People can read a language better if they have listened to it or learned to speak it. Reading, listening, and speaking are ways people come to understand the words of a language. Being able to write also makes reading easier.
A mother or father is often a child’s first reading teacher. By speaking to a baby, the parent helps the baby understand what language is and what it is for. Children feel love and joy in the sounds of words. They try to talk back. As babies listen and speak, they store up facts and ideas.
Certain things children do in the early years help them learn. Young children enjoy looking at picture books. Later, the parent reads books that the child can look at as well as listen to. At age five many children are beginning to read and write. Some can recognize their own names. Children continue to learn to read in school with their teacher’s help. Sometimes children read out loud. At other times they read silently. They learn to understand and remember. Reading teaches them new facts and helps them get along in everyday life. 1. The word “fortunate” in the first paragraph means . A. lucky B. successful C. wealthy
D. good
2. People who can read . A. can learn by reading. B. can understand a language better. C. are probably able to learn better. D. all of the above 3. A child can learn things around very quickly. It may be because . A. his parents often speak to him. B. He can understand things by listening. C. He has his own storage of knowledge by and by.
D. All of the above.
4. Parents often read books for their children mainly because . A. stories in the books can make children calm.
B. Children can gain some knowledge form the books. C. It is easy to make children fall asleep
D. Parents need to talk with their children in this way.
5. Speaking and reading are very important because . A. they are two fundamental ways through which children learn a language B. children should make a living through these ways.
C. because children learn the two skills since they are very young
D. children should learn to read to recognize their own names
82. Sometimes when you walk outside, you see a little hole with sand around it. Guess what! You have found a city under the ground. Ants live in this city. There, many ants live together with their queen. The queen is the biggest ant of all. Most of the time, there is only one queen in an ant city.
When a queen starts her own city, she digs a hole. She takes bits of sand to the top. Then she piles up the sand. It makes a little hill. She is making a good place for her eggs. It is a nest.
When baby ants come out of the eggs, they are called grubs. They look like worms. The queen feeds them food and water. But when a grub is a week or two old, it stops eating. It no longer
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needs food. It makes a bag around itself and goes to sleep. Then it grows into a big ant.
Most grubs turn into worker ants. Workers take over running the nest. They dig more holes. This makes the nest bigger. They also keep it clean. They get food and water. Workers bring food to other ants that are too busy to go out. Some also fight off ants from other cities.
Ants are fun to watch. You can dig up an ant hill and put it in a bowl. It should be made of glass. That way, you can see through it. Then you can watch the ants at work. 1. “Guess what” mean .
A. can you guess what it is B. please guess what happens C. could you think for a while and find the answer D. can you guess what’s up with the hole
2. The writer uses “a city under the ground” referring to . A. queen’s city B. ants’ hole C. ants’ hill D. baby ants’ nest 3. All of them are the “citizens” of an ants’ city except . A. a queen
B. baby ants
C. worker ants D. ants from other cities
4. “Workers take over running the nest” implies that . A. at first the queen runs the nest
B. worker ants take the job after they grow up C. the queen is not the ruler then D. A and B 5. “Ants are fun to watch”, because .
A. they are little lives B. they live under the ground C. they live in a different way that we may ignore
D. none of the above
83. Teeth have been a part of animals almost from the beginning of animal life. The first animals to have teeth were fish. These sea creatures lived millions of years ago. They had many finely pointed teeth for grabbing food from the water. They were distant cousins of today’s sharks.
The teeth of animals help them do certain jobs or eat certain kinds of foods. Elephants have two large teeth, called tusks, which they use for digging up plants or for fighting. Lions and tigers have long, sharp teeth for tearing apart other animals. Those of horses and cows are short and flat. They are used for grinding plants.
People have three main kinds of teeth. They have teeth that cut, teeth that tear, and teeth that grind. When biting into a piece of fruit, people use their cutting teeth. When pulling a piece of meat from a bone, they use their tearing teeth. When nibbling on a fresh carrot, they use their grinding teeth.
Every person grows two sets of teeth. The first set often begins to appear when a baby is about six months old. It lasts until the child is about six years old. Then the baby teeth fall out and the second teeth come in. This second set must last for the rest of a person’s life.
It is important for people to take care of their teeth. They must eat the right foods. They should
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brush their teeth properly. Teeth should be checked twice a year by a dentist. 1. Fish have many teeth for food. A. noticeable, catching
B. visible, grasping
C. sharp, snatching D. fine, catching
2. Which of the following statements about teeth is true? A. Elephants have three large tusks.
B. Teeth of horses and cows are short and sharp.
C. The first set of teeth of a person often begins to appear when he is about six years. D. Sea creatures were the first animals having teeth.
3. The word “nibble” in the third paragraph bears the meaning of . A. eating with small repeated bits
B. showing slight interest in something
C. taking hold of with a sudden rough movement D. crushing into small pieces or into powder
4. From this passage we can draw a conclusion that . A. all the teeth have the same function B. animals don’t try to protect their teeth C. teeth are important both for human and animals D. we should care our teeth and often have them checked 5. It is a piece of writing about .
