from Senegal, a country in West Africa. Until now, Keira hadn’t thought much about her roots(根源).
Early the next morning, Keira looked everywhere for something to show her West African roots. She dug through every drawer, but she couldn’t find anything that really stood out. Finally, she put on a white shirt and jeans. Although she wore ordinary clothes, she hoped that her interest in her West African roots would not go unnoticed.
At the community center, Keira was lucky enough to get a front-row seat. The first speaker talked about African writers and how they often use traditional stories with traditional characters, such as the Tortoise and the Spider. The speaker mentioned writers her mother and grandmother liked! Also, Tortoise was a favorite character in Keira’s bedtime stories. Finally, the speaker mentioned Doudou N’Diaye Rose. He was Keira’s favorite drummer. He was from Senegal. She began to realise just how much her West African roots influenced her American life.
Finally, the storyteller came up. He told a story that explained how the chameleon, a small lizard(蜥蜴), changed its colors. Then he introduced the Spider and Tortoise. It was known that they appeared to be generous but in fact they wanted to keep everything for themselves. Some of the stories made these characters seem poor as they fought for every last piece. However, they were simply naughty(调皮的). They certainly did learn their lessons!
Keira couldn’t keep her mind from thinking about all the different stories her mother had told. Her memory was pouring out again! She knew about everything the storyteller said.
After the presentation, the class talked to the storyteller. Keira told about how her great-grandmother had moved to the United States from Senegal. Her great-grandmother left her village because of a famine, a time of hunger. She had explained to Keira’s grandmother that the villagers spent days begging for food. Her great-grandmother finally came to the United States. Keira told the storyteller about those of her bedtime stories.
When Keira was finished, the storyteller pointed out that she had just done his job. She had described her family and the stories they told. Keira could hardly wait to tell her mother and grandmother the news!
1. Keria was ________ about the presentation on the evening of the day before.
A. nervous B. excited
C. surprised D. unhappy
2.Keria wore ordinary clothes that day because ________.
A. the clothes made her stand out
B. they were her favourite clothes
C. she didn’t find anything with West African roots
D. she didn’t want to show others her West African roots
3. ________ was a favourite character in Keria’s West African traditional stories.
A. Tortoise B. Spider
C. Lizard D. Chamelon
4.The underlined word “famine” in Paragraph 5 most probably means a time short of ________.
A. money B. food C. water D. job
5. From the passage, we can learn ________.
A. culture can’t go without certain kinds of clothes
B. one can’t find his roots without going to his own country
C. culture not only appears in something material like clothes
D. culture will die soon after you live far away from your place
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As Keira climbed into bed, she thought about tomorrow’s field trip. Her class was going to a presentation by a West African traditional storyteller. Keira was excited because she was of West African descent. Her great-grandmother had come to the United States from Senegal, a country in West Africa. Until now, Keira hadn’t thought much about her roots(根源).
Early the next morning, Keira looked everywhere for something to show her West African roots. She dug through every drawer, but she couldn’t find anything that really stood out. Finally, she put on a white shirt and jeans. Although she wore ordinary clothes, she hoped that her interest in her West African roots would not go unnoticed.
At the community center, Keira was lucky enough to get a front-row seat. The first speaker talked about African writers and how they often use traditional stories with traditional characters, such as the Tortoise and the Spider. The speaker mentioned writers her mother and grandmother liked! Also, Tortoise was a favorite character in Keira’s bedtime stories. Finally, the speaker mentioned Doudou N’Diaye Rose. He was Keira’s favorite drummer. He was from Senegal. She began to realise just how much her West African roots influenced her American life.
Finally, the storyteller came up. He told a story that explained how the chameleon, a small lizard(蜥蜴), changed its colors. Then he introduced the Spider and Tortoise. It was known that they appeared to be generous but in fact they wanted to keep everything for themselves. Some of the stories made these characters seem poor as they fought for every last piece. However, they were simply naughty(调皮的). They certainly did learn their lessons!
Keira couldn’t keep her mind from thinking about all the different stories her mother had told. Her memory was pouring out again! She knew about everything the storyteller said.
After the presentation, the class talked to the storyteller. Keira told about how her great-grandmother had moved to the United States from Senegal. Her great-grandmother left her village because of a famine, a time of hunger. She had explained to Keira’s grandmother that the villagers spent days begging for food. Her great-grandmother finally came to the United States. Keira told the storyteller about those of her bedtime stories.
