When it comes to letting children do housework, there are some different ideas.
Many parents don’t let their kids do housework. They just let the kids be kids to enjoy plenty of playtime while they’re still young. Others may let the kids finish the housework as quickly as possible. There are many important reasons why children should help out around the house.
They’re young now, but they won’t be kids all the time! Washing clothes and cooking are just some of the skills that kids will need when they finally move out. These are also things that schools do not fully teach, so learning them at home is even more important.
Children can become an understanding member of a team through housework. Members of the “family team” should help each other, so the idea of sharing and fairness is very important. It also helps kids know about the spirit of teamwork (团队合作) and put it into use at school or at work. Learn these lessons at home, and it helps the family members get closer to each other.
1-2题完成句子；3-5题简略回答问题。1. Many parents don’t let their kids
2. Through housework, children can become
3. Why should kids learn skills like washing clothes?
4. What will the family be like if every member shares the housework?
5. Do you like doing chores? Why or why not?
2 . We are compared with others all the time. Our parents may compare us with our sisters and brothers. Our teachers compare us with other students. They want to use these ways to cheer us up and hope we can become the good examples. But most of the time, we are too stressed to move forward.
We are compared with others about everything like grades and heights. As a result, when we do something, we hope to get praise (表扬) from others, especially from our parents and teachers. When we can’t get praise, we won’t be happy. This also makes us feel very uncomfortable and stressed. However, in fact, it will be helpful for us if we treat (看待) it in a right way. From comparison (比较), we can understand ourselves better and learn about the differences between us and others. This pushes us forward all the time.
We can not run away from comparing. Always keep in your mind that your only competitor (竞争者) is yourself—it is the most important competitor for you.
1. Why do our parents or teachers compare us with others?| A．They want to give us some stress. | B．They want to cheer us up. |
| C．They hope we can take care of ourselves. | D．They hope we can depend on ourselves. |
| A．Praise. | B．Prize. | C．Holiday. | D．Nothing. |
| A．To compare with others. | B．To be too stressed. |
| C．Not getting praise. | D．Not being better than others. |
| A．We must compare ourselves with others all the time. |
| B．We must try our best to compare ourselves with others about everything. |
| C．We can learn about ourselves better from comparison. |
| D．We can run away from comparing if we can’t do anything better than others. |
| A．Examples | B．Competitors | C．Differences | D．Comparison |
3 . Good afternoon. My name is Susanna. I come from America. I am a junior high school student. I will talk to you about the lives of American students in school.
In America, students usually get up at 6:30. After getting up, they often run for half an hour in the morning. When the class starts at 8 A. m., students need to learn some subjects. They learn English, Chinese, math, science, biology, music and art.
The students eat lunch at school at 12 o’clock. They have many kinds of food to eat, such as meat, vegetables, fruit, bread and so on, but hot dogs and hamburgers are their favorites.
Students have a short rest after lunch. The first class in the afternoon starts at 1:30 and school is over at 3:00.
After school, they always self-study and do their homework until 6:00 in the afternoon.
From 6 to 8 o’clock, they play games, exercise, read, write, draw and do other activities. They go to bed at nine in the evening. They sleep about nine hours a day. The students all think that their school life is very interesting.
That’s all. Thank you.
1. Susanna is a ________.| A．teacher | B．student | C．worker | D．nurse |
| A．15 minutes. | B．20 minutes. | C．30 minutes. | D．40 minutes. |
| A．Self-study and do their homework. | B．Play basketball or football. |
| C．Eat dinner and take a walk. | D．Sing and dance. |
| A．four | B．five | C．three | D．two |
| A．Students always have breakfast at school. |
| B．Students like to have bread and milk the most. |
| C．Students sleep about eight hours a day. |
| D．Susanna talks about school life in America in the afternoon. |
Long-term exercise has many benefits (益处), such as keeping illnesses away and improving physical health. But we should choose the right way to exercise, our body is easy to get hurt. The following is my advice.
