閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. "Cool" is a word with many meanings, It can be used to express feelings of interest in almost everything. When we see a famous car in the street, maybe we will say, "It's cool. " When we see a famous singer, we may say, "She's cool. " Today, we use the word "cool" to replace(替代)many words, such as "great"or "nice". Here's an interesting story about the word "cool". A teacher asked his students to write about a large hall. One of his students wrote just one sentence, "It's so cool. "Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt. But it also tells us that we should think of many other words to describe things we see and feel.

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. Saturday, March 24th We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand(泰國). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North. Tuesday, March 27th Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai. Friday, March 30th Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life梟o computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say "hello". Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. Last summer, 15-year-old Bob had a problem. Like a lot of children, Bob was interested in doing many things. He liked dancing most and wanted to join a dancing group. But Bob's high school didn't have a boys' dancing group but a girls' group. He tried to join the girls' group. And he made it. Bob thought his problem was over after he had been one of the dancers in the dancing group. But a bigger problem was just beginning. The school didn't allow Bob to stay in the girls' group. "If we let Bob stay in the group," the school said, "other boys will want to join. Soon, there won't be any girls in the group. " They took Bob off the group. Bob was very angry about it, so he went to a judge(法官). The judge said it was not a right decision and told the school to let Bob go back to the dancing group.

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項.　　The idea of summer time(夏令時)started with an American named Benjamin Franklin (1706～1790). He explained how a lot of the money spent on candles(蠟燭)used for light (this was before electricity) could be saved if everyone woke up earlier and went to bed earlier. Even though Franklin's idea had a clear meaning, most people didn't want to get up earlier than they had to. Who would It was not until 1907 that an Englishman named William Willet came up with a way to make the sun set(落下)late. His idea was to turn clocks forward by 20 minutes on each of the four Sundays in April, for a total of 80 minutes. William's idea was laughed at, at first. But when World War I started in 1914, many countries decided they had to save energy for the war, and they put Willet's idea into use. Summer time has other uses. The more time you spend outside playing, the less time you are spending in front of the computer or the TV. These things also use energy. However, summer time sometimes causes problems. For example, China used it in 1986, but it was stopped in 1991. That was because the temperatures are quite different from North to South and time from East to West. If the people from northwest part of China use summer time, sometimes they have to get up to work when it is not very bright outside. That will cause some trouble for them. Still, most parts of the world do have summer time, and most people look forward to the extra hour of evening light.

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. There is a one-day holiday in most western countries on New Year's Day. The real celebrations for New Year happen on New Year's Eve梩he night before New Year's Day. There are several interesting customs in the West, and there are many differences from country to country. Though Christmas is a good time for families to get together, New Year is a time for some people to be with friends too. Parties are most often held to welcome New Year. At such parties, there is food and drinks and dances until New Year draws near. At midnight, people often say "Happy New Year" to each other. Champagne is a favorite drink for New Year. In many western countries fireworks are let off at midnight, and many people like to make a noise, possibly to drive away evil spirits. One Scottish song , Auld Lang Sync, is often sung on New Year's Day.

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. Dear Sir, I am writing to you about my stay at your hotel. My wife and I arrived on Saturday, 15th May and stayed for a week. Though we were treated well and found the service excellent, we think there are one or two matters we should bring your attention. 1. We had hoped for a nice holiday from our busy work lives, and your advertisement said "comfortable and quiet". We want to have a chance to enjoy ourselves. However, we were always waken up by the noise every morning. Is it really necessary for the workers to start their repair work so early 2. We had hoped to swim in your "wonderful pool". To our disappointment (失望), we found that it was closed for the whole time of our stay. I hope you do not mind my writing to you about these things, but I would be happy if you could give me some explanation. As I said at the start, it is a pity, and your service is so good in other fields. I hope to hear from you soon.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Yours sincerely,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Mr Hector Bradley

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. Soon computer and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone's eyes are different. So in the future you won't have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You'll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are. The eye-recognition(眼睛識別) program is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are. However scientists are working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger. Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don't change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the program can be up to 94％ correct, depending on how good the technology is. Some programs may only be right 51％ of the time. In Britain, it was found that 91％ of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition. In the future your computer will be looking you on the eye. So smile!

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment on Thursday night to answer a 911 call, a cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair(輪椅). Gary said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911. He said he couldn't get up because of great pain from his chest. He also couldn't reach the medicine on the table. Officer Patrick said police received a 911 call from Gary's apartment, but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to cheek things out. That's when Patrick found Tommy next to the phone. Gray got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure(血壓). He trained(訓(xùn)練) him to call 911, unsure if the training worked. The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons-including a speed dial(快捷鍵) for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone. "He's my hero," Gary said.

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面詩歌, 根據(jù)詩歌內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項.　　My Favorite SweaterMy favorite sweater grew too small. I love that sweater best of all. My grandma made it when I was three. She made that sweater just for me. I picked the yarn(毛線), a special blue. The color of bluebells, wet with dew(露水). When I was three I was very small. But now I'm five and much too tall. I have a new jacket now that's green. So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen. Queen just had kittens(小貓)out in the shed. My favorite sweater is now their bed.

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閱讀理解: 閱讀下面短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容, 選擇最佳選項. I've loved my mother's desk since I was just tall enough to sit above the top of it as Mother sat writing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be a most wonderful thing in the world. Years later, during her final illness, Mother kept different things for my sister and brother. "But the desk," she said again "is for Elizabeth. " I never saw her angry, never saw her cry. I knew she loved me; she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted to have heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter. They never happened. And a gulf opened between us. I was "too emotional(易動感情的)". But she lived "on the surface(表面)". As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive me. I posted the letter and waited for her answer. None came. My hope turned to disappointment, then little interest and, finally, peace梚t seemed that nothing happened. I couldn't be sure that the letter had even got to Mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not. But the present of her desk told me, as she'd never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside梐 photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded and refolded many times. It was my letter: "In any way you choose, Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words".

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