Practising yoga is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility.(灵活性)
Harish, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free---- even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body doesn’t get tired quickly,” he said. ”Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem,” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”
1.What is Harish?
A. A teacher B. A lawyer
C. A doctor D. A swimmer
2.The underline phrase for free in the passage means _____
A. 快乐地 B. 自由地
C. 免费地 D. 规律地
3.Why is water yoga more popular than others?
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time.
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat
D. Both A and B.
4.There are more _____ than _____ in Harish’s yoga class.
A.children; adults B.adults; children
C. women; men D.olds; adults
5.What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Ways to keep fit
B. Water yoga in India
C. Hot yoga in the world
D. Harish and his classes
World War II lasted from1939 to 1945. Life changed for everybody, including women and children because of the war. Millions of people lost their lives during the war. The Diary of a young girl was a record of that time. The book was written by a girl named Anne Frank.
Anne Frank was born in Germany in June 1929. Because the German Nazis(纳粹) hated the Jew(犹太人) and wanted to kill them, her family had to move to another country. In July 1942, they went into hiding in a secret place in her father’s office. During that difficult time, Anne kept writing diaries until she and her family were discovered by Nazis in August 1944. They were caught and sent to a Nazis camp. The next year, her mother died. In the same year, she and her elder sister died of illness, before the war ended.
After the war, her father collected her diaries and the book The diary of a young girl came out in 1947. It has been read by people all over the world. In her diary, Anne wrote down her thoughts, her feelings, her hopes and her dreams for the future, “I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend KITTY.” “I can’t spend all day complaining because it’s impossible to have any fun!...Every day, I feel the beauty of nature and the goodness of the people around me. With all that, why should I be sad?”
The diary of a young girl has also become a symbol of the greatness of the human spirit. It is called one of the wisest and most moving records on war.
1.In which year did Anne die of illness?
A. in 1939 B. in 1942
C. in 1944 D. in 1945
2.According to the passage, KITTY is _____ .
A. her diary B. her elder sister
C. her mother D. her hiding place
3.Which of the following is true?
A. Anne was lazy, sad and complained all day
B. The book is mainly about Anne’s school life
C. Anne loved life though she was in difficult time.
D. The book has been put into nearly 30 languages
4.Where did Anne hide?
A. in her father’s office B. in a library
C. in church D. on a farm
5.From the passage, we can infer(推断) ______?
A. Anne was born in Germany
B. Anne was a Jew
C. Anne’s father collected the diaries
D. Anne was a Nazis
My Favourite Sweater
by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor
My favourite sweater grew too small.
I love that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yarn(纱线), a special blue.
The color of bluebells, wet with dew（露珠）
When I was three I was very small
But now I’m five and much too tall
I have a new jacket now that’s green
So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.
Queen just had kittens out in the shed (小屋)
My favourite sweater is now their bed.
1. Who is the writer of the poem?
A. The grandma B. Miss Taylor
C. Mrs Taylor D. Queen
2.The girl in this poem is _____ years old now.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
3.Whose name is Queen?
A. The girl’s B. Her grandma’s
C. Her mother’s D. The cat’s
4.What color is the girl’s new jacket?
A. green B. blue
C. red D. purple
5.The word kitten in this poem most probably means ______?
A. a kind of food B. a baby cat
C. a kind of drink D. a bed for a baby
When we talked about NBA, many people will think of Yao Ming. There is no doubt that Yao Ming is a Chinese hero. On October 16,2013,Yao Ming announced(宣布) he would open the NBA Yao School. This was really exciting news!
Looking at the name of the school, many people would think that the school is going to train NBA talents. But that is not truth. The NBA Yao School provides after-school boys and girls over 16 years old who are very good at playing basketball. The school aims to teach the importance of teamwork, leadership(领导素养) and communication in a fun basketball environment.
Yao is quite glad to be a part of the school, because it has always been his dream to positively (积极地) influence young people’s life through sports.
Now, basketball fans in China are looking forward to getting basketball training, and the NBA Yao School is a great choice. In the school, students have chances to meet NBA stars. The stars can offer suggestions on how to play basketball well.
The school’s first program opened at the Wukesong Basketball Park in February, 2014. If you want to know more information about the school, you can visit www.nbayao.com.
Read and tell true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1.The children under 16 years old can’t be students in the NBA Yao School..
2.The school provides only after-school basketball training programs.
3.Yao Ming opened the NBA Yao School on October 16, 2013.
4.The school aims to teach the students how to play basketball.
5.The students there have chances to meet NBA stars and learn something from them.
Choose the best response from A to F according to the sentence given.
A: Jenny, do you have an interesting story about yourself?
B: Oh, yes. 1._____. One day I found a bottle of ink in the living room, and I drank it.
A: You drank it? That’s terrible.
B: Yes, I did. I drank it up.
A: Oh, no! 2.______.
B: When my sister saw me, she was very surprised. So she told our mother. My mother took me to the hospital at once.
A: How did you feel after you drank the ink?
B: 3.______ I stayed in the hospital for two days. What about you, Tina? Did you get into any troubles when you were young?
A: 4.______. One day when I was four years old, I ate a spoon of salt. 5._____.
B: How did you like it?
A: It was terrible.
A. What happened then? B. It was delicious. C. Yes, I did D. I felt so sick. E. I thought it was sugar. F. It happened when I was three years old. G. When were you born? |
When I was seven years old, my family made me an ant farm. First, we put clean sand in a thin box. Then we waited for the ants to arrive.
After the ants in the glass farm, they started to make tunnels. I was _ _ that each one knew exactly what to do. Each had _ own job.
On the fifth day a tragedy(悲剧)happened. I put face to close to the glass farm. When I knocked it over. All the tunnels fell down. Although the ants remained alive after their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was scared as I watched them give up _ their tunnels to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother said that the ants were dying of _ . They simply couldn’t stand that their tunnels were gone, although much time has passed. I still _ _ that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about natural world, but it _ me much more.
Over the years, I came to realize the importance of _ . Working together, the ants were able to make an amazing world for themselves. I also learned that they should be admired（钦佩） for their hard work.
But there was an even larger lesson that I did not realize until recently. Adversity（逆境） is a natural part of life and must . Unlike the ants, we can’t give up when we are sad. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone. We have to realize that if a tunnel is gone. We must build _ .
Giving up. I say it is not a good choice.
1.A. glass B. paper C. rubber D. plastic
2.A. happy B. angry C. sorry D. amazed
3.A. it B. its C. their D. theirs
4.A. build B. built C. building D. to build
5.A. cold B. earthquake C. illness D. sadness
6.A. have B. build C. miss D. remember
7.A. told B. taught C. said to D. spoke to
8.A. teamwork B. lives C. the farm D. the tunnels
9.A. accept B. accepted C. be accepted D. have accepted
10.A. one B. other C. the other D. another
