A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.
Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign , they must not go at more than thirty kilometers can hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that we're near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction at this place. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “ SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “ P ” on it. The letter “ P ” means “ Parking ”. At some places, there're the signs “ No parking ” or “ No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.
1.At the places where you see Sign 1, .
A. you are already out of a town
B. you still have thirty kilometers to go
C. there must be many houses and buildings not far away
D. there must be a town thirty k8ilometers away
2.The underlined word bend probably means here.
A. traffic B. subway
C. turning D. danger
3.You have to drive not only slowly but also carefully when you find .
A. each of the eight signs
B. either of Signs 2 and 3
C. all of Signs 2, 4, 6 and 7
D. any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7
4.People put these signs on the road in order to .
A. teach drivers lesson
B. make drivers even safer
C. stop cars going there
D. learn another kind of language
5.Which can be the best title for this message?
A. Another language.
B. On the road.
C. What to do.
D. Traffic signs.
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook. One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from a table, and suddenly a snake appeared and bit him on the hand. A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish. “ I tried to pick it up and it bit me. I threw it away, but it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door.” Jackson said. Anyway, Jackson was cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day. “ So my advice is this: If a snake bits you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then call the hospital. Show the photo to the doctors,” suggests Mr. Jackson. “ Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry!”
1. When the snake bit Mr. Jackson, it was .
A. hiding in a box of bananas
B. climbing out of a box of bananas
C. lying under a dish
D. climbing into the fridge
2.Mr. Jackson threw the snake away probably because .
A. he was surprised B. he wanted to get a better photo
C. his chest began to hurt D. the fridge door was open
3.Mr. Jackson closed the fridge door so that .
A. he could take a photo
B. the snake couldn't go back to the zoo
C. the snake became cool
D. he was safe from the snake
4.The doctors gave Mr. Jackson the right medicine when .
A. London Zoo told them what kind of snake it was
B. Mr. Jackson sent the photo to the hospital
C. he left hospital the next day
D. the snake bit him
5.The text tells us if we are in danger and have a phone with us, it will help us to do thing.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
Mr. Zhang was a sports fan. He worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and had little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn't go on working. He decided to spend a week's holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway station and soon got to a quiet village. He took a room hotel and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.
At first Mr. Zhang enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever he liked. Nobody disturbed him and knocked at the door at midnight. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it, so he walked to it, but it found him and flew away ans soon as gone. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before long he lost his way.
The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr. Zhang found a small restaurant in another village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea. After a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was going to have the tea, he found there was a fly in the glass.
“ What's in my tea?” Mr. Zhang called out, “ A fly”
“ It's impossible, sir.” said the owner of the restaurant, “ I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”
1.From the story we can guess Mr. Zhang may be a .
A. engineer B. doctor C. tour guide D. translator
2.Mr. Zhang decided to take this holiday because .
A. he was too tired to go on working B. he was very busy all the time
C. he was paid a lot of money D. he liked swimming and fishing
3.Mr. Zhang hoped to spend a week's holiday by ..
A. catching birds B. swimming or fishing
C. picking flowers D. having good meals every day
4.Mr. Zhang went to the village from home ..
A. by bus B. by car C. on foot D. by train
5.Mr. Zhang didn't enjoy himself in the village, did he?
A. No, he wasn't. B. Yes, he was
C. No, he didn't D. Yes, he did.
One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to 1 a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students: “From today on, for every person you don't like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person's name and the date 2 it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students' bags were very 3 . They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts 4 , on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus , and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them 5 students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time 6 they wouldn't forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and 7 nasty(恶心). They all tired to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance（宽容）as a gift to 8 people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred（仇恨）in our 9 , we will have to
carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got 10 from the wise teacher and what she asked her students
to do?
1. A. take B. bring C. put D. show
2. A. in B. at C. on D. with
3. A. heave B. strong C. light D. big
4. A. in the morning B. in the afternoon C. during the day D. at night
5. A. kept B. made C. asked D. allowed
6. A. as soon as B. since C. so that D. until
7. A. sounded B. tasted C. smelt D. felt
8. A. another B. other C. the other D. others
9.A. hands B. eyes C. stomachs D. hearts
10. A. anything B. nothing C. somebody D. Anybody
The population of the world still now.
A. will; grow B. has; grown C. is; growing D. is; grown
— Excuse me. Is the library open all day?
— . Only from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m..
A. Yes, of course B. That's right C. Sorry, I'm not sure D. Sorry, I'm afraid not
