| Dear Lucas, My new school is great! We usually have many activities at school. It's December now. We have a soccer game and a book sale on the 12th and the 18th. And we have a two-week holiday at Christmas, from Dec. 20th to Jan. 3rd. On weekdays, I get up at 6:00 am. We start school at 9:00 am and go home at 4:00 pm. In the evening, after dinner, my parents watch TV. I like listening to my CDs. I also tidy my room because my mum goes crazy if I don't. Sometimes my friends come to my home play with me or I go to their houses on school nights. At the weekend, we often go to the library. On Sunday I go to see my uncle and aunt. Life is different in summer! We have six weeks in July and August with no school. Can I come to China for my holiday? Please write back soon. Love, Simon |
| A．Lucas | B．Simon | C．Lucas' friends | D．Simon's uncle and aunt |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．For nine hours | B．For eight hours | C．For seven hours | D．For six hours |
| A．发狂 | B．高兴 | C．着迷 | D．糊涂 |
| A．He sometimes goes to see uncle and aunt. | B．He sometimes plays with his friends at home. |
| C．He sometimes watches T'V with his parents. | D．He sometimes goes to the library with friends. |
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I am in Beijing, China now, but my parents are in the USA. I live with my brother Peter. Beijing is big and great. There are many beautiful places and much delicious food here. I like Beijing very much.
Peter and I are in the same grade, but we are in different classes. We live far from the school and it takes us a long time to go to school. We have to get up at 6:20 in the morning, and then at 6:30 we ride bikes to the bus stop. It takes us about 20 minutes. At about 7:00, we take the bus to school. We get to school at about 7:30.
We have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. I think Chinese is too difficult, but Peter thinks it is easy. He can speak Chinese very well and he often helps me with it.
How is everything going with you in the USA? Write to me soon.
Love,
Kate
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Who is in Beijing now?
| A．Kate | B．Jenny |
| C．Jenny’s father | D．Kate’s mother |
| A．At about 6:40 | B．At about 6:50 |
| C．At about 7:00 | D．At about 7:30 |
| A．80 minutes. | B．an hour |
| C．50 minutes | D．half an hour |
| A．lives near the school |
| B．is in Grade Seven |
| C．goes to school on foot |
| D．is good at Chinese |
| A．Peter gets up at 6:30. |
| B．Kate has five classes a day. |
| C．Peter and Kate are classmates. |
| D．Kate thinks Chinese is very difficult. |
【推荐2】It’s seven o’clock. Jenny gets up and takes a shower. Next she gets dressed and goes to the kitchen to have breakfast.
Jenny usually has some milk and bread for breakfast. After breakfast she makes her room tidy. Her mother did it for her before, but it’s her job now. She feels very happy to give a hand to her mother. She always walks to school alone（孤独）because it is just down the street.
After morning lessons, Jenny goes to have lunch at the school dining hall. She eats with her best friends and they talk about all kinds of things. Movies are always their favorite topic（话题）.
In the afternoon it’s time to play different sports. Jenny likes to practice them all but she likes basketball best. At 4:00 p. m. she is at home. Her parents come back from work at 6:30 p. m. Jenny does her homework first, and then she listens to music or watches TV.
Dinner time is about 7:30 p. m. Jenny helps her mother. After dinner Jenny’s father cleans the kitchen. Jenny and her mother help him. Jenny tells her parents some interesting things at school. She enjoys staying and talking with her family.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What does Jenny do before breakfast?
| A．She takes a shower. | B．She goes for a walk. |
| C．She plays basketball. | D．She makes her room tidy. |
| A．She is very happy to ask her mother | B．She is very happy to help her mother |
| C．She is very happy to talk to her mother | D．She is very happy to play with her mother |
| A．sports | B．weather | C．movies | D．food |
| A．For one hour. | B．For one and a half hours. |
| C．For two hours. | D．For two and a half hours. |
| A．Jenny loves her family. | B．Jenny’s father likes cooking. |
| C．Jenny has a lot of friends at school. | D．Jenny’s parents are busy with their jobs. |
【推荐3】I make a friend on the internet（网络）. He is an English boy, Johnny. He is a good student. Every morning he gets up at 7:00 to read books, After he has his breakfast at home, he wears his uniform and usually rides his bike to school. In class, he listens to teachers carefully（认真地）. He studies hard, so he is good at all the subjects. He has lunch in the dining room when he is at school.
