A king in Africa had a close friend that helped him grow up. The friend had a habit of looking at everything positively(肯定)that happened in his life and saying “This is good”.
One day the king and his friend were out hunting. The friend would prepare the guns for the king. The friend did something wrong in preparing one of the guns, and after the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb(拇指) was blown off. On seeing the situation the friend said as usual, “This is good!” The king replied, “No, this is not good!” He was very angry and sent his friend to jail(监狱).
About a year later, the king was hunting in a forest. Cannibals(食人者) caught him and took him to their village. As they were going to kill him, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. They never ate anyone who was less than whole, so they sent the king back.
When he returned home, he felt sorry for his treatment of his friend. He went quickly to the jail to speak with his friend. “You were right”, he said. “It was good that thumb was blown off.” And he told the friend all that had just happened. “And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.”
“No,” his friend replied, “this is good!” “What do you mean? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?”
“If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you, and I would have been eaten!”
1.From the story we learn that ________.
A. the king was not a good friend indeed
B. the king’s friend always knew what would happen
C. the friend would say “This is Good !” when anything happened
D. the king was not good at hunting at all.
2.The king was sent back by Cannibals because _______.
A. Cannibals never ate a king
B. the king’s friend was in jail
C. the king had a gun with him
D. the king missed his thumb
3.The best title for the reading is _______.
A. The Lucky King
B. The Great Friend
C. Nothing Stops Real Friendship
D. Everything Happens for the Good
Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the personal computing time and the founder of Apple. He was also one of the giants of the information age. Here are some of his greatest contributions.
Apple II
Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computers Inc. in 1976.
A year later, the Apple II was invented. This production( 产品) was the world's first mass-market personal computer.
The iMac
Under Jobs' leadership
Apple introduced the
all-in-one iMac computer in
1998. The iMac became the
first machine, which offered
only a CD-ROM slot.
The iPad
By 2010, Steve Jobs was confident the world was ready to have a tablet computer that would be great for watching movies and playing games. The touch-sensitive iPad is a great success. iPhone 4s
iPhone 4s came out on October4, 2011, in America.
It looks like iPhone 4. It has a larger and wider screen and a slimmer yet wider case. It has a better camera and faster data transfer speeds.
1.When did the iMac first come out?
A. In 1976. B. In 1998. C. In 2010. D. In 2011.
2.Which one was the oldest?
A. The Apple II. B. The iMac. C. The iPad. D. The iPhone 4s.
3.From the passage, we can know that the iPad _______.
A. has a better camera
B. is the first personal computer
C. has a CD-ROM slot
D. is great for watching movies
4.According to the passage, which of the following is True?
A. iPhone 4s'screen is the same size as iPhone 4.
B. iPhone 4s has a larger and slimmer case than iPhone 4.
C. iPhone 4s uses less time to transfer data than iPhone 4.
D. iPhone 4s with an improved camera is cheaper than iPhone 4.
Have you ever seen a horse with toes? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.
These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.
It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Forests became open field. The sun made the ground dry and hard. Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. At last their middle toes became hard.
1.Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its __________.
A. back feet B. front feet C. right feet D. left feet
2.The cats were __________ the horses at that time.
A. as big as B. smaller than C. bigger than D. as small as
3.When the weather changed, __________.
A. many trees grew well in cold weather
B. animals began to change too
C. cats were older than the horses
D. horses were the same as they are
Now, most people have watches. As we know, Switzerland（瑞士） is famous for its watches. ___ , the watch was not _ in this country. It was the British who did. Many years ago, an Englishman traveled to Italy and on his way he went a small town in Switzerland. This Englishman traveled in a carriage（马车） inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the __ kind of watch. A blacksmith’s（铁匠） assistant hoped to see the watch. He __ what it was. __ he asked the Englishman about it. “ It is a carriage watch,” said the Englishman. “ This machine can tell the ___ but now it isn’t working.”
At once the blacksmith’s assistant decided to try to __ it. So the traveler handed him the watch. He was very __. So it was not surprising that he was __ in showing it right. He even remembered how it was made. As soon as the traveler had gone, he made a watch of exactly the same kind.
So the watch-making was started in Switzerland. Today Swiss watches are sold all over the world.
1.A. So B. And C. However D. For
2.A. brought B. invented C. came D. appeared
3.A. on B. at C. in D. through
4.A. earliest B. latest C. nicest D. cheapest
5.A. knew B. wondered C. thought D. wrote
6.A. Because B. After C. So D. Since
7.A. time B. price C. address D. number
8.A. repair B. steal C. make D. buy
9.A. hardworking B. strong C. forgetful D. clever
10.A. difficult B. hard C. glad D. successful
--- Please don’t tell anyone about the secret.
---__________.
A. No, I don’t B. Ok, I won’t C. Yes, I am D. No, I’m not
The floor is so wet. Let’s _____________.
A. stop mopping it up B. stop to mop it up.
C. stop mopping up it D. stop to mop up it
