Hello, friends! I’m Linda. I like to tell you something about the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is an important (重要的) festival in China. All Chinese like it.
It is always in January or February. These are my two favorite months. It is often cold at this time of year, but people are happy. Family members get together and have a big dinner. We usually eat chicken. After dinner people like to watch Spring Gala (春节联欢晚会) on TV. It’s very interesting. We can see people singing and dancing very happily. Children have a lot of fun on Spring Festival. Usually our parents get new clothes ready for us and we get the “lucky money” from our grandparents, parents aunts and uncles, we like to let off fireworks (烟花) at night, they are really beautiful.
1. Spring Festival is an important festival in ________.| A．China | B．the USA | C．the UN |
| A．January and February | B．March and April | C．November and December |
| A．sing and dance | B．eat chicken | C．watch Gala on TV. |
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①②③ |
| A．happy | B．healthy | C．easy |
2 . American schools are quite different from those in China. In America, at the beginning of the term, students must choose their subjects and teachers first.
Choosing is very important for your scores in America. So at the first term, don’t choose too many subjects, or you’ll feel very tired. Then you have to ask for some teaching plans. There is some information about subjects, timetables, scores and textbooks. At the same time, you must choose the teachers. Different teachers have different teaching methods. If the teacher is called “killer” by the last grade, many students won’t choose him, because this kind of teacher will leave too much homework, too many exams and give too low scores.
There is another thing after you choose the subjects and the teachers. How to buy textbooks makes each student feel hard. The textbooks in America are very expensive. Each one is about $30—$50. In order to save money, many students buy some used textbooks, and some students usually borrow textbooks from the school library.
In class, discussing is very important. The teacher encourages you to ask questions or show your own ideas. They don’t usually ask you to sit well. Instead, they allow you to sit or stand everywhere you like.
1. What do American students must do first at the beginning of the term?| A．Choose their subjects and teachers. |
| B．Ask for some teaching plans. |
| C．Take some important subjects. |
| A．subjects | B．timetables | C．price |
| A．The teacher leaves too much homework. |
| B．The teacher gives high scores. |
| C．The teacher leaves too many exams. |
| A．Everywhere. | B．In the front. | C．In the back. |
| A．the Differences between American and Chinese schools |
| B．American schools |
| C．the Differences between American and Chinese students |
3 . There are forty-seven different kinds of kangaroos(袋鼠). They live in Australia. The smallest are about a quarter of a metre long; the biggest are taller than a man.
Kangaroos have very long, strong back legs. These are used for jumping. They also have long, strong tails(尾巴) used for resting on. Kangaroos’ front legs are much shorter and are almost like arms. Kangaroos’ heads are small, but their ears are quite large.
Mother kangaroos have a pocket at the front. They have one baby each year. When it is born, the baby kangaroo is straight(直接) into its mother’s pocket. The baby kangaroos stay there for six months.
The biggest kangaroos stand more than two metres tall, and their legs are so strong that they can jump more than nine metres. They are very fast and can travel at more than 50 kilometres an hour. They are very strong, but only eat fruit, leaves and grass.
1. Where do these different kinds of kangaroos live?| A．China. | B．Japan. | C．Australia. |
| A．a quarter of a metre long |
| B．bigger than a man |
| C．the same size as a man |
| A．resting | B．jumping | C．playing |
| A．at the front | B．at the back | C．at the left |
| A．Kangaroos’ heads are quite large, but their ears are quite small. |
| B．When the baby kangaroo is born, it is straight(直接) into its mother’s pocket. |
| C．Kangaroos eat fruit, meat, leaves and grass. |
Walking on the streets in Chengdu, you can see teahouses everywhere. It is said that China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China because of the special way of serving(服务) and drinking tea. When visitors walk into the teahouse, the waiters and waitresses give them a wonderful welcome with teapots and cups in their hands.
People have different ideas to come to the teahouse, in fact, they are not really thirsty(渴的). Some old people pay 20 cents or more to the teahouse and then they can sit there all day to chat with each other. For young people, it’s a good place to make friends and relax themselves. Teahouses are also places for businessmen to talk about their business. Some teahouses also have shows, such as storytelling and Sichuan Opera.
