Throughout the 1900s, almost everyone knew how to jump, or “skip” rope. And it wasn’t just kids on playgrounds chanting silly rhymes or singing favourite songs. Champion boxes like Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali jumped rope to build stamina (耐力) and develop quick footwork.

The activity of rope-jumping for f 【1】 and exercise has most likely been around for thousands of years. Historians believe children skipping rope, and medieval (中世紀(jì)的) European paintings s 【2】 children skipping rope on the cobblestone (鵝卵石) streets.

The earliest jump ropers in North America may have been Dutch immigrants, who brought the game Double Dutch with them in the 1600s. In Double Dutch, two turners h 【3】 the ends of two ropes and turn them in opposite directions as one person jumps between them. When the game was first introduced, girls couldn’t participate, partly because they were c 【4】 weaker, and exercise was thought of as unfeminine (不適合女性的).

Also, girls wore l 【5】 dresses that got in the way.

Once girls did start jumping, however, they really took over. And later, it was m 【6】 girls who were better at this activity. Now, both girls and boys jump rope. Jumping rope has become a worldwide competitive sport in which children and adults compete in both single and t 【7】 events.

So, pick up a rope, find a silly rhyme /span>or your favorite song, and start jumping.

A. to get B. get

C. for get D. to getting

【題目】

What is the best-selling book in the world? Is it the Harry Potter series or Secret Garden? According to the Guinness World Records, the Xinhua Dictionary, published by the Commercial Press in China, is the world’s most popular dictionary and the best-selling book.

In 1950, Chinese language experts(專家) andscholars, Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao, started to edit(編輯) the Xinhua Dictionary. There was a lot of discussion, research and paper work. Some hand scripts (稿件) were checked again and again like compositions, People’s Daily reported. Many people’s hard work and interesting stories went into making the dictionary.

In 1953, the first Xinhua Dictionary was published. Today, 567 million copies of the dictionary have been sold worldwide.

However, revisions (修訂) to the dictionary continue to be made. According to Yu Guilin from Commercial Press, editors(編輯) usually summarize (總結(jié)) the meaning of words again while revising. If the example sentences are out of date, editors need to have experiences and make new examples. “To give a correct explanation of the word ‘焗油 (deep condition)’ , one editor went to a barber shop (理發(fā)店) to experience it for himself,” Yu told the Beijing Times. So far, the Xinhua Dictionary has been revised 11 times.

To keep up with the times, some popular and widely used internet words are also added to the dictionary. For example, in the 11th edition, the phrases “曬工資 (show off salary)” and “曬照片 (show off pictures)” were included.

All these efforts create the “National Dictionary” of China. The Xinhua Dictionary is not only a useful tool for generations of Chinese people. It also helps foreigners who are learning the Chinese language and culture.

【1】According to Guinness World Records, the best-selling book is _____.

A. the Xinhua Dictionary

B. the Harry Potter series

C. Secret Garden

D. Guinness Book of World Records

【2】What’s the meaning of the underlined word “scholars” in the second paragraph?

A. 校長 B. 學(xué)長 C. 學(xué)者 D. 學(xué)生

【3】Which of the following is NOT true about the first Xinhua Dictionary?

A. Wei Jiangong and Ye Shengtao edited it.

B. The editors had a lot of discussions, did research and paper work.

C. The editors checked the hand scripts again and again.

D. The first Xinhua Dictionary was published in 1950.

【4】While revising the dictionary, the editors _____.

A. just need to read and correct the printing mistakes

B. make new examples for the words

C. have to go to a barber shop to experience deep conditioning

D. have to change all the examples of the words

【5】According to the article, the Xinhua Dictionary _____.

A. has to include internet words

B. is little help for foreign learners

C. is better than any other dictionary

D. tries to keep up with the times

【1】When was Asian Hockey Federation(亞洲曲棍球聯(lián)盟) set up?

A. In 1953 B. In 1963 C. In 1946 D. In 1957

【2】Which organization has the most members?

A. B. C. D.

【3】 In how many organizations can English be spoken as an official language?

A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four

【4】If you are from France, which sport can you probably take part in?

A. Baseball. B. Hockey

C. Volleyball D. Football

【5】If you want to know something about volleyball, you can go to .

