Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They’re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses.They never find out why.
Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine
for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told
Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry som
e
apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought
nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city
on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when
they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price .They felt
unhappy and returned to their village.
“I can’t understand why we sustain(蒙受) losses in business while others always profit ,” Uncle Li asked one day.
The tractor was too small,” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!”
“I agree!”said Uncle Li. “How foolish (傻的) we were!”
1.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to ________.
A.make a journey B.visit some places of interest
C.meet their friends D.make a profit
2.What does the underlined word “profit” probably mean in Chinese?
A .利益 B. 盈利 C.送礼 D.亏损
3.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because ________.
A.they had sustained losses in business
B.they had lost some money in the city
C.something was wrong with the tractor
D.other people profited in the city
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The two farmers found out why they were poor.
B.The two farmers will soon get rich.
C.Neither of the farmers is clever.
D.The two farmers decided to buy a truck.
Music is different from songs. Songs express feelings
with lyrics(歌词）, but music with tones (音调).Unlike songs, music tones in themselves have no
specific meanings. Different people may get different things from the same
musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand,
people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different
people like different music: some love classical music, and others take
an interest in pop music. Most young people like pop music.
Pop music began in the USA and became popular
around the wo
rld
during the 1950s and 1960s.The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and
roll”.
Pop music has taken the place of （取代）native
music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz”
music to become much smaller than in the 1950s and earlier and it has now begun
to become the most popular. Much pop music is without artistic value (艺术价值), but the works of some pop singers such as the
Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. And
there is still great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are
held all over the world.
1.The biggest difference between music and songs is ________.
A.feelings B.lyrics and tones C.languages and countries D.meanings
2.Which of the following has now become the most popular according to the passage?
A.Native music. B.Jazz. C.Pop music. D.Classical music.
3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to this passage?
A.People can get different things from the same piece of music.
B.Pop music began to be popular in the midtwentieth century.
C.The best-known early form of pop music was “rock and roll”.
D.Much pop music is of great artistic value, so it interests young people greatly.
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2.If you want to rent a house, you can call _____.
A. 385-0926 B. 591-3127 C. 332-5147 D. 592-5147
3.Those
ads above are most probably from a ______.
A. map B. dictionary C. newspaper D. guidebook
Now the idea of “car sharing” is_____around the world. That’s to say，more people are sharing the___of a car. Not everyone can ____a car. Think about it. __ many families today have one car, a lot of them don’t use it every day. Some cars spend most of their time _____in garages(车库).When we don’t use them ,we have to pay for ____ and other things. That needs a lot of money. To _____ money, some people _____with the idea of “car sharing”. If we share a car, we only pay when we use it.
Now more and more people are _____to do car sharing. In
Switzerland(瑞士)，40000 people
are doing it. Japan is also _____ to make “car sharing” popular aroun
d
the country. Car sharing is a new____ in vehicle. It’s very easy____us to go
___we want ____buying a car. It also reduces(减少)air____.Let’s
do it at once.
1.A. famous B.different C. important D. popular
2.A.use B.way C.try D.drive
3.A.afford B. rent C. drive D. raise
4.A.Because B. Though C.So D.But
5.A.playing B. living C. staying D. running
6.A.parking B.
driving C.running
D.
putting
7.A.waste B.save C.afford D.use
8.A.come up B. come down C . come over D. come out
9.A.leaving B.remembering C. starting D. forgetting
10.A.able B. trying C.making D.doing
11.A.way B.try C. thought D. idea
12.A.from B.for C.of D.with
13.A.somewhere B.everywhere C.nowhere D.anywhere
14.A.never B.hardly C.without D.with
15.A.trouble B. pollution C. problem D. matter
---Thank you for giving us a fantastic party! ---_________.
A.I’m happy you all enjoy it. B.Please don’t say so
C.Come here next time. D.I didn’t cook so well.
---Donna is very ____.She always has many new and good ideas.
---So she is.
A.quiet B.creative C.kind D.talented