When Keira was finished, the storyteller pointed out that she had just done his job. She had described her family and the stories they told. Keira could hardly wait to tell her mother and grandmother the news!
1. Keria was ________ about the presentation on the evening of the day before.
A. nervous B. excited
C. surprised D. unhappy
2.Keria wore ordinary clothes that day because ________.
A. the clothes made her stand out
B. they were her favourite clothes
C. she didn’t find anything with West African roots
D. she didn’t want to show others her West African roots
3. ________ was a favourite character in Keria’s West African traditional stories.
A. Tortoise B. Spider C. Lizard D. Chamelon
4.The underlined word “famine” in Paragraph 5 most probably means a time short of ________.
A. money B. food C. water D. job
5. From the passage, we can learn ________.
A. culture can’t go without certain kinds of clothes
B. one can’t find his roots without going to his own country
C. culture not only appears in something material like clothes
D. culture will die soon after you live far away from your place
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Charlie was about to climb into bed when he found there was a light on in his garden shed(棚). Then he noticed some people who were busy stealing his things.
He call the police right away. The policeman asked, “Are there any intruders(闯入者)in your house?” Charlie replied “no” and explained what was happening.
The policeman said, “All patrol cars(巡逻车) have gone out, and a policeman will go to your house when one is free.”
Charlie hung up, waited 30 seconds, and then called the police again. “Hello, I just called a short while ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. I want to let you know that they’re not a problem anymore because I’ve just shot every one of them.”
Charlie then hung up the phone. In five minutes, three patrol cars, nearly twenty policeman and an ambulance arrived at his house. Of course, the police caught the thieves.
One policeman said, “I thought you said that you shot every one of them!”
Charlie replied, “I thought you said there were no patrol cars free!”
1.The story happened .
A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. in the evening
2.The police didn’t want to come at once because .
A. there was no patrol cars free. B. they didn’t think it was crucial.
C. they didn’t know what happened.
3.Charlie called the police __ for help.
A. only once B. twice C. three times
4.The police came quickly because they thought .
A. the thieves died
B. Charlie was shot
C. the thieves broke into the house
5.We can infer(推断) that Charlie .
A. was good at shooting
B. liked to play a joke on the police.
C. didn’t belive what the policeman said.
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When I was about 12, I hated a girl. I even thought of her as an enemy. She liked to pointed out my shortcomings(缺点). Week by week her list grew: I was too thin; I was not a good student; I talked too much; I was too proud and so on. At last, I couldn’t stand her. I ran to my father.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Jane, didn’t you ever wonder what you are really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I found that about half the things were true. I couldn’t change some of them, like being very thin, but more I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a pretty clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,”he said. “You know better about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears angrily and feel hurt. Don’t close your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth.”
Daddy’ s advice has returned to me at many important moments.In my life,I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1.What was Jane like in her “enemy’s”eyes?
A. She was too shy.
B. She felt too good about herself.
C. She was of medium build.
2.What did the father ask Jane to do?
A. Mark the true things.
B. List the girl’s shortcomings.
C. Pay no attention to the list.
3.How did Jane feel after she made the list?
A. She felt hurt and wanted to give up.
B. She didn’t lose heart and decided to change.
C. She was happy because she could draw a picture.
4.What does the sentence “In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.”mean?
A. She didn’t like her father’s advice.
B. Her father gave her better advice after she grew up.
C. Her father gave her the best advice in her life.
5.What can we learn from this story?
A. It’s always good to have an enemy.
B. Everyone has shortcomings.
C. We can know better about ourselves from others.
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“How was school today?” Ethan’s mom asked as he climbed into the car. “Fine,” Ethan answered.
“What did you do?” she tried to start a conversation.
“Nothing.” Ethan answered and turned his attention to his phone.
Ethan’s mom sighed. “Your grandmother and I used to have actual conversations.” “Huh?” Ethan wasn’t really listening.
“Nothing,” his mother said sadly.
Ten minutes later, Ethan finally looked up from his phone. “What are we doing here?” he asked, noticing they were at an unknown supermarket.
“Grandma is coming over for dinner tonight and we need to buy something for her favorite strawberry cheesecake. I thought you could help me make it.”
Ethan hated shopping, and he would play his favorite video game rather than bake for a whole afternoon. However, he knew his grandmother would love the cheesecake, so he agreed unwillingly.
