1 . Christmas Day is as important as China’s Spring Festival in Western countries. It started about 2,000 years ago. It falls on December 25th. It’s a special day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the only son of God (上帝).
Christmas is popular with people because it’s a chance (机会) to enjoy themselves with family and friends. A main traditional dish in England is goose (鹅). But when the first travelers from England arrived in North America in 1620, they didn’t have any goose, even no food to eat. So they had to eat turkey. Turkey could be found everywhere at that time. So now people in America still eat turkey instead of goose as a traditional dish for Christmas dinner.
Complete the chart according to the passage with not more than two words for each blank.
| Christmas Day—an | |
| The date (日期) of the festival | On |
| About 2,000 years ago | |
| Why people celebrate the festival | To celebrate the birth of Jesus To have |
| What is the traditional food on that day | In England: goose For travelers from England: turkey For |
2 . Do you want to go to the movies? Town Cinema is the best movie theater to go to. It’s the closest to home. What about the long waiting time to get movie tickets? Don’t worry. There are a lot of people working there. You can buy tickets the most quickly at Town Cinema. Screen City is the most popular one near here and it has the best sound. There’s another one not far from here. What’s it called? It’s called Movie World. It has the biggest screens and the most comfortable seats.
What’s the best clothes store in Green City? Miller’s is the best. It has the best clothes and you can buy clothes the most cheaply there. What about the other stores? Well, Blue Moon is in a fun part of town, but it’s the most expensive. And Dream Clothes is worse than Blue Moon. It has the worst service in town. It’s the worst store.
What about radio stations? 107.9 FM is the best. The DJs choose songs the most carefully. They always play the most interesting music. What about the other radio stations? Well, 970 AM is pretty bad. It has the worst music. 97.9 FM is the most popular. It plays the most beautiful songs.
Choose the best choice from A、B or C according to the passage.
1. The most popular movie theater is ________.
| A．Town Cinema | B．Movie World | C．Screen City |
| A．The best radio station |
| B．The best clothes store |
| C．The best movie theater |
| A．97.9 FM | B．970 AM | C．107.9 FM |
| A．Town Cinema | B．Movie World | C．Screen City |
| A．as expensive as | B．more expensive than | C．less expensive than |
3 . Harbin’s Center Street is the longest pedestrian street (步行街) in Asia. It was built in 1898. The old street has a long history until now. The Center Street begins from Harbin Flood Control Memorial Tower (防洪纪念塔). Its width (宽度) is 21.34 meters and its length (长度) is as long as 1,450 meters. It is the best street in Harbin. It is famous for the architectures or European style (欧式建筑). And the street has so many shops that lots of visitors come to visit it. If you come to visit Harbin, you’d better not miss it.
Complete the chart according to the passage with only word for each blank.
The | |
| The year of being built | In 1898 |
| The | From Harbin Flood Control Memorial Tower |
| The width | 21.34 |
| The length | 1,450 meters |
| The reason of people to visit it | Being |
| With a | |
4 . Robots seem to be getting cleverer and cleverer. Here are four examples.
| Budgee ☆He was created by Five Elements Robotics. ☆With two wheels and a little basket, he can carry things for you while you’re at the shops. | Paro ☆He was made by Takanori Shibata. ☆He is used on patients (病人) in hospitals. ☆He can learn a name and even show feelings such as surprise, happiness and sadness. |
| Rover ☆He was created by a team at Sydney University. ☆He is used to make cows move together from a field to a dairy (牛奶场). | Simon ☆He was developed (研制) by the Georgia Institute of Technology. ☆He can clean up offices. ☆In tests, he could tell whether someone was paying attention to (关注) him or not. |
1. Which robot can help you when you are shopping?
| A．Budgee. | B．Simon. | C．Paro. |
| A．can tell whether others pay attention to him |
| B．was created by Five Elements Robotics |
| C．is used on patients in hospitals |
| A．Show feelings. | B．Clean offices. | C．Move cows. |
| A．a farm | B．a company | C．a supermarket |
| A．A tourist map. | B．A medical dictionary. | C．A science magazine. |
5 . Hello, I’m Lin Tao. This is my school. It’s a big and beautiful school. There is a big playground. The gym (体育馆) is next to the playground. In front of the gym, there are science labs. Behind the gym, there is a library. So we can see the gym is between (在……之间）the science labs and the library. In the library, there are many books. Look! This is our teaching building, and there are 48 classrooms in it. In my class, there are 56 students. On the right (在……右边) of the teaching building, there is a dining hall, and we often have lunch there. Teachers offices are in front of our teaching building.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. Lin Tao’s school is big and beautiful.
2. There are many people on the playground now.
3. There are 56 classrooms in the teaching building.
4. Teachers offices are in front of the library.
5. In the library, there are many books.
6 . Your schooldays can be the best and happiest (最快乐的) days of your life (生活). How can you be happy in your school life?
Be active (积极的) at school
Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested (感兴趣的) in school life and your school subjects. Join some activities (活动). Put up (举起) your hands (手) in class.
