touch          

A．chapter

B．machine

C．school

D． chemical

 

Everyone should visit a lighthouse at least once.

The most important reason for such a visit is to realize how our ancestors (祖先) battled nature with the basic tools they had . They had only basic ways of creating light , and yet they found a way of using this simple technology in isolated (孤零零的) places to save ships from hitting rocks .

Secondly , visiting lighthouses will help us to understand the lives of lighthouse keepers .By their very nature , lighthouses were built on some rocks or cliffs . Thus , the lighthouse keepers often lived lonely lives . To walk around their small home , and imagine the angry storm outside beating against the walls , is to take a step towards understanding the lives they had.

The reasons for a visit to a lighthouse are not all so backward-looking in time . It is true that lighthouses were built in out-of-the –way places . But on a pleasant sunny summer day. This very isolation has a natural beauty that many people will love to experience . Therefore, with the gentle waves touching all round the lighthouse . the visitor is likely to think it is a world preferable to the busy and noisy modern life.

Another reason for considering a visit is that the lighthouses themselves can be very attractive buildings . Mankind could often not be content just to put up a basic structure . but felt the need . even in such an isolated place , to build with an artistic touch . The result is a view for tired eyes to enjoy .

Finally , lighthouses have a romantic attraction , summed up by the image of the oil-skin coated keeper climbing his winding stairs to take care of the light to warn ships and save lives .

1.What is the reason to look back into the past of a lighthouse ?

A．To escape from the busy and noisy city .

B．To look for the tools used by our ancestors .

C．To experience the natural beauty of a lighthouse .

D．To learn about the living condition of lighthouse keepers .

2.The underlined phrase “out-of-the-way” in Paragraph of means        .

A．far-away .

B．dangerous

C．ancient

D．secret

3.Lighthouses were often built with an artistic touch       .

A．to attract visitors	B．to guide passing ships
C．to give a pleasant sight	D．to remember lighthouse keepers

4.How many reasons are mentioned for a visit to a lighthouse ?

A．Three .

B．Four .

C．Five .

D．Six .

 

EVENTS

    Long March exhibit

    The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March. On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被围困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s. Explanations are all in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.

    Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm

    Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road

    Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese /15 yuan for foreigners

    Thai elephants

    Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a beam, dancing and blowing a mouthorgan. People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war(拔河比赛)with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at l:30

pm at weekends. The show will end on November 15.

    Address: 189 Daduhe Road

    Admission: 30-40 yuan

    Dancing dolphins

    Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and doing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphin arum in Peace Park an attraction for children. Seals and sea lions also perform.

    Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm

    Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.

If you go to visit the Long March exhibit with an

    Australian, how much will you pay altogether for the admission?

    A. 16 yuan.             B. 23 yuan.        C. 30 yuan.             D. 20 yuan.

At the exhibition, you will see ______.

    A. many articles written by famous writers 

    B. many things left by the Red Army

    C. books on the Long March             

    D. many photos and pictures about the Long March

Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants? 

    A. Riding bicycles.                         B. Blowing a mouth-organ.

    C. Doing math.                          D. Having a tug-of-war with people.

The dolphin atrium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see ______.

    A. not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform

    B. only dolphins perform

    C. only seals and sea lions perform    

D. only seals perform

Dancing dolphin performance will began in _____.

A.11:00am           B.14:00             C. 18:00            D.19:30

—What do you think of the blind man?

       —I’ve never seen a man with         sense of touch.

A. the better     B. a better        C. a good      D. the best

 

  Do you know the cold?

Everybody knows what happens when you catch a cold. First you sniffle(抽鼻涕) or get a more throat. Then you sneeze. After coughing and blowing your way through the next few days it’s over---until next time

Do you know what causes a cold, how it is spread or how to help prevent it? And which of the many medicines is best for your cold?

There is no known cure for the common cold. Once you catch a cold, your body usually produces antibodies(抗体) to the virus which caused the cold. These antibodies help the body develop resistance（抵抗力) to the virus if you catch it again. Unfortunately, over 200 different viruses cause the common cold. These viruses may change over time, so your resistance to them reduces. The large number of viruses and the fact that they change help explain why there is no cure for the common cold and why you will suffer colds in the future.

The colds increase in winter(usually between Septenber and March) but Not because of the cold! Cold weather has not been shown to increase the number of colds. People spend more time indoors in winter. They are therefore more likely to come into physical contact with each other and spread the disease. All these ideas remain to be proven. No one has been able to discover what really causes these colds

Common colds are spread by sneezes or by direct contact with a cold sufferer, usually when two people’ hands touch or an object is passed from one person to another. Sneezing spreads colds when someone sneezes near other people, or sneezes on objects which others later touch. A cold virus can survive up to three hours on hard surfaces.

The simplest and most effective way to lower the risk of catching a cold is to wash your hands frequently. Another important step in cold prevention is for cold sufferers to get rid of used tissues immediately after use.

1.From the passage, we can know____________.

A. a cold virus can survive up to four hours      

B. most of people know how to cure a cold

C. there are more colds in November than in May  

D. all of us catch more than one cold a year

2.According to the passage, people tend to catch a cold___________.

A. because they don’t take exercise in winter   

B.if they stay outdoors in freezinf cold winter

C. if they stay indoors more often in winter  

D.because the viruses of colds usually exist in winter

3.We can know colds sre spread through____________.

A. air and touching     B. coughs and objects   C.two people    D. a person and his hands