There are a lot of interesting things in the world. If someone tells you that they can fish in the desert, you must think they are joking. But this is true. In some places of Africa, people can fish in the desert. It must be very interesting to get some fish from the sand. And in the woods of Asia there is a kind of bird. To our surprise, this kind of bird doesn’t eat anything but iron. I think the bird’s teeth must be harder than the iron. We all know that snakes can eat mice, but in a place in Africa, a kind of big mouse can eat snakes. Isn’t it interesting? Have you ever heard of “brush trees”? They are different from trees we know. People use branches to brush teeth, and they are good for people’s teeth.
You must be very surprised to hear these interesting things. But they are all true. In fact there are a lot of interesting things in our world. If you are careful enough, you can find them easily around you.
1. In some places of Africa, people can get fish ________.| A．from the sand | B．in the rivers |
| C．on the trees | D．on the mountains |
| A．grass | B．flowers | C．iron | D．water |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
| A．leaves | B．branches | C．fruits | D．roots |
| A．What a strange bird | B．We can fish in the desert |
| C．Brush trees | D．What an interesting world |
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【推荐1】Do you run away when you hear a bee buzzing? Many people do. A bee sting hurts and make some people get allergic(过敏). But did you know that bees are very important to humans? Honeybees do more than just make honey. They fly around and pollinate(授粉) flowers, plants, and trees. Our fruits, nuts, and vegetables depend on these pollinators. One third of our food needs to be pollinated by the honeybee.
Have you seen or heard a honeybee lately? Bees are mysteriously disappearing(消失) in many parts of the world. Most people don’t know about this problem. It is called “colony collapse disorder” (CCD). Some North American beekeepers lost 80% of their hives(蜂巢) from 2006~2008. Bees in Italy and Australia are disappearing too.
The disappearance of the honeybee is a serious problem. Can you imagine never eating another blueberry? Without honeybees food prices will rise quickly. The poorest people always suffer the worst when there is a lack of food.
This problem affects other foods besides fresh produce. Imagine losing your favourite ice cream! Haagen Daaz is a famous ice cream company. Many of their ice creams depend on the hard-working honeybee. In 2008, Haagen Daaz began raising money for CCD. They also funded a garden at the University of California called The Haven. This garden asks people to help the honeybee and teaches visitors how to plant for pollinators.
Donating money to research is the most important thing humans can do to save the honeybee. Scientists need money to study the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder. Some scientists blame CCD on weather change. Others think pesticides(杀虫剂) are killing the bees. Beekeepers transport their hives from place to place in order to pollinate plants year round.
Not everyone has money to donate regularly. There are other ways to help the honeybee. Spread the word by telling your friends and family about the problem. Tell your teacher about the disappearing bees too. Maybe your class can write a letter to the government.
1. Why are honeybees so important?| A．They produce one third of human’s food. | B．They help plants get pollinated and grow. |
| C．The honey they made are rare and valuable. | D．Their bee stings hurt and make people sick. |
| A．To show how scientists will study honeybee. |
| B．To explain how serious the CCD problem is. |
| C．To tell readers why Haagen Daaz is a famous company. |
| D．To describe what beekeepers will lost without honeybee. |
| A．donated money for | B．saved money for | C．provided money for | D．collected money for |
| A．The Problems of Honeybee | B．The Study of Honeybee |
| C．The Disappearing Honeybee | D．The Important Honeybee |
【推荐2】Keeping animals for humans can date back to 9000 years ago. Today animals are more and more helpful to humans. Animals can help people do the work which is difficult or even impossible for humans.
Elephants are helpful in the logging industry. The powerful animals can pull up logs and put them in the right place. They do not make pollution. They do not harm the trees around them either. They can also get to the place which is impossible for the modern machines to reach.
Dogs can be called humans’ closest friends. Dogs offer their help everywhere. They can play with us and make us happy. They can take care of old people and babies. They can search out lost things and help people in trouble. They can make some shows on television or in films. Dogs can also guide the blind people to the place where they want to go.
1. Which of the following is true about elephants?| A．They are harmful when they pull up trees. |
| B．They make a little pollution. |
| C．They are powerful animals. |
| D．They are helpful, but it’s impossible for them to put logs in the right places. |
| A．Guide old people and babies to certain places. | B．Help those people who are in trouble. |
| C．Play with people and make them happy. | D．Help people find their lost things. |
We all know that people have much more stress (压力) than before. Luckily, a new study has found an easy way to solve the problem. According to the researchers of the study, small green plants on the desk can greatly reduce people’s stress.
