The African Elephant
The African elephant is a clever animal. It has a very good memory. But people kill it for its tusks(长牙). Half of the African elephants have disappeared.
The African Lion
The African lions have nowhere to live because of wars in Southern Africa. Besides, hunters and farmers often kill them.
The Tortoise
George is a tortoise. It is the last Pinta Island(平塔岛) giant tortoise. It was found in 1971. Now it lives in a research station. It can still live for another 200 years. But it is the last one of this species(物种) of tortoise.
The Tadpole Shrimp(蝌蚪虾)
Maybe you’ve never seen a tadpole shrimp. This is one of the oldest species on the earth. People have found them in fresh water pools on four continents(州). A tadpole shrimp can only live for two months or less.
1. When someone says extinct animals, you may think about____?
| A．monkeys | B．dinosaurs | C．pandas | D．tigers |
| A．fur | B．tusks | C．nose | D．ears |
| A．is the name of a scientist |
| B．is 100 years old |
| C．is the last one of its species |
| D．was born in 1971 |
| A．is in danger because of its special illness (疾病) |
| B．lives on four continents |
| C．lives in a research stations now |
| D．is the second oldest species on the earth |
| A．A tadpole shrimp can live for 100 years. |
| B．The number of some animals are becoming smaller and smaller. |
| C．All the animals in the world are in danger of extinction |
| D．African elephants have nowhere to live. |
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【推荐1】This is a story about a monkey. An old man had a monkey. The old man liked the monkey very much. The monkey was very clever. When birds came to the garden, he drove them away. He also helped the old man in many other ways. One hot afternoon in summer, the old man was asleep in his chair in the garden. A fly（苍蝇）came and sat on the old man’s nose. The monkey drove it away. Soon the fly came back again and sat on the old man’s nose. Again the monkey drove it away. Again and again, the monkey became very angry. He jumped up, ran to pick a large stone. When the fly was on the old man’s nose again, the monkey hit it hard with that stone. The fly fell off, but the old man’s nose was broken. Well, many people, even our friends, sometimes do things just like the monkey. They do things too quickly but they don’t think much before they do. Maybe they sometimes bring us trouble, though they mean to do something good.
1. What did the monkey do when birds came to the garden?| A．The monkey slept in the chair. | B．The monkey played with the birds. |
| C．The monkey drove them away. | D．The monkey picked a large stone. |
| A．The birds. | B．The monkey. | C．The fly. | D．The old man’s friend. |
| A．Because he couldn’t drive the fly away. | B．Because he was asleep. |
| C．Because he didn’t find a stone. | D．Because his stone hit the old man’s nose. |
| A．Because they often hit us with stone. |
| B．Because they want to do something good. |
| C．Because they don’t think much before they do things. |
| D．Because they often do something bad. |
【推荐2】Laura and her parents Mr and Mrs Smith live in London. They have different pets and they love their pets.
| Mr Smith | I like dogs. I have a dog. Its name is Rim. It isn’t big but it’s very beautiful. It’s brown and white. And it has long hair on its ears. It can walk on two legs. |
| Mrs Smith | My pet is a two-year-old cat. Its name is Bam. Bam is black. It’s very friendly and it often plays with Rim. Sometimes they even sleep together. Milk is Bam’s favourite. |
| Laura | My pet is a rabbit. It’s my friend too. I call it Rick. It’s one year old and it’s very cute. It’s white. Every evening it plays with Bam for half an hour. It likes eating carrots. |
| A．White. | B．Black. | C．Brown and white. | D．Black and brown. |
| A．Laura’s. | B．Laura’s mum’s. | C．Laura’s dad’s. | D．Laura’s friend’s. |
| A．with Rim | B．with Laura | C．for 30 minutes | D．for 60 minutes |
Most of us think that all wild animals are dangerous. In fact, very few of them will eat a man if he leaves them alone. The wild animals are sometimes less dangerous than we imagine.
If you meet a tiger, I’m sure you will run away, but even a tiger doesn’t like meeting a man if he isn’t hungry. Tigers only kill and eat a man when they are too old to catch their food, like sheep and other small animals. Some animals get afraid when they smell a man. Some of them stand and look at a man for a short time before they run away. Wild animals only eat a man when they are afraid that he will try to kill them or their young ones.
