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  Ancient numbers

  In ancient   1  , people wrote numbers in many different   2  ,   3   these pictures of the number 6 show.  4  , they nearly all counted in the same way-in   5  

  Zero

  The system of numbers that nearly everyone uses today   6   of the numbers from 1 to 9 and 0   7   these ten numbers, we can write any number from the biggest to the smallest.The Indians   8   invented and developed the 1 to 9 system of numbers.They then invented the zero.This was a very important   9   because it made it easier to write big numbers and to   10  

  Calculating machines

  One of the first calculating machines was an   11  .Abacuses are so fast and accurate that people still use them today.On the abacus in the picture, the beads on the wires   12   ones, tens, hundreds and thousands, starting from the   13   wire.

  The picture on the right shows a modern electronic calculator.It can add, subtract, multiply and divide.It can also calculate percentages and   14   roots.

  This picture shows a computer.Computers are very   15   calculating machines.In a flash, a computer can do a calculation that you could not do in your whole lifetime.

  Brain against computer

  Some people call the brain a   16   computer.Is a human brain a more powerful   17   than a computer? The following story may give you an answer.

  Shakuntala Devi is a lady from India with an   18   brain.She can calculate like lightning.In America, Shakuntala and a very powerful computer were given this problem to solve.

  Shakuntala's brain took fifty seconds to find the answer.The computer took a minute.However, before the computer could begin   19  , someone had to program it with instructions, and that took many hours.No one had to   20   Shakuntala!

1.________ 2.________ 3.________ 4.________ 5.________

6.________ 7.________ 8.________ 9.________ 10.________

11.________ 12.________ 13.________ 14.________ 15.________

16.________ 17.________ 18.________ 19.________ 20.________

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Three men buy seventeen apples.The first man wants one half(一半), the second man wants one third(三分之一), and the third man wants one ninth.It is impossible(不可能).At that time, a little boy comes with an apple in his hand.The boy says to them, “Don't worry about that.Let me help you.” First of all, with his apple adds(加)to them, he makes the number of the apples eighteen.Then he gives nine to the first man, six to the second man, and two to the third man.He gives away seventeen in all and takes his apple back.The three men praise him, “How clever the boy is! ”

(1)

How many apples does three men buy?

[  ]

A.

nine

B.

eighteen

C.

six

D.

seventeen

(2)

What's the three men's problem?

[  ]

A.

They can't eat the apples.

B.

They can't go home.

C.

They can't divide the apples.

D.

They want to borrow the apples.

(3)

What does the boy do to help them?

[  ]

A.

He adds his apple to theirs when he divides the apples.

B.

He keeps an apple to divide the apples.

C.

He gets an apple from another man.

D.

He eats an apple.

(4)

Which of the following is TRUE?

[  ]

A.

The three men ask the small boy to divide the apples.

B.

The boy wants to help them.

C.

The boy tells them how to divide the apples.

D.

The boy wants to take away their apples.

(5)

The underlined word “praise” means ________.

[  ]

A.

thank

B.

say something bad

C.

say goodbye

D.

say someone or something good

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  One weekend all of the hotels in Green City were full because there was a large meeting.Mr.Black was the manager(经理)of a   1   in the city.On Friday night, three men came into the hotel and asked for   2   Mr.Black said there were   3   rooms ready because of the meeting.The men were unhappy.

  Mr.Black wanted to help them.He remembered that Room 418, a small room, was   4   He asked them if they would share(共享)a room.The three men said they would.Mr.Black said the room would be thirty dollars,   5   for each one.Each man gave him the money and then went up to the room.

  Mr.Black soon began to feel sorry, so he called his assistant over, gave him five dollars and said,"  6   the money to those three men in Room 418.I asked too much for their room."

  The assistant took the money.While he was   7   the way there, he started to think, "How can three men divide(分配)five dollars?I will give them each only one dollar and keep two dollars for   8   The men will be   9   to get something back.And Mr.Black will never know."So the assistant returned one dollar to each man.

