Who wants to carry a bulky bag to school? No children. Nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other, and paining, too. In India, most of people would look at the reduction(减少) of textbooks as a way out. But in a country like America, there are always more choices. A company called goReader has created a “school bag” which is the size of a laptop computer, weighing about 1.5 kg. The goReader has a color screen and can “hold” all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in The Asian Age newspaper.
The company plans to work closely with the publishers(出版商) of textbooks so that these books can be supplied on the Internet. All the students will have to do is to download their textbooks from the Internet. Taking notes and marking important parts of a lesson can be done just as lots of students have done on their textbooks before.
At present, the plan is being tested out in a university. Richard Katzmann, the owner of this company is having his creation tested at Chicago's DePaul University, where he studied. Does that mean it is goodbye to the new paper, and the smell of the black ink?
1.What does the underlined word “bulky” in the first line mean?
A. old and dirty
B. big and heavy
C. small and light
2.According to the passage, what would Indians do to solve the problem?
A. They would reduce the textbooks.
B. They would invent a new machine.
C. They would work with the publishers.
3.The writer may think that Americans have a ________ way to solve the problem.
A. worse B. better C. more impossible
4.The goReader may be a machine ________.
A. that is like newspaper
B. that can work as a teacher
C. that can be used as textbooks
5.When the new machine is used, it is possible that ________.
A. students might study at home
B. students might study by themselves
C. students might study without paper textbooks
Many Chinese people like American country music(乡村音乐 ),such as(例如) the songs of John Denver. But still some people don’t know when country music began.
Country music is from the folk music (民间音乐)of the Appalachian Mountains in the east of America. There, people sang while playing the violin and guitar. They sang about everyday life, love and their problems. So the songs were sometimes a little sad.
One of the most popular country music singers is John Denver, who is also quite famous to the Chinese. For Denver, music was a language that could bring the world together. He says music can bring people together. We will understand(理解) each other better through(通过) music. People are different in colour and they may speak different languages, but people are the same in mind and body(在心灵和精神方面). All of them love music and can understand music.
The world lost a great man when John Denver died in 1997. But his music and words will live on.
1.John Denver is a great singer.
A．English B．Japanese C．American D．Chinese
2.American country music is from the music of America.
A．pop B．jazz C．light D．folk
3.“Music was a language that could bring the world together” means (意思是)people .
A．can sing songs together
B．from all over the world sing the same songs
C．show their feeling(感觉)through music and so they understand each other better
D．know language and music
4.John Denver died in .
A．1997 B．1990 C．1996 D．1999
5.Which sentence is right?
A．Everyone knows when country music began.
B．Country music is from the jazz music.
C．John Denver is famous to Chinese people, too.
D．John Denver doesn’t think music can bring people together
It’s not easy to be a scientist’s son. Everybody expects you to be special or perfect.
Well, to be honest, I often dream about being some kind of hero or doing something special—like saving a child from a burning building or discovering a new star. I was daydreaming at school one morning when my teacher said there would be a Mother’s Day writing competition for the whole school “I hope we have a winner right here in my class.”
When I got home, I started to think about what to write. “My mother is a scientist.” N0, I wouldn’t start like that. That was the way others saw her. How did I see my mother? Hmm, I saw her sitting with me in the dark when I had a terrible dream. I remembered how she hugged me for hours when my dog Spotty was killed by a car. Yes, these were the things I was going to write. To me, she wasn’t just a world—famous scientist. She was my mom.
My parents and I went to school Thursday night. The third prize was announced(宣布) and it was not me. The second prize was announced. It was me!
I went up to the stage and read what I had written, “My mother’s son”. When I finished, the people stood up and cheered. Tears were running down my mother’s face. I saw my father blowing his nose. He cleared his throat and put his hand on my shoulder, “Son, this is the proudest moment of my life.’’
It was the proudest moment of my life, too. Maybe I’ll never be a great hero or win a Nobel Prize, but it was enough just to be my mother’s son.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂(A)，错的涂(B)。
1.Students were asked to write about their mothers at the writing competition.
2.The result was announced on Thursday night.
3.The writer wrote things on his mother’s work.
4.The son won the first prize at the competition.
5.The writer felt tired to be a scientist’s son.
口语运用: 根据对话，从方框中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全对话。
A: What’s the matter, lady?
B: 1. I can’t do any work, doctor.
A: Do you have a cough?
B: No, I don’t have a cough.
A: 2.
B: Yes, I sleep very well.
A: Do you have breakfast every morning?
B: No, I don’t have breakfast and I have only a little food for lunch and supper because I want to keep thin.
B: Oh, I see. 3. You need to eat more food and have three meals a day.
A: OK, doctor. 4.
B: 5.
A: Thanks.
完形填空: 从每小题三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
A young man was going to finish school. For a long time he had a to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the day of his graduation, he to his father’s room. His father told him how he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. The young man opened the box and found a Bible(圣经) with his name on it. , he raised his voice and said to his father, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then ________out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. Realizing that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a phone telling him that his father had died. He had to go home at once and care for the things his father left him.
he was searching through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, just as he left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag(标牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”.
Sadness and regret filled his heart.
1.A．job B．idea C．dream
2.A．afford B．spend C．cost
3.A．calls B．called C．was called
4.A．interesting B．proud C．disappointed
5.A．Happily B．Angrily C．Carefully
6.A．rushed B．looked C．walked
7.A．on B．for C．since
8.A．who B．that C．what
9.A．When B．While C．Before
10.A．date B．name C．place
– Do you know ________?
– Sorry, I don’t know.
A. where has he gone
B. when will he arrive home tomorrow
C. what Jim was doing at this time yesterday
