Take a look at the label(标签) on almost any bottle of milk and you may see the word PASTEURIZED. What does that mean? Let’s find out by meeting Louis Pasteur.

Louis Pasteur was born in 1822 in a little town in France. As he grew up, he loved to paint. He loved to look at the world around him. When he went to college in Paris, he showed interest in looking through a microscope. A microscope makes things look a lot bigger; it lets you see things you can’t see just with your eyes. Looking through a microscope, Pasteur found a living world in a drop of water. He saw and drew pictures of the small living things -- he called them “microbes” or “germs”-- that crowded in a drop of water.

One day a winemaker came into the lab, hoping that someone could help him with his problem. “Sometimes my wine tastes delicious, but sometimes terrible,” he said to Pasteur. “Can you help me find out why?”

Pasteur put some drops of the wine under the microscope. He noticed that the terrible wine had some unusual germs. If he killed these germs, maybe he could keep the wine from turning terrible. He tried with different ways to kill the germs. In the end he found heating (加热) the wine seemed to work best. The winemaker tried it, and every bottle of wine tasted good.

Pasteur’s idea worked for other people, too. When farmers heated milk, it didn’t turn bad so quickly. When breweries heated beer, it tasted better. People called it “pasteurization” ---heating a liquid to kill bad germs. Aren’t you glad that the milk you drink has been pasteurized?

1. The Chinese meaning for the word “microbes” is____.

A．病毒

B．真菌

C．支原体

D．微生物

2. Which is the right order in Pasteur’s life story?

(1). He received college education in Paris.

(2) He helped to find some unusual germs in some drops of wine.

(3) A new way of killing bad germs--pasteurization was found out.

(4)He was born in 1822 in a little town in France.

(5) Microbes were found by Louis Pasteur with the help of a microscope.

A．2; 1; 3; 5; 4

B．4; 1; 5; 2; 3

C．4; 1; 3; 5; 2

D．3; 1; 2; 5; 4

3. What do you think Louis Pasteur was like from the passage?

A．Clever, helpful and hard-working.

B．Quiet, helpful and kind-hearted.

C．Brave, careful and hard-working.

D．Clever, serious and kind-hearted.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Germs only live in something that is bad.

B．Louis found the way to kill the unusual germs in the wine by chance (偶然).

C．Everybody knows what the word PASTEURIZED means.

D．Pasteurization is used to kill bad germs in the milk we drink.

5. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．What life Louis Pasteur lived.

B．How to make milk clean.

C．How pasteurization was invented.

D．What to do with wine.

 

A man walked into a doctor's examining room. "Put out your tongued(舌头) ," the doc­tor said. The man put out his tongue, and the doctor looked at it quickly.

"OK, you can put your tongue back now," the doctor said. "It's clear what's wrong with you. You need more exercise. "

"Rut, doctor," the man said. "I don't think___"

"Don't tell me what you think," the doctor said, "I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need. I see hundreds of people like you. None of them get any exercise. They sit in offices all day and in front of the TV in the evening. What you need is to walk quickly for at least 20 minutes a day. "

"Doctor, you don't understand," the patient said. "I___"

"I don't want to hear any excuse," the doctor said. "You must find time for exercise. If you don't, you will get fat and have health problems when you are older. "

"But I walk every day. "the patient said.

"Oh, yes, and I know that. You walk a few feet from your house to your office, or a few more feet from your office to a restaurant, etc. That is not real walking. I'm talking about a walk in the park for twenty minutes every day. “

"Will you listen to me, doctor!" the patient shouted, getting angry with the doctor who thought he knew everything. "I'm a postman, "the patient went on. "and I walk for seven hours every day!"

For a moment the doctor was silent, then he said quietly, "Put your tongue out again, will you?"

1. At first the doctor asked the man________.

A. to walk to work                    B. to take some medicine

C. to show his tongue                 D. to see other patients

2. The doctor would not________.

A. tell the patient to take exercise         B. let the patient say what he thinks

C. look at the man's tongue              D. let the patient watch TV

3. The doctor told the patient that he________.

A. should get more exercise               B. should stop making excuses

C. should watch more TV                 D. was already too fat

4. The patient was very________ when he heard what the doctor told him to do,

A. angry   .       B. happy         C. interested              D. tired

5. The doctor________.

A. gave him some good ad vice (忠告)          B. walked seven hours a day

C. was really a postman                       D. knew that he was wrong at last

Take a look at the label（标签）on almost any bottle of milk and you may see the word PASTEURIZED．What does that mean? Let's find out by meeting Louis Pasteur．Louis Pasteur was born in 1822 in a little town in France．As he grew up，he loved to paint．He loved to look at the world around him．When he went to college in Paris，he showed interest in looking through a microscope．A microscope makes things look a lot bigger，it lets you see things you can't see just with your eyes．Looking through a microscope，Pasteur found a living world in a drop of water．He saw and drew pictures of the small living things--he called them “microbes” or “germs” --that crowded in a drop of water．One day a winemaker came into the lab，hoping that someone could help him with his problem．“Sometimes my wine tastes delicious，but sometimes terrible，” he said to Pasteur．“Can you help me find out why?”

Pasteur put some drops of the wine under the microscope．He noticed that the terrible wine had some unusual germs．If he killed these germs，maybe he could keep the wine from turning terrible．He tried with different ways to kill the germs．In the end he found heating（加热）the wine seemed to work best．The winemaker tried it，and every bottle of wine tasted good．Pasteur's idea worked for other people，too．When farmers heated milk，it didn't turn bad so quickly．Beer is heated，it tasted better．People called it “pasteurization” --heating a liquid to kill bad germs．Aren't you glad that the milk you drink has been pasteurized?