Surprisingly, Ethan realized that he enjoyed shopping and he was also having fun in the kitchen helping his mom after they got home. While all of this was happening, the two actually talked, and Ethan remembered several interesting things from school.
It was great to see his grandmother again at dinner too. The last time they met was several weeks ago, and he realized that he had a lot to tell her.
“Wow, Ethan, I don’t think I’ve heard you speak this much in a long time,” Ethan’s mom smiled.
“Well, when you were Ethan’s age, Norah,” Ethan’s grandmother said gently to his mother,“you used to spend your whole life in your room!” Ethan’s mother turned pink, “That’s not true, mom!”
“In fact,” Ethan’s grandmother winked at Ethan, “I had to get her to help me make this very cheesecake to even get her to talk to me.”
From the other side of the room, Ethan’s phone was ringing. But Ethan realized that this conversation with his mother and grandmother was much more interesting.
1.At first, Ethan was________when his mom asked about his school life.
A.sad B.cold C.happy D.nervous
2.Ethan’s grandmother got his mother to talk by________.
A.buying a new phone B.having a big dinner
C.making cheesecake together D.going to the supermarket
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Ethan had an unpleasant day at school that day.
B.Ethan expected to go shopping on his way home.
C.Ethan started real conversations with his family at last.
D.Ethan often made strawberry cheesecake with his grandma.
4.What does the writer want to tell us?
A.Using cell phones too often is not good for our health.
B.Learning to cook can help us keep in touch with friends.
C.Spending more time playing with elders can be interesting.
D.Enjoying activities together can help family members become closer.
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A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So she was always unhappy and didn’t like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip(发夹). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided to wear it to school.
On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her. Most of her schoolmates said “Hello” to her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things. Although she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.
When she went back home after school, her mother asked her: “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.”
She understood that she hadn’t worn the hair clip to school at all.
1.Which of the following sentence is true?
A. The girl is not as beautiful as other girls.
B.Nobody liked the girl.
C.The girl’s classmates thought she was more beautiful than before with the hair clip.
D. The girl wanted to be more beautiful, so she decided to wear the hair clip.
2.Why was the girl so happy?
A. She found that everyone who saw her smiled at her.
B. She heard most of her schoolmates said “Hello” to her.
C. She thought what she experienced today never happened before.
D. Both A, B, and C
3. From this passage we know that ____________________
A. the girl was really ugly without the hair clip B. the girl was as beautiful as her classmates.
C. the girl was not self-confident enough at first. D. the girl was happy all the time.
4.Her classmates wanted to know what had happened to the girl because__________________
A. she didn’t tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip.
B. she was always unhappy but that day she was so happy.
C. she looked more beautiful wearing the hair clip.
D. she wanted to talk to others.
5.We can learn from this passage that_______________________
A. A friend is easier lost than found. B. Make your enemy your friend.
C. A friend in need is a friend indeed. D. The most important is how we think about ourselves.
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A man was worried his wife wasn't hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need some hearing aid (助听). Not quite sure how to ___her, he called the family doctor to discuss the problem. The doctor told him there was a simple test the husband could do to give the doctor a better ___of her hearing loss.
"Here's what you do," said the doctor. "Stand about 40 feet away from her, and in a ___conversational speaking tone (音调) see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on____you get a reply."
That evening, the wife was in the____, and he was in the yard． He said to himself,"I'm about 40 feet away, and let me see what will happen." Then in a usual tone he asked,"Honey, what's for dinner?"
No ___.
So the husband moved closer to the kitchen, about 30 feet from his wife and asked,"Honey, what's for dinner?"
___no reply.
Next he moved into the dining room where he was about 20 feet from his wife and ___, "Honey, what's for dinner?"
Again he got no reply. He walked up to the kitchen door, about 10 feet away. "Honey,what's for dinner?" Again there was no reply.
So he ___right up behind her. "Honey, what's for dinner?"
"Chicken! David, for the ___time I've said that."
1.A. save B. guide C. face D. help
2.A. choice B. excuse C. idea D. suggestion
3.A. loud B. usual C. special D. strange
4.A. until B. before C. when D. as
5.A. toilet B. garden C. dining room D. kitchen
6.A. dinner B. way C. move D. reply
7.A. Still B. Even C. Just D. Almost
8.A. laughed B. thought C. repeated D. added
9.A. come B. left C. walked D. jumped
10.A. second B. third C. fourth D. fifth
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At last, she thought of an idea to kill the spiders.
