Do you go to the movies during the holidays? What do you eat there? Popcorn (爆米花)? Yes, of course! More and more Chinese youth now like to eat popcorn when they watch movies at the theater.
However, it may be the Americans who love popcorn the most. Americans do fun things with their popcorn. They like to put butter on their popcorn. But that's not all; they also like other kinds of things like chocolate, and even cheese! Americans like to eat popcorn as a snack (小吃). These days, there are a lot of "low -fat" kinds of popcorn in US shops to keep people healthy.
Americans started eating popcorn in movie theaters in the 1930s. Before this, they couldn't because movies were silent (无声的) and popcorn made too much noise. When movies got noisier, people could eat noisier food.
Next time you eat popcorn, why not try to eat it American style.
1.Young people like to eat at the cinema.
A. popcorn B. chocolate C. sweets D. cheese
2.Americans couldn't eat popcorn in cinemas before 1930s because .
A. popcorn at that time wasn't healthy
B. people were too poor to buy popcorn
C. other foods were more popular than popcorn
D. movies were silent and popcorn made noise
3.What is the best title for the passage?
A. The holiday's coming, pop some corn!
B. The movie's starting, pop some corn!
C. The holiday's coming, eat some snacks!
D. The movie's starting, eat some snacks!
A teacher was telling her students the importance（重要性) of making others glad.
"Now, children," she said. "Do any of you ever make someone else glad?"
"Yes, teacher," said a small boy. "I made someone glad yesterday."
"Well done. Who was that?"
"My granny."
"Good boy. Now tell us how you made your grandmother glad. "
"Yes, teacher. I went to see her yesterday, and stayed with her for three hours. Then, I said to her: "Granny, I' m going home," and she said: "Well, I' m glad!"
1.It's to make someone happy.
A. exciting B. interesting
C. relaxing D. important
2.The boy said he yesterday.
A. answered a question B. visited his granny
C. stayed at home D. went to a party
3.We can infer from the end of the story that .
A. the boy was very naughty
B. the boy did a lot to make granny glad
C. granny had a good time with the boy
D. granny hoped to stay longer with the boy
Today is Friday. Betty, Lingling and Tom are talking about what they are going to do at the weekend.
1.Betty is going to see a film .
A. at 9 a. m. on Saturday B. at 9 a. m. on Sunday
C. at 10:30 a. m. on Saturday D. at 10:30 a. m. on Sunday
2.Lingling is going to tomorrow.
A. visit her uncle and aunt
B. stay at home and listen to music
C. go to the Temple of Heaven
D. do some shopping with her mother
3.Tom is going to on Saturday.
A. stay at home B. go to the Temple of Heaven
C. go to the cinema D. play football with his friends
My friend, David Smith, had pet birds. One day he called me and told me he would be 25 for a week. He asked me to feed the birds for him.
Unfortunately, I did not 26 to feed the birds until the night before David was going to 27 . I ran to his house quickly and soon found the key he gave me, 28 I couldn't open the door! I kept thinking of 29 David would say when he came back.
Then I found that one bedroom window was 30 . I put a big stone (石头) 31 the window, though it was very heavy. I made lots of noise, but in the end, I climbed up.
I had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly found that 32 was shining a flashlight (手电筒) up at 33 . I looked down and 34 a policeman and an old lady, one of David's neighbors. "What are you doing up there?" asked the policeman. Feeling like a fool, I answered: "I was just going to feed Mr Smith's birds."
1.A. down B. late C. around D. away
2.A. remember B. decide C. agree D. hope
3.A. leave B. finish C. arrive D. return
4.A. so B. but C. and D. or
5.A. what B. how C. when D. which
6.A. clean B. new C. lost D. open
7.A. along B. under C. over D. behind
8.A. anyone B. everyone C. someone D. no one
9.A. us B. me C. them D. him
10.A. visited B. caught C. saw D. heard
—Hello, may I speak to Mr Green, please?
—Sorry. He a meeting. Can you call him later?
A. has B. is having C. will have D. had
Robots the house for us in the future.
A. clean B. cleaned C. will clean D. /
