There once lived in China a very foolish king and queen. One day the queen had a baby daughter. When they saw their baby, they both cried out, “My goodness! How small it is! It’s hairless and toothless! It’s a monster!” They sent for all the doctors in the country and ordered them to prepare some medicine for her.
“When she drinks your medicine, she must grow to the right size and have hair and teeth,” the king said, “If you don’t do this, you’ll have a beating.”
The doctors thought it impossible, but they dared not say anything against the king’s order. Just then and old doctor stepped forward. “Oh, we shall certainly obey your order,” he said, “but it takes time. We have to dig a mineral from the KunLun Mountains when the snow melts for the second time. The snow melts on those mountains only once in six years. So we need twelve years.”
At last the king agreed and the doctors took away the little princess. On her twelfth birthday, they brought her back to her parents with long black hair and beautiful teeth. The king and queen were very happy and gave the doctors expensive presents.
1.Which of the following words makes the sentence untrue? The baby was ______.
A. Toothless B. hairless C. unusual D. small
2.The doctors would be beaten if ______.
A. the baby daughter didn’t drink their medicine
B. they refused to obey the king’s order
C. the baby daughter grew to the right size
D. the baby daughter became a monster
3.The old doctor wanted to keep the king’s daughter for twelve years because ______.
A. they needed a lot of different plants
B. they need a lot of different minerals
C. this would give the baby time to grow up
D. they had to dig a mineral the snow melted for the second time
4.The doctors thought it impossible ______.
A. for them to change the king’s order
B. for them the prepare the medicine in twelve years
C. for the small baby to drink the medicine
D. for them to make the baby have teeth and hair or grow teeth at once
5. ______ the king wouldn’t have given them expensive presents.
A. Had the doctors not brought back a beautiful girl
B. If the doctors hadn’t found the minerals
C. Had the doctors not been able to prepare the magic medicine
D. If the daughter were still a monster twelve years later
Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters (猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over (散开), its enemies (敌人)cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.
1.From the passage we learn that locusts________.
A. are small animals
B. are easily found by birds
C. are dangerous to their enemies
D. change their colors to protect themselves
2.How can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger?
A. They run away quickly.
B. They have the colors much like their enemies.
C. They hide themselves by day and appear at night.
D. They have to move quietly.
3.Bears and lions can keep safe because _________.
A. they have the colors much like the trees
B. they move quietly
C. they like brown and gray colors
D. they live in forests
4.Why can the kind of fish live up to now?
A. Because it is very and strong.
B. Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.
C. Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.
D. Because it swims faster than any other fish.
5.Which is the best title for this passage?
A. The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests
B. Colors of Different Animals and Pests
C. The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests
D. Some Animals and Pests
根据短文内容，判断正（T）误(F)
Do you remember your dreams? Do people have the same dreams? Why do we dream? There are many questions about dreams. We dream during the REM (rapid (快的) eye movement) stage (阶段) of sleep. We have about five periods of REM sleep during the night. The first REM cycle (周期) lasts about 10 minutes. As the night goes on, the REM cycle gets longer. By early morning, the REM cycle can last up to 90 minutes. Usually, it is in this last REM cycle that we remember our dreams.
Dreams change as people age. People may have several dreams each night. Some are like films and usually in color. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something and trying to find the answer. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dreams clearly.
It is reported that too much dreaming is bad for our health. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired when we wake up.
1.We dream during the REM stage of sleep.
2.Children aged eight or nine have the same dreams as people aged thirty.
3.All the dreams are usually in color like films.
4.The longer we dream, the better we sleep.
5.The passage above is talking about dreaming.
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Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe their family members. especially their___, don’t know them ___their friends. In big families, it is quite often for brothers and sisters ___with eache other and then they can only go to their friends for _____
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend ___time talking among themselves ___the phon. This conversation is very important in children’s growing up. ____friends can discuss -___to say to their family members.
______, parents often try ____their children’s friends for them. Some parents don’t agree they meet their good friends. The question of “choice” is an interesting one .Have you ever thought of the following question?
Who chooses your friends?
Do you choose your friends or do your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Your answers are welcome.
1.A. brother B. sister C. parents D. uncles
2.A. as well B. as well as C. as good as D. as better as
3.A. to fight B. fighting C. fight D. fights
4.A. advices B. many advices C. an advice D. some advice
5.A. too many B. too much C. enough D. a lot of
6.A. in B. with C. on D. for
7.A. Although B. Though C. Because D. So
8.A. nothing difficult B. something difficultC. important something D. interesting everything
9.A. Also B. However C. Then D. And
10.A. to choose B. chosen C. choosing D. will choose.
_____, I practice speaking English in the park. The air there is very fresh.
A.Sometime B.Some times
C.At times D.Some time
The winter holiday will begin soon. John _____ to stay with us.
A.will be coming B.comes
C.came D.is coming
