2013.5.12 Sunday It was Sunday. Little Jim____(1) early. Two of pandas were on show in London for the first time. He didn't see such animals before. So he asked his father, Mr. Black, to take him ____(2) them. After breakfast the father and son ___(3) to the bus stop____(4). After a while, a red bus came and Mr. Black got on it___ (5) his son in his arms. But A. England B. America C. France ( )2.Charlie Chaplin’s parents ______.
A. made a lot of money by giving performance B. were not very rich C. had a travelling theatre company
( )3.Chaplin began to make money(赚钱) when he was _______ years old.
A.15 B.21 C.5
there was ___ (6) in it. He had to stand by the door. A young man___ (7) and said, \take my seat, sir. \sat on his father's knees（膝盖）. \绅士), Jim,\\(8) for the old and must ask women___ (9) their seats.\a woman got on and stood by Mr. Black. Little Jim jumped off his father's knees at once and said, \ (10) seat, madam!\ ）1. A gets up B got up C will get up ）2. A to see B to look at C to watch ）3.A hurries B. hurried C hurry ）4. A on foot B by bus C by bike ）5.A to B of C with ）6. A not seat. B no seat C . .not any ）7. A stand up B . stands up C stood up ）8. A make room B. make a room C . made room ）9. A has. B have C to have ）10.A me . B my C I (A)
Charlie Chaplin（卓别林） was born in 1889 in London. His mother was a dancer. His father was an actor, but he has not much money. Charlie Chaplain was good at singing and dancing. In 1894, he started dancing and singing for money. In 1904, he joined a travelling theatre company and were to America. In 1910, someone asked him to perform(表演) in a film. And he went to Hollywood(好莱坞). He became a film director in 1914. He worked very hard and he made many funny films between 1914 and 1966. In 1977, he died(死) in Switzerland, people all over the world were very sad. ( )1.Charlie Chaplin was born in ______.
( )4.Chaplin became a film actor in ________.
A.1894 B.1904 C.1910
( )5.Which of the four is Not true?
A. Charlie was only 15 when he came to the USA. B. When Charlie died, nobody was sad. C. Charlie went to Hollywood in 1910.
(B)
Mr. White was a very busy businessman. He a1ways worked a11 day. Sometimes he could not have a rest on Sundays，so he usually forgot the date. Last Saturday. he remembered it was his wife's birthday. “I often forget her birthday.” he said to himself，“but not this time.” Then he went to a flower shop and bought some beautiful flowers. When Mr. White got home，he gave the flowers to Mrs. White and said，“Happy birthday! January 15 is your birthday. I didn't forget it.” “Yes. but my birthday was yesterday. It's January 16. But thank you all the same.” Mrs. White said. ( ) 6.Mr White was very .
A. busy B. free C. happy ( ) 7.Mr White worked on Sundays.
A. sometimes B. always C. never ( ) 8.Mr White often forgot .
A. his work B. his wife C. his wife’s birthday ( ) 9.He bought for his wife.
A. a blouse B. a dress C. some flowers ( ) 10.Mrs White’s birthday was on . A. Saturday B.January15 C.January16
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2013.5.13 Monday Fire can help people in many ways. 1 it can be very harmful(有害的). Fire can make water 2 and the house warm, 3 light and cook food. But fire can burn(烧
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毁) things, 4 . It can make trees, houses, animals and other things 5 fire. If the year in 1985 and “Most Valuable Player”in 1996.He once set a record(记录) by getting some people can't 6 away from fire, it can kill them. This can be seen in every 63 points in one game.
country.Sometimes big fire can burn forests and destroy (毁坏) many tall buildings. ( )1. Jordan is a basketball superstar in _________.
