Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds. The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.
Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores (胚芽). Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and shady places, they usually grow into new plants.
1.The main idea of the first paragraph is that ______.
A. plants are important for life
B. plants cannot grow without air
C. there are many plants in the world
D. we can not live without water
2.What can we infer(推断) from the passage ?
A. Spores are seeds
B. Without plants, man will die out
C. All fruits of flowering plants have seeds
D. Of all living things animals are most important
3.This passage may be taken from______.
A. a medicine book B. a novel
C. a science magazine D. an experiment report
I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise. At the end I said, “Son, remember: Be slow and steady, and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must wish that already,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare didn’t happen to fall asleep, the tortoise would never win the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never win the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
1.The writer argued with his son because ______________.
A. he liked tortoises while his son liked hares
B. they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish
C. he tried to teach his son a lesson but the son had totally different opinion
D. he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.
2.Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.
A. won the race by his own hard working
B. took a risk by agreeing to run a race
C. was not given a fair chance in the race
D. in fact did win the race luckily
3.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.
A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father
B. boys who Sonny has run races with before
C. boys who Sonny has never raced with before
D. boys who Sonny did not hope to race with again
4.According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson? ______________.
A. The tortoise B. Sonny
C. The hare D. Sonny’s father
Dear Kate,
It is very exciting that you are coming to our school so soon. you arrive, let me introduce to you what our school life is like.
Our school is a good where we can prepare ourselves well for the future. We have many wonderful teachers who are always ready to help. Though we pay a lot of attention to how we do in lessons, getting high scores is not the only reason to study. The encourage us to try out new ideas and ask questions in class. With their help we have developed all kinds of in both Arts and Science. Students can choose to any school clubs they are interested in. We can choose the subjects that we want to study. Last term I chose American Literature, because I wanted to learn famous American writers. This term I chose to attend classes because my father bought me a piano as a birthday present.
By the way, I was elected monitor of my class. Sometimes it can be to be a monitor, because I have to do a lot of work and attend many meetings. However, being a monitor has taught me a lot, such as for others and taking responsibilities and so on. When my class was given the title of “Model Class”, I was than ever before. So being a monitor an important part in my school life. I’m very pleased with my work.
I love my school and that you will have a pleasant experience here too. I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
Yours
Li Ping
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2.A. room B. space C. place D. house
3.A. need B. askC. wantD. offer
4.A. deep B. well C. fast D. hard
5.A. teachersB. parentsC. classmatesD. friends
6.A. activities B. characters C. personalities D. interests
7.A. joinB. trainC. designD. visit
8.A. also B. just C. yet D. only
9.A. with B. about C. for D. among
10.A. art B. music C. cooking D. dance
11.A. excitingB. tiringC. interestingD. surprising
12.A. cooking B. copying C. caring D. checking
13.A. luckier B. kinder C. stronger D. prouder
14.A. plays B. takes C. makes D. acts
15.A. wonder B. know C. hope D. feel
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A. I would.
B. I’m afraid it’s too windy.
C. Yes, please go ahead.
D. Sure. I’m going to close it soon.
I could hardly understand ______ in class, so I raised my hand to ask.
A. what my teacher said B. what did my teacher say
C. what has my teacher say D. what my teacher has said
______ exciting news it is! Our government is doing something to stop the haze (雾).
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