Once upon a time, there was a king. He only had one leg and one eye, but he was very smart and kind. Everyone lived a happy and healthy life because of the king. One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and saw the paintings of his ancestors(祖先). He thought that one day his children would also walk in the same hallway and remember all the ancestors through these paintings. He wanted his children to remember him, too. So he invited many famous artists to his palace.
All of the artists began to think about the king's physical disabilities. How could his painting be made very beautiful? It was not possible. They weren't sure what his painting would be like. So one by one, they all started to politely refuse to make a painting of the king.
But suddenly one artist raised his hand and said he would make a very nice painting of the king. The king became happy hearing that. Then the artist started painting. After a long time, the painting was ready.
When the artist showed the painting, everyone was shocked. In the painting, the king was sitting on a horse, on the one-leg side, holding his bow(弓箭)and aiming(瞄准)something with his one eye closed. The king was very happy and gave him lots of money.
As we all know, no one is perfect. So we should try to focus on(关注)others' advantages instead of their disadvantages. Just take an optimistic view(乐观的观点)of the event. Everyone can do a good job.
1.What did the king look like?
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2.Why did the king invite artists to draw a painting of him?
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3.What did the artists think of making the king's painting beautiful?
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4.How did the king feel with the painting?
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5.What can we learn from the artist?
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We all know the strange feeling of watching the time change on a clock. You never really see it change because the hands move so slowly. But, of course, the time is changing all the time.
Human faces, like clock faces, are also changing. And like clocks, the changes take place too slowly to be noticed. Over many thousands of years, though, huge changes are possible. For example, the human brain is three times as large as it was thousands of years ago. Our faces became fatter, and began to think more.
If our heads became larger in the past, how will things change in the future? Unlike the changes of a clock face, the changes in human faces are very difficult to predict(预测). One of the main reasons for this is the way in which we can now control parts of nature. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, all changes were natural, but now we can actively choose paths for our own evolution(进化).
A US artist named Nickolay Lamm has recently offered an idea. It is what human faces may one day look like. The designs, inspired（受启发)by his conversations with the scientist Alan, show humans with larger heads and eyes. In particular(特别的), Lamm predicts the forehead may be larger because of increasing usage of the brain.
Just a few hundred years ago, most humans were working in the fields. However, nowadays more and more people receive education. These are just predictions, and no one can be sure how human beings will become in the future. But with such huge changes in our environments, it seems likely(很可能)that we will not look the same in the future.
Changes to human 1. | |
Similarity between the changes to the clocks and human faces | ※ They both keep 2. all the time. ※ The changes are too 3. to be noticed. ※ Over the time, it is 4. for huge changes to take place. |
Examples of human faces changes in the 5.. | ※ The human brain has become lager since thousands of years ago. ※ Human faces became 6. and humans began to think more. |
What human faces may look like in the fixture | ※ It is 7. to predict. What human faces may look like in the future ※ A US artist, Lamn, shows humans with 8. heads and eyes. ※ He predicts that because humans 9. the brain more often. |
Conclusion | ※ How human beings will become is 10.. But the huge changes in our environment are likely to make humans look very different. |
Huck is my name, Huckleberry Finn. The story started when my best friend, Tom Sawyer and I found $12, 000 in a cave. That money made us rich. We got $6, 000 each. Judge Thatcher, an important man in St. Petersburg, put it in the bank, and now we get a dollar a day interest(利息).
Then a kind old lady called Widow Douglas invited me to live with her because I haven't got a family or a home. My mother died a long time ago, then my dad, Pap, disappeared. He was a violent(狂暴的)man especially when he drank a lot, which was most of the time, and he often beat me. I was scared of him. I didn't go to school like the other boys of my age. I lived on the streets and in the woods.
My life changed after I lived with the widow(寡妇). She gave me a bed to sleep in and bought new clothes for me. She read stories to me and taught me how to eat at a table. But then her sister Miss Watson arrived. She brought her black slave(奴隶)Jim with her. I liked Jim but I didn't like Miss Watson very much. She often shouted at me.
Widow Douglas sent me to school every day. I didn't like going there at first because learning was very difficult. But when I could read and write a bit, I didn't mind going.
The months passed and winter came. The weather got cold. One morning I woke up and there was snow on the ground. On my way to school. I saw some footprints outside the widow's house. There was a cross on the heel(脚后跟)of the left one. My heart jumped. Only one person wore boots with a cross on the left head! Pap!
"He's heard about my money, "I thought. "And he wants it!"
That night I went to see Jim. Jim had a magic ball made of animal hair. There was a spirit inside the ball that could answer people's questions about the future.
1.How did Huck get the money which was given to Judge Thatcher to put in the bank?
A.Huck's father gives him.
B.Huck's mother leaves the money to him before she dies.
C.Window Douglas gives him.
D.Huck and Tom Sawyer find the money in a cave.
2.How did Huck feel about living with Widow Douglas?
A.He hated his new life. B.He didn't mind his new life.
C.He loved his new life. D.He wanted to get away from his new life.
