1 . Do you know the history of money? It has changed a lot during thousands of years. Here is some information to help you learn about the changes.
1. How does the writer begin the text?
| A．By showing a fact. | B．By telling a story. |
| C．By using an old saying. | D．By asking a question. |
| A．About 200 years ago. | B．About 2,800 years ago. |
| C．About 3,200 years ago. | D．About 11,000 years ago. |
| A．It was beautiful and clean. | B．It didn’t break easily. |
| C．It was light and easy to carry. | D．It was easy to create. |
| A．Introduce the development of Chinese money. | B．Describe different forms of money. |
| C．Explain the method of paying with phones. | D．Discuss the importance of money. |
2 . Summer is my good friend. But we often argued because of some little things. Once our school would hold a special activity—Winter Play. We both acted in it. Our director, Mr. Jackson, wrote the script (剧本) and the song for the play. At first, we practiced without talking with each other. Then one day, Mr. Jackson said to us, “Summer and Julia, I’d like to talk to you after practice today.”
My heart started beating fast. I thought about how badly I did in the practice last week. And I wondered whether I would be kicked out of the play. But he said to us, “You’re excellent and I want you two to team up and sing the song all by yourselves. You can say no, but I believe you two can do well.”
I thought Summer must say no. But surprisingly, she agreed and we said yes at the same time. Leaving the office, I asked Summer, “Haven’t you forgotten the things between us?” She smiled at me, and then we had a heart-to-heart talk. We talked about our silly argument before, and we suddenly had a perfect idea to act the song in a humorous way. And it looked like we were arguing. We laughed many times when we practiced. On the day we showed our play, the audience (观众) couldn’t stop laughing at all.
Sometimes, a heart-to-heart talk can solve many problems. If you can find a way to laugh instead of arguing, you might find a surprising new way into friendship.
1. How might Julia feel when Mr. Jackson asked to talk to them?| A．Happy and excited. | B．Angry and surprised. |
| C．Worried and nervous. | D．Regretful and moved. |
| A．They had a deep talk. |
| B．They argued with each other again. |
| C．They just forgot them. |
| D．They asked the director for help. |
| A．It’s common for friends to have arguments. |
| B．Friendship needs good communication. |
| C．All creative ideas come from the real life. |
| D．Confidence is the key to success. |
3 . Hi, I’m Cui Xian. Recently, naughty kids (熊孩子) behaving badly in public places has become a hot topic. Our class had a meeting to discuss about it.
Class Meeting Record Date: 23/3/2023 Participants: Class 6 Li Ziyi When I travel by public transportation, I always take a set of chess and cards with me. Once,I invited a noisy child to play cards with me on the train. He was so excited and played cards with me quietly. So try to turn their attention to something they are interested in. Luo Chenxi The key to solving this problem is to say it in the right way. Shouting at kids or even arguing with their parents would make things worse. Let’s speak to them kindly. Just as an old Chinese saying goes, “Soft and fair goes far.” Lin Hanyun I think workers on the train should remind parents of their noisy children. As parents, they can take them to other places to help them calm down. For other passengers, we should try to be more understanding. If we can’t stand it, we can go to the quiet car (火车车厢) to rest or just put on our earphones. |
1. Who once played cards with a child on the train?
| A．Li Ziyi. | B．Luo Chenxi. | C．Lin Hanyun. | D．Cui Xian. |
| A．To remind us of the Chinese culture. |
| B．To support his idea of speaking kindly. |
| C．To teach us some Chinese history. |
| D．To predict the bad results of arguing. |
| A．Workers on the train should warn the noisy children. |
| B．Parents should take their children to a quiet car. |
| C．Other passengers should be more understanding. |
| D．Everyone should put on earphones on the train. |
1. What will Grace do to help the old people?
| A．Clean their rooms. | B．Cook for them. | C．Wash their clothes. |
| A．Chinese. | B．Math. | C．English. |
| A．Come up with a volunteer plan. |
| B．Invite their friends to join them. |
| C．Write a report about Volunteer Day. |
5 . 青少年缺乏锻炼引发社会关注，你校校刊对此话题正进行征稿，请根据以下信息完成一篇题为“A Report on Teenagers’ Exercise”的调查报告。
要求：
1. 词数：80—120词；
2. 文中不能出现自己的姓名和学校名称；
3. 开头已给出，不计入词数，可适当拓展。
A Report on Teenagers’ Exercise
Last week, we asked some students how often they did exercise. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What do you do in a situation like this? You are eating dinner with friends at a nice restaurant. You are having a great time when a phone rings at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking loudly about his problems. He talks for almost 10 minutes. This kind of things
Many people find cell phones
Off means off. Don’t use your phone if a sign says “turn off cell phones”. Follow the rules of restaurants and other p
Lights off, phone off. Never make calls in a theater or at the movies.
