"If you want to see a thing well, reach out (伸出手) 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 (光滑) 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 is 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 (习惯于) 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 it.
Then you will really see!
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
again. They all 2 fine.
We"re in Grade Eight this year. We have 3 new subjects. I"m not very 4 at Chinese,
but Han Mei says she can 5 me. I think I can 6 it better.
I like English very much. Zhang Hong likes English, 7 . But she needs help. I 8 I can
help her.
Mr Hu is our new English teacher. He 9 know all of us, so he has our names on a piece of
paper and 10 our names before he begins his lesson.
have a picnic. My friend Jack works hard in a factory during the 3 . At weekends he always 4 the
same thing. On Saturday he 5 his car and on 6 he takes his family to a nearby village. His uncle and
aunt have a farm there. It isn"t a 7 one, but there"s always 8 to do. The children help with the animals
and give them their 9 , Jack and his wife help in the fields. At the end of the day, they are all 10 and
Jack"s aunt gives them a big meal.
work places. Some people go to work by bike because they live farther away, or they like riding bikes.
They think it"s good for their health. Today more people have private (私人的) cars, so they can go to
work in their cars. In the south of China, many people even go to work by boat because water is around
their houses. Will people go to work by plane? I think so, if necessary (如果必要的话).
( )1. All people like to go to work by bike.
( )2. Some people think it"s good to go to work by bike.
( )3. Today more people drive to work.
( )4. In the north of China, many people go to work by boat.
( )5. The writer thinks some people will go to work by plane if necessary.
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| English people have porridge for breakfast, too. But their porridge is made of oats (燕麦), not rice. Many English people put sugar in their porridge, but the Scottish always put salt in it. English people always drink tea out of cups, not out of glasses. They usually drink tea with sugar and milk. When you go to an English family for tea, the host (男主人) or hostess always asks you, "How many lumps (方块) of sugar do you want in your tea?" In ordinary English families, the main meal is in the evening, because most of the families are away during the day. But on Sunday when everybody is at home, they make the midday (正午) meal, and in the evening they have a much lighter supper. |
| 根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。 ( )1. Some English people like eating porridge and putting sugar in their porridge. ( )2. All English people always drink tea with coffee and sugar. ( )3. Lunch is the main meal for English people. ( )4. Everybody in England is at home on Sunday. ( )5. English people have the main meal in the evening on Sunday. |