1 Bob is often late for school because he always gets up late. This makes his teacher mad. He needs to buy something to wake him up in the morning. 2. Tim likes listening to music when he is free. And he has to send e-mails to his customers(顾客）every day. He wants to buy something that can help him. 3 Summer has come. Tony is fat and he can’t sleep well on such hot days. This troubles him a lot. He’d like to buy something to make him feel cool. 4 Alice often washes her hair late at night. It is often wet when she goes to bed. She is going to buy something that can dry her hair in a short time. 5 Susan is a housewife. She has to do the washing for her family every day. She gets tired of it. She is in need of a product to do it for her.
| A . This electric product can make you cool during the hot days. It can help you change the temperature and control the humidity (湿度) of your room. You can do many things with this product, such as sending e-mails, playing games, getting on line and so on. You can also listen to the music with it when you want to relax. This electric product is useful to all of us. People often have one at home. It is often put up on the wall. If you want to know the time, just take a look at it. D. This can help you wash your dirty clothes and dry them. What you need to do is to return it on and later hang the clothes on the line. With this electric product, life will be a lot easier for you. E. Each family needs this product. You can use it to store meat, vegetables, fruits, drinks and medicine. It can keep them cool and fresh so that they will not go bad easily on hot days. F. It is a very helpful product which tells you the time. It can wake you up with a piece of music any time you want, but you have to set the time first. G. When you wash your hair, you need this product. It can make your wet hair dry in a minute. It can also be used for drying your wet clothes or some other wet things. |
Mrs. Smith has a bottle of medicine named 666 POWDER FOR COLD at home. Here is the instuction of it.
Description: For the relief (消除) of common cold, cough, headache,fever and sore throat. Directions: Take three times after meals. You must obey the following dose(剂量) each time: Under 6 years: ask for a doctor 6—11years : 1/2 spoon = 5g 12 years or above: 1 spoon = 10g Weight: 60g each bottle Production Date: Dec. 2011 Keeping Time : 3 years Warning:1.Put in a cool , dry and clean place. Keep away from sunlight and the reach of children. 2. Don’t overdose. In case of overdose, get medical help as soon as possible. 3. Don’t take if you have heart disease, high blood pressure or you are going to give a birth. 4. Stop taking and go to ask a doctor if you feel sleepy, tired and nervous in an hour after taking. 5. Don’t keep on using over one week. |
1.What kind of patients mustn’t take 666 POWDER FOR COLD ?
A. The patients who have got a fever.
B. The patients who have got a cough.
C. The patients who have got a sore throat.
D. The patients who have got a heart disease.
2.How many days can a bottle of 666 POWDER FOR COLD last for an adult patient at least?
A. One day B. Two days.
C. Three days D. Six days.
3.Mrs. Smith’s baby, John, six months old, has got a cold. What do you think she should do ?
A. She should feed him 1/2 spoon of 666 POWDER FOR COLD three times a day
B. She should feed him 1 spoon of 666 POWDER FOR COLD three times a day.
C. She should take him to see a doctor and get to know what’s wrong with her son.
D. She should feed him 1/2 spoon of 666 POWDER FOR COLD only once
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Patients can take the 666 POWDER FOR COLD in February , 2015.
B. If patients take more than one spoon at a time, they need to see a doctor.
C. If patients don’t feel well after taking, they need to see a doctor.
D. Patients can’t use 666 POWDER FOR COLD for more than seven days.
Laura Fagan is a British girl. She is 29 years old now. She has a special job. Her job is an offical cake-taster. She began to work two years ago. She loves her job very much. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually , Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home. Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat. She only worries about her teeth.
“ Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don't think my dentist would be happy if I told him what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible.” “When I tell people what I do, they say ‘ that’s the best job in the world’, and then they ask me what my favorite dessert is.”
Laura loves her job although it is hard. “ I can learn about new trends(趋势) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.
1.To be a cake-taste is to _________________.
A. sell different cakes B. make different cakes
C. taste different cakes D. buy different cakes
2.The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”
A. quickly B. luckily
C. lovely D. terribly
3. Which of the following is TRUE ?
A. Laura is very heavy because of her job.
B. Laura doesn’t love her job because it is hard.
C. Laura often works for a long time every day.
D. People all think Laura’s job is very tired.
It was the first day of school. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile.
She said, “ Hi, young man! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug(拥抱)?”
I said , “ Of course!”
“Why are you in college at an age?” I asked.
She joked, “ I’m here to meet a husband, get married, have children, and then travel around the world.”
“No, seriously,” I asked.
“ I always of having a college education. Now I’m getting one!” she told me .
After a year, Rose became popular. She easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the attention from .
At the end of the semester(学期) we invited Rose to at our party. I’ll never foget what she
taught .
“We do not stop playing becasuse we are old; we grow because we stop playing. Here are the of staying young. You have to laugh and find humour every_______. You’ve got to have a dream. When you your dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a big between growing old and growing up. Anybody can grow old. That doesn’t take any talent or ability,” she added. “But to , you have to find the chance in change. Have no regrets(遗憾). We usually don’t have regrets for what we did, rather for things we did not do.”
Finally we graduated from the college with Rose. One week graduation(毕业), she died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
1.A. slowly B. happily C. heavily D. badly
2.A. so B. this C. such D. that
3.A. rich B. bad C. poor D. short
4.A. hoped B. wished C. wanted D. dreamed
5.A. another B. the other C. the others D. others
6.A. say B. speak C. talk D. discuss
7.A. us B. her C. him D. them
8.A. young B. old C. tall D. thin
9.A. stories B. secrets C. seasons D. surveys
10.A. week B. month C. year D. day
11.A. lose B. have C. keep D. like
12.A. chance B. change C. difference D. problem
13.A. stand up B. grow up C. grow old D. keep healthy
14.A. because B. so C. though D. but
15.A. in B. after C. during D. before
—Would you mind turning down the music?
— _____________.
A. Not at all. B. Never mind
C. Yes, I will. D. No, I don’t mind.
— Your aunt often walks the dog in the morning.
— Yeah, ___________ bad weather stops her.
A. when B. unless
C because D. since
