Men are the cleverest and most dangerous animals on the earth．Rats come second．Men kill many other animals．They kill their enemies(敵人)．They have killed hundreds of millions of men．Rats carry many diseases, and these diseases have killed and are still killing thousands of men today in many countries．Rats are dangerous not in only one way．They not only carry diseases into men's homes, but also they eat up men's food．They eat 33 million tons of grain every year．That is enough grain to feed 200 million people．Rats are clever, too．They have good leaders．Men try to poison(毒) them, but if their leaders tell them that the food is dangerous, they don't eat it．

Our cities and villages are full of rats today．We can go to the moon, but we are not able to kill all these rats today．Is it because this dangerous enemy is too clever and grows fast, or we are not clever enough as well as not clean enough?

1．                     , so they are the most dangerous．

A．Men often eat animals                              B．Men never love animals

C．Men feed on meat                                   D．Men kill a lot of enemies

2．How do rats kill men?

A．They have leaders．                                B．The diseases they carry kill men．

C．They eat little babies．                            D．They eat much grain．

3．Rats eat a lot of grain, so                     ．

A．many men are hungry                              B．men have to work hard

C．men can't live any longer                         D．men have to leave their hand

4．The leaders of the rats tell the rats                ．

A．to go away from men                              B．to stop eating the grain

C．not to eat the food with poison                 D．to be careful of men

5．Which of he following is TRUE?

A．Rats are cleverer than men．                       B．It is difficult for men to kill rats．

C．Men are the ablest on the earth．                 D．Men will soon be able to kill all the rats.

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　　People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age．There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light．But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius．“There is no such thing as genius,”Edison said．He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work．

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　　Edison enjoyed thinking．He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often．But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure．

　　Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life．As he loved to think, he also loved to work．On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life．“Work,”he answered,“Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier．”He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work．

(1)

According to Thomas Edison, what’s genius?

[　　]

A．

Hard thinking．

B．

Hard work．

C．

Useful dreams．

D．

Useful inventions．

(2)

After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to ________．

[　　]

A．

write down what he had learnt

B．

carry out a new experiment

C．

make them useful in life

D．

share them with others

(3)

Edison could not understand ________．

[　　]

A．

how anybody enjoyed life

B．

how anybody loved working

C．

why anybody loved thinking

D．

why anybody was tired of life

(4)

The last sentence in the passage means that ________．

[　　]

A．

Edison was born to be a great inventor

B．

Edison was able to live another 100 years

C．

Edison was ready to make his 100 th invention

D．

life was too short for Edison to work for human beings

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　　The only legal holiday in February is Washington’s Birthday．Although Washington was born on February 22, his birthday is now celebrated on the third Monday of February．Some States also celebrate Lincoln’s birthday on February 12．These two, the United States’ most famous presidents, were both born in February．

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A．

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Thanksgiving Day

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A．

New Year’s Day

B．

May Day

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A．

American people do not work on New Year’s Day

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Memorial Day falls on the first Monday of February

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Labor Day comes on May 1 in the United States

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Americans celebrate Independence Day on June 14

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Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．

Americans celebrate Memorial Day in order to remember their dead friends．

B．

On New Year’s Day Americans usually go shopping．

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Washington and Lincoln were born in the same month．

D．

Americans celebrate Labor Day to remember the dead workers．

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     People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all
of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light.
But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. "There is no such thing as
genius," Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
     But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the
secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
     Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work
of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men
enjoyment and pleasure.
     Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also
loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. "Work,"
he answered, "Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier." He said he had enough
inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
1. According to Thomas Edison, what's genius?
A. Hard thinking.
B. Hard work.
C. Useful dreams.
D. Useful inventions.
2. After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to _______.
A. write down what he had learnt
B. carry out a new experiment
C. make them useful in life
D. share them with others
3. Edison could not understand _______.
A. how anybody enjoyed life
B. how anybody loved working
C. why anybody loved thinking
D. why anybody was tired of life
4. The last sentence in the passage means that _______.
A. Edison was born to be a great inventor
B. Edison was able to live another 100 years
C. Edison was ready to make his 100 th invention
D. life was too short for Edison to work for human beings

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