March 29, 2013 Sunny
Today was the Hungry Luncheon (饥饿午餐日). Every year, at our school, there is a lunch event called the Hungry Luncheon.
If you want to join the event, you must pay two dollars at the door of the dining hall and get a letter. All the money is used for helping those poor people who don’t have enough (足够的) food to eat. My letter was “K”.
After all the students sat down, the teachers called the letters for the meals: 15% of the students got to eat a best dinner. 25% of the students got to eat an Okay meal. But 60% of the students just had a small piece of bread and a small cup of water!
The purpose (目的) of this event is to tell us about the unfairness (不公平) of the world, and that we need to start helping the poor!
I was one of the 60% of the students. I was a little hungry for the rest of the day, but I learned something from this special lesson. Now every time I eat, I think about the poor.
根据对话内容，从方框里选择适当的句子补全对话，使对话完整、通顺。
M: Hello, Peter’s Dumpling House! Can I help you?
W: 1.
M: Sure. What kind of dumplings would you like?
W: 2.
M: We have beef, mutton, cabbage…
W: Umm… 3.
M: OK. 4.
W: One small orange juice.
M: OK. What’s your address?
W: 5.
M: And your telephone number?
W: It’s 218-2188.
M: 218-2188. OK. That’ll be 25 yuan.
W: Thank you very much.
A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase（短语）, “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret（秘密）”. And there is an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
1.The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to (指的是) .
A. the useful bag B. the phrase C. the cat D. the chicken
2.The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to when they sold chickens.
A. tell the secret B. sell the cats
C. get more money D. keep the cats quiet
3.Which is the best for the blank (空白处) in the passage?
A. The woman was angry to see a cat. B. The man put a cat in the bag.
C. The man asked her to see the chicken. D. The woman wanted to see the chicken.
4.The writer wrote the story to tell us .
A. the woman was smart B. how farmers sold their cats
C. the phrase is useful D. where the phrase came from
Look at the picture on the right. What is it? Yeah, it’s a special robot car，ROPITS. Japan made it this year. It’s a new kind of car. The car can drive itself. It is very easy for people to use it.
ROPITS is short for Robot for Personal Intelligent Transport System (个人智能交通系统机器人). ROPITS has only one seat. The Japanese made it for old and disabled (残疾的) people in Japan.
What makes the ROPITS special? One can ask it to pick him or her up from a computer or a smart-phone. After he or she gets in the car and tells the ROPITS where to go, it will begin to drive itself and let the driver enjoy the ride.
The ROPITS will not have traffic accidents (事故) because it drives very slowly, not more than 7 kilometers an hour.
1.This passage is about a new kind of .
A. car B. bicycle C. smart-phone D. computer
2.The ROPITS is special because .
A. it is only for people in Japan B. it can drive itself all the way
C. it can drive fast on the road D. it is for the old and disabled people
3. From the passage we know that .
A. ROPITS is big and smart
B. people must learn to drive ROPITS
C. only old and disabled people can use ROPITS
D. ROPITS is helpful for the old and the disabled people
1.We can learn to play ping-pong .
A. at Mr Cai’s house B. on Friday afternoon
C. in School’s P.E. Building D. from Monday to Friday
2.The Star Rock Band will meet every .
A. Friday afternoon B. Monday morning
C. Saturday afternoon D. Sunday morning
3.Cathy can sing well and she wants to meet some music lovers. She can .
A. call 368-5788 B. call 898-3443
C. meet Mr Cai on Sunday D. meet Tina on Saturday
My family took a trip to New York City last summer. We were very excited. It was our first trip to New York. We 1 to New York on Sunday morning. The weather was sunny. The trip on the plane was very fine. We arrived at about 3:00 p.m. We stayed there for one 2 .
We didn’t have much 3 time during our visit to New York. We were busy. On Monday, we visited the science museum. The next day, we 4 the train to Long Beach. It was interesting and we had a 5 time.
However (然而), one day was really exciting for 6 . On Friday, we wanted to go to Central Park. 7 , we took a subway into the city. Later on, we took a bus to Central Park. There were many people on the bus. After ten minutes, we got off (下车) the bus at the park. But we found Maria wasn’t with us. She was 8 ! She didn’t get off. My father 9 the bus. At last, the driver stopped the bus and Maria got off. She was very careful on the buses and trains after that.
We came back to Los Angeles the next day. We got home late Saturday evening. We were
10 , but we were happy. We had a wonderful time in New York. However, Maria is never going to forget her scary bus trip.
1.A. walked B. flew C. got D. moved
2.A. day B. week C. month D. year
3.A. free B. busy C. interesting D. good
4.A. bought B. saw C. took D. drove
5.A. quiet B. boring C. happy D. sad
6.A. me B. Maria C. my mother D. my father
7.A. First B. At last C. Then D. After that
8.A. in the street B. on the train C. at the park D. on the bus
9.A. ran after B. looked after C. looked for D. waited for
10.A. excited B. scared C. surprised D. tired
