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Kevin lived in a village in Africa. One morning, the teacher came into Kevin’s classroom with a new girl. “Hi, guys! My name is Jenny. I am from America. I came to Africa with my dad. It’s nice to meet everyone,” the girl said.

Kevin noticed (注意) that he looked different from Jenny. As soon as school was over, he ran home to ask his mother, “Mom, there is a new student Jenny in our class today. She comes from the US. Everyone in Africa has curly hair, right? Then, why is Jenny’s hair straight?”

 Mom thought for a minute and said, “It’s always hot in Africa. Curly hair is like a sponge (海绵) with many holes (洞), so the air can get in and out easily. If your hair was like Jenny’s straight hair, you wouldn’t be able to stand the heat (热). Our curly hair is necessary (必要的)!”

(   )1. Jenny came from 　    　.

      A. Africa                  B. the US

         C. Asia                     D. the UK

(   )2. What was Jenny like?

      A. She was tall.         B. She had curly hair.

      C. She was thin.       D. She had straight hair. 

(   )3. From the second paragraph (段), we can’t learn 　    　.

         A. Kevin did not like Jenny

         B. people in Africa have curly hair

         C. Jenny and Kevin were in the same class

         D. Kevin went home on foot

(   )4. The underlined word “stand” means “　    　” in Chinese.

     A. 站立    B. 忍受   C. 接受  D. 挥发

(   )5. Which of the following is TRUE?

     A. Kevin lived in a small city.

         B. Jenny came to Africa with her mother.

         C. Kevin’s mother had curly hair.

         D. Kevin wanted to have straight hair.

Answer 1

1B  2D  3A  4B  5C