“Hello,” “Yo!” “How’s it going, mate?” “Good morning, sir”.
If you are greeting someone who is older than you, it’s polite to use their last name to show respect.
Each greeting shows what kind of relationship is between two speakers. We feel uncomfortable when someone greets us with “mate” or “buddy” if they are not our friends. We like to use words that our friends understand like “Yo” (Hello) or “Howdi” (How do you do? ).
| A．They say, “Long time no see.” |
| B．Greeting people in any culture is important. |
| C．For example, we might say, “Hello, Mr. Green.” |
| D．It can also happen to other languages, such as Chinese. |
| E．Another common way to say “hello” is to shake hands. |
| F．Good friends sometimes change a handshake to a “high five”. |
| G．This makes our friendship stronger through a common understanding. |
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【推荐1】How to Make Friends
Friendship is a very important human relationship and everyone needs good friends. Good friendship has many benefits(好处). It offers companionship, improves self-worth and promotes good health. There are times in our lives such as when we have recently moved into a new town, or changed our jobs or schools. Such changes often leaves us without a friend.
1. Associate with others. The first step to making friends is associating with other people. You can go to public places to meet new people. Besides, you will need to make yourself known by becoming an active member of such places.
2. Start a conversation(对话). Starting a conversation is the second most important step in making new friends.
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4. Let it grow. It is a good thing to stay in touch. However, try not to press your new friend with calls, messages or visits as this would likely wear him or her out and finally you may lose your friend.
5. Enjoy your friendship. The best way to your friendship is to allow your friends to be themselves
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| A．So you will need to give your friend time to react to you. |
| B．Do things together. |
| C．Do not wait to be spoken to. |
| D．Try not to find fault with your friends |
| E．Making new friends comes easy for some people. |
【推荐2】Should friends be different or the same? Different people have different opinions （观点）. Four of my classmates talk about their friends.
My name is Susan. I am outgoing（外向的）. I like to have friends that are the same as me. Both my good friend Linda and I like travelling. Next year, we want to go to England.
My name is Mary, I like to have friends that are different from me. My good friend Betty is short, but I’m tall. I am quiet（安静的）and I like reading very much. Betty likes sports and she plays ping-pong well.
I’m Peter. I like to have friends that are like me. It can be very helpful（有用的）. I’m quiet and my good friend Rick is quiet, too. Sometimes I cannot solve（解决）problems（ 问题）, but he can help because he can think differently.
Im Bill. I have both kinds（ 两种） of friends. That makes（使） me happy.
1. Susan and Linda want to go to ________ next year.| A．England | B．China | C．the USA |
| A．basketball | B．football | C．ping-pong |
| A．Mary | B．Bill | C．Peter |
| A．Susan’s good friend is Mary. |
| B．Betty is a quiet girl. |
| C．Peter is like Rick. |
During the Labour Day holiday, many people want to find dazi (搭子) or activity partners (活动伙伴) for travelling, eating or other activities. The activity of finding dazi is a new way of social contact (社交交往) for young people.
The idea of this activity is easy to understand. It helps people to find someone who has the same hobby as them and it doesn’t take much time. With one or a few dazi, people have more fun in the activities they are interested in.
A girl called Zhang Li, is a high school student from Shandong. She likes talking with her meal dazi when she is having lunch. “We love to share our ideas on the food,” said the girl. “If my meal dazi doesn’t come to school one day, I will be sad.”
“It takes a lot of time to make friends with others. But it doesn’t need much time to have a dazi,” said another girl Shi Zhimin, a student from Shanxi. Zhang Li also has the same idea. She doesn’t want to spend too much time making friends, so having a dazi is good for her. She can feel relaxed and then has more time to study.
Also, ________. “Once, my game dazi and I did something wrong when playing a game, but we worked together to turn the tide (扭转局势). By playing the game together, I find I like working with others now!” Shi Zhimin said.
Dazi is usually helpful but it can be dangerous. People may lie on the Internet. For example, a young and beautiful girl on the Internet may be an old, short, and heavy man in real life. So think twice when finding dazi.
