Erin Brockovich grew up in Kansas, USA. She studied at a business college for a year, and then she went to California.
In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she had a car accident. A law firm (律师事务所) helped her after the accident, so she started to work for them later.
Her job was to organize papers (文件). One day Erin realized that there were lots of very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She felt it was unusual, so she started to look for more information about the town.
Erin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to their stories. All the sick people lived near a big factory called Pacific Gas and Electric. Then she discovered that there was something called chromium(铬) in the water they drank. It was from the factory and Erin believed that the people were sick because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them.
Erin started a law case (诉讼) against Pacific Gas and Electric. The factory wasn’t happy about this. They didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water — but in 1996 the judge (法官) ordered Pacific Gas and Electric to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each.
In 2000, there was a film about Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts played Erin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous—she has her own firm and she gives talks all over the world.
1.Erin worked for a law firm because _______.
A. she studied law in college B. she wanted to help sick people
C. the firm paid her lots of money D. the firm helped her after a car accident
2.How might Erin feel when she found many papers had to do with Hinkley?
A. Strange. B. Satisfied. C. Angry. D. Worried.
3.What does the underlined word “discovered” in Paragraph 4 mean in Chinese?
A. 坚持 B. 考虑 C. 发现 D. 抱怨
4.The passage is mainly about _______.
A. Erin’s life experience B. a film in 2000
C. how to work on a law case D. how to care for sick people
A cold is a common illness. It often starts with a sore throat. And you usually have a headache, too. It's not serious, but you can feel very bad.
What should you do when you have a cold? You should have a good rest first. It's good to drink a lot of water, too. You can see a doctor and take some medicine. Maybe you can also try some Chinese medicine that is now very popular around the world.
What should you do to keep away from(远离) catching a cold? One important way is to exercise more often. Running, swimming or even walking can help a lot. Try to exercise for at least 30 minutes a day. It's also important to go to bed and get up early. Studies show that the cold or flu virus(病毒) can live on our hands for a long time. So you should wash your hands with soap. Finally, it's important to have a balanced diet(均衡饮食).
If you can do these, you will hardly ever catch a cold again.
1.What is a cold like?
A. It's scary. B. It often needs a lot of treatments(治疗).
C. It's very serious. D. It brings some problems.
2.How many ways are mentioned(被提到) to keep away from catching a cold?
A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.
3.Why should you often wash your hands with soap?
A. Because it may help keep the flu virus away. B. Because it makes our hands nicer.
C. Because it is cheap for us to buy soap. D. Because it makes our hands smell good.
4.What can we know from the passage?
A. Only Chinese medicine can help stop a cold.
B. We should run or swim when we have a cold.
C. The most important way to stop a cold is to drink lots of water.
D. Good eating habits and much exercise can help us keep away from a cold.
Almost every Chinese person knows the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work(谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦).” But many of us don’t get the real meaning: Don’t waste food. A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million(百万) people for a year.
Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010. Six million children die of hunger every year.
What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips:
1． Do not order too much in a restaurant. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.
2． Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.
3． Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.
1.The Chinese poem wants to tell us to .
A. work hard. B. waste food C. save food D. know the farmer.
2.Chinese people waste food every year according to a CCTV program.
A. a little B. a lot of C. some D. no
3. people die of hunger every year.
A. 200 million. B. 6 million. C. 925 million. D. 625 million.
4.Which of the following is a good way to save food?
A. Ordering more than you need at a restaurant. B. Be picky about your food.
C. Buy what you want. D. Take the food home if you can’t eat up in a restaurant.
Dear Marnie, We have to do presentations (展示) for a test next week, and I'm really worried about it. The thing is, I get really nervous when I'm talking in front of people. The problem is, I'm usually a pretty good student at school, and my dad might be angry if I get bad grades. What should I do? Andy |
Dear Marnie, Molly and Laura are both my good friends. The problem is that Laura and I share a lot of hobbies and we always go to the clubs together. So Molly is really unhappy about it and she says she feels left out (受冷落). Now Molly wants to end the friendship between us. What can I do to make her believe that she’s still important to me? Jess |
Dear Marnie, This Tuesday I got my final exam results and I was excited to find out that I got very good grades. But when I rang my friend Rachel to plan a night out to celebrate, I found out that she got really bad grades. Now she's really upset and doesn't want to go out. It's a really awkward situation, and I’m disappointed (失望的) we can't go out and enjoy the night. What should I do to make her feel better? Karen |
1.From the material(材料), we can know that Andy is probably a _______ boy.
A. shy B. lazy C. serious D. creative
2.What problem does Jess have?
A. She had a fight with her friend. B. She made her friend feel left out.
C. She isn’t good at doing presentations. D. She feels nervous when talking.
3.What does the underlined word “awkward” mean in Chinese?
A. 奇怪的 B. 尴尬的 C. 骄傲的 D. 激动的
4.Where might you read this material?
A. In a diary. B. In a storybook. C. In a magazine. D. In a notice.
Once there were two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger was Victor. They ______ each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning ______ night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields(田地).
One late autumn evening, after their work in the ______ was done, Simon said to his wife, “Victor got married last month. He has many bills to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓).” “Oh, that’s a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don’t tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will ______ take it.”
So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor’s barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found ______ strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor’s house last night, ______ I still have the same number of bags in my barn. ______ did that happen? ”Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother’s barn that night. But the next morning, he found the ______ number of bags in his barn again! “ This is very strange,” he thought.
That night he ______ again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀), and walked down the road to his younger brother’s house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another _______coming down the road. He was carrying something on his ______, too.
“Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was ______ you, Older Brother, ” said Victor. “Your family is ______ than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly______that they had been taking rice to each other. They ______what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.
1.A. beat B. hated C. loved D. shot
2.A. until B. at C. through D. with
3.A. shops B. fields C. hospitals D. factories
4.A. never B. sometimes C. usually D. ever
5.A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
6.A. so B. and C. but D. or
7.A. How B. What C. Who D. Where
8.A. small B. different C. huge D. same
9.A. planned B. weighed C. hoped D. tried
10.A. brother B. person C. sister D. wife
11.A. back B. shoulder C. head D. hand
12.A. afraid of B. bored with C. angry with D. worried about
13.A. smaller B. richer C. larger D. happier
14.A. remembered B. realized C. imagined D. explained
15.A. laughed about B. dreamed about C. pointed at D. shouted at
Dear Shirley,
Most people get colds by touching things that another person with a cold once touched. You can ______ catch a cold by shaking hands. ______ if someone you know has a cold, you should try not to use the same cups, dishes or telephone.
Many doctors ______ that vitamin C can help stop colds. They ______ people to take some vitamin C when they start to get cold symptoms (症状). You can also have a try. But if it doesn’t work, you should go to the _____.
1.A. never B. only C. already D. even
2.A. So B. Or C. But D. Until
3.A. mind B. forget C. believe D. refuse
4.A. promise B. advise C. wait D. send
5.A. hospital B. museum C. cinema D. restaurant