Before exercise, slowly get into exercising. Do not warm up with a large number of activities. You can do some flexible stretching (弹性拉伸) activities at the beginning to warm up your body. About ten minutes is enough. Before exercise, we should also take off the hard things in order to keep safe.
When doing sports, we must pay attention (注意) to safety. It’s necessary to put on the proper sports clothes and shoes so that we can protect ourselves from getting hurt.
Food and water provide energy so that we can keep moving forward. So we should eat something healthy, like vegetables and milk. We must drink water in time, especially in the hot summer. When drinking, we should drink a little water many times because it’s detrimental to our health to drink too much water while exercising at a time. There are many things we can’t do while and after exercise. For example, we shouldn’t have meals or cold drinks just after exercise, which may cause illnesses.
1.2. We should wear
3. Should we drink much water while exercising at a time?
4. What will happen to us if we have meals or cold drinks just after exercise?
5. What else should we pay attention to when exercising?
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Capybaras (水豚) are the largest living rodents (啮齿动物) in the world. They mostly live in Central America and South America. They have short hair. It can be yellow, red, or brown. They have a big nose, short legs, small ears, and almost no tail. There are two species, or kinds, of capybaras. The larger species may be 1.3m long and weigh (重) up to 79 kg. The smaller copybaras grow to about 1m in length and weigh about 27 kg.
Capybaras live near water. They are good swimmers and can stay underwater for up to five minutes. Capybaras usually live in small groups of about 10 to 20 animals. They are plant eaters and usually eat in the morning and evening. They eat water plants, melons, and so on.
Capybaras are friendly animals and are famous for quickly making friends. Capybaras like to stay alone, but if people or other animals try to get close to them, they will not run away and will spend time with them. They will even stay with large and dangerous animals such as crocodiles (鳄鱼).
People find capybaras free and quiet. And they are often relaxed and calm. Many people say they love these animals a lot.
阅读短文，并按要求完成1—5题。1—2题完成句子；3题简略回答；4题写出全文的主题句；5题将文中划线部分译成汉语。1. Capybaras mostly live in Central America and
2. Capybaras have short hair, a big
3. How many kinds of capybaras are there in the world?
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Do you like dolphins? The dolphin is my favorite animal. It has a long body and lives in the sea. It is a kind of friendly animal in the world. Dolphins never attack (攻击) people. Sometimes they save people in danger. They are also very smart, so people teach them to perform (表演) in the shows. Dolphins make people happy.
Unluckily, the number of many animals like dolphins is becoming smaller and smaller. Some of them become endangered animals. Why? First of all, people cut down trees for buildings. It makes some animals lose their homes. Second, farmers use too much pesticide (农药). Third, to make money, some people kill them.
I think we shouldn’t cut down trees. We should plant more trees to save the animals’ homes. And we should establish (建立) some places to protect (保护) them. I believe we will get on well with animals if we do more things for them.
1~2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第一段的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。1. Dolphins are very
2.
3. Why do people kill animals?
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7 . In the countryside, many parents have to leave home to make money and their children become left-behind children. To solve the problem, the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (中国扶贫基金会) started a program called Partner Mother Project. The program needs local (当地的) women aged 49 to 55 to be the “mothers”.
The local women understand local languages and cultures, so they are the fittest (最适合) for the program. Also, the “mothers” should be full-time to make sure they won’t think about other work.
The “mothers” will do parents’ job, finding out what the children need and helping them with problems. Each “mother” will take care of about 300 to 500 children. Their job is to give quick service and solve the children’s problems.
The program is now going just in some villages. It will probably start in other places of the country in the future. It can be a good way to solve the left-behind children problem.
1、2题完成句子： 3-5题简略回答问题。1. The program “Partner Mother Project” needs
2. The “mothers” will do
3. Why do some children become left-behind children?
4. What is the job of the “mothers”?
5. Do you think the program “Partner Mother Project” is good or bad? Why?
8 . Many of us spend time going around areas of water, like going for walks by rivers and lakes—or swimming in a pool, but if you see someone in trouble in the water, do you know how to help him or her?