1. Most of the wild animals will eat a man if he leaves them alone.2. Tigers only kill and eat a man when they are too old to catch their food.
3. Some animals get afraid when they smell a man.
4. Some of the wild animals jump and look at a man for a long time before they run away.
5. From the passage, we know that wild animals may be more dangerous than people think.
I’m not saying that I am not an example of this, but I wonder how people can spend so much time on their phones without actually talking to anyone in particular. We can now do almost anything with a phone. But has it gone too far? We spend too much time on our mobiles but not enough time talking to people in real life.
Last time I visited London, I traveled by subway. I noticed that almost everybody else
was on their phones except those who were asleep. People were playing games, reading articles and listening to music.
Recently, my smart phone broke and I had to use an old basic phone just to keep in touch with my family and friends. I could only send text messages, make calls and play one game with it. And I loved it. I loved being free from the Internet, and I really didn’t mind what my friends were doing or what the latest news was. I could enjoy my time watching the people around me and seeing what was going on.
However, I knew that as soon as I got my smart phone back, I would be one of those people once again.
1. The writer finds that _________ people are using their phones in public places.
| A．most | B．few | C．half | D．all |
| A．Playing games. | B．Sending text messages. |
| C．Listening to music. | D．Having meals. |
| A．surf the Internet |
| B．watch the people around him |
| C．play one game |
| D．look through the latest news |
| A．People were sleeping. |
| B．People were talking with each other. |
| C．People were playing games. |
| D．People were using their phones. |
| A．everybody was on their phones when the writer traveled in London by subway |
| B．most people spend enough time talking to people in real life |
| C．the writer enjoyed his time without his smart phone |
| D．the writer won’t use his smart phone any more |
【推荐2】For years, I fought with the “bird’s nest” on top of my head. My mother thought my hair was naturally beautiful, but my classmates didn’t agree. They made fun of it, calling my hair “the mop (拖把)”.
When I got to university, I decided to change my hairstyle. I had my curly (卷曲的) hair straightened (拉直). However, it cost me $700 once every six months to do this. People said I was crazy to spend that much on my hair. But I would do anything to never again see that curly-haired girl in the mirror.
But when I had to rent my own apartment, the cost became too high. So I turned to Google. In the end, I found a “curly haired” salon, a place designed for girls with crazy hair. When I arrived there, the stylist, Jacquai, was waiting for me.
“Do you really think this will work?” I asked.
“No curly hair is hopeless,” she replied. “You just haven’t found a way to work with it. That’s all.”
After the hour was over, Jacquai had completed her task. She had fixed my hair using only her hands. I couldn’t believe it: my hair looked beautiful.
Now my world has changed. I am more outgoing and confident than ever. People say that I’m looking better than ever but that they don’t know what has changed. Hair is not just hair. I don’t need to tell them. My hair speaks for itself.
1. The writer’s classmates thought her hair was ________ .| A．beautiful | B．straight | C．tidy | D．ugly |
| A．was expensive and useless | B．did not make her look good |
| C．was helpful but too expensive | D．caused others to make fun of her |
| A．She was very angry because the writer was late. | B．She thought the writer's hair was a disaster (灾难). |
| C．She was calm (冷静) and sure of her work. | D．She thought there was no way to fix the writer's hair. |
| A．she became confident. | B．she cut her curly hair. |
| C．she found a way to straighten her hair. | D．people knew her change. |
| A．A successful stylist | B．Road to beauty |
| C．Learn to live with my curly hair | D．No curly hair is hopeless |
【推荐3】Mr. Lee is going to take his family on a trip to some other countries. His brother decides to go with them. Mr. Lee’s father is old so he wants to stay at home and takes care of the house.
They want to fly to Europe, because it is faster and can save more time. But Mr. Lee’s brother would like to take a ship and he thinks the children will enjoy it as well.
So they decide to go to Europe by ship. They’d like to take buses or trains to visit some countries in Europe. Then they are going to fly home. It takes them a long time to decide where to go, but Mr. Lee thinks they will have an interesting trip. They will go to England, France and Italy. Mrs. Lee is very interested in France because she’s a French teacher. Mr. Lee’s brother can speak good Italian, so he’s looking forward to the trip to Italy.
