The sun is huge, hot and bright. It is important because nothing can live without it. The sun gives us light and heat(热量).
All living things need light and heat from the sun to live. Plants need light and heat to grow. They use the light from the sun to make food. We can not make our own food, but plants can. All the food we eat comes from plants in a food chain(链) and it starts with the sun. For example, animals need sun-light, too. Just like us, their food comes from a food chain. The food chain begins with the sun and the plants.
Sunlight means we can see during the day. If there was no sun, it would be dark all the time. Even when the sky is cloudy, the sunlight is very strong and it shines(照耀) through the clouds.
1.What are the two main things the sun gives us?
A. Light and heat B. Heat and eggs
C. Corn and light D. Wheat and bread
2.Why can we still see during the day when it is cloudy?
A. Because we can see all day and all night.
B. Because the sun can’t give us light all day long.
C. Because the sun light can shine through the clouds.
D. Because we can’t see at night.
3.All the food we eat comes from ________. And it starts with the ________.
A. plants; earth B. a food chain; sun
C. food; sun D. plants; star
4._______ can live without the sun.
A. Men B. Potatoes C. Wheat D. Nothing
5.What does the passage mainly(主要地) talk about?
A. Plants. B. A Food chain.
C. Living Things. D. The Sun.
Long, long ago, there was a man. He lived in a village. One day, he went to a market and did some shopping. He suddenly found two boxes. Both the two boxes were very beautiful and the man loved them. So he bought the two boxes and took them home.
He looked at the boxes. He didn’t know how to use the boxes. He thought it over and decided to do something special. He decided to put all of his happiness in the yellow box and all of his sadness in the black box. He thought that it was funny to do that.
A few days later, the yellow box was very heavy, but the black box was still light.
He didn’t know why. He decided to open the two boxes and found out the truth. He opened the yellow box and found nothing. Then he opened the black box and saw a hole (洞)at the bottom(底).
1.Where did the man buy the two boxes?
A. In a market. B. In a small store.
C. In a big store. D. In a bookshop.
2.He put his happiness into________.
A. the red box B. the yellow box
C. the black box D. the white box
3.A few days later, the black box was_______.
A. big B. heavy C. light D. small
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The man lived in a big city.
B. The man didn’t find the truth.
C. The man threw the boxes away.
D. There was a hole in the bottom of the black box.
5.What’s the best title（题目）of the passage?
A. The Yellow Box. B. A Good Market.
C. A Silly Man. D. Two Boxes.
A college teacher invited two businessmen(商人) to dinner at his home. One of the two men never went to schoo1 and was worried that he couldn't answer other men's questions correctly. But his friend said, “Don't worry, Tom，just do what I do, and don't talk about anything if you don't understand it.”
Everything went on quite well, but by the end of the evening, Tom had had a lot of drink, and began to get careless.
One of the guests asked him if he liked Mark Twain, and Tom answered, "It's pleasant, but I like Scotch(苏格兰威士忌酒) better." All the guests in the room kept quiet for a moment, and soon they began to leave.
When the two men were out of the house, the friend said to Tom, "You certainly made yourself a fool because you told Scotch foolishly（愚蠢地）."
"What do you mean?" asked the other man."What was wrong with it?"
"We all know that Mark Twain isn't a kind of drink, "his friend answered, "It's a kind of music."
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用“A”表示，不正确的用“B”表示。
1.Two businessmen were invited to dinner at a college teacher’s home.
2.Tom was afraid to answer questions because he never went to school.
3.Tom didn’t drink because he was worried all the time.
4.Tom thought that Mark Twain was a kind of drink.
5.The other business man was more knowledgeable(博学的) than Tom.
_______ foreigners visited our city last weekend.
A. Hundreds of B. Hundred of
C. Nine hundreds of D. Nine hundred of
— Bob! Don’t play basketball in the classroom.
— Sorry, I________.
A. won’t B. will C. don’t D. do
—Can you go to the concert with me this afternoon?
—Yes, _________.
A. I’d like B. I’d love
C. I’d love to D. I would like
