1 . Every thirty seconds there is an earthquake in the world. Some of these earthquakes are so weak that people can’t feel them. But some of them are very serious and many people get hurt or die in them. Do you know what cause earthquakes?

The earth’s surface (表面) has many pieces. These pieces are always moving. When two pieces move past each other, there is an earthquake. Scientists are trying to predict(预测) big earthquakes, but it’s very hard. Do you know how to protect yourself during an earthquake? Here are some ways. You should remember them.

If you are inside

◆ Quickly move under a desk or along a wall. It will protect you from falling things. Don’t run out of the door.

◆ Keep away from windows.

◆Turn off lights.

◆ Don’t get into a lift. If you are in a lift, get out as quickly as possible.

If you are outside

◆ Don’t stay near tall buildings and trees. Things may fall on you.

◆Be careful of fallen power lines.

◆ Lie on the ground in clear areas until the shaking stops.

1. How often does an earthquake happen in the world?

A．Once every thirty seconds.

B．Once every thirty minutes.

C．Once every three hours.

D．Once every thirteen seconds.

2. An earthquake happens because _________.

A．the Earth’s surface is too thin

B．the pieces of the Earth’s surface are moving too fast

C．two pieces of the Earth’s surface move past each other

D．there are too many pieces on the Earth’s surface

3. Where should you stay during an earthquake?

A．	B．
C．	D．

4. In the passage, you can know ________.

A．you don’t be afraid when an earthquake happens

B．you’d better not stand near tall buildings

C．you should look for your family after the earthquake

D．you should rebuild your homes after the earthquake

5. The passage tells us ________.

A．how to predict an earthquake

B．how to save people after an earthquake

C．what to do before an earthquake

D．what to do during an earthquake

2 . What do we do when we go camping? First, we work out a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and catting. We take things to keep us away from insects and the sun.

Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods（树林）. We look for a place for campers（露营者）and we look for a good place for our tent. The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row（划）a boat, or go fishing.

In the evening we come back to the tent, we build a big fire because it can keep the insects away.

We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.

At night we lie down（躺下）on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.

Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’t rain.

根据文章内容，给下列的问题选择最佳答案。
1. What should we do first before going camping?

A．Work out a plan.	B．Take some food.
C．Take things to keep us warm.	D．Take something for cooking and eating.

2. What does the underlined word “insects” mean in Chinese?

A．蛇

B．蚊子

C．昆虫

D．苍蝇

3. Where should we look for a place for the tent?

A．Near the fire.	B．Near the lake.
C．In the woods.	D．Somewhere with enough moving air and water.

4. Why should we build a fire in the evening?

A．Because it can keep the insects away.

B．Because it can keep us warm.

C．Because it is dark and quiet.

D．Because it is cold at night.

5. The campers like to do many things at night except（除……之外）________.

A．sit around the fire and talk	B．tell interesting stories
C．look up at the stars	D．walk in the woods

3 . In America, every student likes popular music. Students carry small radios and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch.

Adult（成年人）drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work. They also listen about sports, the weather and the life of American people. Most of the radio programs are music.

Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in many places. Once the popular singer is known all over the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes goes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her.

There are other kinds of music that are important to Americans. One is called folk（民间）music. It tells stories about the common life of Americans. Another is called country music. This was started by cowboys（牛仔）who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy and his girl is called country music.

根据文章内容，给下列的问题选择最佳答案。
1. How many kinds of music are mentioned（被提到）in this passage？

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. What are most of the radio programs about in America？

A．Music.

B．Sports.

C．Weather.

D．The life of Americans.

3. From the passage we know that country music is about the ________.

A．school life in America	B．life of cowboys
C．common life of Americans	D．country life and love stories

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage？

A．Most students in America like popular music.

B．Adult drivers in America always listen to music while driving.

C．Everyone in America wants to meet pop singers wherever they go.

D．Folk music and country music is not important to Americans.

5. What’s the best title（标题）of this passage？

A．Popular Music	B．History of Music
C．Country Music	D．Music That Are Important to Americans

4 . All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online to watch.

Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are rather interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other.

1. Sports are good for ________.

A．the players	B．people’s health
C．the coaches	D．people who like sports

2. If you like sports, you can ________.

A．buy tickets to watch the games	B．watch the games on TV
C．watch the games on the Internet	D．A, B and C

3. People play ________ in different seasons.

A．the same game	B．different games
C．any games	D．all kinds of games

4. ________ is very popular in the world.

A．Table tennis

B．Baseball

C．Football

D．Skating

5. From this passage we can see that ________ can become very friendly.

A．people from different countries all	B．people from the same country
C．people who do the same sports	D．after a game, people from different countries

5 . 请阅读下面文章，根据所提供的信息，回答问题。

Practicing yoga (瑜伽) is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.

In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility (灵活性).

Harish Chaturvedi, a writer, teaches people water yoga for free—even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kinds of yoga, because the body does not get tired so quickly,” he said. “Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”

“The level of Oxygen (氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem.” he added.

Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.

“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water.” said Sudhir Narayan, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”

1. Which is more difficult, to practice yoga in water or on land?     
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2. What is Harish Chaturvedi?
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3. Why is water yoga more popular than others?   
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4. Who does Harish mainly train?       
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5. Where does he have classes regularly?
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6 . Baseball is one of the favourite sports in the USA. Children play baseball in sports field or parks.

At summer picnics, there is often an informal baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to bat (击球). Each team has 9 players.

The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are shown on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America’s heroes. At the end of season the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Million of others listen to the radio and watch television. After the game, people like to talk about the result of the matches and the players, especially their favourite players.

