Hello! I'm Tom. I'm from the U. S. A. But my family（家）is in Shanghai now（現(xiàn)在）. This is my teacher. His name is Peter. He is from Canada. This is Amy. She is from Canada, too.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷句子正(T)誤(F)。

Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　A passenger was looking everywhere for his ticket because the conductor was coming up to punch tickets(剪票). He searched the pockets of his trousers, his coat and his wallet. To the other passengers' surprise, they saw that he had the ticket in his mouth. The conductor quickly pulled(拉) the ticket out of his mouth, punched it and gave it back to him.

　　When the conductor moved on, the passenger's friend said, “I'm sure you feel foolish just now, sitting there, looking everywhere for your ticket when it was right in your mouth all the time.”

　　“Foolish?” answered the passenger. “I was chewing(嚼) the date off.”

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容；符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．The passenger didn't remember where he had put his ticket.

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2．The passenger searched his pockets, coats, and wallet but found nothing.

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3．The other passengers saw that he had the ticket in his mouth.

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4．His friend didn't know why he was looking for his ticket.

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5．The conductor thought the man had forgotten that the ticket was in his mouth.

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6．The passenger must have felt stupid when the conductor pulled the ticket out of his mouth.

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Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　The world is full of variety. Trees, grasses, and leafy plants cover the earth. Above, the sun shines on the earth as it turns in the ever-changing sky. This is the familiar world that we see around us every day. It is the world that story-tellers and poets write about.

　　This world is also the world of chemistry. In this world, one form of matter changes endlessly into another. We cannot always see it happening with the naked eyes(肉眼). Yet it is something which is taking place all the time. The millions of forms, alive or not, which exist on the earth are all made up of about one hundred basic chemical elements. The same elements are found everywhere. Only the combinations and the quantities differ. This may seem astonishing, but it is true. It is true not only of the earth but also of the whole universe.

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容；符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．The universe is made up of millions of chemical elements.

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2．Poets write about the familiar world around us.

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3．The whole universe is composed of the same kinds of elements.

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4．We can never see the changes taking place in the matter of which the earth is composed.

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5．Chemical changes take place on the earth only when the sun is shining.

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6．The world we are living in is a world of chemistry.

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Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a long history. A Greek inventor made the first one. You may have seen robots in some films. The robots in these films are stronger, faster and cleverer than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous(危險(xiǎn)的), difficult or boring jobs. Some people can't look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can't see. Many of these people use a dog to help themselves move around. This dog is called a guide dog(導(dǎo)盲狗). Scientists are making a robot dog to help blind people. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of(代替) these guide dogs.

　　Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to the sick people's rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.

　　In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human help. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．The first robot was invented by a Greek.

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2．Robots can only be seen in films.

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3．Robots can help some people look after themselves.

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4．Today's robots have quite a few different uses.

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5．A robot cooks meals for the sick people at an American hospital.

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6．Robots can help humans a lot both now and in the future.

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Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　My friend Alice decided to be a nurse when she was four years old. She always wanted to play as “doctor and nurse” with her playmates. When she left school last year she still wanted to be a real nurse. One day she saw an advertisement(廣告) in the newspaper:

　　DO YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE?

　　STUDY NURSING

　　SEND THIS FORM TO US FOR MORE INFORMATION

　　Alice filled in the form with her name and address. She cut it out and posted it at once.

　　Last September she started her study in a big hospital in Newcastle. She had to work very hard. She went to classes every day and studied late into the night. The really important day came : her first day in a ward(病房). At last she was really helping sick people, not just sitting in classes or learning from books.

　　At first, student nurses do lots of small jobs in the ward. They help to serve meals, or wash the patients. They also keep the ward tidy and make the beds. They cannot give injections(注射) or help the doctors. One of Alice's first jobs was in a ward of old people. She was told to clean all the patients' false(假的) teeth. She collected all the teeth and took them to the bathroom. Instead of cleaning each set of teeth one by one she put them all into one big bowl.

　　“It'll be quicker this way,” she said to herself. “Then I can give back everyone's teeth in a few minutes.”

　　Give back everyone's teeth! Alice stood in the middle of the ward with her big bowl of teeth. She had no idea which teeth belonged to which old man! You can imagine the confusion(混亂) the next half hour when each patient had to find his own teeth.

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．Alice will finish school soon.

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2．She decided to be a nurse as a child.

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3．She really became a nurse with the help of a newspaper advertisement.

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4．Student nurses usually do lots of small jobs and help the doctors in the ward.

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5．Alice cleaned each set of false teeth one by one very carefully.

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6．It took half an hour for Alice to return the teeth to their owners.

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Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　Bill and Sally White, their father and mother, and some of their friends were visiting Bill's uncle George at the seashore. Uncle George was Bill's father's brother. He had a house and a sailboat(帆船). Bill and Sally had visited him many times. They liked the seashore very much.

