1 . Mr. Allen held out a glass of water with three ice cubes in it. “Why do things float?” he asked the class. No one said a word. The whole class was
“Anyone?” Mr. Allen smiled at his students. “Let’s brainstorm some answers.” He swirled (旋动) the glass gently. The ice cubes bobbed up and down in the water, then floated back to the
“What’s the first thing that comes to mind? Remember, there are
“The worst one?” asked Miguel from the back of the room.
“That’s right.” Mr. Allen nodded.
“Ooh!” exclaimed Martika. “I’ve got it! Things floating because …they have wings!” Alex snorted (哼), “If they had wings, they’d be
Martika rolled her eyes at him. “It’s supposed to be a bad answer. What’s your bad answer?”
“Uhh …well …” Alex’s face turned red. “Magic?”
“That’s a
“Sometimes science can seem like magic
“Maybe things float because ghosts are carrying them?” Tyler said.
“Or invisible giants!” added Ella.
“Well, I think clouds float in the sky so we can lie in the grass and look at cloud
A few students laughed. Hands went
“I see aliens!”
“And giant pizzas!”
Soon the whole class was hooting with laughter. “I like looking at clouds, too.”
Mr. Allen grinned, picking up the glass of water. “Clouds are made of lots of little water drops.”
1.| A．excited | B．noisy | C．active | D．silent |
| A．left | B．right | C．top | D．bottom |
| A．turned | B．proved | C．became | D．remained |
| A．no | B．any | C．some | D．many |
| A．meet | B．feel | C．avoid | D．fix |
| A．climbing | B．flying | C．swimming | D．jumping |
| A．good | B．bad | C．strange | D．terrible |
| A．when | B．while | C．after | D．until |
| A．animals | B．plants | C．insects | D．aliens |
| A．down | B．up | C．away | D．around |
2 . A well-dressed lady entered the office. She looked at Debbie and Simon, and then walked
“What’s the matter?” Mr. Yang asked.
“People always choose Debbie
“I do. It’s the
“How can that be?” Simon asked. “I don’t get a chance to
“Communicating is more than just
“Body language?”
“It’s the way you stand and sit. It’s your gestures and the
After
| A．on | B．over | C．in | D．for |
| A．language | B．gesture | C．greeting | D．communication |
| A．more than | B．according to | C．instead | D．instead of |
| A．way | B．gesture | C．message | D．expression |
| A．say | B．speak | C．talk | D．tell |
| A．speak | B．spoke | C．speaking | D．to speak |
| A．smile | B．nose | C．expression | D．eyes |
| A．pass | B．give | C．offer | D．tell |
| A．hand | B．head | C．nose | D．face |
| A．hearing | B．listening | C．seeing | D．listening to |
3 . 生活充满了未知，我们会有很多感兴趣、想了解的事物，可能是一件物品、一个地方、一项技能、一种文化或者其他。请根据写作要求，以One thing I want to learn about为题，用英语写一篇短文。
写作要点：1)你想了解什么；2)你为什么想了解它；
3)你打算用什么方法来了解它。
写作要求：1)文中不得出现所在学校的校名和师生姓名；
2)词数100左右。
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4 . Everyone knows Harbin (哈尔滨) is the capital of Heilongjiang province. It is a
Maybe now you can’t help
Make your Ice & Snow Harbin tour come true!
1.| A．strict | B．elder | C．proper | D．beautiful |
| A．famous | B．good | C．proud | D．full |
| A．them | B．it | C．him | D．her |
| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
| A．to | B．in | C．on | D．with |
| A．so | B．such | C．as | D．or |
| A．crazy | B．proud | C．empty | D．strict |
| A．Coloring | B．Collecting | C．Counting | D．Covering |
| A．announce | B．receive | C．experience | D．disagree |
| A．nervous | B．fantastic | C．confident | D．standard |
| A．explore | B．invite | C．rush | D．notice |
| A．looking out | B．working out | C．putting out | D．starting out |
| A．before | B．until | C．after | D．though |
| A．field | B．camp | C．tour | D．film |
| A．take | B．pay | C．cost | D．spend |
| pay, explain, old, in, feel, though, help, decide, shy, read |
We can’t always stay happy all the time. Sometimes we will be in bad spirits. What may affect our
6 . 假如你是李华，学校英语角正举办“My Dream: To Be”演讲比赛，邀请同学们讲述自己将来的梦想。请你根据以下内容提示，用英文从梦想的内容、可能的原因以及你将如何实现梦想等方面写一篇演讲稿。
内容提示：What is your dream?
Why do you have this dream?
How will you realize your dream?
Something more about the dream.
