I think the most terrible thing in life for my little brother is getting up in the morning. He is almost sick when my mother calls, "Herbert! It's seven o'clock! Get up!"

Herbert answers, "I'm coming!" and goes right back to sleep. I'm not at all like my brother. I don't like to go to bed at night but I don't mind getting up in the morning. I usually wake up before my mother calls me. I jump out of bed and go into the bathroom to take a shower. I get dressed, brush my teeth, comb my hair, and get ready to go downstairs for breakfast as soon as my mother calls.

But not Herbert. He just sleeps. A military band (军乐队) in our bedroom could not wake him up. I call him and say, "Get up! Mum will be up here to pull you out of bed if you don't get up immediately!"

But he just sleeps. After calling a few more times my mother has to come upstairs and pull Herbert out of bed. It's that way every day with my little brother. Perhaps some day he'll learn to get up on time, but I really don't think so.

1.The most terrible thing in life for my little brother is going to school.　

2.I usually jump out of bed and go into the bathroom for a shower before my mother calls.

3.When mother calls, Herbert doesn't answer and still stays in bed.

4.Sometimes we have to send for a military band to wake Herbert up.

5.The writer thinks some day Herbert will learn to get up on time.

阅读理解

　　Though chopsticks are used in many Asian countries. they have their beginnings in China. Chinese history says that the Chinese had chopsticks as far as the Xia Dynasty (朝代) (about 4, 000 years ago) In the Spring and Autumn period (时期)copper and iron chopsticks appeared . With the Han Dynasty lacquered (上漆)chopsticks came ,followed by gold and silver chopsticks still later .Today we have chopsticks made of plastics .The most expensive are made of part of tusks of elephants and hard green stone.

　　Chopsticks tell Chinese tradition in their way .In ancient (古代的)times the rich used hard green stone or gold chopsticks to show their wealth (富有).In history many kings used silver chopsticks to take their food to see if it was poisonous (有毒的).It was said that if it was ,the silver chopsticks would turn colour .Chopsticks are traditionally given to a daughter when she marries to show that they should have a son very soon ,for “Chopsticks”in Chinese is pronounced like “quick a son”!

　　Though chopsticks from Hangzhou, wooden chopsticks from Shanyang of Shanxi Province, and Beijing's chopsticks are well-known.

　　Many westerners , businessmen ,tourists put aside (一边)their knives and forks in favour (喜爱) of chopsticks in China

　　Chopsticks appeared in the old Chinese story: an old man teaches his sons a lesson by showing how he could easily break a single chopstick but not a number of them .In China chopsticks are connected with good luck .So on the country's New Year's Eve many families will lay out new chopsticks at dinners as a way of making requests for luck.

(1) Chopsticks have their beginnings in________ .

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(2) Chopsticks and iron chopsticks appeared in________ .

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(3) The history of chopsticks can tell us ________.

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A. something about Chinese food

B. nothing but how many kinds of chopsticks are used in China

C. about the lives of Chinese kings

D. much about Chinese way of life in the past

(4) Many Westerners in China like to use ________.

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A．chopsticks

B. their knives

C. their forks

D. chopsticks and knives and forks at the same time

(5)Chinese use chopsticks _________.

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A. to lift food to the mouth only

B. to teach others a lesson only

C. in many other ways besides taking food

D. in many other ways except except taking food

-- How about going hiking this weekend?

-- Sorry. I prefer ________ rather than ________.

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A. to stay at home ,go out

B. to go out ,stay at home

C. staying at home ,go out

D. going out , stay at home

阅读理解

　　Even if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. You cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. The pull of the earth is called gravity.

　　You can easily find out the pull of the earth. If you weigh (称体重) yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you.

　　Since there is gravity, water runs downhill. When you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. Because of gravity you don't fall off the earth as it whirls (旋转) around.

　　Then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? Now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. The spaceship will go so fast that it can escape (逃离)the earth's gravity and carry you into space.

(1) In this passage (文章), the word “gravity” means

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A. the pull of everything

B. the force (力) which attracts (吸引) the earth towards us

C. the force of attraction among things

D. the force which attracts things towards the center of the earth

(2) When you slip (滑倒)on something, you

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A. always fall down to the ground

B. sometimes fall down to the ground

C. go up into the air

D. often fall off the earth

(3) Gravity is so strong that ________

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A. it can't make you throw a ball into the air

B. it can keep everything on the earth

C. you can jump at least seven feet high

D. you can't go up into the air by spaceship

(4) Because of “gravity ”,________

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A. water flows (流) everywhere

B. we can go everywhere by ship

C. water flows downwards on the earth

D. water flows at the foot of hills

(5) We can get away from the earth by spaceship because

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A. the spaceship goes very fast

B. the earth has no gravity to the spaceship

C. the spaceship has a strange energy (能量)

D. the spaceship can go higher than any other thing on the earth