3.From the passage we can know that ________.
A.Miss Douglas was very kind to Huck B.Mr. Thatcher was unimportant to Huck
C.Miss Watson was rather patient with Huck D.Huck's dad was very generous to him
4.Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
①Widow Douglas sent Huck to school.
②Huck.
③Widow Douglas invited Huck to live with her.
④Widow Douglas read stories to Huck.
A.③②④① B.②③④① C.③④②① D.②④③①
5.What can we learn about Huckleberry Finn according to the passage?
A.Huck had a happy life with his parents.
B.Huck knew Pap wanted to get his money.
C.It was Jim who helped Huck when he was in trouble.
D.Thatcher offered a bed to Huck to sleep in.
There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food, taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need. But regardless of(不管)age, some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.
The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough.
According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100, 000 traffic accidents a year. Also sleep problems can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure.
Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are usually seen as "lazy". Also, you can sometimes hear some people say proudly that they don't have much time to sleep. They only sleep four or five hours a night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you'll do.
How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas, an expert(专家)in sleep. He says, "Sleep is like a credit(信用卡)card. When you sleep less, you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don't sleep, the more hours you should sleep to "pay back" the hours on your 'sleep credit card'."
For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said. "Don't think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more."
1.What does "sleep-deprived" mean in Paragraph 3?
A.Having a good sleep. B.Excited about sleep.
C.Having less sleep. D.Interested in sleep.
2.Why does Dr. James Maas say "sleep is like a credit card"?
A.Because we should pay money back. B.Because we can borrow time.
C.Because we must pay back if we sleep less. D.Because we can borrow money.
3.What do the words of the famous person mean in the last paragraph?
A.Sleeping during the night is foolish. B.Sleeping during the night is helpful.
C.People have no courage. D.People always do less work.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.The Value of Sleep B.The Value of Study
C.The Ways of Eating Less D.The Ways of Making Money
Most scientists say animals never feel happy or sad. In fact, they say animals probably don't feel love, anger, hate or other emotions, either.
Scientist Joseph LeDoux studied mice to find out whether animals have emotions. He found that mice feel at least one emotion—fear. He also found the part of the brain that seems to control fear in mice. In humans, that part of the brain controls fear and some other emotions.
A number of scientists say animals have emotions. Some scientists who have studied such animals as dogs, cats, elephants and lions say those animals feel emotions.
Scientist Joyce Poole studies elephants. She has written that pachyderms often show sadness when a relative dies. She says elephants have "deep emotions".
Jane Goodall studies chimpanzees(黑猩猩). She says she has seen them playing and running after one another for fun. Goodall also says they feel sad sometimes. For example, an old chimpanzee died, and one of her sons, Flint, refused to eat food. Flint's brothers and sisters tried to get him to eat, but they failed. Three weeks later, Flint died. Goodall says Flint "died of sadness".
More recently, scientist Marc Bekoff watched an elk(糜鹿)run back and forth through the snow. Bekoff said it was feeling the "joy of life". He said he couldn't prove that animals have feelings, because animals can't talk. But he said animals can communicate feelings in other ways. "I can't prove that an animal is feeling happy or sad, but I can guess how he or she is feeling through body language and facial expressions, "he said.
1.The underlined word "pachyderms" may refer to
A.elephants B.lions C.chimpanzees D.cats
2.Marc Bekoff believes animals have feelings because ________.
A.he saw a mouse full of fear B.he saw an elk run
C.he saw a chimpanzee die of sadness D.he saw an elephant feel sad for a dead relative
3.What's this passage mainly about?
A.Joyce Poole's studies of how elephants feel.
B.Scientists who are arguing over some animals.
C.Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees,
D.Scientists' ideas about whether or not animals have feelings.
Fights at school sometimes happen. But how can you keep away from a fight? Here's something you can do.
Be calm. Sometimes, you feel so angry that you really want to teach somebody a lesson. But being angry can't solve problems. Neither can a fight. Instead, it may bring you more problems. In the school, everyone involved(卷入)in a fight will be punished, no matter who started it. There are no winners in a fight.
Shout loudly. If you know someone is coming up behind you to attack, turn toward the person with your hands up in front of your body and loudly say "stop" before walking away. Loud voice can usually make the attacker calm down. If the person doesn't stop, cry for help by calling out the name of a teacher whose office is nearby.
▲ Your friend may ask you to join in a fight. Learn to say no. Helping him fight is not really helpful to him. If you really want to give him a hand, try to ask him to give it up. Also, you can tell him if he gets involved in a fight, he may get hurt and be punished. Then, try to learn why he wants a fight and help him find a right way to deal with the problem.
1.Which of the following sentences can be put in the ▲ ?
A.Face bravely. B.Join in a fight.
C.Learn to refuse. D.Talk to someone.
2.The passage is written to ________.
A.help students keep away from fights B.warn students not to fight
C.advise students to help each other D.encourage students to work hard
3.The passage is written in a/an ________ tone(语气).
A.sad B.angry C.crazy D.serious
