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To speak to people in a foreign language requires courage (勇气). Some people are afraid of making mistakes.     1    . And that’s the biggest mistake of all. Now if you have courage and are ready to make a few mistakes, what will you say?

    2    . Finding a proper topic is important. Some topics, such as the weather and news, work well. But others, such as age, money or people’s look do not. The following are some ways to start a conversation.

Weather—It is cold today, isn’t it?

News—Did you hear about that terrible forest fire?

A conversation in a foreign language doesn’t always go easily.     3    . Don’t worry. You can always ask your partner to repeat what he has said or to speak more slowly. For example, “Excuse me, but could you say that again? I didn’t catch it.” or “Could you speak more slowly, please?”

At the end of a conversation, you need to find a way to finish it in a polite way, “Well, I really need to go.” and “    4    .” are often used by people to end a conversation.

A．Sometimes your partner talks too fast and you find it difficult to follow

B．It was nice talking to you

C．They never open their mouths

D．First, you have to start a conversation

【推荐1】Everything has a name．All people，places，and things have names．For example，Jenny is the name of a student from England．England is the name of a country．Cities and towns have names，too．Schools and office buildings also have names．For example，tomato，potato and bean are names of vegetables．Apple，orange，and banana are names of fruit．Names are important．We use names every day．When we meet a new person，we usually ask，“What’s your name?”It’s important to learn a person’s name．Most people have two names．Some people have more names．Names are different all over the world．In Jenny’s class．Jenny must learn the names of the students from all over the world．This is very difficult because the names are very different．
In the United States，most people have a first name，a middle name and a last name．Parents choose the first and middle names for their babies．There are names for boys and names for girls．The last name is the family name．Usually it is the father’s family name．In a family，the mother, the father, and the children usually have the same last name．
Sometimes a person has a nickname，too．A nickname is a special（特有的）name．It’s not a person’s real name．Abraham Lincoln’s nickname was“Honest Abe”．An honest person（一个诚实的人）always tells the truth，and Abe is short for Abraham．Because he was an honest person．his nickname was Honest Abe．Pele（贝利）is a nickname，too．The football player’s real name is Edison Aeraesde Nascimento，but everyone calls him Pele．Do you have a nickname?
Names are different all over the world．They can be long or short．but they are always very important
1. What is Jenny?

A．A student

B．A teacher

C．An American

D．A nickname

2. What does the underlined(划线的) word “nickname” mean in Chinese?

A．乳名

B．真名

C．绰号

D．别名

3. What is Pele’s real name?

A．Honest Abe．

B．Abraham Lincoln．

C．Edison Aeraesde Nascimento．

D．We don’t know．

4. Usually the last name is________ family name．

A．the father’s	B．the mother’s
C．the grandmother’s	D．The teacher’s

5. Why is it difficult to learn names all over the world?

A．Some people have nicknames．

B．There are many names all over the world．

C．Some names are very long，and some are very short．

D．The names in different countries are different．

【推荐2】Many children want to develop a hobby. You’ll need to find different interests and decide which hobby really interests you. While, this may be hard to do, and here are four great reasons to work it in.

Hobbies help build a teen’s confidence（自信）. By finding an area of interest, a teen can build his skill. This leads to positive（积极的）results and builds teenagers’ confidence.

A hobby helps teens have a sense of his identity（个性）. Our likes and dislikes help us know who we are as people. Hobbies help by sending a signal, “I like doing this. This makes me feel good about me. Therefore, this is a part of who I am.”

Hobbies keep teens from getting bored. Bored teens look for things to do and are more likely to do something bad. Helping teens develop a hobby is helping them stay out of trouble.

Hobbies will help teens get on well with their parents. When a teen is busy with a hobby, his parents have easy chance to something to praise him about. They can communicate with each other easily.

1. The underlined word “work” means “________” in Chinese.

A．工作

B．办成

C．丢失

D．作品

2. According to the passage, hobbies can make kids ________.

A．be sure something they want will happen in the way they think

B．know they are different from their parents

C．feel a little bad about themselves

D．not be good students at school

3. If Jim has a hobby, he will ________ in his free time.

A．be bored

B．be in trouble

C．make a lot of money

D．feel happy

4. Hobbies will help teens to get on well with their parents because ________.

A．teens are busy and have no time to fight with parents

B．parents never praise them about their hobbies

C．parents have an interesting topic to talk with children

D．teens have to ask their parents for some money

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．why it’s not easy to find a hobby	B．how to develop a hobby
C．who we are as people	D．why teens need a hobby

【推荐1】In northern Scotland there is a long, deep lake called Loch Ness. More than 200 meters deep, it is the largest lake in the UK. People say a big monster（怪兽）lives in its dark, cold waters. It weighs more than 1,000 kilos and is at least ten meters long. Some people say it has a heard like a horse. Others say it looks like a snake. Many people travel to Loch Ness to look for this strange monster, but only a few people have seen it. At least, they say they have seen it.

