Ruby, the artist, is an Asian elephant, She is17 years old. She lives in the zoo. Ruby has produced about 100 paintings since last year. She has made more than $ 40,000 for the zoo. Zoo leaders say Ruby first showed the talent (才能) about four years ago. Zoo workers watched her make the marks in the sand with her trunk. She rubbed (擦掉) out the marks, then made the new ones. The zoo worker gave her brushes and paints. Soon Ruby painted pictures.
Newspaper reporters wrote Ruby, then people asked about buying her pictures. And in this way, she made a lot of money for the zoo. This is how Ruby does the paintings. A zoo worker holds different color paints. Ruby touches the colors she wants. Then the worker gives her brushes with the chosen colors in her trunk and Ruby begins painting.
1.We can most probably read this story_______.
A．in a dictionary about read animals B．in a newspaper
C．in a book on art D．in history textbooks
2.People asked about buying Ruby's pictures because_______.
A．newspaper reporters bought her picture
B．her pictures were better than those of real artists
C．they just wanted to have fun
D．zoo workers would let them have a free visit to the park
3.Ruby rubbed out the marks she had drawn in order to_______.
A．make other ones B．clear her trunk
C．dig a hole in the sand D．ask for brushes and paints
4.From the story, we can know that_______.
A．Ruby can paint a picture all by herself
B．Ruby can draw better pictures than the other animals in the zoo
C．Ruby has to finish a painting with the help of zoo workers
D．Ruby will ask for money if she finishes a picture
Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get on with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents(才能) that others will like.
Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
Be humourous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile at others.
Respect(尊敬) the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept(接受) yours.
Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show your kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
Don’t complain(抱怨). Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaints all the time.
Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.
1.Why do we need friends according to the passage?
A．Friends can do everything for us. B．Friends can bring us happiness.
C．Friends accept our ideas all the time. D．Without friends, we could not live.
2.What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?
A．To help others. B．To smile to others.
C．To get on with others. D．To listen to others’ complaints.
3.Which of the following shows a sense of humour?
A．Opening the door for someone. B．Complaining to others all the time.
C．Laughing at ourselves and our weakness. D．Finding someone who will understand us.
4.How many pieces of advice does the writer provide when we have trouble in making friends?
A．Five. B．Seven. C．Nine. D．Eleven.
Motor cars were first made in England just before 1900. The parts for the bodies and engines were hand-made and the cars were built from these. One at a time. This took a long time, and the cars cost a lot of money. Then a quicker and cheaper way of making cars was found. Instead of making all the parts at their own works, some car factories asked other factories to make some of them. All the parts were then fitted together in the car factories.
Modern car-making factoriess are so large that each one is really a lot of factories close together. Each workshop makes some parts. The pieces of a car body are joined together by welders(电焊工) . All the bits and pieces that make up each car are collected and put ready for the assembly line(装配线) , where they are fitted together.
1.The first motor cars were probably made by______.
A．Europeans B．the Whites C．the Blacks D．the English
2.A quicker and cheaper way of making motor cars was______.
A．found in 1900
B．that all parts of motor cars were no longer made by hand
C．the one that they should be made in a large car factories
D．the different parts of motor cars were produced in different works
3."Modern car-making factories" means "______".
A．the factories which modern cars are making at
B．the factories where cars are made by modern workers
C．the new factories at which cars are being made
D．the factories where modern cars are made
These days computer games have bcome more and more popular in many cities and towns. A lot of small shops along busy ___1___ have changed into computer game houses in order to get more ___2__. These places are always crowded with people
In the computer game houses, people __3__ a lot of money matching on the machine. It’s __4__ for one to beat a computer, but one can do well after trying again and again. People want to __5__ when they play computer games. The more they __6__, the more they want to win, and at last they even can’t __7__ without it.
The result is that some people don’t want to _8_ and they play in computer game houses for hours and hours. For school boys, things are __9__. They don’t want to have __10__. When school is over, they rush to the computer houses near their __11__. Some of them can get enough money from their ___12__. Some of them are not _13__ to get the money. So they have to steal or rob others’ and become __14_ . Computer game addiction(上瘾) is a __15_ problem in our life. Something has to be done to stop it.
1. A．streets B．schools C．towns D．cities
2. A．boys B．money C．computers D．houses
3. A．take B．spend C．cost D．pay
4. A．possible B．easy C．good D．hard
5. A．read B．learn C．win D．download
6. A．lose B．try C．waste D．watch
7. A．come B．eat C．study D．live
8. A．watch TV B．go out C．stay there D．work
9. A．better B．exciting C．even worse D．interesting
10. A．lessons B．games C．families D．sports
11. A．classes B．rooms C．schools D．shops
12. A．classmates B．teachers C．sisters D．parents
13. A．lucky B．unlucky C．careful D．polite
14. A．good B．bad C．rich D．poor
15. A．important B．serious C．unusual D．wonderful
－I’m going on a trip to Japan after the exam
－Really? ___________!
A．Have a nice time B．Congratulations
C．OK D．It’s nice of you
—How often ______ your school sports meeting ______?
— Once a year.
A．does; hold B．was; hold C．is; held D．did; hold
