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1、B Where s the second cruiser? ead the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words: An old admiral was f 1 in the navy for his bad temper, so everyone t 2 not to annoy him. One week his ships were going to take part in a big international exercise, so he came on board in the evening, had his din
2、ner and then went to bed. In the next morning he had his b 3 early, and then came up to the bridge and examined the ships in his group carefully. Then he said a 4 , “There should be two cruisers in this group, but I can only see one. Where s the other? ” No one dared to answer, and this m 5 the admi
3、ral even angrier. His face became redder and redder. “Well?” he shouted. “What are you fools hiding from me? Where s the s 6 cruiser? What s happened to it? Answer me! ”At last a young sailor found e 7 courage to speak. “Please, sir, ” he said, “You re on it!”1. _. _. _ . _. _. _ . _ Nail If you see
4、 two of your classmates fighting tooth and nail ( 又抓又咬地打起架来 ), you must stop them at once. Otherwise, at least one of them would be hurt. Nail also means a thin pointed piece of metal for hammering into something. But it is related to the body in this sentence: “Peter is as hard as nails ( 彼得结实得像铁打似
5、的 ).” We all hope that we are as strong and healthy as he is. Then, if I say you have hit the nail on the head ( 一针见血 ), I do not mean that you have done something cruel ( 残忍的 ). I mean that you have said exactly the right thing. Life lines (V) “What about Chatford?” said Rachel.“First, we ve got ne
6、arly two thousand photographs from Chatford . ”“Two thousand? Isn t that a lot from one town?”精品资料 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - 欢迎下载 名师归纳 - - - - - - - - - -第 1 页,共 26 页 - - - - - - - - - - “Yes. And it s enough to do a statistical analysis. Look at the list, these are all towns about the same s
7、ize as Chatford. There are twenty-two photographs from Norwich, one hundred and eight from Oxford, ninety-three from Bournemouth, one hundred and five from Torquay, eighty-six from Brighton, forty-tw o from Exeter .”“Why did we get so many from Chatford?”asked Rachel.“Yes, I wanted to know that, too
8、. It s very easy. Mervyn s brother owns the newspaper there, the Chatford Evening Star. He gave Mervyn a lot of free advertisements, and he wrote a lot of stories about computer palmistry for the newspaper. Mervyn comes from Chatford. I met him there. He was visiting his brother.”“Well, what s stran
9、ge about the photographs? ”“It sounds silly, but more than seventy-five per cent have got short life lines,” said Mark.“Did that happen in any other town?”“Not really. All the photographs from Norwich had long life lines. Then I looked at the addresses on the back of the photographs. We only had twe
10、nty-two, but twenty were all from the same hospital for old people. They were all from people more than eighty years old.”“That s interesting. You mean all of these old people had long life lines? Maybe it s not nonsense. ”“Maybe,” said Mark.“Anyway,” said Rachel,“how short were the life lines in Ch
11、atford?”“I looked at each age group: under ten, ten to twenty, twenty to thirty, thirty to forty . The life lines were shorter than average in all of them. I mean, they weren t very, very short.”“Were they shorter or longer than mine?” asked Rachel. She showed Mark the palm of her left hand. Mark lo
12、oked at it carefully. “Er . they were about the same,” he said.(To be continued) The advice column in the school newspaper Here are some of the questions and their answers. ASK THE CLEVER MONKEY Q: I m always late for school. I try not to be, but I can t. Please advise me what 精品资料 - - - 欢迎下载 - - -
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14、th my parents three years ago for a better study environment. They love me, and I can see this in their eyes. But I don t know how to show my love for them. What can I do to let them know I love them back? Sara A: If you feel the need to show your love for your parents, that s great. Make sure you r
15、emember their birthdays and buy them cards and presents. Try to spend time with your parents. Tell them how you feel. Try to enjoy your life. Your parents want you to be happy if you are happy, they will be happy, too. Q: I m one of the best students in my class. But I always make some mistakes whic
16、h I should not make. And now, I m afraid to see my teachers. I just don t know how to face them. Can you tell me how I can solve this problem? Molly A: The first thing you need to do is relax. Worrying about your studies is not going to help. If you have any difficulty, tell your teachers. No teache
17、r is going to get angry with a student who wants to improve himself. Clever Monkey Choose the best answer: ( ) 1. The Clever Monkey thinks that Tommy is always late for school because he _. A. dislikes his school B. goes to bed late C. watches TV too much D. wants to stay at home all day ( ) 2. What
18、 s Sara s problem? A. She can t fall asleep at night. B. She always makes mistakes in exams. C. She doesn t know how to face her teachers. D. She doesn t know how to show her love back to her parents. ( ) 3. What doesn t the Clever Monkey want Sara to do? A. To remember her parents birthdays. 精品资料 -
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20、udies C. is very weak in all her lessons D. is very happy C 阅读训练 A Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once: A. thoughB. onlyC. follow D. enteredE. learnF. often G. becauseH. interviewedI. interest I have a neighbour. She is an old lady. She can do al
21、l the housework, read newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to 1 something new. I often see her do Taiji in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful 2 she is over seventy years old. Last week a reporter from CCTV 3 her and asked how she kept so young and healthy.
22、 She replied with a smile: “I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite easy. Keep your mind active, take an 4 in the world around you, and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as 5 as you can. Don t think you are too old to go ba
23、ck to school. I know a man who 6 a medical college (医学院 ) when he was 54 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 71 and now he is good at playing tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy 7 for those who live in the fu
24、ture. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it. ”Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to 8 the lady s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy. 1. _2. _3. _ 4. _5. _6. _ 7. _8. _ 精品资料 - - - 欢迎下载 - - - - - - - - - - - 欢迎下载 名师归纳 - - - - - - - - - -第 4
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