Thomas Edison lit up the world with his invention of the electric light. Without him, the world might still be in the dark at night. However, the electric light was not his only invention. He also invented 1,200 other important things. Nearly every two weeks, he created something new.

Thomas Edison was born in 1847. He attended school for only three months. His mother taught him at home, but he was mostly self-educated. He started trying but his new ideas at a very young age and he loved that very much.

When he was 12 years old, he got his first job. He became a newsboy on a train. He did experiments on the train in his spare time. Unluckily, his first working experience didn’t end well. He was fired (解雇) when he accidentally (偶然地) set fire to the floor of the train. Then Edison worked as a telegraph operator (電報(bào)員) for five years, but he continued to spend much of his time creating things until the vote recorder (投票計(jì)數(shù)器), his first invention, came in 1868.

Thomas Edison was nearly deaf in one ear and it was also hard for him to hear in the other, but he never minded. Because of this, he could have more time for work. He always worked 16 out of every 24 hours. Sometimes his wife had to remind him to eat and sleep.

Thomas Edison died at the age of 84. He left many inventions that greatly improved the quality of life all over the world.

1.How old was Edison when he had his first invention?

A. 12. B. 17.

C. 19. D. 21.

2.How do you feel about Thomas Edison?

A. He was serious.

B. He was humorous.

C. He was lucky.

D. He was hard-working.

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Edison showed great interest in creating something new at an early age.

B. Edison once worked as a great worker in a newspaper company.

C. There was something wrong with Edison’s ears.

D. Edison often forgot to eat and sleep when he was working.

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Edison’s life.

B. Edison’s inventions.

C. Edison’s education.

D. Edison’s mother.

Once there was an English prince called Henry. He liked to study languages, but smiles never came on his face. His father, the king tried to make him happy in every possible way. Yet the young prince was not happy.

One day the king had an interview with a man named Sir Arthur. Sir Arthur told the king, “I have a method to make Prince Henry happy, but you have to send him to the countryside”. At first, the king refused. But Sir Arthur insisted on taking the prince to the country. Finally, the king agreed.

Prince Henry and Sir Arthur went to Sir Arthur’s house. His big yard was divided into two parts— inside yard and outside yard, and the outside yard was a big garden with a flowerbed. Sir Arthur told Henry, “Do you know my flowerbed can talk, and it has a secret?” The prince thought it very strange. Sir Arthur went on, “It tells the secret only to those who watch it every day. If you learn the secret, you will be happy.”

Prince Henry looked, but there was no flower, not even a leaf upon it. Then he circled the flowerbed every day. Even when a storm came, he didn’t go inside, so he caught a cold.

Many days passed. The flowerbed was wet, and the warm sun shone upon it. At last, one fine morning, he saw tiny plants coming up.

Day after day he saw that these plants made lines, and that the lines formed some letters. He thought about the spelling and tried to translate them into his own language. At last, he got it: DO SOMETHING GOOD TO SOMEONE EVERY DAY.

1.Why was Prince Henry sent to the countryside?

A. Because his father wanted him to experience the life.

B. Because he wanted to experience a different life.

C. Because his father wanted to make him happy:

D. Because he wanted to become happy again.

2.What happened at the end of the story?

A. Prince Henry was told the secret of the flowerbed.

B. Prince Henry wasn’t happy with the secret of the flowerbed.

C. Prince Henry could hear what the flowerbed said.

D. Prince Henry got the secret of the flowerbed on his own.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Prince Henry wasn’t happy if he was not allowed to study languages.

B. The king disliked Sir Arthur’s idea and he didn’t follow his advice.

C. Prince Henry was OK when he watched the flowerbed.

D. Sir Arthur was a helpful man and he finally succeeded in helping Prince Henry.

4.What does the story want to tell us?

A. It’s easy to be happy.

B. Helping others is useful.

C. Everyone should do something good.

D. Doing something good can make us happy.

Liu Jinyin, a young farmer in a rural area of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, has attracted nearly 100,000 followers by broadcasting (網(wǎng)絡(luò)直播) his daily life in the village. Within six months, Liu made 80,000 yuan. Some of his followers said his broadcasts reminded them of their childhood memories.

The rise of live streaming (直播的興起) has given ordinary people chances to receive more attention and make the ways they can make money.

However, vulgar (粗俗的) content and lack of originality have long been criticized (批評(píng)) by society. The broadcasts of Liu stand out because of their different content — clean content that is close to real life, such as feeding pigs, transplanting rice seedlings (插秧), and catching fish.

Liu’s videos also open a window for the people living in cities or towns to know more about village life. Liu does not ask for any gifts from his viewers. Instead, he lets the broadcasts serve as a platform (平臺(tái)) for people to exchange ideas and make friends.

Liu’s parents have found it hard to accept his money earning plan and criticized their son.

Honestly speaking, broadcasting one’s daily life is not a proper (合適的) job. But according to Karl Marx, when we choose a career, we should guide our choice of the career from the happiness of human beings and our own perfection.

