Fryderyk F. Chopin was born in March, 1810 in Poland. He was one of the greatest musicians in the world. In 1831, when he went to Paris, no one knew he could play the piano very well.
At that time in Paris the most popular musician is the Hungarian（匈牙利）pianist Franz Liszt.
One night, at a concert, when Liszt went to the piano and all the people shouted his name. When the worker turned off all the lights in the concert, a wonderful piano concert started. The music was so good that the listeners were all greatly interested.
They kept praising（夸奖）the pianist and thought that Liszt was much talented in playing the piano. It felt like that he had already reached something new in playing the piano.
At last, all the lights were turned on again as the music came to an end. And there stood a young man but not the famous Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.
Liszt planned all this. When the lights were turned off, Liszt left his chair and let Chopin take his place, so with the help of Liszt and his own talent, Chopin soon became famous.
1. Chopin was______________.| A．the greatest singer in the world | B．a famous pianist from Poland |
| C．a famous pianist from Paris | D．one of the most famous musicians in Hungary |
| A．after the worker turned on all the lights | B．when Liszt sat down at the piano |
| C．after the worker turned off all the lights | D．when Chopin went to the concert |
| A．because he came to the concert | B．because he was a student of Liszt's |
| C．because he took Liszt's place at the concert | D．because he played so well at the concert |
| A．To Be Hard-working | B．To Be Outgoing |
| C．To Be Famous | D．To Be More Creative |
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1. Ben's grandparents don't work now because(因为) they are _______.
| A．young | B．old | C．strong |
| A．They're doctors. |
| B．His father is a teacher and his mother is a doctor. |
| C．His father is a doctor and his mother is a teacher. |
| A．in an office. |
| B．in a school. |
| C．in a hospital. |
| A．Canada. | B．China. | C．England. |
| A．Ben's family is small. |
| B．Ben and I are in the same class. |
| C．Ben's aunt is in white in the photo. |
【推荐2】There is a school called the Huaping High School for Girls in Lijiang, Yunnan Province. Its headmaster (校长) Zhang Guimei opened it twelve years ago and she has sent 1, 804 girls here to great colleges (大学) all over the country.
In 1996, when Zhang Guimei came to teach in Huaping, she found many young girls left school at a very young age. They went to work or got married because their families didn’t have money. To let these young girls have a good education, Zhang decided to open a free school for them.
After years of hard work, the Huaping High School for Girls finally opened. Zhang almost gave all her life to the students here. Some girls were afraid of the dark teaching building when they came to school early, so Zhang went to the school at 5 a. m. and turn on the lights of the teaching building for them. When the students studied in the classroom late at night, Zhang kept staying with them at school. Zhang also kept visiting the students’ homes to know more about them.
Zhou Yunli was one of Zhang’s students. She became a middle school teacher in a big city after finishing college. When hearing that her old school needed some math teachers, Zhou Yunli went back to her home town right away, “Without Ms. Zhang’s school, I would be nobody. It’s time for me to repay (报答) her and my old school.”
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs？| A．Zhang began to work as a teacher in Huaping in 1996. |
| B．Zhang opened the Huaping High School for Girls in 2012. |
| C．There are 1804 girls in the Huaping High School for Girls. |
| D．The young girls in Huaping didn’t like to go to school in the past. |
| A．教育 | B．环境 | C．家庭 | D．收入 |
| A．visited their homes to tell them not to worry |
| B．turned on the lights of the teaching building early |
| C．stayed with them when they studied in the classroom |
| D．got to the school early and waited for them at the school gate |
| A．By collecting money for it. |
| B．By teaching the girls there maths. |
| C．By taking the girls there to big cities. |
| D．By working as the headmaster of it. |
【推荐3】Once there was a milkman named Deenu. He had built his hut (木屋) far away from his village in the woods. He preferred the quietness of the woods to the noisy village.
Deenu was an honest man. He treated every person fairly, but sometimes he got cheated. He thought the world was full of evil (邪恶的) spirits. One evening, Deenu was returning home after selling milk in the village. He saw an old man sitting under a tree meditating (冥想). So he walked up quietly. “Can I help you?” the man asked with his eyes closed.
“Yes. I want to know how to change the world. Everything in nature is so beautiful, but there are so many bad people who only care about themselves. What can I do?” Deenu said.
