A young father was visiting an old neighbor. They were standing in the old man’s garden, and talking about children. The young man said,“How strict should parents be with their children?”
　  The old man pointed to（指着）a string (细绳) between a big strong tree and a thin young one.
　 “Please untie (解开) that string.” said the old man. “But first pull the string tight so that（以便于）the young tree is straight again.” The young man did so. He untied the string and only found that the young tree bent（弯）over to one side.
　 Then the old man said,“There, it is the same with children. You must be strict with them. But sometimes you must untie the string to see how they are getting on. If they are not yet able to stand alone，you must tie the string tight again. But when you find that they are ready to stand alone，you can take the string away.”
【小题1】The story is about ____________.
　　    A. how to take care of young trees　   
B. how strict parents should be with their children
C. how the young father should get on with his old neighbor
【小题2】 The young man untied the string ________________.
　　    A. in order to throw it away  　　
B. so that both of the trees wouldn’t grow straight
　　    C. and found that the young tree bent over to one side
【小题3】When could the string be taken away?
　　    A. When the old man left.　  　　
B. When the young man untied it next time.
　   　C. When the young tree grew strong enough.
【小题4】 At last the old man told the young man ________________.
　　    A. that he should be strict with his children if they could not 
stand alone
　　    B. that he should always be strict with his children
　　   C. that he should be hard on his children
【小题5】We learn that the big strong tree and the thin young one are like _________.
A. the young father and the old neighbor   　　
B. parents and their children
　　     C. the old neighbor and the children of young father

Every morning, the newspaper chief editor（主编） holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events（事件） of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.　　
As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper's own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one's homework”.
At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day's paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.　　
The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.　　
Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing（印刷） the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered（发送） by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday's.　　
【小题1】What is the work in a newspaper office like?　

A．Interesting and confusing	B．Important and patient.
C．Particular and necessary.	D．Fast and busy.

【小题2】According to the passage, the right order for a reporter's work is ____________.　　
a. writing stories         b. doing interviews  c. joining in a discussion  
d. doing homework       e. handing stories to the editor

A．c-b-a-d-e

B．c-d-e-a-b

C．c-b-d-a-e

D．c-a-d-b-e

【小题3】The front page contents（内容） are decided by ___________.

A．the importance of the events

B．how well the stories are written

C．the knowledge of the chief editor

D．whether they are the latest

【小题4】Word editors' work is to ____________.

A．help the chief editor with the morning discussion

B．decide when and how the papers can be printed

C．read the stories and make necessary changes

D．get together information from reporters and photographers

【小题5】The best title for this passage is “____________”。　　

A．How a newspaper is produced	B．How newspapers are delivered
C．What kind of papers readers like	D．Whose work is more important

--My parents and I will go to the library tomorrow.

　　--_______________. Shall we go together?

　　A. So am I　　　　　　B. So do I　　　　　 C. So I am　　　 D. So will I

 

 

Every year driving after drinking wine       a lot of traffic accidents.　　

A. happens         B. provides         C. causes   

 

The human body is a living machine, and, like all machines, it needs “fuel” to supply it with energy. This is provided by the food we eat. But how much do we need to stay healthy?

The energy value of food is usually measured in calories(卡). A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1℃. The number of calories people need per day is different, as the picture shows. Also, the number of calories you use at any one moment normally depends on the activity you are in. For example, you need more calories for standing than for sitting, more for running than for walking, and so on.

The energy in food is in the form of three kinds of chemical materials—carbohydrate（碳水化合物）, protein（蛋白质） and fat. Carbohydrate provides 3.8 Cal /gm of the energy, protein 4.0 Cal/gm, and fat 8.8 Cal/gm. Each food contains different amounts of these materials, as the round pictures show.

(P= protein      C= carbohydrate    F=fat)

1.How many calories are needed to raise the temperature of 5kg of water from 35℃ to 90℃?

A．55.

B．175.

C．325.

D．275.

2.Which of the following contains the most amount of calories?

A．Milk.

B．Rice

C．Peanuts.

D．Milk or peanuts.

3.Who needs the most amount of calories each day?

A．A woman.

B．An office worker.

C．A farmer.

D．A boy aged 16.

4.Which of following is True?　　

A．You need more calories for swimming than for mountain climbing.

B．A child aged 8 needs the same amount of calories every day as a man over 70 does.

C．A woman feeding baby needs over 4 times the amount of calories that a baby does.

D．Everyone needs the same amount of calories per day.

5.This passage mainly tells us ______.

A．all the energy is in food

B．the human body needs energy

C．the number of calories depends on your activity

D．we must only eat peanuts to get calories