When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive. After the ants were in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels(地道). I was amazed that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had its own job.
On the fifth day a tragedy(悲剧) happened. I put my face so close to the glass farm that I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up building their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of sadness. They simply could not stand that their tunnels were gone.
Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, but it taught me much more.
Over the years, I came to realize the importance of teamwork. Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired for their hard work.
But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently: Adversity(逆境) is a natural part of life, and must be accepted. Unlike the ants, we cannot give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone, we must build another.
Giving up, I say, is not a good choice.
1.What did the writer’s family do for him when he was seven?
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A．They built a farm of ants. |
B．They bought a few ants. |
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C．They caught a lot of ants. |
D．They found an ant city. |
2.Which statement is WRONG according to the passage?
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A．The writer knocked the glass box over because he put his face so close to the glass farm. |
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B．The ants didn’t die one by one after the tunnels were destroyed. |
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C．Like people, teamwork is very important for the ants. |
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D．Giving up isn’t a good way when we meet trouble. |
3.Among the following events, which one happened first?
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A．All the tunnels fell down. |
B．The ants died one by one. |
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C．The ants got into the glass box. |
D．The ants began making tunnels. |
4.What did the writer learn from the ant tragedy a few years later?
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A．Working together is useless. |
B．Teamwork is important. |
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C．He can’t accept adversity. |
D．Working alone is amazing. |
5.What is the best title for the passage?
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A．Ants Fear Adversity |
B．My Family and Ants |
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C．Giving Up in Adversity |
D．Don’t give up anytime |
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman in the street and soon we began to talk. As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be very surprised, gently shaking his head and saying “You don’t say!”
I was confused, and I thought, “Perhaps this is not a right thing to talk about.” Then I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? Have you ever visited it?”
“Certainly! Everyone back home will laugh at me if I leave here without seeing it. The Great Wall is wonderful! ” “Yes, it is one of the wonders in the world. And people of many countries have come to visit it.” As I went on telling him more about it, he stopped me again, “You don’t say!”
I couldn’t help asking, “Why couldn’t I talk about it?”
“Well, I didn’t stop you talking about it,” he answered, greatly surprised.
“Didn’t you say ‘You don’t say!’?” I asked again.
Hearing this, the foreigner laughed loudly. He began to explain, “’You don’t say!’ means ‘Really’. Perhaps you know little about English idioms(习惯用语).”
Wow! How foolish I was! Since then I have been careful with English idioms.
1.What made the foreigner laugh loudly?
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A．English idioms. |
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B．The writer’s question. |
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C．Their talking about the Great Wall |
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D．The writer’s way of learning English |
2.Where does the story most probably happen?
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A．In China. |
B．In America. |
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C．In England. |
D．In Japan. |
3.The English idiom “You don’t say!” means _______.
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A．Thank you |
B．Excuse me |
C．OK |
D．Really |
4.What does the writer learn from his own experience? He should _______.
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A．improve his spoken English |
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B．speak with foreigners in a polite way |
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C．pay attention to English idioms |
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D．be brave enough talking with foreigners |
5.The story tells us _______ between languages in different countries.
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A．the difference |
B．the popularity |
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C．the grammar rule |
D．the change |
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AROUND XICHANG is a special program in English on XCTV-1. It’s about the city and lasts for 8 minutes. You can watch the program at 20:27 every Sunday and watch is again at 7:30 and 15:35 on Monday. Tel: 8109566 Add: 139 North Ring Road, XICHANG |
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XICHANG WEEKLY is to help foreigners understand more about the city. It’s a news edition(版面) in English in XICHANG. It usually appears on the 48th edition of the city’s most popular newspaper CITY EXPRESS every Thursday. Tel: 8105699 Add: 218 Hangtian Road, XICHANG |
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IN TOUCH is an English language magazine. Read the pages and inside you’ll find passages on history, art, music, sports, travel and food of Sichuan. At the end of every month you can get the magazine in hotels, restaurants, bookshops and cafes all around Sichuan without paying. Tel: 8243611 8243103 Add: 5 Wenhui Road, XICHANG |
1.AROUND XICHANG can be watched _______ a week.
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A．four times |
B．three times |
C．twice |
D．once |
2.At the end of every month, you can get IN TOUCH in_______ all around Sichuan without paying.
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A．hotels and bookshops |
B．restaurants and hospitals |
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C．schools and bookshops |
D．hotels and offices |
3.If you want to get some information of music and travel, you can find something in _______.
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A．XICHANG WEEKLY |
B．IN TOUCH |
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C．AROUND XICHANG |
D．CITY EXPRESS |
4.If a foreign friend wants to get some news about Xichang, he can can_______.
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A．8243611 |
B．8105699 |
C．8234103 |
D．8109566 |
5.This passage is perhaps _______.
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A．an advertisement |
B．a story |
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C．a joke |
D．an instruction |
The Japanese Macaca monkey has been studied in the wild for over 50 years. In 1952, on one small Japanese island, scientists dropped some 26 in the dirt for the monkeys. The monkeys liked their taste, but they found the dirt 27 .
One clever 18-month-old monkey found she could 28 the problem by washing the sweet potatoes in a nearby river. She taught this to her mother. Her 29 also learned this new way and they taught their mothers, too.
All the younger monkeys 30 learned to wash the dirty sweet potatoes to make them 31 to eat. But many old monkeys found it very hard to learn this and still ate the 32 sweet potatoes.
Then something very surprising 33 . In the autumn of 1958, scientists found that the monkeys on other nearby 34 began washing their sweet potatoes too. Scientists still don’t fully understand how this knowledge was 35 from one island to another.
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William Shakespeare was one of the world’s great writers. He lived in England 21 1564 to 1616. Shakespeare is famous for his 22 and poems. His plays are all about love and feelings. Some, like Julius Caesar, are about history. 23 , like Romeo and Juliet, are about love and romance. The plays are very interesting, and the writing is beautiful. Sometimes it’s hard to understand them. English today is very different from 24 it was 400 years ago. Also, people in the plays often speak like they’re in a poem. There are many movies about Shakespeare’s plays. When you don’t have the chance to see a live play(现场演出), you can 25 one of the movies.
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---_______. Without the help of his hardworking teachers, he can’t make it at all.
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A．I don’t think so. |
B．I’m afraid so. |
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C．I agree with you. |
D．I don’t know. |
