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What would happen if you tried to blow a soap bubble in freezing weather? Would it freeze solid(固体) and fall to the ground? Would you have to hit it to break it? These questions happened to me on a cold winter day. It was too cold to play in the snow, but it was a perfect time to experiment with blowing frozen bubbles.
To blow frozen bubbles, I used dishwashing soap and a drop of glycerin(甘油) to make it even better. I chose a place out of the wind, and blew bubbles the same way I always do. I watched to see what would happen. Here’s what I learned.
If the temperature is low enough, the skin of the bubbles frosts over (结霜), becoming cloudy instead of clear. And what about those rainbow swirls(旋转) you see in soap bubbles? The rainbow colors stay even when the bubbles frost, but they don’t swirl anymore. The bubbles still stay in the air. They don’t fall to the ground any faster than they would on a warm summer day.
When these frozen bubbles break, they don’t turn into small water drops as summer bubbles do. They turn into flashing rainbow confetti(碎屑) and move slowly to the ground. Sometimes a frozen bubble will roll across the snow without breaking. If nothing disturbs the bubble, it may stay there for a long time. Sometimes I could catch a bubble and hold it until the heat of my hand made it pop.
I learned another thing about blowing frozen bubbles. It’s so interesting that I want to try it again next year.
小题1:It is the perfect time to blow frozen bubbles on a ___________day.
A.cold winterB.warm springC.hot summerD.sunny autumn
小题2:When the frozen bubbles break, _________.
A.they make a big soundB.they turn into small drops
C.they fall to the ground like rain D.they become rainbow confetti
小题3:The purpose of the passage is _______.
A.to learn how to do a science experiment
B.to show the experiment of blowing frozen bubbles
C.to discover games that are fun to play in the snow
D.to invent a new kind of soap that makes stronger bubbles

答案

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
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试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了一个在冬季吹肥皂泡的实验,告诉我们在冬季吹肥皂泡会发生什么现象.
小题1:根据第一段but it was a perfect time to experiment with blowing frozen bubbles.描述,可知选A.
小题2:根据第四段When these frozen bubbles break, they don’t turn into small water drops as summer bubbles do. They turn into flashing rainbow confetti(碎屑)描述,可知选D.
小题3:这篇短文主要介绍了一个在冬季吹肥皂泡的实验,告诉我们在冬季吹肥皂泡会发生什么现象,故选B.
点评:本文浅显易懂,层次分明,学生很容易把握文章中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文,一般就能顺利找出答题依据。对于不能直接找到根据的问题注意联系上下文,根据短文中心总结出正确答案。
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"Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds.
If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an "inner ear", for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over.
Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous "don’t think of a white bear" problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears’ Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works!
小题1:According to the passage, earworms are ______.
A.songs that keep going round in our mind
B.worms that live in a part of our brain
C.tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga
D.parasites clearly under our control
小题2:Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.Singing songs may get earworms out of your head.
B.Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory.
C.Humans do not have complete control over their mind.
D.You won’t suffer from earworms unless you hear the song.
小题3:What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.The instruction to shut up your mind.
B.“Don’t think of the white bear” problem.
C.Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head.
D.Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task.
小题4:What is the passage mainly about?
A.The causes and influences of earworms.
B.What earworms are and how to deal with them.
C.How to clear earworms out of your head.
D.The relation between earworms and popular songs.

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A SCHOOL REPORT
 
Name: Edward Scott
School: Kelvin Grove State High School
Grade: 7                            
Term ending: 6, May

An English boy
Subjects
Assessment(评价)
Mathematics
He is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others.
Science
He can work out many difficulties. Well done!
English
He is the best in the class. Keep it up.
French
His reading is very good, he can remember many words.
History
He is not so good at this, but has done better than before.
Geography
He is familiar (熟悉的) with the names of many places in the world.
Music
He doesn"t like pop songs, though sings very well.
Remarks(评语): Edward has the ability to do a lot better. More work is needed
next term.
Class teacher: Ivy
Principal: M . L . Martin
School reopens: 11, September
 
小题1:Edward"s best subject is             .
A.scienceB.French
C.geographyD.English
小题2:Edward is not so good at             .
A.science and geography B.mathematics and history
C.history and FrenchD.music and English
小题3:According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.Edward can"t sing songs very well.
B.Edward doesn"t do well in science.
C.Edward learns two foreign languages in school
D.Edward can do better if he works harder in school.

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Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.
Children in the USA will 1   their parents’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they often go to different places to find good jobs. They often 2   to their parents or phone them, and they can choose their own 3 .  Americans think it’s important for young people to make their own decisions.
Children are asked to do some house work at 4 . In many families, children are paid for 5   the housework so that they can learn how to manage their own money.
小题1:A. leave       B. go      C. love
小题2:A. come        B. drive    C. write
小题3:A. jobs        B. job     C. works
小题4:A. playground   B. home    C. classroom
小题5:A. to do        B. do       C. Doing
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When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air  1 . But do you know that there is    2  air pollution inside homes, offices, hotels and other buildings? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of illnesses have   3   to do with polluted indoor air.
A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities   4   smoking and cooking. As most people    5   about 80-90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too.
Air pollution influences our health   6 . When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people suffer from it,   7  people with health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can   8  people"s eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also lead to lung cancer(肺癌)and heart disease! In the great London fog in 1952, 4,000 people died in a few days   9  the pollution!   10  is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!
小题1:
A.pollutionB.sadnessC.illnessD.business
小题2:
A.tooB.noneC.alsoD.neither
小题3:
A.nothingB.everythingC.something D.anything
小题4:
A.as well asB.such asC.instead ofD.for example
小题5:
A.takeB.costC.give D.spend
小题6:
A.in many ways B.in many things C.in many houses D.by the way
小题7:
A.andB.butC.orD.until
小题8:
A.hitB.hurtC.pollutedD.destroyed
小题9:
A.because ofB.thanks toC.related to D.or
小题10:
A.ThisB.ThatC.WhatD.It

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Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)?Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were no bigger than the cats.These small horses lived in the forest. The toes helped the horses run on the soft, wet ground.
At first, it was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became very cold. Many trees could not live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open fields took the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard.
Horsed began to change, too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time, horses had only one hard toe on each foot. Now we call this hard toe a hoof.
小题1:How many toes did a horse have millions of years ago?
A.14B.12C.16D.13
小题2:What does the underlined word “hoof” mean in Chinese?
A.尾巴B.马鬃C.腿D.蹄子
小题3:What was the weather like in the forest at first?
A.Very warmB.Very hotC.Very coldD.Very cool
小题4:Which is WRONG according to the passage?
A.The horses were much bigger than the cats millions of years ago.
B.The trees died and feel because the weather changed.
C.On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running.
D.The horses have fewer toes than before.
小题5:The main idea of the passage is that_______________.
A.horses had three toes on each back foot.B.horses lived in the hot forest
C.horses changed a lot over the yearsD.horses didn’t like the cold weather

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