There was a farm, where lived Farmer John with his wife Molly. They raised a pig, a cow and many other animals on their farm. Also there lived a little mouse.
One day John came back with a bag. From the bag, John took out a mousetrap and set it. When the mouse saw this, it ran away in fear and decided to run around the farmyard to warn all its animal friends.
First it met the chicken. "There is a mousetrap on the farm!" The mouse said in fear. But the chicken answered peacefully, "There is nothing to do with me. This is a danger for you, not for me." Then the mouse rushed to the pig and the cow to tell them about mousetrap. But they showed no worry about it, either. Sad and depressed, the little mouse returned to the house.
On that night, Molly heard a sound of the mousetrap. She hurried to see what was in it, but because of the darkness, she did not see that it was a poisonous snake, caught in the trap by the tail. Unluckily the snake bit Molly. John drove her to the hospital at once. Later, when they returned home, Molly still had a fever. John remembered that chicken soup was good for a fever, so he went to his farmyard to bring the chicken. Molly's sickness continued and many friends came to visit her, the farmer killed the pig so he could treat all the visitors.
Unfortunately, Molly became weaker and weaker and one day she died. Many neighbors, relatives and friends arrived for the funeral . John had to kill the cow to treat all of them.
The mouse watched all that happened with great sadness.
1. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in this passage?| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．Afraid | B．Excited | C．Sad | D．Peaceful. |
a.The mouse went to warn his farm animal friends.
b.John made chicken soup for Molly.
c.Friends came to visit Molly.
d.Molly went to find out what was in the mousetrap.
e.The cow and pig showed no worry for the mousetrap.
| A．a-d-e-b-c | B．a-e-d-b-c | C．c-b-d-e-a | D．c-a-b-d-e |
| A．聚会 | B．田园 | C．牛棚 | D．葬礼 |
| A．Don't tell anybody about your own trouble. |
| B．Sometimes helping others is helping yourself |
| C．When using a mousetrap, you must be careful. |
| D．It's better to leave your friends to their own trouble alone. |
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A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man’s room to ask how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “You see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I am up there, in that big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”
1. The poor man lived in ______ before he met the rich man.
| A．the hotel | B．his home | C．the park |
| A．waited for the rich man |
| B．looked at the rich man’s hotel |
| C．looked at the rich man’s car |
| A．sleeping in that hotel |
| B．becoming rich |
| C．owning that hotel |
| A．he didn’t want to live in such a fine room |
| B．he didn’t like the rich man |
| C．he couldn’t get any sleep at all there |
| A．sorry | B．nice | C．terrible |
One family once has an accident. A big fish swims under their boat and bites(咬) holes in it. Sea water comes in and the boat soon goes down. Luckily these people have another small boat--- a lifeboat, so they all get into the lifeboat. They live in the boat for many days. They eat and sleep, and always hope--- At last a ship saves them.
How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way. They must have hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望) to live. People cannot drink sea water. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people cannot cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw(生) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.
1. When the boat goes down, the lifeboat gives the people _________.
| A．food | B．beds | C．rainwater | D．hope |
| A．their boat meets bad weather |
| B．their boat hits a big rock and it is broken |
| C．a fish bites holes in their boat |
| D．none of them know how to sail |
| A．fish and birds | B．rainwater |
| C．both sea water and rainwater | D．both A and B |
| A．厨师 | B．食物 | C．炊具 | D．大盒子 |
| A．Nice. | B．Fresh. | C．Salty.(咸的) | D．Bad. |
1. Tony wants to borrow from Allen.
| A．a knife | B．a book | C．a garden-knife | D．mone |
| A．father | B．teacher | C．neighbor | D．classmate |
| A．a knife | B．a book | C．a garden-knife | D．money |
| A．nothing | B．a garden-knife | C．a knife | D．a book |
| A．Tony. | B．Allen. | C．Teacher. | D．None. |
【推荐1】Yun Sigi from Beijing is a 19-year-old young pianist. He started to learn the piano at age 4 and it has been his favourite hobby since then. Before that, he often heard his elder sister playing the violin and he loved the classical music she played. “I wanted to beat her in something and I chose the piano,” Yun said.
