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Paragraph 1: Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷物), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2: People in different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at 11 o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
Paragraph 3: There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1.From the first paragraph we know noodles belong to a kind of ______ food.
A. vegetable B. fruit C. meat D. cereal
2.According to the scientists, which of the following groups is the healthiest for your lunch?
A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages B. potatoes, rice, bread, carrots
C. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes D. beef, pork, fish, milk
3.People in different places of the world ______.
A. have the right kinds of food to eat B. cook their food in the same way
C. have their meals at the same time D. eat food in different ways
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.
B. There are too many people in the world.
C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.
D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.
5.If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
A. When people eat their meals.
B. What to do with the two problems.
C. How to cook food in different ways.
D. Why people in different places eat different kinds of food.
A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maiyuwa, a small village. They lived with the man’s big family－his parents, his brothers, their wives and husbands and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.
Three months later, having quarreled with her husband, the woman went back to her parents’ home. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heartbroken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.
It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved by the act of the animal .So she went back to her husband’s home.
1.The woman left her new home ______.
A. to visit her own parents in Maiyuwa
B. to see if the elephant would follow her
C. because she was angry with her husband
D. because she was tired of the large family
2.The word “disappeared” in the reading means “______”.
A. ran away B. lost C. hid D. remained
3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant______.
A. returned to the forest B. was sad because it missed her
C. went to look for a new home D. was sick because nobody fed it
4.How did the elephant express its feeling when it saw the young woman?
A. It waved its trunk and smiled. B. It touched her with its trunk.
C. It touched her and cried. D. It waved its trunk and ran around her.
5.The writer wrote the story in order to______.
A. show that elephants are very clever
B. tell how a woman trained a wild animal
C. show that women care more for animals than men do
D. tell how an animal got a husband and a wife together again
“You speak very good English”
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English. “You 41 very good English.” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite
42 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself 43 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well.” But the Chinese student still 44 saying “No”. 45 the foreigner gave up and didn’t know what to say.
What’s wrong with the student’s answer? It is because he didn’t accept a compliment as the American people 46 . He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”. He actually understood what the American had said. But he thought he should be modest. If someone says to a woman, “ You look 47 beautiful with the new clothes 48 .” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you.” In our country we think 49 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior. But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 50 I can’t do it well,” then the others will take it for granted (理所当然)that you 51 can not do it. If you often say,“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 52 . When 53 for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it. So in the West, one should always be confident. 54 self-confidence, he can’t go anywhere. Confidence is of great 55 to one in a country where competition is quite keen.(激烈)
1.A. say B. talk C. speak D. tell
2.A. surprising B. surprised C. laughed D. laughing
3.A. understood B. understand C. to understand D. understanding
4.A. keep B. keeping C. keeps D. kept
5.A. At first B. By the way C. In the end D. First of all
6.A. did B. done C. to do D. do
7.A. such B. such a C. so D. so a
8.A. for B. on C. in D. into
9.A. being B. be C. having D. have
10.A. I’m afraid B. I’m not sure C. I don’t mind D. I don’t know
11.A. hardly B. really C. badly D. luckily
12.A. another B. other C. the other D. others
13.A. asking B. ask C. provide D. providing
14.A. With B. Without C. by D. under
15.A. importantly B. unimportant C. important D. importance
－Have a nice weekend!
－ ______.
A. You’re so kind B. You do ,too
C. The same to you D. With pleasure
－Can I park my car here , sir?
－______. You see, there’s much traffic here.
A. Never mind B. You’d better not C. Of course not D. Yes, please
There’s little important news in the newspaper today, ______?
A. isn’t there B. is there C. is it D. are there
