Thomas Adams, an American inventor, is the father of modern bubble(泡泡) gum．During the 1870s, Adams discovered a new way to make chewing gum by accident, while he was trying to find a use for chicle(糖胶树脚)．Mr. Adams wanted to make rubber(橡胶) from chicle．

Mr. Adams worked for a long time trying to make rubber from chicle．His oldest son also helped him sometimes. But they never discovered a way to make it work. One day, Thomas Adams was in a store when he heard a young girl ask for some chewing gum．Adams and his son had been chewing chicle while they were working on the rubber, so he decided to give up trying to make rubber from the chicle and make gum instead．At that time, chewing gum was made form spruces sap(云杉树液) ．This chewing gum didn’t taste very good．Admas thought chewing gum from chicle tasted better．He and his son wrapped small pieces of chicle in colorful paper and sold it．People everywhere began chewing his gum at once．

       Mr. Adam’s gum could make bubbles, but the bubbles were very sticky(胶粘的)．Until 1928 Walter Diemer found a way to improve chewing gum by making bubbles that were not sticky．

1．Where as Thomas Adams from?

A．The United States．                                    B．The United Kingdom．

C．Australia．                                                 D．Spain．

2．The word “wrapped” here in Chinese means “        ”．

A．掩饰                    B．遮蔽                       C．包裹                      D．覆盖

3．What did Thomas Adams give up trying to make?

A．A new kind of paper．                             B．A new kind of rubber．

C．A new kind of chicle．                                D．A new kind of drink．

4．Which of the sentence is NOT TRUE?

A．Mr. Adams thought spruce gum didn’t taste as good as chicle gum．

B．Mr. Adams never found a way to make rubber from chilce．

C．Mr. Adams is the father of modern bubble gum．

D．Mr. Adams was the first person to sell gum．

5．What was the difference between Mr. Diemer’s gum and Mr. Adams’s gum?

A．Mr. Diemet’s gum could make bubbles．

B．Mr. Diemer’s gum was less sticky．

C．Mr. Diemer’s gum was made from tree sap．

D．Mr. Diemer’s gum was sold in colorful paper．

 What can we do when someone hurts you?Most people may be angry or even fight with the one who hurts him or her?But it’s not a good idea.The best way is to forgive(宽恕，原谅 ) them.

Although（尽管）it is not easy for us to forgive people who hurt us,it is possible.”Forgiveness makes you more helpful.And it is god for our health,”says Frederic,phD,the writer of the book called Forgive for God.

But how can we forgive others?It is really a problem.Let’s see how we can do it.First,think of something beautiful and the people you love.Try to get yourself happy. Second,don’t wait for others to say sorry to you. If the people hurt you,he or she won’t say sorry to you.They may just want to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way. Third, try to see things in others’ shoes.You can write a letter to yourself from the offender’s（对方）point.That can make you understand others better and make yourself happier. At last,don’t forget to forgive yourself. For some people,forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge( 挑战 ).And it also makes you more confident.

1.If your friend hurts you,which is the best way to do ?

A fight with him or her      B.say sorry to him or her

C. forgive him or her       D.write letter to him or her

2.According to this passage,we can know that writer thinks forgiving others is _____.

A．impossible

B．foolish

C．easy

D．difficult

3.Which of the following is Not True.

A．Forgive for God is the name of a book.

B．Forgivness can make people healthy.

C．People who hurt you often say sorry to you soon.

D．It is a challenge for some people to forgive themselves.

4.The writer gives us _____ideas to forgive others who hurt us.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

5.The sentence “ Third,try to see things in others’ shoes”

means_________________________________.

