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Today a Ferris wheel is usually 40 to 60 feet tall． That seems very high when you are on the top looking down． But the first Ferris wheel was 264 feet high – taller than a twenty-story building! Can you imagine the view from the top of that?
The first Ferris wheel was built for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago． The people who planned the fair were looking for an attraction that would bring people to Chicago． George Ferris handed a drawing of a giant wheel that people could ride on． At first everyone laughed at his strange idea． But Mr． Ferris did not give up， and finally the idea was accepted． The ride opened in June of 1893．
Today’s Ferris wheels have 12 to 16 seats， which each carry 2 or 3 people． But that first one had 36 enclosed cars， each holding 60 passengers． When filled， it carried 2， 160 people． During that summer in Chicago， about 1．5 million people rode the Ferris wheel．
After the fair the ride was moved to a nearby amusement park built especially to show off the wheel． In 1904， it was moved again – to St． Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition． After the fair there， the wheel stood unused． In 1906 it was finally sold to a company for scrap metal (废铁)．
Luckily a Chicago bridge builder， W．E． Sullivan， figured out how to make a smaller Ferris wheel that could easily be taken apart and put together． In 1906 he started the company that still makes many of the Ferris wheels used today．
But， whenever you ride one， remember that it all began with George Ferris’s strange idea!
1.How tall is a Ferris wheel today?
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2.What was the first Ferris wheel built for?
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3.What did people think of Ferris’s idea at first?
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4.How many people rode the first Ferris wheel during the summer in 1893?
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5.Compared with today’s Ferris wheels， what was the first Ferris wheel like?
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A. Would you like to book a tour? B. I really liked this place. C. With pleasure. D. Hope you will have a great time there. E. Yes. I had a good time while staying with you and your family F. It'll take twenty hours. G. And what's your plan then? H. I’m looking forward to seeing the Ice and Snow World. I. I'm sure we’ll meet again in the near future. J. It doesn’t matter. |
A: Hi， Peter! Did you enjoy here?
B: 1. I appreciate your help very much.
A: 2.
B: I hope to show you around my hometown at your convenience(方便).
A: That’s great. 3. .
B: I'm going to visit Harbin this winter.
A: Really? Harbin is a nice place to visit.
B: I agree with you. 4.__
A: How can you get there? It's far away from here.
B: By train. 5.
A: 6.___
B: Yes， I had. It's 280 yuan per day， including car tickets， park tickets， hotel and meals.
A: Well， it's nice. 7.__
B: Thanks a lot. 8.__
A: So am I.
The Internet is full of false information. It is important for us all to avoid being fooled by such information. Here are three examples of Internet hoaxes.
On his website， a man by the name of Tony has asked for money to save the life of a pretty little rabbit named Toby that he saved from under his house. A cat must have attacked the rabbit， the man said， so he took it in. he gave Toby loving care and nursed him back to health. There is a very cruel point， however. If the man doesn’t receive enough money， he will eat poor little Toby. (Don’t worry， though. Remember， it’s just a hoax!)
While the streets of New Orleans， the USA， were still flooded after a terrible hurricane (飓风)， a frightening e-mail was sent around the Internet. It included a photograph of a large crocodile(鳄鱼) over five meters long. According to the message， it had been swimming around the flooded city eating people. It was later discovered that the photographs of the crocodile were of one that was caught in the Congo (刚果) years before.
The following e-mail hoax takes in many people. It says that a large British company will pay you to send their e-mail to as many people as possible. For every person that you send the e-mail to， it promises you will receive $5.00; for every person that you send it to that sends it to someone else， you’ll get $3.00; and for every third person that receives it， you will be paid $1.00. To make it even more believable， the sender says that at first he thought it was a hoax， but the company soon sent him $800.00.
1.The underlined word “hoaxes” means .
A. games B. websites C. lies D. stories
2.The crocodile in the photograph actually lived in________ .