1. How many people are going on the trip?| A．Only one. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Over three. |
| A．By boat. | B．By train. | C．By plane. | D．By car. |
| A．Go sightseeing at the seaside. | B．Learn some foreign languages. |
| C．Do some interesting things. | D．Visit some different countries. |
| A．By plane. | B．By ship. | C．By train. | D．By bus. |
| A．their trip is not comfortable | B．their trip is not very long |
| C．the cost of the trip is very high | D．they organize the trip well |
It’s very useful(有用) for children， too. It can make children clever. This means they will do well in study and schoolwork.
There are easy ways to exercise. You can walk， run， or only jump. When you do exercise， you need to know what you are doing. Don’t do sports too much at a time. Try all kinds of sports and look for one， two or even three sports you like. You can also exercise at the gym(健身房). Exercise can be fun. It can make you happy. Friends can exercise together at a gym or they can do sports together at any place they like.
1. Sports can ______________________.
| A．make our body healthy |
| B．take too much of our time |
| C．make everyone do well at school |
| D．be very boring(乏味) for children |
| A．it can help children grow fast |
| B．it makes children know what they are doing |
| C．it helps children do their schoolwork well |
| D．it is easy to do for children |
| A．playing basketball | B．swimming |
| C．jumping | D．playing football |
| A．everyone needs to do sports |
| B．doing a lot of sports at a time makes you very healthy |
| C．we should try all kinds of sports |
| D．people can do exercise at the gym or at home |
| A．why and how we should do sports |
| B．why children need to do exercise |
| C．that we need to do all kinds of sports |
| D．that friends can do sports together |
【推荐2】Sun Run, a 16-year-old girl went to the hospital with her parents in January because her eyes felt more tired and her vision was blurry (视力模糊的). She was shocked when she found out that her eyesight dropped from 5.0 to 4.6 in only a term. “A few of my friends have had the same experience lately.” Sun said.
In fact, poor eyesight among Chinese primary and high school students rose from 59.2 percent to 70.6 percent in the first half of 2020, according to the Ministry of Education.
To protect students’ eyesight, the Chinese government has worked out new requirements for school equipment(设备).They will take effect on March 1, 2022. For example, according to the requirements, the size of text in students’ textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point (小五号).
Teachers should also avoid using projectors (投影仪) or other multimedia equipment that are too bright. There are also requirements for desk and classroom lights. For example, these lights should give off as little blue light as possible.
Blue light is bad for our eyes, as it can kill the photoreceptor cells (感光细胞) we need for vision. Many of the electronic devices (电子设备) we use every day, including our phones and computer screens, give off blue light.
Chinese government has also taken other steps to protect students’ eyesight in China. In May 2020, the National Health Commission asked schools to make sure that students have at least two hours of outdoor activity a day.
By 2050, half of the world’s population (nearly 5 billion) will be nearsighted, according to a study published in the journal Ophthalmology. The main reason for this is that people’s lifestyles have changed. They spend less time outdoors and more time looking at screens.
1. Through Sun’s experience, the writer wants to tell us that ________.| A．she should have gone to the hospital earlier |
| B．many students got sick in January |
| C．most Chinese students wear glasses |
| D．many Chinese students have bad eyesight |
| A．70.6 percent | B．59.2 percent | C．11.4 percent | D．0.4 percent |
a. schools to use textbooks with larger text
b. teachers to avoid using overly bright multimedia equipment
c. schools not to use blue light bulbs(灯泡) in classrooms
d. schools to use lights that give off less blue light
| A．abc | B．abd | C．acd | D．bcd |
| A．how to reduce the use of blue light |
| B．how to use blue light correctly |
| C．how blue light affects us and where it’s from |
| D．why the government is protecting students’ eyes |
| A．they spend more time on reading |
| B．they have changed their healthy lifestyles |
| C．they take part in many outdoor activities |
| D．they eat more meat |
1. Li Ping thinks he did best in ______ in Unit 1.
| A．opposites | B．using a dictionary |
| C．a report | D．present perfect tense |
| A．Present perfect tense. | B．Using a dictionary |
| C．A report. | D．Opposites. |
| A．Present perfect tense. | B．Passive voice. |
| C．Organizing information. | D．Favorite educational computer game. |
| A．Suffixes ‘full’and ‘less’. | B．Past continuous tense |
| C．Linking words. | D．My best holiday. |
| A．Vocabulary | B．Main task |
| C．Study skills／Pronunciation | D．Grammar |
