This March, the H7N9 virus hit Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and so on. It seemed that most people who were infected（被感染）with H7N9 had the common flu. Some people suffered from a fever or a cough.

Don’t be afraid---it’s not easy to be infected with the virus. Here is some advice to help you protect yourself when it comes.

Wash your hands. You need to wash your hands with soap and hot water before you eat, after you use the toilet , and after you touch animals, because your hands may carry viruses.

Cover your nose and mouth, when someone sneezes（打喷嚏）or coughs, flu viruses can travel as far as one meter through the air, so you’d better stand a proper distance while talking to someone who has a cold. And always cover your nose and mouth with a piece of paper when you sneeze or cough, and then clean your hands.

Wear a mask（口罩）. Some doctors say that masks can stop the flu as much as 80%, but if you don’t wash your hands often, it’s no use wearing a mask. And it’s necessary to wear a mask in the groups of people.

Do sports often. Exercise will help your body strong enough to resist the virus.

1.How many ways to stop the virus are mentioned in the passage?

A. Three             B. Four                         C. Five                          D. Six

2.What does the underlined word “resist” mean in Chinese?

A. 抵抗              B. 传播                       C. 感染                       D. 治愈

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

A. Some people who were infected with the H7N9 virus had a toothache.

B. You should cover your mouth and nose with a piece of paper when you sneeze or cough.

C. Some doctors say that washing your hands can stop the flu as much as 80%.

D. It’s easy to be infected with H7N9 virus, so you mustn’t go to the places with groups of people.

4.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. It tells us how to wash hands.

B. It tells us why we should use masks.

C. It tells us we should do more exercise to be strong.

D. It gives us some advice on how to protect ourselves when the H7N9 virus comes.

 

Today we’ll talk about the history of blue jeans. For many people, blue jeans stand for (代表) American culture.

The history of blue jeans usually began with a man named Levi Strauss. He did not invent jeans. But he is the first person to produce and sell them in large numbers. Levi Strauss was born in Germany. In 1847, he and his family moved to the United States. He opened a small store and sold jeans. These pants were especially useful for miners (矿工) in California. They needed strong clothing. Levi Strauss worked with Jacob Davis, who had invented a step for making rivets (铆钉) for jeans. They helped make the blue jeans stronger.

In 1873, Strauss and Davis received a patent (专利) to own this invention. Nineteenth century workers would probably be surprised to know that their pants would one day become fashions. Today, jeans are worn by people of all ages. Jeans come in many colors other than blue and in many styles and prices. Fashion designers even create very costly jeans. 

Writer James published a book called Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon (偶像). In the book, he says jeans serve as a sign for two American values, creativity and rebellion (叛逆).

1. Why did Jacob use rivets for jeans? 

A．Because they made the blue jeans stronger.	B．Because they had a history.
C．Because they are fashionable.	D．Because they were dear.

2.Which of the following is WRONG about blue jeans? 

A．Miners like to wear strong clothing.

B．Jeans have only one color — blue.

C．James wrote a book about jeans.

D．Levi Strauss is the first person to produce jeans in large numbers.

3.The two American values are rebellion and _____________.    

A．protection

B．ambition

C．friendship

D．creativity

4.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Jeans are popular.	B．Jeans become fashions.
C．The history of blue jeans.	D．Levi Strauss was a German.

 

Now satellites are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere（大气）, because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists（气象学家）can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

　　Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead（提前）.

1.Satellites travel ___________.

A．in space	B．in the atmosphere
C．above the ground	D．above space

2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?

Because ________.

A．the weather satellites can do it easily	B．clouds form there
C．the weather forms there	D．the pictures can forecast the weather

3.Meteorologists forecast the weather ________.

A．when they have received satellite pictures

B．after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones

C．before they received satellite pictures

D．during they study satellite pictures

4.Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for ________.

A．one day	B．two days
C．five days	D．seven days or even longer

5.The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in ______.

A．taking pictures of the atmosphere

B．receiving pictures of the atmosphere

C．doing other work in many ways

D．weather forecasting

 

 Many people learn English from English movies. However, some people watch hundreds of     , they still have problems understanding what the actors say! The main reason for this is that they     watch it with the purpose(目的) of learning English.

           you want to learn English from English movies, you should follow the following steps(步骤)，or you may waste your time and learn      .

    Step 1:Watch a movie with Chinese subtitles(字幕) for the     time. Your eyes and ears should work all the time. And try to       the main idea of the movie.

Step 2: Watch it again, still with subtitles. But now try your best to look at    less often, and      as much as possible. Look at the subtitles       only when you really don’t understand.

Step 3: Watch it without subtitles. It sounds      , but after enough      during the first two steps, you’ll find it easier to watch movies in       .

But don’t go to the last step too quickly         it could make you feel bad. However, if you go to watch it when you’re ready, you may         that watching a movie in English is a piece of cake for      .

1.A. games        B. shows          C. plays              D. movies

2.A. should        B. might          C. don’t              D. could

3.A. If            B. After                              C. Before                         D. So

4.A. anything       B. nothing         C. everything          D. something

5.A. same         B. first            C. next              D. last

6.A. lose           B. forget          C. leave              D. get

7.A. them          B. it              C. the movie          D. your watch

8.A. listen          B. look           C. touch              D. plan

9.A. quietly         B. beautifully      C. quickly            D. seriously

10.A. easy          B. difficult        C. famous            D. unlucky

11.A. information    B. practice        C. discussion          D. culture

12.A. Chinese       B. Russian        C. America           D. English

13.A. because       B. although       C. after               D. so

14.A. look for       B. find           C. hope               D. choose

15.A. me           B. them          C. you                D. us

 

There is a saying that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and a nice cup of tea time, and before they go to bed, there is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea!

Sometime it seems that no one likes tea as much as the British does. But in fact, tea is liked in countries around the world. In China and Japan tea was first used as a medicine, many years later, people there drank tea as a beverage（饮料）.

People in the world like to drink different kinds of tea — green, black or red as some people call it. It is served in different ways. But they all know that drinking tea is good for one’s health.

1.The main idea of the first paragraph is ______.

A. how many cups of tea the British drink each day

B. that the British like talking about tea

C. that the British can’t live without drinking tea

D. that tea is very important in the life of the British

2.The phrase “their idea of heaven” means ______.

A. the happiest thing for them

B. their thoughts

C. their God

D. the worst thing for them

3.The sentence “there is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea” means ______.

A. they enjoy drinking a nice cup of tea

B. there is a lot of tea

C. they talk much about a nice cup of tea

D. there is a talk while drinking tea

4.From the passage we know tea was used as a medicine in ______ many years ago

A. the world       B. British

C. many countries           D. China and Japan

5.This passage mainly tells us ______.

A. people in different countries like drinking different tea

B. something interesting about tea

C. how many kinds of tea there are in the world

D. drinking tea is good for our health