Once upon a time, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything on the land —— animals and plants.
One day while walking through the woods, the old man found a cocoon of a butterfly. He took it home. A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther. Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then came out easily.
But it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, or they would be smaller. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled （枯萎）wings. It never was able to fly.
What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any difficulties, it would cripple (无能) us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. And we could never fly.
1.The old man cut the cocoon in order to ____.
A. kill the butterfly
B. play with the butterfly
C. make the butterfly come out easily
D. have the butterfly
2.The reason why the butterfly could not fly is that _____.
A. the old man broke its wings
B. it was too small
C. newly born butterflies can’t fly
D. it came out of its cocoon without enough struggle
3.What can we know from the passage?
A. That old man was fond of everything except the butterfly.
B. It was the old man that stopped the butterfly flying.
C. The old man realized his mistake.
D. It’s not hard for the butterfly to come out of the cocoon.
4.What does the author want to tell us by writing the passage?
A .We should help others.
B. Without others' help we can still succeed.
C. Struggles in our life can make us stronger.
D. Butterflies can fly without people’s help.
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Time | Activities |
morning | go to Ditan Temple Fair(庙会) ·learn about Chinese folk arts ·watch dragon and lion dances ·eat local traditional snacks |
afternoon | ... |
Dear Jack,
I’m so glad you’re coming to Beijing during the Spring Festival season.
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What do you think of the arrangements? If you have any other plans, just let me know.
Li Hua
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It’s 2010, outside the gate of a school somewhere in the UK. Some teenagers are talking. One says to another,” I’m tired of jamming after school---it’s really vanilla. Let’s go for a za, OK?” Two adults are walking past. They hear what the teenagers are saying, but they don’t understand a word. (What the teenagers said was,” I’m tired of hanging around after school---it’s really boring. Let’s go for a pizza.”)
This is nothing new---teenagers always invent new words and phrases. They create words for everyday things---words that mean good or porents or bad or good-looking, and so on. Look at these different ways of saying good in recent decades:
1960s---groovy (or fab)
1970s---neat
1980s---ace
1990s---wicked
2000s---cool
But, of course, the words you use depend on your interests, your friends, the music you listen to and the part of the country you live in. Different groups of teenagers have different likes and dislikes, and so they also have different expressions.
So why do teenagers invent new words, or invent new meanings for old words? Many people think it’s because they don’t want adults to understand, but that probably isn’t true---the real reason is that teenagers like to be creative and play with language, so they have fun creating new words.
And what do parents and old people think about it all? Most of them don’t worry about it---after all, they had their own special words when they teenagers too. But, some adults complain about “teen talk” and get quite annoyed by it. But that’s all part of the fun for the teenagers!
1.What is the way of teenagers’ saying good in the 2000s?（只用一个单词）
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2.Why do teenagers invent new words? （不多于七个单词）
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3.What is the topic of the passage? （不多于四个单词）
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Worst Game Ever？
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a video game that came out for the Atari 2600 game system in 1982. It was based on a very popular film of the same name. Star programmer Howard Warshaw created it with consultation from the film director Steven Spielberg.
It was July 27th, 1982. Howard Warshaw was hot off the success of his most recent game, Raiders of the Lost Ark. He received a call from Atari C.E.O, Ray Kassar. Atari had bought the rights to make a video game version of Spilberg’s Movie, E.T., which had just been released（发行） in June. Kassar told Warshaw that Spielberg had specifically asked for Warshaw to make the game Warshaw was honored, but there was one huge problem. Atari needed the game finished by September 1st in order to start selling it during the Christmas season.
It had taken Warshaw six months to create Raiders of the Lost Ark. The game he made prior to that took him seven months. He was expected to create E.T. in around five weeks. Warshaw accepted the challenge anyway and production began. Spielberg wanted Warshaw to create a simple maze game similar to Pac-man, but V had a bigger vision. He wanted players to explore different environments in 3D world. Usually companies like Atari have people test games before releasing them, but they decided to skip testing due to time limitations.
The game was a hot holiday item at first. Unfortunately, Atari overestimated how many they would sell. They made 5 million copies and they only sold 1.5 million. Most people who played the game hated it. The graphics（画面）were bad. Game play was awkward. Players got stuck in holes that they couldn’t escape. Some people who stuck with the game grew to like it, but it wasn’t the mainstream success that Atari had hoped it would be.
Too many copies of the game sat on store shelves. One employee remembers the game being discounted five times, from $49.95 to less than a dollar. A newspaper in New Mexico reported that between 10 and 20 semitrailer truckloads of Atari products were crushed and buried at landfill in Alamogordo. Atari lost over $100 million on E.T.. The game was so bad that it was said to have affected Atari’s reputation. The video game industry soon fell into a deep depression, with a profit $3.2 billion in 1983 to just over $100 million in 1985, almost a 97% drop. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial will long be remembered as one of the worst games ever made, if not one of the causes of the decline of entire video game industry.
