This was the last day of the camping trip. When afternoon activities were over, the kids couldn’t wait to play games in their tents. But Mr. Green said to them, “
“Is it interesting to look at the sky in the night?” asked Bill.
Mr.Green smiled, “
After dinner, the kids moved their telescope (望远镜) out of the tents. Tom looked at the moon and said to himself, “It’s funny that it’s called moonlight.”
Mr. Green said to the kids, “See the stars in the sky? Those points of bright can form shapes. Can you see the group of stars over there?
“Wow, interesting!” said Amy, who was looking through a telescope. “So many stars! I never knew the nighttime sky could be so attractive.”
“Really? Let me have a look.” said Bill.
Bill looked through the telescope for a while and shouted excitedly, “
“That’s a shooting star (流星)!” said Lucy.
“This is fun.” said Amy. “
“Yes,” said Bill. “I really enjoy looking at the stars now.”
“So you’ve found the answer to your question, right?” Mr. Green said to Bill.
| A．It looks like a giant spoon. |
| B．I can’t wait to go back to the tent. |
| C．A bright light is going fast in the sky. |
| D．Tonight we have been the star explorers. |
| E．I hope you will find out the answer yourself. |
| F．Let me tell you something about the nighttime sky. |
| G．Your last task is to watch the sky and describe what you see. |
Taking a great photo is not easy and there are lots of things to consider. How do you choose and organize your subjects within your photo?
Find a focus. When taking a picture, ask yourself, “What’s the focus?” If you are taking a picture of a crowded street, choose a subject which draws your eye.
Create colorful contrasts (对比). Color in a picture is more easily noticed if it has a contrast.
Try different angles. To add more interest to a photo, try taking it from different angles. This means you need to move around, taking photos from different sides, from above or from below. For example, if you photograph a building from a plane it looks tiny but a photo of the same building looking up from the street makes it look huge.
Practice makes perfect. Try everything for the perfect shot.
| A．Place the photo correctly. |
| B．It can tell a different story. |
| C．Remember the rule of thirds. |
| D．Think about focus, color, light and more. |
| E．It could be a person wearing bright colors. |
| F．If you take a picture of yellow flowers, don’t fill your picture with them. |
3 . “If you feel like sleeping more in winter, you are not alone,” said Dr. Raj Dasgupta. To support himself, he mentioned a study that found at least a third of American adults sleep more in winter.
So do people need to hibernate (冬眠) like some animals on cold days? Another study done at a hospital in Berlin may help you find out the answer. 188 patients in the study slept about an hour longer in winter, with 30 more minutes of rapid eye movement (REM). REM is a period of sleep where we dream more and our breathing speeds up. “REM helps us remember things and stay happy, and keeps us healthy,” said Dasgupta.
The need for more sleep in winter may have to do with how light fluctuates. “Our bodies use sunlight to set our sleep clocks. When it’s bright outside, we are usually active. But when the sun goes down, we may feel tired, “ Dasgupta said. “Less sunlight on cold days causes an increase in melatonin (褪黑素) produced by our bodies, which makes us feel sleepy.” Because of more production of melatonin, people naturally think a healthy person needs more sleep in winter.
However, that doesn’t mean humans really need hibernation. “We just need to have a better rest from busy social work in winter, by getting more sunlight in the morning and going to bed and waking up at the same time every day,” said another researcher, Dr. Carleara Weiss.
1. Why did Dasgupta mention the study in Para.1?| A．To show that sleeping more in winter is natural. |
| B．To introduce the living habits of American adults. |
| C．To explain why people feel like sleeping more in winter. |
| A．Its causes. | B．Its full name. | C．Its advantages. |
A． | B． | C． |
| A．What chemical makes us feel sleepy? |
| B．Why do we want more sleep in winter? |
| C．How does the weather influence our health? |
| A．To work less and sleep more. |
| B．To take an active part in social life. |
| C．To stay outdoors longer and have a fixed sleep time. |
4 . 
Mowgli went down the hillside into the farmers’ lands by night, and looked at the villagers in their house. But he didn’t believe in men because Bagheera showed him a square box with a drop gate so well hidden in the jungle (丛林) that he nearly walked into it. Bagheera told him that it was a trap. In the forest Mowgli and Bagheera slept all day and at night Mowgli saw how Bagheera killed animals. Bagheera killed right and left when he felt hungry. Mowgli learned to kill everything too.