  The next morning, the three men went to thank the manager before they left.They said, "Thank you for   10   us 3 dollars back."Mr.Black was surprised but he didn't say anything.After the three men left, Mr.Black called the assistant to his office and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't think you can stay here anymore."

(1)

[  ]

A.

library

B.

shop

C.

factory

D.

hotel

(2)

[  ]

A.

drink

B.

rooms

C.

money

D.

food

(3)

[  ]

A.

no

B.

some

C.

many

D.

several

(4)

[  ]

A.

dirty

B.

empty

C.

dark

D.

full

(5)

[  ]

A.

thirty

B.

three

C.

ten

D.

two

(6)

[  ]

A.

Bring

B.

Carry

C.

Take

D.

Lend

(7)

[  ]

A.

on

B.

by

C.

in

D.

off

(8)

[  ]

A.

themselves

B.

himself

C.

yourself

D.

myself

(9)

[  ]

A.

happy

B.

angry

C.

sorry

D.

worried

(10)

[  ]

A.

lending

B.

giving

C.

returning

D.

taking

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  Advice on Doing Your Homework

  Never try to work when you are very hungry.If you want to do your home-work right after school,you may want to eat something before getting to work.Al-ways do your homework before you get too tired.Don't wait until late in the evening, or the assignment will seem much harder than it really is.

  Divide your time into a few parts if you have more than an hour's work.Relax yourself after an hour.However,don't divide it up so much that you can't get any-thing done.You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time without stopping.

  Don't put off(推迟)until the last minute.If you put off doing your home-work,you will have it on your mind and you won't enjoy your free time.If you put off until the end of the week or until right before a test,you will have too much to do.A little bit each night,enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school,will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it.

  Do your homework at the same time every day.This will help you make it a habit梡art of your daily work.It will make it easier to do,and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well.

(1)

When someone is hungry,he'd better ______.

  A.not work at all       B.work harder

  C.not work too hard      D.work as usual

[  ]

(2)

The underlined word “assignment”in the article may mean“______”

  A.time B.test C.homework D.school

[  ]

(3)

If you put off doing your homework,______.

  A.it will be kept on your mind   B.it will be much easier to do

  C.it will make you happy  D.it doesn't matter much

[  ]

(4)

To do your homework at the same time every day ______.

  A.will make it more difficult

  B.will make your free time less pleasant

  C.will help you have a good habit

  D.will help you live longer

[  ]

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Three types of memory

  Some scientists believe that there are three kinds of memory-immediate, short-term and long-term.

    1   memory holds items of information coming into   2   from the five senses for less than a second.Then it either rejects them   3   passes them into short-term memory.

  Short-term memory   4  .hold about seven items of information   5   one time(e.g., telephone numbers), it holds them for about thirty seconds.Then they are rejected(拒绝)(i.e., forgotten)or   6   into long-term memory.

    7   memory can hold information for the whole of our lives.Some scientists believe that long-term memory can   8   into two types.  9   type remembers events, that is things that happen to us.  10   remembers knowledge(e.g., the names of countries or the meanings of words).

(1)

[  ]

A.

Immediate

B.

This

C.

Short-term

D.

Long-term

(2)

[  ]

A.

them

B.

all

C.

it

D.

one

(3)

[  ]

A.

and

B.

but

C.

or

D.

nor

(4)

[  ]

A.

should

B.

must

C.

has to

D.

can

(5)

[  ]

A.

for

B.

at

C.

with

D.

in

(6)

[  ]

A.

go

B.

passed

C.

turn

D.

worked

(7)

[  ]

A.

Long-term

B.

Immediate

C.

Short-term

D.

Some

(8)

[  ]

A.

divide

B.

be divided

C.

put

D.

be changed

(9)

[  ]

A.

It

B.

This

C.

That

D.

One

(10)

[  ]

A.

Another

B.

Other

C.

The one

D.

The other

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