At about 4:50 in the afternoon, he goes back home. He finishes his homework first. Then he cleans the room and helps his mother with the dinner and walks his dog. Before he goes to bed, he usually listens to music. Then at 10:00 p.m, he goes to bed. He thinks he has a good time every day.
1. Johnny is from ________.| A．England | B．China | C．the USA | D．Australia |
| A．on foot | B．by bike | C．by bus | D．by subway |
| A．listens to music | B．goes to bed | C．helps his mom | D．watches TV |
| A．six | B．seven | C．eight | D．nine |
| A．do his homework | B．clean the room |
| C．listen to music | D．play computer games |
【推荐1】The Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese festival, has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that it is related to（与……有关）Qu Yuan.
Qu Yuan was born in the State of Chu during the Warring States Period（战国时期）. He is also known as the father of Chinese poetry. After having lost hope in his country’s future, he jumped into the Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. The Festival that is also called the Duanwu Festival started from that time. People have commemorated（纪念）Qu Yuan on that day by posting poems, eating zongzi and doing other activities. But the most important part of the tradition is the dragon boat races.
Nowadays in Vietnam and South Korea, the festival has mixed with the local culture. It came from China. We should know the Dragon Boat Festival is one of the traditional festivals throughout China forever.
1. What does the underlined word “it” refer to（指代）in Paragraph 1?| A．Qu Yuan. | B．The Dragon Boat Festival. | C．A traditional Chinese food. | D．The State of Chu. |
| A．the seventh day of the fifth lunar month |
| B．the fifth day of the eighth lunar month |
| C．the fifth day of the seventh lunar month |
| D．the fifth day of the fifth lunar month |
| A．Eating zongzi. | B．Posting poems. | C．Holding the dragon boat races. | D．Doing other activities. |
There are many different traditional festivals in China. All the festivals have their special meanings and are even about the cultural spirit and national spirit in the long historical development of society. As Chinese, we should learn more about them and spread the great traditional culture around the world. | |
 | Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is on the first day of the first lunar（农历）month. On the eve of the festival, people will put up spring poems with lucky words. They prepare delicious dumplings. People often come back home to get together for the big dinner. They exchange greetings with other friends and relatives. They also clean their houses, but there is no sweeping on Spring Festival because people think it will sweep away good luck. |
 | The Lantern Festival is January 15th on the lunar calendar. During the Lantern Festival, people hang out with families to watch lanterns. The biggest and most beautiful lantern is the dragon lantern, which looks like a flying dragon, held by several young men. Some lanterns have puzzles on them, called lantern puzzles. People try to guess the puzzles. |
 | The Dragon Boat Festival is May 5th on the lunar calendar. The beginning of this festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, a wise minister in Chu dynasty. People threw rice dumplings to the river to show their respect for Qu Yuan’s spirit in the old days. In recent China, people also eat rice dumplings called Zongzi in Dragon Boat Festival. What’s more, on this day, people walk out of their houses to enjoy the spring and watch the Dragon Boat Racing. |
根据语言材料内容选择最佳答案.
1. How many traditional festivals are mentioned above?
| A．Four. | B．Three. | C．Two. |
| A．people don’t sweep the house all the time |
| B．people hang out and guess the puzzles on the lanterns |
| C．people enjoy the spring and watching the boat racing |
| A．Dumplings | B．Sweet dumplings | C．Zongzi |
| A．People put up spring poems with lucky words on the eve of Spring Festival. |
| B．The dragon boat looks like a flying dragon, held by several young men. |
| C．Dragon Boat Festival is over 4 months later than the Lantern Festival. |
| A．the cultural and international spirit in China |
| B．the long historical development of China |
| C．traditional festivals in China |
From: Liming@yahoo.com.cn
Subject: Autumn! Date: 29/09/8: 00 m,
Hello, Jenny!
