People usually talk about two groups of colours: warm colours and cool colours. Scientists think that there are also two groups of people: people who prefer warm colours and people who prefer cool colours.
The warm colours are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colours and a lot of light, people usually want to be active(活跃的). People think that red example is exciting sociable（善交际的）people, those who like to be with others like red. The cool colours are green, blue and purple. These colours, unlike warm colours, are relaxing. Where there are cool colours, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue.
Red may be exciting but one scientist says that time seems to pass more slow in a room with warm colours than in a room with cool colours. He suggested that a warm colour such as red or orange is a good colour for a living room or a restaurant.
People who are relaxing（休闲）or eating don't want time to pass quickly. Cool colours are better for offices of factories as the people who work there want time to pass quickly. Scientists don't know why people think some colours are warm and other colours are cool.
However, almost everyone agrees that warm colours remind（使想起）people of warm days and cool colours remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is low during winter, the sunlight appears quite blue. Because the sun is higher during summer, the hot summer sunlight appears yellow. Jacksunshine998@sina com
1.When people talk about two groups of people, they mean those that_________.
A. like warm colours and like cool colours
B. are yellow, red and yellow
C. are warm colours and cool colours
D. are green, blue and purple
2.The people who like warm colours _______.
A. are very hard to get on with others
B. are very easy to get on with others
C. like to stay at home by themselves
D. don't like to be with others
3.Which is the best title? _______.
A. Two groups of colours B. Cool colours
C. Warm colours D. Colours and people
Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in years. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours. After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and all was quiet.The strong wind started blowing into my room. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall.
When I came back into the house, it was raining harder and harder. I tried very hard to close the window. Then I heard a loud crashing（碰撞的）sound from the back of the house. I ran
out of my room to find out what it was--- a big tree had fallen down and broke the top of the back room.
1.The storm happened________.
A. in the morning
B. in the afternoon
C. while I was in the back room
D. while I was in the garden
2. The wind blew some of the paper ________.
A. all over the floor B. out of the door
C. into the back room D. out of the open window
3.The top of the back room was broken because of _______.
A. the hot air B. the crashing sound
C. the rain D.the falling tree
The following are the comments（评论） on the book The Flying Hat.
1.What does the underlined word "sidesplitting" mean?
A. simple B. funny
C. serious. D. difficult
2.Who is the writer of The Flying Hat?
A. Willy King. B. Marian Miller.
C. Shannon Blackman. D. We don't know.
3.Ms Lilly here may be _______.
A. a famous writer
B. a famous movie
C. another book of the same writer
D. a book of another writer
4.From The Sunday Reader of New York, we know that _______.
A. many people like to read The Flying Hat
B. many people will love the new movie
C. all the copies are sold out
D. we will laugh when we read the story
完形填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
You may not think that having a good family is a problem. But for me, it was. I had to ______ the problem of being the youngest.
We live in a small town of Pennsylvania, US. There are three of us girls: Amanda, Theresa and me, the youngest. People would say things to me like "Your sisters are so pretty! You're really ______ like them." That made me sad.
At school, all of my teachers had taught my sisters. On the first day of school, they would always say, "Oh, the youngest of the three! ______you're just like your sisters. They are such wonderful students," People always compared（比较）me with my sisters, ______ I would compare myself with them, too. I began to work hard to be______ 1ike them. What my sisters did, I did, too. And I did even more. ______ ,I became drum major（指挥）of our school's band（乐队）. Both Amanda and Theresa had been drum majors. I became editor of the school's newspaper; Theresa had been the editor two years before.
But last year, Amanda and Theresa left ______. Now I'm by myself at junior high. Everyone ______ me, because I'm the drum major and the newspaper's editor. Now I don't feel like a Smith girl any more -I feel like myself. I'm ______ of doing all of the same great things that my sisters did. And the ______ thing I did was learn to stop comparing myself with them.
1.A. cover B. face C. solve D. check
2.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
3.A. think B. wish C. hope D. agree
4.A. so B. but C. as D. because
5.A. ever B. very C. more D. most
6.A. At once B. At last C. At all D. At least
7.A. school B. home C. the band D. the newspaper
8.A. supports B. protects C. encourages D. knows
9.A. tired B. proud C. careful D. afraid
10.A. first B. last C. best D. Worst
— It’s too hot. Would you mind my________ the window?
— ________, please do it now.
A. to open, OK B. opening, Certainly not
C. opening, of course D. to open , Good idea
— May l watch some TV now?
— Yes. _______and you can watch any programme you like.
A. Turn on it B. Turn it on
C. Turn off it D. Turn it off
