Mary is an American schoolgirl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know Chinese. But she is trying to learn and speak it. She often tries to speak Chinese to her Chinese friends. Sometimes they don't understand (理解，明白) because she can't speak Chinese very well. It's Sunday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there (怎样到达那里). She stops a Chinese schoolboy and asks him the way. The boy can't understand her. She looks worried. Then she finds a way to express what she wants to say. She takes out a pen and some paper. She draws an elephant on it and shows the picture to the boy. The boy has a careful look at the picture, reads it and smiles and then he shows Mary the way to the zoo.

(1) This article mainly tells us a story of ________.

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A．the picture to the boy

B．the way to the zoo

C．how to learn Chinese in China

D．an American girl Mary in Beijing

(2) The underlined words “understand her” in the text means ________ in Chinese.

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(3) The underlined words “express” in the text can be replaced by “________”.

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(4) Why does Mary stop a schoolboy in the street?

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A．Because she wants the boy to see her picture.

B．Because she wants to have a talk with a Chinese boy.

C．Because the schoolboy is on his way to the zoo.

D．Because she wants to know the way to the zoo from him.

(5) She draws an elephant and shows it to the boy, because ________.

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A．she is good at drawing

B．she wants the boy to know where she wants to go

C．she doesn't know how to say “elephant” in Chinese

D．she wants to help the boy say “elephant” in English

  Mary is an American schoolgirl，She is now in Beijing with her parents．Mary doesn’t know Chinese．But she is trying to learn and speak it．She often tries to speak Chinese to her Chinese friends．Sometimes they don’t understand because she can’t speak Chinese very well．It’s Sunday morning．She goes out．She is walking in the street．She is going to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys，but she doesn’t know how to get there．She stops a Chinese schoolboy and ask him the way．The boy can’t understand her．She looks worried．Then she finds a way to express what she wants to say．She takes out a pen and some paper．She draws an elephant on it and show the picture to the boy．The boy has a careful look at the picture，reads it and smiles and then he shows Mary to the zoo．

  根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。

1．This article mainly tells us a story of___________．

A．the picture to the boy          B．the way to the zoo

C．how to learn Chinese in China   D．an American girl Mary in Beijing

2．The underlined words“understand her”in the text means ___________ in Chinese．

A．理解她当时的心情  B．认识她    C．明白她说的话    D．帮助她

3．The underlined word“express”in the text can be replaced by“___________”

A．guess    B．keep    C．write    D．show

4．Why does Mary stop a schoolboy in the street? ___________．

      A．Because she wants the boy to see her picture

      B．Because she wants to have a talk with a Chinese boy

      C．Because she schoolboy is on his way to zoo

      D．Because she wants to know the way to the zoo from him

5．She draws an elephant and shows it to boy，because___________．

      A．she is good at drawing

      B．she wants the boy to know where she wants to go

      C．she doesn’t know how to say“elephant”in Chinese

      D．she wants to help the boy say“elephant”in English

A Japanese toy maker says that they've developed a gadget(小器具) that translates(翻译) dog barks into human languages and plan to begin selling the gadgets--under the name of Bowlingual--in the US pet stores and present shops this summer.

People laughed when the Japanese toy maker Takara company made the world's first dog-human translation machine last year. But about 300,000 of them have been sold since it was on sale in Japan last year. Far bigger sales will be expected once an English language translation machine for dogs comes to America in August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan.

"We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don't think they' 11 mind spending$ 120 on this gadget," the Takara marketing manager said before the journalists at a meeting in Atlanta. Bowlingual, one of US Time magazine's coolest inventions of 2002, has two parts. A microphone is tied to the dog's collar and sends out sound information to the gadget held by the owner. Then the translation is done in the gadget by a database with every kind of barks. Those barks show six feelings - happiness, sadness, disappointment, anger, declaration and desire. Each of the feelings is then translated into words like "Let's play." "Look at me!" or "Spend more time with me."

Takara says it has spent millions of dollars developing the gadget. One thing that seems certain is that the markets for animal translation machines will probably be a dog's world since Takara has no plans to develop such a gadget for cats. "They are too changeable," the marketing manager said.

1. The first three paragraphs(段落) of the passage mainly tell us that Bowlingual_________

A. was invented in Japan                     B. has developed quickly

C. wi11 be sold in America                 D .sells well for its price

2. When was this passage most probably written?

A. In the autumn of 2002.                  B. In the spring of 2003.

C. In the summer of 2002.                   D. In the winter of 2003.

3. We can learn from the passage that_________.

A. people need to talk to dogs

B. there are more dogs in America than in Japan

C. Japanese people don't like dogs

D. the company will soon make a gadget for kids

4. The underlined word "they" in the last sentence refers to_________

A. markets            B. dogs              C. plans                 D. cats

5. From the passage, we can see that Takara is_________ the sale of its new gadget in the US    A. proud of             B. pleased with          C. confident of         D. worried about

One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had c__1.__. She found that desks were no longer in rows , but were p___2.__ together to make eight bigger desks . She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got u___3._ to this new classroom arrangement . “Now our class is quieter.” said Wu .”What’s more , we can come up with our o_4._ ideas and learn more through discussions. It’s a better way to study .”

Li Yu liked it, too. He said ,”Group members first discuss , and then show the r_5.___ of our discussions in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.” It was part of a reform(改革) at Li’s school . The school made this reform because they wanted to p___6.__students with easier ways to study and more c__7._) to discuss. “Our school hopes it can i__8.__ students’ abilities to study by themselves and work in groups .” said Zhang Ming , an English teacher .

However, the reform has demanded(要求) more for teachers . Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 40 minutes before . It is difficult to teach well in s__9._ a short time . The teachers have to find b___10.__ ways to teach more effectively.

“The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful.” Added Zhang Ming .

If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It may save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook.
One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from the table, and suddenly a snake appeared... and bit him on the hand.
A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish.
"I went to try to pick it up and it bit me again. I threw it across the kitchen, and it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door," Mr. Jackson said.
Anyway, Mr. Jackson stayed cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Mr. Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Mr. Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day.
"So my advice is this: if a snake bites you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then show the photo to the doctors," suggests Mr. Jackson. "Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry."
【小题1】The doctor gave Mr. Jackson the right medicine when _________________.