Many years ago, when I was in high school and working weekends to pay for the extras that my family couldn’t really afford, I lost my wallet.
My old car needed gassing up in the back. I prepaid and then put my wallet on the bumper(保险杠), and drove off. I hadn’t even had time to miss it when my phone rang and a man asked me if I had lost my wallet. I checked my pocket and to my surprise, I didn’t find my wallet. He asked me to tell him how much money was in it. He then told me where to pick up my wallet.
As I pulled into his driveway, I noticed his handicapped van(残疾人车) and the ramp(斜坡) going up to the house. I was thinking that this man must have had difficulty in getting out of his van and getting my wallet off the street. He had to pull over, get in his wheelchair, lower the lift, and then pick it up. I was just surprised. I felt grateful.
I knocked on the door and he told me to come in. I thanked him about 10 times for finding my wallet. I was stuck, though. While I didn’t want to insult him by offering money, I really felt like offering something. So I asked him if there was anything I could do to repay his kindness, and he said, “Just pass it on.” I said I would be certain to do that. I was raised to be honest in any circumstance and I would have done so, without promising this fellow I would, but I wanted to repay his kindness, so I willingly promised I would.
1.Where did the writer lose his wallet?
A. At the shop. B. At the gas station.
C. At the school. D. At the garage.
2.What did the man ask the writer to do?
A. He asked the writer to be careful.
B. He asked the writer to pass his kindness on.
C. He asked the writer to repay his kindness.
D. He asked the writer to be honest.
3.What can we learn from the man’s action?
A. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
B. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
C. Good is rewarded with good.
D. Help others, but don’t ask for anything.
4.Which of the following can best describe the man who picked up the writer’s wallet?
A. Intelligent. B. Serious.
C. Noble. D. Patient.
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1.The rain is heavier and heavier, so the river bank will break.
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2.Next year my little sister is going to be ten years old.
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3.Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts. The plane will take off.
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4.As soon as he comes back, I’ll tell him when you come and see him.
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5.I tell you the truth when you come here tomorrow.
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6.My wife will be at work when my plane will arrive.
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7.—Alas! I have left my key to the office in my car. —Don’t worry. I am going to fetch it for you. Wait a minute.
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8.—What are you going to do next holiday?
—I will go on a trip abroad.
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9.—How could I apply (申请) for a course online?
—Just fill in this form and we see what we can do for you.
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10.I don’t know what time it is now, but I would check it for you.
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When I was a child, my parent would pack their bags but go on vacation every July. My sister and I were left at the home with our grandparents. We enjoyed staying with them, whom allowed us to eat cookies for breakfast and stay up to watching The Tonight Show. But we also looked forward their coming back. It wasn’t because we miss them. It was because we wanted the gifts that we would bring back from their travels. My parents would ever let us down. They brought back much presents for us.
All of my five children played team sports in middle school and high school, and four of them are in college. 1..
Teenagers may get into bad habits. 2. According to a study in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, a survey of more than 14,000 teenagers found that those who had taken part in team sports were less likely to smoke or have unhealthy eating habits.
As children get older, they naturally develop their own lives and there will be fewer ways for parents to be involved（参与）. Some teenagers shut their parents out of their room.3..
Sports build strong and healthy bodies. Children who compete know that they are only at their best if they eat and rest well.4. In sports, strength and speed are wanted. Team sports help kids avoid obesity（肥胖） problems even better than activities like running or biking.
5. The joy of a sports season stays with us long after the season is over. Our children may forget who was in their English class or which math teacher they had in the 10th grade one day. But they will never forget their sports teams.
A. Team sports can bring lifelong memories.
B. Team sports make a child’s social world wider.
C. As a matter of fact, doing sports makes us a better family.
D. However, they still want their parents to attend their games.
E. Cigarettes and drugs harm their performance and every athlete knows that.
F. But teenagers who often take part in team sports have less time for bad behavior.
G. From their experiences, I’ve learned it’s important for children to play team sports.
Smoking is harmful. But as soon as you quit the habit, everything will be OK, right? Wrong.
New research has found that even if you give up smoking, the damage it has done to your genes will stay there for a much longer time. In the research, a team of US scientists studied the blood of 16,000 people. Among them, some were smokers, some used to smoke, and the rest were non-smokers. Scientists compared their genes and found that more than 7,000 genes of smokers had changed--a number that is one-third of known human genes.
According to NBC News, both heart disease and cancer are caused by genetic changes. Some people may have had the changes when they were born, but most people get them in their day-to-day lives while doing things like smoking.
When you stop smoking, a lot of these genes will return to normal within five years.
This means your body is trying to heal (治愈) itself of the harmful effects of smoking. But the changes in some of the genes stay for longer. They can stay for as long as 30 years, It’s almost like leaving a footprint on wet cement (水泥)----it will always be there, even when you’ve walked away and when the cement becomes dry.
Although the study results may make people unhappy, there is a bright side: the findings could help scientists invent medicine to treat genetic damage caused by smoking or find ways to tell which people have heart disease or cancer risks.
1.The function of Paragraph 1 is to_________ .
A.introduce the topic of the passage B.give an example
C.make an argument D.show the main idea of the passage
2.Most genetic changes happen because of___________ .
A.people’s condition at birth B.environmental pollution
C.people’s bad living habit D.heart disease and cancer
3.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to__________ .
A.the footprint B.the cement
C.the harmful effect D.the genetic change
4.Which of the following statements is true?
A.The findings are the fruit of more than three years’ research.
B.The findings have prevented more people from starting smoking
C.The findings offer evidence that a damaged gene can heal itself.
D.The findings help to find cures for genetic damage caused by smoking.
I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles”(风格)of directions every time I ask “ How can I get to the post office?”
Foreign tourists are often confused(困惑的)in Japan because most streets there don’t have names. In Japan, people use landmarks(地标)in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “ Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat. In many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, “ Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map. They measure distance in time, not miles. “ How far away is the post office?” you ask. “ Oh,” they answer, “ it’s about five minutes from here.” You say, “ Yes, but how many miles is it?” They don’t know.
It’s true that a person doesn't know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “ Sorry, I have no idea.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers “ I don't know”. People in Yucatan believe that “I don't know” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
1.When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place, they usually _______ .
A.describe the place carefully
B.show him a map of the place
C.tell him the names of the streets
D.refer to recognizable buildings and places
2.What is the place where people measure distance in time?
A.New York. B.Los Angles.
C.Kansas C. Iowa
3.People inYucatan may give a tourist a wrong answer ________ .
A.in order to save time B.as a test
C.so as to be polite D.for fun
4.What can we infer from the text?
A.It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences.
B.It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly.
C.People have similar understanding of politeness.
D.New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors.
