Dogs are friends of man. They work for us. They hunt with us. They also play with us. But a long time ago, all over the world, dogs were wild. Dogs can go back to the Stone Age. All dogs had the same ancestor (祖先). It is believed that this ancestor was much like a wolf. Other animals, like fox, also came from this ancestor. Thousands of years ago, man began to tame (使馴服) the wild dogs. When the dogs were tamed, they were trained well. The strong dogs then became working animals. They were trained to pull heavy loads (擔子). They learned to keep watching over sheep and other animals. Working dogs could do other things, too. Some dogs were not strong. But they could help man hunt. Other dogs were best at pets. At first, there were only a few kinds of dogs. Today, there are more than 100 kinds.

1.The word “wild” in the first paragraph means ___.

A. 溫順的       B. 野生的       C. 兇殘的       D. 善良的

2.Dogs can go back to the Stone Age. Here “go back” means ___.

A. 追溯到       B. 回來         C. 違背         D. 返回去

3.From this passage, we know that ___.

A. all the animals have the same ancestor  

B. all dogs are as wild as they were many years ago

C. man has helped change dogs

D. animals never change

4.What jobs can dogs do?

A. Keep watching over sheep.    B. Hunt with man.

C. Pull heavy loads.            D. All the above.

5.The main idea of the whole story is that ___.

A. man and dogs have the same ancestor

B. all animals are too wild to be man’s friends

C. dogs and man have been friends for a long time

D. people like to keep foxes as pets because they are tamer

 

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Miss Wu is a young teacher of English in China. She loves teaching very much. One day when she was giving an English lesson, she found the headmaster sitting at the back of the classroom. After class, the headmaster told her that he came to her class to find out how much English and how much Chinese she was using. The result was about half English and half Chinese. She was using Chinese when she gave instructions to her students and when she wanted to get feedback（反饋）from her students. The headmaster told her that she should use more English in her class.

Miss Wu made a plan like this:

talk with an Englishman every Sunday for two hours to learn more English expressions;

write some English expressions on cards. These cards not only remind her to use English in class, but also help her remember some expressions;

have a five-minute talk in English with students before class.

She used body language to help her if students could not understand.

One year later, she found she could use English freely in class.

1.Miss Wu ______.

A．has a poor memory	B．is a teacher of Chinese
C．loves her job	D．is angry with the headmaster

2. The headmaster came to Miss Wu’s class to ______.

A．write some English expressions on cards

B．help her improve her English teaching

C．give instructions to the students

D．get feedback from the students

3. After the headmaster left, Miss Wu realized that she should _____ in her class.

A．use more Chinese	B．use more English
C．use half English and half Chinese	D．use body language

4. What does the underlined word “remind” mean?

A．提醒

B．阻止

C．寬恕

D．依賴

5. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Use cards in English teaching	B．Talk with English-speaking people
C．Speak more English in English class	D．Learn more English expressions

 

Do you play a musical instrument? If so, you may be getting smarter. A recent study shows that taking music lessons can raise a person’s IQ.
Scientists studied 132 children in Canadian schools. At the beginning of the school year, these children took an IQ test. Then they were divided into four groups. One group took singing lessons. Another group took weekly piano lessons. The third group took classes in drams(戲劇). And the last group did no special activities at all.
At the end of the school year, the 132 children took an IQ test again. In all four groups, the average score went up. However, the piano players’IQs went up 7.0 points on average. The average increase for the other three groups was only 4.3 points.
The researchers say that the difference is small and it may not result in better grades for the piano players. However, they still consider the results important. Learning an instrument helps kids becomes better at concentrating and at memorizing things. Therefore, the researchers say, it may be good for brain development in young people.
If you have a chance to learn to play a musical instrument, never miss it. Remember it can make you smarter.
【小題1】 Which of the following is NOT true of the study?

A．It was done in Canada.

B．It was done by some musicians.

C．It included four groups of children.

D．It took one school year to complete.

【小題2】 Which of the following is true?

A．Average IQ scores increased in all the groups.

B．Only the piano players’ IQs increased.

C．The average increase for all four groups was 4.3 points.

D．Most of the children’s IQs did not go up.

【小題3】 The underlined word “they” in the passage refers to ______.

A． better grades

B．piano players

C．researchers

D．instruments

【小題4】 What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．It’s good for us to listen to music.

B．Everyone should learn to play the piano.

C．Take an IQ test before you learn instruments.

D．Learning instruments may make kids smarter.

Now satellites(衛(wèi)星)are helping to forecast the weather. They are in space and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大氣), because this is where the weather forms(形成). They send these pictures to the weather station. So meteorologists(氣象專家)can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare(比較)them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours .This may mean the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for 3 or 5 days. Soon, perhaps , they may forecast the weather for a week or more ahead(提前)

1.Satellites travel__________.

A．in space	B．in the atmosphere
C．above the ground	D．above space

2.Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because___________.

A．the weather satellites can do it easily

B．clouds form there

C．the weather forms there

D．the pictures can forecast the weather

3.Meteorologists forecast the weather________.

A．when they have received satellite pictures

B．after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones

C．before they receive satellite pictures

D．while they study satellite pictures

4.Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _______.

A．one day

B．two days

C．five days

D．seven days or even longer

5.The main idea of this passage is that satellite is now used in______.

A．taking pictures of the atmosphere

B．receiving pictures of the atmosphere

C．doing other work in many ways

D．weather forecasting

 

A few years ago, Dave Stirling had the idea of selling CDs over the Internet. The business he started from his home in Ohio, the USA, now sells 500,000 CDs a year and has made him into a millionaire(百萬富翁)at the age of 24.

“I could see that this was the future of shopping,” says Stirling. “Why should you pay $15 for a CD and spend the time and the money getting into the store and parking your car? You can have the same CD for half of the price by clicking(敲擊)on your computer. And we can find any CD you want and bring it to your door in 24 hours!”

According to Stirling, this is the only beginning, “I believe that one day we’ll do our shopping over the net: it’s easier, quicker and cheaper. Shops and supermarkets will be the past.”

1.Dave Stirling started his business from _____

A. his home   B. His company   C. the office 

2.How has Stirling become so rich ?

A. By making ice cream.

B. By making advertisements.

C. By selling CDs over the Internet.

3.If you pay $15 for a CD in the store, how much should you pay for it over the net?

A. $15      B. $12        C. $7.5 

4.By shopping over the net, you won’t _______________.

A. spend the time and the money

B. click on your computer

C. get into the store by yourself

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. More than half of the Americans prefer to shop over the net.

B. Shops and supermarkets will be the past in the future.

C. It’s easier, quicker and more expensive to do our shopping over the net.