Monkeys are clever and lively, but they are naughty and greedy (贪婪的) as well. Whenver they find delicious food, they will eat enough. What’s more, they will take it when they leave. They have suffered (吃亏) a lot because of this. But they never change this way.
In India, people use monkey’s greed to catch them. Do you know how they can catch monkeys? Here are some instructions.
◆ Make a hole in a big pumpkin (南瓜). The hole must be just right ----neither too big nor too small.
◆ Put some jujubes (枣) in the hole.
◆ Leave the pumpkin under a tree. Make sure there are some monkeys in the tree.
◆ Hide yourself and watch the monkeys.
As soon you leave, the monkeys can’t wait to come down to the pumpkin. When they find a hole in the pumpkin, they don’t know what’s in it and one of them can't help putting its hand into the hole to find what on earth there is. When it touches the jujubes, it will clench (攥紧) some of them in its hand. As a result, it isn’t able to take its fist (拳) out of the hole. You can’t come close until this time. Will the monkey drop off the pumpkin? Don’t worry. It prefers the pumpkin than its life. It will run with the pumpkin, clenching its fist more tightly. In the end, it is caught helplessly.
1.Monkeys haven’t changed their way of doing with nice food because they are
.
A. clever B. lively C. greedy D.naughty
2.“The hole must be just right” means it is .
A. big enough for the monkey to put its hand in
B. smaller than a monkey’s hand
C. bigger than a monkey’s fist
D. bigger than a monkey’s hand but smaller than its fist
3.Seeing the hole in the pumpkin, a monkey will .
A. be interested in B. be afraid of
C. run away at once D. take the pumpkin away in arms
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Indians often catch the monkeys in this way.
B. sometimes monkys are stupid.
C. as soon as the monkeys comes to the pumpkin, you can rush to catch it.
D. In India,monkeys like pumpkins every much.
5. What should we learn from the passage?
A. weshould catch monkeys in this way.
B. One mustn’t be greedy.
C. We should protect monkeys.
D. Come up with another way to catch monkeys.
A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.
“Daddy, how much money do you make each hour?”
“If you must know, I make ＄20 each hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy answered, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me ＄10?”
The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, the go straight to your room and think about why are you so selfish (自私)！”
The little boy went to his room no words and shut the door. After a short while, the father calmed (平静) down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn’t really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy’s room.
“Sorry！Maybe I was too hard on your just now.” said the man, “Here’s ＄10.”
“Oh, thank you Daddy！” he said happily. Then the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.
“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily.
“Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have ＄20 now. Can I buy one hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you. ”
1.How much does the boy’s father make one hour?
A. ＄10 B. ＄20 C. ＄30 D. ＄40
2.In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means .
A. very angry B. quite happy C. too excited D. a little nerous
3.At first, the father refused to lend the money because .
A. he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself.
B. he did not have enough money at that moment
C. the thought the boy would buy something of no use
D. the boy always borrowed the money from him
4.The boy wanted to buy with twenty dollars.
A. a new novel for himself B. a nice present for his father
C. a toy for his own birthday D. one hour of his father’s time
5.From the passage, we can infer that the boy’s father .
A. often played with his son B. spent little time with his son
C. didn’t love his son at all D. often came home early
短文填空 阅读下则短文，然后在空白处写出适当的单词，单词首字母已给出。[有的词请注意词形的变化！] （共12个空，做对一个得1分，共10分）
How times flies! Junior 3 students will take the senior high school student entrance exam. They are studying hard for this big challenge, and they are also 1.w about it. Do they have time to do something to celebrate their middle school years? Many do.
Liu Jia, 14, from Beijing said that in her class students are 2.w goodbye messages or letters for each other. They are also giving photos to each other.
“Even the head teacher has a project,” said Liu. “She 3.p to put all our class photos onto a CD and give each student one.”
Li Wei, 14, in Xianning, Hubei said that their English teacher Ms Deng asks them to write what they want to be when they4.g up on the paper. She likes her students to come back after they graduate, and share their teen-time dreams together. Doing that 5.e her students to work harder for their future.
Chen Ze, 15, in Guangzhou said his classmates are making “lucky stars” as graduation 6.g . The cheerful stars are 7.m of colored paper.
“8.B you make a lucky star, you write some words for the person on the paper,” said Chen. “He or she can read the words after they open the star.”
In Xiao Xing’s school, each Junior 3 student will get a yearbook, in which the graduation classes will put their photos and self-introductions(自我介绍).
Xiao said, “ We have written a 9.p in the ancient style as the self-introduction!”
“Our class may be not the one with the best school grade but it must be the 10.m creative one,” said Xiao. “ I feel 11.p of studying in such a class!”
What good ideas! I think all those will 12.r them of their good days.
My version(视力) is getting worse. I can’t even see what is five feet away from me without glasses. ①我拒绝戴眼镜，though I know I need to. I’m afraid they will make me look ugly. Besides, I can do well without them. These were my thoughts two years ago, when I was in the sixth grade. An embarrassing experience taught me that what I was thinking was wrong.
