24、   Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  Here's morning news.  Yesterday afternoon a ten-year-old school boy swallowed (吞下) a pen cap!

   The boy was daydreaming in class. Without knowing what he was doing, he put a pen cap into his mouth. A few minutes later, he was terrified to find that he had swallowed it! The teacher was shocked when the boy stood up and said, "I've just swallowed a pen cap." He was quickly sent to the nearest hospital. There a doctor examined him and said the best treatment was to give him medicine so that the pen cap could pass naturally. Three hours later the boy successfully made it.

"The boy is really lucky," said the doctor. "It's not rare that small children put things into their mouths for fun. It's very dangerous," he added.

1. Where will we probably get this news?

A. In a newspaper.                B. On the radio.    C. In a textbook.  D. In a magazine.

2. What do the underlined words "made it" mean?

A. swallowed the pen cap              B. went to see the doctor

C. made the pen cap pass naturally      D. had the medicine

3. Which sentence is RIGHT according to the news?

A. The boy was 8 years old.           B. The boy was listening carefully in class.

C. The boy went to the hospital himself. D. The boy was all right at last.

23、   In an American classroom, a Chinese girl was asked to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. The American teacher looked at himself and didn't see anything funny.  So he asked her the question again.  The girl just smiled but said nothing. The teacher was angry.  He didn't know that the girl smiled to cover her embarrassment (尴尬) because she wasn't able to answer the question.

   In a dining room in Beijing, an Englishman was careless and dropped a plate.  The Chinese who had seen this began to laugh. The Englishman felt uncomfortable and even got angry. "They are laughing at me," he thought. In fact, the Chinese laughed not at the Englishman or his bad luck--whether he is a foreigner or a Chinese. The laughter has several feelings, don't take it so seriously; laugh it off, it's nothing; such things can happen to any of us, etc.

1. The Chinese girl smiled in an American classroom because

A. she was asked to answer a question B. she was asked to stand up

C. she couldn't answer the question           D. the teacher looked funny

2. Which feeling is NOT included in the laughter when the Englishman dropped a plate?

A. Don't take it seriously.              B. Bad luck!

C. It's nothing.                      D. It can happen to any of us.

3. What does the writer want to tell us?

A. Smiles and laughter don't mean the same thing to different people.

B. Smiles and laughter always bring happiness.

C. American people are easy to get angry.

D. Chinese students are impolite.

22、   Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there's too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good. Preview--if it's long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.

Here's how to preview.

   ●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.

   ●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.

   Previewing doesn't give you all the details. It keeps you from spending time on things you don't really want--or need--to read.

   Skim--if it's short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading --like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.

Here's how to skim.

   ●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep them across each line.

   ●Pick up only a few key words in each line.

   Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we'll get a similar idea of what it's all about.

1. How many skills are recommended in this passage?

A. One.          B. Two.           C. Three.         D. Four.

2. What does the underlined word "preview" mean in Chinese?

A.精读                B.默读              C.朗读              D.略读

3. What should we NOT do when we read sports news in a daily paper according to the passage?

A. Read the last two paragraphs carefully.      B. Get our eyes to move fast.

C. Sweep our eyes across each line.                     D. Pick up only a few key words in each line.

4. What is the best title for this passage?

   A. How to read faster     B. What to read      C. When to read    D. Why we should read

21、

1. Sandy is fifteen years old and she wishes to be her own_______.

2. Sandy thinks her parents and her teachers are always telling her what to do. Give an example.

3．将文中括号内的英文句子补充完整。

4．将划线句子She says I'm "babying" her and I hate to see her mad at me.译成汉语。

5. Should Sandy look after Mrs. White's pet dog? Why or why not?

19、Millie is a foreign student studying in Yancheng. She wants to join a body club in the summer holiday. She has found some information about a body club.

1. What can Millie do in the club?

  A. Playing basketball.      B. Swimming.          C. Playing chess.     D. Hiking.   

2. Which is TRUE according to the passages?

   A. If you join the club, you can get two free T-shirts.

   B. It’s a good way to fight the fat and keep fit if you join the club.

   C. You can contact the club on 83666888 for more information.

   D. The club will offer one week free membership if you join it in two weeks.

3. The two passages are ________.

   A. letters                        B. diaries                      C. news            D. advertisements

18、      

The famous scientist and thinker, Charles Darwin, was born on February 12, 1809. As a boy, Charles liked to go for walks in the fields and forests. He enjoyed watching nature, and comparing what he saw with everything he had read in science books. He also liked collecting very much. He collected many things, birds, eggs, stones and leaves.

    At sixteen Darwin was sent to Edinburgh University to become a doctor. But he was interested in the history of nature.

    Then he was sent to study in Cambridge University. There he studied until 1831.

    Some time later he heard that the ship Beagle was going on a trip to South America and wanted a scientist. His teacher advised him to go. So when the Beagle left England in December, 1831, Darwin was on it.

    The trip lasted almost five years. Darwin saw many new plants and animals. He collected all kinds of plants.

    In 1842 Darwin went to live in Kent, and there he continued his studies of change in nature. Darwin understood that plants and animals are not always the same, and that they really change.

By 1859 Darwin had finished his famous book “The Origin of Species”.

In 1871 Darwin wrote another important book.  

    Darwin continued his studies in science until he died in 1882.

1. Where was Darwin born?

   A. In Germany.          B. In France.             C. In England.           D. In America.

2. What kind of books did Darwin like reading when he was a boy?

   A. Science books.           B. Chemistry books.      C. History books.          D. Medical books.

3. What did Darwin work as on the ship Beagle?

   A. A tourist.                 B. A doctor.               C. A waiter.             D. A scientist.  

4. Which book was written by Darwin in 1871?

   A. The Origin of Species.                                 B. The Theory of Relativity.   

   C. The Theory of Evolution.                             D. The Old Man and the Sea.