The man smiled and asked, “Did you smile at all your customers today?” “Sometimes, but not all,” Deenu replied. “For those people you don’t like, did you show them a smile first?” the man continued. “Not really. Why should I?” Deenu asked.
“Well. If you really want to do something for the world, you can start with yourself. You can’t determine (决定) how other people think or act, but you can decide what you do.” the old man said patiently. This made sense to Deenu. He thanked the man and walked home with the help the wiser man. He changed the way in which he saw the world.
1. We can know from the passage that the milkman ________.| A．lived in a hut in the village | B．loved the quietness of the village |
| C．didn’t have a job and hung out all day | D．thought the world was not so pleasant |
①Deenu was returning home after selling milk in the village.
②An old man sitting under a tree meditating (冥想)
③An old man had a talk with Deenu and taught him something useful.
④Deenu built his hut far away from his village in the woods.
| A．②③①④ | B．③④①② | C．①②③④ | D．④①②③ |
| A．caring less about others will make you happy |
| B．changing the world starts with oneself |
| C．being a responsible man is not hard |
| D．staying away from the bad men will make you happy |
| A．patient | B．wise | C．responsible | D．honest |
| A．we should smile back when people smile at us |
| B．we should be nice to all the people we meet |
| C．we should make up our mind to change the world |
| D．we should always talk with old men |
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Tide is the regular rise and fall of the ocean level caused by the movement of the sun, the earth and the moon. It is considered a promising source of green energy to produce electricity in coastal areas.
To make use of tidal energy, we need to build tidal power stations. The bays and the river mouths where the tide is high (the tidal range is more than 10 metres) are usually perfect sites to build tidal power stations. There are many such places in the world. According to the IRENA (the International Renewable Energy Agency), by just using 2% of our coastlines, we can produce 4, 383TWh of ocean power each year, enough to meet 16. 4% of the world's electricity needs.
To build a tidal power station, we need to build a dam. In the dam are many turbines and on each turbine there is an electric generator. When the tide rises, water comes through the dam, the turbines turn and the electric generators work, producing electricity. When the tide fall, water goes out through the dam, the turbines turn again. The electric generators continue to work.
Tidal energy has it advantages. Using tidal energy to produce electricity is much cheaper than using the traditional energy, like coal or gas. For example, the Rance Tidal Power Station in France has been there for over 50 years, producing around 540, 000TWh of electricity each year. The cost is only 1.3 cents/TWh. Tidal energy can be used nearly 24 hours a day. As long as the sun, the earth and the moon exist, we can use it to produce electricity. But without sunshine, here is no solar energy. When there is no wind, electric generators will not work. In addition, with the development of modern technology, tidal energy can be stored and used to produce electricity continuously. However, we still have some problems to solve. It is difficult to build a dam in the sea, and the cost is very high. Moreover, it's expensive to keep a tidal power station in its best condition.
Scientists are working on them.
1. A tidal power station is best built __________.| A．at a river mouth with wind | B．along the coast with waves |
| C．in a bay with tide high enough | D．in coastal areas with sunshine |
| A．make the tide rise and fall | B．make an electric generator work |
| C．let water go through the dam | D．keep the dam in good condition |
| A．We can use it to get useful tide. | B．It can improve the ocean environment. |
| C．We can use it nearly all the time. | D．It meets 16. 4% of the electricity needs. |
| A．By digging more bays and river mouths. |
| B．By building cheaper tidal power stations. |
| C．By closing traditional electric power. |
| D．By using tidal energy to replace other energy. |
【推荐3】Sonia is a student. She likes collecting things. She has a sports collection(收藏品). She has ten tennis rackets, seven basketballs, four volleyballs and two soccer balls. She likes playing tennis. She plays tennis every day and she is in the school tennis club.
Susan is Sonia's friend. She has a sports collection, too. She has five basketballs, six volleyballs, three ping-pong bats and many ping-pong balls. She also has two soccer balls. But she doesn't play sports. She only watches ball games on TV or get some sports news in the magazines.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Ball games. | B．Hobbies. | C．School girls. | D．Tennis. |
| A．watching TV | B．reading magazines |
| C．playing sports | D．collecting things |
| A．tennis rackets | B．ping-pong bats |
| C．volleyballs | D．soccer balls |
| A．tennis | B．volleyball | C．football | D．basketball |
| A．clubs | B．news | C．sports | D．magazines |
【推荐1】Modern people are paying more attenion to exercise and many famous people are leading the trend(湖流）,while in ancient China there were also many fitness lovers. Let’s take a look at some noted figures’（名人）fitness stories of the Song Dynasty（960-1279）.
