Do you want to know how and why a fall leaf changes color? We first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.
Leaves are the world’s food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots and take CO2 from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and CO2 into glucose(葡萄糖), a kind of sugar. Plants use it as food for energy and growing.
A chemical called “chlorophyll” in the leaves gives plants their green colour. As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter, and trees “know” to begin getting ready for winter.
During winter, there is not enough sunlight or water. Trees rest during this time and live on the food they store during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. As the green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves, we begin to see yellow and orange leaves.
The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in autumn. In some trees, like maples, sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn the glucose in the leaves into a red colour. And we can enjoy the beautiful red leaves during autumn.
1.Which should be in the box? sunlight+ 
+CO2 
glucose
A. air B. sugar C. water D. wind
2.The underlined word “chlorophyll” means __________.
A.叶绿素 B. 脂肪 C.蛋白质 D.淀粉
3.The leaves turn yellow because they are short of(缺少) __________.
A. water and CO2
B. glucose and energy
C. sunlight and water
D. sunlight and CO2
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. When autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter.
B. During winter trees live on the food they store in summer.
C. During winter some of yellow and orange colors are still in the leaves.
D. Trees begin to stop making food in summer.
5.This passage tells us_____________.
A. the plants can grow well only with the sunlight
B. there are all kinds of plants on the earth
C. not all the colors of the leaves are from chlorophyll
D. maple leaves change the color as other trees
Gabriel Garcia Marquez , who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, passed away at the age of 86 on April 17, 2014. The world paused (停顿) to remember the cultural giant.
Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia, but he spent most of his adult life in Mexico City. As one of the most famous writers, he was widely regarded as “a giant of 20th- century literature.” Garcia Marquez wrote in a style called “ magical realism(魔幻现实主义).” In such works, people live a daily life in a certain period of time in history. But meanwhile , magical things happen to them.
Garcia Marquez is best known for his 1967 novel, One hundred years of Solitude （《百年孤独》）, which has sold about 50 million copies. It tells the tale of the small and isolated town of Macondo which was separated from the outside world- of its founding and its troubled history over a hundred years. The story is a metaphor(暗喻)for the development of Colombia since the 19 century. As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santons said, Garcia Marquez wrote about “the essence(本质) of the Latin American beings.”
1.Garcia Marquez was born in _________.
A. 1914 B.1928 C.1967 D.1982
2. We can know from paragraph 2 that Garcia Marquez __________.
A. was born in Mexico City.
B. spent most of his adult life in Colombia.
C. had a writing style called “magical realism.”
D. was famous but lived a simple daily life.
3.The underlined word “ isolated “ means _________.
A.隔绝的 B. 安逸的 C. 喧嚣的 D.繁华的
4.Which of the following is NOT true about Garcia Marquez？
A. He was the writer of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
B. His novel One Hundred years of Solitude was a great success.
C. He was widely known as “ a giant of 20th- century literature.”
D. Magical things happened to him during his stay in Mexico City.
5.The writer quotes （引用）from the President to __________.
A. Praise Garcia Marquez for his achievement.
B. show the deep sadness of the President.
C. explain the writing style of Garcia Marquez.
D. describe the character of Garcia Marquez.
Famous Museums
Name | The Palace Museum | British Museum | New York Museum |
Country | China | The UK | The USA |
Address | Chang’an Street | New Oxford Street, London | Chestnut Street, New York |
Feature | The largest ancient palace buildings with many kinds of collections in China | One of the largest museums with collections of any time and any area in the world | America’s largest museum on American history |
Ticket | ￥60 ( Spring＆ Summer) ￥40 (Autumn ＆Winter) | Free | Monday free |
1.As one of the largest museums in the world, British museum is in _______ .
A. Beijing B. London
C. New York D. The USA
2.According to the form, if you want to see ancient Chinese collections, you can visit ____ at most.
A. one museum
B. two museums
C. three museums
D. fore museums
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?
A. Each ticket for the Palace Museum costs the same in the whole year.
B. You don’t have to pay for tickets if you visit New York Museum on Monday.
C. British Museum lies in Chestnut Street, London.
D. New York Museum is the largest in the world.
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Long long ago, there was a river. The river was very _______. He had spent long time being alone and refusing to share his water with any fish, plant or animal. His life was full of loneliness and sadness.
One day, a little girl came to the river. She was going to move to _____ country and decided to put her favorite little fish into the river. This little fish, named Scamp, was a happy fish.__ __ he fell into the river, he felt the river’s loneliness. Scamp tried to talk to the river and wanted to make the river _______. But the river told Scamp to go away. Scamp didn’t _______. He kept asking and _______ in the river, and ______ he started jumping in and out of the water. ___ __ time went by, the river became happy and they became good ___ __. But one day, this little fish was caught by a little boy.
The river spent that night thinking about how much________ it was to have a friend, and how much he had missed by not ___ __ him. Before, he was so __ ____. From then on, the river became friendly to others and made friends with the plants and fish in the river.
1.A. kind B. unfriendly C. outgoing D. strange
2.A. other B. another C. else D. the other
3.A. Until B. If C. Because D. When
4.A. brave B. weak C. happy D. sad
5.A. grow up B. give up C. get up D. come up
6.A. standing B. swimming C. praising D. fighting
7.A. finally B. slowly C. hardly D. luckily
8.A. While B. Since C. Whenever D. As
9.A. classmates B. brothers C. parents D. friends
10.A. fun B. time C. money D. stress
11.A. having B. attacking C. reporting D. eating
12.A. tired B. untidy C. stupid D. valuable
—Do you know _______________ at the cinema this month?
—I’m not sure, but I’ll tell you as soon as it shows.
A How often will Transformers4 be shown
B. whether Transformers4 will show
C. How Transformers4 will be shown
D. When will Transformers4 show
—Aren’t you getting bored with watching the chat show all day?
—____________. I like Zhou Libo, he has a good sense of humour.
A. No, I am
B. Yes, I am
C. No, I’m not
D. Yes, I’m not.
