Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable.
Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable. People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.
Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does have something else which the body needs—folic acid.
It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along.
1.A good title for this reading passage is______.
A.Popeye the Sailor B.The Truth About Spinach
C.A Mistake with Numbers D.Folic Acid Makes You Strong
2.Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor?
A.They thought spinach made them strong.
B.They thought Popeye was funny.
C.Spinach had a lot of iron.
D.People liked folic acid.
3.A research group told people that spinach______.
A.made Popeye strong
B.was a green vegetable
C.had less iron than other green vegetables
D.had more iron than other green vegetables
4.The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from______.
A.iron B.folic acid C.spinach D.exercise
5.Folic acid is ______.
A.something in food B.a vegetable C.dangerous D.a certain kind of spinach
Many years ago there lived a young couple in a small town. The husband was out of job for a long time and the wife 36 make a living by sewing for others. They were so poor that there was almost nothing in the house but a jar under a 37 table, in 38 was a little rice 39 from their neighbor for the coming New Year. 40 New Year’s Eve, the wife had already fallen asleep, but the husband was 41 in bed, worrying about the life. Suddenly he heard something. In the darkness he saw a man breaking into the room.
“It 42 be a thief.” He thought, “but it 43 matter, there is nothing that can be 44 .” So he 45 to be asleep and kept watching over the thief.
The thief began to 46 the room. At last he found the rice in the jar.
“But 47 can I take it away?” the thief thought hard. Then he had an idea. He 48 his coat and spread it on the ground between the bed and the table. After that he turned round to take the jar.
Now the husband realized what the thief 49 . He picked up the coat quickly and 50 himself with it while the thief was turning around.
The thief 51 the jar, poured the rice out on the place where he had just spread his coat and squatted (蹲) down to feel it. But to his surprise, his coat had 52 .
“Hey”, he couldn’t help 53 out. The 54 woke up the wife. She asked her husband, “Did you hear any sound? Maybe there is a thief in the room.”
“ Nonsense(胡说)!” replied her husband. “Go back to sleep. There is no thief in the room.”
“No, that’s 55 ,” the thief shouted loudly. “If there isn’t a thief, then, where’s my coat?”
1. A.was able to B.wanted to C.had to D.would
2. A.good B.old C.nice D.broken
3. A.it B.which C.where D.that
4. A.borrowed B.asked C.lent D.taken
5. A.During B.At C.In D.On
6. A.working B.sewing C.lying D.thinking
7. A.will B.must C.can D.may
8. A.isn’t B.wasn’t C.doesn’t D.didn’t
9. A.lost B.carried C.destroyed D.stolen
10. A.pretended B.tried C.decided D.started
11. A.look into B.search C.discover D.examine
12. A.what B.when C.why D.how
13. A.used B.took off C.put on D.brought
14. A.had done B.did C.would do D.could do
15. A.hung B.covered C.studied D.dressed
16. A.shook B.laid C.lifted D.touched
17. A.lost B.missed C.left D.disappeared
18. A.to cry B.crying C.to jump D.jumping
19. A.sound B.voice C.noise D.saying
20. A.right B.all right C.nothing D.impossible
Suddenly he ____________his mother in the crowd and ran to her .
A.lost sight of B.caught up with C.caught sight of D.in sight of
根据下面的提示,写一篇100词左右的题为“Travel”的短文。
1.当工作累了时,你可以旅游。这样既可以领略大自然的美丽风光、呼吸新鲜空气,还可以交友;
2.旅游也会有烦恼,天气多变,有时可能被雨淋湿(be caught in the rain)。因此,你应该多了解天气情况,做好充分准备。
3.旅游最好有个旅伴,可以互相照应,同时也增添旅途的乐趣。
在我们的生活和学习中,与人合作是非常重要的。请你根据下表中所提供的信息,写一篇题为 “Cooperate with others”的英文演讲稿。
为何与人合作 |
可以高效地完成任务; 可以节省时间和精力; 可以从合作者身上学到很多。 |
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与谁合作 |
与喜欢的人合作 |
心情愉快,一起分享工作中的快乐和痛苦。 |
与不喜欢的人 合作 |
能挑战自己与他人相处的能力。此外,关注工作比关注合作者本人更重要。日久,也许会发现他是一个很好相处的人。 |
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怎样做一个好的合作者 |
请你发表自己的观点……(至少2点看法) |
注意:
1.对所给要点,逐一陈述,适当发挥,不要简单翻译。 2.词数150左右。
参考词汇:合作者 partner 高效地efficiently
Good afternoon, everyone!
The topic of my speech today is “Cooperate with others”.
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Thank you for your listening!
目前,越来越多的中学生利用周末上各种各样的培训班或请家教。对于这一现象,存在两种不同观点。请你根据下表提示,以Is a Training Class or Family Teacher Necessary?为题,写一篇短文,反映表中内容,并简要阐述自己的观点。
有些人认为有必要 |
另一些人认为没有必要 |
跟老师学比自己学好 可以巩固课堂所学内容 可以学到更多的东西 |
容易养成依赖习惯 学生需要时间休息 许多培训班和家教以赢利为目的 |
要求:(1)层次清晰,连贯流畅;表达灵活,但不要逐字逐句翻译。
(2)词数:100 词左右
(3)参考词汇:巩固strengthen vt. 依赖 dependence n.