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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）
It happened about one year ago. My mom wanted to visit her sister who lived in America. Since we lived in the Ukraine(乌克兰), my mom had to get agreement from our government to go to America. After she got the agreement to go and all of the paper work was done, she was ready to go. Then came the bad part. She had to be away from my dad, my two sister, and me for about three months. From our city, my mum had to go to New York by plane. My sisters, my dad and I stood and watched the plane leave until we couldn’t see it any more.
The next day, we got a call from our mom. She said that her sister met her in New York and from there, they drove to the place where my aunt lived. She also said that it was really nice in America, but she missed her very much. It was really hard to live without my mom, without her help or her advice, but I got over it.
After about three months my mom was coming home. My dad and my sister went to pick my mom up from the airport. It was very far and my mom had a lot of bags. My younger sister and I waited for them at home. We waited and waited, and then it was late, but they weren’t back. Then we got a call from our dad. He said that there was a big snowstorm in New York and the plane couldn’t leave until the storm was over, so our mum would be late. When they finally got home, I was really happy. My mum had a lot of gifts for us, but she was the best one.
1.Why did the writer’s mother fly to New York?
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2.How long did the writer’s mother have to be away from home?
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3.Who saw off the writer’s mother at the airport?
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4.The writer met his mother at the airport with his dad, didn’t he?
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5.Why didn’t his mother’s plane arrive on time?
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6.What was the best gift for the writer?
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）
In general, laws for children are a good thing. One hundred years ago in industrial countries, children worked 18 hours a day in a factory at age seven. The factory owner could beat a child who fell asleep or was not fast enough. Both parents and teachers could do the same.
Today, there are many laws about children all over the world. Some people think children must obey rules or they should be punished others do not agree. The Inuits or Eskimos in Alaska almost never punish their children. The parents don’t hit them. If the children go too far, the parents punish them by making fun of them.
Children in other parts of the world are not as lucky as Eskimo children. American parents can spank（打……臀部） their children at home, but a teacher cannot hit a child in public school. This is also true in Germany. In contrast（对比）, it is against the law for anyone to hit a child in Sweden. Swedish parents cannot spank their children. The children also have a special government official who works for their rights. There is even a plan for children to divorce from their parents though this is not a law yet！
1.How were children treated in industrial countries 100 years ago？
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2.What does the author mean by “go too far？”
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3.Can a teacher in Germany hit his students in public school？
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4.What kind of people can beat children in Sweden？
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5.What does it mean by “a plan for children to divorce from their parents？”
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6.How do you think parents in China should educate their children if they don’t behave？
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Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题.
Each and every year, during Chongyang Festival, citizens of China celebrate the elders in their families and communities. It’s a special tradition which is rooted in the deep value that Chinese culture places on honouring their elders.
Sadly, many of our aging population are seniors without sons, daughters or grandchildren to visit. While they may have great friends, they no doubt miss the tender and loving relationships unique to families. To fill this void（空虚）, many volunteers turned up on October 28 at nursing homes around the country in order to spend time with the residents. In some cases, they performed humble（谦逊的） gestures of kindness, such as combing their hair or washing their feet.
While the kind acts were appreciated, one embarrassing story out of Anhui province raised a valuable question. Reportedly, one old gentleman had his feet washed seven times during the day by different volunteers. Is this genuinely（真诚地） caring for the elderly? Many of the residents at the home said that those gestures do not make them feel cared for at all. Their family members or community volunteers may drop by for a few hours of token time, but soon they disappear back into their busy lives.
There is nothing we can give that is more valuable or appreciated than our time. While you may feel like there is barely enough time to care for your many responsibilities, might it be possible to spare just a moment as you walk home from school to sit with a senior who lives in your community? Just five minutes is not going to prevent you from getting your homework done, but it may totally change a day of loneliness into a day of joy for one old man or woman. Do you live far from your grandparents? Why not pick up the phone and let them know you’re thinking of them? Or maybe you could remind them of the “good old days” and mail them a short letter. Imagine their surprise and joy!
