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If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that? 1 But it never lets you know, because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars．So it silently serves your needs and never lets itself grow．When mind loses its freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop．This might be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?"
2 Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from childhood．Since it develops other aspects of our life, we have to get help from reading．
Once you read a book, you run your eyes through the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you．3 Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas．If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate a lot of things which you would have never thought of in your wildest dreams!
This is nothing but creativity．4 Within no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language and never run out of the right words．
So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading．5 Go and get a book!
A．The interesting part of the book is stored in your mind as a seed．
B．Why not do some reading while you are hungry?
C．Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry．
D．Now what are you waiting for?
E．Hunger of the mind can be actually solved through wide reading．
F．Reading can help you make more friends, too．
G．Also this makes a significant contribution to your vocabulary
Getting close to active or erupting volcanoes can be dangerous. But for Michael Rampino, it’s all in a day’s work. Rampino is a volcanologist, a scientist who studies volcanoes and how they affect our planet. Rampino has been close to red-hot lava flows (熔岩流) in Hawaii and explosive volcanoes in Indonesia. He knows when to get close to an active volcano and when to back away.
Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”
Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.
Rampino doesn’t work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stimulate (模拟) the effects volcanoes have on Earth’s atmosphere.
Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but it’s also fun. “It’s cool traveling the world studying “to understand the events that have shaped Earth’s history.”
1.To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is _____.
A．scary but necessary B．adventurous but meaningful
C．impossible and unnecessary D．dangerous but urgent
2.The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____”.
A．trapped B．touched C．attracted D．frightened
3.Rampino’s study on volcanoes might help _____.
A．warn people to protect the environment
B．support the study of Earth’s future climate
C．tell the future eruption time of the volcanoes
D．reduce the possibility of the volcanoes’ eruptions
4.In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?
A．People. B．History. C．Climate. D．Business.
One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by sending newspapers door to door, was so hungry that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I owe (欠) you?”
“You don’t owe me anything,” she replied. “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” With these words, Howard Kelly left that house.
Years later the woman became badly ill and was finally sent to the hospital in a big city. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Dressed in his doctor’s clothes, Dr. Kelly went into her room and recognized her at once. From that day on, he gave special attention to her, and decided to do his best to save her life.
At last the woman was saved. Dr. Kelly asked the business office to pass the final bill to him. He looked at it and then wrote something on the side. The bill was sent to the woman’s room. She was afraid to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay for it off. Finally she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words:
“Paid in full with a glass of milk, Dr. Howard Kelly.” Tear of joy flooded her eyes.
1.The boy sent newspapers door to door in order to ________.
A．thank the woman for her kindness B．continue his schooling
C．become a famous doctor D．support his poor family
2.Which is true about the boy and the woman?
A．She never thought he would save her life later.
B．She thought he was not hungry but thirsty.
C．She wanted him to pay for the glass of milk.
D．He was too shy to ask her for some water.
3.After Dr. Kelly knew who the woman was, he ________.
A．refused to take good care of her himself
B．decided to try his best to save her
C．told her she once gave him a glass of milk
D．asked for her bill and paid it off at once
4.The best title for this passage is ________.
A．The Final Bill B．A Warm-hearted Woman
C．A Glass of Milk D．A Famous Doctor
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) landed on their window. The father asked his son, “What is that?” The son replied, “That is a crow.” After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?”
The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It’s a crow.” After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is this?” This time, the son said to his father in a low and cold tone, “It’s a crow, a crow.” After a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, “What is this?” This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?” A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page.
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn’t at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son.
If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, “I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the best way no matter how they behave.”
1.The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because ______.
A．he forgot what had happened
B．he would like his son to read it
C．it could remind himself of the past
D．he wanted to find what a crow was
2.The underlined word “affection” (last but one Para.) probably means______.
A．puzzle B．hatred(恨) C．love D．worry
3.The writer mainly intends to ______ .
