It was one o’clock in the morning when I at last succeeded in creating life.
As I looked at the lifeless human being, I saw one eye slowly open. Then he began to breathe and move his arms. At first, I thought he would be a fine-looking man. He had yellow skin, black hair and very white teeth. Unluckily, his eyes were watery, and his lips were thin and colorless. I soon realized that there was nothing beautiful about him. I ran out of the room, disgusted (恶心) by the creature I had created. I tried to sleep, but for hours I could not. Then, when I did get to sleep, I had bad dreams. When I
awoke the next morning, I did not want to return to my laboratory and the monster I had created.I went for a long walk until I came to an inn. There, to my pleasure and surprise, I found my friend, Henry Clerval. “Tell me about my family,” I asked him. “And Elizabeth, How is she?”
“They are all well, Frankenstein,” he said. “But you do not look well, my friend. Your eyes look as if you have not slept for many weeks.”
I knew this was true. “I have been so busy,” I explained, “that I have been working without rest.” Henry walked back with me to my department. I did not want him to, but I could not stop him. I was afraid that the creature I had left there might be alive and walking about. When we reached my apartment, I asked Henry to wait outside for a few minutes. I did not explain why. I slowly opened the door and entered the room. To my surprise, it was empty. The creature had gone. I was so overcome by the feeling that I fainted. I was ill for many months.
During my illness, Henry was my only nurse. He heard me talking in my sleep about a monster. At first, he thought I was just having a bad dream, but then he realized that something very bad happened in my life. At last, I began to get better.
1.What is this passage probably taken from?
A.A news report. B.A science fiction. C.A travel guide. D.a history book.
2.What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
A.The birth of the creature. B.The personalities of the creature.
C.The happy feeling of creating life. D.The spirit of the creature.
3.What does the underlined word “fainted” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.broke down B.cheered C.lost senses D.went wrong
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star is a lovely song for children, but it has two misunderstandings (误解). First, stars aren’t little. Some may be Earth-sized, but most are bigger than Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system (太阳系). Second, they don’t twinkle; they shine. And the brightness and color of the light from each star provide information about its temperature, size and even its age. viewing the stars from Earth is a bit like looking at them through a water filter (过滤器) because the air is thick compared to the emptiness of space. What is more, air is always moving, so starlight appears to be moving, too. The air also makes stars appear dimmer (暗淡的) than they would be if we could see them from space.
If you stop and look at the sky carefully on a dark and moonless night, it’s easy to find color differences among stars. The color of a star is a signal of its surface temperature. The hottest stars are blue, and the next hottest are white. Yellow stars like the sun are next, while red stars are the coolest of the visible (可见的) stars. Many red stars are so dim that people can’t see them at all, and some stars hardly send out any light at all. One reason that stars different in brightness is that hotter stars produce more energy than cooler ones, but another important reason is that some are much bigger than others.
Some stars appear brighter to humans simply because they’re closer. Astronomers rank (排列) the brightness of stars which are seen from Earth by giving them a name known as magnitude (光度) ---the smaller the magnitude, the brighter the object. They have also designed a number that ranks stars according to how bright they are when compared to each other. With a magnitude of minus 26.7, the sun is the brightest object in the sky.
1.From the song quite familiar to children, the writer wants to prove that .
A.most stars are smaller than Jupiter
B.Jupiter is bigger and brighter than Earth
C.stars are very large and always shine brightly
D.starlight’s brightness and color are the signs of its temperature
2.Magnitude is designed to see .
A.how far a star is from Earth
B.how bright a star is compared to other stars
C.how far a star is from other stars
D.how bright a star is seen from Earth
3.Which is the best title of this passage?
A.What do stars look like?
B.Which song do children like best?
C.How to view the stars from Earth?
D.Why are many stars so dim at night?
Sing a Song of People
by Lois Lenski
Sing a song of people!
Walking fast or slow;
People in the' city
Up and down they go.
People on the sidewalk,
People on the bus;
People passing, passing,
In back and front of us.
People on the subway
Underneath the ground.
People riding taxis
Round and round and round.
People with their hats on,
Going to the doors;
People with umbrellas
When it rains and pours.
People in tall buildings
And in stores below;
Riding elevators
20 up and down they go.
People walking singly,
People in a crowd;
People saying nothing,
People talking loud.
People laughing, smiling,
Grumpy people too;
People who just hurry
And never look at you!
Sing a song of people
Who like to come and go;
Sing of city people
You see but never !
1.The poem is about a ______________ city.
A.beautiful B.busy C.rainy D.small
2.In Line 21, the word "singly" means ___________________.
A.alone B.fast C.slowly D.quietly
3.According to the poem, the best word for the blank is________________.
A.borrow B.throw C.know D.allow
At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to__bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of diets but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my weight.
When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me____. I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this extra weight any more.
That year, I____a seminar(研讨课) where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her____story —she had not only lost 125 pounds, but also raised ＄25,000 for homeless children.
____by her story, I created the As We heal(痊愈), the World Heals project. My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000. In this way, I could not only heal myself but heal the world by supporting a movement set up 30 years ago to end hunger.
____I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would run into the same difficulties that beat me before. While the____hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right path. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began ____in from hundreds of people.
Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I hired a fitness coach. I began to eat small and___ meals and exercise often.
A year later, I____my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I’ve been given a second life to devote to something that is meaningful and great.
1.A.add B.mix C.kill D.share
2.A.simply B.specially C.secretly D.seriously
3.A.organized B.mentioned C.attended D.recommended
4.A.sad B.successful C.ancient D.cartoon
5.A.Surprised B.Reminded C.Influenced D.controlled
6.A.AS B.Until C.If D.Unless
7.A.excitment B.fear C.anger D.joy
8.A.breaking B.stepping C.jumping D.flooding
9.A.heavy B.healthy C.expense D.full
10.A.reached B.remembered C.missed D.dropped
–The actor says he’ll celebrate his 28th birthday next week. His fans…
- ____________. That can’t be right. I’m pretty sure he was born in 1985.
A. No kidding B. Sure he will C. Never mind D. Wait a minute
–You haven’t said a ___________word since last Friday. What’s wrong?
-Nothing. Just leave me alone.
A. simple B. single C. similar D. silent
