One day, John 1.                     after work. He saw his wife shaking their daughter who was only half a year old. She said Da-Dy to the baby many times. John felt very happy because he thought his wife chose the word “Dady” to 2.                  first. During one night several weeks later, John and his wife 3.                      by the cry Dady. His wife said to him, “Darling, she is calling you.” Then she turned to sleep.

 

 

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Someboy mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.

If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的順序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98, meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96, while love :12+15+22+5=54, and luck : 12+21+3+11=47, a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈禱)? They can’t , either.

Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(態(tài)度).Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.

Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the betterr after one has changed one’s attitude.

When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.In the same way, if you take a positive(積極地)attitude towards failure(失敗),you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.

1.In the writer’s opinion , what is the most important things in a person’s life?

   A.Hard-work.           B.Knowledge.             C.Money.           D.Attitude.

2.According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ___________.

   A. ask for helpf from others                        B.say your prayers to God

   C.change your attitude                            D.try maths-solving methods

3.From the passage we can learn that ______________.

   A.diffrent attitudes come from different courses of life.

   B.mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

   C.failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

   D.none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more

 

The underlined part of the word “medical” is pronounced as ________.

A．| i |              B．| ? |              C．| ei |             D．| ai |

 

There is _______ “h” in the word “hour”.

        A. a           B. an               C. the

 

Guo Liqin, 24, works as a primary school teacher in a distant area in Yunnan Province. The Internet offers him the latest news and entertainment from the outside world. And many people like him also depends on the online libraries for the free literature(文學(xué)) reading.

A survey in China last year found the online literature is the biggest growth area of Internet entertainment.

Reading for free is also popular in other countries. See what solutions other countries are taking.

Public Libraries

In countries such as Germany, Canada, and the UK, governments pay the authors to have their books in public libraries.

The pay is different from country to country. Some pay according to how many times a book has been borrowed; others pay according to whether the library has bought the book or not.

Google Books

Google Books allow users to see some free parts before buying them.

The author can choose to make from 20% to 100% of the book’s content(內(nèi)容) for free reading . But you can see a full view of books that are out of copyright(版權(quán)).

E-magazines

E-magazines are usually about pop culture, and make money through advertisements. The writers are usually paid by the numbers of words they write.

Digital Library

There are many free online libraries of books which are no longer in copyright.

American and European websites offer classic(古典的) literature and non-fiction texts like dictionaries for download in different languages.

1.Guo Liqin depends on          for free reading.

A. online libraries    B. city bookstores     C. school libraries   D. borrowing books

2.From the passage we know other countries are taking           solutions for reading for free.

   A. 3              B. 4                C. 5                D. 6

3. In some countries, the authors are paid by            to have their books in public libraries.

   A. advertisements B. readers          C. governments      D. the word numbers

4. Google Books and Digital Library allow users to read the full books           .

   A. which are out of copyright         B. which are in copyright

   C. which are about pop culture        D. which have some free parts

5.The best title of the passage is          .

A. Enjoy Reading                        B. Learn How to Read

C. The Importance of Reading            D. How to Read for Free