The Red Cross(红十字会)is an organization(组织)that helps people who are in need. No matter how bad the situation is, it will always be there to help. But the American Red Cross may have never been formed(形成) without the love of a woman named Clara Barton.
Clara Barton was born in North Oxford on December 25,1821. When she was eleven, her elder brother was badly hurt. Clara looked after him the whole time. Through this experience, she learned something very important about herself. She found that she became active when she took care of others.
When she was older, she became a nurse in the American Civil War(国内战)and she helped save hundreds of people. After the Civil War, Clara traveled to Europe to rest. But soon she cared for soldiers again! This time, she learned about an organization called the Red Cross. It worked together with her during the wars. Clara thought the Red Cross was badly needed in America. Over several years, she asked four different presidents to bring the Red Cross to America. They all said no. Finally, one of the presidents changed his mind in 1881.He said: “I am deeply moved by her spirit!”, and in the same year, the American Red Cross was born. Since then, she had worked as a chairman in the organization until 1904.
1.What is the Red Cross?
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2.When was Clara Barton born?
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3.Did Clara Barton do n lot to help people after she became a nurse?
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4.Why did one of the presidents change his mind?
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5.How long did Clara Barton work in the American Red Cross?
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Do you like music? Maybe not. But wherever you go, you might hear music. 1. You might also hear music in a zoo or on a farm.
Scientists believe that music changes the way people act. According to some scientists, the sound of western classical music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. 2. With no music, people spend even less.
Scientists also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. In fact, people eat their food fast when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours.
3. Restaurants can make more money in this way.
Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. 4. it is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can make you relaxed.
The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful, It might change the way you do things.
A.This gets people lo eat faster and leave quickly.
B.Today most stores and restaurants play music.
C.Music is an international language.
D.When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money.
E.They say that music helps students to be more active.
When throwing away rubbish, do you know which bin it should go in? Have you ever noticed the differently-colored rubbish bins on the street?
Some of you might not be able to answer the questions. However, it’s actually quite important to know how to sort(分类) your rubbish .Not knowing how to sort rubbish can make it harder to save energy and protect the environment. If you don’t sort your rubbish .all of it will be buried(埋) together .It can take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees. Shanghai is the first city to put rubbish-sorting into practice in China .Shanghai government has asked all the people who live there to sort rubbish into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.
“Wet” rubbish is also known as “household” rubbish. It is what people produce every day after they eat or drink. “It is the thing you don’t want but pigs can eat”, Guangzhou Daily explained. Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be recused are recyclable rubbish. Harmful rubbish includes things like medicine, batteries and so on. Finally, any rubbish that is not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the dry rubbish bin.
Many other Chinese cities, including Changsha, plan to use this method to sort their rubbish.
Now that you know this, perhaps you can do your part in protecting the environment.
1.What will happen if we don’t sort the rubbish?
A.It will be easier to save energy.
B.It will be difficult to protect the environment.
C.The rubbish will take up small areas of ground.
2.What does the underlined word “It” mean?
A.Food B.Household rubbish C.Paper
3.Which of the following is not recyclable rubbish?
A.A glass bowl B.An old newspaper C.A piece of bread
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.All the people in Shanghai have known how to sort rubbish.
B.Changsha asked people to sort rubbish many years ago.
C.Useless medicine is a kind of harmful rubbish.
5.What does the passage mainly tell us?
A.Rubbish is helpful.
B.What to do with rubbish.
C.Different rubbish bins.
Last Friday, a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories (新界), breaking fourteen homes apart. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller injuries. Altogether(总共)over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm begun early in the morning and lasted for over an hour. “I was eating with my wife and children when we heard a loud noise” , he said ,”A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us .We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing .I went back inside and found him ,safe but very scared.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving .She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything.” she said,” A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers(士兵)helped to take people out of the dangerous places and the welfare department(福利机构)brought them food, clothes and shelter.
1.How many homes altogether were damaged in the storm?
A.Fourteen. B.Twenty-one. C.Thirty-six.
2.Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
A.He was in bed. B.He was inside the house. C.He was outside the house.
3.Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.
A.her husband knew there would be a storm
B.they were all outside the house when the storm became worse
C.she felt the house moving and they ran out at once
4.What does the underlined word “shelter “in the last paragraph mean?
A.something to wear B.somewhere to stay C.somewhere to study
5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
A.A Terrible Storm B.A Lucky Woman C.Good Soldiers
1.Who created Conan?
A.Aoyama Gosho. B.Arthur Conan Doyle. C.Agatha Christie.
2.Accordling to the passage, Hercule Poirot __________.
A.is a real person. B.doesn’t love thinking. C.is a talented detective.
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The writer thinks Edogawa Conan is the cleverest detective.
B.Di Renjie is a real person from the Qing Dynasty.
C.Sherlock Holmes often helps the police to catch dangerous killers.
1.You can get something to eat in________.
A.Space World B.Water World C.Animal World
2.Mr. and Mrs. Smith want to go to the park with their 8-year-old daughter, they need to pay ________.
A.¥240 B.¥300 C.¥120
