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1、 中华资源库 A traveller was staying in an Egyptian village. One day, she held up her camera to take pictures of the children. Suddenly the young ones began to shout at her. The travellers face turned red and she apologized to the head for what she was doing, and told him she had forgotten that people in
2、some places believed a person would lose his soul if his picture was taken. She explained to him the operation of a camera for a long time. Several times the head tried to say something, but he couldnt. When she believed that the head didnt fear any longer, the traveller then let him speak. With a s
3、mile, he said, “The children were trying to tell you that you forgot to take off the lens(镜头) cap!“ 1. The children shouted when the traveller was taking pictures of them because _? A. they didnt want to stop playing B. the traveller forgot to take off the cap on her head C. they didnt want to have
4、their pictures taken D. the traveller was not doing well with her camera 2. The traveller made an apology to the head because _. A. she thought it was not right to take peoples pictures without telling them beforehand(事先) B. the children would lose their souls C. she had stayed in the village too lo
5、ng D. she didnt take a picture of the head first 3. The traveller explained how to use a camera to the head because _. A. the head was very interested in her camera B. the head wanted to learn to take pictures C. she was afraid of the head D. she wanted the head not to worry about what she was doing
6、 4. When the head smiled, its clear that _. A. the children wanted to play with her B. the traveller didnt know what the children meant C. he wanted the traveller to tell him something else D. the traveller didnt let him speak 5. Which of the following is NOT right? A. The traveller knew something a
7、bout people in some countries. B. The children wouldnt mind if the traveller took pictures of them. C. The head was afraid that the travellers camera would hurt the children. D. The traveller didnt understand why the children shouted. B Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s.T
8、he sailor in that 中华资源库 cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong. People watched him, and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach. Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before! Spinach became a necessary part of many peoples diets. Even some children who hated the taste began t
9、o eat the vegetable. Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong, but this is not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable. People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group
10、of people studied what was inside vegetables. This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did. The group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it. Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach doe
11、s have something else which the body needsfolic acid. It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along. 6.A good title for this reading passage is_. A. Popeye the SailorB. The Truth About Spinach C.A Mi
12、stake with NumbersD. Folic Acid Makes You Strong 7.Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor? A. They thought spinach made them strong. B. They thought Popeye was funny. C. Spinach had a lot of iron. D. People liked folic acid. 8.A research group told people that spinach_. A.
13、made Popeye strong B. was a green vegetable C.had less iron than other green vegetables D.had more iron than other green vegetables 9.The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength from_. A. iron B. folic acid C. spinach D. exercise 10.Folic acid is _. A. something in food B. a vegeta
14、ble C. dangerous D. a certain kind of spinach C The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means t
15、o make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. Its bad for all living things in the world, 中华资源库 www.ziyuanku.co