Some people like to get up early, but some do not. In fact, it is really good for us to get up early every
day. Maybe those who don"t like getting up early will not believe this, but it is true. Scientists made a
survey in about one thousand people, and then they found that early rising (早起) people had less
disease (疾病) than late rising people, and early rising people also look healthier than late rising people,
and so on.
So we may know early rising is helpful in more than one way. First, it helps to keep us healthy. We all
need fresh (新鲜的) air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides, it is useful to do
morning exercises.
Secondly, early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more quickly and find it easier to understand what we learn.
Thirdly, early rising can give us a plan of our work for the day. We cannot work well without a good
plan.
Fourthly; early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and
faces and eat our breakfast.
Late risers may find it difficult to form the habit (养成习惯) of early rising. They have to make an effort
(努力) to do so. As the English proverb says, "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
wealthy (富裕的) and wise. "
B. thinner
C. healthier
D. Cleverer
B. in the afternoon
C. in the evening
D. all the day
B. People can get fresh air.
C. People can learn things more quickly and better.
D. All of the above.
B. difficult
C. happy
D. sad
B. going to bed early
C. getting up late
D. both A and B
I am a five-year-old elephant. When I was a baby, I lived in the wild with my parents. But some
hunters killed my mother, and they caught me. They sold me to this circus(马戏团) and a train carried
me here.
I was born in a large family. My mother was the head of the family. As you might know, when a
female is born into the family, she never leaves.
Closely and happily, we travelled together, ate together, played together, and slept togeth
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in the family, my mother and my sisters looked after me carefully. I played happily with all the other
elephants. Now, I miss them.
You enjoy watching my wonderful tricks. To make you laugh, I have to perform(表演) eight hours a
day. But you may ask yourself, "How did they make that elephant stand on his head?" I never stood on
his head in the wild. I don"t enjoy any of the tricks. I perform tricks because they make me do this or that. And still I hear you want to see me because you love me, you say. But you are thinking about yourself
what you want, what you like. Please think about me. If you love me, give me what I need. I need to be
free, and to be with my family. And you can watch me on videos, DVDs and Web pages.
1.Where was the elephant born?
A. In a zoo
B. In a circus
C. In the wild
D. In somebody"s family
2. How is the elephant"s mother?
A. She is in the circus now.
B. She is still in the wild now.
C. She is the head of her family now.
D. She died years ago.
3. What does the underlined (有画线的) word "they" mean?
A. The elephant"s family members.
B. The children who watch the tricks.
C. The other animals in the circus.
D. The people in the circus.
4. What does the elephant want?
A. The children"s love
B. To live with his family in the wild
C. To perform tricks
D. To travel in a train
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The elephant enjoys making children happy.
B. Children love to see elephants in zoos or circuses.
C. People don"t think much about how the elephant feel.
D. It"s good to watch elephants on videos, DVDs and Web pages.
and plants need water. Man also needs water. We need water to drink. to cool our food and to clean
ourselves. Water is needed in offices,factories and schools.
Water is needed everywhere.There is water in seasrivers and lakesWater is found almost everywhere. Even in the driest part of the world. there is some water in the air. You cannot see or feel it when it is a
part of the air. The water in the seas,rivers and lakes is a liquid.The water in the air is a gas,and we call it
water vapor.
Clouds are made of water. They may be made of very small drops of water. They may also be made
of snow crystals(结晶体). Snow crystals are very,very small crystals of ice. Ice is frozen water. It is a
solid. There can be snow and ice everywhere in winter.
A. We can find water when it turns into vapor.
B. Water can be found almost everywhere
C. We can see water in deserts here and there.
D. Water is only in seas and rivers.
2. We must protect water resources because.
A. crops need water
B. all living things need water
C. all animals need water
D. all plants need water
New Books this Month | |||
The Long Night This is David Reilly"s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and … | Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna"s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop… | Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do? | |
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In the 13th century, the famous Indian traveller, Marco Polo, travelled a long way to China. He saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century. A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2,000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book. Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don"t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper. So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs(手帕) and paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and refuse (拒绝)it later. Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late. | |||
1. When he was in China, Marco Polo __________ . | |||
A. discovered Cai Lun invented paper B. learned to make paper C. saw many wonderful things D. read a lot of books | |||
2. People in western countries first used paper money in the _________ century. | |||
A. 17th B. 15th C. 13th D. 7th | |||
3. About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city. | |||
A. 1,700 B. 2,000 C. 2,800 D. 48,000 | |||
4. Which of the following is the way of saving paper? | |||
A. To use both sides of every piece of paper. B. To use the paper bags from shops more than once. C. To use cotton handkerchiefs and paper ones. D. All of the above. | |||
5. Which is the best title(题目) of the passage? | |||
A. Saving paper. | |||
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The world of out-of-doors is full of secrets. And they are so interesting that quite a lot of people are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals, trees and flowers. The facts about how they 1 and grow are as interesting as anything could be. Do you know that one of the great Presidents of the USA spent hours and hours 2 birds? A businessman who lives near New York city became so 3 in insects that he began to collect them. He now has more than one thousand different kinds carefully 4 in glass boxes. Come then with me, and I will help you find some of nature"s secrets. Let us go 5 through the woods and fields. Here we shall find now a rabbit tells the other rabbits that there is danger. We shall 6 a mother bear and her young ones as they look for 7 and get ready for winter sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to let other bees know 8 they can find food. I will show you many other interesting things, but the thing that I can 9 you is to keep your eyes and ears 10 when you go out of doors. Nature tells her secrets only to people who look and listen carefully. | |||
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