Ancient poet Lu You:chosho
During his later years, Lu You started the body building called chosho, or shouts, a long and loud cry. Chosho was quite popular in ancient times, which was not roaring or whistling, but an elegant, serious and skillful health method. When ancient people did chosho, they opened their body, breathed in deep and then breathed out in rhyme.
Su Dongpo:long run, five kilometers per day
The great Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo, or Su Shi preferred to take long runs. In a letter to his friend Cheng Zhengfu, Su Dongpo talked about his exercise habit, which was to run five kilometers per day. He would slow down when he breathed hard, and speed up when his breath balanced. Su Dongpo would run until he was sweaty, hot, blood circulating and limbs feeling refreshed.
Hu Yanzan:cold bath
According to historical records, General Hu Yanzan trained his children in the snowy winter by pouring cold water on them as they stood outside. There was an annual festival in November during the early Tang Dynasty(618-907)called"Pouring cold", where a group of strong men sang and danced in the street while crowds poured cold water on them. During the Song Dynasty, Hu Yanzan restored(恢复）the tradition by cutting out the singing and dancing parts and keeping the pouring cold water part, as a way to exercise people's physical bodies.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What is NOT mentioned when doing chosho ?
| A．Opening the body | B．Breathing in deep |
| C．Crying loudly | D．Shouting bravely |
| A．He ran five kilometers per week . | B．He would run until he was feeling hot . |
| C．He would stop running when breathing hard . | D．He would slow down when his breath balanced . |
| A．sing | B．dance | C．pour water | D．exercise the bodies |
| A．Some poems in Song Dynasty . | B．Some ways of keeping healthy . |
| C．Some traditions in Song Dynasty . | D．Some famous people’s stories about body building . |
| A．Lu You | B．Su Dongpu | C．Hu Yanzan | D．Hu Yanzan’s kid |
【推荐2】Mr. Hunt's family is very poor. Because of that, he is in school for only three years and he has to stop to help his parents though (尽管) he is good at his lessons. When he is sixteen, he comes to the city and begins to work in a small factory. He learns from an old worker and six years later, he becomes a good worker. The old worker likes him and marries (嫁) his daughter to him. The young man does not have a house so he has to live with his parents-in-law (岳父母). His mother-in-law always thinks he is poor and often chatters (唠叨).
It is one fine Sunday. The old woman wants to have a trip on the top of the hill. She tells Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she tells him to turn left (左转) and sometimes to turn right. The young man has to listen to her. At a crossing the lights turn red but she makes him turn left. The policeman stops them.
"If I did wrong, sir," says Mr. Hunt, "It is my mother-in-law's fault(过错). She is driving the car though she sits behind me."
1. Mr. Hunt is in school for 3 years because ________.| A．he is not good at his lessons | B．his family is poor |
| C．he isn't clever | D．he wants to stay at home |
| A．Mr. Hunt is a good worker | B．Mr. Hunt is good to his daughter |
| C．Mr. Hunt can live with him | D．Mr. Hunt works six years there |
①Mr. Hunt and his mother-in-law go to a hill.
②Mr. Hunt comes to the city.
③Mr. Hunt becomes a good worker.
④The policeman stops Mr. Hunt's car.
| A．④②③① | B．②③④① | C．②①③④ | D．②③①④ |
| A．It is the old woman's fault. |
| B．Mr. Hunt doesn't like his mother-in-law. |
| C．The old woman drives the car that day. |
| D．The old woman told Mr. Hunt to turn left when the lights are red. |
【推荐3】John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can’t tell the time. He says ＂breakfast time＂,
＂lunchtime＂, and ＂teatime＂ when it is eight o’clock, twelve o’clock and four o’clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn’t know how to help him.
One day John’s aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that. ＂Let me help you. I think I can help him.＂
When John gets home after school, Mary starts to teach him.
＂Can you count, John?＂ she asks him.
