Can plants eat people? Probably not，but there are many plants that eat meat．Some of them are big．And they can eat small animals．One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蠅草)．
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant．It grows in dry parts of the United States．Its leaves are like the pages of a book．They can open and close very quickly．Inside the leaves，there are three small hairs．If a fly touches one of the hairs，the leaf closes quickly．The fly cannot get out．In about half an hour，the leaf presses the fly until it is dead．Then，the plant covers the fly．Slowly，the plant eats the fly．
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun，the air，and the ground．In some places，the ground is very poor．It doesn’t have all these important things，
especially nitrogen(氮)．Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen，so some plants eat meat to get what they need．Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea !
【小題1】The Venus flytrap is a kind of_________．

A．plant

B．a(chǎn)nimal

C．food

D．meat

【小題2】The Venus flytrap grows in_________．

A．most parts of the world	B．some parts of Africa
C．dry parts of the United States	D．wet parts of England

【小題3】From the passage，we learn that_________．

A．a(chǎn)ll plants can eat people	B．a(chǎn)ll plants can eat animals
C．some plants can eat people	D．some plants can eat animals

【小題4】The underlined word“presses”probably means________ in Chinese．

A．?dāng)D壓

B．關(guān)上

C．打開(kāi)

D．松開(kāi)

【小題5】—Why do some plants eat animal meat? —Because_________．

A．plants are dangerous to animals

B．a(chǎn)nimals are dangerous to plants

C．plants want to get what they need from animal me

D．plants want to protect themselves against animals

Millvina Dean, Titanic’s last Survivor(幸存者), died on May 31，2009 at a nursing home(療養(yǎng)院) in Southampton.. She was 97 and had been in poor health for several weeks.

Ms Dean was the youngest among the ship’s 705 survivors. She was only 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank on the night of April 14, 1912. She survived with her mother and her 2-year-old brother. Her father, Bertram Dean, died in the sinking．

Millvina Dean never married. For many years after the sinking，she never spoke of it to people around her. But that changed after September 1, 1985 when the wreck(殘骸)of the Titanic was discovered. That set off a wave of interest in the ship, especially after the movie Titanic.“They found the wreck and after that, they found me,” she said.

In the last 20 years of her life, she went to the US, Canada and Europe to take part in events related to the sinking. She said all that she knew of what happened during the sinking was learned from her mother.

She moved to the nursing home because of her falling health. In order to pay the living costs there，she began to sell her Titanic souvenirs(紀(jì)念品).

Ms Dean had never seen the movie Titanic. She explains the movie would make her think of what had happened to her father, so she didn’t want to see it.

1.Millvina Dean was _______ when the Titanic sank．

A．nine weeks old

B．twelve weeks old

C．two years old

D．twenty years old

2.Why did the Deans take the Titanic ?

A．They were going on a holiday

B．They were going to a party in the US

C．We can’t find out the reason from this passage.

D．They were going to visit their grandparents in

3.The underlined words “set off” mean ______ in the passage．

A. leave   B. start     C. improve    D record

4.Millvina Dean didn’t say anything about the Titanic until _______.

A．she was ill.

B．she was dying

C．the wreck of the Titanic was discovered

D．20 years later

5.From the passage above, we can’t infer (猜測(cè)) that _________.

A．seven hundred and five people survived in the Titanic sinking

B．Millvina Dean’s father died in the sinking

C．The wreck of the Titanic was found in 1985

D．Ms Dean wanted to see the film Titanic very much

 

Jack and James were good friends .One day,they were walking through the desert(沙漠).During the journey they had a big fight,and Jack hit james in the face.James felt hurt,but he didn’t say anything.Instead( 相反),he wrote in the sand:Today my best friend hit me in the face.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis(綠洲).They decided to get some water there .Suddenly James had trouble in the water,he fell into the mire(泥潭) and was in danger.Jack saved him at once.When he felt Ok,he wrote on a stone:Today my best friend saved my life. “After I hurt you ,you wrote in the sand, and now you wrote on the stone.Why?”asked Jack.“When someone hurts us,we should write it down in the sand so that the wind of forgiveness (寬恕) can blow it away.But when someone does anything good for us,we must write it down on the stone,so no wind can blow it away.” Since then ,the two friends have never fought with each other again.

Hatred(仇恨) can bring you nothing but unhappiness .If you don’t forgive others,you are making trouble for yourself.Keep a peaceful heart all the time and remember to be always thankful to those who ahve helped you!

1.What’s the matter with James in the oasis?

A. He wanted to make his friend have trouble ,too.

B. He wanted some water and fell into the mire.

C. He wanwed to know if his friend would save him when he was in trouble.

D. He wanted to have fun in the oasis.

2.Which of the statements is not TRUE according to the passage.

A. Jack didn’t hit James in the face.

B. Hatred can only bring you unhappiness.

C. The two friends went on walking after they had a fight.

D. They decided to get some water after they found an oasis.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should hate someone forever(永遠(yuǎn)).

B. The wind can blow everything away.     

C. Learn to forgive others and remember to be thankful to others.

D. Forgiveness can make trouble for ourselves.

 

Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That's good! It's good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they are really good writers. They should read a lot of books, instead代替 of watching TV and spending a lot of time playing games when they are free.

 There is more fun in reading, you want to look for more books to read. Before you decide to be a good writer, you'd better say to yourself, "I must read more and more!"

1.This article mainly主要 tells us that     .

A. some children wish to be writers some day

B. it is good to write something for people to read

C. reading books is fun

D. reading can be helpful for us to become a good writer

2.Reading more books may     .

A. help you to be a good writer

B. help you play well

C. make you work better

D. make you watch more TV at home

3.It's good for children     .

A. to do a lot of reading       B. to watch TV in the evening

C. to be good writers right now  D. to have wishes only

4.Some children want to be writers    .

A. because they want to be good readers

B. to get more money and buy a lot of good things.

C. to write stories or books for people to read

D. to find good work some day

5.From the passage， we know that     .

A. all children like to be writers

B. people like to read for children

C. children need to read more and more books

D. all writers are children

 

Dear Linda,

I'm glad to hear from you and I would like to be your pen friend. In your letter, you said you wanted to know something about my school life(生活).

I walk to school at 7:30 every morning because the school is near our house. When I get to school at about 7:45, I often do the cleaning with my classmates. After that we do some reading for half an hour. We have four lessons in the morning. I often have my lunch at 12:00 at school. We usually have two lessons in the afternoon. The school is over at about 5:00 and then I go home.

My favorite subject is Chinese. I like all the teachers because they are friendly. I am keen on sports and I enjoy playing football best. I'm a member of our school football team. What about your school life?

Best wishes!

Dick

1.It often takes Dick about _____ to walk to school every morning.

A．half an hour

B．15 minutes(分鐘)

C．10 minutes

D．5 minutes

2.After Dick gets to school, he _____ first.

A．does morning exercises	B．does some reading
C．has classes	D．does the cleaning

3.How many classes does Dick usually have in a day?

A．Two.

B．Four.

C．Six.

D．Eight.

4.How does Dick probably(可能地) go home?

A．On foot.

B．By bike.

C．By bus.

D．In Linda's car.

5.From the passage，we know that_____ .

A．Dick goes to school at 12:00 at noon

B．Dick doesn't like studying Chinese

C．Dick’s favourite sport is playing football

D．Dick's Chinese teacher is not friendly to him