When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?
The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things(生物). But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on.
The trees feed the forest “people” by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.
Human beings(人类) are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks(售货员) to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.
We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.
Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else!
【小题1】According to the text, colorful plants and flowers live on _____.

A．the leaves of the trees	B．water and minerals
C．the soil and air	D．all of the above

【小题2】 It is the ____ that make it possible for living things to live in the forest.

A．trees

B．birds

C．plants

D．farmers

【小题3】According to the writer, human beings are ______ the forest “people”.

A．different from

B．like

C．dislike

D．unhappy with

【小题4】The writer mainly wants to tell us_______.

A．we need people for friendship

B．we need one another in order to live

C．the forest is a whole world of its own

D．the forest is full of different living things

【小题5】 Which one is the relationship(关系) between a forest and your life？

A．We can see trees in the forests.

B．We like the living things in the forest.

C．We need farmers to grow our food in the forest.

D．We are the same as the forest; We need each other to live on.

Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes.

Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and

at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly when they drive

streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the News about sports, the weather, politics（政治）, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.  

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state(州). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Whenever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies（协奏曲） of Beethoven.

1.Almost every American student likes_________.                   .  

A．popular music	B．American songs
C．folk music	D．classical music

2.What do adult drivers do while they are driving?.

A．listen to pop songs	B．listen to news and make a CD
C．listen to music and news	D．listen to stories

3.What’s one of the reasons that singers become national stars?

A．Their CDs or tapes are used in every state.

B．Several young people buy their CDs or tapes.

C．They travel around the world.

D．They are followed by young people sometimes.

4._______ was started by cowboys.

A．Popular music

B．Classical music

C．Western music

D．Serious music

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A．Popular Music in America	B．Kinds of Music in America
C．How to Be Famous Singers	D．International Language

 

Music is an international language. Popular music in America is what every student likes.
Students carry small radios with earphones and listen to music before class, after class, and
at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers and play the music loudly when they drive
streets. Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio when they drive to work. They also listen to the News about sports, the weather, politics（政治）, and activities of the American people. Most of the radio broadcast is music.  
Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state(州). Once the popular singer is heard all over the country, young people buy his or her tape. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Whenever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.
There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk music. It has stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country boy and his girl is called western or country music. Serious music for the concert halls is called classical music. Music for instruments is called orchestra music, such as the symphonies（协奏曲） of Beethoven.
【小题1】Almost every American student likes_________.                   .  

A．popular music	B．American songs
C．folk music	D．classical music

【小题2】What do adult drivers do while they are driving?.

A．listen to pop songs	B．listen to news and make a CD
C．listen to music and news	D．listen to stories

【小题3】What’s one of the reasons that singers become national stars?

A．Their CDs or tapes are used in every state.

B．Several young people buy their CDs or tapes.

C．They travel around the world.

D．They are followed by young people sometimes.

【小题4】_______ was started by cowboys.

A．Popular music

B．Classical music

C．Western music

D．Serious music

【小题5】What is the best title of the passage?

A．Popular Music in America	B．Kinds of Music in America
C．How to Be Famous Singers	D．International Language

Look into the mirror and what do you see? You see yourself. But when you move. you do everything backward(相反地)in the mirror! If you wave your left hand, your right hand waves in the mirror. If you wink your right eye, your left eye, your left eye winks(眨). Try to read a page in the mirror .The words will be backwards.

What is really happening? You do not see through the glass of a mirror as you do through a window. The glass of a mirror has a silver coating on the back. The light from the sun or a bulb bounces (弹回)off you ,goes into the mirror ,and bounces straight back out to you again.

Mirrors have been used for thousands of years. The earliest were round pieces of shiny metal. Glass mirrors came late. The ancients thought that a mirror was magic. They did not understand how it worked. They thought they saw their spirits in a mirror and breaking a mirror brought bad luck.

Today mirrors have many uses .For example, they can make rooms look bigger and prettier. They also show us if our hair is combed(梳理) well and our faces are clean. On cars, buses and trucks, mirrors help drivers see traffic behind them. Mirrors are also used in telescopes(望远镜)and searchlights(探照灯).

Fun houses use mirrors. They make people look funny. Some mirrors are curved to make people seem short and round or tall and tin They make people laugh at themselves.

 

1.If you wave your right hand, you can see your         In the mirror.

A. left hand down     B. left hand wave

C. right hand wave    D. right hand up

2.Mirrors        .

A. appeared a long time ago

B. were made of glass at first

C. made of metal are popular today

D. had many uses in ancient times

3.Mirrors were magic in the past because       .

A. people thought they could see their spirits in mirrors

B. they were used in magic shows

C. they could make people change their heights and weights

D. they could make people laugh

4.What does the word “curved” mean in Chinese?

A.雕刻       B.油漆      C.扭转       D.弯曲

 

When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?

The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things(生物). But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on.

The trees feed the forest “people” by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.

Human beings(人类) are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks(售货员) to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.

We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.

Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else!

1.According to the text, colorful plants and flowers live on _____.

A．the leaves of the trees	B．water and minerals
C．the soil and air	D．all of the above

2. It is the ____ that make it possible for living things to live in the forest.

A．trees

B．birds

C．plants

D．farmers

3.According to the writer, human beings are ______ the forest “people”.

A．different from

B．like

C．dislike

D．unhappy with

4.The writer mainly wants to tell us_______.

A．we need people for friendship

B．we need one another in order to live

C．the forest is a whole world of its own

D．the forest is full of different living things

5. Which one is the relationship(关系) between a forest and your life？

A．We can see trees in the forests.

B．We like the living things in the forest.

C．We need farmers to grow our food in the forest.

D．We are the same as the forest; We need each other to live on.