When I crossed a small road on my first day in
Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭). It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw(人力黄包车).He stopped and picked up two children from the 
front
door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in
Kolkata has many advantages. When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way
through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can
always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market
and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your
things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload. No other type of
public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless. But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws
are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it
is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in
the city. However, there is a problem
with
this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job
they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw. If the city bans rickshaws,
these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go
by rickshaw.
1.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
A. The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata.
B. Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata.
C. Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata.
D. Rickshaws are very useful for the people's daily life in Kolkata.
2.Which type of transport may you take when the roads flood in Kolkata?
A. A bus. B. A taxi. C. A car. D. A rickshaw.
3.What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
A. make B. increase C. forbid D. collect
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A. The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns.
B. The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata.
C. The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven.
D. The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars.
Should we be afraid of sharks(鲨鱼)? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks (攻击) suggests that sharks don’t like the way humans taste! In fact, most people who are attacked by the shark are still alive after receiving only one bite (咬). Why is this?
There are many opinions to explain why sharks sometimes attack people. One opinion is that sharks are just curious (好奇的). We know that sharks are the strongest animals in their environment, so they are not afraid of anything. Naturally, that means they are curious when they meet something unusual. Because they don’t have hands or feet., the only way they can find out an object is to bite it! It is thought that sharks sometimes bite humans for this reason, and then swim away.
Scientists also say that sharks would not waste energy trying to eat a human, as we have a lot of bones (骨头). It is hard for a shark to eat us because sharks don’t have hands, and they can’t pull the meat off our bones. Maybe that’s why they only bite us once. Unluckily, one bite from a large shark is serious enough to hurt people greatly!
Another opinion is that sharks attack humans by mistake. Some sharks may sometimes mistake humans for a seal. An example of this is when a shark attacks a surfer. A surfer lying on a surfboard looks like a seal when seen from below. Sharks like seals because they have thick fat.
Whatever the reason for shark attacks on humans, sharks should be afraid of us. Sadly, we kill almost 40 million of them each year.
1.What happens to people attacked by sharks?
A. Most of them because blind. B. Most of them because of deaf.
C. Most of them died. D. Most of them are still alive.
2. How do sharks find out about an unusual object according to the passage?
A. By biting. B. By smelling.
C. By touching. D. By killing.
3.Which sentence about sharks is true?
A. Sharks pull meat off bones when they eat.
B. Sharks might mistake humans for seals.
C. Sharks like to attack surfers becaus
e
of their thick fat.
D. One bite from a shark is nothing serious.
4.What would the author write the passage mainly for?
A. To tell surfers to stay away from sharks.
B. To ask people to stop killing sharks.
C. To let us know the reasons for shark attacks on people.
D. To show that humans are much stronger than sharks.
Nathan Sawaya's childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks (积木). His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he's been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.
Nathan started as a lawyer
but gave up His highl
y-paid
(高薪的) job to become an artist that uses toys in
his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored
bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He
started by building small models but then decided to do something big and
created a self-portrait (自画像). It took him two days just to build the
eyes.
Nathan's work has appeared in
museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the
same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is
fascinating. Since it began in2007, Nathan's exhibition "The Art of the
Bri
ck"
has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.
"I'm proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it," says Nathan. "To do what you love in life is the most important thing."
1.What did Nathan put on his desk at college?
A. The Statue of Liberty. B. Superman.
C. His serf-portrait. D. A Greenwich Village modal.
2.Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?
A. Because he made little money out of a lawyer.
B. Because he wanted to make toys for the children.
C. Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.
D. Because he was going to work in the museum instead.
3. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Nathan's work. B. Nathan's exhibition.
C. Nathan's art. D. Nathan's self-portrait
4.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Brick Artist B. The Brick Exhibition
C. Toy Bricks for Adults D. The Artist's Childhood
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1.How much are the musical tickets for two children?
A. 16 pounds, B, 35 pounds. C. 30 pounds. D. 40 pounds.
2.When will the Teenage Drawing Competition be held?
A. On June 7th. B. On August 6th.
C. On September 20th. D. On April 25th.
3.Where
can you watch Adele's performance this Sunday aft
ernoon?
A. At St. James' s Park. B. At Westfield Theater.
C. At Westfield Shopping Center. D. At Cambridge Theater.
My favorite TV program is a reality show called Survivor (幸存者). It isn’t on TV at the moment 1. it was on last year.
In the show, two teams of people are taken to a (an) 2. . All of them have to sleep 3. because there aren’t any houses or hotels. They usually choose 4. really useful like a toothbrush since they can only 5.one thing with them. The people also have to find food and they spend a lot of time fishing and collecting fruit from the 6. . Every week one person has to 7. . At the end, there are only two people on the island and one of them is chose8. the winner.
I really like Survivor because it’s very 9. and the people have to do things like hunting for food. I really 10. myself when I watch it. I don’t want to be on the show, however, I like living in a house!
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I was so excited after I had found the holiday in the guidebook. It said, “Enjoy a week of sightseeing in one of Europe’s most beautiful cities staying at one of its best hotels. ” Now I wasn’t so sure. I had waited fifteen minutes at reception (前台) when I and now the shower in my room wasn’t working. I hotel reception.
“Hello. This is Room 308. There isn’t any in my bathroom. ”
“Are you sure?”
“Of course I’m sure!”
“I’ll our hotel engineer at once. ”
An hour later, the engineer came to
look at the . He hit the pipes (水管) a few times and looked . “Sorry, but I canno
t
fix it today. Maybe, tomorrow.” Then he his hand. I couldn’t believe it! He
wanted a tip (小费) for doing ! I was very angry. But suddenly, I had a
better idea. , I gave the engineer a few coins. He
hadn’t fixed my shower but he had taught me something staying in his country. Two minutes
later I was at the reception desk. I explained the to
the receptionist (接待员) and he replied, “Sorry. This is a situation, but what can we do?” I
knew exactly to do. I gave the hotel manager a
very large tip. Fifteen minutes later I into Room 405. It was twice the size of Room 308, it
had a wonderful view (景色) of the city, a comfortable bed and, most
importantly, there was water in the bathroom.
1.A. since
B. while
C. after
D. before
2.A. arrived B. passed C. left D. stopped
3.A. asked B. ordered C. called D. told
4.A. toothpaste B. water C. shampoo D. soap
5.A. send B. catch C. trouble D. watch
6.A. door B. TV C. shower D. fridge
7.A.
proud
B. worried C. angry
D. excited
8.A. put up B. cleaned up C. looked after D. held out
9.A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
10.A. Seriously B. Especially C. Quickly D. Luckily
11.A. at B. with C. of D. about
12.A. problem B. idea C. way D. mistake
13.A. helpful B. perfect C. terrible D. busy
14.A. how B. what C. why D. where
15.A. broke B. looked C. rushed D. moved