　　It was late in August. The air was cool, but the water was warm enough for swimming. Uncle George had invited them all to go sailing(航海) with him. They were going to sail for two or three hours and then have a picnic on one of the islands in the bay(海灣).

　　The young people were very excited, but Mrs. White was afraid of the sailboat. “I don't want to ride in the sailboat, George,” she said. “It goes too fast. Besides, I'd get wet and cold.”

　　“Well,” said Uncle George, “you don't have to go in the sailboat if you don't want to, Alice. The Thompsons are taking their motorboat, and you can go in that. You'll be dry and warm.”

　　“What do you think of the weather, George?” said Bill's father. “I see a few clouds in the sky.”

　　“Oh, it will be all right,” said Uncle George. “Anyway, if it gets cloudy, we can come back. Let's go.”

　　They all got into the boat, and Uncle George went to work. He untied(解開(kāi)) the ropes and held the boat, and the boat began to move slowly. When they were about fifty yards from the shore, he raised the sail.

　　“Watch your heads!” he called out. The wind was blowing. It filled the sail, and the boat began to move fast. “Just like a bird,” Sally thought. “Oh, this is wonderful!”

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．It was autumn. The Whites and some of their friends were going sailing with Uncle George.

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2．The air was warm and the water was cool, and there were a few clouds in the sky.

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3．Mrs. White didn't want to ride in the sailboat because she was afraid of falling into the cold water and getting wet.

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4．Uncle George thought the weather would be all right.

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5．Uncle George raised the sail as soon as they all got into the boat.

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6．Alice is Mr. White's wife.

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Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　Then comes July, and with it examinations: but these are soon finished and with them ends the school year. Boys and girls have nearly two months' holiday before them as they leave school by train and car to return home to their fathers and mothers.

　　The summer holidays are the best part of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so that one can spend most of one's time playing in the garden or, if one lives in the country, out in the woods and fields. Even if one lives in a big town, one can usually go to a park to play.

　　The best place for a summer holiday is the seaside. Some children are lucky enough to live near the sea, but for the others, a week or two at one of the big seaside towns is something they will talk about for the whole of the following year.

　　In England, most of the people can take their children to the seaside. If a factory worker or a bus driver, a street cleaner or a waiter wants to take his wife and children to Southend or Margate, Blackpool or Clacton, he is usually quite able to do so.

　　Now, what is it that children like so much about the seaside? I think it is the sand, sea and sun more than any other things. Of course, there are lots of new things to see, nice things to eat, and interesting things to do, but it is the feelings of sand under one's feet, of salt water on one's skin(皮膚), and of warm sun on one's back that make the seaside what it is.

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．The summer holiday lasts more than two months.

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2．Most children enjoy the summer holidays because they can go out and do all kinds of interesting games.

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3．The seaside is the best place for a summer holiday.

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4．In Britain, it's usually not easy for factory workers, bus drivers, street cleaners or waiters to bring their families to big seaside towns during summer holidays.

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5．Southend, Margate, Blackpool and Clacton are big seaside towns in Britain.

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6．The sand, sea and sun are what children like best about the seaside.

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Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　“Memorize these words.” “Learn this spelling rule.” “Don't forget tomorrow's quiz(測(cè)驗(yàn)).” You remember things every day, but how do you do it?

　　You find a telephone number in the phone book, dial it, and then forget it. This is your short-term memory. It lasts less than 30 seconds. However, you don't look in the phone book for a friend's number. You know it. This is long-term memory. Your long-term memory has everything that you remember.

　　Why do you forget something? What is the reason? You did not learn it in the beginning. This is the major reason for forgetting. For example, you meet some new people, and you forget their names. You hear the names, but you do not learn them. Then you forget them.

　　You can remember better. Here are some ideas.

　　a．Move information from your short-term memory to your long-term memory. Practice the information. Say the information to yourself. Think about it. Spend time on it.

　　b．Over learn. After you learn something, study it some more. Learn it more than you need to. For example, when you know a list of new words, don't stop. Practice the words a few more times.

　　c．Be sure that you understand the information. It is difficult to memorize something you don't understand.

　　d．Do only one thing at a time. Study in a quiet place.

　　e．Try to connect the new information with something you already know. For example, when you learn the name of a new kind of food, think of a similar kind of food.

　　f．Divide(分開(kāi)) the information into parts. Do not have more than seven parts. Learn one part and stop for a few minutes. Don't try to learn all the parts at the same time.

　　g．Make a picture in your mind. For example, maybe you see a new word. It is a kind of fruit. Make a picture in your mind of this fruit. Remember what it looks like.

　　h．Try to relax(放松) when you study. Enjoy it. You cannot remember things when you are tired or unhappy.