The Loch Ness Monster is a famous legend（传说）. The first story about a monster in Loch Ness was told over 500 years ago, but the legend of the monster spread widely only in the twenties century. In 1933, a husband and wife reported that they saw a big monster in Loch Ness. Several people have taken photos, but at least one of them was a hoax（骗局）. During the 1960s, a team was formed to look for the monster. They took many photos and made movies, but they were never able to find a monster.

There is no real fact that a monster lives in Loch Ness, but there is also no fact that one doesn’t live. One thing is true about Loch Ness: there are a lot of tourists there.

1. In northern _______ there is a long, deep lake called Loch Ness.

A．Scotland

B．Hong Kong

C．Rome

D．Paris

2. What do people say about the monster in Loch Ness?

A．It weighs about 100 kilos.	B．It is one meter long.
C．It has a tail like a horse.	D．It looks like a snake.

3. When was the first story about the monster told?

A．200 years ago.	B．Over 500 years ago.
C．In 1933.	D．In 1960.

4. Why was a team formed during the 1960s?

A．To kill the monster.	B．To look for the monster.
C．To catch the monster.	D．To sell the monster.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．People that saw a monster.	B．A trip to Loch Ness.
C．A legend about a monster.	D．A team that took photos.

【推荐2】Last Sunday, it was sunny. Our art club had a trip to a zoo.

The zoo is far from our club. The bus ride took about two hours to get there. The zoo is big and beautiful. There are lots of animals in it. I took many photos of the animals. Now, let me show you my photos.

Look at this photo. It is an eleven-year-old tiger. It is sleeping. Look! The elephants in that photo are so lovely. They’re from South Africa. They’re eating food. There are some monkeys in this photo. What are they doing? Oh, they’re climbing the trees. There are many apples on the trees. Look at these photos. They are all about my favorite animal—pandas. They’re really cute, right? Where is the photo of the giraffe? Oh, it’s under the chair. The giraffe is taking a walk.

Do you like these photos? You can choose one from them if you like.

1. What was the weather like last Sunday?

A．Sunny.

B．Cloudy

C．Windy.

D．Rainy.

2. How did the writer go to the zoo?

A．By bike.

B．By car.

C．By bus.

D．By train.

3. The elephants are from ________ .

A．Australia

B．South Africa

C．China

D．America

4. The underlined word “They” refers to   ________ .

A．the elephants

B．the monkeys

C．the pandas

D．the photos

5. From the passage, we can know ________ .

A．the writer went to the zoo last Saturday

B．the monkeys in the photo are climbing banana trees

C．the writer also took some photos of the flowers in the zoo

D．the writer found the photo of the giraffe under the chair

【推荐3】

The way to see water's temperature Here's how to tell whether a glass contains（容纳）hot water or cold water-without ever touching it！
you'll need •2 drinking glasses that are exactly alike •Ice cubes（块） •Adult helper •Bathtub（浴缸）or shower •Pencil and paper	1.Fill one glass with cold tap water and cool it with ice cubes. Don't use a lot of ice; just cool it a little. 2.Fill the other glass with very hot water. 3.Pour both glasses out into the tub at the same tirme and speed. Repeat this process（过程）a fewtimes，and watch closely each time. 4.Ask your helper to fill the glasses again and not tell you which is which. When you see the water splash in the tub.guess which one is the hot water. 5. Repeat several times. Keep score on your paper. You should be able to guess correctly more than half the time.
Cold water is more dense（稠密的）than hot water.so a cup of cold water is just a little bit heavier than a cup of hot water.		When you pour hot water onto a hard surface，it splashes（溅起）around more than the cold water because it's less dense. SOURCE:TNS

1. Where can you find such a picture？ ______

A．A news report	B．A story book
C．A comic	D．A science poster

2. What can we learn from the picture？ ______

A．You can do it without others' help．

B．At least two different drinking glasses are needed．

C．Cold water seems much heavier than hot water．

D．You don't have to touch the water to find it's cold or hot．

3. What is the way to see temperature according to the picture？ ______

A．By watching．

B．By weighing．

C．By feeling．

D．By guessing．

【推荐1】Jack was cutting a branch off a tree in his garden. While he was sawing, another man passed in the street. He stopped and said, “Excuse me, but if you continue to saw (锯) that branch like that, you will fall down with it.” He said this because Jack was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk of the tree.