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. We will watch the moon tonight, and look for Chang’e and Wu Gang. We usually eat mooncakes. They are round, like the moon.
National Day is also in autumn, on October 1st. My mother and father are usually free or seven days! We will do many things together. I like going to the National Day Celebration.
But the best thing in autumn is my birthday. It is in October. I will be fifteen years old.
Goodbye.
Li Ming
To: Liming @yahoo.com.cn
Subject: Thanksgiving Day
Date: 30/09/9:12 p.m
From: Jenny@126.com
Dear Li Ming,
Thank you for your e-mail! I love autumn, too. In Canada, we have an autumn holiday called Thanksgiving Day. Family members always celebrate it together I will go to my grandmother and grandfather’s house. My uncles, aunts and their children will be there too.
Canadian Thanksgiving Day is in early October. In the USA, they celebrate Thanksgiving Day in late November.
Have a good time on your birthday, Li Ming! On my birthday I have a cake with candles. Everyone sings the song “ Happy birthday”. Then I blow out the candles! Will you have a cake for your birthday?
Your friend,
Jenny
1. Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day ________.| A．in late November | B．in early November | C．in late October | D．in early October |
| A．get together | B．eat cakes | C．watch the moon | D．sing a song |
| A．your birthday | B．my birthday | C．Thanksgiving Day | D．National Day |
| A．Chinese festivals | B．Canadian holidays |
| C．Festivals in different countries | D．how people celebrate their birthdays |
【推荐1】No one wants to be in a life-or-death situation. However, if you are getting into such a dangerous situation, what will you do, fight or flight?
When 13-year-old Joe Rowlands and his dad were in a kayak (皮划艇) accident, the brave teenager chose to fight. He not only fought for his own life, but also saved his father’s.
On that day, Joe and his father Paul were out on their kayak off the coast of Anglesey in the UK. Suddenly they noticed that the kayak was starting to fill with water. Then they found out there was a hole in the floor of the boat. Without another choice, Paul turned the boat over. He asked Joe to climb on top so that he could push the boat to a nearby island.
However, the rough (汹涌的) waves made it too hard for Paul to push the boat to land. They had to swim without the boat. Luckily, Joe made his way-to the island safely. But when he looked back, he found his dad was no longer swimming. Risking his life, Joe jumped back into the cold water and managed to drag (拽) his dad up onto some rocks. Then Joe did CPR (心肺复苏) on his dad until he came around.
“I’m very proud of him. He acted with courage (勇气),” Paul said of his son.
1. What did Joe do that day?| A．He went kayaking with his dad. | B．He went kayaking all by himself. |
| C．He watched a kayak race at home. | D．He walked along the coast of Anglesey. |
| A．By fixing the boat up. | B．By shouting for help. |
| C．By turning the boat over. | D．By pushing the boat with Joe. |
| A．He swam to the nearby island. |
| B．He dragged the boat onto rocks to save his dad. |
| C．He did CPR on his dad at once. |
| D．He jumped back into the water to save his dad. |
| A．Lost his life. | B．Came back to life. |
| C．Ran around the rocks. | D．Gave up the boat. |
【推荐2】Mel found a wallet on her way back home. She picked it up and looked inside. There was five hundred dollars in it. Five hundred dollars! Mel thought about the bike she wanted. She had asked her mum for one, which would cost 460 dollars, but her mum said they had no money. Mel looked around. No one had seen her with the wallet. She put it into her school bag and ran home fast.
When she got home, she put the wallet in her treasure box. However, there was one problem. How could she tell her parents where she got the money? Then Mel remembered the prize of the science competition was five hundred dollars. She was good at science. She would tell her parents she had won it.