American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the USA. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball when there is an important game. Thousands of people sit beside the radio or in front of the television set to hear the result. If their favourite players behave very well, they will be very excited about the score. If they lose the matches, fans will lose confidence. Maybe they will go to another club to cheer others on.

Anyway, Americans are super fans of many kinds of sports. Just find your own favourite sport or star like them.

1. There are _________ players in a baseball team.

A．nine

B．eighteen

C．ten

D．sixteen

2. Baseball is _________.

A．as popular as football in the USA

B．more popular than football in America

C．not so popular as football in America

D．the most popular sport in the United States

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Americans always become heroes in September.

B．Some baseball players become famous during the match time.

C．Americans didn’t like baseball at all.

D．American people usually play baseball from May to October.

4. What does the underlined word “result” mean in Paragraph 3 and 4?

A．场地

B．天气

C．结果

D．比赛

5. What happens at the end of the baseball season?

A．People only talk about football games.

B．Many baseball fans become members of top teams.

C．A lot of people join in the games.

D．Two top teams play a wonderful baseball game.

7 . Millions of years ago, dinosaurs (恐龙) controlled the earth. And there were different types of dinosaurs on the earth. Some of them were no bigger than chickens, but all of them had very small brains (大脑). Later on, there weren’t any dinosaurs. What happened to them?

In the days of dinosaurs, the whole earth was warm and wet. There were many green forests. But the earth changed slowly all the time. When parts of the earth became cold and dry, the forests there died. Then dinosaurs could not find enough food to eat. This must be one reason why dinosaurs died out.

What’s another reason? We can make a guess. New kinds of animals came to the earth. Some had big brains and were fast and strong. They could kill dinosaurs. Some ate dinosaur eggs, too.

There may be other reasons that we do not know about. Each year, people will find some dinosaur footprints (脚印) and bones. Scientists are trying to tell us more about dinosaurs.

1. Dinosaurs controlled the earth ________.

A．when all the forests died out	B．when the earth was warm and wet
C．when the earth was snowy	D．when parts of the earth became cold

2. The underlined word “dry” means ________ in Chinese.

A．多风的

B．多雨的

C．干燥的

D．炎热的

3. According to the passage, we are NOT sure that ________.

A．all dinosaurs had very small brains

B．different types of dinosaurs were on the earth

C．millions of years ago dinosaurs controlled the earth

D．new kinds of animals came to the earth and killed dinosaurs

4. We can learn ________ from this passage.

A．dinosaurs are not strong	B．dinosaurs left nothing on the earth
C．scientists are trying to study dinosaurs	D．scientists know everything about dinosaurs

5. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Why Dinosaurs Died Out	B．Where Dinosaurs Lived
C．When Dinosaurs Died Out	D．What Dinosaurs Looked Like

8 . AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see the amazing AI.

Cool driverless bus Apolong is a new kind of driverless (无人的) bus. It can hold fourteen people and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows the traffic rules. It will stop every time when it sees the red “stop” sign.	Your close friend Hi, everyone! I’m Xiaoice. I look like a 17-year-old girl. I can talk with you. And I’m good at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!
Popular AI artist Look at this beautiful picture. It sold for about 3,000,000 yuan! But it is not a work from a famous artist (画家), such as Vincent van Gogh. It’s from an AI artist. The AI artist studied over 15,000 pictures to learn how to draw. Now it is one of the most popular artists in the world.	World’s first AI anchor Hey, look! Qiu Hao is a Chinese famous anchor (主播). It is the world’s first AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like a person. It speaks both Chinese and English. It can work 24 hours without any mistakes (错误).

1. Apolong can hold ________ people.

A．34

B．30

C．24

D．14

2. Xiaoice can NOT ________.

A．fly kites

B．talk with you

C．write poems

D．sing or tell stories

3. About the AI artist, we can know ________.

A．Vincent van Gogh invented it	B．it sold for about 3,000,000 yuan
C．it studied over 25,000 pictures	D．it’s one of the most popular artists in the world

4. What languages can Qiu Hao speak?

A．English and Japanese.

B．Chinese and Japanese.

C．Chinese and English.

D．We don’t know.

5. We can probably see the passage in ________.

A．a medicine book

B．a poem book

C．a story book

D．a newspaper

10 . Do you know pleasure of Farmhouse(农家乐)? It’s a new way for holidays in China. Now, more and more people are interested in it, especially young people. Every weekend, thousand of people drive to the countryside. The farmers invite them to their farms even homes. Many people help the farmers work on the farms, such as fishing, watering the crops or picking apples. If you come to the farm, you will fall in love with the country life at once. Here you can listen to the birds, enjoy the beautiful view of countryside, breathe the fresh air and watch the crops grow. You can even taste the fresh produce, such as tomatoes and strawberries.
Pleasure of Farmhouse brings a good chance to enjoy the life of countryside, especially for people living in the cities. It can make them relax.
One farmer said, “Welcome children to our farms. We will show you where your food comes from.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. ____ is a new way for holidays in China.

A．Climbing mountains	B．Doing farm work
C．Pleasure of Farmhouse	D．Fishing

2. In the countryside, visitors can ____.

A．enjoy the beautiful view

B．work with the farmers

C．taste the fresh produce

D．do all of above

3. The underlined word“view”means ____ in Chinese.

A．景色

B．小路

C．观点

D．乐趣

4. Pleasure of Farmhouse can make ____ relax.

A．farmers	B．visitors from cities
C．young people	D．children

5. In the last paragraph, the farmer said they would show us ________.

A．how to work on farm

B．where we could grow crops

C．where we could make food

D．the pleasure of working