1. According to the passage, people like finding dazi because ________.| A．they have the same idea about food |
| B．they want to spend more time with others |
| C．it helps people make friends from different places |
| D．it doesnt take much time to find friends with the same hobbies |
| A．happy | B．bored | C．sad | D．relaxed |
| A．dazi sometimes may play games better than you |
| B．dazi sometimes may give you some big surprises |
| C．dazi sometimes may have different ideas about games |
| D．dazi sometimes may ask you to talk with others |
| A．Dazi: The New Way of Finding Activity Partners |
| B．Know the Culture (文化) of Dazi in China |
| C．Having a Dazi: More Fun, More Time |
| D．Dazi: A Dangerous Way to Make Friends |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐1】Almost all people have hobbies, and people in different countries have different hobbies around the world. For example, in America, people’s favorite hobby is watching TV in their spare time. It is the main entertainment（娱乐）for Americans to watch TV at least one hour in a day. 96% of Americans regard watching TV as their first hobby. The second one is going to the cinema or doing some sports. Next one is reading or gardening. Besides（此外）these, fishing is also a very popular hobby.
In England, it’s quite different. People there like to go to the flea market（跳蚤市场）. They like to go there to see if there is something new. Besides, Englishmen like drinking tea.
Russians like reading very much. Wherever you go, you will see people reading carefully. Germans like reading as well. According to a survey, Germans read eleven books on average（平均）in 2011.
1. ________ is their favorite hobby for Americans.| A．Watching TV | B．Going to the cinema | C．Doing some sports | D．Reading |
| A．the garden | B．the library | C．the flea market | D．the cinema |
| A．America and Germany | B．England and Germany |
| C．America and England | D．Russia and Germany |
| A．America | B．England | C．Russia | D．Germany |
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
【推荐2】There are lots of visitors in London every year. Their homes are not here, so they often eat in restaurants. The owners and workers among them are all from other countries. The visitors say in these restaurants they don’t feel they are in England. Most of English people eat at home as much as they can. Sometimes they themselves will think they are in another country when they are in restaurants. When an Englishman goes out of a restaurant, he may find that he doesn’t understand why everything is written in French and Italian.
Most of English people think it is better to eat at home, because it is cheaper. They don’t want to spend much money on food and they like cooking at home. They like fast food. But for Christmas,they will spend two or three weeks to get ready for it. Because it’s a big day for them and they want to have good food.
1. Visitors to London often eat in restaurants because ________.| A．they don’t like the food at home | B．it’s cheaper |
| C．restaurants are beautiful places | D．their homes are not in London |
| A．they are in another country | B．they are in England |
| C．they are in a town | D．they love their country |
| A．why everything comes from French and Italian |
| B．everything in restaurants |
| C．why the owners write everything in French and Italian |
| D．everyone in restaurants |
| A．it is good for their health | B．the food is expensive outside |
| C．they don’t have much money | D．the food is very delicious at home |
| A．get more food | B．have delicious and enough food |
| C．have much food | D．have fast food |
【推荐3】Different countries have different ideas about manners. In Britain, “table manners” are important. How do you show good table manners in Britain? Here are some hints.
Noises at the table
It is never a good idea to make a noise or a burp at the table. British people think this is very rude. If people burp, they always say, “Excuse me.”
When to eat with your fingers
British people don’t use their fingers to eat most things. There are some foods that it’s OK to eat with your fingers. These include sandwiches, pizza, hamburgers and fruit.
Your mouth
It’s not polite to talk with food in your mouth or eat with your mouth open.
How much to eat
It’s good manners to eat all the food on your plate. This shows you like the food. It’s always polite to say the food is nice, even when it’s horrible!
1. How many suggestions（建议）are mentioned on table manners?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．friends | B．languages | C．manners | D．families |
| A．Noodles. | B．Vegetables. | C．Pizza. | D．Beef. |
| A．Burping at the table. | B．Eating food with your fingers. |
| C．Eating with your mouth open. | D．Saying the food is nice. |
| A．Table manners are important in every country. |
| B．If British people burp, they always say “sorry”. |
| C．In Britain it is rude to eat up all your food. |
| D．It is not polite to talk with others when you have some food in your mouth. |
【推荐1】Hello, everyone. My name is John. I’m from America. I’m thirteen years old. This is my new school. It’s very big, and it’s very beautiful.
There is a big playground. It’s in the middle of the school. The sports hall is next to the playground. In front of the sports hall are science labs. Behind the sports hall is the dining hall. Teachers and students usually have lunch there.
