Would you be surprised to learn that your eyes are like an eagle’s eyes in some ways? You and an eagle can see colors. And an eagle’s eyes and yours are about the same size. But therre are a lot more of a special type of cell in an eagle’s eyes than in your eyes. These cells send information to the eagle’s brain. Getting a lot of information helps an eagle see much better than you. In fact, eagle can spot a fish in the sea from a mile away.
You and an eagle have eyes that make tears. Your eyes make watery tears that clean your eyes. An eagle’s eyes for watery tears and oily tears. Eagles dive into the sea to catch fish. The oily tears guard their eyes from the saltwater.
Like y
ou, eagles have eyelids. You have two eyelids, and you close your eyes by lowering the top lid. When eagles close their eyes, their bottom lids raise up. Eagles have a third eyelid that moves across the eye every few seconds. It wipes dust away from the eye. An eagle can see through this third eyelid. The eyelid guards the bird’s eyes when it swoops at 100 miles an hour after its prey(捕食).
1.How are your eyes like an eagle’s eyes?
A. You both have three eyelids. B. You bothe see colors.
C. Your eyes have the same number of special cells as an eagle’s eyes.
2.Your eyes help you learn about the world. An eagle’s eyes help it_______.
A. catch its prey B. fly fast
C. blink its eyelids D. send information
3.Unlike your eyes, an eagle’s eyes __________.
A. have cells B. can see colors
C. have an extra eyelid D. form tears
4.How is the way an eagle blinks(眨眼) different from the way you blink?
A. An eagle moves both its top and bottom eyelids.
B. An eagle moves its bottom eyelid.
C. An eagle moves its top eyelid.
D. An eagle uses three eyelids to blink.
5.The word “swoop” is closed in meaning to _________.
A. 俯冲 B. 飞翔 C. 展翅 D. 冒险
Kara likes getting e-mail from Fumi. Kara is a third-grader in Arizona(亚利桑那), and Fumi is in third grade in Japan.They are e-pals who send e-mails every week. Fumi sent Kars photos and descriptions of her home.
The first room in Fumi’s house is a small entryway. People who enter the home remove their shoes. They put on different shoes with soft soles. That seemed odd ot Kara. She wears her street shoes in the house.
Kara likes the photo of Fumi and her family eating. They gather around a table, just like Kara and her family, Kara’s family sits on chairs, but Fumi’s family sits on cushions on a strau mat on the floor. The table is low to the ground. What seems to be a wall behind Fumi’s family is actually a door without knobs. Fumi explained that the door slides open. It is made from strong paper glued to thin strips of wood. “I could never play ball in that house!” thought Kara.
1. Why did the author write the passage?
A. to explain how to have an e-pal
B. to tell the history of e-mail
C. to compare homes in Japan and in Ameria
D. to show that homes in Arizona are better than homes in Japan
2.What does Fumi usually do before getting into the house?
A. Take off the shoes.
B. Put on her street shoes
C. Wear her different shoes with high heels.
D. Have slippers on.
3.How is Fumi different from Kara?
A. Fumi lives in the United States.
B. Fumi’s famil
y sits on the floor to eat.
C. Fumi’s family eats around a table.
D. Fumi is in the third grade.
4.What is the same about Fumi’s and Kara’s homes?
A. Families sit around a table to eat.
B. People wear soft-soled shoes inside.
C. The floors are covered with straw mats.
D. They are in the same country.
5.Kara and Fumi both__________.
A. take their shoes on when they get home.
B. live in houses with doors made from paper
C. learn about a new place from their e-pal
D. sit on chairs during dinner
My crippled（瘸腿的）grandmother was dancing. I stood in the living room doorway, looking at her beautiful movements, completely . Do you know she'd had her accident. I had read that in an old newspaper article．
‘‘So．．．Your leg? I mean, did your leg heal(治愈)?"
“To tell you the truth my legs have been well all my life,” she said．
“But I don't understand!” I said, “Your dancing career．．．You all these years?”
‘‘Very much so, and for a very good .”
She thought for a while and then continued. “Your grandfather and I were talking about engagement（订婚） he had to go to war. I was so afraid of losing him that the only way I could stay normal was to dance. I put all my heart practicing and I became very good. The public loved me, but all I could feel worried about not knowing whether the love of my life would return. One day a letter came, There w
ere only three sentences: “I have lost my leg. I am no longer a man and now give you back your freedom. It is best you forget about me.”
“I made my decision there and then. I traveled away from the city. When I returned I had bought a stick. I told everyone I had been in a car crash and that my leg would never completely heal agai
n. No one doubted the story l had learned to limp（一瘸一拐地走）. And I made sure the first person to hear of my accident was a I knew well. Then I went to the hospital. The nurses pushed your grandfather outside in his ．I took a deep breath, leaned on my stick and limped to him.”
I showed him newspaper articles of my accident. “There is a whole life waiting for us out there! But I am not going to you. You are going to walk yourself.”
I limped a few steps toward him and showed him what I'd taken out of my pocket. “Now show me you are a man.” I said．He bent to take his stick from the ground and struggled(挣扎) out of that wheelchair．He managed it on his own and walked to me and never sat in a wheelchair in his life.”
“What did you show him?” I had to know. Grandma looked at me and smiled. “Two engagement rings, of course. I had bought them the day he left for the war and I was not going to waste them on any other man.”
1.A. dropped B. defeated C. shockedD. pleased
2.A. HowB. WhatC. WhyD. Who
3.A. predicted B. pretendedC. prepairedD. preferred
4.A. reasonB. excuseC. effectD. result
5.A. whereB. whileC. whenD. since
6.A. withB. intoC. forD. from
7.A. justB. almostC. everD. even
8.A. sadB. halfC. richD. whole
9.A. myselfB. himselfC. ourselvesD. youself
10.A. doctorB. reporterC. visitorD.leader
11.A. wayB. sunglassC. carD.wheelchair
12.A. takeB. fetchC. carryD. bring
13.A. hardlyB. stillC. alsoD. never
14.A. again B. aboutC. aboveD. along
15.A.though B. unlessC. untilD. after
–I lost the watch that my uncle gave me as the birthday gift.
–Oh, _________.
A. that’s right B. really C. no worry D. sorry to hear that.
You don’t need to take a taxi. The supermarket is only ______ from here.
A. five minutes walk B. five minute’ s walk
C. five minutes’ walk D. five minute walk
My friend ______ from the UK. She studied at Oxford for four years, during which we communicated with each other on the Internet.
A. stepped B. has returned C. wen
tD. has learned
