Love Is the Band-Aid(創(chuàng)可貼)

“What are you busy with yourself，Mom?”the girl of six years old asked her mother.

“M        dinner for the neighbor aunt.”    “Why?” 

“Because the other day the aunt lost her dear daughter in the earthquake and is s _______ sad now. We must take

g           care of her these days.”

“W           need our care?”

“Because from then on the aunt can’t do what she liked to along with her daughter. Making dinner and doing housework are also becoming so d          . I don’t know what to do. My dear, can you come up with an idea to make the aunt feel b          ?”

All of a sudden，the girl went to the neighbor’s house and k            at the door.

“What can I do for you?” asked the neighbor.   

“I heard my mother say you’re very sad w          your daughter…..”The girl handed the band-aid tightly held in her hand to the neighbor.

Tears ran down from the neighbor’s eyes. She took the girl in her a           and said，“Thank you. Your band-aid will h          .

The most unusual museum in London is the Science Museum. In most museums, there’s no shouting and no running, and you aren’t allowed to touch the exhibits(展品). But the Science Museum is different, because it’s noisy! People talk about what they can see and do there, and some of the machines are noisy as well. Visiting the Science Museum is fun and it’s a great way to learn about science because you can work things out and try out ideas.

When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch Pad. This is my favourite room because you can do physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with  falling sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels into the correct position. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how we travel into space and back again.

Then I go upstairs to Human and Nature room. You can compare your speed with animals there. You hear a noise and push a button(按鈕). If you aren’t fast enough, the lion catches you! I’m faster than all my friends, but the lion still catches me.

There are also rooms on transport, the environment and space technology, as well as maths, physics and chemistry.

You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn’t take photos of the exhibits in the museum. But you can buy postcards of them in the museum shops.

Above all, the Science Museum is free. That means you can drop in for a few minutes or you can stay as long as you like—it’s open every day, from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum. It’s my favourite museum in the whole world.

1. What is the writer’s favourite room?

   A. The Launch Pad.      

B. The rooms on space technology.

   C. The Human and Nature room.  

D. The Rocket Show.

2. What can’t you do in the Science Museum?

   A. Touch the machines.                  

B. Do chemistry experiments.

   C. Take photos of the exhibits.         

D. Talk loudly about what you see.

3. How much does it cost to go into the Science Museum?

   A. $10 for adults.                       B. $6 for children.

   C. Only free for children.               D. Free for everyone.

4. How long can you stay at the Science Museum?

   A. 6 hours.      B. 8 hours.     C. 10 hours.    D.12hours.

5. In what way is the Science Museum different from other museums?

   A. We can see a lot of exhibits in the Science Museum.

   B. People can talk to each other in the Science Museum.

C. There’s no shouting and no running in the Science Museum.

   D. You can work things out and try out your ideas in the Science Museum.

“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”That may seem a strange thing to say． But touching things can help you to see them better． Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round． But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth* and cool the ball is． You can feel how heavy the glass is． When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it． With your skin, you can feel better． For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins*  in your pocket． You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too．

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means． They hear it often． Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up． In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes． To see something well, we have to touch it．

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling． One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that touching your skin． Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin． At first, it is not easy to feel these things． You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking． But today some museums have some things to touch． Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show． If we want to see better, reach out and touch． Then you will really see!

1.By touching things, ______．

A．you will have a strange feeling

B．you will learn how to reach out your hand

C．you can tell the difference of the things

D．you can tell what colours they are

2.When people buy things in shops, they often _______．

A．try them on first

B．keep their right hands on them

C．a(chǎn)sk about them

D．feel and touch them

3.Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things”? Because _______．

A．the things are used by people, too

B．people feel the things too often

C．people know how to use the things

D．the things are easy to feel

4.Which of the following is true?

A．Touching is more important than seeing

B．Our feet, fingers, hands and skin can help us buy food．

C．People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up．

D．Visitors can feel the things on show in some museums．

5.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．Touching by Feeling．                    B．To See or to Feel?

C．To See Better—Feel．                   D．Ways of Feeling．

Scientists who study the climate are still arguing about how fast the earth is warming and how much it will warm, but they do agree that the earth is warming and that it will keep warming if we don’t do anything about it.

Scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels (化石燃料) like oil and coal cause greenhouse gases to escape into the air and that these gases are causing most of the warming. Another cause is deforestation (cutting down trees) . Trees soak up carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse gases, from the air.

There are already some changes happening because of global warming. Sea level is rising and some animals are already moving to new homes. It’s already too late to stop global warming completely.

If the warming gets worse, as scientists expect, there may be some kinds of plants and animals that is disappearing because they can’t move to new homes. There may be more storms and floods. Sea level may rise so much that people have to move away from the coasts. Some areas may become too dry for farming.

Global warming is a very difficult problem to fix. People are having a hard time agreeing on what to do about it. For example, everyone agrees that wasting energy is a bad thing to do. But some people think that the federal government (聯(lián)邦政府) should make laws about it, while other people think it should be up to each person or business to decide what to do.

Many states and businesses in the United States are not waiting until the federal government decides what to do. They have already started working on the problem.

1.What are the scientists arguing about in the passage?

A. How fast is the earth warming?                  B. How much will the earth warm?

C. The earth will keep warming if we don’t do anything about it.    D. Both A and B.

2.What does the underlined phrase “soak up” mean?

A．take in            B．grow up           C．take off           D．set up

3.What may be the causes of global warming?

A．The disappearance of plants and animals and the wasting energy.

B．The burning of fossil fuels and storms and floods.

C．The burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.

D．The rising of sea level and deforestation.

4.What is the best title of this passage?

A．The reason for global warming             B．How to stop global warming

C．The changes to the world                 D．The global warming