Old age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress. They also found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men.
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
【小题1】When will people become happier and experience less worry?

A．18 years old

B．80 years old

C．50 years old

D．25 years old

【小题2】What does the underlined word“emotions”mean in Paragragh Two?

A．体力

B．情感

C．智力

D．目标

【小题3】Who has the most sadness, stress and worry?

A．a fifty-year-old man	B．a fifty-year-old woman
C．a twenty-five-year-old woman	D．a twenty-five-year-old man

【小题4】According to the last paragraph, why may people be happier at an older age?

A．They are more thankful for what they have

B．They have better control of their emotions

C．They spend less time thinking about their bad experiences

D．All of the above.

 

1.______________	I’m looking for a pen pal who likes music. I live in Germany.Please write to me:Colin, PO Box, 134, Bonn, Germany
2._____________	Do you like animals? Do you have pets? I have a lovely pet dog. Anyone who has the same interest as me can write to me:Thanh Chu, 678 Tok Chi Road, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
3.______________	I’m interested in movies and swimming. I’m from Spain and I can speak a little English. Please write to me: Sophia, 643 Calle, Spain.
4. ______________	I’d like to write to a Chinese girl to practice Chinese and want to know more about Chinese culture. Please write to me:Cathy, Flat 4,105 Fifth Avenue, New York, US.
5. _______________	Hello, I’m Simon from the U.K. My hobby is playing chess. I hope to have friends who can beat me in chess on line. My e-mail:sunny@Hotmail.com

根据所提供的信息为以上的外国学生找到合适的笔友.

A. Gao Lin is good at playing chess and he came first in the City Chess Competition last year.

B. Li Wei likes animals. He keeps some pets and he is very kind to them.

C. Wu Tong majors in Chinese history in a university. She wants to communicate with foreign friends about Chinese culture.

D. Zhang Rui can speak a little Spanish and English. In her free time, she likes swimming and watching movies.

E. Liang Chen is a music lover. She wants to have a foreign friend who speaks German.

 

Mr Smith is a teacher. He is near-sighted(近视的). But he doesn’t wear glasses. One day, he is walking in a street. He is thinking something. Suddenly a strong wind blows his cap off his head. My Smith runs after it. He wants to catch it but he can’t. At this time, an old woman from a door of the house says to him.

“ Hi! What are you doing, sir?”

“Running after my cap.”

“Your cap? Aha……that’s my black cat. ”She says.

“Your cat? Sorry, but where is my cap?”

1.What’s the meaning in Chinese for “a strong wind”?

A．一阵狂风         B．一场大雨          C．一声雷响         D．一声尖叫

2.Why does Mr Smith run after the cat?

A．He likes his cap                         B．He wants to get his cap back

C．He sees the cat and can’t catch it          D．He doesn’t find his cat

3.What colour is Mr Smith’s cap?

A．White            B．Yellow            C．Black             D．Blue

4.Who has the cat?

A．The old woman     B．Mr Smith          C．We don’t know    D．Nobody

5.Which’s not true?

A．He runs after the old woman’s cat.

B．He thinks that black cat is his black cap.

C．He is wearing a pair of glasses.

D．He is a teacher.

 

Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.
Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe.
For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war (战争). By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today--a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
The Green Revolution (革命) is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution was the result of hard work by agricultural (农业的) scientists who had green thumbs.
【小题1】According to the passage, a greenhorn means________ now.

A．a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed

B．a soldier who has not had any experience in war

C．a person who is new in a job

D．a man who doesn’t have the skills to live in the country

【小题2】The meaning of the underlined word “ripe” in the second paragraph is ________.

A．未完成的

B．成熟的

C．青涩的

D．老练的

【小题3】Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right?

A．If there weren’t the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat.

B．The expression “the Green Revolution” appeared several years ago.

C．Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains.

D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution.

【小题4】We can know from the passage that _______.

A．all growing plants is green

B．green is the most important color in nature

C．a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well

D．the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years

【小题5】The main idea of the passage is ________.

A．a greenhorn	B．a green thumb
C．the Green Revolution	D．the word “green” and its story

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In almost every big university in the United States football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.

Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points. This is called a touch—down. It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.

Each university wants its team to win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell for their favorite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders come on the field to help the people yell more. They dance and jump while they yell.

Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1st, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on television

1.In American football players can ___.

A．only kick the ball

B．only throw the ball

C．only carry the ball

D．kick, throw and carry the ball

2. If a team wants to get points, it has to move the ball ___.

A．10 yards	B．to the other end
C．40 yards	D．away from its own end

3. Who are dancing and jumping while they yell?

A．The cheerleaders.

B．All those who are watching the game.

C．The winners.

D．The players of both sides.

4. Most teams play games in ___.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

5. When do the best teams play again?

A．At Christmas.	B．Before the season ends.
C．On New Year’s Day	D．On the last day of season