60 people from different jobs took part in the study. Half of them worked without any plants, while the other half worked with plants on their desks. Then a standard test was used to find out their stress levels. More than 90% of the office workers showed a lower stress level after taking only a three-minute rest to look at their plants.
The study has also found that it does not matter whether people looked at their plants or only had the plants near their computers. Only if people could see green plants for about a week in their working places, their stress levels changed greatly. This finding worked for everyone no matter how old they were and what their jobs were.
“People used to go out of their houses and enjoy themselves in nature, but now they have less time to do so,” one of the researchers said, “Lucky for them, our study has found out that a small green plant is as useful as a large forest.”
1. A study has found a way to reduce people’s stress.| A．Right | B．Wrong. |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong. |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong |
| A．Right. | B．Wrong. |
【推荐1】There are some famous rivers in the world. Here are some facts of them.
 | The Nile River is the longest river in the world. It is 4132 miles. It’s known for being the lifeblood（命脉）of Ancient Egypt and is still very important to Egypt today. This river is famous because it was an instrumental（起重要作用的）body of water for the dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Also, the Nile River is significant（意义重大的）for agriculture（农业）, transportation and drinking water. |
 | The Amazon River is the second-longest river in the world. It is 3977 miles. The Amazon River has the largest discharge （流量）of any river in the world, measuring up to 209000 m3/s! The river with the second largest discharge, the Congo River, discharges one-fifth of that! The Amazon River is also well-known for having no bridges crossing it. |
 | You may not have ever heard of the Finke River in Australia. It is 373 miles. It’s not very long and it doesn’t even flow all the time. However, geologists（地质学家）have recognized this as the oldest river in the world. That’s the reason why this river is well-known! |
 | Although it is not the largest river in Asia, the Ganges River is still very important and well-known. It’s 1560 miles. This river has religious（宗教的）and cultural significance to Hindu people. Also, the river supplies water for those in its basin （流域）, providing millions of people with water needed for agriculture. There are nearly 150 species of fish living in the Ganges River today. Other animals also live in and around the Ganges River, like snakes and other reptiles. |
| A．The Nile River. | B．The Finke River. | C．The Ganges River. |
| A．About 41800 m3/s. | B．About 125400 m3/s. | C．About 209000 m3/s. |
| A．Its length. | B．Its location. | C．Its history. |
| A．It has no bridges crossing it. | B．It has religious significance. | C．It provides water for agriculture. |
【推荐2】What are you going to do if you are in a burning house? How will you escape(逃跑)? Do you know how to save yourself? Please read the following passage.
Escaping a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save yourself. It is important to know the ways you can use and to show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways(楼梯) and fire escapes, but not elevators(电梯).
From the lower floors of the building, escaping through windows is possible, learn the best way of leaving through windows with the least chance of serious injury(伤害).
The second floor windows are usually not very high from the ground. An average(普通的) person, hanging by the finger-tips will have a drop(下降) of about six feet to the ground. It is about the height of an average man. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed, or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may have leaked(渗入) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escaping are those which open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely, dropping onto stones might end in injury, bushes(灌木) and grass can help to break a fall(减弱落势).
1. Where can we escape from in a burning house?| A．Stairways and elevators. | B．Stairways and fire escapes. | C．Doors and fire escapes. |
| A．Through doors. | B．Through windows. | C．Through elevators. |
| A．The second floor. | B．The third floor. | C．The fourth floor. |
| A．Because we can get fresh air. |
| B．Because we can call for help. |
| C．Because smoke and fire can’t be drawn into the room. |
| A．How to Escape through Windows in a Fire |
| B．How to Save yourself from a Burning House |
| C．How to Wait for Help in a Burning House |
【推荐3】Miss Johnson took two plants to school and put one plant in a sunny place on the windowsill (窗台) and the other on the floor in a dark comer (角落) of the classroom. She watered the plant on the windowsill once a week.
Four weeks later, Miss Johnson brought the plants back to the table. One plant was standing straight up, and the other one was bent (弯曲的) over.
Miss Johnson asked, “What are the difference?”
“You put one in a dark comer and the other one on the windowsill,” Ellie answered.
