Black is the color of power. It has the meaning of submission（服从）. It is popular in fashion because it makes people look thinner.
White is the color for brides（新娘）. White is considered a summer color. White is popular in fashion because it is light and goes with everything.
Red is a hot and strong color. It can make the heart beat faster. It is also the color of love. Red clothes can make people look heavier. And red things get noticed more than things that are another color.
The color of the sky and the ocean, blue, is one of the most popular colors. It is often used in bedrooms. Blue can also be cold and make people feel sad.
Green means nature. It is the most comfortable color on the eyes and can improve vision（视力）. It is a calming color. Hospitals often use green because it can make patients relax.
Yellow is the most difficult color for the eyes to take in. Yellow is the color of sunshine. It is a warm color like red. On the one hand, it is the color of happiness and joy. On the other hand, it means fear and dishonest behavior.
1.Black is a color often used in fashion because it can make people look ___.
A.powerful B.relaxed C. thinner D. heavier
2.Red is the color of ____ according to the passage.
A. fear B. love C. joy D. sadness
3.The best color to make an excited person calm down is ________.
A. white B. blue C. green D. yellow
4.In the sentence “He is too yellow to stand up and fight”, “yellow”most probably means “____”.
A. sad B. happy C. brave D. afraid
Many people like cooking but never have much time for it. Helen Fry's new book Quick Cooking has been specially written for busy people. It has over 1,000 ways to cook dishes. The book is well written and the photographs and the drawings are clear. The book has a strong plastic cover. It is easy to find your way around it, too. And busy people, notice this! Mrs. Fry tells you how much time you need in order to get each dish ready.
Quick Cooking has four parts, one for each season. This helps you to use fresh fruit and vegetables when they are cheaper and, of course, better. There are a lot of exciting ideas from foreign countries, and most of the ways are not complicated(复杂的). You take something simple like a chicken or some cheese, and make an unusual dish out of it. For example, there are no fewer than 40 ways for cooking eggs! The beginner will have to find out a lot of things for him to try many of the ways as soon as he reads them. For people with little spare time, Helen Fry's Quick Cooking is of excellent value.
1.The writer writes this short passage in order to _________.
A. make you like cooking
B.let you know the book Quick Cooking
C. help you to cook eggs
D. teach you cooking
2. Helen Fry's book is called Quick Cooking because _________.
A. none of the dishes are complicated
B. there are over l000 ways to cook dishes in it
C. it is written for people who don't have much time
D. it tells you how to cook all kinds of food quickly
3.Busy people should pay more attention to the point that________.
A. it is easy to find your way around the book
B. how long each dish takes to cook
C. there are photographs and drawings in this book
D. the book has a strong cover
4."It is easy to find your way around it too." means _________.
A. it is easy to find things around the book
B. it is easy to find things in the supermarket to prepare the food in the book
C. it is easy to find the ways you want to cook dishes in the book
D. it is easy to find the cover of the book
It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning 30. I was afraid that my best years were now behind me. So I asked my neighbor Nicholas, a 79-year-old man:“What was the best time of your life?”
Without hesitation（犹豫）, Nicholas said,“Well, Joe, this is my philosophical（哲学的） answer to your philosophical question:
“When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me by my parents, that was the best time of my life.
“When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life.
“When I got my first job and had responsibilities（责任） and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life.
“When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life.
“When World War II came, my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship to North America, that was the best time of my life.
“When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life.
“When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life.
“And now, Joe, I am 79 years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life.”
1.How old was the writer?
A．15 years old. B．30 years old.
C．79 years old. D．45 years old.
2.Where was the old man brought up when he was a kid?
A．In Austria. B．In Canada.
C．In Australia. D．In North America.
3.From the passage, we can learn that ________.
A．the writer didn’t know how to spend his time
B．the writer was worried about becoming old and sick
C．the old man was not in good condition
D．the old man had a very happy family
4.What does the writer want to tell us?
A．It’s never too old to learn.
B．Confidence is a key to success.
C．Be thankful for what you have today.
D．Time and tide wait for no man.
If you are lazy and weak, you will never taste success. But if you are , success and happiness will be more likely to come to you.
I love eating persimmons（柿子）. But you can’t get them until autumn. If you try them before the right time, they probably bad.
In Grade Six, because of my poor grades, my parents were that I wouldn’t be able to get into an excellent middle school. They me to study harder, but I didn’t really understand why they were so anxious.
Summer came. The hot weather made me sleepy and I couldn’t my textbooks. But every time I wanted to stop , Mom would shout, “Hey! Think about your . If you don’t work hard, you’ll regret it!” I had to sit back down again and return to my textbooks. But all I was playing with my friends and eating persimmons.
My mom would say to me, with a serious look on face, “If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow in summer, it can’t bear（结出） fruit in autumn! Only by hard work you get good results.”
I didn’t understand it at that time, I gradually came to see the truth of her words. A few months later, I succeeded in getting into the key middle school. It was . Walking in my new school, I could see quite a few persimmon trees. The fruit was so red that it looked as if it was on fire. Suddenly, I that working hard may be bitter but its fruit is sweet.
My mom was right. If a persimmon tree doesn’t grow summer, it can’t bear fruit in autumn. I smiled. I had grown through the summer now it was autumn.
I tasted my success and enjoyed the fruit of my labor!
1.A. busy B．clever C．hard-working D. free
2.A．look B．taste C．turn D. smell
3.A．embarrassed B．worried C．excited D．scared
4.A．afforded B．allowed C．pushed D．made
5.A．concentrate on B．depend on C．decide on D．look on
6.A．thinking B．talking C．playing D．studying
7.A．future B．hobby C．health D．work
8.A．talked about B．heard about C．worried about D．thought about
9.A．her B．your C．my D．his
10.A．should B．can C．need D．must
11.A．But B．Because C．Although D．So
12.A．spring B．summer C．autumn D．winter
13.A．realized B．saw C．noticed D．reminded
14.A．before B．during C．after D．until
15.A．and B．but C．or D．then
---Have you found the information about the famous people ____you can use for the report?
---Not yet. I’ll search some on the Internet.
A.who B.what C.whom D.which
Bob always asks his mother _______ at 6:30 a.m.
A．to wake him up B．wake him up
C．to wake up him D．wake up him