A. www.baseballeurope.com B.www.asiahockey.org

C. www.voleysur.org D. www.cafonline.com

Here are four kinds of rubbish:

【1】How many kinds of rubbish can we sort?

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

【2】Which kind of rubbish do the useless phones belong to?

A.RecyclableB.WetC.Dry.D.Harmful.

【3】Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the "Wet"?

A.Pigs can eat them.B.It will pollute the soil and water.

C.We can call it "household waste".D.Banana skin is one kind of Wet rubbish.

【4】What will happen if we don't sort the rubbish?

A.We will have fewer places to grow plants.B.All of the rubbish will pollute the soil and water.

C.We are helping to save our earth.D.We will have a better environment.

【5】Where can we find this article(文章）?

A.A movie.B.A newspaper.C.A story book.D.A dictionary.

A. the, the B. /, the C. the, /

A. who B. Which C. What D. whose

【1】What is Miss White doing？

A. Writing emails.B. Buying Christmas cards.

C. Writing Christmas cards.D. Reading Christmas cards.

【2】Who does Mrs Lee plan to choose presents for？

A. Her husband.B. Her parents.

C. Her children.D. Her friends.

【3】How does Mrs Lee feel？

A. Happy.B. Tired.C. Lucky.D. Busy.

【4】What does Jeremy ask his father to do？

A. Sweep the floor.

B. Buy a Christmas tree.

C. Get him some drinks.

D. Put the star at the top of the tree.

【1】You can ________ in the hot springs in Yunnan.

A.have a bathB.see plateau cranesC.see iceD.cut holes and fish

【2】If you want to see black-necked cranes, you can go to ________.

A.Tengchong hot springsB.Chagan Lake

C.Caohai LakeD.Dagunguo

【3】Chagan Lake is in ________.

A.TengchongB.Yunnan ProvinceC.Jilin ProvinceD.Guizhou Province

【4】There are ________ kinds of rare birds in Caohai Lake.

A.100,000B.230C.97D.70

【5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.In winter, Chagan Lake is hot and you can cook eggs in it.

B.Black-necked cranes may fly to Caohai Lake in August.

C.October and November are the Chagan Lake winter fishing seasons.

D.Caohai Lake is over 30 square kilometers in size.

What You Need

☆ a friend to help

☆ small pieces of any food like carrot, orange, banana—whatever you have

☆ small pieces of apples, raw (uncooked) potato and (if you are brave) onion (洋蔥)

What You Do

There are actually three different experiments. You and your friend should take turns trying them on each other.

Experiment 1:

Have your friend close her eyes and open her mouth. Give her a piece of the food and ask her to taste it. Then, ask her what she thinks it is. She will probably guess correctly.

Experiment 2:

While your friend has her eyes closed, give her a piece of raw potato. At the same time, hold a piece of apple right under her nose. Ask her to eat the potato and tell you what she thinks it is. She will say it is a piece of apple! You can even do it the other way around, and she will think she is eating a potato, or, perhaps, she won’t be able to name what she is eating.

Experiment 3: (for the brave)

Take a piece of raw onion. You don’t have to close your eyes this time. Press your nose closed with your other hand so that no smells can get into your nose. Now eat a small piece of the onion. Surprise! As long as you hold your nose, you will not be able to taste the onion.

The Science Secret

You already know the science secret. Your nose and your tongue work together to make food taste the way it does. Your tongue, however, can taste only certain flavors like salty, bitter, sour, and sweet. All of the other “tastes” are actually “smells”, and you need your nose to taste them.

Oh, you might use this science secret the next time you are forced to eat something you don’t like the taste of. If you hold your nose while you eat it, you won’t “taste” it at all.

【1】According to this article, what could a person know about food?

A. People hold their noses to eat onions.

B. If you close your eyes, food will taste better.

C. People need a sense of smell to taste some food.

D. If you can smell potatoes, you will taste apples.

【2】What is the most probable reason Experiment 3 is called “for the brave”?

A. You have to eat a raw onion. B. You keep your eyes open.

C. You have to hold your nose. D. You do the experiment alone.

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Knowledge comes from personal experience.

B. Team work helps us to find out science secrets.

C. We should have courage while doing experiments.

D. We can’t draw a conclusion simply from the feeling.

【4】What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Why different foods can smell the same.

B. How smell influences the way food tastes.

C. Why some things smell better than others.

D. How smell changes the way we see things.