Nobody knows clearly whenpeople began to make a fire, but there 7 many interesting A. England B. America C. Canada stories about the first time people started a fire. One story from Australia tells us ( )2. When he joined the basketball team in his high school, he_______at first. that a long time ago a man 8 up to the sun and took fire down. Today people know 9 to make a fire with matches(火柴). Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be very dangerous. The matches can burn a piece of paper and then it can burn a house. A small fire can become a big fire. Fire kills many people every year. So you must be carefull 10 fire. ( ) 1. A. But B. And C. So ( ) 2. A. cool B. cold C. hot ( ) 3. A. give B. take C. shows ( ) 4. A. either B. also C. too ( ) 5. A. bringing B. catch C. to set ( )6. A. run B. walks C. stepped ( ) 7. A. are B. is C. be ( ) 8. A. go B.goes C. went ( ) 9. A. what B. how C. when ( ) 10. A. if B. with C. at A Michael Jordan is the most famous basketball player in the world. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He didn't like to talk to other people about himself. He was also very short. He didn't play very well when he joined the basketball team in his high school at first. But the next year things changed a lot for him as he grew much taller. Michael Jordan became famous when he joined the university basketball team in North Carolina. Michael used his speed and strength (力量) to reach the basket again. He played so well that people called him “Air Jordan”. After college, Michael became a basketball team member in the Chicago Bulls. The NBA was very surprised at this high-flying player. He was named “Rookie” (新秀) of
A. didn't'play very well B. played very well C. grew much taller ( )3.He began to become famous in _________. A. the university basketball team B. the NBA C. his high school at first ( )4. He is often called “___________”. A. Rockie B. the NBA C. Air Jordan ( )5. The NBA was very surprised at the superstar when _________. A. he joined the basketball team in his high school B. he joined the university basketball team C. he joined the Chicago Bulls B We each have a memory(记忆力). That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother
language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language becanse the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises. ( )6. Why some people can easily ]earn things by heart? Because they ___________. A. have good memories B. study hard C. practice a lot ( )7. If you have a good memory, ___________.
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A. you can do everything well B. you can learn a language well C. you must be a great man in the world ( )8. What a child first learns to do is to ________. A. speak B. read C. hear ( )9. When everybody is a child, he learns _________. A. a foreign language B. two languages every day C. the language of his own country ( )10. Which of the following is TRUE? A. Everyone has a good memory. B. Every great man in the world has a surprising memory. C. Everyone doesn’t have a good memory. 阅读理解&完形填空每日一练 2013.5.14 Tuesday Life in the 2020s will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes（改变） will take place(发生). So 1 will the change be? The population(人口) is growing 2 . There will be many people in the world and 3 of them will live longer than people live now. The computer will be even smaller and 4 and there will be at least(至少) one in every home. And 5 study will be one of the important subjects in school then. People will work fewer hours than they 6 now and they will have more 7 time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be even easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for 8 . There 9 changes in our food, too. More land(土地) will be done for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room(空间) 10 cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they eat
more fruits and 11 . Maybe people will be 12 . 13 in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and 14 work will be done(被做) by robots(机器人). Because of this, many people will not have any work to do. This will be a 15 . ( ) 1. A. when B. where C. what D. how ( ) 2. A. slowly B. fast C. carefully D. well ( ) 3. A. one B. most C. none D. few ( ) 4. A. more useful B. less useful C. more expensive D. bigger ( ) 5. A. Chinese B. English C. computer D. science ( ) 6. A. study B. like C. do D. get ( ) 7. A. important B. busy C. full D. free ( ) 8. A. business B. sports C. work D. holidays ( ) 9. A. will be B. are C. be D. have ( ) 10. A. to B. for C. in D. with ( ) 11. A. meat B. hamburger C. vegetables D. coffee ( ) 12. A. more negative B. better C. angrier D. healthier ( ) 13. A. Music B. Work C. Sports D. Food
( ) 14. A. hard B. easy C. long D. small
( ) 15. A. balance B. program C. information D. problem
Captain Good Fellow Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Good Fellow will be ready to teach all these things to children at the City Theater on Saturday morning at 10:00 free. Films at the Museum Theater Two American films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theater. See Broken Window at 1:30.The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 498-7898. International Picnic Do you dislike eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday
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and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5 : 00 p. m.
Take Me Out to The Ball Game
It's October, and Saturday night (7:00 ---9:00 ) is your last chance to see the Red Birds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold. Don't forget taken out at any time. Computers are getting smaller and smaller, and computing faster and faster.
Computers can do many kinds of work. In some large factories now there are very few people.Robots do most of the work. For example, in a car factory, when a different kind of car comes along the line, the robot changes its work just as a man would do. sweaters and jackets.
Do You Want to Hear \
“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first U. S. concert this Saturday night, at eight in Rose Hall, City College. ( )1. On Saturday morning, you can ________. A. go to watch a ball game
B. take children to play games at the City Theatre C. go to the Central Park for a picnic ( )2. The Red Birds ball game ________.
A. is in the afternoon B. is outside C. is at the gate ( )3. You can eat many kinds of different food from all over the world if you ________. A. go to the City Theatre B. go to the Central Park C. buy tickets at the gate
( )4. \
A. a concert B. a park with many red birds in it. C. going to give their 1st concert in U. S.
( )5. Mr Turner wants to have a nice Saturday. Which is not possible for him to do? A. Watching a ball game and having a picnic. B. Having a picnic and seeing a film.