We live in a complicated（复杂的） and busy world, but kindness and caring is still a very simple thing.
1.People in China celebrate the elders at Chongyang Festival, don’t they?
2.Who appeared at nursing homes to spend time with the residents?
3.How many times did one old gentleman have his feet washed during the day?
4.Which gestures can make elders feel cared for ?
5.What did the family members of the residents at the home do?
6.Have you been to any nursing homes before? What did you do for the residents there?
If you haven’t, please tell us what you did for the elders around you in the past.
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Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Each and every year, during Chongyang Festival, citizens of China celebrate the elders in their families and communities. It’s a special tradition which is rooted in the deep value that Chinese culture places on honouring their elders.
Sadly, many of our aging population are seniors without sons, daughters or grandchildren to visit. While they may have great friends, they no doubt miss the tender and loving relationships unique to families. To fill this void（空虚）, many volunteers turned up on October 28 at nursing homes around the country in order to spend time with the residents. In some cases, they performed humble（谦逊的） gestures of kindness, such as combing their hair or washing their feet.
While the kind acts were appreciated, one embarrassing story out of Anhui province raised a valuable question. Reportedly, one old gentleman had his feet washed seven times during the day by different volunteers. Is this genuinely（真诚地） caring for the elderly? Many of the residents at the home said that those gestures do not make them feel cared for at all. Their family members or community volunteers may drop by for a few hours of token time, but soon they disappear back into their busy lives.
There is nothing we can give that is more valuable or appreciated than our time. While you may feel like there is barely enough time to care for your many responsibilities, might it be possible to spare just a moment as you walk home from school to sit with a senior who lives in your community? Just five minutes is not going to prevent you from getting your homework done, but it may totally change a day of loneliness into a day of joy for one old man or woman. Do you live far from your grandparents? Why not pick up the phone and let them know you’re thinking of them? Or maybe you could remind them of the “good old days” and mail them a short letter. Imagine their surprise and joy!
We live in a complicated（复杂的） and busy world, but kindness and caring is still a very simple thing.
1.People in China celebrate the elders at Chongyang Festival, don’t they?
2.Who appeared at nursing homes to spend time with the residents?
3.How many times did one old gentleman have his feet washed during the day?
4.Which gestures can make elders feel cared for ?
5.What did the family members of the residents at the home do?
6.Have you been to any nursing homes before? What did you do for the residents there?
If you haven’t, please tell us what you did for the elders around you in the past.
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）
Most of us have never thought about building an educational toy by ourselves. If we need a learning toy or something, we simply go to the nearest store and buy it. However, things are not as easy in third world countries. With families even having no food to put on the table, buying toys, especially the educational ones, is the last thing on the parents’ minds.
So how can one get these kids interested in science? This was a question that worried the Indian engineer. Arvind Gupta so much that he decided to give up a good job and spend his life making toys from trash, things that people no longer want or need! Mr Gupta began teaching in the 1970s. While still an engineering student at the Indian College of Technology, he volunteered to teach the children who could not afford to go to school. Upon graduation, he found a good job at India’s Tata Motors and spent the next five years designing cars.
But he soon realized that this was not something he wanted to do for the rest of his life. So he took a year’s training course and took part in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program whose aim was to make science fun and exciting for poor children using available materials.
Mr Gupta found the whole project so satisfying that he decided to leave his high paying job and focus his attention on designing educational toys that were not only cheap and easy to build, but also full of scientific principles（原理）, so that children could get interested in this interesting subject.
When the Internet started becoming a more widespread learning tool, Mr Gupta created a toys from Trash website and also recorded over 250 YouTube videos.
Today, over 50,000 children and teachers visit the website daily to download the videos for the toy creations based on cool science. Some young children have become so inspired（鼓舞） that they have even won international science competitions with the help of his creations.
1.What are these educational toys made from?
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2.Did Arvind Gupta start building educational toys as soon as he graduated from the college?