注意：文中不得透露真实的个人信息；词数100左右；标题与开头、结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
My Dream: To Be
Hello, everyone! This is Li Hua. It’s my great honor to be here and share my dream with you.
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Jin Ying, 25, is a lover of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She took part in a three-month
Jin’s life has been different since then. She
Between
Younger age are
8 . Humans and dogs have been living and working together for thousands of years. Because of their protective (保护的) and playful nature, people often get dogs as pets for children. Today, because of their natural curiosity and excellent sense of smell, many dogs are being trained to help with different kinds of search and rescue (救援) jobs, for example, when a skier is lost in a snowy wilderness area or a child disappears in a forest.
The first known use of dogs to help rescue people took place in the Great St. Bernard Pass, a route (路线) in the mountains between Switzerland and Italy. There, hikers often became lost during bad winter weather. For many centuries, a group of monks (僧人) ran a small hotel there where travelers could spend the night. In the 17th century, the monks began taking dogs with them when they went out to rescue lost travelers. They knew the dogs could use their sense of smell to find people, but they soon discovered that the animals also had an excellent sense of direction, even when it was impossible to see anything through the heavy snow. Using dogs for search and rescue jobs became common during the First World War.
★ They have to go through strict training. The training can last up to two years, and trainers look for four qualities in the animals they choose: being able to communicate well with humans; focusing on one thing for a long time; enjoying playing games since the training includes doing the same thing over and over again; finally, it must follow orders all times or it might fight back. Dogs with these have become a valuable part of many life-saving teams around the world.
1. Dogs are chosen as pets because they ________.| A．are easy to be trained | B．have good sense of smell and direction |
| C．can protect and have fun with owners | D．are useful when go hunting |
| A．The monks discovered that the dogs had a good sense of direction. |
| B．The monks began taking dogs with them to rescue hikers. |
| C．The monks opened a hotel in the Great St. Bernard Pass. |
| D．The monks discovered that the dogs had an excellent sense of smell. |
| A．Not every dog can do this difficult and challenging job. |
| B．Dogs are born to be rescue and research helpers. |
| C．Since then, dogs have been playing an important role in life-saving. |
| D．Dogs can only be trained at special schools or centers. |
| A．Dog Lucky likes to play ball games for a short while every day. |
| B．Dog Jacky often helps his owner take out rubbish when asked to. |
| C．Dog Jojo loses herself in cartoons and turns a deaf ear to her owner. |
| D．Dog Puppet follows the strangers home as offered some chicken. |
| A．help choose the best rescue dog |
| B．show how rescue dogs are trained |
| C．raise children’s interest in keeping pet dogs |
| D．introduce the qualities and history about rescue dogs |
9 . 
Feng Boyao and Meng Shuqi found their city library didn’t have enough Braille (盲文) books for blind people and many of the Braille books were outdated.
So, they teamed up to help the blind by fixing the problem. Feng and Meng both studied at No. 37 Middle School in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. They invented a new kind of Braille reader. Their work won the first prize in a national competition aiming to nurture creative thinking by encouraging youths to solve social problems. The invention was also granted a national patent (获得国家专利).
When connected to a computer, their Braille reader can turn words into raised dots (凸起的点). Blind people can read by touching the dots, which are magnets (磁铁). This is the first Braille reader that uses magnets.
“We found that today’s Braille readers are very difficult and expensive,” Feng said. “So, we decided to develop a user-friendly product, especially for young blind children from grades 1 to 3. Moreover, it only costs about 2,000 yuan.”
After making their first machine, Feng and Meng visited a school for the blind to get advice and improved it based on the students’ needs, like changing the size of the screen and the amount of space between the dots.
“We hope the invention will be popularized in the future to help those blind people who can’t afford the Braille reader now,” Meng told Taiyuan News.
1. Why did the two students invent a new kind of Braille reader?| A．To get a national patent. | B．To hold a reading competition. |
| C．To encourage kids to solve problems. | D．To make more Braille books available. |
| A．develop | B．stop | C．imagine | D．show |
| A．It is big and expensive. | B．It is the first to use magnets. |
| C．It needs to be connected to a phone. | D．It is designed especially for old people. |
a. visited the blind for advice b. changed the number of the dots
c. changed the size of the screen d. popularized the computer
| A．a and b. | B．a and c | C．b and d | D．c and d |
| A．Young Adults, Believable Helpers |
| B．Raised Dots, Raised Hopes |
| C．the Smarter Reader, Popular for the Blind |
| D．the User-friendly Invention, Available for Everyone |
| help out; journey; herself; try out; realize; read; come true |
Mary is a book lover. She could read by
