阅读理解 Honesty comes in many forms. First there"s self-honesty. Is what peop

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阅读理解       Honesty comes in many forms. First there"s self-honesty. Is what people see the real article or do
you appear through smoke and mirrors? I find that if I try to be something I"m not, I feel unsure of myself
and take out a part from my PBA (personal bank account). I love how singer Judy Garland put (表述) it, "Always be a first-class version (版本) of yourself, instead of a second-class version of somebody else."
       Then there"s honesty in our actions. Are you honest at school, with your parents, and with your boss? If you"ve ever been dishonest, I think we all have, try being honest, and notice how whole it makes you
feel. Remember, you can"t go wrong and feel right. This story by Jeff is a good example of that:
       In my second year of study, there were three kids in my math class who didn"t do well. I was really good at it. I would charge them three dollars for each test that I helped them pass. I"d write on a little piece of paper all the right answers, and hand them off.
       At first I felt like I was making money, kind of a nice job. I wasn"t thinking about how it could hurt all of us. After a while I realized I shouldn"t do that anymore, because I wasn"t really helping them. They weren"t learning anything, and it would only get harder down the road. Cheating certainly wasn"t helping me.
       It takes courage to be honest when people all around you are getting away with cheating on tests,
lying to their parents, and stealing at work. But, remember, every act of honesty is a deposit (储蓄) into
your PBA and will build strength.1. The underlined part "appear through smoke and mirrors" in the first paragraph means______.A. to be honest
B. to be unreal
C. to become clear
D. to come from an imagined world2. Which of the following can best explain Judy Garland"s words?A. Be your true self rather than follow others.
B. Don"t copy others or you can"t be the first class.
C. Make efforts to be the first instead of the second.
D. Don"t learn from others unless they"re excellent.3. What does the author expect to show by Jeff"s story?A. Honesty can be of great help.
B. A bad thing can be turned into a good one.
C. Helping others cheat can do good to them.
D. One should realize the wrong in his bad actions.4. In the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express _______. A. one must be brave to be honest
B. it"s difficult to be honest when others are not
C. one should be honest when making a deposit
D. honesty in one"s actions can help him in the future

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1-4 B A D D

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阅读理解      In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not
become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbours.
      The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighbourhood outside New York City. When he
saw that rich people rode horses,Momand went horseback riding every day.When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbours.
      It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The
race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
      Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbours. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it
"Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years. People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Jonses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of
trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be
ahead. 1. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________. A. want to be as rich as their neighbours
B. want others to know or to think that they are rich
C. don’t want others to know they are rich
D. want to be happy 2. It can be inferred (推断) from the story that rich people like to ________. A. live outside New York City
B. live in New York city
C. live in apartments
D. have many neighbours 3. Arthur Momand used the name “Jones” in his series of short stories because “Jones” is ________. A. an important name
B. a popular name in the United States
C. his neighbour’s name
D. not a good name 4. If a person who keeps up with the Joneses, he would _________.     A. do as the poor persons around him do
B. do everything he likes to do
C. do as his neighbours do
D. do as the rich people around him do

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首字母填空     In the days when most work was done by h______(1), there was not much time for fun. Even c______(2)
sometimes worked 15 or 16 hours a day. For adults eight hours is now the ordinary(普通) work day. For boys
and girls school l______(3) only about six hours a day, and there is a long summer vacation. A______(4)
everyone has a lot of time to spend as he pleases. Much spare time is now s______(5) on hobbies. A hobby
is doing something just for fun of it.
     Doctors tell us that being very much i______(6) in something helps our minds stay well. It is good, therefore,
for a person to have a hobby. Of course, he m______(7) have more than one. When a child goes to a new school,
or when a grown person w______(8) a new job, he often has to answer a long list of questions. His answer
t______(9) a lot about what kind of person he is.
     One of the question is s______(10) to be, "What are your hobbies?"

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The USA has a much bigger population （人口）than Australia, and A_1_ cities are m_2_ crowded than Australian o_3_. There are not so many mountains in Australia as in the USA. Both countries have
deserts and beautiful b_4_. But America has many more rivers than Australia. The northern and central
parts of the USA h_5_ much more snow in winter than a_6_ in Australia and generally these two areas
have a colder w_7_ than Australia does. Australia is in the southern hemisphere（半球） and doesn’t
have its winter at the same time a_8_ countries in the northern hemisphere. Most people in these countries s_9_ the same language ---English, but their accents(口音) are very d_10_.

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阅读短文，根据短文内容补全表格中所缺的信息     We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waster every day and it does harm to our environment.
Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make
a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you to live a green life.
     Remember these three words; reduce, reuse and recycle.
     Reduce means "use less". Don"t waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going into
the environment. Before we buy something new, think if it is really necessary or maybe the old one will be just
as good! When we do buy thing, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from
abroad.
     Reuse mean " use again". Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last
a long time.We should take care of them so that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of
throwing them away and buying new ones. Don"t use a paper cup or a paper bag. It"s better to use a china cup
and a lunch box because you can use them again.
     Recycle means "change things into something else". Although it takes energy to change something into
something else, it"s better than throwing things away or burning them. Find out what can be recycled in your
neighbourhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled
materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.Title:    1    to Live a Green Life

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We produce waste every day and it is 2 to us. We can do something to help.

Ideas

Does

Don"ts

To 3

Use less
* Try to save something

* Don"t buy too many things from foreign 4 .

To reuse

Use 5
* Use things for us long as possible.
* Buy things that last long.
* Take care of things or 6 the old things.

* Don"t use 9 cups or bags.

To recycle

Change things into something 7
* Join in recycling programmes.
* Buy 8 made from recycled materials.

* Don"t 10 things away or burn them.

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     Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often _ 1_   that eyes can speak.
     Do you have such kind of   _2 _ ? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he
_ 3 _ that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you are looked at
for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is _4_   wrong with you.
If nothing goes wrong, you will feel  _ 5     toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do
speak, right?
     Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man
looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds ,it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make
her understand that he     6     her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at
the listener from time to time,      7     make sure that the listener does pay attention     8     what he or she
is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something
that __9_  cannot express.
     Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place
_10__ you stay.

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