1.What can we learn about Howard Warshaw from the passage?
A. He was ambitious. B. He was cautious.
C. He was unreliable. D. He was inexperienced.
2.Why did E.T. end up one worst video game ever?
A. It was produced in a hurry.
B. It was set in a 3D environment.
C. It was released at a wrong time.
D. It was based on a popular movie.
3.According to the passage, the failure of the game E.T. may have____
A. destroyed the reputation of the film E.T.
B. given chances to other companies to rise
C. led to the fall of the video game industry
D. made people lose interest in 3D environment
4.In the passage the author describes Atari’s failure________
A. in a disapproving way
B. with a supportive attitude
C. with a feeling of pity for the company
D. without expressing his/her own opinions
Since 1936, many female space explorers have followed Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova. Let’s look at the missions（任务）of four important female astronauts to find out what astronauts do in space.
In 1983, Sally Ride became the first American women in space. Her team carried out scientific experiments in space and put two communications satellites in space. Satellites make it possible for us to communicate instantly with each other across the world through TV, radio, and telephones.
In 1984, Kathryn Sullivan became the first American women to walk in space. During her mission, she discovered important information about the sun’s energy and how it affects the climate in very hot and very cold places on Earth. She also took photographs of Earth and measured air pollution.
In 1992, Mae Jemison became the first African-American in space. During her mission, she did scientific experiments using the weightless atmosphere. In space, there is no gravity, so everything floats! Dr. Jemison’s experiments gave important information about the human body to produce better medicines and healthcare.
In 2012, Liu Yang became the first Chinese women in space. She did experiments in space medicine, which look at how astronauts can survive and stay healthy in space. The conditions in space are very hard on the body and space medicine helps astronauts work safely.
1.Who collected important information about air pollution?
A. Valentina Tereshkova. B. Sally Ride.
C. Kathryn Sullivan. D. Mae Jemison
2.What did Dr. Jemison’s experiments focus on?
A. Human body.
B. Space satellites.
C. Climate on earth.
D. Energy from the sun.
3.Liu Yang’s mission aimed at ________.
A. providing information about environment
B. protecting astronauts’ health in space
C. improving communication on Earth
D. testing the weightless atmosphere
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A. Great Walking in Space
B. Conditions in Space
C. Healthcare in Space
D. Women in Space
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Welcome to Our Festival March 7 2016
Story Show in Oheron Adults 8:00 pm -10:00 pm Join in us for an evening of true, personal stories about science. Come to the only show where you can hear people——scientists, not-scientists, and half-scientists——tell funny and touching stories about the role of science in their lives. Cost: $10 |
Make Your Own iPhone Case through Toysinbox 3D Printing Families & Teens & Adults 10:00 am – 12:30 pm In this workshop, you will learn to design and 3D print your own iPhone case. First, you will learn how to use a 3D printer. Next, you will design a 3D model for your iPhone case that will have a lovely pattern and your name. Once you create the model, you will print it out on our 3D printers. A 3D printing worker will guide you through this process step-by-step. Come and enjoy this fun and unique learning experience! Cost: $35 |
DIY Underwater Vehicle Design in MIT Museum Teens 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Dive into the world of ocean engineering by designing and building an underwater vehicle! Test your vehicle in large tanks on the Museum’s floor. Show off your engineering creations and share your design process with Museum visitors. Cost: $15, Ages 12 |
Animal Kingdom for Young Ones in Museum of Science, Boston Families 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Join us for a day of hands-on science fun designed especially for pre-schoolers! Activities include the Museum’s popular “Live Animal Story Time” shows and a talk about baby animals and book-signing by children’s book authors. Drop in on special live animal visits and activities in the exhibition halls, as well as design challenges and lab activities——all created with your young scientist in mind! Cost: Free, Ages Pre-kindergarten——Age 8 |
1.What can people do in Story Show?
A. Do role-play games.
B. Put on science shows.
C. Hear touching stories.
D. Meet authors of the books.
2.If you are interested in ocean engineering, you will probably attend_______________.
A. Story Show
B. DIY Underwater Vehicle Design
C. Make Your Own iPhone Case
D. Animal Kingdom for Young Ones
3.Animal Kingdom for Young Ones is designed for ____________.
A. adults
B. children of all ages
C. kids under 8 years old
D. children aged twelve and older
4.What is the subject of the festival?
A. Sports. B. Science.
C. Literature. D. Education.