Starting from the countryside, Liu mixes his personal development with the building of a new socialist (社會(huì)主義) countryside. His career of broadcasting the daily life in the village is a career that is worth exploring.

1.Which of the following is NOT true about Liu’s broadcasts?

A. People who live in the city can learn daily life in the village from the broadcasts.

B. People can exchange ideas with one another from the broadcasts.

C. People can make friends with each other from the broadcasts.

D. Liu uses his broadcasts to ask for presents from his viewers.

2.What’s Liu’s parents’ opinion on their son’s broadcasts?

A. It’s not easy for them to accept Liu’s broadcasts.

B. They accept Liu’s broadcasts although they don't like them.

C. They are happy with Liu’s broadcasts.

D. They advised their son to find a job in the city to make a living.

3.All the following things are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT __________.

A. the amount of money Liu’s earned from his broadcasts

B. the number of people on Liu’s broadcasts

C. the disadvantages of Liu’s broadcasts

D. the reason why Liu’s broadcasts were watched by people

4.What’s the writer’s opinion on Liu’s career?

A. He is against it.

B. He supports it.

C. He doesn’t care about it.

D. He isn’t interested in it.

Sorry, potato people! Although it’s probably no surprise that French fries are among the worst food you can eat, most of us still don’t believe it. After all, it doesn’t hurt to eat some every once in a while ... right? But some people feel guilty (內(nèi)疚的) to eat French fries and they have a good reason for that.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people’s guilty feeling may be well-placed. The research, which researched potato eating in 4,400 older people between ages of 45 and 79 over the course of eight years, shows that eating fried potatoes at least twice a week highly increases our risk of death.

But hold up! Before you completely stop eating potatoes, you should know that it is found that eating potatoes overall (even a lot of them!) wouldn’t kill you. Instead, it’s the type of potato that makes all the difference between life and death.

Eating fried potatoes like French fries at least twice per week increased the risk of death in the study. On the other hand, potatoes that were not fried, such as boiled and baked potatoes, were less likely to cause death.

Why? Potatoes have healthy levels of fiber (纖維) and vitamins, so you can partake without feeling bad. But when it comes to the fried food, you might need to think again. French fries usually have lots of fat and added salt, leading to weight growth. Still, when all is said and done, connection isn’t totally equal to causation (因果關(guān)系). More research is needed before certainly concluding that eating French fries alone increases the risk of death.

Luckily, potatoes are still considered as one of your suggested three to five servings of vegetables per day. Just try not to eat the fatty ones, if you can.

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. People’s reasons for feeling guilty.

B. The worst food that should be avoided.

C. A study about potatoes’ effects on people’s health.

D. Research on the relation between French fries and death.

2.From the findings of the study, we learn that

A. potatoes aren't good for everyone

B. much food can mean life and death

C. we shouldn't eat one type of food too much

D. how food is cooked is important to our health

3.What does the underlined word “partake” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Share. B. Cook.

C. Eat. D. Buy.

4.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A. People shouldn’t eat potatoes any more in daily life.

B. Although potatoes arc a kind of vegetables, we can't eat them.

C. People should eat potatoes which have less fat.

D. Potatoes aren’t allowed to eat by people who are in bad health.

Some people prefer to make friends with people who are very much like them, but others prefer to have friends who are very different from them. There are advantages to both1. (type) of friendship. If a man2. (choose) to make a friend similar to himself, there is no problem that they will share many common interests 3. (happy). They may have similar goals in life. This means that they will have the ability 4. (help) each other in achieving their goals. Two people who are very similar will feel 5. (comfort) with each other and may understand each other’s feelings better. Their friendship may be deeper and last longer.

There are also many advantages of making friends with someone of opposite interests and even character. 6. this type of friendship, the two people complement (補(bǔ)充) each other. 7. one is weak in some ways, the other is strong. Those who want different things can always support each other while two people with similar goals may find 8. in a competition. And some new experience can 9. (introduce) to each other.

10. friend who is unlike me may be challenging, but a similar friend is familiar and safe.

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Hi, Mike,

I’m planning my summer holiday. My friends have invited me to take a trip to the beach. I am excited about the idea because I really want to enjoy the sunshine with my friends. But my parents don’t agree. They said it would be dangerous and I should just exercise in the gym to relax myself. I’m not happy because they have no idea what I need. What should I do?

Yours,

Jane

Dear Jane,

I’m very glad to read your letter. ___________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I hope you will have a wonderful summer holiday.

Yours,

Mike

---Dad, ________ should I water the flowers in the garden when you are not at home? ---once a day.

A. How Many B. how long C. how often D. how soon

My cousin wants to keep healthy, so she does exercise every morning and ________ stays up late.

A. Sometimes B. hardly ever C. always D. usually

________ smiling and you will be happy and have more friends.

A. Keep B. Want C. Please D. Decide

---How long will you finish your work? ---I am sorry. I think I still need ________ hours.

A. more two B. another two C. two another D. another