A. botany B. animals C. popular science D. dentistry
84. There are many books for young readers. Some of these are for youths 12 to 18. Others are for children under 12. There are even some books for babies. And they can’t even read!
People who write for youths write all kinds of books. Some write about real things, like stars, cars, or boats. But others tell stories that are made up. Many of these stories took place in the past. But some show what it’s like to live today. These may be about going to school or being part of a family.
Books for young children use a lot of beautiful pictures. They are a big part of each book. So, many writers of children’s books also draw the pictures. These writers make sure that their books are more than just fun stories to read. They make them look good, too!
Some children’s books tell very old stories. Many have animals in them that talk and do things that people do. Some of these animals might be bears. Others might be foxes. A little mouse and a big lion might even be in the same story.
Many books for very little children are all pictures. Others may have a word here and there. Books for babies may have something to push that makes sounds. This kind of book
may make animal sounds. Then it may have a picture of the animal that makes each sound. It may also have its name. This way, the baby gets know what sounds some animals make. 1. According to the passage we know that there are many books for . A. young people between 12 – 18 B. children under 12
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C. babies D. all the above
2. Which of the following is NOT true according to passage? A. The books for youths are the same as the books for young children. B. The books for young children look more beautiful than the books for youths. C. The books for youths tell about real things and stories.
D. The books for young children are about fun stories to read.
3. In the stories of a children’s book, you may find that talk and do things that people do. A. a bear, a snake and trees B. a fox, a bear and water C. a mouse, a lion and a bear D. a lion, a fox and a trunk 4. The author tells us that books for babies . A. have as many pictures as the books for little children B. have something to push that makes sound
C. have a picture of some animals that make no sound D. have more picture than the books for little children 5. This passage mainly discusses . A. books for youths B. children’s books C. books for babies D. all the above
85. You know that some birds and bugs can fly. But did you know that there’s another animal
that can do this? It has wings like a bird. But it doesn’t look like a bird. It’s a bat.
Bats have fur mostly all over, but not on their wings. Some bats have black, brown, red, or yellow fur. These live in dark places, like caves. Other bats live in trees. Many of these bats are part white and part another color. Some of them are green.
There are more than 900 kinds of bats. The biggest ones are called flying foxes. Their heads look like little brown fox heads. The wings of these bats can be over 5 feet across. But other kinds can be very little. The wings of the smallest bats are only 1/2 foot across.
In the day, bats hang by their feet and sleep a lot. At times they clean their fur. Some of the time they care for their babies. Mostly they sleep. But when the sun goes down, they begin to move. At night bats fly around. They try to find food. Bats eat fruit, bugs, plants, fish, and flowers. Some bats use their good hearing to find things in the dark. First they make sounds. The sounds jump off anything around the bats. Then these sounds come back, so the bats can hear just where the thing is. They can fly right to it. That’s how they find things to eat. 1. According to the passage a bat is . A. an animal B. a plant C. a bird D. food
2. From the passage we know that .
A. there are as many as 900 kinds of bats in the world.
B. Bats with brown and red fur live in trees, while bats with green fur live in caves C. bats are blind but have good hearing
D. the wings of the biggest bats can be exactly 5 feet across 3. The word “flying fox” in paragraph 3 means .
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A. red foxes flying high B. the biggest bat C. a kind of fierce animal recently discovered D. fox-like animals with big wings
4. According to the passage the way bats find food is . A. to fly around it at night B. to jump off anything around them
C. as the same as that of most other animals D. to use their good hearing in the dark 5. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage? A. All dark bats live in the dark places.
B. In the day bats sleep a lot and look for foods at night. C. Bats eat more fish and fruit than they eat bugs
D. Bats can hang on the wall by their feet.
86. You learn by seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching. How? Your eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and hands send messages to the brain inside your head. The brain is what lets you think and learn. You use it to find out about things.
The eyes take pictures that go to the brain. Your eyes have many parts. Each one does something different. One part let’s in light. One part helps you see clearly. Still another part sees color.
Your nose and mouth work together to tell your brain about taste. The part of the mouth that tastes things is the tongue. Try holding your nose. Then take a bite of apple. The fruit has no taste. Your nose has to be working for you to taste anything. And your tongue must be wet. Dry food on a dry tongue can’t be tasted.
When you touch something, you know how is feels. Close your eyes. Put you hand on something. Is it hard or soft? Is it hot or cold? Your sense of touch tells the brain what you are feeling. As with the other senses, you learn about the world through the message that go to the brain. 1. The main idea of the passage is . A. how the brain works. B. how the eyes and ears work. C. A and B. D. How we sense 2. How do we learn things?
A. We see, hear, taste, smell and touch. B. We send messages to our brains. C. Messages from outside mix in our brains D. We tell our brains things around. 3. How do we know there is an apple in front of our eyes without touching it? A. We cut is. B. We smell it. C. We taste it. D. We pare it. 4. Our brains know about taste through . A. our smelling
B. our tasting C. our sensing D. A and B
5. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. We learn about the world as our organs work together. B. There are different parts of each organ. C. Each part does different things. D. Each part finds different results.
87. Long ago there was no money. It was hard for people to get the things they needed. They
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