“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”That may seem a strange thing to say． But touching things can help you to see them better． Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round． But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth* and cool the ball is． You can feel how heavy the glass is． When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it． With your skin, you can feel better． For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins*  in your pocket． You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means． They hear it often． Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up． In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes． To see something well, we have to touch it.

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling． One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that touching your skin． Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin． At first, it is not easy to feel these things． You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking． But today some museums have some things to touch． Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show． If we want to see better, reach out and touch． Then you will really see!

1.By touching things, ______.

A．you will have a strange feeling

B．you will learn how to reach out your hand

C．you can tell the difference of the things

D．you can tell what colours they are

2.When people buy things in shops, they often _______.

A．try them on first

B．keep their right hands on them

C．a(chǎn)sk about them

D．feel and touch them

3.Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things”? Because _______．

A．the things are used by people, too

B．people feel the things too often

C．people know how to use the things

D．the things are easy to feel

4.Which of the following is true?

A．Touching is more important than seeing.

B．Our feet, fingers, hands and skin can help us buy food.

C．People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up.

D．Visitors can feel the things on show in some museums.

5.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．Touching by Feeling．                    B．To See or to Feel?

C．To See Better—Feel．                   D．Ways of Feeling.

In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the same answer: The sexes(性別) are different, because their brains are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in different ways.

Boys, for example, generally are better than girls at mathematical(數(shù)學的) ideas. Boys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sports. Girls, on the other hand generally start speaking earlier than boys. And they generally(通常) see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languages.

What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connected by nerve(神經(jīng)) tracks. The left side generally is used for mathematics, speech and writing. The right side is used for artistic creation(創(chuàng)造) and the expression for emotions(情感). In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it’s the area used for mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are connected by a smaller nerves than the two sides of a woman’s brain are.

1.Which of the following is best to outline(概括) the article?

A．Research on the Brain

B．Differences Between Men and Women

C．People’s Different Brains

D．Who Are Better, Boys or Girls

2.___________ men and women think differently.

A．sex makes

B．The different brains make

C．The different experiences make

D．The influences(影響) of society make

3.According to the article, girls are generally better than boys at ________ in your school.

A．mathematics       B．physics           C．English            D．Chemistry

4.Which of the following is true?

A．The left side of brain in boys generally develops better than that in girls.

B．The left side of brain in girls generally develops better than that in boys.

C．Men are better than women in all things.

D．The area in girls used for language skills develops better.

5.In men and women the number of nerves connecting the halves of brain________ .

A．is the same        B．is different         C．is zero            D．can’t be found out

閱讀表達 閱讀短文,按要求完成短文后的各項任務。

What must you do when you receive a gift for your birthday? You have to sit down and write a thank-you note. The words “thank you” are very important. We have to use them on many occasions. We say them when someone gives us a drink, help us to pick up things, hands us a letter, lends us a book or gives us lift.

(1)______ important word is “please”, _____ many people forget to use it. (2)It is impolite to ask someone to do something without saying “please”. We have to use it when we ask for something , too. It may be a book or a pen, more rice or more milk, help or advice. It may be in the classroom, at home, at the bus stop or over the counter. We have to use “please” to make request pleasant.

We have to learn to say “sorry” too. When we have hurt someone’s feeling, we will have to go up and say we’re sorry. When we have told a lie and feel sorry, we will have to use the same word. When we have forgotten something or broken a promise, we will have to explain with that word, too. “Sorry” is a healing word. We can make people forget wrongs by using it sincerely.

“Thank you! Please! Sorry!”—these words are simple but important. Man had to use them long ago. We have to use them now. Our children will have to use them again.

1.在(1)句空白處填上恰當?shù)脑~使句意完整、上下文通順:

____________ 、____________

2.將(2)句譯成漢語。____________________________________________________

3.回答問題：What will you say if your friends help you?

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4.在文中找出與下列句子意思相近的句子。

When we haven’t told the truth, we must use the word “sorry”.

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5.找出文中或寫出最能表達該短文主題的句子。

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詞匯運用 用括號內所給詞的適當形式填空（每空不限一詞）。

1.Computer is one of the greatest ______ (invent). I can’t imagine life without it.

2.What do you go to the library for?       (search) for some information about my project.

3.He looked ___________(angry) at me just now.

4.The ______(lose) of my lovely dog made me very sad.

5.It is _________(frost) in Jiangsu today than yesterday .

6.It ___________ (not allow) to add unhealthy food additives(食品添加劑) in any food in China now.

7.July 1st this year is the ____________ (ninety) birthday of the CPC(中國共產(chǎn)黨). There    would be no new China without our great Party.

8.I was glad to chat with my friend Mary on QQ yesterday. We_____(not chat) with each other on QQ for a long time.

9.My album is different from all my           (friend).

10.I found my father still ___________ (wake) when I entered his room at 11 last night.

短文填空 根據(jù)短文內容及首字母提示, 補全空格內單詞，請寫出完整單詞。

Amanda is an American filmmaker and actress. She came to China three years ago to study Performance at Beijing Film Academy. Last month, she m 1.to Japan to study Economics at the University of Tokyo. On June 10th, She r 2.to the USA. She chatted with her parents about the cultural d 3. between the two countries.

“The people in b 4.countries are very friendly to f  5.. But they have different cultures. For example, when I spoke Chinese in China, the people there always showed s  6.on their faces. But when I came to Japan, I found it was o  7.. Most local people there hoped I could talk with them in Japanese, t 8.I was not good at it,” she said.

Amanda thought this might have something to d 9.with the fact that the western group in Japan is o 10.than the one in China. They have stayed in Japan for a long time. And most of them speak Japanese well. But Westerners in China are still quite a new group. They’re usually treated as guests and tourists.

書面表達

紅十字因“郭美美事件”，口碑是江河日下，4月20日，四川雅安地震了，7.0級。假設你是學校的學生會主席，請你寫一封英語演講稿，呼吁同學積極參加中國紅十字會（the Red Cross Society of China）組織的“博愛周愛心一元捐”四川雅安捐款活動（One-Yuan Donation for Love），內容如下：

介紹紅十字會

發(fā)出倡議

活動意義

紅十字會是一個國際組織，中國紅十字會成立于1904年；

紅十字會的目標是幫助需要幫助的人；

有數(shù)百萬的人為之工作，包括很多志愿者；

人們通過捐錢、捐物、獻血等支持紅十字會；

我們學校正在組織“博愛周愛心一元捐”活動（One-Yuan Donation for Love），希望同學們積極參加，省下零花錢，奉獻愛心；甚至一元、兩元也可以，因為愛心無價；

相信我們的捐款可以給需要的人提供食物、衣服和藥品等等。

要求：1. 詞數(shù)100左右，  2．要點齊全，行文流暢，可合理發(fā)揮。

參考詞匯：無價的priceless

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Which sign can you probably see in the supermarket?

A．           B．          C．           D．

About ___________of the workers in the factory were born in__________.

A．three-fifths, 1970s                      B．three- fifths, the 1970s

C．three- fifth, the 1970s                    D．three- fifth, 1970

Because of the bad weather, the travelers had to stop, and decided to      a tent for the night.

A．put away          B．put off?          C．put down          D．put up

Your computer doesn’t work。.You’d better have it        .

A．to repair          B．repairing?        C．repaired          D．to be repaired