“All the jungle is yours,” said Bagheera, “and you can kill everything that you are strong enough to kill. But you must never eat or kill any cattle. That is the Law of the Jungle (丛林法则).” Mowgli followed faithfully.
And he grew stronger and stronger like all boys who are growing up and who have nothing in the world to think of except things to eat.
Mother Wolf told him once or twice that Shere Khan was not a creature (生物) to be trusted, and that one day he must kill Shere Khan. But Mowgli forgot her advice because he was only a boy—a boy who couldn’t speak any human language and a boy who thought he was a wolf.
Shere Khan was always crossing his path in the jungle. As Akela grew older and weaker, Shere Khan became great friends with the younger wolves of the pack (狼群). The young wolves followed Shere Khan to get food. Shere Khan said nice things about them insincerely (不真诚地). He asked them why such good young hunters were happy to have a dying wolf and a man cub (幼崽) as their leaders.
—Adapted from Mowgli’s Brothers
1. ________ caused Mowgli’s disbelief (不信任) in men.| A．The cattle | B．A trap | C．The pack | D．A box |
| A．In two directions. | B．Here and there. |
| C．In and out of the forest. | D．In the dark. |
| A．Akela. | B．Shere Khan. | C．Bagheera. | D．Young wolves. |
| A．be Mowgli’s friend |
| B．encourage the younger wolves to be brave |
| C．praise Mowgli in a sincere way |
| D．break the good relationship between the pack and Mowgli |
5 . ①700 years before the Wright brothers began experimenting with human flight, the Chinese had already got its secrets—with kites.
②Kites may have been invented in China as early as 500 B.C.E. While some kites were flown for fun, other kites provided key technologies for daily life. Chinese fishermen used kites to carry their lines far out to sea. Sailors used them to take a measurement of the wind.
③The Chinese craftsmen were very clever! They made their kites from bamboo and silk, and they came in all kinds of cool shapes, like 80-foot-long dragons. These kites showed off ancient China’s great technology. Their wings and tails could even move! As Chinese engineers experimented to make the kites fly even higher, they discovered the science of aerodynamics (空气动力学). They made the wings of their kites work like airfoils (机翼)—the same design used in modern planes.
④And the man-carriers were the most amazing Chinese kites. Ancient Chinese people may have made them a common sight by the 1200s. The kites were much larger than a small airplane. They were made from strong bamboo poles tied together and then covered with silk. During wars, Chinese scouts used man-carrying kites to fly high in the sky and spy on their enemies—similar to modern spy planes.
⑤In the late 1200s, the Italian businessman and explorer Marco Polo was amazed by what he saw in China, and he wrote a detailed description. When he returned to Italy, most people refused to believe him. They could not imagine that a person could fly.
⑥Centuries passed before Europeans learned the secrets—often by flying kites imported from China. In 1804, an English engineer, Sir George Cayley, built the first model airplanes. He used kites to make the wings. About 100 years later, American inventors, including the Wright brothers, also found ideas for their flight experiments by flying kites first.
1. What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?| A．How people made kites. | B．When kites were invented. |
| C．What kites were used for. | D．Where kites were invented. |
| A．To describe the popularity of ancient Chinese kites. |
| B．To get readers to learn about the history of Chinese kites. |
| C．To show the excellent skills of kite making in ancient China. |
| D．To tell the differences between modern planes and Chinese kites. |
a. Sir George Cayley built the first model planes.
b. Ancient Chinese made large man-carrying kites.
c. Marco Polo told Italians about Chinese amazing kites.
d. The Wright brothers did flight experiments by flying kites first.
| A．b-c-d-a | B．b-c-a-d | C．c-d-a-b | D．c-b-a-d |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
6 . 
A young boy is crying because his ear hurts. Then a man comes out of the forest. He carries some juice from a white fungus. Carefully, he drips the juice into the boy’s ear. In some rainforest villages of South America, that’s how earaches are cured (治愈)!
Rainforest doctors, called shamans, use many kinds of plants as medicine. They make tea from one type of red vine (藤蔓). It cures stomachaches. Yellow flowers from another plant are used to treat snakebite. Local shamans have used the curing power of plants for thousands of years.
