Today, roller skating is easy and fun．But a long time ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn’t exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin’s grand entrance for a long time!
1.The text is mainly about ________.
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A．a strange man |
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B．an unusual party |
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C．how the roller skating began |
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D．how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century |
2.People thought Merlin was a dreamer because he _________.
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A．often gave others surprises |
B．was a gifted musician |
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C．invented the roller skates |
D．was full of imagination |
3.Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to ________ .
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A．impress the party guests |
B．arrive at the party sooner |
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C．test his invention |
D．show his skill in walking on wheels |
4.What is the main point the writer is trying to make in the last paragraph?
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A．The roller skates needed further improvement. |
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B．The party guests took Merlin for a fool. |
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C．Merlin succeeded beyond expectation. |
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D．Merlin got himself into trouble. |
Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.
However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework.
Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
1.Generally speaking, children’s skills __________.
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A．come from their parents |
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B．have nothing to do with their education |
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C．may be different from child to child |
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D．have something to do with their marks in the exams |
2.The writer of this passage does not seem to be satisfied with_______.
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A．the parents’ ideas of educating their children |
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B．the education system |
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C．children’s skills |
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D．children’s hobbies |
3.Doing some cooking at home helps children_________.
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A． learn how to serve their parents |
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B． learn how to become strong and fat |
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C． benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future |
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D． make their parents believe that they are clever |
4.According to the passage, which of the following is True?
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A．Chinese are not very generous on educating their children. |
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B．All Parents know how to teach their children well. |
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C．Teaching a child to cook can improve the skills that he will need in the future. |
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D．Poor parents cannot buy a computer for their children. |
It was a dark and cold night. The car driver didn’t have even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he quickly opened the door of the car and asked, “Where do you want to go, sir?”
“To the Star Hotel,” the young man answered. When the car driver heard that, he didn’t feel happy. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was not far from the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the passenger through many streets of the big city.
After a long time, the car finally arrived at the hotel. “You should pay me fifteen dollars,” the car driver said to the young man. “What! Fifteen dollars? Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week I took a car from the railway station to this same hotel and I only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip. I won’t pay you one dollar more than I paid to the other car driver last week.”
1.Which of the following is true?____________
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A．The young man went past the railway station. |
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B．The young man was working in the railway station |
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C．The young man had just got off a train. |
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D．The you man was waiting for his friend there. |
2. What do you think of the car driver?__________
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A．He was a nice and clever man. |
B．He liked to work very hard. |
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C．He was good at driving |
D．He was not an honest person. |
3.The driver felt very _________ when he saw the young man coming out of the railway station.
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A．sad |
B．sorry |
C．happy |
D．worried |
4.From the passage we know that the young man__________.
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A．knew clearly how far it was from the station to the hotel. |
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B．Had been to the hotel several times. |
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C．Didn’t want to stay in this city. |
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D．Must be a stranger and didn’t know the city very well. |
The back door of the ambulance(救护车) was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into his seat, and started the engine. Inside were the 36 parents, Mr and Mrs Green, the mother holding their baby daughter Ally. The little girl had 37 food stuck in her throat and could hardly breathe.
The driver, Mr white, 38 his siren (报警器) and flashing light, and started speeding towards the nearest hospital, fighting against _39 _. The cars ahead of him pulled out of the way as he drove through the 40. From the back of the 41 the parents were shouting at him to 42 , since Ally had almost stopped 43 . In front of him he saw some traffic lights, with the red “STOP” light shining. Mr White knew that he had no time to 44 , so he drove straight past the traffic lights, looking 45 his left and right as he did so.
Coming towards him from his right was a taxi. The driver had the windows 46 , since the car was air-conditioned, and he was playing his radio. He did not 47 the ambulance. The lights were green, so he drove straight 48 into the path of the ambulance.
Mr White tried to stop his ambulance but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everybody was shaken but no one was hurt. Mr White looked to see 49 little Ally was. He was astonished to see relief (宽慰) instead of 50 on the faces of the parents.
“Look!” cried Mrs Green. “She is 51 again.”
“It must have been the 52 .” said her husband. “It 53 the food out of her throat.” The baby’s color was turning to normal, and she was crying in a loud but healthy 54 .
They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the accident, the taxi, and the lines of 55 all around them.
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--- How cool the guys are !
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A．too; to talk; to forget |
B．too; talking; to forget |
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C．so; to talk; that they forgot |
D．so; talking; that they forgot |
---Do you mind my sharing your e-dictionary, Sandy?
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A．Yes, please |
B．No, please don’t |
C．No, help yourself |
D．Yes, not at all |