 

Miss Williams is a teacher, and there are thirty children in her class. They are nice children, and Miss Williams like them all, but they often lose (丢失)some of the clothes. It’s winter, and the weather is very cold. The children’s mothers always take them to school with warm coats and hats and gloves（手套）. The children come into the classroom in the morning and take off their coats and hats and gloves, and put the gloves in the pockets of their coats.
Last Tuesday, Miss Williams found two small blue gloves on the floor in the evening, and the next morning, she asked the children, “Whose gloves are these?” But no one answered. “Haven’t you got blue gloves, Dick?” she asked him.
“Yes, Miss Williams,” he answered, “but those can’t be mine. I’ve lost already.”
【小题1】In winter, the children wore (穿) coats and gloves to _____.

A．play with snow

B．keep warm

C．play basketball

D．play outside

【小题2】 The two small gloves were for _____.

A．Dick

B．other children

C．nobody

D．Williams

【小题3】Miss Williams found the gloves _____.

A．in the chair

B．on the floor

C．on the road

D．on the desk

【小题4】 Which sentence is NOT right?

A．The children’s mothers often take them to school.

B．Children put the gloves in the pockets of their coats.

C．Dick hasn’t got any gloves.

D．Miss Williams thinks the children are nice.

Almost every Chinese person can recite(背诵) the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ”. But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? Absolutely not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well-known for being friendly and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?

1. Don’t order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

2. Don’t leave any food in your bowls while having meals.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

1.What’s the real meaning of the underlined sentence?

A．春种一粒粟，秋收万颗籽。              B．谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。

C．吏禄三百石，岁晏有余粮。              D．足蒸暑土气，背灼炎天光。

2.According to the UN report, how many hungry people were there in 2011?

A．6 million.          B．925 million.        C．200 million.        D．725 million.

3.What should we do to waste less food?

A．Order more food in a restaurant.           B．Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.

C．Take all the food you ordered home.         D．Don’t store too much food like vegetables and fruit.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．A number of people have realized the importance of saving food.

B．The food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

C．200 million children die of hunger every year.

D．Many Chinese feel that they lose face if guests have eaten all the food on the table.

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Don’t waste food.                      B．Chinese people are friendly and generous.

C．We can’t die of hunger.                 D．Every grain is grown by farmers.

 

Buckingham Palace is in London, England. Buckingham Palace is famous because Queen Elizabeth（伊丽莎白女王）of England lives there. She became queen in 1952.
Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building. Queen Elizabeth and her family live on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office at the palace. Queen Elizabeth often asks important people to eat dinner at the palace. She invites 9,000 people to each party!  
Buckingham Palace is like a small town. It has a police station, a hospital, two post offices, a movie theatre, a swimming pool, two sports clubs, a garden and a lake. The palace has about six hundred rooms. About four hundred people work there. Two people have very unusual jobs. They take care of the clocks. There are 300 clocks in Buckingham Palace. 
Queen Elizabeth’s day starts at 7:00 in the morning. Seven people take care of her. One person prepares her bath, and another person prepares her clothes. Another person takes care of her dogs. The queen loves dogs.
It’s very interesting to have dinner at Buckingham Palace. You have to follow rules. Queen Elizabeth starts to eat first, and then everybody eats. When the queen finishes eating, everybody finishes eating. You can’t leave the table during dinner.
People visit the rooms in Buckingham Palace in August and September. There are wonderful things to see. Don’t forget that Queen Elizabeth is one of the richest people in the world.
【小题1】Which floor does the queen live on?
A. the ground floor    B. the second floor 
C. the sixth floor  D the tenth floor
【小题2】The underlined word “unusual” means ___________ in Chinese.

A．不经常的

B．有意义的

C．特殊的

D．通常的

【小题3】How many rooms does Buckingham Palace have?

A．900.

B．600.

C．400.

D．300.

【小题4】According to the text, everyone has to ____________ during dinner at Buckingham Palace.

A．stay at the table

B．listen to music

C．finish eating later than the queen

D．finish eating earlier than the queen

【小题5】Which sentence is NOT true?

A．We can guess the clocks in Buckingham Palace are very important.

B．Buckingham Palace is a palace and a home, too.

C．People can visit Buckingham Palace all year round（全年）.

D．Queen Elizabeth can swim or do other sports.