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As we know that words () meanings.
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What do we know about tsunami?
A.It is a scientific term for seaquakes.
B.It iS a Japanese name for true tides.
C.It is an African word for hurricanes.
D.It is a name of an unknown American scientist.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.
The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
From this passage, we know that ______.
A.man never made sounds
B.man made animal sounds
C.man used to be like animals to make sounds
D.man learned from the animals to make sounds
But we know _11_ nothing about the people
A.almost
B.most
C.at most
D.mostly
A.pleasant
B.please
C.pleasing
D.pleased
"If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket."
"I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so."
I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?'
"We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not."
"So when it goes down, you go down with it."
"That's good, sir. '
"How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know.
"I have no idea. There's no way we can find out without asking the computer."
After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said. "Let's forget the computer. What about your planes? They're still flying, aren't they?"
"I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT'knows. 'It'can't tell me.
By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.
The best title for the article is______.
A.When the Computer Is Down
B.How to buy a ticket
C.The Computer of the Airport
D.Asking the Computer
()you wish to know why we have placed no further orders with you recently, we are willing to raise a matter that caused us some trouble .
A. since
B. though
C. as
D. although
From the story we can know David was an ________ man.
A.kind
B.experienced
C.arrogant(自大的)
D.honest but inexperienced(无经验的)
From what Mr. Collins said, we can know that he_________ .
A.had only an incomplete picture of what happened
B.heard and saw nothing at all
C.talked to the pilot
D.was once a pilot
Mrs. Green, Danny's teacher, was concerned a lot. "I didn't know that Danny was being picked on," she answered. "He's never said anything about this to me!" Mrs. Green looked at Danny. "How long has this been going on?" she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor, He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble after school.
Danny hadn't said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.
We learn from the reading that ______.
A.Danny was not a good student
B.Danny's mother talked too much about the school
C.Danny's teacher knew something about Danny's problem before
D.Danny wanted to get away from Rick
From the last paragraph we know that in Brazil______.
A. it is important to arrive at the appointed time
B. it is rude for professors to be late for class
C. it is normal for students to leave during lectures
D. it is natural to keep the professor staying after class
A.sometime
B.sometimes
C.as well
D.one day