“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”

That may seem a strange thing to say. But touching things can help you to see them better.

Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show.

If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!

1.By touching things        .

A．you will have a strange feeling

B．you will learn how to reach out your hand

C．you can learn more about them

D．you can tell what colors they really are

2.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．Touching by Feeling	B．To See or to Feel
C．To See Better—Feel	D．Ways of Feeling

3.Which of the following parts can tell you the difference between two coins in your pocket?

A．Your fingers.

B．Your eyes.

C．Your skin.

D．Your back.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Touching is helping us to see better.

B．Our skin may help us enjoy music.

C．People don’t have to learn to feel.

D．Visitors can’t feel the things on show in any museums.

 

When Sandy was a little girl, she liked keeping pets. She had many books about animals and many pictures of animals on the walls of her bedroom. She often said that she would work in a  41  when she grew up.

    Most of Sandy’s pets were quiet small—parrots, cats, dogs and so on. But one day she met something quite  42 .

That afternoon, Sandy’s mother was surprised to see a big animal with long hair in the kitchen. He  43  a T-shirt and was sitting on the chair, trying to put on a pair of glasses and making faces at her. In front of him, on the table, were a basket of fruits and a glass of water. “Sandy, where are you?” the mother shouted. Then suddenly she remembered that a few days before a young gorilla (大猩猩) called Jim had run away from the zoo.

“I found him in the city square,” Sandy said. “He seemed so  44 . I talked to him. We became friends at once and he followed me home.”

“Well, you know you  45  keep him,” her mother said. “You must send him back to the zoo. You’d better phone the police.”

Soon a  46  came and also a truck from the zoo.  47  was angry with Sandy when she told her story. The policeman knew Sandy loved animals. And the zookeeper said, “Thank you for your kindness. I can see Jim likes you,  48  we need to take him back.” Sandy agreed. She hugged Jim and said that she would go and see him  49 .

These days Sandy has stopped collecting  50 , but you can still find her with her friend Jim at the zoo on Saturdays and Sundays.

1. A. hospital          B. zoo          C. school           D. supermarket

2.A. small          B. long         C. short            D. big

3. A. wore          B. made         C. sold         D. lent

4. A. easy              B. hard        C. difficult        D. lonely

5. A. must          B. can          C. can’t         D. have to

6. A. teacher           B. policeman        C. student      D. friend

7.A. Everyone      B. The zookeeper    C. Nobody       D.Sandy’s mother

8. A. and           B. but          C. or           D. so

9.A. every day      B. after school     C. at the weekdays  D. at the weekends

10. A. clothes          B. glasses      C. animals      D. fruit

 

Today was not a good day. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. The juice bottle was empty, so I had a glass of cold water.
When I was getting on a bus, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home to get it.
Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next.
I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on(弥补) the school work I had missed. After lunch, it was time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it, but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.
When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. How terrible! I hope tomorrow will be better.
【小题1】What happened to the boy on this bad day?

A．He argured with his parents.	B．He heard some bad news.
C．He burned the kitchen.	D．Many unhappy things happened to him.

【小题2】 When did the boy’s bad day begin?

A．In the morning

B．When he was at school

C．At lunchtime.

D．when he got home

【小题3】He didn’t take the bus, instead, he went back home to get _________.

A．his homework

B．breakfast

C．money

D．his bag

【小题4】How many “terrible” things did the boy mention in this story?

A．Four

B．Five

C．Seven

D．Ten

The glass is not ____.  ______ is in ______locker.

A．Sally, Her, hers	B．Sally’s, She, her
C．Sally’s, Hers, her	D．Sally, Hers, her

 

In China，people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人)．Most of them come from single-child families. However，this generation is playing a more and more important part in China，and their image in people’s minds is changing．Han Han,a popular youth writer,is one of them．

    Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai．His talent for writing was clear at an early age．When he was 17,he drew the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass. The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition．Later，Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school. “I did poorly in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade. I tried my best to improve my studies，but failed ,so I gave up. However ,I am always learning, since learning and going to school are two different things.” Han Han said.

    Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China．Later the book wastranslated(翻译)into several languages and sold abroad．

 In the following years,Han Han wrote a lot of books. All of them were welcomed by the market．In 2006，he started blogging(写博客)and had great success. Today，Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet．

1. The post-80s generation__________．

A. have changed China’s image      

B. are playing an important role in China

C. are very good at writing          

D. are people who are more than 80 years old  

2.What can we learn from Han Han’s words in the second paragraph?

A. He was good in all his subjects．          

B. He never studied hard at school．

C. His school life was interesting and colourful 

D. He didn’t stop learning after he left school．

3.When did Han Han begin to write a blog?

A. When he was seventeen.        B. When he was fourteen   

C. When he was twenty           D. When he was twenty-four.

4.Which of the following is TRUE，according to the passage?

A. Three Folded Gates was only sold in China．   

B. Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school．

C. Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation．

D. Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet．

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. The post-80s generation．         

B. Han Han ,a popular post-80s writer．

C. Blogging on the Internet．         

D. Popular books written by Han Han．