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　In many countries, people t__________ 1. by car or by bike. They also get from place to place using p__________2.transport such as buses and trains. However, some people live in parts of the world where it is i__________3. to build roads. In these places, animals or other forms of transport have to be used.

　　It is difficult to w__________ 4. in snow but easy to ski over it. So in places like Alaska, people use skis. If they want to go faster, they get dogs to p__________ 5.them on sleds(雪橇). Riding a snowmobile(雪地摩托) is a more m__________6., but expensive way of getting around on snow.

　　In desert(沙漠) like the Sahara in North Africa, people s__________ 7.get around on camels. Camels survive w_________8. in the desert, not because they can s_________9.water in their bodies though! They can survive without water for two weeks and without f__________10.for up to a month. He can only go without water for about three to five days.

 

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　　I wonder if there is any girl or boy who does not like to see a rainbow (彩虹) in the sky. It is so beautiful.

　　There is a story, saying that whenever you see a rainbow you should run at once to the place where it touches the ground, and there you would find a pot of gold. Of course it is not true. Neither you could find the pot of gold, nor could you ever find its end. No matter how far you run, it always seems far away.

　　A rainbow is not a thing that we can feel with our hands as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect (结果) for light shining on raindrops. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colours which we see.

　　It is called a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow (弓).

　　That is why we can never see a rainbow in a clear sky. We see rainbows only when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds. Every rainbow has many colours in the same order. The first or the top colour is always red, next comes orange, then green, and last of all blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.

(1) Children like rainbows because ________ .

[　　]

A. they are beautiful

B. they are like bows

C. they can find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow

D. they are good to crops

(2) We can not feel ________ with our hands.

[　　]

A. gold

B. a flower

C. a rainbow

D. a raindrop

(3) We can see a rainbow ________ .

[　　]

A. when it is raining heavily

B. when it is snowing

C. in a clear sky

D. when it becomes fine immediately after raining

(4) Which of the following is not right?

[　　]

A. A rainbow is always far away from us.

B. A rainbow is the effect of light shining on raindrops.

C. A rainbow is the product of human beings.

D. A rainbow is one of the wonders of nature.

(5) The first colour of a rainbow is always ________ .

[　　]

A. yellow

B. red

C. green

D. blue

 

It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on* to their micro blogs to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.

　　Since last year, the trend* of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update* their blogs over five times per day.

　　"We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Andy Liang, 14. "If you do not know about them, you are out of the loop."

　　It is also a great place for students to let out stress. "My parents always ask me to study all the time, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure," said Simon Zhang, 15. "When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better."

　　But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.

　　Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children. "If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems," he said. He also gives some tips for kids.

　　---Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day.

　　---Never micro blog in class.

　　---Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.

　　---Be critical*. Don't trust all the messages on a micro blog.

1.The underlined part "out of the loop" in the passage probably means                 .

　　A. not popular    B. not excited    C. unhealthy        D. unlucky

2.Micro blog made Simon       when he shared his feelings and got replies on his micro biog.

　　A. feel sad       B. let out stress   C. add pressure      D. make friends

3.We can know from Mr. Shen that micro blogging can                  .

　　A. make kids crazy while logging on to it        

 B. bring a lot of misleading messages

　　C. become a window to understand young kids      

D.lead to worse communication

4.Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?

　　A. It's good for kids to micro blog for more than one hour a day.

　　B.Kids should trust all the messages on a micro blog because they are useful.

　　C.The trend of micro blogging has swept the country since five years ago.

　　D. Kids should try to talk face to face with people, not just micro blogging.

 

Kenny and Bobbi McCaughey live in Iowa. They have a big family. Mikayla is the oldest child in the family. She is six years old. The other children are Brandon, Joe, Kelsey, Kenney, Natalie, Alexis and Nathan. They are all five years old. Why are they all the same age? ______ 1.. They are septuplets!

　　It is hard work to look after seven babies at the same time. ______ 2.. In the beginning, many people helped them. They helped to feed, clean, and dress the babies. Every week , the septuplets used about 170 diapers(尿布)!______ 3..

Now the children are older. The septuplets started school this year. But they go to school at home, like their big sister, Mikayla. When Mikayla was ready for school, Kenny and Bobbi decided to teach her at home.______ 4..Now Bobbi is the teacher for all eight of her children.

A.  They drank a lot of milk, too. B.  Because they were born together. C.  Last year, Bobbi was Mikayla’s teacher. D.  Kenny and Bobbi are interested in cooking. E.  But Kenny and Bobbi didn’t look after them alone.

 

 

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It's sometimes reported that strange objects have been seen high up in the sky. These unidentified(未确认的) flying objects - UFOs have made a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe.Some have been explained in scientific ways, others have never been explained.

　　It is not easy to decide whether a report is true or not. One report of UFOs came from a British plane on its way from New York to London in 1954. The British plane was flying over an island at 19,000 feet when the captain noticed that something was on their left and a little lower than their plane. It's about five miles away.

　　"It was not one object but several," the captain said. "We saw one large and six smaller objects. I sent a radio to report about them and I received the answer that the other planes were coming out to meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects entered the big objects. The big object then became smaller and moved away fast."

1.Some_____ have been explained in scientific ways.

A．people	B．strange objects
C．of the reports about UFOs	D．planes

2. In 1954, a British plane met a UFO when it was flying from_____ to_____.

A．England, America	B．America, England
C．America, France	D．New York, an island

3. The captain_____ and saw something on the left of their plane.

A．looked down

B．looked up

C．looked back

D．looked ahead

4. How many objects did the captain see?

A．Only one.

B．Five

C．Six

D．Seven

5. The big object moved away because_____.

A．it was afraid of the plane

B．it had received a radio report

C．of some unknown reason

D．it had stayed long enough with the plane