At 4, several minutes of practice a day was enough. As Yun grew up, at ages 7 and 8, he had to practise for four hours a day. The time kept going up after Yun was 12. Now, he needs to practise at least seven hours every day. He sleeps for only five to six hours a day, but he is still full of energy（活力）.
Yun never got tired of the piano. In fact, he had great fun playing it. “Music is my special luck, and it is a real enjoyment to be with it every day,” he said.
Yun worked hard and soon he stood out. From 2013 to now, Yun shone at different music festivals, concerts and competitions. Yun said successes or failures were not important and they would not affect his understanding of music or his plan for the future.
“If you lose, think carefully about it, and if you win, just work harder,” the young pianist said. “I still need to practise more to become better, to bring out the real beauty of classical music through the piano. It may take a lifetime.”
1. Yun Siqi began to learn the piano in ________.| A．2002 | B．2004 | C．2006 | D．2008 |
| A．he was not able to play the violin |
| B．it was easy to learn to play the piano |
| C．he wanted to be better than his sister in something |
| D．his sister refused to play his favourite classical music |
| A．He lived a happy life at the age of 4. |
| B．He was not good at playing the piano. |
| C．He practises playing the piano very hard. |
| D．He doesn’t have enough sleep but he is healthy. |
| A．允许 | B．维持 | C．放弃 | D．影响 |
| A．Yun played the piano really well. |
| B．Yun was tired of playing the piano. |
| C．Yun didn’t think he needed more practice. |
| D．Yun said one should work harder if he lost. |
【推荐2】The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging (哇嘟声) of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the greedy insects from feasting on their crops.
Since the beginning of 2020, the East African country of Kenya has been fighting against the nation’s worst desert locust outbreak in over 70 years. The destructive (破坏性的) swarms, some as big as three times the size of New York City — about 192 billion insects — are eating their way through thousands of acres of crops and animal farms.
“These things are terrible,” says Keith Cressman, an official with the UN Food and American Organization (FAO).“A swarm the size of Manhattan can, in a single day, eat the same amount of food as everyone in New York and California combined.”
Experts say the locusts are easy to control with pesticides. However, due to a delay of action and a lack of resources to battle such large numbers, the locust invasion (入侵) is still out of control. If efforts are not made in time to control the bugs, they could have grown to be 20 times their current number by March. That is the start of the planting season in Kenya. Even worse, experts believe that if control efforts fail, yet another generation of locusts, which bave a lifespan of between three to five months, could appear just in time for the September harvest season.
“Although giant nets, flamethrowers, lasers and huge vacuums have been suggested in the past, these are not of use for locust control,”the FAO says.“People and birds often eat locusts. But that’s not enough to largely reduce the bug’s population levels.”
1. What are the farmers most probably doing with their pots and pans (in paragraph 1)?| A．They are driving the locusts away. | B．They are cooking meals. |
| C．They are making music. | D．They are holding a ceremony for a good harvest. |
| A．Locusts grow in number very quickly. |
| B．Manhattan is faced with a locust outbreak as well. |
| C．Large numbers of locusts are destructive to food resources. |
| D．People in New York and California have been eating too much food. |
①Locusts can’t be killed by pesticides.
②Locusts can live for three to five months.
③Kenya’s planting season starts in September.
④The later people start to control the locusts, the worse the situation will be.
| A．①② | B．①③ | C．③④ | D．②④ |
①Because there have been too many locusts.
②Because the locust swarms move too quickly.
③Because Africans don’t know how to kill locusts.
④Because measures were not taken in time to deal with the locusts.
| A．①② | B．①④ | C．②③ | D．③④ |
| A．It is encouraging more people to eat locusts. |
| B．It thinks locusts can be a main food source for people. |
| C．It has found an effective solution to the problem of the locust invasion. |
| D．It has been unable to work out a method to control the locusts up till now. |
【推荐3】Would you completely trust your friends if you couldn’t see anything? If you are falling, do you believe they will catch you and help you stand up? Our teacher helped us to find the answer.
Our teacher is named Morrie. One day, he said that he had a game for us to try. He divided us into two groups. One of the students from the first group, stood in front of us with his eyes closed, and then fell backwards (向后). The second group stood behind him. Before he fell on the floor, they should catch him and not let him get hurt. Most of us were uncomfortable with this. We were afraid that they wouldn’t catch us and we would hit the floor. So we didn’t move. We just stood there and laughed in embarrassment (尴尬).