A life-saving course can teach you how to help a person who has trouble in the water. What tools and methods should you use to save them and how to control your feelings when you’re around the water? These skills are usually taught in a swimming pool.
The Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) provides courses in the UK. It has a program about water-safety for children aged between 8 and 12. It teaches things such as how to swim safely.
The RLSS wants everyone to know the water safety rules. These are to “stop and think” if the area has any danger. Always “stay together” with friends and family, and swim at a safe place.
In an emergency (紧急情况), call 119 and throw something that floats (漂浮) to the person in trouble．If you are the person in trouble, stay calm (冷静), float on your back and call for help.
1. How does the writer start the passage?| A．By asking a question. | B．By giving an example. | C．By asking for advice. | D．By telling a story. |
| A．Only in a swimming pool can we learn the life saving skills. |
| B．You can throw something that floats if you swim in a swimming pool. |
| C．In a swimming pool, there is always someone who teaches life saving skills. |
| D．You can take life-saving courses and learn the skills in a swimming pool. |
| A．5 years old. | B．9 years old. | C．13 years old. | D．17 years old. |
| A．Swim at o safe place. | B．Stay with teachers. | C．Swim at n low place. | D．Swim after learning it. |
| A．The reasons for calling 119. | B．The ways of saving yourself. |
| C．The ways of learning to swim. | D．The reasons for saving others. |
9 . As we all know, trees are useful to humans and animals. They give living places and food to wild life. They take in carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) and give off oxygen. They also make our world more beautiful. Let’s know about some kinds of trees in the world.
Mulberry trees (桑树)
Mulberry trees come from China. Silkworms like to eat their leaves. Chinese people began to keep these worms and make silk about thousands of years ago. The silk went out through the Silk Road and made China famous.
Gingko (银杏)
The gingko is from China. And this kind of tree only grows in China. The life of a gingko tree can be very long—even thousands of years. In autumn, the gingko leaves turn yellow and look like small beautiful fans.
Eucalyptus (桉树)
The eucalyptus is from Australia. It is one of the most common trees in the country. Australians see the eucalyptus as their national tree. It can grow well in different places. People use it to make paper and build houses.
1~2题完成句子：3题简略回答问题：4题找出并写下全文的主题句：5题将文中画线句子译成通顺的汉语。1. Trees can take in carbon dioxide and
2. In ancient times, silk went out of China through
3. How long does a gingko tree live?
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10 . Have you ever felt like you needed your own space? Sometimes we all need to be alone. Plants need to have their own space, too. You can walk away or shut your door when you want to be alone, but what can plants do? They can’t walk or run anywhere. They use allelopathy (植化相克).
All plants need water to grow, but in some dry places there isn’t much water, so the plants have to use allelopathy to keep on living. Also all plants want to have as much soil for their roots to grow in as possible, and one way to do this is to make other plants’ roots die by using allelopathy. Finally, all plants need sunlight to live. If other plants grow nearby, their shade means less sunlight, so the plants use allelopathy to stop other plants from growing too close to them.
Here’s an example — pine trees. Each year the needles (针叶) from pine trees fall to the ground. These needles that cover the ground have a kind of acid (酸) in them. The acid doesn’t hurt the pine trees, but it won’t let other plants grow.
1. If a plant wants to have its own space, it can ______.| A．walk away | B．close its leaves | C．use allelopathy | D．cover the ground |
| A．To make other plants’ roots die. | B．To stop other plants from getting sunlight. |
| C．To cover the ground with acid needles. | D．To get enough water for other plants. |
| A．hurt the pine trees | B．help other plants grow |
| C．stop other plants growing | D．make the soil richer |
| A．How do plants look after their own space? | B．What makes plants grow well? |
| C．Why do plants need to stay alone? | D．What plant needs allelopathy? |