The next day, Mel rushed home from school. She was just about to tell her mother the good news when her mother said, “I had enough money left over this week for a treat. I bought some strawberries. You can have one.” Mel's news darted back inside her, like a moth into a dark corner. What if her mother had lost her wallet and someone had kept it? They might not have any food for weeks! Mel ran to her room. She opened the treasure box and took the wallet to her mother.
“I found this.” she said. “It has five hundred dollars in it.”
“Wow!” said her mother. “Five hundred dollars!”
She looked inside the wallet. “It could be Mrs Maka's.” she said. “She lives down the road. We'll have to take it to her right now.”
Mrs Maka was very pleased to get her wallet back. “This money is to get my eyes fixed, or I will go blind.” she said. She gave twenty dollars to Mel, but Mel refused After that, Mel and Mrs Maka were good friends. Mel helped Mrs Maka make a garden and Mrs Maka showed Mel how to make clay pots (粘土锅). One day, Mrs Maka said, “Mel, my clay pot won a prize. 1000 dollars and a red bike! I can't ride a bike. Would you like it?”
1. How much money did Mel find in the wallet?| A．$460. | B．$500. | C．$700. | D．$1000. |
| A．Mel was worried. | B．Mel was afraid. |
| C．Mel was embarrassed. | D．Mel was interested. |
| A．An email. | B．A news report. |
| C．An advertisement. | D．A short story. |
| A．Seeing is believing. | B．Do well and have well. |
| C．No pains, no gains. | D．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
【推荐3】It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. I stopped at a teahouse to enjoy a cup of tea. Suddenly, I felt a hand on the back of my jacket and heard someone say, “Hi, David! How are you doing?”
Looking back, I saw a man. He looked familiar, but I couldn’t remember where we had met.
The young man also held a cup of tea, so I asked him to join me. Very soon, his story began to evoke my memory.
His name is Peter. Six years earlier, Peter was driving back home late on a February night. A heavy snow had arrived that afternoon, and by midnight, the snowdrifts (雪堆) were getting deep. His car was stuck in a snowdrift just down the road from my house.
He walked to my house for help. I helped him pull his car out of the snowdrift and up to the street where the snow had been cleaned away.
This was a normal happening here during the winter. I couldn’t count the times someone has helped me to pull my car from a snowdrift. However, it was an unforgettable experience for him. He was only eighteen at that time, and he said he was very afraid. No one wants to be stuck in a snowdrift at night.
Sometimes, one simple kindness at the right moment can change the direction of a life. So, be kind and helpful.
1. The underlined word “evoke” means “______” in Chinese.| A．封存 | B．唤起 | C．增强 | D．打乱 |
| A．Because he was caught in a heavy snow. | B．Because he could not find the way home. |
| C．Because he wanted to find some tea to drink. | D．Because there was something wrong with his car. |
| A．an unusual experience | B．an unexpected thing | C．a common thing | D．an unforgettable experience |
【推荐1】In the new film, Avengers: Age of Ultron, a computer which is designed to bring peace to the world describes that the simplest way to achieve peace is to kill humans—no people, no war. Yet the computer, Ultron, finally failed, but the film is making people nervous about what the future will be like when machines become programmed with artificial intelligence (人工智能).
Artificial intelligence is the ability of computers to do things that require thought. Right now computers don’t really think, they just process a lot of information very quickly. But scientists are developing new computers that will act like the human brain. They will be able to think and create, and not just follow the instructions of a human programmer.
Gray Scott, an American scientist who spends his time thinking about the future, is hopeful about the future of artificial intelligence and says it will be helpful to humans. It will do most of our jobs and allow people to enjoy life. However, Elon Musk, the inventor of the Tesla electric car, says these machines with artificial intelligence are “probably more dangerous than anything else?” and once they begin thinking for themselves they will be out of human control.
It’s a bit frightening to think that some day, instead of machines working for us, we will be working for them; or, even worse, not working at all by 2018, it’s said that 50% of American jobs will be done by computers. People with little knowledge and few skills had got most of these jobs. However, with artificial intelligence machines, even highly educated and highly skilled workers may be out of work. Engineers, doctors, and even scientists may find themselves jobless.
