Are there some days when you don’t want to take a bath? An invention called DryBath

can solve your problem---you can get clean by using it without taking a bath!

A few years ago, Ludwick Marishane and his friend enjoyed a day at the beach. At the end of

the day Ludwick’s friend was so tired that he didn’t want to take a bath. Then an idea came into

Ludwick’s mind---why not invent something to help people get clean without taking a bath?

Ludwick ran home, did some research (on his mobile phone because he didn’t have a computer)

and over time invented DryBath.

During his research, Ludwick also learned that over 2 billion people in the world live

without improved sanitation (衛(wèi)生設(shè)施). That’s about one third of the world’s population.

Ludwick wants to help not only his “l(fā)azy” friend, but also people who can’t easily get clean.

Staying clean can help people keep in good health.

Some hotels are also interested in DryBath. It can save a lot of water and help save the

environment, too.

What does Ludwick think of his invention? “DryBath is a win-win situation. I get to save the

world and make a lot of money!” he says.

1.Ludwick got the idea to invent Drybath_________________ .

A. from his need B. from his research

C. from his friend’s experience D. from people’s life

2.Bath is a win-win situation .The win-win situation means______________ .

A. making money and protecting the environment

B. the hotels and travelers

C. both Ludwick and his friend

D. bath and health

3.Why are some hotels interested in DryBath?

A. Because they want to put ads on it. B. Because they hope to attract more guests.

C. Because it is cheap and convenient. D. Because it can save water and environment.

4.From the passage ，we can know that Ludwick is__________.

A. creative B. strong C. lazy D. funny

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There

was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the

dirty window .I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn’t wash her window .It really looks terrible.”

One bright morning， I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a

surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was clearly visible. Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing(批評(píng)) her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through

my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window

of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge(評(píng)判) someone, I asked myself first , “Am I looking at him through my own

dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

1.The writer couldn’t see everything clearly through the window because___________.

A. the woman’s window was dirty B. the writer’s window was dirty

C. the woman lived nearby D. the writer was near-sighted

2.The writer was surprised that _______________.

A. the woman was sitting by her window B. the woman’s window was clean.

C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon D. the woman’s window was still terrible

3.It's clear that__________________.

A. the writer had never met the woman before B. the writer often washed the window

C. they both worked as cleaners D. they lived in a small town

4.From the passage, we can learn__________________.

A. one shouldn’t criticize others very often

B. one should often make his windows clean

C. one must judge himself before he judges others

D. one must look at others through his dirty window

Have you heard the saying“If you can't find it, build it”？Well，that’s what Maddie Bradshaw did. The 17-year-old girl is from Texas, USA. When Maddie was going to middle school and she couldn’t find fun magnets(粘貼畫) for her school locker(寄存柜), she decided to make one by herself. Her uncle gave her a bag of bottle caps，and Maddie went to work. She decorated(裝飾) a bottle cap with a picture of Albert Einstein and then put it on her locker. Her friends loved it and asked her to make some for them. Maddie said, “A kid knows what a kid likes.” She made a “ Happy Birthday ”one for her sister and other designs for her friends. Later she even took 50 to a local store. To her surprise, it sold all of them in less than two hours.

Maddie then had the idea to make the bottle caps into fun necklaces(項(xiàng)鏈). In 2010，she even decided to use $300 of her own money to start a company. She named it M3 Girl Designs. Her younger sister Margot and her mom help her in the company. Now it sells about 50,000 bottle cap necklaces each month. They can be found at different stores across the US, Canada and the UK.

Maddie has written a book about her experience. It is called You Can Start a Business, Too! . “ I want other kids to know that they can make their great ideas come to life. I’ve been so lucky and I want to share what I’ve learned,” she says.

1.The underlined word “ it ” refers to _______.

A. the school. B. the bottle cap

C. the school locker D. the picture of Albert Einstein

2.m the second paragraph, we can learn that Maddie’s cap necklaces are very ______.