Look! This is our classroom building. And there are forty-eight classrooms in it. In my class, there are forty-six students. Twenty-eight of them are boys. And the rest(其余的) are girls. On the right of the classroom building is a library. In the library, there are many books. I like reading books there. The office building is in front of our classroom building.
I like my school.
1. What’s John’s school like?| A．Big and beautiful. | B．Small but beautiful. | C．Big and clean. | D．Small but clean. |
| A．In front of the science labs. | B．Behind the dining hall. |
| C．On the right of the classroom building. | D．Between the science labs and the dining hall. |
| A．18. | B．28. | C．46. | D．48. |
| A．John is a thirteen-year-old English boy. |
| B．Teachers and students usually have breakfast in the dining hall. |
| C．There is a classroom building with 48 classrooms in the school. |
| D．The library is on the left of the classroom building. |
| A．Schools in America. | B．John’s new friends. |
| C．Classrooms in the school. | D．John’s new school. |
【推荐2】Everyone is afraid of something. More than 2,500 kids told us what they were afraid of. Some don’t like the darkness. Some hate bad dreams and scary movies. And some of them want to run away from dogs and snakes.
Tom, 11, is afraid of the darkness because he worried that someone may break into his house.
10-year-old Kathy said she was afraid of thunderstorms (雷暴) and the sound at night.
The worst thing about the afraid feelings is that we don’t know what to do with it. Here are three ways to help kids feel better.
1. Do something interesting in your free time.
2. Talk to your parents about your feelings.
3. Talk to a close friend.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。1. Some kids are afraid of ________.
| A．the darkness, bad movies or birds | B．voices, bad dreams or dogs |
| C．the darkness, scary movies or cats | D．bad dreams, scary movies or snakes |
| A．rain | B．living alone | C．staying outside | D．the sound |
| A．If you don’t know how to deal with the problem |
| B．If you are feeling worst |
| C．When you are in a bad mood |
| D．When you are worried about yourself |
| A．敲门 | B．闯入 | C．砸坏 | D．坏了 |
| A．When feeling afraid, you’d better go outside. |
| B．When feeling afraid, you should go to bed early. |
| C．Sometimes your friend may let you feel better. |
| D．You shouldn’t listen to music when you feel afraid. |
【推荐3】Know when to skim. Skimming can be used to gain a shallow （浅层的） understanding of a text. It can be used to scan a newspaper for interesting material or to get the important concepts out of a textbook in preparation for a test. It’s not a good choice for thorough reading.
Read titles and section headings. Begin by only reading the chapter titles and any subheadings at the start of large sections. Read the headlines of each newspaper article or the table of contents in a magazine.
Read the beginning and end of a section. Textbooks usually have introductions and summaries of each chapter. For other texts, just read the first and last paragraph of a chapter or an article.
You can read quickly if you’re familiar with the subject, but don’t try to speed read as fast as possible. You’re saving time by skipping most of the section, but you do need to understand what you’re reading.
Circle important words throughout the text. If you still wish to learn more, brush your eyes rapidly across the page rather than reading normally. As you know the main idea of the section, you can pick out key words that mark important areas. Stop and circle the following words:
Words that are repeated several times
The main ideas—often including words from the title or section header
Proper nouns
Italics, bold text, or underline
Words you don’t recognize
Pay attention to pictures and diagrams （ 图表）. These often present a lot a information without much reading required. Take a minute or two to make sure you fully understand each diagram.
Read the first sentence of each paragraph, if unsure. If you are uncertain about the subject, read the start of each paragraph. The first one or two sentences will teach you the main points.
Study using your annotations （ 注解）. Go back and look over the words you’ve circled. Can you “read” these and get a general sense of what the text is about? If you don’t understand a certain word, try reading a few sentences around that word to remind yourself of the topic.
