People often fall ill because of me. However, they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own   36  . A tired person may get caught, especially when he goes to  37  places with polluted air.  A sudden change in  38  is another factor(因素).In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner(空调)as soon as they return home. They will catch a cold easily.

    My latest victim is an   39   Student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though he was   40   , he still went to the cinema. Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.

    I took this golden chance to attack him. He tried to get rid of me, but l was already reproducing deep in his throat(咽喉).He kept sneezing and his nose was running.   41   he put on some warm clothes, it didn't work because there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept upsetting(使难过)him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but  42   .

    The next day he couldn't go to school. He had lost his appetite(胃口)and was not as active as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his recovery(恢复)．

    For two days he was  43  by his mother. As he rested more, his defense(防御)strengthened and I began to feel the pressure. I knew I had to leave him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I   44   every effort to fight back. Unfortunately, it was my turn to feel disappointed now, for his defense system was starting an all-out   45   against me. I became weaker and finally my time was over.

    Do you know what I am?

36. A. business           B. responsibility          C. excuse                  D. fault

37. A. cleaned            B. crowded                C. controlled       D. covered

38. A. temperature      B. season                   C. place              D. condition

39. A. humorous        B. easy-going             C. energetic        D. selfish

40. A. excited             B. tired                      C. interested       D. worried

41. A. Since               B. Once                     C. Whether         D. Although

42. A. managed          B. failed                     C. refused          D. succeeded

43. A. looked             B. trained                   C. nursed                  D. avoided

44. A. tried                B. brought                 C. did                 D. paid

45. A. action              B. attraction               C. attention         D. attack

  People often fall ill because of me. However, they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own   36  . A tired person may get caught, especially when he goes to  37  places with polluted air.  A sudden change in  38  is another factor(因素).In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner(空调)as soon as they return home. They will catch a cold easily.

    My latest victim is an   39   Student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though he was   40   , he still went to the cinema. Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately.

    I took this golden chance to attack him. He tried to get rid of me, but l was already reproducing deep in his throat(咽喉).He kept sneezing and his nose was running.   41   he put on some warm clothes, it didn't work because there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept upsetting(使难过)him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but  42   .

    The next day he couldn't go to school. He had lost his appetite(胃口)and was not as active as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his recovery(恢复)．

    For two days he was  43  by his mother. As he rested more, his defense(防御)strengthened and I began to feel the pressure. I knew I had to leave him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I   44   every effort to fight back. Unfortunately, it was my turn to feel disappointed now, for his defense system was starting an all-out   45   against me. I became weaker and finally my time was over.

    Do you know what I am?

36. A. business           B. responsibility          C. excuse                  D. fault

37. A. cleaned            B. crowded                C. controlled       D. covered

38. A. temperature      B. season                   C. place              D. condition

39. A. humorous        B. easy-going             C. energetic        D. selfish

40. A. excited             B. tired                      C. interested       D. worried

41. A. Since               B. Once                     C. Whether         D. Although

42. A. managed          B. failed                     C. refused          D. succeeded

43. A. looked             B. trained                   C. nursed                  D. avoided

44. A. tried                B. brought                 C. did                 D. paid

45. A. action              B. attraction               C. attention         D. attack

 

Are there any differences between human beings and animals? Scientists used to think that men were different from animals because they could think and learn．But now we know that animals like dogs，cats，rats and even birds can learn．Once in my hometown，a strange thing happened．One morning my grandma went to the door to get the milk，but to her surprise，there was little milk left．She thought the cat next door had stolen the milk．The next day，the same thing happened．She was a little angry．She went next door to talk about this with the cat’s owner，but she found that the neighbor and the cat were not at home．They were all on holiday! Who stole the milk? She thought hard．Then she asked the milkman about it the next morning．He said that other people also complained(抱怨) about it．He said that birds might be the thieves because there were seven or eight quick—moving blue birds following him when he delivered(递送) the milk．In order not to lose milk any more，people made some boxes to put their milk in．A few days later，people found that when the birds couldn’t get into the boxes，they flew directly to the milk truck and had their meals there．How intelligent the birds are! They use theft sharp wits to hold their place in a human environment．

1．From the passage we know that         ．

A．the milkman is a thief

B．the milkman is friendly to the birds

C．the birds only love to eat my grandma’s milk

D．the birds like us human beings ale also very intelligent

2．My grandma was a little angry because                ．

A．her milk was gone again

B．the cat next door had her milk again

C．her neighbor did nothing with their cat

D．the milkman didn’t bring her enough milk

3．What does the underlined words“sharp wits”mean?

A．Beautiful wings．    B．Long feathers．

C．Intelligence．       D．Hard work．

4．When the milkman delivered the milk to every house，          ．

A．he himself took some of it        B．the birds followed him to drink milk

C．people welcomed him at the door   D．he always brought some birds with him

5．What does the writer think of the birds?

A．They are hateful．    B．They are too hungry．

C．They are clever．     D．They are as clever as cats．

　　Have you ever seen more than 500,000 flowers together? It’s hard to think of, you may say. But on October 1, you can see that many or even more flowers in Beijing!

　　In Tian'anmen Square, you can see big fountains（喷泉）and more than 300,000 pots of red and yellow flowers around them!

　　Parks in Beijing are also a sea of flowers. There are all kinds of things made of flowers including a dragon and even the Great Wall.

　　All these flowers were to celebrate the 55th National Day of the People’s Republic of China.

　　National Day is a day to remember the start of a country. In some countries, it is called Independence Day.

　　People in different countries celebrate their National Days in different ways.

　　In China, National Day means a long seven-day holiday. People can have a rest from work and travel around. For some important years, like the 50th birthday of the country, there are big soldiers’ parade in Paris. French people get together in cafes to enjoy holiday music and food.

　　Independence Day of the US is on July 4. On that day, it became independent from Britain. Most Americans celebrate the day with family and friends. They have picnics and watch firework shows. Greek people wear their national dress on their National Day on March 25. Flags fly everywhere. People go to church in the morning. However, in some countries like Britain, some people don’t think the national day is important. The national day of Britain is the Queen’s birthday in June, but not many people celebrate it.

根据短文内容判断正（T）误（F）

(1) People in China, France, Greek and the US celebrate their National Days in different ways.

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(2) During National Day, you can see more than 500,000 pots of flowers around the big fountains in Tian'anmen Square.

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(3) A big soldiers’ parades was held in Tian'anmen Square on the 50th birthday of our country.

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(4) The people in France and Greek celebrate their National Day, so does the people in Britain.

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(5) Independence Day of the US and National Day in France am on the same day.

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