The water level of oceans rises and falls alternately twice a day. This movement of water is called the tide. Tides are causer by the pull of the sun and the moon on the earth' s surface; since the moon is closer, it affects the tides more than the sun. When the moon is directly overhead, it actually pulls on the water that is below it. This causes the water level to rise because the water is pulled away from the earth. As the moon disappears over the horizon, the pull lessens and the water level settles back towards the ocean bottom.
When the water reaches its highest level, we have high tide. And when the water comes to its lowest level, we have low tide from its lowest point, the water rises gradually for about six hours until it reaches high tide. Then it begins to fall continuously for about six hours until it reaches low tide. Then the cycle begins again.
1.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?
A. The Moon and Ocean B. The Moon and the Tide
C. Water Levels D. The Pull of the Moon and the Sun
2.The pull of the moon on the earth' s surface is stronger than that of the sun
because ________ .
A. The moon is directly over the earth
B. The moon pulls the water away from the earth
C. The moon is closer to the earth
D. The moon moves around the earth
3.Water level reaches its low point when __________.
A. the moon is hidden by clouds
B. the moon' s effect is indirect
C. the moon moves far away
D. the sun is overhead
4.High tide occurs ________ .
A. every 12 hours B. every 6 hours
C. every 24 hours D. every 18 hours
As we know, most of the material things in our daily life have to be bought
with money. But money is not all powerful. Money can't buy many things such as
time and true love. There are 24 hours in a day. Sometimes when we are very
happy, we wish that the period of happiness would last longer. But no matter
what we do, or how much money we are willing to pay, we cannot make a day
last longer than 24 hours. On the other hand, when we are unhappy, money
cannot make the unhappy time pass away more quickly. True love is another
thing which money cannot buy. Suppose we have someone who really loves us
very much. Once he dies, he can give us no more love. Can our money raise him
from death and make him love us as before? Here we can see very clearly that
money cannot buy us love. Money can buy us diamond things, beautiful clothes,
but never time and love. So money, after all, is not all powerful.
1.According to the passage, it is quite impossible for you to buy ______.
A. true friendship B. real diamond
C. a large house D. an expensive car
2.Which of the sentences expresses the main idea of this passage?
A. Money cannot buy time and love.
B. Money is not powerful at all.
C. Money can buy people material things.
D. Money doesn't mean everything.
3.Through the passage the writer wants to tell people not to ______.
A. make money B. waste money
C. save money D. worship(崇拜) money
4.From the passage we can see that in our life, besides something material, we need
something ______.
A. spiritual B. beautiful C. lovely D. useful
One day I took several pairs of shoes to the shoemaker to be mended. After a week I went to take them back. Four months later, my husband and I were invited to dinner. I took out a pair of shoes. I hadn't worn them since they were mended. I put
one shoe on my right foot, and then I put the other on my left. But I felt that the other one was on the wrong foot. I took both shoes off for a closer look. They were nearly the same style (ʽ��), colour and size, but each was for the right foot. Then I
thought of the shoemaker. Though I was sure he wouldn't remember me after such a long time, I called him. "Thank goodness you called me at last!" He said happily. "An angry woman has been troubling me for months!"
1.How many pairs of shoes did the woman take to the shoemaker to be mended?
A. One shoe. B. Two pairs of shoes.
C. Only three shoes. D. Some pairs of shoes.
2.The shoemaker __________.
A. was very careful with his work
B. mistook one of the woman' s shoes for the other woman' s
C. forgot the woman because it happened a long time ago
D. was troubled by two men
3.Did the woman look at the shoes carefully after they were taken back?
A. Yes, she did. B. The story didn't tell us.
C. No, but her husband did. D. No, she didn't.
4.Which of the following is right?
A. The woman wore the shoes as soon as they were mended.
B. Both shoes were the same style, but different colour and size.
C. Both shoes were for the right foot.
D. The shoemaker called the woman after a long time.
阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。
I was tired and hungry after a long day of work. When I walked into the living-room, my 12-year-old son looked 1at me and said, "I love you." I didn't know what to say. 2several seconds all I could do was to stand there and 3down at him. My first thought was that he must need 4with his homework or he was trying to 5me for some news.
Finally I asked, "What was that all about?"
"Nothing," he said. "My teacher said we should 6our parents that we love them and see what they say. It' s 7” .
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this "experiment" and how the other parents had 8.
"Most of the fathers had the 9reacting as you did," the teacher said. "When I first 10we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say. Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble. The
11is," the teacher explained, "felling loved is an important part of
12. It is something all people 13. What I' m trying to tell the children is that it' s too 14we don' t all express those feeling. A boy should be 15to tell his dad he loves him."
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how 16it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for ___17second. And just 18he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice, "Hey, I love you, too."
I don' t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good. Maybe next time one of my children said "I love you.", it would not take me a whole
19to think of the fight 20.
1.A. down B. away C. out D. up
2.A. After B. For C. At D. On
3.A. sit B. get C. look D. knock
4.A. rest B. time C. help D. paper
5.A. report B. prepare C. answer D. excuse
6.A. help B. tell C. ask D. make
7.A. a matter B. an experiment C. a word D. a sentence
8.A. said B. reacted C. done D. explained
9.A. same B. different C. usual D. common
10.A. suggested B. agreed C. allowed D. planned
11.A. point B. idea C. way D. cause
12.A. body B. health C. life D. study
13.A. have B. know C. take D. require
14.A. bad B. good C. late D. early
15.A. fit B. ready C. worth D. able
16.A. easy B. much C. often D. difficult
17.A. a more B. a full C. an exact D. an extra
18.A. before B. after C. because D. if
19.A. day B. week C. afternoon D. night
20.A. answer B. key C. reason D. experiment
Mike called ______ my house, but I wasn't in. So he left a massage
telling me he would call ______ me the next day.
A. at, at B. on, on C. at, on D. on, at
A decision was _______ that those who once _______ to the company in order to get a job would not be let _________.
A. given; lay; stay B. made; lied; to stay
C. designed; laid; stayed D. done; lying; staying