1. Where can you find this article?| A．In the newspaper. | B．In a magazine. | C．In a language book. | D．In a diary. |
| A．Skimming isn’t suitable for all types of reading. |
| B．You can read as quickly as you want if you know how to skim. |
| C．Spend some minutes reading the pictures and diagrams in the text. |
| D．If you can not remember the subject you are reading, try to read the start of each paragraph. |
| Whenever you meet any difficulty in life, please stick to your dream. Never give up. Most people may find it hard to stick to their dream in the past once they are caught in trouble. However, they always end up regretting （后悔） the decisions they have made after they walk out of the difficulty and hope they could stick to the dream. |
| A．always | B．give up | C．stick to | D．hard |
| A．How to learn speed reading |
| B．Skim the text |
| C．Skimming and scanning, two powerful reading strategies |
| D．Read the start and the end of the article |
Tides rise. tides fall.
May it be like the ocean,
Whose face may show smile, frown(皱眉), or anger,
But whose mind is at bottom unchanging.
May our friendship be not like the flowers,
Flowers bloom, flowers fade(褪色).
May it be like grass and trees,
Their leaves may wither(枯萎),
But their roots live long.
May our friendship be not like the moon
The moon waxes(月圆), it also wanes(月亏)
May it be like the stars,
They appear or do not appear in the sky.
But always exist with mysterious(神秘的) light
1. The writer thinks their friendship is like_________according to the poem.
| A．the tides | B．the flowers | C．the moon | D．the grass and trees |
| A．存在 | B．生存 | C．生活 | D．升起 |
| A．Unchanging Bottom | B．Long Live Root |
| C．Forever Friendship | D．Mysterious Light |
| A．wither | B．fade | C．wax | D．wane |
| A．Ocean | B．Grass and trees | C．Stars | D．Weather |
【推荐2】Mary is bored (无聊的). It is winter holiday, and she is out of ideas of things to do.
“I wish it would snow.” she says. When Mary waits for snow, she draws pictures. She plays games. She reads books. One book she reads gives her a big idea.
She calls three friends and says, “Come to my house today at 2:00!”
Mary gets colour pencils and some pieces of paper. She also gets her CD player. Then she makes her game. She gets ten cards and writes a direction (指示) on each one.
DING DONG.
Mary puts the cards in a box just as her friends ring the doorbell. “Ready to play Talent Show?”
Marcus pulls the first card from the box. “Dance to a song,” he reads. The friends laugh and cheer as Marcus dances.
All the afternoon the friends play the game. They dance, sing, draw pictures and tell stories.
The friends are having so much fun. They don’t see that it is snowing outside.
1. ________ gives Mary a big idea for a fun day.| A．The snow | B．Her friend |
| C．A picture she draws | D．A book she reads |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．绕口令 | B．脱口秀 | C．唱歌比赛 | D．才艺表演 |
| A．Mary feels bored all day | B．they play the game all day |
| C．everybody feels happy that afternoon | D．it doesn’t snow that afternoon |
【推荐3】Tony, a nine-year-old kid, is sitting at his desk when suddenly he wets(尿湿) his pants. He thinks his heart is going to stop because he can’t possibly know how this has happened. It has never happened before. He knows the after-effect (后果)—When the boys find out, he will never hear the end of it. When the girls find out, they’ll never speak to him again as long as he lives.
Tony puts his head down and say to himself, “Oh, no. What can I do? I need help now!”
He looks up and notices the teacher coming, with a look in her eyes that says he has been discovered.
As the teacher is walking to him, a classmate named Emily is carrying a glass that is full of water. Emily falls down in front of the teacher and drops the glass of water in Tony’s pants. Tony seems to be angry, but all the while he is saying to himself, “Thank you, dear! Thank you , dear!”
Now all of a sudden, instead of being the person that everyone laughs at, Tony is the person of sympathy (同情). The person that everyone laughs at should be him, but now it is Emily.
She tries to help, but they tell her, “You’ve done enough, you stupid!”
At the end of the day, as they were waiting for the bus, Tony walks over to Emily and says in a low voice , “ You did that on purpose, didn’t you ?”
Emily says back in a quiet voice, “I wet my pants ,too.”
1. What does Tony think the other boys will do if they find out the fact?| A．They’ll all laugh at him. | B．They’ll tell the teacher about it. |
| C．They’ll try to help him. | D．They’ll never speak to him again. |
| A．Emily drops the water on purpose. | B．Tony is really angry with Emily. |
| C．Tony and Emily don’t go home by bus. | D．Tony and Emily aren’t classmates. |
| A．careless and lazy | B．quiet and bright |
| C．stupid and helpless | D．kind and smart. |
