In ancient times, a king had a big stone placed on a roadway. He wanted to see if anyone would move the stone out of the way. Some of the king's richest business men and courtiers (朝臣) came by and just walked around it.
Many people even loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none of them did anything about getting the stone out of the way. They just complained and went away.
A farmer then came along carrying a large bag of vegetables. When getting closer to the stone the farmer laid down his bag and tried to push the stone out of the road. After trying and pushing for long time, he finally. succeeded.
After the farmer went back to pick up his vegetables, he noticed a wallet lying in the road where the stone had been. In the wallet there were many gold coins and a note from the king explaining that the gold was for the person who moved the stone from the roadway.
If you were on the way, what would you do? Complain it or move it away? Every difficulty we come across in life gives us an opportunity to improve our situations, and while the lazy people complain, the others are creating opportunities through their kind hearts, generosity (慷慨大方) and willingness to get things done.
1.Why did the king put such a stone on a roadway?
A.In order to make the roadway special.
B.In order to stop someone who are lazy from walking to his country.
C.To see if anyone would move the stone out of the way.
2.What did many people do with the big stone on the way?
A.They just complained and didn't do anything about it.
B.Many of them tried to move it but failed.
C.Many thought it was the king's duty to move it away from the road.
3.The farmer got the stone out of the way successfully by ________.
A.pushing it without any hard work
B.trying and pushing hard
C.using his large bag of vegetables
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Many people didn't notice the stone on the way.
B.The farmer got a lot of money after moving away the stone.
C.The king wasn't glad to see the farmer removed the stone from the roadway.
5.We can infer from the passage that ________.
A.all things are difficult before they are easy
B.seeing is believing
C.opportunities are for those who are willing to do something with kindness and generosity.
Star scientists have taken the first ever picture of a black hole, which is from a far away galaxy (银河系). It is 40 billion km across-three million times the size of the Earth-and has been described by scientists as "a monster".
The black hole is 500 million trillion km away and was photographed by a network of eight telescopes (望远镜) across the world.
Details have come out today in Astrophysical Journal Letters. Prof Heino Falcke, says "It is one of the heaviest black holes that we think there is. It is a real monster."
The picture shows a quite bright "ring of fire", as Prof Falcke describes it. The bright halo is caused by superheated gas fling into the hole. The light is brighter than all the billions of other stars in the galaxy-which is why it can be seen so far away from Earth.
The dark circle at the centre is the point at which the gas enters the black holes, which is an object that has such a large gravitational (万有引力的) pull, not even light can escape.
1.The black hole is ________ times the size of the Earth.
A.two million B.three million C.six million
2.In which part of the newspaper can we read this passage?
A.Sports B.Lifestyle C.Science
3.The underlined word in paragraph four means ________.
A.光圈 B.球体 C.火团
4.Which of the following is TURE?
A.The black hole is 500 million km away.
B.This black hole is the heaviest so far.
C.The light from the black hole is the brightest of all the stars.
5.From the passage, we can infer that ________.
A.Scientists are all unsatisfied with the result.
B.The black hole is dark.
C.It takes a lot of telescopes to work together to get a picture of the black hole.
Do you know the biggest tree in the world? Its name is General Sherman. General Sherman is growing on the Rocky Mountains in the United States. General Sherman is about 1,100 cm across and about 3,500 cm round. This will give you a general idea of General Sherman's size. General Sherman is also very tall. It is over 8,000cm high. It began as a small seed many years ago. It has been growing since about 2,000 BC. It has been growing for over 4,000 years and it's still growing! General Sherman is as old as the Pyramids. It may live for another 2,000 years.
1.The name of the biggest tree in the world is ________.
A.General Sherman B.The Pyramid C.Rocky Mountains
2.The biggest tree in the world is in ________.
A.Germany B.America C.France
3.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the article?
A.The tree started as a tiny seed.
B.The tallest tree is more than 4,000 years old.
C.It has stopped growing.
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1.Alison Street Cleaners opens for ________ on the weekend.
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2.Allison Cleaners washes except ________.
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Souanis Kim was an archery (射箭) teacher in a sports school and had trained many outstanding archers. So many parents sent their children to _______. One morning, Souanis Kim took the students to a tall tree for training. He put a toy bird on the tree and said, "The task is to _______ the toy bird down."
The students stood in a _______ quickly. The first one was Sandy. He walked a few steps forward and aimed at the toy bird.
"What's _______ the bird?" asked Souanis Kim suddenly.
"The blue sky," Sandy answered.
Souanis Kim smiled. He asked Sandy to stand beside him. The students _______ what the teacher's meaning was.
The next was Keston. Like Sandy, he walked up. Just as he was _______ to shoot, Souanis Kim asked him the same question.
"I see the leaves." answered Keston. Souanis Kim smiled and asked Keston to stand by, too.
The third one was Jobes. Just _______ he was drawing the bow (拉弓), Souanis Kim asked, "What's over the bird, Jobes?"
Jobes _______ the toy bird and said, "I see nothing but the toy bird."
"Great! "said Souanis Kim _______. Then he shouted, "Go ahead!"
Jobes shot and the toy bird fell down. The students cheered with one voice.
Souanis Kim looked at the surprised students and said seriously, "Remember, when an archer is shooting, he must have only the ________ but nothing else."
1.A.me B.him C.them
2.A.put B.turn C.shoot
3.A.step B.way C.line
4.A.over B.under C.inside
5.A.knew B.expected C.wondered
6.A.ready B.afraid C.worried
7.A.as B.after C.before
8.A.looked for B.turned on C.looked at
9.A.carefully B.angrily C.happily
10.A.bird B.goal C.sky
Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please: Flight MU7766 to Sanya will ________ soon. Please be quick to board through gate No. 4.
A.take away B.take out C.take off