Keep healthy
If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you may (可能) think about food in class. If you go to bed late at night (夜晚), you want to sleep in class next day. Do you want to be healthy? You can play soccer, play basketball and run (跑步) every day.
Make friends
Friends are important (重要的) in the school life. After class, you play with your friends. At noon (正午), you have lunch with your friends. A right friend makes your school life nice. And you can ask your friends for help if you meet difficult things.
Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.
| How to live a | |
| Be active at school | *Find * Join some activities. * Put up your hands in class. |
| Keep | *Have enough (足够的) sleep. *Eat good breakfast every morning. *Play |
| Make friends | * Friends are important, so make *Friends are helpful (有帮助的) when we meet difficult things. |
| A. Seven-day holidays on Jinsha Island, lovely beach with golden sands and deep blue sea. Sailing and some other water sports as well as dancing. B. Comfortable coach tours around five cities in East China. Six days out of normal holiday season, seeing local culture. C. Relax yourselves for a four-day holiday in Guilin. Stay in Lijiang Hotel. Taste delicious Guilin rice noodles. A tour on Lijiang River by boat. D. Holiday flats in Sanya in summer season by the sea, near shops and restaurants. E. One week holidays in Mudanjiang. Skating, skiing and other winter sports. F. Working holidays on a farm in Guizhou for one to three weeks, if prepared to work with the farmers, rooms, food and trips are all free. You only pay for the low cost of traffic. |
8 . How are people supposed to greet each other when they meet for the first time? Shake hands, give a hug or bow? Let’s try to learn more about the greeting ways.
| Greeting ways | Done in these countries | Description |
 | These countries include not only China but also the US, Canada, Mexico, Egypt and so on. | It’s one of the most common greeting ways. Americans or Canadians shake each other’s hands strongly in seconds while people in Mexico or Egypt are gentler and spend more time shaking hands. |
 | This usually takes place in Japan and South Korea when people greet each other. | In Japan, people are supposed to keep silent when bowing to each other, or they will be considered impolite. |
 | People in Thailand and Indonesia are supposed to greet each other by placing their hands together in front of the body. | A man puts his hands in front of his face while a woman puts her hands in front of the chest (胸). Sometimes Indonesians shake hands to greet people, too. |
 | This usually takes place in some European and American countries such as Russia, Brazil and Greece. | Friends or family members are supposed to hug each other when they meet. When doing it, people are used to patting (轻拍) each other on the back. |
1. How many greeting ways are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. |
| A．Canada. | B．Indonesia. | C．South Korea |
| A．To shake hands with their friends. |
| B．To bow to their friends. |
| C．To hug their friends. |
| A．Americans spend more time shaking hands than Mexicans. |
| B．Japanese people are allowed to talk when greeting each other. |
| C．In Thailand,a man and a woman put their hands differently to greet people. |
| A．Customs | B．History | C．Language. |
9 . We make decisions every day. Everything we say and do is the result of a decision. Sometimes it’s not easy to make the right decision. If you have a big decision to make, you may feel afraid. But there are some simple things you can do to make yourself less worried. Keep reading to learn more about how to make decisions.
Write about your fears (畏惧). It may help you know about them and make a better decision. Start by writing about the decision you need to make. Describe or list everything that you are worried about.
Think about the worst situation. Once you write about the decision you need to make and why you have fears, take it a step further (深远). Try to think about the worst result for every possible choice.
Think about whether the decision you make will last for a long time. Once you think about anything that could go wrong think about whether you can change the decision later on. Most decisions can be changed, so don’t be afraid to make a wrong decision.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. The writer thinks it’s always easy to make decisions.
2. The writer thinks writing about your fears can help you learn about those fears.
3. The writer advises readers not to think the worst result.
4. The writer thinks it’s important to make right decisions at first, because it’s hard to change them later.
5. This passage mainly gives us some advice on making decisions.
10 . As a teacher, you need to create rules for your classroom. But how can you make your students want to follow the rules? Give them a hand in creating those rules! Here’s how to do it. Start with a list of what you consider the main points, and then, through thoughtful discussion, work with your students to create a set of rules expressed in their language. Use this list as a starting point.
Treat others as you would like to be treated.
Respect other people and their things.
Laugh with anyone, but laugh at no one.
Pay attention to your own learning
Come to class and hand in homework on time.
Most teachers agree that it’s best to choose only a few rules-those leading to successful learning and a great environment. It’s too hard to remember a long list! Make clear and specific rules. Then decide with your students’ help what the punishment will be for breaking those rules.
Teach the rules as you would have a common lesson. It should be your first lesson. Discuss each rule, explain the idea behind it, and ask for examples of how it could be broken.Tell your students that rules help make everyone’s time in school more enjoyable, and use examples to explain this. The rules can also be posted as a reminder(提醒) and each student is advised to take a copy of the rules home.
Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.
Create classroom rules together with your students | |
| To make students want to follow the rules. | |
| Preparation | Give a list of main points. |
| Process | Discuss it together.Create a set of rules. Decide how to |
Attention | Don’t choose The rules should be made Read the rules in your first lesson. |
| Follow-up | Post the rules to remind all the Advise students to take a copy of the rules home. |
