John likes chocolates very much, but his mother doesn’t give him. They are bad for his teeth, she thinks. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves his grandson very much. And sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets him eat them, because she wants to make the old man happy.
On Sunday evening, it is John’s seventh birthday. He says,“Please, God(上帝), make them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday,”His mother says, “ God can’t hear you. Don’t shout(喊).”               “ I know, ”says the clever boy with a smile（微笑）. “ But my grandfather is in the next room, and he can!”
【小題1】 John’s mother thinks________.

A．John’s teeth are bad	B．chocolates are good for her teeth
C．chocolates are bad for John’s teeth	D．John likes cakes

【小題2】 Why does John’s mother let him eat chocolates sometimes?

A．Because John wants to eat them.

B．Because John’s father buys some chocolates for him.

C． Because she is happy.

D． Because she wants to make John’s grandpa happy.

【小題3】 Why does John shout? Because he wants to make _________hear him.

A．his grandpa

B．his grandma

C．his mother

D．his father

【小題4】Which one is right?

A．The grandfather is bad.	B．John studies hard in his school.
C．John is clever.	D．John’s mother doesn’t love him.

【小題5】What day is John’s seventh birthday?

A．Saturday

B．Friday

C．Tuesday

D．Sunday

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Dear editor( 編輯),       

Can't your newspaper do something about the custom (習(xí)慣) of hitchhiking?

A short time ago, on a car travel I counted at least 50 people standing beside the road, asking for rides. Many of them were young women.

Don't they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger? How much do they know about the driver? Is he a good driver or not? They know nothing!

Many of these young hitchhikers may come from good families. Don't their parents teach them anything about the world? I always taught my children not to talk to strangers. I never let them take rides from people they didn't know.

Isn't there enough crime (犯罪) today without asking for trouble by hitchhiking? On the other hand, hitchhiking may bring some traffic trouble. Don't you think what I said is true?

A Worried Grandfather

1.The word "hitchhiking" means         .

A．waiting for a bus at the bus stop

B．driving in a dangerous way

C．going on a long way by getting free rides in other people's car

D．a(chǎn)sking a stranger the ways in a car

2. The Worried Grandfather            .

A．doesn't like young women to drive cars

B．thinks it is dangerous for a young woman to get into a stranger's car

C．likes drivers to be careful and strict in their work

D．never lets his children get into other people's car

3. The Worried Grandfather            .

A．was hit by a car when he was standing by the road

B．is a good driver and often gives free rides to strangers

C．is in trouble now and he wants to get some help from the newspaper

D．sees much of the world and he is very careful

4. The Worried Grandfather wrote the letter to tell          .

A．the newspaper to let its readers know the danger of hitchhiking

B．young women never to go on a long travel alone

C．young people to listen to their parents at home

D．his children not to talk to strangers on the road

5. What do you think a good editor is going to do after he gets the letter?

A．He will either return the letter to the old man or give it to the police station.

B．He will write back to the Worried Grandfather and tell him not to hitchhike

C．He will ask someone to write something about it in the newspaper.

D．He will hold a meeting to tell the drivers to make the traffic trouble less.

 

John likes chocolates very much, but his mother doesn’t give him. They are bad for his teeth, she thinks. But John has a very nice grandfather. The old man loves his grandson very much. And sometimes he buys John some chocolates. Then his mother lets him eat them, because she wants to make the old man happy.
On Sunday evening, it is John’s seventh birthday. He says, “Please, God(上帝), make them give me a big box of chocolates for my birthday,”His mother says, “ God can’t hear you. Don’t shout(喊).”               “ I know, ”says the clever boy with a smile（微笑）. “ But my grandfather is in the next room, and he can!”
【小題1】 John’s mother thinks________.

A．John’s teeth are bad	B．chocolates are good for her teeth
C．chocolates are bad for John’s teeth	D．John likes cakes

【小題2】 Why does John’s mother let him eat chocolates sometimes?
Because John wants to eat them. 
Because John’s father buys some chocolates for him.
C.  Because she is happy.   
D.  Because she wants to make John’s grandpa happy.
【小題3】 Why does John shout? Because he wants to make _________hear him.

A．his grandpa

B．his grandma

C．his mother

D．his father

【小題4】Which one is right?

A．The grandfather is bad.	B．John studies hard in his school.
C．John is clever.	D．John’s mother doesn’t love him.

【小題5】What day is John’s seventh birthday?

A．Saturday

B．Friday

C．Tuesday

D．Sunday

"Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生蟲(chóng)) living in a part of our minds.
If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an "inner ear", for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over.
Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous "don’t think of a white bear" problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears’ Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works!
【小題1】According to the passage, earworms are ______.

A．songs that keep going round in our mind

B．worms that live in a part of our brain

C．tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga

D．parasites clearly under our control

【小題2】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Singing songs may get earworms out of your head.

B．Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory.

C．Humans do not have complete control over their mind.

D．You won’t suffer from earworms unless you hear the song.

【小題3】What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．The instruction to shut up your mind.

B．“Don’t think of the white bear” problem.

C．Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head.

D．Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task.

【小題4】What is the passage mainly about?

A．The causes and influences of earworms.

B．What earworms are and how to deal with them.

C．How to clear earworms out of your head.

D．The relation between earworms and popular songs.

----Good luck with your study. ----________________.

A．The same to you.

B．Thanks

C．I think so

D．You’re right