1．The Chinese meaning for the word “microbes” is _________．

A．病毒                   B．真菌                    C．支原体                D．微生物

2．Which is the right order in Pasteur’s life story?

a．He received college education in Paris．

b．He helped to find some unusual germs in some drops of wine．

c．A new way of killing bad germs--pasteurization was found out．

d．He was born in 1822 in a little town in France．

e．Microbes were found by Louis Pasteur with the help of a microscope．

A．b-a-c-e-d               B．d-a-e-b-c               C．d-a-c-e-b               D．c-a-b-e-d

3．What do you think Louis Pasteur was like from the passage?

A．Clever，helpful and hard-working．           B．Quiet，helpful and kind-hearted．

C．Brave，careful and hard-working．           D．Clever，serious and kind-hearted．

4．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Germs only live in something that is bad．

B．One farmer found the way to kill the unusual germs in the wine by chance．

C．Everybody knows what the word PASTEURIZED means．

D．Pasteurization is used to kill bad germs in the milk we drink．

5．What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．What life Louis Pasteur lived．                 B．How to make milk clean．

C．How Pasteurization was invented．              D．What to do with wine．

    Take a look at the label （标签）on almost any bottle of milk and you may see the word PASTEURIZED. What does that mean? Let’s find out by meeting Louis Pasteur.

    Louis Pasteur was born in 1822 in a little town in France. As he grew up, he loved to paint. He loved to look at the world around him. When he went to college in Paris, he showed interest in looking through a microscope. A microscope makes things look a lot bigger; it lets you see things you can’t see just with your eyes. Looking through a microscope, Pasteur found a living world in a drop of water. He saw and drew pictures of the small living things －he called them “microbes” or “germs”－that crowded in a drop of water.

    One day a winemaker came into the lab, hoping that someone could help him with his problem. “Sometimes my wine tastes delicious, but sometimes it turns sour（酸的）,” he said to Pasteur. “Can you help me find out why?”

    Pasteur put some drops of the wine under the microscope. He noticed that the sour wine had some unusual germs. If he killed these germs, maybe he could keep the wine from turning sour. He experimented （试验）with different ways to kill the germs. In the end he found heating （加热）the wine seemed to work best. The winemaker tried it, and every bottle of wine tasted good.

    Pasteur’s idea worked for other people, too. When farmers heated milk, it didn’t sour so quickly. When breweries （啤酒师）heated beer, it tasted better. People called the process （过程）“pasteurization” － heating a liquid to kill bad germs. Aren’t you glad that the milk you drink has been pasteurized?

  1. What does the passage mainly tell us?

    A. What life Louis Pasteur lived.

    B. How to make milk clean.

    C. How pasteurization was invented.

    D. What to do with wine.

  2. The underlined （划线）words in the passage mean _______.

    A. small parts water is made up of

    B. dirty things around us

    C. bodies of small living things

    D. living things that can’t be seen

  3. What do you think Louis Pasteur was like from the passage?

    A. Clever, helpful and hard-working.

    B. Quiet, helpful, and kind-hearted.

    C. Brave, careful and hard-working.

    D. Clever, serious and kind-hearted.

  4. Which of the following sentences is true?

    A. Where something is wrong, there are germs.

    B. Louis Pasteur is the inventor of microscopes.

    C. Everybody knows what the word PASTEURIZED means.

    D. Pasteurization is a good way to keep food from going bad.

 

 
Tired of bad handwriting, Richie decided to perfect his penmanship (书法) last January. Though the year progressed, his writing didn’t. “My penmanship just got worse,” he says. “I get tired of trying to write neatly.”
Like Richie, many teenagers make resolutions in the New Year. More than half of Americans say they make a New Year’s resolution – but only one-third of them keep to it, reports the University of North Carolina, US.
Demanding (追求) perfection  stops people working on their resolutions, says Chicago life coach Alison Miller.
Resolutions sometimes can be unrealistic (不现实).. Going for a goal  that’s too hard to achieve can leave a person feeling sad. “Saying ‘I’m going to look like a super-model’ is going to make you unhappy,” she says.
Sure, it’s a great idea to aim for improvement, but not all resolutions are helpful. The difference between good and bad resolutions is whether you expect too much from yourself, Miller says. For example, it’s OK to say, “I’m going to eat fewer French fries,” but striving (力争)  for a perfect body isn’t reasonable.
Timing can also damage a resolution. Kevin M., 16, says he doesn't set resolutions because 12 months is unrealistic. “It’s too long and you start putting off keeping your resolution during summer,” he says.
He’s considering a career in music, but says school is his main focus. Knowing how hard he has to work, he says he’ll “be lucky to get 30 minutes a day” of practice. But a bit is better than nothing, and making reminders can help you make progress. Miller says teenagers should write down their goals and say to themselves, “What can I do today to make my goal a reality?”
“It’s just small steps along the way. It’s not about doing it all at once,” Miller says.
【小题1】What’s the writer’s purpose by talking Richie in the first paragraph?

A．To advise people to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

B．To show that some people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions.

C．To tell readers why Richie isn’t a good hand writer.

D．To show why New Year’s resolutions are important.

【小题2】Many Americans stop working on their New Year’s resolutions because ______.

A．they think it is silly to make resolutions

B．they find keeping resolutions is boring

C．the time of keeping resolutions is too short

D．their choice of resolution turns out to be unrealistic

【小题3】Which of the following statements would Miller probably agree with?

A．Teenagers should set themselves perfect goals.

B．To achieve your goals, you needn’t write them down.

C．People should try to realize their goals step by step.

D．A good resolution helps people realize their possibility.