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3.Who did Mr Gupta build these educational toys for?
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4.How are the educational toys designed by Mr. Gupta?
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5.What did Mr Gupta do to introduce his educational toys?
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6.How can these educational toys help the children in third world countries?
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D. Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题): ( 12分)
One Saturday afternoon, Tom and his sister, Viv, were having tea in a café. Tom was telling Viv about his history project. “On Monday I am giving a speech in front of the class. It will be about famous inventions,” Tom told Viv. “Let’s go to the public library and find a book on inventions,” suggested Viv. “We’ll call the library first to see what time it closes.”
They walked over to an old telephone box and went inside. Just as Viv was about to ring ‘1888’, the number for Directory Enquiries（电话号查询台）, there was a loud crash outside the phone box. A woman had dropped her shopping bags.
Viv dialed the number. When she had finished, the telephone box started shaking, and a loud noise filled their ears. The shopping centre disappeared, and everything went dark. Suddenly there was a big bump. The telephone box stopped shaking and everything was quiet. Tom and Viv looked out of the window. They couldn’t believe their eyes! They were in the middle of a large field. Tom pushed the door and stepped outside.
“This is amazing!” he said. “I think we’ve travelled through time.” Suddenly some men on horses appeared. They were wearing strange clothes. They saw the children and started riding towards them, shouting.
“Let’s get out of here!” Tom shouted. They ran back inside and closed the door behind them.
“Those men look like people from the past,” Tom said. “You dialed the number ‘1888’ for Directory Enquiries. If we dial ‘2010’, perhaps we’ll return home.”
Tom dialed the number. He was nervous, however, and dialed ‘3010’ by mistake. The telephone box started shaking again, and the field disappeared. There was another large bump. Looking outside, the children saw strange buildings and cars. A face suddenly appeared outside the window. The person had three eyes! Viv shouted with fear.
“I don’t want to be in the future. I want to go home,” said Viv. Tom quickly dialed ‘2010’. Soon they were back in the shopping centre. Outside, a woman was picking up some shopping that she had dropped. Tom recognized the woman. “We’re back! Let’s help that woman with her shopping,” he said.
“Thank you. You’re very kind,” the woman replied to Tom’s offer of help.
She turned to look at the children. Tom and Viv jumped in horror. The woman had three eyes…
1.What speech would Tom give in front of the class?
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2.Did they know the telephone number of the public library?
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3.How did they travel through time to the past?
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4.Which number would enable them to go back home?
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5.How did Viv feel when she saw a face with three eyes in the year 3010?
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6.Where had the woman probably come from?
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）（14分）
Tony is reading an advertisement in a magazine. It is about different evening classes or weekend classes.
The Learning Centre, Garden City
We have evening and weekend workshops on ...
test preparation friends and meeting people
jobs and making money travel and language learning
Some of this month's workshops:
1. Get good grades!
Do you forget information and do poorly on tests?
In this workshop, learn to...
Ø remember more (95 percent of what you read)
Ø think quickly and read fast (400 words per minute!).
Ø do well on tests and get high scores.
2. Find true love ... today!
Are you single and shy (害羞的) ? Is it hard for you to talk to people?
In this workshop, learn to...
Ø talk to people: start a conversation with a man or woman.
Ø be more friendly and outgoing.
Ø understand a person's 'body language.
3. You are on TV!
Many actors get their start in television. You can too! In this workshop, learn to...
Ø act in TV ads.
Ø use your voice on the radio.
Ø get TV and radio jobs.
4. See the world ... for free!
Travelling is expensive. But you can see the world for very little money! In this workshop, learn how to...
Ø get discount (50%-80%) on plane tickets.
Ø travel with your friends for free.
Ø see the world by cruise ship ... for $1 per day! This course is also online at www.ASRLC.org
1.What's the advertisement about?
2.We learn to remember more in Workshop 1, don't we?
3.How fast will we read after taking Workshop 1?
4.After you take Workshop 2, will you be able to talk to people more easily or more difficultly?
