It keeps your insides from falling out. It helps you warm up when you are cold, and it can cool you off when you are hot. It lets you feel things by touch.
What is this? Your skin（皮膚）, of course! What does you skin ask for return for all the wonderful things it does? Just a little care!  So let’s learn how to take care of our skin.
Like the heart and stomach, your skin is an organ （器官）．In fact, it is the largest organ in your body．Unless there’s a problem, you may not think about your skin very much．But skin has an important job to do．
Your skin is protecting you．Your skin keeps you from getting sick．When you take care of your skin, you are helping your skin do its job．Taking care of your skin today will help you have no problems in the future．
Clean skin is happy skin! One simple way to take care of your skin is to keep it clean．Keeping your hands clean is very important．When washing your hands, use warm water．Wet your hands, and then use soap．You should wash your hands carefully everywhere．
You’ll also want to use warm water, but not too hot, when you take a bath．Use soap to clean your body．Don’t forget under your arms and behind your ears! Your face needs attention, too．It’s a good idea to wash your face once or twice a day with warm water．
【小題1】We can infer（ 推斷出 ）from Paragraph 3 that __

A．people don’t often care much about their skin	B．skin is an organ
C．there would be nothing wrong with your skin	D．skin is not important at all

【小題2】Which of the following best describes your clean skin?

A．A kind of job to keep you from getting sick．	B．An important and largest organ．
C．Something like your heart and stomach．	D．Healthy and happy skin．

【小題3】Why does the writer think we should try to take care of our skin today?

A．To help us warm up when we are cold．	B．In order to keep our insides from falling out．
C．In order to help us have no problems in the future．	D．To let us feel things by touch．

【小題4】What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Taking care of your skin．	B．Your skin．
C．An important organ．	D．Keeping yourself from getting ill

It’s Charlie’s birthday today, but he isn’t feeling happy. No one wishes him a happy birthday. Mother says nothing about his birthday. She just tells Charlie to play outside. At lunchtime, his mother calls, “Come in for lunch, Charlie!” Charlie slowly walks into his house. But the living room looks different. Charlie sees a big “Happy Birthday” banner(橫幅). Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons, presents, and all of his friends. “Happy birthday!” everyone shouts. Charlie’s face lights up. He is happy and surprised(吃驚). No one forgets his birthday after all!
【小題1】What is this story about?

A．Eating cake.	B．Celebrating a special day.
C．Forgetting a birthday.	D．Having fun at a friend’s party

【小題2】Why is Charlie not happy?

A．He doesn’t like his party.	B．He doesn’t like his presents.
C．He wants to eat cake.	D．He thinks people forgets his birthday.

【小題3】 Why does the living room look different?

A．There are many decorations(裝飾).	B．The lights are on.
C．There is a birthday cake.	D．There are many presents.

【小題4】 What does the underlined（劃線的） word “l(fā)ight up” properly mean(意思是) here?

A．點燃

B．容光煥發(fā)

C．抬起來

D．照亮

【小題5】Which of the following（下面的） is not right?

A．There are many lovely things in the living room.
B．Charlie’s mother plays a trick on Charlie.
C．Charlie is happy all day.	D．No one forgets Charlie’s birthday.

It’s Charlie’s birthday today, but he isn’t feeling happy. No one wishes him a happy birthday. Mother says nothing about his birthday. She just tells Charlie to play outside. At lunchtime, his mother calls, “Come in for lunch, Charlie!” Charlie slowly walks into his house. But the living room looks different. Charlie sees a big “Happy Birthday” banner(橫幅). Then, he sees a birthday cake, balloons(氣球), presents, and all of his friends. “Happy birthday!” everyone shouts. Charlie’s face lights up. He is happy and surprised(吃驚). No one forgets his birthday after all!
【小題1】What is this story about?

A．Eating cake.

B．Celebrating a special day.

C．Forgetting a birthday.

D．Having fun at a friend’s party

【小題2】Why is Charlie not happy?

A．He doesn’t like his party.

B．He doesn’t like his presents.

C．He wants to eat cake.

D．He thinks people forgets his birthday.

【小題3】Why does the living room look different?

A．There are many decorations(裝飾).

B．The lights are on.

C．There is a birthday cake.

D．There are many presents.

【小題4】What’s the Chinese for “l(fā)ight up” here?

A．點燃

B．容光煥發(fā)

C．抬起來

D．照亮

【小題5】Which of these is not right?

A．There are many lovely things in the living room.

B．Charlie’s mother plays a trick on Charlie.

C．Charlie is happy all day.

D．No one forgets Charlie’s birthday.

Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often dark clouds, grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this.
But snow is different. Though it is cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks “Is it so late?” and jumps out of bed. But no, it is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere. The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow.
【小題1】In which part of England is there much snow in winter?

A．In the east.	B．In the north.
C．In the west.	D．In the south.

【小題2】In the autumn of England, we can NOT often see __________.

A．grey sky	B．dark clouds
C．strong winds	D．cold rain

【小題3】 Why does the student ask himself “Is it so late?”

A．Because he has some work to do.

B．Because it is bright in the room.

C．Because it is really late.

D．Because he usually gets up early.

【小題4】 Which of the following statements is true?

A．Every country in the world has snow in winter.

B．Foreign students like the weather in England.

C．It is often very warm in the autumn of England.

D．Many people in the world haven’t seen snow.

There are few families in the United States that do not have either a radio or television set. Both of them have become a necessary part of our daily life, keeping us filled with the news of the day, teaching us in many fields of interest, and making us happy with singing, dancing and acting.
Marconl, the Italian inventor, who gave us the radio, probably didn’t know how much his great invention would have done for the world in the years to come. Radio had, perhaps done as much as any other communication tool. Things of the world can be reported to people everywhere a few seconds after they happen. Travelers in or out of–the–way places, ships at sea even astronauts round the earth are able to keep in touch with each other by radio.
Television is another important invention. It lets us see as well as hear the actor. Since its appearance, TV has done a great deal in the daily life of people everywhere. Many programs are now televised in color.
Perhaps the most modern invention is “Telstar”, a “star” moving round the earth. It makes it possible for the people all over the world to be closer than ever before. Now a family in Chicago can watch on TV a motor–car race in Italy, a table tennis competition in Beijing or a volleyball match in Japan as these events are actually happening!
【小題1】The passage tells us that __________ in the U.S.A. have no radio or television set.
A. few families   B. all the families    C. many families   D. a few families
【小題2】Who do you think the writer of the passage is?

A．An Italian.

B．A Japanese.

C．An American.

D．A Chinese.

【小題3】Why does the passage say radio and TV have become a necessary part of our daily life?

A．Because they have touched nearly everything in our life.

B．Because men would not live happily without them.

C．Because they are the only ways to spread information.

D．Because no communication means no life.

【小題4】 What is a “Telstar” used to do according to the passage?

A．To receive and store information only.

B．To move around the earth just like the moon.

C．To give light onto the earth at night.

D．To help send out radio or TV information to the world.

【小題5】 When the writer introduces Marconl in the second paragraph, he means __________.

A．he was just an Italian inventor

B．his invention has done much for the world

C．he had reported much to people all over the world

D．he helped people travel a lot around the world