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(一)

Communication

You speak， write a letter， make a telephone call. Your words carry a message. People communicate with words. Do you think you can communicate without words? A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad. When you raise your hand in class， the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions. You shake your head， and people know you are saying“No”. You nod and people know you are saying“Yes”. Other things can also carry messages. For example， a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time? People can communicate in many other ways. An artist can use his drawings to tell about beautiful mountains， about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books， magazines， TV and radios and films all help us to communicate with each other. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

Notes: communicate 交流 sign 招牌，標志

1. Can we communicate with each other without words?

A. Yes， some times we can. B. No， we can’t.

C. No. It’s impossible. D. Yes， we always do so.

2. When we see somebody smile， then， he must be feeling ____.

A. angryB. joyful

C. surprisedD. sad

3. We can learn news from ____.

A. newspapersB. radio

C. TVD. ABC

4. A sign at the bus stop tells you ____.

A. how many buses there are

B. what kind of bus it is

C. where the bus comes and goes

D. how much money you’ll pay for the ticket

5. What do you think is the quickest way to communicate with your friend in another city?

A. Writing a letter.B. Making a telephone.

C. Drawing a picture.D. Asking someone else to take a message.

(二)

Weather and Men

Everybody talks about the weather， but nobody does anything about it. It is true. People usually begin their talks with “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “What a fine day!” etc. Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly agree with each other. One man may say， “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say， “No， it’s going to be fine tomorrow.” People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water， he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain; he won’t believe anything else. When friends have a travel， they are sure the weather is goint to clear up very quickly. Almost everyone listens to what the weather man says. But he doesn’t always tell us what we want， and once in a while he makes a mistake. Still， he probably comes closer to being correct than anyone else.

1. “Nobody does something about the weather”means ____.

A. nobody can make weather

B. nobody can change weather

C. nobody can talk about weather

D. nobody likes weather

2. ____ is a common way to start a talk.

A. Talking about weather

B. Keeping silent

C. Asking each other's names

D. Smile

3. Many people hope the weather will be ____.

A. fine

B. rainy

C. cloudy

D. like what they like to be

4. A weatherman probably is a man who ____.

A. reports weather

B. can see weather

C. can change weather

D. is made of weather

5. When it is cloudy in the east， you know that ____ tomorrow.

A. it is going to rain

B. it will be fine

C. it will be still cloudy

D. A or B or C

(三)

Languages

There are more than 3，000 million people on the earth and about 2，500 languages. Of these languages only about twelve are used by more than 50 million people. Here are the names of some languages which have very wide use: Chinese， English， French， German， Japanese etc. All these languages have more people talking them today than ever before. A hundred and fifty years ago there were only about twenty million people who talked English， for example. Now there are at least two hundred and fifty million， and there may be many， many more.

1. There are about ____ languages in the world.

A. 3，000 B. 2，500 C. 5 D. 50 million

2. Which languages are widely used in the world?

A. English and Chinese B. German and Japanese

C. French D. ABC

3. 150 years ago， only about ____ people spoke English.

A. 20，000 B. 200，000 C. 2，000，000 D. 20，000，000

4. Which of the following languages has most speakers， do you think?

A. English B. French C. Chinese D. Japanese

5. We know that now there are ____ people speaking English than before.

A. fewer B. much less C. much more D. many more

閱讀理解答案

(一) A B D C B(二) B A D A D(三) B D D C D