C. Seeing a film and listening to a concert.
(B)
A computer is used in many ways. In a few years the computer may touch the lives of everyone, even people in far-away villages.
Most computers have a memory. That means information can be kept in them and be
How does the robot know this? A computer \
In the last few years there have been great changes in computers. Many scientists agree that computers cannot do everything people can do, but they also agree that computers can now do most the things people can do. Who knows what the computers of tomorrow will be like? Will they make life better or worse, or will they bring bad things to people? The scientists of today will have to decide how to use the computers of tomorrow.
( )6. Computer is a wonderful machine because ________ .
A. it is very useful B. it helps people a lot C. A and B ( )7. Computers are getting ________
A. bigger and bigger B. faster and faster C. smaller and smaller ( )8.______knows what the computers of tomorrow will be like. A. No one B. We C. Scientists
( )9.In the future computers must help people _________
A. do more things B. do less things C. make life harder ( )10.Computers can do __________ people can do.
A. everything B. nothing C. most of the things
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2013.5.15 Wednesday It’s easier to go downhill than 46 uphill, so it’s easier to fall into bad habits than into good 47 . Bad habits do not come 48 . they come little by little, so you don’t know their 49 . Schoolboys first pick up little bad habits at school and on the streets. When they cannot do their homework, they 50 from their classmates. If they see bigger boys 51, they want to learn to smoke, too. If they see their friends gambling(赌博), they want to gamble. When they get 52, their habits become stronger and stronger. Then
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they can 53 give them up. From copying, they learn to steal from gambling, they learn to cheat(欺骗). 54 no one believes in them. How 55 it is that we stop the bad habits B. whether Betty was cleverer than the boy
C. whether she could call her sister in Washington
at the beginning! 46．A．climb B．to climb C．climbing D．climbs 47．A．other B．others C．ones D．one 48．A．slowly B．suddenly C．exactly D．usually 49．A．danger B．idea C．hope D．plan 50．A．write B．read C．listen D．copy 51．A．to smoke B．smoking C．smoked D．smokes 52．A．oldest B．old C．elder D．older 53．A．not longer B．no long C．no longer D．not any long 54．A．At last B．at first C．at least D．at most
55．A．silly B．difficult C．important D．easy A
Miss Rose taught physics in a London school. Last week she was explaining to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her work. She said to them, “ Now, I have a sister in Washington. If I was calling her on the phone, and at the same time you were 20 meters away, and listened to me from the other side of the street, who would hear what I said earlier, my sister or you, and why?” The cleverest boy at once answered, “Your sister, Miss Rose, because electricity travels faster than sound waves.”
“That’s very good,” Miss Rose answered. But then one of the girls put up her hand, and Miss Rose said, “Yes, Betty.” “I don’t agree,” Betty said, “Your sister would hear you earlier because when it’s eleven o’clock here, it’s only six o’clock in Washington.”
( ) 1. Miss Rose was teaching her students about _______. A. telephone B. time C. sound D. electricity ( ) 2. She wanted her students to know________. A. which was faster, sound waves or electricity
D. whether her students could hear her from 20 meters away ( ) 3. The boy thought that_________.
A. sound waves travel faster than electricity B. sound waves travel slower than electricity C. the students would hear Miss Rose earlier D. the students would hear her sister earlier ( ) 4. From the passage, we know Miss Rose________. A. was pleased with the boy’s answer
B. was not pleased with what the boy had said C. thought Betty’s answer was much better D. thought both of the answers were right
( ) 5. Betty thought the boy was wrong because________. A. electricity was slower than sound waves B. electricity was faster than sound waves C. electricity traveled as fast as sound waves
D. clocks in Washington showed a different time from those in London
B
For several years, Americans have enjoyed tele-shopping: watching TV and buying things by phone. Now tele-shopping is starting in Europe(欧洲). In a number of European countries, people can turn on their TVs and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys, and many other things.
Tele-shopping is becoming popular in Sweden, for example. The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in 15 European countries, and in one year it made ＄100 million. In France there are two tele-shopping channels, and the French spend about ＄20 million a year to buy things through those channels.
In Germany, until last year tele-shopping was only possible on one channel for 1 hour every day. Then the government allowed (允许) more tele-shopping. Other channels can open for tele-business, including(包括) the largest American tele-shopping company
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