Louis Pasteur, one of the world's great scientists, was born in 1822, and died in 1895.While still a young boy, Louis Pasteur made his decision to become a scientist. He spent much of his life time studying the diseases of cattle, chickens and other tame animals. His wife learned to help him with his work. Almost everyone knows that Pasteur is the man responsible for finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling (变质). Not many people know he was the first to imagine and to prove that air we breathe is full of germs (细菌). One of his greatest successes was finding a treatment for people and animals to prevent a disease called rabies (狂犬病). Louis Pasteur won many honors and could have got large amount of money. But Pasteur preferred to live simply. The real happiness of this unusual man came from his work. Louis Pasteur did so well in his life that the French government took up his work and created the Institute Pasteur in the year 1888.
1.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.Pasteur was a scientist and doctor as well.
B.Pasteur lived for less than seventy years.
C.Everybody knows that Pasteur succeeded in finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling.
D.Pasteur's wife was of some help to him in his work..
2.From the passage, we know that Pasteur lived a simple life. This is because ________.
A.he earned little money.
B.he cared much about money.
C.what he really enjoyed was a simple life.
D.of all mentioned above.
3.Why were many honors given to Louis Pasteur?
A.Because he was the greatest scientist in the world.
B.Because he spent much of his life time studying the diseases of people .
C.Because he lived simply.
D.Because he was a great success as a scientist.
4.Pasteur could have got large amount of money if he had___________.
A.cared much about it.
B.made more discoveries.
C.lived a better life.
D.achieved more successes.
5.To Louis Pasteur the real happiness in his life was to __________.
A.study B.work
C.get large amount of money D.raise tame animals
If you see someone drowning, speed is very important. Once you get him out of the water, if he isn't breathing, you have four minutes before his brain is completely destroyed. Support his neck, move his head back and press his chin upwards. This stops the tongue blocking the airway in the throat and is sometimes enough to get him breathing again. If that doesn't work, start mouth-to-mouth breathing. Press his nostrils (the two holes at the end of your nose, through which you breathe and smell things) together with your fingers. Open your mouth and take a deep breath. Blow into his lungs until his chest rises, then remove your mouth and watch his chest fall. Repeat twelve times a minute. Keep doing until professional help arrives.
To bring a child back to life, keep your lips around his mouth and gently blow into his mouth. Give the first four breaths as quickly as possible to fill the blood with oxygen. If, in spite of your efforts, he starts turning a blue-grey colour, and you can feel no pulse(脉搏), then pressing is the last chance of saving his life.
With arms straight, rock forwards, pressing down on the lower half of the breastbone. Don't be too hard or you may break a rib. Check how effective you are by seeing if his colour improves or his pulse becomes independent to your chest pressing. If this happens, stop the pressing. Otherwise continue until rescue arrives.
1.If you want to save someone drowning, you __________.
A.have to pull off his clothes first .
B.should try to get him out of water as quickly as possible.
C.should first make out who he is.
D.ought to throw a life coat to him first .
2.Once a person stops breathing, it means ___________.
A.you have no more than 4 minutes to bring him to life again .
B.his brain is completely damaged .
C.he has passed away.
D.there is no way to save his life .
3.To press his chin upwards is a way to _____________.
A.keep the tongue from blocking the airway in the throat .
B.prevent the tongue from stopping the airway in the throat .
C.wipe the tongue out of the throat .
D.see if he can possibly be saved .
4.If the drowning boy has no pulse,_____________.
A.press his chin upwards is enough to get him breathing .
B.blow air into his mouth is sure to save his life .
C.press his nostrils together with your fingers can work .
D.press is the last chance of saving his life .
5.Which of the following statement is true?
A.Don’t stop pressing his chest, if the drowning man starts breathing again.
B.If you see someone drowning, you must give him mouth-to-mouth breathing.
C.If a man does not breathe for four minutes, his brain will be completely destroyed.
D.When pressing, you can do it as hard as you can.
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。