Finally, one student, thin, quiet, dark-haired girl called Sarah, decided to move. She crossed her arms in front of her body, closed her eyes, and slowly fell backwards. She looked quiet but brave.
For a moment, I was sure she was going to fall on the floor. But before she hit the floor, the other students caught her, held her and finally helped her stand up.
“Whoa!!” we were all surprised, and also encouraged. The girl was happy, too. Seeing this, Morrie smiled and said to the girl, “When you close your eyes, you can’t see anything. You won’t feel safe. When you are falling, the feeling gets stronger. You are not sure whether you will hit the cold, hard floor or the warm, soft hands of your friends. But if you are brave enough to trust them, they won’t let you down.”
1. According to the passage, we can know Morrie is ________.| A．a student | B．a teacher | C．a manager | D．a farmer |
| A．strong but shy | B．active | C．quiet but brave | D．careless |
| A．got hurt |
| B．fell on the floor |
| C．was only helped by the writer |
| D．was caught by the other students |
| A．they could stop the game finally |
| B．they wanted to do something else |
| C．they thought they had won the game |
| D．they felt that they could trust each other |
【推荐1】Every driver in London has his own story. This is a talk, by a London taxi driver.
“I’ve been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis.”
"It's a nice job most of time. You meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles（英里）outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."
"I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."
"Some very strange things happened late at night. The other day I was taking a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."
"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief.”
Luckily the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!
1. The driver always worked at night because it was easier to __ ___.| A．drive | B．make money |
| C．climb in through the window | D．meet a lot of people |
| A．early in the morning | B．late at night |
| C．20 miles outside London | D．near the police station |
| A．The driver worked until between 2 and 3 in the morning. |
| B．The police made a mistake. |
| C．The woman had no money to pay the driver. |
| D．The woman had forgotten the driver and the dog. |
| A．get money from the woman |
| B．return the dog to the woman |
| C．see what was happening in the house |
| D．phone the police |
【推荐2】Noise pollution is a serious problem in big cities. A study found that Guangzhou had the worst noise pollution, followed by Delhi in India and Cairo in Egypt. Beijing came sixth. To help track(跟踪) and control noise pollution, a noise map has been developed by the Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences. It allows people to “see” noise.
On the map, there are 12 colors which means 12 noise levels(标准). For example, purple means noise between 30 and 35 decibels(分贝) while dark green means noise between 40 and 45 decibels. The area where the noise is between 60 and 65 decibels is shown in bright red. Blue means noise between 75 and 80 decibels. Roads along busy elevated ways(高速公路) are often red or blue, while neighborhoods and parks are usually quieter, showing a color of green or purple.
In fact, years earlier, some countries in Europe have been required by the EU to make noise maps for cities with a population of over 250,000. Some cities in Japan, South Korea and the US also have noise maps. Most of these countries don’t update(更新) their maps often, but the noise map of Shanghai gets updated every 20 minutes, giving researchers an idea of how the noise level changes with time in certain areas. For example, noise levels may rise as a car comes near, and fall again after it has passed. Weather and season also make a difference to noise levels. The noise map will be used to help reduce(减少) noise in cities. It can also be helpful if you’re looking for a quiet neighborhood to live in.
1. According to the study, which city has the second worst noise pollution?| A．GuangZhou. | B．Delhi. | C．Cairo. |
| A．30-35 | B．40-45 | C．75-80 |
①weather ②sunlight ③time ④traffic
| A．①③④ | B．①②③ | C．②③④ |
| A．It was first developed in Japan. |
| B．It has been widely used around the world. |
| C．There will be less noise pollution thanks to its using. |
| A．To introduce the noise map developed by Shanghai. |
| B．To ask people to pay attention to noise pollution. |
| C．To show how the noise map of Shanghai was created. |
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| A．Magic Book: Spells | B．Solo: Star Wars |
| C．Santa Bruce | D．My ABCs |
| A．Amber Benson. | B．Lucasfilm Press. |
| C．Ryan T. Higgins. | D．Disney Book Group. |
| A．My ABCs. | B．Santa Bruce. |
| C．Solo: Star Wars. | D．Magic Book: Spells. |
| A．It was written by Ryan T. Higgins. | B．It has thirty-two pages. |
| C．A 6-year-old girl can read it. | D．It came out on April 3, 2018. |
| A．a story | B．an advertisement | C．a novel | D．a poem |
【推荐1】S=Salesperson C=Customer
S: Good morning. Is there anything I could help you, sir?
