1.Zhang Chao likes Chinese food. He hopes his host family speak a little Chinese.
2.Li Wei likes doing sports. He wants to live near a park.
3.Liu Yong hopes to live near his school –Reading School. He prefers a bedroom with a bathroom.
4.Chen Yao wants to live in a big bedroom cheaper than ￡350 a month. She can’t stand pets.
5. Hu Mei loves pets. She would like a bedroom cheaper than ￡220 a month.
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A Host family: The Browns Nationality: English Address: 16 Church Road (near Reading School) Room: Small with a bathroom Price: ￡280 / month |
B Host family: The Johnsons Nationality: English Address:10Shinfield Road (near Wallen School) Room: Small Price: ￡260 / month |
C Host family: Wang Lin Nationality: Chinese Address: 48Queen’s Road Room: Small Price: ￡230 / month Other information: Good at cooking Chinese food |
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D Host family: The Kings Nationality: English Address: 75 Ereigh Road Room: big Price: ￡300 / month |
E Host family: Judy Nationality: English Address: 6 King Road Room: Small Price: ￡120 / month Other information: a pet |
F Host family: The Rays Nationality: English Address: 22 Workingham Road (near Palmer Park ) Room: big Price: ￡370 / month |
When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!
1.From Paragraph 3, we know that ______.
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B．people can see a shooting star on a rainy night |
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D．people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star |
2.British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.
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C．the leaves can bring them a lucky month |
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D．they want to have a whole year of good luck |
3.In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to（指）______.
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A．trees |
B．people |
C．leaves |
D．years |
When you finish high school or university, is learning done? The answer is “no”. In many countries, people continue learning all their lives. Why is lifelong learning important? How can it help you? Let’s look at one example of lifelong learning in Japan.
Why is lifelong learning important?
You go to school and learn. You take tests. But learning doesn’t only happen in school. And learning doesn’t stop when you graduate from high school or college. You are learning all the time. For example, learning can happen when you go to a museum. It can also happen when you get a job. You learn when you play a sport or when you take a trip. Learning is life! We never stop learning. Every day, you can improve yourself by learning something new.
Lifelong learning in Japan
In Japan, life learning is very important. People in Japan like to try new learning activities. Except music calligraphy, flower arranging, and foreign languages are some of their favorite classes. The Japanese take classes to improve their skills and learn new things.
Conclusion
When we graduate from school, we can continue to learn. Make lifelong learning one of your goals!
1.Why is lifelong learning important?
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A．It helps you improve yourself. |
B．It’s the best way to learn. |
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C．It’s fun and easy. |
D．It’s an important goal. |
2.Some people in Japan take foreign language classes to .
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B．learn new things |
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C．get good grades |
D．finish college |
3.People in Japan like to try new learning activities. Except .
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B．foreign languages |
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D．sports learning |
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A．Learning only happens in school. |
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B．When we graduate from school, learning is done. |
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C．You can’t learn anything when you play a sport. |
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D．Music, calligraphy, flower arranging and foreign languages are popular classes in Japan. |
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 an hour?”
“If you must know, I make $20 an hour,”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, 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, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish（自私的）!”
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed 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 you 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 an 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 an hour?
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A．$10 |
B．$20 |
C．$30 |
D．$40 |
2.The underlined word “furious” in Para.5 means ______.
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A．very angry |
B．quite happy |
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D．a little nervous |
3.At first, the father refused to give the boy any money because ______.
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B．he did not have enough money at that moment |
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C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use |
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4.The boy wanted to buy ______ with the twenty dollars.
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A．a new book for himself |
B．a nice present for his father |
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C．a toy for his own birthday |
D．an hour of his father’s time |
5. From the passage, we can infer（推断）that the boy’s father ______.
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A．often played with his son |
B．spent little time with his son |
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C．didn’t love his son at all |
D．often came back home early |
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was 36 , for my whole world was dark.
A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood 37 before me with his head down and said 38 , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and 39 . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
40 , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his 41 and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s 42 I picked it. Here, it’s for you. ” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must 43 it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I 44 . ” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not 45 —he was blind.
Tears (眼泪) came down my face as I 46 him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome. ” he smiled, and then ran off to 47 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain (痛苦).
Through the eyes of a blind child, 48 I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been 49 . I decided to see the beauty in life, and 50 every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.
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