②School has been out for two months. I was going to junior high school soon, where I was sure that looks are everything. So the question still remained there. Should I, Or should I not, wear glasses? The question was still in my mind when my family and I attended a wedding(婚礼) late in the summer.
During the wedding, I drank too much juice. Soon after it ended, I walked quickly to the bathroom. Since it was an emergency(紧急) and I couldn’t clearly see which door was ③marked boys. I just opened the nearest door and entered the restroom.
Unluckily, I had entered the wrong restroom. But I didn’t know this until I heard a scream(尖叫声) coming from the entrance when I was washing my hands .
After that, I decided to wear the ugly-looking glasses. I didn’t really ④care about what people thought of me any more, because I never wanted to enter the wrong bathroom again.
On the first day of seventh grade, ⑤my friends didn’t make fun of me. Instead they gave me compliments. They thought the glasses made me look more cute and more natural.
So if you know something is right, just do it. ⑥It doesn’t matter what others think of you. All that matters is what you think of yourself—and that you can see where you are going!
1. (A) 试写出文中③处划线部分mark的汉语意思： .
(B)用一个适当的英语单词替代文中④处划线部分care about： .
2.根据文中①处的汉语提示，用英语将句子补充完整： .
3.写出文中②处划线部分的同义句：School _____ _____ two months ago.
4.将文中⑤处划线部分合并成一句：
My friends gave me compliments _____ _____ _____ fun of me.
5.将文中⑥处的划线部分翻译成汉语： .
Guo Liqin, 24, works as a primary school teacher in a distant area in Yunnan Province. The Internet offers him the latest news and entertainment from the outside world. And many people like him also depends on the online libraries for the free literature(文学) reading.
A survey in China last year found the online literature is the biggest growth area of Internet entertainment.
Reading for free is also popular in other countries. See what solutions other countries are taking.
Public Libraries
In countries such as Germany, Canada, and the UK, governments pay the authors to have their books in public libraries.
The pay is different from country to country. Some pay according to how many times a book has been borrowed; others pay according to whether the library has bought the book or not.
Google Books
Google Books allow users to see some free parts before buying them.
The author can choose to make from 20% to 100% of the book’s content(内容) for free reading . But you can see a full view of books that are out of copyright(版权).
E-magazines
E-magazines are usually about pop culture, and make money through advertisements. The writers are usually paid by the numbers of words they write.
Digital Library
There are many free online libraries of books which are no longer in copyright.
American and European websites offer classic(古典的) literature and non-fiction texts like dictionaries for download in different languages.
1.Guo Liqin depends on for free reading.
A. online libraries B. city bookstores C. school libraries D. borrowing books
2.From the passage we know other countries are taking solutions for reading for free.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
3. In some countries, the authors are paid by to have their books in public libraries.
A. advertisements B. readers C. governments D. the word numbers
4. Google Books and Digital Library allow users to read the full books .
A. which are out of copyright B. which are in copyright
C. which are about pop culture D. which have some free parts
5.The best title of the passage is .
A. Enjoy Reading B. Learn How to Read
C. The Importance of Reading D. How to Read for Free
One afternoon, my son came home from school and asked me, “Are all people the same even if their skin color is different?” I thought for a moment, then I said, “I’ll explain. Let’s go to a fruit store first. I have something interesting to show you.”
At the store, I told him that we needed to buy apples. And we bought some red apples, green apples and yellow apples.
After we got home, I told Adam, “It’s time to answer your question.” I put one of each type of apple on the table: first a red apple, followed by a green apple and then a yellow apple. Then I looked at Adam, who was sitting on the other side of the table.
“Adam, people are just like apples. They come in different colors, shapes and sizes. See, some may not even look as delicious as others.” As I was talking, Adam was examining each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled them, placing them back on the table, but in a different place.
“OK, Adam, tell me which one is the red apple, the green apple and the yellow apple.”
He said, “I can’t tell. They all look the same now.”
“Take a bite(一口) of each one. See if that helps you tell which one is which.”
He took big bites, and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are just like apples! They are all different, but if you take off the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”
“Right,” I agreed. “Just like everyone has their own features but they are nearly the same.”
He completely got it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
Now, when I eat an apple, it tastes a little sweeter than before. What perfect fruit it is!
1. I took Adam to buy apples for .
A. supper B. his question C. a party D. a present
2. As soon as we got home, I put on the table.
A. all the apples B. three apples of different colors
C. three red apples D. three peeled apples
3.After Adam took big bites, he found they .
A. looked the same B. tasted good C. tasted the same D. weren’t delicious
4.In the end, Adam understood that .
A. people are much the same even if their skin color is different
B. people are different if their skin color is different
C. the apples look the same after they are peeled
D. apples of different colors taste different
5. I feel that apples taste a little sweeter than before because .
A. they are delicious enough B. they are perfect fruit for thinking
C. they are safe fruit D. my son falls in love with them