C: Yes, I just bought trousers and shoes. Could you show me to your coat section（区域）?
S: This way, please. These are Italian coats, sir. They are quite fashionable these days.
C: Oh, these are exactly what I am looking for. I’ d like to try this dark one for size.
S: Let me help you put it on. How does it fit?
C: It seems to be my size. What do you think?
S: How about trying this blue coat on ? I believe it will look better on you.
C: Do you really think so?
S: I’d get it myself if I could.
C: All right, I’ll take the blue one. How much does it cost?
S: It is 500 dollars but comes up to 540 including tax. Will there be anything else?
C: That will be enough for today. Here is my card. Please don’t forget the receipt. If anything is wrong, I can change my coat with it.
S: OK. Here you are, sir. Thanks for coming. Good day!
C: Good day!
1. What is the customer looking for ? He is looking for ____________.| A．trousers | B．shoes | C．coats | D．dollars |
| A．零钱 | B．包装 | C．购物袋 | D．发票 |
| A．Cash | B．Card | C．PayPal | D．Alipay |
【推荐2】On a hot day, many people like to go to the beach. Some beaches, however, are not safe for swimming. If the water is not clean, it isn't safe to swim. Sometimes the waves(海浪) can be so strong that people can be pulled out to sea.
At some beaches, there are sharks(鲨鱼) in the water. People put out shark nets(网). They help stop too many sharks from getting close to the beach. Sharks can still swim under or around the net. But if they try to swim through, they will get caught. Sharks can die if they are not cut free.
Shark nets don't just catch sharks. They can catch other sea animals, too. They have caught dolphins, turtles and so on. Even a whale(鲸鱼) has been caught in a shark net. It took many people to get it free. Some animals are not so lucky. They die in the nets.
One day, a whale was swimming with her calf. The calf got caught in a shark net. The mother whale tried to get the calf to come with her. The calf was in the net. It couldn't get free. The mother had to watch it die.
Many people think shark nets should not be used. Sharks are important in the ocean. They mainly eat sick and dead fish. They help to keep the ocean clean. Sharks are the lions and the tigers of the sea. Some people think there are other ways to keep the beach safe for people.
Shark spotters are people who watch for sharks. They go to a high place. Then they can look down on the beach. If they see a shark, they will make a loud sound. They put up a white flag. Then people know to get out of the water. After all, the water is a shark's home.
1. Swimming in the dirty water is ______.| A．happy | B．dangerous | C．interesting | D．exciting |
| A．To catch other sea animals. | B．To keep the beach safe. |
| C．To kill the animals in the net. | D．To catch sharks and kill them. |
| A．baby | B．friend | C．brother | D．sister |
| A．How to catch sharks | B．Sea animals |
| C．Shark nets | D．Dangerous sharks |
| A．People put out shark nets to keep sharks from getting close to the beach. |
| B．Many other sea animals may swim into the nets and die. |
| C．All the people agree to use the shark nets to keep the beach safe. |
| D．Shark spotters put up a white flag to warm people to get out of the water. |
【推荐3】Everyone has got two personalities(性格)-the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control yourself, but when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don't like to make people unhappy, so you never express your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you're always easily becoming sad. You never want to change your ideas, but you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not for tomorrow
If you sleep on curled up(蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt, so you are very defensive. You're shy and you don't usually like meeting people. You like to be on your own.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don't often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry.
1. When does the sleeping position best show your secret personality?| A．In the daytime | B．At the beginning of sleep. | C．At night | D．During the deep sleep. |
| A．on curled up | B．on her stomach | C．on her back | D．on her side |
| A．易怒的 | B．攻击性的 | C．外向的 | D．有戒心的 |
| A．a science magazine | B．a guide book | C．a sports newspaper | D．a story book |
