Choose the best topic from A to F according to each paragraph

1.Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, is the most important festival in Britain and some other countries. On Christmas Eve, people usually tell their children to put their stockings at the end of their beds before they go to sleep.

2. Apes(猿) can understand some things more quickly than we can. One or two of them have learned a few words. But they can’t join words to make sentences. They can’t think like us because they have no language.

3. The moon is our nearest neighbour in space. It is our satellite and men have visited it already. It is smaller than the earth. Plants can’t grow on the moon because there’s no air or water on it.

4.The largest animal ever to live on the earth is the blue shale(鲸). It weighs about 80 tons—more than 24 elephants. It is more than 30 meters long. A newborn baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant.

5. We can’t see it and we can’t catch it. But we can feel it pass by. It is always with us in our life. When we are at the table, it passes away while we are eating. Time is life, we must be masters of time.

A. What Is Time B. Man And Apes

C. Having A Good Time D. Our Festival

E. The Moon F. The Blue Whale

Going to a friend’s house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.

When to arrive

The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you, you need to arrive on time. If your friend tells you to come “around 3:00”, that means you can turn up a little bit after 3:00. But usually it is a good idea to arrive at the right time.

What to bring

Often it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share, or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.

How to greet (问候)

When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr. or Mrs. Smith. This will show them more respect (尊重) and then they may tell you to call them by their first names. Another way to show respect is to call them Madam or Sir. 

It is a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Be polite to your friend and your friend’s parents, and you will be invited again!

1. If you are told to get to your friend’s house around 5:00 p.m., it is polite to arrive at_____

         A. 5:02 p.m.       B. 4:50 p.m.        C. 4:30 p.m.   D. 5:30 p.m.

2.When the writer was a child, he called his friend’s father _____.

         A. Smith           B. John         C. Mary             D. Paul

3.The passage mainly (主要) tells us _____.

         A. when to arrive at your friend’s house   B. how to greet people

         C. what to bring to your friend            D. how to be a good visitor

Millions of people around the world cook their food on fire every day. People must spend lots of money on cooking fuel. However, there is a much easier and cheaper way to cook food using energy from the sun.

Sun-cookers have been used for centuries. A Swiss scientist made the first sun-cooker in 1777. Today, people are using sun-cookers in many countries around the world. People use them to cook food and to heat drinking water.

There are three kinds of sun-cookers. The first is a box cooker. It is designed with a special wall that collects sun-shine into the box. A box cooker is good for slow cooking of a lot of food.

The second kind of sun-cooker is a panel cooker. It has several flat walls that concentrate the sun-shine on the food. People can build panel cookers quickly. They do not cost much. In Kenya, for example, panel cookers cost just two dollars.

The third kind of sun-cooker is a parabolic cooker. It has rounded walls that concentrate sunlight into the bottom of the cooker. Food cooks quickly in parabolic cookers. However, these cookers are hard to make. They must be moved again and again to follow the sun. Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.

You can make sun-cookers from boxes or heavy paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at 232℃. A sun-cooker never gets hotter than that. Sun-cookers cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This allows people to cook food and do other things at the same time.

1.What does the underlined word fuel mean?

A．燃料             B．菜谱             C．调料             D．粮食

2.If you want to cook food quickly, which kind of sun-cooker is your best choice?

A．a box cooker                           B．a panel cooker

C．a parabolic cooker                      D．fire cooker

3.Which kind of sun-cooker costs very little?

A．a box cooker                           B．a panel cooker

C．a parabolic cooker                      D．fire cooker

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The first sun-cooker was made by a Swiss soldier.

B．Sun-cookers often get hotter than 232℃.

C．Parabolic cookers can be dangerous sometimes.

D．It is more expensive to cook with a sun-cooker than on fire.

5.What is the best title of this passage?

A．How to Be a Good Cook?                  B．Cooking Meals With the Sun

C．How to Save Energy?                     D．Different Ways of Cooking