_________
Today, scientists from all over the world want to learn what these shamans know about plant medicines. They are racing to find the secrets of the rainforest before the plants disappear for good. And the rainforests are disappearing fast. Every year, people cut down an area of rainforest as large as Florida. Sometimes they want to use the land for farms. Sometimes they cut down the trees and sell the wood.
Now the scientists travel by boat, air, and foot to tiny rainforest villages. Then they spend long hours making their way through the hot and humid jungle (丛林) with the local shamans. The shamans show the scientists which plants can be used as cures.
Saving the Rainforest
One U.S. company has already found an important new medicine. It comes from a plant found in the rainforests of Ecuador. This medicine may soon be used to cure lung infections in kids. Rainforest plants might cure many bad diseases, such as cancer and AIDS. So medicine companies are working to save the rainforests. When people buy medicines made from the rainforest plants, part of the money will go to help save the rainforests. If the rainforests survive, someday you may find cures in your home that were made from white fungus and red vines.
1. What does the underlined word “He” in Paragraph 1 most probably refer to?| A．The boy’s father. | B．The boy’s teacher. |
| C．A rainforest scientist. | D．A rainforest doctor. |
| A．Many rainforest plants are used as medicines. |
| B．The rainforests in the US are disappearing fast. |
| C．Local shamans can cure different kinds of diseases. |
| D．There’re many plants in the forest of South America. |
| A．Losing the Rainforest | B．Looking for the Medicines |
| C．Learning from the Shamans | D．Walking through the Rainforest |
| A．Rainforest Doctors | B．Rainforest Medicines |
| C．The Medicine Companies | D．The Surviving Rainforest |
7 . 
About 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. Water in nature is saltwater and fresh water, but only three percent of that amount (数量) is freshwater. A lot of organizations are saying that people are running out of usable water, but few are taking this problem seriously.
Why should they? They see water everywhere. The average American family uses more than 1,140 liters (升) of water at home per day. However, in developing countries, nearly 900 million people do not have safe drinking water. Water shortages are, in fact, a bigger problem today than ever before. The human population has continued to grow and with it, its need for water. Global warming is making this problem more serious. Unless we all take it seriously, we will end up having to live on a blue planet without a drop of usable water.
From taking shorter showers to reusing water, there are many ways for you to save water. One more thing you can do is to reduce your use of “virtual water”. Perhaps you have never heard of the idea of “virtual water.” It means the water you use indirectly. We not just drink water and use it to clean all kinds of things; we also “use” it through the products we buy. To produce a piece of A4 paper, for example, we need about ten liters of water. The production of our food requires even more water. A cow needs to eat 1,300 kilograms of grain (谷物) for three years before it can produce 180 kilograms of beef. The grain requires water to grow, the cow needs to drink, and the farmer needs water to clean his farm. So behind each 230-gram steak dinner, there are nearly 3,600 liters of water!
It will make a big difference if you remove some meat from your diet and eat more fruit and vegetables instead. You are also saving water when you are writing on both sides of paper instead of just one. The world is running out of usable water. Every drop of it is valuable.
1. How much does saltwater take up the total amount of water on the earth?| A．3%. | B．68%. | C．71%. | D．97%. |
①The growing human population.
② The proper reprocess of water.
③ The great need for drinking water.
④ The increasing greenhouse effect.
| A．①②④ | B．①③④ | C．①②③ | D．②③④ |
| A．Taking a shower. | B．Washing some clothes. |
| C．Making a cup of tea. | D．Producing a kilo of mutton. |
| A．To improve the understanding of saving water. |
| B．To discuss the challenge of living on another planet. |
| C．To explain the reasons of protecting the environment. |
| D．To show the possibility of turning saltwater into fresh water. |
8 . 
①Wool is a great natural material that has been used by humans. It comes from the soft coat of sheep. Humans have been wearing wool for over 12,000 years. Today, more than 1.3 billion sheep around the world are used each year for woollen products, like sweaters and scarves.
②Why do so many people like woollen products? One of the great things about wool is that it is a fantastic insulator. This means it keeps us warm when it’s cold outside. It also has tiny air pockets that trap (锁住) heat, making it perfect for those cold days.