Jack said nothing. He thought, “This is some foolish person who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do.”

The man continued on his way. Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Jack fell with it.

“My God!” he cried. “That man knows the future!” And he ran after him to ask how long he was going to live. But the man had gone.

1. One day Jack was cutting a branch ______ a tree in his garden.

A．on

B．in

C．at

D．out

2. While Jack was sawing, another man ______.

A．told him to stop working

B．told him he would not fall down

C．would borrow something from him

D．would help him saw that branch

3. After the man went away, Jack thought ______.

A．that fellow (男子) cheated him

B．that was a wise person

C．that was a silly fellow

D．that was a proud person

4. What happened after a few minutes?

A．The branch fell.	B．Jack fell down to the ground.
C．Jack hurt himself.	D．Both A and B.

5. This story is about ______.

A．a foolish man

B．the necessity of taking good advice

C．cutting a tree

D．a wise man

【推荐2】Hello! My name is Yang Yang. I am a girl. I’m seven years old. I’m from China. My telephone number is 715-6763. I have a good friend. Her name is Grace. She is seven years old, too. She is a nice girl. I’m in Class Six. Look at this woman(女人)！ She is my teacher, Miss White. Her name is Alice White. White is her family name and Alice is her first name. She is forty years old. She is from Canada(加拿大). Her telephone number is 745-6673. Her QQ number is 860856439. She is nice. She is a good teacher. I like her very much.

1. How old is Grace?

A．7

B．8

C．9

D．10

2. Alice is Yang Yang’s ______________.

A．mom

B．teacher

C．friend

D．sister

3. The passage is mainly about (文章主要是关于) _______________.

A．Yang Yang’s family(家人)	B．Yang Yang’s friend
C．Yang Yang’s friend and family	D．Yang Yang’s friend and teacher

【推荐3】

At the beginning of November, the 35th Chinese Antarctic set off for the polar region. This time, one of their main tasks is to build China's first permanent Antarctic airport, Science and Technology Daily reported.

There are more than 20 airports in Antarctic(南极洲), according to Global Times. But none of them belong to China. China's polar plane Xueying 601 has to take off and land at Russian airports.

The new airport will help Chinese aircraft take off and land in the South Pole. This will make it easier to transport scientific equipment and do research, Zhang Xia from the Polar Research Institute of China told Global Times.

In order to be environmentally friendly, the airport will be small, said Sun Bo, leader of the research team. It is much smaller than the usual airports in our cities.

However, this doesn't make it easy to build the airport.

The site of the airport is an ice cap 28 kilometers away from Zhongshan Antarctic Station, Xinhua noted. An ice cap is a thick layer of ice. It covers the land like a quilt. But this “quilt” is always moving. Scientists have to find the slowest-moving part of the cap. You can hardly notice the movement of the ice in this area.

The next problem is the snow. The snow on the ice cap can be very thick. Also, it is as soft as cotton, which makes it hard to build a runway for airplanes. Scientists have to use a snow blower to get rid of the snow on top of the cap. Then, they compact (压缩)the rest of the snow with a road roller-like machine. This way, the snow will be strong and hard enough to build a runaway on top of the cap.

1. What is the main task of the 35^th Chinese Antarctic expedition?

A．Transport scientific equipment.	B．Do research.
C．Set up a research station.	D．Build an airport.

2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A．Why we need to explore Antarctica.	B．Where China's polar planes take off and land.
C．What the new airport in Antarctica can do.	D．How other countries build their own airports.

3. The difficulties of building a polar airport include all of the following EXCEPT ________.

A．the weather changes very often	B．the snow on the ice cap is thick
C．the snow on the ice cap is soft	D．the ice cap is always moving

4. What do scientists use a snow blower to do?

A．To make the ice cap stop moving.	B．To clear the snow on the ice.
C．To compact the snow on the ice cap.	D．To wash the runway for airplanes.

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．China's polar plane Xueying 601 has to take off and land at American airports.

B．The airport built in Antarctic is the same size as the natural airports in our cities.

C．To build the airport, scientists have to find the slowest-moving part of the cap.

D．The snow on the ice cap is so thick that it makes building a runway much easier.