Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch ( 横杆 ) in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud of it and asked a high price for it.
One day a man went into the store. “ That’s a beautiful bird,” he said to the owner, “ But why is it so expensive? Is it an unusual bird?”
“ No, it’s not very unusual. It’s expensive because it can talk.” the pet store owner said.
“ I see. How can I make it talk?” the man asked.
The owner asked him, “ Do you see those strings ( 细绳 ) tied to each of the bird’s legs?
“ Yes,” the man answered.
“ Well, you pull those strings,” the pet store owner told him. That will make the parrot talk.”
The man asked, “ Do you mind if I try?”
“ Not at all,” the owner said.
The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, “ Good morning.”
The man pulled the string on the parrot’s right leg. This time the parrot said, “ How are you today?”
“ That’s not very interesting,” said the man. “ Any parrot could do that.” Then he laughed, “ But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?”
“ I’ll fall off my perch, you fool !”the parrot said.
1. The parrot was expensive because ________.
A. it was pretty beautiful B. it could talk with people
C. it was a very unusual bird D. it was in the middle of the store
2.The parrot would talk when ________.
A. people came into the pet store B. it was the pet store owner
C. people said it was beautiful D. people pulled the strings on its legs
3. Which is the first sentence that the parrot said to the man?
A. Good morning. B. How are you?
C. That wasn’t interesting D. I’ll fall off my perch, you fool!
4. From the story we know the parrot was ________.
A. kind B. silly C. clever D. crazy
5. The best title for the passage should be ________.
Unusual Parrot B. Parrot Talk C. Silly Man D. Clever Owner
Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem,“ Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ( 谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦).”But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.
A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.
Do we have too much food ? Of course not. According to the UN World Food program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.
The Chinese people are well known for be
ing
hospitable ( 好客的 ) and generous ( 慷慨大方 ). Many even feel that they lose face if their guests
have eaten all the food on the table.
Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance
of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing,
got fired because she took some leftover food home for her son.
Many people stood by her side and criticized ( 批评 )
the waste of food.
What should we do in our daily life to waste less food ? Here are some tips :
Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you can not eat all the food you ordered ,take the rest of it home.
Don’t be too picky ( 挑剔的 ) about food . Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.
Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.
1. How many people were hungry in the world in 2010 according to the UN World Food program?
A. 200 million B. Six million C. 925 million D. 625 million
2.What does the writer want to show us through Li Hong’s story?
A. Many Chinese restaurants waste a large amount of food .
B. Many Chinese people are kind—hearted and ready to help the weak .
C. Chinese people feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food.
D. Many Chinese people don’t agree with the behavior of wasting food.
3.The underlined word “ leftover” means ________in Chinese.
A. 过期的 B. 剩余的 C. 腐烂的 D. 难吃的
4.According the passage , we shouldn’t waste food because________.
A. food comes from very hard work.
B. six million children die of hunger every day.
C. There is enough food to feed all the people.
D. Chinese are hospitable and generous
5. Which of the following is a good way to save food ?
A. Ordering more than you need at a restaurant.
B. Taking home restaurant leftovers
C. Not knowing what you already have at home when shopping
D. Not eating the food you don’t like even if it’s healthy[来
根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
A. What if you were a leader?
B. I like making friends with other people.
C. I’d say I’m not good at speaking in public.
D. So do I.
E. I want to be a doctor.
F. Would you like to be a doctor?
G. Thank you for your advice.
A: What would you do if the teacher asked you to give a speech in front of the whole school?
B: __1.______ I would be very worried.
A: __2.______
B: I don’t think I can be a leader.
A: What do you want to be in the future?
B: __3.______
A: Do you like communicating with other people?
B: Yes, I do. __4.______
A: Then I advise you to improve yourself by learning some public speaking skills.
B: __5.______ Maybe you are right. I should improve myself in many ways.
Mr. Wang is a forty—year—old man. He is a worker in a
car factory. He ____ hard in the factory every day. He often thinks it’s
not easy _____ money. He usually says that he didn’t study hard when he
was a middle school student. And he wasn’t able to go to college, _ ___.
He says if he were a student, he wo
uld
study hard at school. He _____ up early in the morning . After getting
up ,he would read English and Chinese. In class, he would listen to the
teachers carefully and take a lot of notes. But when he was a student, he
didn’t listen to his teachers carefully . Sometimes he even went out to play
with his friends ______ having classes. If he were a student, he would
do his homework with his friends after class. He wouldn’t copy others’
homework. He wouldn’t watch TV _____. He would try his best to learn all
the subjects well.
Mr. Zhang is our neighbor and he is blind ( 失明；盲的 ). I often talk with him after school. He can play the guitar very well. He usually says that if he could see things ______,he would do many things. He would go to Beijing and visit the Great Wall. He would go to see all the people who have ever ______ him. He wants to know ______ they look like. He would learn how to drive and get a driver’s license. He likes cars very much . ______ he hopes to drive a car !
1.A. work B. works C. worked D. has worked
2.A. make B. made C. to make D. for making
3.A. either B. neither C. too D. also
4.A. gets B. got C. will get D. would get
5.A. instead B. more than C. instead of D. rather than
6.A. too much B. much too C. too many D. many
7.A. clear B. clearly C. careful D. carefully
8.A. help B. to help C. helping D. helped
9.A. how B. what C. where D. when
10.A. How B. What C. Why D. When
There was once a farmer who lost his watch in his barn ( 仓库 ). The watch was only cheap but it was very ________ to him because it was a present from his father. After ________ the barn for a long time ,he gave up and asked for ________ from a group of children playing nearby.
He promised them that the person who ________ the watch would be rewarded ( 奖赏 ).
Hearing this , the children hurried inside the barn at once . They searched ________ but still could not find the watch . Just when the farmer was going to give up, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another ________.
The farmer looked at him and thought , “ Why not ? ________, this kid does look honest .”
So the farmer sent the little boy back to the barn. After a while the little boy came out with the watch in his hand ! The surprised farmer asked the boy how he ________ where the rest had failed.
The boy ________ , “ I did nothing but sit quietly and listen for the sound of the watch .”
This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think _______ than an excited one .
1.A. important B. expensive C. useless D. interesting
2.A. finding B. searching C. watching D. studying
3.A. money B. danger C. work D. help
4.A. saw B. found C. looked D. watched
5.A. somewhere B. anywhere C. nowhere D. everywhere
6.A. way B. chance C. lesson D. present
7.A. In all B. That’s all C. After all D. Above all
8.A. came B. knew C. succeeded D. stopped
9.A. spoke B. added C. talked D. replied
10.A. badly B. better C. worse D. Well
I really can’t see anything on the screen. His head is just ________of my view.
A. on the way B. by the way C. in the way D. out of the way