Pay attention! Don’t talk on a cell phone
Next time you are getting ready to make a call, stop and consider (考虑) the people
Alan: Hello, Sarah!
Sarah: Hi, Alan! You missed the party last night.
Alan: I’m on vacation these days.
Sarah: Really?
Alan: Harbin, of course. It’s one of the most
popular places for tourists this winter.
Sarah: I know that.
Alan: Sure. We enjoyed the beautiful snow and we’re going snowboarding tomorrow.
Sarah: Let me check the flight…OK, I’ll fly there tomorrow morning.
Alan: Don’t fool me.
Sarah: See you then!
| A．Where are you now? |
| B．Did you do anything special there? |
| C．What did you do on vacation? |
| D．Why didn’t you come? |
| E．That sounds really interesting. |
| F．I’ll wait for you at the airport. |
| G．Would you like to join us? |
8 . Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden.
It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass, beautiful flowers and twelve peach-trees. The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games to listen to them. “How happy we are here!” they cried to each other.
One day the Giant came back and saw the children playing in the garden.
“What are you doing here?” he cried in a very unfriendly voice, and the children ran away.
“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant, “I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.” So he built a high wall all round it.
He was a very selfish (自私的) Giant.
The poor children had nowhere to play. They had to wander (徘徊) round the high wall and talk about the beautiful garden inside. “How happy we were there,” they said to each other.
Months later, “I cannot understand why the Spring is so late in coming,” said the Selfish Giant as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden; “I hope there will be a change in the weather.”
▲ The Autumn gave golden fruit to every garden, but to the Giant’s garden she gave none. So it was always Winter there.
One morning the Giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music. It was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden. He jumped out of bed and looked out.
What did he see?
Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept (爬) in, and they were sitting in the branches (枝头) of the trees. They birds were flying about and the flowers were looking up through the green grass and laughing.
The Giant’s heart melted (融化). “Now I know why the Spring would not come here,” he said; “I will knock down the wall and my garden shall be the children’s playground for ever and ever.”
1. How did the Giant feel when he saw the children playing in his garden for the first time?| A．Happy. | B．Scared. | C．Friendly. | D．Angry. |
| A．But the Spring never came, nor the Summer. |
| B．The Giant stayed with his friend for seven years. |
| C．Anyone can understand that. |
| D．His garden was always full of flowers. |
| A．The children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden after school. |
| B．The Spring came to the Giant’s garden after the children ran away. |
| C．The children felt very sad when the Giant stopped them from playing in the garden. |
| D．The children crept into the garden and played games with birds and flowers there. |
| A．Respect (尊重) yourself, or no one else will respect you. |
| B．Stars only appear in the darkness. |
| C．The roses in her hand, the flavor (香味) in mine. |
| D．Be honest with yourself so that others cannot force you. |
9 . Modern China, like most of the countries in the world, uses the Gregorian calendar as its primary way of keeping time through the year. That means January 1 in Paris is also January 1 in Beijing. However, the traditional Chinese lunisolar (日与月的) calendar plays a necessary role in modern Chinese society.
Often mistakenly seen as a lunar calendar (月历), the traditional Chinese calendar is in fact lunisolar. The lunar calendar follows the moon’s synodic orbit (天体运行的轨道). It takes the moon 29.53 days to finish one full orbit around the earth. The year is then divided into 12 lunar months, which only adds up to 354 days each year, about 11 days short of the actual time it takes the earth to finish one full orbit around the sun. The Chinese add a 13th month to their traditional calendar about once every four years, that is, a leap year (闰月). So the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar is a hybrid timekeeping way that considers both the moon’s orbit around the earth and the earth’s 365-day orbit around the sun.
The Gregorian calendar is the official calendar in China. It tells people holidays such as Labor Day, Chinese National Day, and the international New Year. However, the Chinese calendar still plays an important role in everyday life. It tells people the traditional Chinese holidays such as the Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, and, of course, the Chinese New Year.
1. What is the primary way of keeping time in China?| A．The Gregorian calendar. | B．The lunisolar calendar. |
| C．The lunar calendar. | D．The solar calendar. |
| A．By explaining the result. | B．By telling a story. |
| C．By comparing two things. | D．By asking questions. |
| A．重要的 | B．常见的 | C．混合的 | D．完整的 |
| A．All countries in the world use the Gregorian calendar. |
| B．The Chinese use both the Gregorian calendar and the lunisolar calendar. |
| C．It takes about 354 days for the moon to finish one full orbit around the earth. |
| D．Only people in China use the lunisolar calendar. |
10 . Carol’s Weekly Account Book
1. From the account book, what cost Carol the most?
| A．Red pockets. | B．New clothes. |
| C．The dinner with friends. | D．The birthday cake. |
| A．Carol’s friend. | B．Carol’s mother. |
| C．Carol’s father. | D．Carol’s cat. |
| A．49 yuan. | B．98 yuan. | C．196 yuan. | D．50 yuan. |
