You speak, write a letter, make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.

When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

1.People communicate ________.

A.with words only                    B.in many different ways

C.in letters and drawings            D.with smiles, tears and hands

2.Signs can carry as many _________ as words.

A.questions　      B.examples       C.tears and smiles      D.messages

3.Which of the following is not talked in the passage as which can help us communicate?

A.books and magazines    B.TV and films C.newspapers　          D.radio

4.Communication is important because it can help people to ______.

A.understand the world and other people better around us.

B.teach each other to speak, write, read and draw.

C.know what other people are thinking about

D.learn about mountains,blue sea and other things.

5.The best title（題目）for this short passage is _________.

A.Signs Carry Messages                 B.The important Communication

C.Words, Signs and Drawing              D.Ways of Communication.

 

　                         　A

The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler's shop before he got enough courage to enter．He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush blood to his face as he explained he would bring in his future wife to choose a birthday present．The assistant listened carefully and told him he'd better buy a necklace. He wasn't used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending. After some discussion as to reasonable price and type（類型）, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o'clock. When, half an hour later, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away, satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.

1.A good title（題目）for this passage is ________.

　　A. A Clever Assistant     B. Buying a Birthday Present

　　C. How to Choose a Necklace      D. A Brave Young Man

2. Why did the young man look nervous?

    A. Because he had never bought jewelry before.

    B. Because he would get married.

    C. Because he didn’t have enough money to buy a satisfying present.

    D. Because he feared he would be laughed at by shop assistants.

3.The word "overspending" in this passage means ________.

　　A. spending too much money       B. spending too much time

　　C. spending more time than be planned

　　D. spending too much time and too much money

4.When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his

face________.

　　A. turned pale　　B. turned black   C. turned yellow　D. turned red

5.James would come back to buy what he wanted because ________.

　　A. the necklace was good    B. Laura liked the necklace

C. the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things

　　D. the assistant who served James was very beautiful

 

You speak, write a letter, make a telephone. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.
When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head, and people know you are saying "No". You nod and people know you are saying "Yes". Other things can also carry messages. For example, a sign at the bus helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door helps you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others. They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
【小題1】People communicate ________.

A．with words only	B．in many different ways
C．in letters and drawings	D．with smiles, tears and hands

【小題2】Signs can carry as many _________ as words.

A．questions

B．examples

C．tears and smiles

D．messages

【小題3】Which of the following is not talked in the passage as which can help us communicate?

A．books and magazines

B．TV and films

C．newspapers

D．radio

【小題4】Communication is important because it can help people to ______.

A．understand the world and other people better around us.

B．teach each other to speak, write, read and draw.

C．know what other people are thinking about

D．learn about mountains,blue sea and other things.

【小題5】The best title（題目）for this short passage is _________.

A．Signs Carry Messages	B．The important Communication
C．Words, Signs and Drawing	D．Ways of Communication.

　                        　A
The nervous-looking young man had waited for a few moments outside the jeweler's shop before he got enough courage to enter．He was warmly greeted by a young assistant. James felt a rush blood to his face as he explained he would bring in his future wife to choose a birthday present．The assistant listened carefully and told him he'd better buy a necklace. He wasn't used to buying jewelry and was a little worried about overspending. After some discussion as to reasonable price and type（類型）, the assistant showed him dozens of necklaces and helped him to choose. At last James chose one and left the shop promising to return at five o'clock. When, half an hour later, James did return to the shop with his future wife, Laura, the assistant acted as if she had never seen him before. When she was asked to show them some necklaces, she first brought out some inexpensive ones for them to choose and then gave them the one she had prepared. A choice was soon made and they went away, satisfied. James would certainly come back to buy what he wanted when he got married.
【小題1】A good title（題目）for this passage is ________.

A．A Clever Assistant	B．Buying a Birthday Present
C．How to Choose a Necklace	D．A Brave Young Man

【小題2】 Why did the young man look nervous?

A．Because he had never bought jewelry before.

B．Because he would get married.

C．Because he didn’t have enough money to buy a satisfying present.

D．Because he feared he would be laughed at by shop assistants.

【小題3】The word "overspending" in this passage means ________.

A．spending too much money

B．spending too much time

C．spending more time than be planned

D．spending too much time and too much money

【小題4】When James told the assistant why he wanted to buy a present, his
face________.

A．turned pale

B．turned black

C．turned yellow

D．turned red

【小題5】James would come back to buy what he wanted because ________.

A．the necklace was good

B．Laura liked the necklace

C．the assistant knew how to satisfy the people who came to buy things

D．the assistant who served James was very beautiful

閱讀理解

　　Light travels at a speed which is about a million times faster than that of sound. In one second, light travels about 300,000 kilometers, but sound travels only 344 metros. You can get some idea of this difference by watching the start of a running match. If you stand quite away from the starter（發(fā)令員）, you can see smoke come from his gun before the sound reaches your ears.

　　The fast speed of light produces some strange facts. Sunlight takes about 8 minutes to reach us. If you look at the light of the moon tonight, remember that the light rays（射線）left the moon 1.3 seconds before they reached you. The nearest star is so far away that the light which you can see from it tonight to travel to you 4 years ago at a speed of nearly 2 million kilometers every minute. The light from some of tonight’s stars started on its journey towards you even before you were born.

　　Thus, if we want to be honest, we cannot say, “The stars are shining brightly tonight.” We have to say, “The stars look pretty. They were shining four years ago but their light has just reached out earth.”

1. The best title（題目）of this passage is ________.

[　　]

A. Light Travels Faster than Sound

B. Stars Are Very Far Away from us

C. The Speed of Light

D. It’s Not Correct to Say “The Stars Are Shining Brightly Tonight”

2. If you stand 200 metros away from a man who is firing a gun to start a running match, you will find out that ________.

[　　]

A. light travels a million times faster than sound

B. the smoke of the gun gets into your sight after the sound of the gun-shot

C. sound travels less fast than light

D. the sound of the gun will reach you at the same time with the light of the smoke

3. Sunlight obviously ________ than the light of the moon.

[　　]

A. has to travel a greater distance

B. moves less quickly

C. travels much more quickly

D. is less powerful

4. The scientific way of saying “The stars are shining brightly tonight” should be ________.

[　　]

A. the stars have been shining all the time

B. the stars seen tonight will be shining four years later

C. the stars were shining long ago but are seen tonight

D. the star light seen tonight could be seen four years ago

5. The light of the nearest star you see tonight has been ________ for years.

[　　]

A. on the earth　　　　    B. on the moon

C. away from the sun　　   D. away from itself