Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a bench(长凳) in the park. The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day, the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man,“Excuse me. I want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.”“Sir,”said the poor man,“I am a failure. I have no money , no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.”The rich man said ,“ Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you a whole month.”
A few days after, the rich man went into the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel back to his bench. When the rich man asked why, he said,“You see, when I’m sleeping on my bench, I dreamed I am there, in the big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was there I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”
1.The poor man lived in ____ before he met the rich man.
A．the hotel B．his home
C．the park D．the car
2.Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and____.
A．waited for the rich man
B．looked at the rich man’s hotel
C．looked at the rich man’s car
D．enjoyed the clean car
3.Every night the poor man dreamed of ______.
A．sleeping in a hotel
B．becoming rich
C．owning that hotel
D．being the rich man’s friend
4.The poor man moved out of the hotel because____.
A．he didn’t want to live in such a fine room
B．he didn’t like the rich man
C．he couldn’t pay for the room
D．he couldn’t get any sleep at all there
5.In the end, the poor man found it _________to sleep in the hotel.
A．sorry B．nice
C．wonderful D．terrible
Uncle Alex writes for travelling magazines. He visited many places last summer. Read some of his travel journals.
July 13th Sunny Today, we finally reached the Arctic Ocean (北冰洋). A shark followed our ship. Many icebergs were on the sea and we saw two polar bears on one of them. It was very cold but the jackets kept us warm. |
July 29th Cloudy I didn’t know that an African safari (游猎) could be so exciting! We saw some lions. They were the kings of all animals! They did not run or catch animals, and they just slept. We also saw elephants behind the trees and many giraffes. The giraffes were eating leaves on the top of the trees. |
August 8th Rainy In the Amazon rainforest, we heard a scary sound. It was the sound of many monkeys in the trees. However, I think the birds and their songs were more amazing. |
1.When did Uncle Alex go to the Arctic Ocean?
A. Last winter. B. Last summer
C. Last spring D. Last autumn
2.Where were the polar bears?
A. On the ship B. In the water
C. In a zoo D. On an iceberg
3.When Uncle Alex saw the lions, they were _____.
A. sleeping B. running
C. catching animals D. eating meat
4.How many kinds of animals did Uncle Alex see in the African safari?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D 6
5.What made the scary sound in the Amazon rainforest?
A. Elephants B. Monkeys C. Snakes D. Birds
Baboons(狒狒) live in Africa. They are like monkeys. Most people think daddy baboons don’t know their babies. But scientists (科学家) find that daddy baboons know how to help their babies. The daddy baboons are smart.
Joan Silk is a scientist. She studies the baboons for 3 years. She says the daddy baboons are happy to see their babies. They have big teeth to help the babies to eat hard things. Mother baboons are small. And they live in a place. When a mother baboon gives birth(分娩), she often has only one baby. Baby baboons have fur. They are very cute.
During the day they eat things. At night, they sleep in the trees. Most children like baboons because they look like the man.
1.Where do baboons live?
A. In Africa. B. In America. C. In Canada.
2.How are daddy baboons?
A. They are shy.
B. They are beautiful.
C. They are smart.
3.They underlined word “hard” means________ in Chinese.
A. 困难的 B. 柔软的 C. 坚硬的
4.The mother baboon usually has _______baby baboon(s) when she gives birth.
A. one B. two C. three
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Baboons are small monkeys.
B. Baby baboons are very cute.
C. Daddy baboons don’t know how to help their babies
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Facebook is a famous website. It is__ __ among young students, especially (尤其是) college students. They can_ __ find friends or send photos on the website. They can have lots of fun when they visit Facebook. In all, Facebook is _ __ more famous and it has more users.
According to a US newspaper, Facebook may soon __ _ children under 13 to visit the site. They can visit the website _ _ they are staying with their parents.
At the moment, children under 13 are not allowed to visit Facebook. There are some _ __. One of them is about strangers. Sometimes strangers may be bad people. If bad people know the children’s names, addresses and much personal _ __, the children may be _ __ danger.
But more and more children want to visit Facebook. The company wants to find some ways to keep children _ __ when they visit Facebook. For example, their accounts can be linked with (与……相联系) their parents. Parents can _ __ their children’s friends easily. They may even check their children’s chat messages.
1.A. popular B. unpopular C. important D. unimportant
2.A. easy B. easily C. slow D. slowly
3.A. losing B. coming C. leaving D. becoming
4.A. use B. see C. allow D. take
5.A. if B. because C. what D. where
6.A. books B. menus C. websites D. reasons
7.A. messages B. information C. trouble D. lists
8.A. out B. out of C. in D. for
9.A. danger B. dangerous C. safe D. safety
10.A. lose B. check C. fail D. drive
--Why not join a football club?
--I’d love to, but I am afraid it will ______ too much of my time.
A. take up B. open up
C. close up D. climb up
--Shall we go for a picnic tomorrow?
-- Well, it all _______ the weather.
A. belongs to B. happens to
C. depends on D. passes on