In 19th century England, there was a group called the Luddites. They were textile (纺织的) workers whose jobs had been replaced by machines. They destroyed the machines in hopes of getting their jobs back. It didn’t work. Technology moved forward, as it always does, and people had to adapt (适应).
Perhaps one day we will have to use our real "intelligence to make sure a machine’s “artificial” intelligence doesn’t lose control and cause more harm than good.
1. What is artificial intelligence?| A．A kind of new computer. |
| B．A group of smart people. |
| C．The ability of computers to do things that need thought. |
| D．The ability of humans to do things that require thought. |
| A．they were paid little | B．they hoped to get more money |
| C．machines broke down from time to time | D．machines took away their job |
| A．act like human brains | B．think themselves |
| C．take the place of all human jobs | D．process what people program them |
| A．People all believe that artificial intelligence is harmless to the world. |
| B．Elon Musk warned the public of the possible danger that artificial intelligence might bring. |
| C．Gray Scott doesn’t think artificial intelligence is helpful to humans. |
| D．Nobody with knowledge and skills will be out of jobs in the future. |
| A．Computers can think like people. |
| B．Machines with artificial intelligence will control the world. |
| C．People will control the machines with artificial intelligence. |
| D．Artificial intelligence makes people nervous. |
Words and expressions in a language come along with people’s daily lives, and Chinese is no exception. The word “stuff” which means “things” in Chinese is made up of two characters dongxi, meaning east and west. It sounds like when you put east and west together, you get dongxi.
Why is stuff called dongxi? One of the explanations comes from the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, Dongjing, the east capital, and Xijing, the west capital, were the places where people could buy the treasures from all over the world. Dongjing was Luoyang, and Xijing was Chang’an City. People went to Luoyang and Chang’an City to buy goods, and they were called “buying dong” and “buying xi”. Later, buying goods was collectively called “buying dongxi”.
Another explanation comes from a story. Long long ago, there was a well-educated scholar who always asked “why”. One day he met a friend in the street who was carrying a basket to buy some stuff. He wondered why he was buying dongxi instead of “south and north”. After thinking about it for a period of time, he concluded that in ancient China, wood stands for east, gold stands for west, fire stands for south and water stands for north. We can put wood and gold, not fire or water, into a bamboo basket. So people say dongxi instead of south and north. And this expression is used until today.
1. Getting dongxi sounds like you put east and west together.2. When people went shopping in Xijing, it was called “buying xi”.
3. People couldn’t buy the treasures from all over the world in Luoyang and Chang’an City.
4. In ancient China, wood stands for south, and gold stands for north.
5. The expression dongxi is still used today.
【推荐3】One day, Mr Li was reading a book in his office after school . To his surprise, a ball flew in suddenly and hurt him on the head. He took the ball to the window. But he only saw a group of boy students running away quickly and disappearing in a minute. He sat down again and continued his reading. As it got dark, it was time for him to leave for home. Looking at the ball, he wondered what to do with it. He knew the owner of the ball must be nearby and wished to get it back. He went downstairs and walked to the playground. It was at the center of the playground that he placed the ball with a piece of paper, on which he wrote “Be careful next time!”Then he walked away.
The next morning, as Mr Li opened the office door, he found the same piece of paper on the floor. Some words were added after his words: “Thank you for your kindness. Anyway, you are a clever teacher.”
1. What happened while Mr.Li was reading in his office?| A．The window was broken by a ball. | B．A ball hurt him on the head. |
| C．A ball hit the window. | D．The door was broken by a ball. |
| A．He was afraid. | B．He wanted to get the ball back. |
| C．He wanted to go home. | D．He went to look for the ball. |
| A．He took it home. | B．he put it in his office. |
| C．He put it back on the playground. | D．He had no idea about it. |
| A．Mr Li is interested in playing football. | B．Mr. Li is too hard on his students |
| C．Mr. Li is good at playing sports. | D．Mr. Li is a clever teacher with kindness |