③Another advantage of wool is that it is breathable. It allows air to pass through, keeping us cool in the summer as well. Unlike other materials, it can prevent us from overheating, and make us feel comfortable.
④Wool is not only warm and breathable, but it is also durable (耐用的) and long-lasting. It’s strong enough for outdoor activities like hiking or playing in the snow. Woollen clothes can be passed down from one generation (一代) to another, creating a beautiful connection between family members.
⑤Making wool products requires a lot of efforts and a series of processes, which start with cutting. The sheep farmers cut the wool off the sheep completely by hand in spring. Don’t worry: cutting is safe and painless for the sheep, just like getting a haircut! After the cutting, hundreds of kilos of wool are packed together. Once the wool is collected, it goes through a process called scouring. It means wool is washed to remove any dirt and oil. Then the wool is made into yarn (毛线), which is used to make different woollen products. After the yarn is coloured, skilled workers make it into various products.
⑥Wool is made into all kinds of woollen products after processing and is used widely in our daily life.
1. How does the writer show that wool is a great material in Paragraph 1?| A．By telling stories. | B．By explaining ideas. | C．By showing facts. | D．By comparing reasons. |
| A．It can be used for a long time. | B．It can stop air from passing through. |
| C．It can produce and give out heat. | D．It can be made into products easily. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
9 . 
Fendouzhe (Striver) is a Chinese submersible (潜水器). It has finished its first international manned deep-diving (载人深潜) scientific research task in the Pacific Ocean with the Chinese scientific research ship—Tansuo 1. The ship returned to the city of Sanya, South China’s Hainan Province on March 11th, 2023. It had travelled for 157 days.
The ship covered more than 22,000 nautical miles (海里) and finished 63 successful deep dives. Four dives even exceeded a depth of 10,000 meters and the deepest dive reached a depth of 10,010.9 meters into the sea. According to Xinhua, the development of the Chinese-built Striver began in 2016 and then set a national record by diving to a depth of 10,909 meters in November 2020.
The journey included 10 organizations from home and abroad. Among them, there were two great people. Deng Yuqing, a Chinese researcher, together with Kareen Schnabel, a scientist from New Zealand, became the first two women who had reached the deepest point of the Kermadec Trench.
The team also reached the bottom of two abysses (深渊), one of which was the Diamantina Trench in the south-eastern Indian Ocean, marking the first-ever such journey in human history.
Researchers collected samples (样品) of things in the abysses like rocks and water. These samples will provide important support for the understanding of how the lives in the abysses develop and grow.
This research survey helped us learn more about the oceans. It also showed us how powerful China’s technology is. We all should be proud of our country.
1. When did the Tansuo 1 start to travel?| A．In October 2016. | B．In March 2023. |
| C．In October 2022. | D．In November 2020. |
| A．超过 | B．发现 | C．限制 | D．忽略 |
① The ship finished 63 successful dives.
② Fendouzhe dived the deepest in 2023.
③ Both men and women took part in the survey.
④ Researchers brought back rocks and water from the abysses.
| A．①②③ | B．①③④ | C．①②④ | D．②③④ |
| A．Successful and helpful. | B．Expensive and difficult. |
| C．Difficult but interesting. | D．Comfortable and meaningful. |
| A．The Deepest Dive | B．The Chinese Submersible |
| C．The Two Great People | D．The Deep-diving Scientific Research |
10 . Come and join the new bookstore which is at 369 Zhonghua Street. We will have some activities for the bookstore opening this Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
| Wide Choice Our bookstore has four floors with books of all kinds. If we do not have the book you are looking for, we can specially order it for you. You will have it in your hands within two days! Relaxing area We are proud of our children’s reading area on the first floor, as well as teenagers. The books for adults are on the third floor. Come for the activities and stay a while! Take a seat with a good book and a free cup of tea. You will discover the perfect way to spend a few hours. |
So please join us on Saturday. You can come anytime between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.—our activities will last all day long!
1. The new bookstore is ________.| A．at 369 Zhonghua Street | B．well-known to readers |
| C．for the young people | D．open at mid-night |
| A．pay for you | B．order it for you | C．borrow one for you | D．serve you a cup of tea |
| A．The first. | B．The second. | C．The third. | D．The fourth. |
