Lily comes from England. She is a nice girl. Her eyes are big and her mouth is small. She has a big family（家庭）. Her father（爸爸）is Jack Smith, and her mother’s（媽媽的）name is Kate Smith. They are very kind（和藹的）. Lily has a sister and a brother. Her sister is Helen, and her brother is Paul. Helen has long hair and a round face, but Paul has short curly（卷曲的）hair and a long face. They are in the same school. They like（喜歡）their teachers very much（非常）.

根據(jù)短文內容，判斷正（A）誤（B）。（5分）

1.Jack Smith comes from China.

2.Helen has short hair and a round face.

3.Paul has two sisters.

4.Helen and Paul are in different schools.

5.Helen and Paul like their teachers, very much.

 

Mary is from the U.S.A. She has two brothers. Now her family are in China. Her father, Mr. Peterson teaches English in Xihu Middle School. And her mother works in the same school. She teaches English, too. Mary likes red clothes very much. Her mother likes red clothes a lot, too.
Mary is a nice girl student. She is in Xihu Middle School .She can speak Chinese. She has many Chinese friends. She teaches them English, and they teach her Chinese. Her two brothers are twins. One is Bob, the other is Bill. They look the same. They are only three. So their grandparents look after(照顧) them at home. Mrs. Peterson has many toys(玩具) for the twins. Bob likes toy cars, but Bill likes toy bears. They are happy every day.
【小題1】Who is in Xihu Middle school ?.

A．Mr. Peterson

B．Mrs. Peterson

C．Mrs. Peterson and Mr. Peterson

D．Mrs. Peterson, Mr. Peterson and Mary.

【小題2】Mr. Peterson is a ________.

A．teacher

B．farmer

C．officer

D．doctor

【小題3】How many people are there in Mary’s family?

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．seven

【小題4】Mary ________.

A．can’t speak Chinese at all

B．isn’t very nice

C．can speak Chinese well

D．likes red clothes

【小題5】Which one is NOT right?

A．Mary’s family is from America.

B．Mary’s parents are both teachers.

C．Mary has two twin sisters.

D．Mary’s grandparents are in China.

It is Sunday today. Ann is shopping with her mother. She wants her mother to buy a new sweater for her. In a clothing shop, she finds an orange one. She tries it on (試穿). It is too small. She wants a bigger one, but the bigger ones are not orange. Ann doesn’t like other colours. Her mother asks:” Shall we go to another shop to have a look? ” So they go out of the shop and go into another one.
The second shop is bigger than the first, and in it there are many kinds of sweaters of different sizes and colours. Ann tries on an orange one. It is too big. She tries a smaller one. It is OK.
“How much is it ?” Ann’s mother asks the women who sells clothes. Then they find it too dear (貴), and they don’t have so much money with them.
“Would you like a cheaper one ? ” The women asks.
“ No, we shall take this one. My daughter likes it. We will come back to buy it tomorrow. ” Ann’s mother answers.
【小題1】 It is Sunday. Ann and her mother                

A．are at home	B． are in a clothing shop
C．are in a restaurant	D． are in a park

【小題2】 Ann wants to buy          .

A．an orange	B．an orange sweater
C．an orange for her mother	D．an orange sweater for her mother

【小題3】There is only one             .

A．shop near her home	B．orange in the first shop
C．orange sweater in the first shop	D．orange sweater in the second shop

【小題4】 The orange sweater in the first shop is          .

A．too small

B．OK.

C．longer

D．too dear.

【小題5】In the second shop, why don’t they buy the sweater ？

A．Because Ann doesn’t like the sweater.	B．Because it’s too small.
C．Because they don’t have enough(足夠的) money.
D．Because they want to buy a cheaper one.

Mary is from the U.S.A. She has two brothers. Now her family are in China. Her father, Mr. Peterson teaches English in Xihu Middle School. And her mother works in the same school. She teaches English, too. Mary likes red clothes very much. Her mother likes red clothes a lot, too.

Mary is a nice girl student. She is in Xihu Middle School .She can speak Chinese. She has many Chinese friends. She teaches them English, and they teach her Chinese. Her two brothers are twins. One is Bob, the other is Bill. They look the same. They are only three. So their grandparents look after(照顧) them at home. Mrs. Peterson has many toys(玩具) for the twins. Bob likes toy cars, but Bill likes toy bears. They are happy every day.

1.Who is in Xihu Middle school ?.

A．Mr. Peterson

B．Mrs. Peterson

C．Mrs. Peterson and Mr. Peterson

D．Mrs. Peterson, Mr. Peterson and Mary.

2.Mr. Peterson is a ________.

A．teacher           B．farmer            C．officer            D．doctor

3.How many people are there in Mary’s family?

A．four             B．five              C．six               D．seven

4.Mary ________.

A．can’t speak Chinese at all

B．isn’t very nice

C．can speak Chinese well

D．likes red clothes

5.Which one is NOT right?

A．Mary’s family is from America.

B．Mary’s parents are both teachers.

C．Mary has two twin sisters.

D．Mary’s grandparents are in China.

 

Nora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. “I’ll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'll skip(跳過) the rest,” she says.

   While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and reading carefully, her daughter may be the wave of the future.

  “Deep reading”, or slow reading, is a process in which people think carefully while they read. With most, that means slowing down --- even stopping and rereading a page or paragraph to really understand what the author is trying to say.

   Last summer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was concerned about what he sees as a decline（衰退）in slow reading. Instant messages and 140-character tweets（微博）appear to be reducing out ability to concentrate on a single idea or theme of a book, he told Foreign Policy Magazine.

   It's easy to forget the benefits of deep reading in an age when anything worth doing is done fast. Experts warn that without deep reading, it is impossible to be an educated person of the world, a knowledgeable voter or even an imaginative thinker.

  “If you want to have a deep relationship with a text and understand a complex idea, then slow reading is a preferred style. It is good for pleasure, too. It is not a rushed experience and you can lose yourself in a text,” said Canadian writer John Miedema, the author of the book Slow Reading.

  US' Ohlone College English professor Cynthia Lee Katona says reading is a highly social activity that builds the mind and social connections. If you read, she says, you simply know more and have more to talk about with friends, partners and people you know.

   Deep reading can also take a reader on a trip around the world even if they are sitting in a living room armchair, Katona says. Also, deep reading helps people develop thinking, writing and conversation skills.

  “If you like beautiful things, authors put words together that are really beautiful and expressive,” she says. “If you want to write well--- and there are lots of reasons to express yourself clearly --- you should read.”

1.The comparison（對比）between Nora and her mother's reading habits _______.

   A. introduces the wave of future

B. adds a lot of fun for readers

   C. explains what deep reading is

D. calls attention to deep reading

2.What leads to the decline of deep reading, according to Eric Schemidt?

   A. The fast pace of modern society.

   B. The lack of desire for knowledge

   C. The weakening ability to concentrate.

   D. The wide use of instant messages and tweets.

3.What does the underlined word “it ” refer to in paragraph 6?

   A. A deep relationship.              B. A complex idea.

   C. Slow reading.                   D. A preferred style.

4.According to the article, Cynthia Lee Katona's opinion of deep reading is that _______.

   A. it makes sure you a better paid job

B. it makes you a better writer

   C. it is better than travelling

D. it helps build better family relationship

5.What is the main point of the article?

   A. The importance of deep reading.

B. How to improve reading skills.

   C. The benefits of different reading styles.

D. The secrets of a knowledgeable person