＂Yes. One, two, three, four…＂ John says. ＂That’s great. Now I put the long hand on twelve and the short hand on one — that is one o’clock. I put the short hand on two, what is the time?＂
＂Two o’clock.＂
＂Good. And on three?＂
＂Three o’clock.＂
It is then four o’clock in the afternoon, and John’s aunt asks him, ＂What time is it now, John?＂
＂Teatime, Aunt.＂ John looks at the clock and answers.
1. John’s mother can’t help him to __________ the time.| A．read | B．write | C．tell | D．listen to |
| A．breakfast time | B．lunchtime |
| C．supper time | D．teatime |
| A．mother | B．aunt | C．teacher | D．sister |
| A．认识 | B．读 | C．数 | D．熟记 |
| A．John thinks breakfast time is eight in the morning |
| B．John thinks four o’clock in the morning is teatime |
| C．John can’t count |
| D．John has a nice watch but it doesn’t work |
【推荐1】May 10th is Meg's birthday. She gets a gift. It is a new jacket from her sister. The jacket is very beautiful and she is very happy.
One day, Meg finds a button (纽扣) of her jacket is lost. She looks for the button everywhere, but she can't find it. The next day, she doesn't wear (穿) that jacket to school and is unhappy all day. After school, she goes to the clothes stores and wants to buy that kind of clothes. But she is disappointed.
Meg tells her sister about that, her sister says, " We can change all the buttons. Then the buttons will be the same. " The jacket is nice again and Meg is happy again.
1. Meg's sister buys ________ for her on her birthday.| A．some buttons | B．a new jacket | C．a new bike | D．some flowers |
| A．She is happy. | B．She is unhappy. | C．She is excited. | D．She is bored. |
| A．She changes all the buttons of the jacket. |
| B．She buys another jacket again. |
| C．She buys a button in the clothes store. |
| D．She goes to the clothes store and changes the jacket. |
| A．兴奋的 | B．失望的 | C．无趣的 | D．高兴的 |
| A．A lost button | B．A lost jacket | C．An unhappy girl | D．A clothes store |
【推荐2】Hi, everyone! Welcome back to school! I miss you so much! Wait! Who’s he? Is he the new classmate, Leo? Leo is a little short. He wears a red T-shirt and a yellow cap. He has a big orange schoolbag. What's in it? I want to have a look.
Time for class! Leo takes out his books, brown rulers and blue pens from his bag. He has many colored pens for the art class. He has a cup for the science(科学) class and he has a drum(鼓) for the music class.
At noon, Leo has lunch with us. His lunch is in his schoolbag. He made it by himself. After lunch, Leo wants to go to the library( 图书馆). I want to tell him the way, but he takes out a map from his schoolbag. He says he can follow the map.
It begins to rain in the afternoon. We wait in the classroom, but Leo goes home. Because he has an umbrella(雨伞)in his schoolbag! And he takes out another umbrella from his schoolbag and gives it to me.
How interesting Leo’s schoolbag is!
1. Leo's schoolbag is .| A．Small | B．short | C．orange |
| A．A | B．B | C．C |
| A．map | B．drum | C．umbrella |
| A．A New Classmate Leo | B．Leo’s School | C．Leo's Schoolbag |
On days when you have soccer practice or an aerobics class, you may have no trouble exercising for an hour or more. But most of us are busy, and 60 minutes a day for exercise seems like a lot of time. The good news is that it’s OK to divide it into shorter exercise breaks throughout the day.
Just as you might have a healthy snack to stop yourself from getting hungry, exercise snacks can keep energy levels high. So get up 15 minutes early and do some stretching (伸展) activity. Walk fast or run slowly for 15 minutes after lunch. Do the same thing after school — or walk or bike home. Add to that taking the stairs, PE class, and walking between classes during the day, and you’ve probably reached your 60 minutes.
Here are five simple ways to make an exercise lifestyle change:
1. The writer thinks many people probably misunderstand the word“activity” to be “_______”.
| A．physical activity | B．body movement |
| C．sports hall exercise | D．outdoor exercise |
| A．the time spent on exercise |
| B．the intensity of activity |
| C．the difficulty of exercise |
| D．the right balance of activity |
| A．exercising for a long time is bad for people’s health |
| B．it has the same effect as soccer practice |
| C．people usually haven’t much time to exercise |
| D．no one can spare lots of time to exercise |
| A．Regular exercise. | B．School exercise. |
| C．Indoor exercise. | D．Difficult exercise |
