【文章內容簡介】 B.To show examples are not enough.C.To make the writer39。s opinion clearer.D.To express happiness is from children.（4）What does the writer try to tell us? A.Buying new things can make people happy.B.The key to happiness is making others happy.C.If you want to be happy, you can visit Africa.D.People who have a lot of money might not be happy.7．閱讀理解 Some parents are always paring their children with themselves when they were young, or with other people when they were children. When I was your age, a father said to his sixteenyearold son one day, I was at the top of my class every year. And I knew what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals. You are always at the bottom of your class, and you have no goals. The man39。s son said nothing. He had heard this from his father many times. And when your mother was your age, the boy39。s father went on, she had a good job and she was earning money. You don39。t even have a parttime job. You earn nothing. The man39。s son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. And when your older brother was your age, the boy39。s father went on, he studied hard. You just waste your time. And the man39。s son still said nothing. Finally, the boy39。s father said, And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night. This time the son could not stay silent. And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, Father, he said, he was the President of the United States. What are you?His father had no answer to this.（1）The father pared his son with the following people EXCEPT ________. A.himselfB.the boy39。s brotherC.Abraham LincolnD.the boy39。s classmates（2）How did the boy probably feel? A.Happy.B.Afraid.C.Angry.D.Surprised.（3）What can we infer from the passage? A.Some parents like paring their children with other children.B.The boy39。s father studied very well when he was young.C.The boy was the youngest child in his family.D.The father wanted his son to bee President of the USA（4）What is the passage mainly about? A.A happy family on vacation.B.A father plaining about his son.C.A son lying to his father.D.Abraham Lincoln as a child.8．閱讀理解 Everybody hates rats. But rats may soon be man39。s new good friends. What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can39。t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat. How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat39。s brain gives a signal. This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rat39。s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person. Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. Robots39。 noses don39。t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that. Rats can also see in the dark, they are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don39。t need electricity! The rat project is not finished. But a scientist says, It would be great. A rat could get into any place we couldn39。t get to, and a rat would get out if it wasn39。t safe. Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building （but only after an earthquake, of course）.（1）Where do you think you can find this passage? A.In a magazine about toys.B.In a history book.C.In a newspaper about science.D.In an advertisement.（2）Which of the following is NOT TRUE? A.Rats don39。t need electricity.B.Rats are better than robots when smelling.C.Rats are as clever as radios.D.Rats can see things in the dark when doing rescues.（3）Why does the rat project sound great according to the passage? A.Because rats can get into very small spaces.B.Because rats have better noses than dogs.C.Because rats don39。t like robots.D.Because rats are brave.（4）Which is the best title of this passage? A.Ways of saving peopleB.RatsC.EarthquakesD.Rats for rescue9．閱讀材料，然后從各題所給的四個選項中選出一個最佳答案。 EXCITING NEW COMPETITION! Give your workplace a spring facelift! Living magazine is offering three prizes of between ￡10, 000 and ￡50, 00o to be spent on improving the school, college or office where you spend so many hours each day! If you win, the money will be yours to spend as you wish to make life more pleasant.Just think! 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