Passage 3

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They're both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses. They never find out why.

Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price (价格)。They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

"I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.

"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"

"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"

1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A. they hope to save money

B. they're both poor

C. their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D. they're not far from their farms

2.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

A. make a journey       B. visit some places of interest

C. meet their friends        D. make a profit

3.The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

A. theirs weren't as good as the others'

B. theirs were much less than the others'

C. a lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D. they forgot to carry them on a truck

4.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.

A. they had sustained losses in business

B. they had lost some money in the city

C. something was wrong with the tractor

D. other people profited in the city

5.Which of the following is true?

A. The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B. The two farmers will soon get rich.

C. Neither of the farmers is clever.

D. The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

 

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空

much, while , children, go, allow, group,between, send, think, they

              Chinese value ( 价值观   )and American value

As a Chinese American student,I have to say about the value differences _66____the two countries.

American kids love to make money by_67___. Chinese kids almost always ask money from their parents.So American kids spend _68____than they have but Chinese kids spend less money,and they have more money left in the bank.

For American parents __69____to an expensive but famous college is useless(没用的).Chinese parents would do anything _70___their children to good colleges even if it means that they have to sell everything they own.

American girls always take part in sports,dancing and singing __71__while Chinese girls always go to art or music groups. And American students think that B is a gift _72____ Chinese students think that B is a death sentence( 判决  ).

American parents __73___their daughters or sons to go out with their boyfriends or girlfriends as long as they come home at their certain time.Chinese students aren’t allowed(允许) to do so in the middle or high schools.

American parents support and encourage their children all the time while Chinese parents_74____that criticism( 批评  )is the best love in the world.So American parents only look at their ___75____good side.Chinese parents seem to only see their children’s bad side.

I don’t want to say which culture is better because both culture have their pros and cons( 优点和缺点 )

66 ______   67 ______     68 ______    69 _____     70 _____

71_______   72 ______    73 ______    74______     75______

 

Prana, our beautiful dog whose name means ‘breath of life’, isn’t with us any more. But she brought such joy and love that we still miss her.
There are so many wonderful stories about the love in this dog, but my favorite is this one.
It was an autumn day in Minnesota, but the weather didn’t know the difference between autumn and winter. Unexpectedly, we were hit with a big snow fall for which no one was prepared.
We have two apple trees in our backyard. Prana loved apples. When she went outside, she’d take hold of an apple, put it far back in her mouth, and sneak into the house to save for eating later. The apples had been on the ground and were often dirty so I wasn’t always happy that Prana had brought them into the house. Feeling my displeasure, she would turn her head so I wouldn’t see her hidden treasure.
On the day that it snowed too early in the season, Prana went outside and I watched her from the window. I noticed that she was madly digging holes and brought the apples to the surface so they could be seen above the snow. I wondered why she was doing this. She seemed to be completely busy with some kind of important task to dig up as many apples as possible during her yard time.
When I called her back into the house, she had her usual one apple in her mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The yard was completely covered with birds. Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird friends to eat. She knew that they wouldn’t have stored enough food to live through such an early winter.
【小题1】The story about the dog happened _______.

A．in autumn

B．in winter

C．in spring

D．in summer

【小题2】What does the underlined phrase sneak into mean in the fourth paragraph?

A．enter quickly

B．enter secretly

C．enter happily

D．enter slowly

【小题3】Prana was busy digging up the apples in the snow because________.

A．she liked digging holes and eating apples

B．she was always saving the apples for eating later

C．she wanted to leave the apples to her bird friends

D．she loves playing with snow

【小题4】From the story we can learn that______.

A．Prana is helpful to the writer

B．Prana is devoted to the writer

C．Prana is not only beautiful but also joyful

D．Prana is especially loving and thoughtful

请仔细阅读下面小题中的个人说明，从A 到F的六个选项中，选出符合个人要求的最佳选项，其中一项为多余选项。
【小题1】Jeff likes sports and travel. He would like something that can help him
spend boring time on his journey.
【小题2】 Mrs. Green doesn’t like to exercise, but she likes cooking and reading
books about foreign places. 
【小题3】Mr. Dean wants to improve his garden during summer. So he would like something that could help him to do that.
【小题4】 Lisa , a  22-year-old girl, worries about her weight. She is wondering how to lose weight.
【小题5】Sophia likes to look smart. When she is free, she enjoys listening to the music. Now she plans to learn something about music.

A．Learn how to play the guitar. This popular video helps the beginner to become a guitar player in just 200 hours.

B．Road trips. A program loved by young people, especially those fat girls. Join in it and make yourself become thin.

C．The new pocket MP4. This kind of MP4 fits right into your pocket. It lets you listen to your favorite artist, even when you are on a journey.

D．Singapore. The story of a city. This book is about the history. the culture and the favorite dishes of this small country.

E. Spanish in 10 Minutes a Day. A fun, 132-page complete language learning work book. Includes 150 sticky labels: flash cards, a crossword puzzle and more. It is one of the best-selling language series in print.
F. Special scissors(剪刀). This kind of tools will make it easy to deal with flowers and trees. Anyone can learn to use it quickly.

Uncle Li and Uncle Wang are good friends. They live next to each other and their farms are both at the foot of the mountain. So they can help each other. But neither of them likes to use his head. They’re both poor though they work hard. Most villagers have built new houses, but they still live in the low and broken houses.They never find out why.

  Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples had already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price .They felt unhappy and returned to their village.

  “I can’t understand why we sustain(蒙受) losses in business while others always profit ,” Uncle Li asked one day.

  The tractor was too small,” Uncle Wang said without thinking. “We’ll carry more apples on a truck next time!”

  “I agree!”said Uncle Li. “How foolish (傻的) we were!” 

1.The two farmers carried the apples to the city to ________.

A.make a journey         B.visit some places of interest     

C.meet their friends       D.make a profit

2.What does the underlined word “profit” probably mean in Chinese?

A .利益                       B.    盈利        C.送礼                   D.亏损

3.Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because ________.

A.they had sustained losses in business

B.they had lost some money in the city

C.something was wrong with the tractor

D.other people profited in the city

4.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B.The two farmers will soon get rich.

C.Neither of the farmers is clever.

D.The two farmers decided to buy a truck.