Reading is very important. World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It encourages people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of reading. It is also the day to honor (尊敬) great writers.
Many countries celebrate (庆祝) World Book Day. On that day, millions of school children can buy books at a much lower price than usual in any bookstore in England. It has been done every year since 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China. Wen Jiabao, Premier of China, is an avid reader. He does lots of reading every day though he is very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on (号召) people to do more reading. Wen suggested that young people should spend more time reading. “Books can not change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading,” he said.
Reading helps us become more knowledgeable and smarter. Reading helps us to follow the latest developments of science and technology (技术). Reading gives us information about other cultures and places in the world. Reading is also one of the most important ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that it is difficult to learn everything in the classroom, for example, the ways English people are living and working today can be learnt by reading.
Books, magazines, newspapers and other kinds of reading materials can help us to know more about the outside world. Therefore, it is necessary for us to spend time reading every day.
1.When is World Book Day?
A.August 8 every year. B.March 12 every year.
C.April 23 every year. D.June 6 every year.
2.An avid reader is a person who __________.
A.loves reading B.never reads C.does some reading D.hates reading
3.World Book Day was set up in order to encourage people to __________.
A.learn foreign languages B.do more reading
C.buy more books D.know more about science
4.According to the passage, reading can help people in many ways EXCEPT _____.
A.learning English better B.knowing more about cultures
C.improving your health D.knowing more about the outside world
5.What’s the best title for the article?
A.World Book Day in England.
B.Suggestions on Reading.
C.World Book Day in China.
D.World Book Day and the Advantages of Reading.
B
How funny would it be to see memes(表情包) in our textbooks? Fourteen high school students from Sichuan Province have made this a reality.
They wrote a set of creative textbooks that includes five subjects: Chinese, English, Maths, Chemistry and Physics. They share their notes and experiences to help you prepare for high school entrance exams. You can see funny memes almost everywhere in their textbooks. The language they use is not too serious.
Each textbook has its own highlights(亮点), too. The English textbook introduces tongue twisters(绕口令), movies and TV series. The chemistry textbook has wuxia characters. There is a boy named Shangguan Huaxue(chemistry) in the book. He meets a girl and they learn chemistry together. It has ancient poems and wuxia-style descriptions.
Yan Zuhuai, 15, a top student from Chengdu No.7 High School, is the textbooks’ editor-in-chef. He got the idea to create the books in June. “Many underclassmen wanted me to share my notes with them. When I saw people sharing bikes, I thought, why not share knowledge as well?” Yan said.
But when he put all of his notes together, he found that they were boring. Realizing that his classmates enjoy online novels and memes, he decided to add these things. He wrote guidelines and samples for each textbook and invited 13 students to join him in creating them.
Their first drafts(草稿) came out in August. Students and teachers praised them. But Yan felt the books needed to be improve. In October, he and his team learned how to use the design software to improve the books. The final version(版本) will come out at the end of December. About 2,500 people have preordered them. Many publishing houses have shown great interest in them.
1.What subjects are included in the set of creative textbooks?
A.Chinese, Maths and History. B.English, Maths and Physics.
C.Chinese, Physics and Computer.
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “underclassmen” in the 4th paragraph?
A.下层人士 B.课后机构 C.学弟学妹们
3.Which is the right order about how Yan Zuhuai and his team completed the textbooks?
①He put all of his notes together but found they were boring.
②Their first drafts came out.
③The final versions will come out.
④He got the idea to create the books.
⑤He invited 13 students to join him in creating them.
A.④①⑤②③ B.①④⑤②③ C.④①⑤③②
4.Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?
A.The language in the creative textbooks is too serious.
B.The English textbooks introduces movies, TV series and so on.
C.Many publishing houses haven’t shown any interest in them.
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A.The textbooks can be harmful to students.
B.Fifteen students use the software to improve the books.
C.The creative textbooks are so welcomed by the students.
A
I was driving after school on Monday from Dublin to Drogheda and on my way home, I saw a wallet lying on the roadside. I thought the wallet must belong to the driver in front of me, because he had smoked there. I sounded the horn twice but he didn’t hear. So I stopped and picked up the wallet. I checked the wallet to see if I could get any phone number to call. I found and called two numbers but I was told they were wrong numbers.
Later, I found a driving license and decided to drive to his house in Termonfeckin according to the address on the license. It is a 30-minute drive away from Drogheda. When I got to his house, I saw his wife and the first thing she asked was if I had found a wallet. I started smiling and said yes. The lady was really happy and called her husband. He ran to us at the gate and welcomed me to their house. After giving the wallet to him, he checked to see whether everything was inside. They offered me 20 dollars for gasoline(汽油) but I refused.
1.What was the writer doing when he saw the wallet?
A.He was driving a car. B.He was smoking on the roadside.
C.He was checking the wallet.
2.Why couldn’t the writer call up the driver?
A.Because he didn’t know the phone number of the driver.
B.Because the wallet didn’t belong to the driver.
C.Because he wanted to give the wallet to his wife.
3.How long did the writer spend driving to the driver’s house?
A.For an hour. B.For half an hour. C.For an hour and a half.
4.What did the driver’s wife do when she saw the writer at first?
A.She checked to see whether everything was inside.
B.She offered the writer 20 dollars for gasoline.
C.She asked if the writer had found a wallet.
5.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.The writer drove to the house of the owner of the wallet.
B.The writer accepted the money the driver offered him.
C.The writer was a warm-hearted person.
In real life, robots are mainly used in factories. They do many different jobs. Usually these jobs are too _______, difficult or boring for humans.
Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after _______. For example, scientists are making a robot to help _______ people. Now many of them have a dog to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.
One robot dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks” _______ its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. Meldog talks to its owner by _______. The owner wears a special belt. This belt _______ instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.
In the United States, another _______ of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot _______ the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”.
Robots are also used in American _______. They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave (刮脸) patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost ________ this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.
1.A.interesting B.strange C.dangerous D.safe
2.A.others B.another C.them D.themselves
3.A.deaf B.blind C.old D.sick
4.A.in front of B.behind C.under D.above
5.A.television B.radio C.loudspeaker D.mobile telephone
6.A.posts B.writes C.reads D.sends
7.A.type B.size C.set D.double
8.A.guesses B.thinks C.hears D.sees
9.A.cinema B.hospitals C.museum D.theatre
10.A.until B.before C.because D.whether
What did you say just now，Mom? —I asked you ________.
A.if was there a bookstore around here
B.why you wanted to become an inventor
C.how long you will be on the volleyball team
D.that you were talking about the important invention
I'm not interested in the new movie at all，________ it is very popular.
A.because B.if C.so that D.even though