“You watered the plant on the windowsill, but you didn’t water the plant in the comer of the room,” Aaron said.
“That’s right. The plant on the windowsill is still growing and healthy. We can know that plants need sun and water to grow and to be healthy. Do you know that plants breathe? They also have very small mouths on their leaves, but we can’t see them with our eyes. Plants breathe in CO2 from the air and use their roots to take in water. Once they have water and CO2, plants need light. Leaves can turn the CO2, water and light into sugar and oxygen. The sugar is food for the plants. The plants release the oxygen into the air, which humans and many animals breathe in.”
All of Miss Johnson’s students learnt a lot.
1. What is compared (比较) with the plant on the windowsill?| A．The plant on Miss Johnson’s desk. |
| B．The plant on the floor of the classroom. |
| C．Another plant on the windowsill. |
| D．A plant that one of Miss Johnson has at home. |
| A．It grew poorly and did not stay healthy. |
| B．It stood straight up and had green leaves. |
| C．It grew bright green and had red leaves. |
| D．It was watered once a week by students. |
| A．Water, oxygen and light. | B．Sugar and oxygen. |
| C．Water, CO2 and light. | D．Sugar, light and oxygen. |
| A．History. | B．English. |
| C．Art. | D．Science. |
| A．Different kinds of trees. |
| B．What plants need to grow and be healthy. |
| C．How Miss Johnson gives lessons. |
| D．We should protect plants. |
【推荐1】Did you hear of dodos (渡渡鸟)? The dodo was a kind of bird that was very large. You might not think it was a bird at all because the dodo could not fly. It was a member of the chicken family. It lived happily until people arrived. Sailors (水手) from Europe found those birds in the 16th century on Mauritius Island (毛里求斯岛) in the Indian Ocean.
When the sailors found the strange birds that could not fly, they were surprised. The people from Europe on Mauritius Island ate the birds and cut down the trees. The animals they brought with them ate the eggs and the young. So no living dodos were found on the island in the following years. Unfortunately, they died out at last. Later, the samples (标本) of some dodos were brought to England in the 17th century for the future study.
It’s said that people killed all the dodos. This was how the words “as dead as a dodo” came. It teaches us a big lesson. If we are not able to get along with nature, we will lose the things more than we would expect. And we should stop the activities that will be bad for the environment or other animals.
1. Why did the sailors feel surprised when they saw dodos?| A．Because the dodo was a kind of bird that could not fly. |
| B．Because dodos could be delicious food for them. |
| C．Because dodos were quite large. |
| D．Because dodos could be used for future study. |
a. All the dodos died out.
b. Sailors room Europe found dodos on Mauritius Island.
c. The animals ate the eggs and the young of dodos.
d. The samples of some dodos were brought to England for study.
| A．b-a-c-d | B．d-c-b-a | C．b-c-d-a | D．b-c-a-d |
| A．Dodos could not fly. | B．We should protect animals. |
| C．The dodo was a kind of chicken. | D．No living dodos were found. |
【推荐2】American people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.
You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters.
“Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to break others when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you begin to cough or make any noise before others.
Let’s learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.
1. You should say “Thank you” when ________.| A．you say something kind to others | B．you help others |
| C．someone helps you | D．you need others to help you |
| A．widely used in the world | B．used more often than “Excuse me” |
| C．used only by American | D．used only between friends |
| A．cough | B．make some noise | C．go first | D．all of the above |
| A．to be happy | B．to be polite | C．to help others | D．to learn from Americans |
 | The Chinese New Year Lantern Festival The Chinese New Year Lantern Festival begins in China but now people in different places around the world celebrate it. The festival is the final day of the Chinese New Year celebrations and is usually in February or March. |
 | Lanterns Lanterns have different shapes (形状), sizes and colours. You can see them in homes, shopping centers, parks and streets. Most lanterns are red. People believe it’s a lucky colour. People draw some pictures of birds, flowers or fruit on the lanterns. |
 | Activities During the festival, you can see fireworks shows. You can also eat Tangyuan (sweet dumplings) and guess the riddles (谜语). If you can solve a riddle, you can get some presents from the lantern owner. |
1. When is the Chinese New Year Lantern Festival?
| A．In January or March. | B．In March or April. |
| C．In January or February. | D．In February or March. |
| A．Red. | B．Purple. | C．Yellow. | D．Pink. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
