If you open today’s newspaper, what do you see? Ads! Look through a magazine. More ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.
Here are some ways ads get us to buy. Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? There people may be famous, but they may not know about what they are selling.
Some ads make you think you’re getting the word of an expert. They say, “Doctor said.” A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use Bright and White,” he says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.
Does soap have anything to do with a pretty child? But ads may show their product with something nice, such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than facts. Ads are full of strong words. Words like “new” and “improved” have strong influence. They can help a product sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.
Some ads make promises（承諾）. But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now!” they say. “Selling ends soon.” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think. All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.
【小題1】Why do famous people appear in ads?
A. Because they know every product well.
B. Because they want to serve the people.
C. Because they can make money from the ads.
【小題2】The underlined word “expert” in Paragraph Three probably means _____.
A.主持人                   B.專家                      C.演員
【小題3】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. The famous people may not know about what they are selling.
B. Some ads make promises to people and they can keep them.
C. Ads are full of strong words, such as “new” and “improved”.
【小題4】According to the passage, we know that “Tiger” might be the name of _____.
A. a kind of car            B. a kind of computer   C. a kind of soap
【小題5】What does the writer want to tell us?
A. We should not always believe the ads.
B. We should buy things that ads ask us to buy.
C. We should think about ads before buying things.

The Dragon Boat festival is very popular in China, it usually comes in May or June. On that day, people eat a special food--- rice dumplings. It is known as dragon-boat racing. Dragon-boat racing is the most popular activity during the festival. A dragon boat looks like a dragon, and is painted in red, white, yellow or black. Usually, a dragon boat is 20 to 40 metres long, and needs 20 people to row. Boatmen row the boat in cadence (節(jié)奏) with the drumbeats(鼓點(diǎn)), and a man in the front of the boat waves a small flag to help coordinate(使動(dòng)作協(xié)調(diào)) the rowing.
Dragon-boat racing becomes a popular activity in South China. International(國(guó)際的) dragon-boat racing is held in Guangzhou and Hong Kong every year.
【小題1】Which is the most popular activity during the Dragon Boat Festival ?

A．Eat rice dumplings	B．trick or treat
C．Pumpkin lantern	D．Dragon-Boat racing

【小題2】A Dragon boat needs ______________ people to row.

A．20

B．40

C．60

D．30

【小題3】If you want to watch international dragon-boat racing, you can go to ______.

A．Guangxi and Guangzhou

B．Guangzhou and Fujian

C．Guangzhou and Hong Kong

D．Hong Kong and Guangxi

【小題4】This passage is about __________.

A．South China

B．Dragon-boat racing

C．how to row the boat

D．the Dragon Boat Festival

Do you still remember the disaster(災(zāi)難)several years ago? In Indonesia (印度尼西亞) thousands of people were killed by the tsunami(海嘯) that washed people out to sea and pulled children out of their parents’ arms. “The weather was fine with no clouds .There was no warning and suddenly the sea water just hit the city. In some parts the water was as high as two meters.” a man in the city said. “Sadli, an official at the hospital, said many of the dead in the city were children under the age of ten.” “Maybe the children were being carried by their hold but they fell over in the water and couldn’t hold on to their children .All the dead children drawed.” said Sadli. Officials said hundreds of houses had been swept away the force (力量) of five –meter –high waves across Aceh, which lies on the northern tip (末端)of Sumatra Island . “Tens of people saw the rushing water and didn’t run to high ground .Instead, they kept watching it .Several of my workmates are missing.”  Lelana said by telephone.
【小題1】According to the passage, ______were missing in the tsunami.

A．some officials

B．some of Sadli’s friends

C．some children under the age of ten

D．some of Lelana’s workmates

【小題2】In the tsunami, ____ _swept away hundreds of houses.

A．huge waves	B．strong winds
C．heavy rain	D．rushing river water

【小題3】“…. There was no   warning and suddenly the sea water was as high as two meters.”“Warning”here means ________.
A. 預(yù)兆       B. 借鑒       C 教導(dǎo)          D 教訓(xùn)
【小題4】“…but they fell over in the water and couldn’t hold on to their children.”
“They”here refers to ______.
A. officials   B children
C. the dead   D. the children’s parents
【小題5】Some people saw the rushing water and didn’t run to high grounds because _____.

A．they couldn’t run fast

B．the ground was too high to reach

C．they didn’t know they were in danger

D．the rushing water stopped them from running.

One day people heard a shout for help. They h         (1)to the river, and saw a man in the water. A young fisherman jumped i       (2) the river and s       (3) to that man. Soon he pulled the man to the bank and carried him out of the water. All the people nearby praised the b       (4)and kind man.

Now people found the man out of the water was the r        (5) man in the town, he went over to the young fisherman and said, “Young man, you saved me, d        (6) you? Thank you very much. I’d like to p       (7) you for your kindness.”

He took out five cents and wanted to give it to the young man. Everybody was angry w     (8) the rich man. Just then, an old man said to the young fisherman, “T        (9) the five cents, young man. The rich gentleman’s life is w     （10） just that much.