A．tell us the function (作用) of a diary
B．call on us to love our parents
C．teach us what a crow is
D．introduce a pair of son and father
Every year there are hundreds of earthquakes in different parts of the world. In September, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were both destroyed by an earthquake and the fires that followed it. They had to be completely rebuilt. One of the most serious earthquakes was in China’s Shanxi province in 1556. It killed almost one million people.
We measure an earthquake’s strength on the Richter Scale. The Richter Scale was introduced in 1935 in Southern California in the USA. It measures earthquakes on a scale of one to ten. Any earthquake measuring five or more is usually serious.
The Earth’s crust(地壳) is made up of rock called plates. As these plates move, they sometimes crash against each other, causing the crust to quake. In cities such as Tokyo, where small quakes happen quite often, many modern buildings are designed to be flexible so when the Earth moves, they move with it.
Earthquakes can also break up gas and oil pipes. This can cause fires to break out, which can do as much damage as the earthquake itself. Another effect of earthquakes is tsunamis. These are huge waves created by earthquakes beneath the sea. They can be many meters high and cause great damage to coastal towns and cities, China, Japan, Russia and the USA have the highest occurrence(发生) of earthquakes in the world.
1.The passage is mainly about .
A．scientists who study earthquakes
B．the way of measuring earthquakes
C．a usual natural disaster
D．what people should do in the earthquake
2.The earthquake in Shanxi Province , which in NOT true?
A．happened in 1556
B．killed one million people
C．caused a lot of damage
D．was the only earthquake in China
3.Earthquakes
A．don’t cause much damage B．are not serious
C．most possibly happen in Japan D．happen all over the world
4.According to the passage we know that tsunamis .
A．can cause earthquakes
B．are caused by earthquakes
C．only happen on land
D．are a way of measuring earthquakes
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen 36 for almost a month. The crops were dying. Every day, my husband 37 to get water to the fields. But 38 we saw some rain soon, we would lose everything.
However, one day I learned the true lesson of 39 and witnessed the only miracle I had 40 seen before. I was cooking in the kitchen when I saw my son, Billy, 41 toward the woods. He was walking 42 with effort, trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the 43 , he came running back. I went on cooking, 44 that whatever he had been doing was finished. Moments later, 45 , he was once again walking slowly toward the woods. This activity went on for an hour. Finally I couldn’t help 46 him and saw the most amazing 47 .
Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. I 48 screamed(尖叫) for him to get away, because a huge deer was dangerously 49 to him at that time. But the deer didn’t even move as Billy knelt down(跪下). I saw a tiny 50 lying on the ground, obviously suffering from 51 , lifting its head to drink the water cupped in Billy’s hands. When the water was 52 , Billy ran back to get more. It then became quite 53 to me what my son was doing.
I stood there, watching my 54 boy working so hard to save another life. As my tears began to hit the ground, they were suddenly joined by other drops. I looked up at the sky. It was as if God himself was weeping with pride. The rain that day 55 our farm.
1. A．water B．cloud C．rain D．storm
2. A．decided B．chose C．tried D．offered
3. A．before B．unless C．until D．if
4. A．sending B．sharing C．forgiving D．begging
5. A．never B．ever C．once D．yet
6. A．running B．jumping C．walking D．riding
7. A．slowly B．quickly C．hurriedly D．dangerously
8. A．plants B．flowers C．woods D．vegetables
9. A．thinking B．wondering C．worrying D．dreaming
10. A．though B．besides C．however D．too
11. A．beating B．following C．teaching D．hoping
12. A．scene B．field C．world D．sign
13. A．almost B．already C．just D．even
14. A．weak B．close C．ill D．brave
15. A．horse B．crop C．baby D．deer
16. A．thirst B．diseases C．heat D．pain
17. A．gone B．cleaned C．lost D．dried
18. A．comfortable B．clear C．acceptable D．simple
19. A．kind B．clever C．naughty D．honest
20. A．hit B．washed C．ruined D．save