A. come out B. thought about C. heard of D. came up with
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When US student Olivia Priedeman, 17, woke up one morning, she thought she had had a dream about making plans with a friend.
But it wasn't a dream. Her phone showed that during the night, Priedeman had read a text message from her friend. She did it while she was fast asleep.
Reading and sending text messages while asleep called─ "sleep texting"─ is an unusual sleep behaviour, similar to sleep walking. It's also a growing problem among doctors: young people can’ t live without their cell phones.
One in three teenagers sends more than 100 text messages a day, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And at least four out of five teenagers said they sleep with their phone on or near their bed.
Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, has studied sleep texting. She said that having a phone nearby all night is a big part of the problem.
Andrew Stiehm, a sleep medicine researcher with Allina Health in Minnesota, agrees. It's possible for the part of the brain that controls skills to wake up, while the part of the brain that controls memory and judgment(判断) may be still asleep. That's why some people can perform basic movements-such as walking, talking, texting or even driving while they're sleeping. Some of Dowdell's students said that they're disturbed by their nighttime texting behaviour. But because sleep texting is unconscious, it's a difficult habit to break. Dowdell said she knows of some students who wear socks on their hands to keep themselves from texting.
Marjorie Hogan, a doctor at Hennepin County Medical Centre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suggests keeping all electronic products outside the bedroom.
1.What happened to Olivia Priedeman?
A. She sleepwalked to a friend's house.
B. She dreamed of making plans with a friend.
C. She phoned one of her friends during the night.
D. She read a text message from her friend while asleep.
2.What does the underlined word "unconscious" mean?
A. 无意义的 B. 无意识的 C. 无反应的 D. 无规律的
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. It's easy to give up a sleep texting habit.
B. One in three teenagers has a sleep texting habit.
C. Sleep texting can reduce the quality of one's sleep.
D. Sleep texting does more harm to one's health than sleep walking.
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When US student Olivia Priedeman, 17, woke up one morning, she thought she had had a dream about making plans with a friend.
But it wasn’t a dream. Her phone showed that during the night, Priedeman had read a text message from her friend. She did it while she was fast asleep.
Reading and sending text messages while asleep—called “sleep texting”—is an unusual sleep behaviour, similar to sleepwalking. It’s also a growing concern(关心的事) among doctors: young people can’t live without their cell phones.
One in three teenagers sends more than 100 text messages a day, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. And at least four out of five teenagers said they sleep with their phone on or near their bed.
Elizabeth Dowdell, a professor at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, has studied sleeping texting. She said that having a phone nearby all night is a big part of the problem.
Andrew Stiehm, a sleep medicine expert with Allina Health in Minnesota, agrees. It’s possible for the part of the brain that controls motor skills (动作技能) to wake up, while the part of the brain that controls memory and judgment(判断) may be still asleep. That’s why some people can perform basic movements ---such as walking, talking, texting or even driving—while they’re sleeping. Some of Dowdell’s students said that they’re disturbed by their nighttime texting behavior. But because sleep texting is unconscious, it’s a difficult habit to break. Dowdell said she knows of some students who wear socks on their hands to keep themselves from texting.
Marjorie Hogan, a doctor at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suggests keeping all electronic devices(电子设备) outside the bedroom at certain times.
1. What happened to Olivia Priedeman?
A. She sleepwalked to a friend’s house.
B. She dreamed of making plans with a friend.
C. She phoned one of her friends during the night.
D. She read a text message from her friend while asleep.
2.. Which part the brain controls keeps awake while asleep?
A. judgment B. language
C. memory D. motor skills
3. What does the underlined word “unconscious” mean?
A. 无法 B. 无意识的
C. 无反应的 D. 无规律的
4.. What does doctor Hogan suggest people who sleep text do?
A. Stop text during the daytime.
B. Take some medicine to control the behaviour.
C. Keep their phones out of their bedrooms while they sleep.
D. Wear socks on their hands to stop themselves from texting.
5. We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. It’s easy to give up a sleep texting habit.
B. One in three teenagers has a sleep texting habit.
C. Sleep texting can reduce the quality of one’s sleep.
D. Sleep texting does more harm to one’s health than sleepwalking.