A.New Orleans B. the USA
C. Britain D. the Congo
3.Some people believe that they can_________ if they send e-mail.
A. become famous B. find friends
C. make money D. keep promises
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The city of New Orleans was flooded because of the terrible hurricane.
B. If the man doesn’t receive enough money， he will eat poor little Toby.
C. The crocodile swam around the flooded city and ate several people.
D. Someone received $800.00 from the company because of the e-mail.
5.The main idea of the passage is to _________.
A. teach how to create a professional website with attractive stories
B. show that anyone can create good Internet hoaxes with some facts
C. explain that， even though they seem false， Internet hoaxes might be true
D. tell people to be careful of Internet hoaxes by giving some examples
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners， but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back， she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.
Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you’ll just accept that， the following will show you how.
First， relax. If you are over worried about remembering something， you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad， your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something， don’t follow up with sayings like “Oh， my God! I always forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory， you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body， your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example， if you’re learning a language， try to actively remember a lot of new words.
If you don’t take notice of things actively， you won’t remember them. So， you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example， don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again， make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.
1.The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.
A. Barbara was a very rich person
B. Mark often forgot his friends’ names
C. examples of memory problems
D. language problems of two persons
2.When you forget things， you ________.
A. must be too careless
B. shouldn’t lose heart about your memory
C. must accept the fact
D. shouldn’t take notice of the result
3.The word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________”.
A. places B. activities C. positions D. chances
4.According to the passage， ________ can make your memory better.
A. realizing your memory problems
B. talking to your friends
C. making mind pictures of what you see
D. doing sports every day
5.The purpose of the passage is to help you ________.
A. to improve your memory B. to introduce the guest
C. to remember new words D. to forget unhappy things
根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。
1.From the chart we know that the latest metro station is in _______.
A. Shanghai B. Beijing C. Harbin
2.According to the information above we know that ____________.
A. the number of Shanghai metros will increase about 31.2% in 2050
B. there are about 4.3 million passengers per day in Shanghai
C. the price of the Shanghai ticket is 3 yuan in Shanghai metro
3.From the information in the chart we know that the metro station _________ has the most passengers per day.
A. in Nanjing B. in Shanghai C. in Beijing
4.From the chart we know that____________.
A. It is very convenient and comfortable to go from the south to the north in Beijing.
B. the price of ticket in Nanjing is the cheapest of all the metro stations mentioned above.
C. Beijing has the largest number of metro trains.
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the information?
A. From the chart we know that we can take metro every two minutes in all the cities.
B. The passengers in Shanghai can take metros to go everywhere.
C. The price of the ticket in Harbin is the same as that in Shanghai.
Jack Hawkins was the football coach at an American university， and he was always trying to find good players， but they weren’t always smart enough to be accepted by the university.
One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the president of the university and asked whether the student would be allowed to enter without an exam. "Well，" the president said after some persuasion(劝说)， "I’d better ask him a few questions as easy as ABC first."
Then he turned to the student and asked him some very easy questions， but the student didn’t know any of the answers.
At last the dean (院长) said， "Well， what‘s five times seven?"
The student thought for a long time and then answered， "Thirty-six."
________， but the coach said sincerely， "Oh， please let him in， sir! He was only wrong by two."
根据短文内容选择正确答案
1. What does the underlined word “as easy as ABC” probably means in this passage?
A. interesting B. very very easy C. hard
2.Some good player weren’t accepted by the university ， because .
A. they couldn’t cooperate as a team
B. they were poor in playing skills
C. they were not good at studying.
3.One day the coach brought an excellent young player to the president of the university and asked whether the student would be allowed to enter without ____.
A. practice B. a game C an exam
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The excellent young player gave the right answer.
B. The coach gave the right answer.
C. Five times seven equals Thirty-five.
5.The sentence “_____________” will be the missing one in this passage.
A. The president threw up his hands and looked at the coach in disappointment
B. The president wasn’t surprised to hear that
C. The president nodded his head and looked at the coach happily
