summer season. August, September and October make the autumn season. November, December and
January make the winter season. In different seasons people wear different clothes and do different things.
For example the weather is hot, so people usually wear cool clothes and do things like swimming, boating
or surfing.
Near the North Pole (北极) there are only two seasons. They are winter and summer. In winter,
nights are long. For more than two months you can"t see the sun, even at noon. In summer the days are
long. For more than two months the sun never goes down and there is no night.
The people living near the North Pole are called Inuit (因纽特人). In summer they live in tents and
catch deers (鹿) for food. In winter they live in small round snow houses. They can build a snow house
in two hours. They travel around by using dogs to carry their things. They make holes in the ice and
catch fish and seals (海豹). They eat much meat but not many vegetables.
B. summer and winter
C. rainy season and dry season
D. spring and winter
B. a year
C. more than two months
D. half a year
B. lasts from August to October
C. hot
D. come after spring
B. the nights are long
C. there"s no night for more than two months
D. 24-hour days last two months
B. meat
C. milk
D. bread
But some of thcm arc not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have
fun on the Internet.
Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example. when you can go online, for how long
and what activities you can go online.
Don"t give your password (密码) to anyone else, and never give out the following information-your
real name, home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
Check with your parents before giving out a credit card (信用卡) number.
Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it"s OK.
Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules
and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it"s a right place for you.
Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parents" permission (允许).
Never meet anyone you met on line alone.
Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as
strangers.
If something you see or rcad online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or
teacher right away.
Treat other people as you"d like to be treated. Never use bad languages.
Remember-not everything you read on the Internet is true.
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B. make rules for Internet use with parents
C. believe everything they read on the Internet
D. give out their personal information
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B. get useful knowledge and information
C. give out a credit card number
D. go into a chat room as they"d like to
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B. Sending messages and e-mails.
C. Leaving the site if you feel uncomfortable.
D. Treating everyone online as strangers.
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B. relax in your free time
C. have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online
D. treat other people as you"d like to be treated
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B. Surfing the Internet
C. Information on the Internet
D. Internet Safety Rules
colds are caused by cold weather. They are not. They are caused by viruses (病毒) passing on from
person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who
already has one.
If cold weather causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them
forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers (探险者) have reported being free
from colds until coming into contact again with the outside world by way of packages and mails
dropped from airplanes. During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches,
cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds. In the Second World War prisoners
at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp, naked and starving, were extremely surprised to
find that they seldom had colds.
At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in the experiments in which
they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking
hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about
dripping wet in drafty rooms. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until
close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was
actually dropped in his nose.
If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent (often)
in the winter? Despite the most painstak- ing research, no one has yet found the answer. One
explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather
than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.
No one has yet found a cure for colds. There are drugs and pain sup- pressors such as aspirin,
but all they do is to relieve the symptoms (症状).
1. Are the common colds caused by cold?
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2. When may Arctic explorers catch colds?
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3. How many kinds of people does the writer mention when explaining his idea?
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4. Why arc the colds more frequent in the winter?
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5. What is the key point of this passage?
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thousands of men and women, boys and girls are busy studying them. All around us are birds, animals,
trees and flowers. The facts about how they live and grow are interesting.
Do you know that one of the greatest presidents of the USA spent hours and hours studying birds?
A businessman who lived near New York City became so interesting in insects that he began to collect
them. He now has over one thousand different kinds of insects. He kept them carefully in glass boxes.
Then, come with me, and I will help you find some of the nature"s secrets. Let us go quietly through
the forests and fields. Here we shall find how a hare tells the other hares where the danger is. We shall
follow a mother bear and her young babies as they try to look for food and get ready for their long
winter sleep. We shall watch bees dancing in the air to tell the other bees where they can find food. I"ll
show you many other interesting things. But please remember to use your eyes and ears carefully when
you go out of the doors. Nature tells the secrets only to people who look and listen carefully.
B. thousands of students
C. thousands of boys and girls
D. Both A and C
B. A president of the USA
C. A businessman near New York City
D. A businessman near Washington
B. where their home is
C. where the food is
D. where they can sleep
B. bees
C. bears
D. snakes
B. by collecting many kinds of insects.
C. by being interesting in them
D. by looking and listening carefully out of doors.
is not always the case (情形). High school may not have asked for it, so good listening and note-taking
skills may need to be developed.
TRY | Being a possible, active listener. |
HOW? | Sit down in front and do not read or talk. Pay special attention during the second 20 minutes (when you probably lose it) and to the last minutes when a summary (总结) might be given. |
TRY | Being a confident, active learner. |
How? | Come to class with an interest in the material (材料) and with questions to be answered. You can develop these by thinking about and preparing for the lesson and by pre-reading the text (This is especially helpful if you find yourself having difficulties keeping up with the material). |
TRY | Getting correct notes, with special attention to the main ideas. |
HOW? | There may be an overhead projector (投影仪); if so, get that material down. Besides, look for important points-from the teacher"s verbal (文字) language, or careful reading of his notes. If you still feel you"re missing the main points, try showing your notes to classmates or to the teacher. |
TRY | Leaving lots of space between ideas. |
阅读短文,选词填空。 | |
(jobs map look useful took how part) |