Jack is the name of a game. It is quite popular with children. To play jacks, you will need a small ball and ten small metal objects (物体) called jacks.
The rules for this game are quite easy. To begin with, put the ten jacks on the floor or ground in front of you. Toss the ball high, pick up one jack and then catch the ball. Keep the jack in your hand and go on to pick up the other jack one at a time. You lose your turn if you do not catch the ball, or if you do not pick up a jack, or if you drop (掉) any of the jacks from your hand.
When you finish all the ten jacks, you now try to do the same thing again but with two jacks at one time. This is more difficult, of course. You lose your turn if you make any of the above three mistakes (错误) or if you do not pick up two jacks each time.
1.To play jacks is ___________.
A. difficult for boys B. interesting for children
C. difficult for girls D. interesting for old people
2.The word “toss” here means __________.
A. drop B. catch C. throw D. pick
3.If you want to finish the first and second parts of the game, you have to pick up jacks __________.
A. ten times B. fifteen times C. twenty times D. thirty times
4.The jacks are made of _________.
A. paper B. glass C. metal D. water
5.After you pick up the first ten jacks, the game becomes more difficult because you must pick up _________ at a time.
A. two jacks B. four jacks C. three jacks D. only one
What do Napoleon, Clinton and Wang Nan have in common? They are all left-handed. Today about 15% of the people are left-handed. But why are people left-handed? The answer is the way the brain (大脑) works. The brain has two halves---the right half and the left half. The right half controls (控制) the left side of the body, and the left half controls the right side of the body. So right-handed people have a strong left brain, and the left –handed people have a strong right brain.
The two halves of the brain are about the same size. But each side controls different things. The left side controls language, Maths and logic (逻辑). When you remember new words, or when you put things in order, you use your left side.
The right side of the brain controls colour and music. It is also good at recognizing (认出) faces. This does not mean that all artists are left-handed and all accountants (会计师) are right-handed. Some right-handers have a strong right brain, and some left-handers have a strong left brain.
1.From the passage we know _____________.
A. all artists are left-handed
B. all accountants are right-handed
C. the left side of the brain controls your love of art, colour and music
D. some right-handers have a strong left brain
2.Whether是否 people are right-handed or left-handed is mostly decided by ________________.
A. their parents B. their minds
C. the way the brain works D. the way the head works
3.Each side of the brain _____________.
A. likes music and Maths B. controls different things
C. controls the same thing D. has two halves
4.When you are singing, you are using your ___________.
A. logic thinking B. heart
C. right brain D. left halves
5.Which part of the body does the right half of the brain control?
A. The right side of the body.
B. The left side of the body.
C. The heart.
D. The language.
Jyoti Amge, an Indian girl, is the world’s smallest woman. She is only 0.628 metres tall. She is small, but her dream is great. On her 18th birthday in 2012, she shared the good news with others. She would act in two movies.
Jyoti is the youngest of the five children in her family. She stopped growing after her first birthday. Because of her size, Jyoti has special clothes and jewellery(珠宝首饰). She even has her own desk and chair in a regular(普通的)school. Jyoti also loves movies and fashionable dresses like others. Before 18, she acted in a music video along with a famous Indian singer.
Jyoti said, “I’m just the same as other people. I eat like you, and dream like you. I don’t feel I am different.”
1.How old is Jyoti Amge in 2013?
A. 16 years old B.17 years old C.18 years old D. 19 years old
2.On her 18th birthday, Jyoti said she would _____________.
A. go to France B. act in movies
C. go to school D. win the name of “the smallest woman”
3.How many sisters and brothers does she have?
A. 3 B.4 C.6 D. we don’t know
4.Jyoti’s _________is are not different from others’.
A. clothes B. jewellery C. chair D. school
5.What did Jyoti do before 18?
A. She acted in a music video B. She played in two movies
C. She sang a song in a movie D. She made special clothes for herself
Once, there was a wild donkey (驴) and a tame (驯养的) donkey.
The wild donkey was thin and small. He spent his life in the ____. The grass on the hill was his food all the year around. Sometimes, he had to walk miles to find clean water and at night there was always ____ from lions. The tame donkey was much fatter and ____. During summer, the owner fed him grass while in ____, he was given corn and hay (干草) to eat. There was always clean water for him to ____ and at night he stayed inside safely.
The wild donkey always wished he could live ____ the tame donkey.
One day, the wild donkey was looking for grass on the hill. Looking down, he saw the tame donkey walking slowly along the road, ____ heavy wood. As he watched, the tame donkey stopped to eat some ____ by the roadside. Suddenly, his owner began to drive him with a ____.
“I don’t want your way of life,” thought the wild donkey. “I see that you have to pay ____ for the food they give you.”
1.A. house B. zoo C. wild D. river
2.A. danger B. noise C. drink D. food
3.A. taller B. shorter C. weaker D. stronger
4.A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
5.A. eat B. smell C. drink D. feel
6.A. with B. without C. like D. unlike
7.A. cutting B. carrying C. eating D. burning
8.A. grass B. meat C. fish D. water
9.A. stick B. knife C. fork D. string
10.A. easy B. easily C. heavy D. heavily
--- Why don’t we go climbing tomorrow? --- ___________
A. You’re great. B. That’s right
C. What a good idea! D. No, I don’t
The little girl kept _____ the house, because she wanted to keep it _____.
A. cleaning; clean B. cleaning; cleaning
C. clean; clean D. clean; cleaning