5.Where do many actors get their start?
6.At the end of Workshop 4, what will you be able to do?
7.Which workshop allows you to take the course online?
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Read the passage and answer the questions. （ 根据短文内容回答下列问题）
A story about a fox and a crow
One day a crow finds a piece of meat. She picks it up in her mouth and flies to a tall tree. She is just going to eat meat when a fox sees her. He comes and stands under the tree and says,“How pretty you are! You must be the prettiest bird in the world.”
The crow is very pleased with these words. Then the fox says again,“I can see your pretty face, but I have not heard your voice. Why don’t you sing a song?”
This makes the crow very happy. She opens her mouth and begins to sing.As she opens her mouth, she drops the meat. The fox picks up the meat at once and goes away with it.
The story teaches us a lesson. “Kind words are not always as kind as they seem.”
1.What does a crow find one day?
2.Who sees the crow when she is going to eat?
3.Where does the fox stand?
4.Does the crow feel happy or angry about what the fox says?
5.What happens（发生） when the crow opens her mouth and begins to sing?
6.Who gets the meat at last? What can we learn from the story?
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题）
Australia is almost as large as China（China is about 9,600,000 km2 while Australia is 7,682,300 km2）,but Australia has a much smaller population（just over 19. 5 million）. Most people live in cities along the coast of Australia, and huge areas of the rest of Australia are uninhabited（无人居住的）. In some areas, families live a long way away from one another and from towns and cities. Australians call this part of the country "the Out back（内陆）"or "the Bush". Most people who live in the outback work on huge sheep or cattle stations（农场）.Some of these properties are as large as 3,000~5,000 km2 and their nearest neighbours may be 100 km or more away.
Many children in the outback are too far from town to travel to school. Instead, they attend one of the sixteen Schools of the Air. The schools are located in towns and teachers use high frequency radio to talk to their classes. They also post work to the students who post it back for their teacher to mark. Students also use the Internet, fax and phone to communicate with their teacher and with other students. Sometimes students are sent a video or audiotape to help them with their lessons.
Tim Benton's brother George is the manager of a large cattle station in the Northern Territory. When they were in primary school, George's children, Rebecca and Oliver, attended the Alice Spring School of the Air. Their mother and father took it in turns to help them with their lessons. After they finished primary school, Rebecca and Oliver went to a high school in Alice Springs. They lived with their Aunt Mary during the school term and returned home during the school holidays. At first, high school was difficult because they weren't used to being in a class with other students. In some subjects, they did not know as much as the children from the town. However, they soon caught up because they had very good study skills, thanks to the School of the Air.
1.Where do most Australians live?
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2.Where did Rebecca and Oliver live when they attended primary school?
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3.Where did they live when they attended high school?
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4.Which subjects do you think would be hardest to study at home?
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5.Why do you think Rebecca and Oliver had such good study skills?
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6.When Rebecca and Oliver were in high school, why did they only go home in the school holidays?
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Answer the questions（根据短文内容回答下列问题。):
Stefan was sixteen years old. He was a bad student. He was late for school, he didn’t do his homework, he was rude to the teachers, he fought with other students and he did not obey the rules of the school. His headmaster who was a kind man wanted to make him be polite and be a good student. So he gave Stefan some advice. But Stefan didn’t take his advice. When Stefan grew older, the younger boys always learned bad habits from him. So at last the headmaster had to ask Stefan to leave school.
Then Stefan tried to get a job in a big shop. The manager wanted to know something about Stefan. He wrote a letter to the headmaster to find out if Stefan was a good boy.
The headmaster wanted to be honest, but he was friendly. Though(尽管) Stefan was not a good student, the headmaster did not want him to lose the job, so he wrote, “If you make Stefan work for you, you will be very lucky.”
1.Was Stefan a good boy?
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2.What did the headmaster want to make him do?
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3.Where did Stefan try to get a job?
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4.Who did the manager write to?
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5.What kind of person was the headmaster? Why?
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