A. expensive B. popular C. long D. strange

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

A. Maddie got a bag of bottle caps from her father.

B. Maddie borrowed $300 from her mom to start a company

C. Maddie wrote the book You Can Start a Business, Too for kids

D. Maddie and her friends sold her 50 bottle caps in less than two hours.

4.Which can be the best title of the passage?

A. Maddie, a creative girl. B. How to make fun necklaces

C. A great book by a teenage girl. D. How to mke use of bottle caps.

Chusok is one of the most important festivals in South Korea.1.During Chusok, South Koreans give thanks and show their respect for nature and for people in their family who have died.

Nowadays many people have moved away from their hometowns to work in big cities like Seoul.2.Therefore，the roads are very busy and the government gives everyone a day off work before and after Chusok.

The first day is spent traveling or preparing traditional foods for ceremonies and eating. 3.Other foods are rice, soup, fish, meat, fruits and vegetables of the autumn.

The next day is the day of ceremonies and celebrations. People dress in nice clothes. 4. There are some traditional ceremonies in which foods are placed on a table. In this way, people show their respect for the family members who have died. Everyone in the family enjoys eating and drinking together. Later, traditional games are often played. At night, it is a tradition to go outdoors and enjoy the full moon.

The third day is usually a travel day. People leave their hometowns and go back to their homes. Chusok is a festival everyone enjoys in the present.

A.New rice is used to make special rice cakes which are called songphyun(松餅).

B.Some dress in hanboks, the traditional South Korean clothing.

C.During Chusok, poeple who have moved away return to their hometowns to celebrate with their families.

D.Chusok takes place in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, on the night of the full moon.

E.Women make new clothes for their families.

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One day，I took my two kids to the local playground. As soon as we got there, my daughter 1. to the

swing (秋千) and asked for a push. When I was helping my daughter，I2.another girl trying to make her

own swing go high by herself. Her old grandmother was3.on the chair nearby and smiled at me.

I gave my daughter one big push and then walked towards the little girl. I asked if she wanted me to give4. a push. She smiled and said “Yes”．For the next two hours，I pushed the swings，and played with my two 5. and the little girl. When we went home，I was very tired. But my heart was flying much 6.than the swings.

One day two years later，after a 7. work，I was a little tired. But I needed to pick up my kids before going home. While I was waiting outside the school gate，a little girl came over and smiled 8.at me. She gave me a big hug (擁抱) before catching her school bus. As I watched her running away，I didn't feel tired anymore.

In life，the love we give others will find its way 9. to us. It may travel from heart to heart or it may blossom (開花) in the heart which it was 10. in. The love we share，the kindness we give，and the happiness we create will always come back to us with a pleasant surprise.

Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals. They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain is as big as man’s and they have a long life-at least 20 or 30 years.

Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to find their way around. They also use those sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. They do not use their ears to receive sounds, but use the jaw-the lower part of the mouth.

It is strange that dolphins are friendly to man, and for thousands of years, there are many stories about dolphins and man. In the 19th century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand, there was a dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name, Jack. From 1871 to 1903, Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot and hurt Jack. Luckily the dolphin didn’t die, and after a long time he was well again. He guided the ships through the area for nine more years, but he refused to help the boat The Penguin.

Today, some people still kill dolphins, but many countries in the world now protect them. In these places, people are not allowed to kill them.

1.How long can dolphins live? ( No more than 7 words )

2.How do dolphins find their way? (No more than 2 words )

3.Who was Jack? (No more than 2 words)

4.What did Jack do for the seamen ? (No more than 4 words)

5.Jack didn’t help the Penguin .Why ?(No more than 8 words)

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Anshan is _____attractive city. It’s such ____clean place that many tourists speak highly of it..

A. a; a B. the; / C. an ; / D. an; a

---Tom， youplay football in the street. ---Sorry， I do it again.

A. needn’t； won’t

B. mustn’t； won’t

C. can’t； will

D. won’t； can’t

Mr White, the principal, has made a great _________ to the growth of the school.

A. contribution B. progress C. invention D. protection