　　Some people have a photographic(照相機(jī)般的) memory. They see everything like a picture. Later they can see the picture in their mind again and describe everything in it. They can remember long lists of numbers and thousands of other things. Would you like to have a photographic memory?

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．It is easy to memorize things that we don't understand.

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2．A short-term memory lasts only a minute.

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3．Your address is in your long-term memory.

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4．A photographer has a photographic memory.

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5．You can remember things well when you are glad and healthy.

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6．People who have a photographic memory can usually remember better.

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Reading comprehension(閱讀理解)

　　Alan Chang was a handsome young man with good manners(舉止).

　　One morning he was walking along a street on his way to an appointment(約會(huì)). He did not want to be early or late. He had forgotten to bring his watch so he went up to a man who was waiting for a taxi.

　　“Excuse me, sir,” he said, very politely, “but could you tell me the time?” The man, who was very well-dressed and looked quite rich, said nothing. He did not even look at Alan. Alan spoke to him again. “Excuse me, sir,” he said, “but could you please tell me what time it is?”

　　This time the man looked at him, but he did not speak and looked quickly away. Alan thought to himself: Well, he's not deaf. He must be just rude(無(wú)禮). “Why won't you tell me the time, sir?” he said again.

　　The man turned towards him and said, “Try to understand me. I am standing here waiting for a taxi. You come up to me and ask me for the time. If I tell it to you, you will thank me. I will say, ‘That's all right.’ You may then say, ‘It's a beautiful day.’ To which I may say, ‘Yes, I like these sunny winter days.’ Before we know what is happening we have a friendly talk. You are a polite young man and so when my taxi comes, I offer you a ride. You accept.

　　“We talk. I like you. You like me. I ask you to my house. You meet my daughter. She is a very nice girl. You are a good-looking man. You like each other. Soon you fall in love. You want to marry(結(jié)婚). And I do not want my daughter to marry a man who is too poor to buy a watch. Now do you understand my problem?”

True or False(判斷下列句子是否符合短文內(nèi)容，符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示)

1．Alan asked the man the time because he was too poor to buy a watch.

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2．Alan thought the man was rude when he would not tell him the time.

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3．The man didn't tell Alan the time because he didn't want to speak to Alan.

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4．The man worried that Alan might like him and invite him to his house.

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5．Alan was a handsome young man with very good manners.

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6．Alan loved the man's daughter so much that he wanted to marry her.

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　　本篇大意是：雞場(chǎng)主懷特發(fā)現(xiàn)夏天雞下蛋少，決定在雞舍裝置空調(diào)，賣(mài)空調(diào)的老板到懷特處，見(jiàn)其家尚未安裝空調(diào)，便想擴(kuò)展生意，不單給雞舍裝上空調(diào)，還建議給懷特的妻子屋安一臺(tái)空調(diào)，但懷特沒(méi)有同意，他的理由是，給雞舍裝上空調(diào)，雞能多下蛋，給他老婆安上空調(diào)，并不能產(chǎn)生經(jīng)濟(jì)效益．

　　文章反映了農(nóng)場(chǎng)、牧場(chǎng)、家禽飼養(yǎng)場(chǎng)現(xiàn)代化的進(jìn)展，反映了在市場(chǎng)經(jīng)濟(jì)背景下，人們所具有的強(qiáng)烈經(jīng)濟(jì)意識(shí)，十分幽默而富有趣味．雙方都有自己的生意經(jīng)，各自有自己的小算盤(pán)，都是以多撈錢(qián)為目的，這是現(xiàn)代社會(huì)中商人心理的實(shí)際寫(xiě)照．

　　Mr White was a chicken farmer. He had hundreds of chickens, and sold the eggs and the meat and got quite a lot of money for them, but he lived in a very hot part of the country, and he found that his hens could hardly lay(空調(diào)) any eggs in the summer. So he decided to put air-conditioning(空調(diào)) into his chicken-house so that the hens would lay well all through the year and he could get more eggs and in that way get more money.

　　The owner of the air-conditioning company(公司) came to see him, and when he saw Mr White's house, he thought that he might be able to persuade(勸說(shuō)) him to buy some air-conditioning too.

　　“Your wife would be much happier and have a nicer house to live in then.” he said to Mr White. But Mr White was not interest.

　　“My wife doesn't lay eggs.” he said.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，判斷對(duì)錯(cuò)．

1．Mr White's hens could lay few eggs when the weather was too hot.

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2．Mr White decided to buy air-conditioning for his house because he wanted to make his wife much happier.

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3．The owner of the company hoped to put air-conditioning into both Mr White's house and his chicken-house.

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4．Air-conditioning in Mr White's house would not bring him more money.

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5．Neither Mr White nor the owner of the company wanted to get more money.

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