1. What is common to see on the streets in Chengdu？(根据短文内容回答问题)2. Why do people say Chengdu has the best teahouses in China?
3. How do the waiters and waitresses do when visitors walk into the teahouse?(根据短文内容回答问题)
4. What can young people do in the teahouse?(根据短文内容回答问题)
5. Can visitors enjoy shows in every teahouse?(根据短文内容回答问题)
5 . The Double Ninth Festival (重阳节) is a special day for older people in China. On this holiday, younger people usually show love and respect for older people.
Respecting older people is a tradition in China. There are many ways in which Chinese people express their respect. When an older person enters a room, everyone stands up. People are introduced from the oldest to the youngest. When we present a book to an older person, two hands are used. Young people always offer their seats to older people on a crowded subway or bus.
In western countries, however, older people seldom think they are old. They are called “seniors” instead of “old people”. They’d rather do everything themselves. Even after retirement (退休), they take on hobbies, part-time jobs and new activities to keep their bodies working well.
Westerners respect their older people, too. Seniors usually take trains and buses for free. They are given discounts (折扣) in stores and restaurants.
But western seniors don’t often live with their children — they live alone. For holidays, the family usually gather at the grandparents’ homes. A great smile and a warm hug for their parents are enough for children to show their respect.
1. How many ways of respecting older people in China are mentioned in the passage?(根据短文内容回答问题)
2. What do older people in western countries often do after they retire?
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3. Where do the family usually gather for holidays in western countries?
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4. 阅读短文，从短文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子。
Seniors don’t need to pay when they take trains or buses.
5. 根据短文内容，完成句子。
From this passage, we can learn
6 . Nowadays, people from all over the world are trying to solve the environmental problems and protect the environment.
Energy Protection. The plastic bottles and bags are used easily, but they do harm to the environment. Recently, new public drinking water service is highly popular in Britain. There have been more than 8,000 liters (升) of water at the bus stations, shopping centers, museums, and other public places across the capital so far. To cut plastic waste, the government encourages the British to drink the water on the street rather than buy bottled water.
Ocean Protection. “When scientists found a four-meter-long whale with some plastic bottles in its stomach, every one of them felt sad,” Kong, a teacher from Duke Kunshan University, said. And there are at least 8 million tons of plastic going to the ocean each year. If it continues, there will be more plastic than the fish in the ocean by 2050. So people begin to collect rubbish in the ocean now.
Air protection. Nowadays, China begins to use the biofuel (生物燃料). The biofuel is greener than the traditional fuel. Using the biofuel has many advantages (优点). It comes from renewable materials. And it’s clean and green so it can’t cause air pollution. But it’s expensive.
1. ________ liters of water have been in London by now.| A．More than 4,000 | B．More than 6,000 | C．More than 8,000 |
| A．the sadness of the scientists | B．the pollution of the ocean | C．eight million tons of plastic |
①renewable ②clean ③cheap ④safe
| A．①② | B．①④ | C．②④ |
A． | B． | C． |
5. What’s the best title of the passage?
| A．What are the environmental problems? |
| B．How to protect the environment? |
| C．Why should we protect the environment? |
7 . We recycle rubbish, so why not language? Recycling language means using vocabulary (词汇) that you have learned before again and again. However, unlike rubbish that piles up (堆积) in our environment, if we do not recycle language, we simply forget it. So how do you recycle language? There are basically three ways to do it.
The first is through reading. Go back to your favorite articles and read them once more. Just reread them and do not worry about each vocabulary item. If there are some that you are not sure about, make a guess and you will probably guess right.
The second way to recycle is through writing. Look at some of your favorite articles and write either a short paragraph or a few sentences in your own words. After you have done this a few times, go back and read through what you have written, checking vocabulary functions. Don’t worry if you have made mistakes. You should learn from your mistakes.
The third way to recycle language is by having a chat with yourself about your favorite articles at home. You can pretend there is someone with you who speaks English and tell him what you are thinking about or how you feel.
1. According to the passage, recycling language means ________.| A．writing vocabulary over and over again |
| B．learning more new vocabulary |
| C．using vocabulary that we have learned very often |
| A．be kept in our mind | B．be forgotten easily | C．pile up in our environment |
| A．correct it at once | B．learn from it | C．be worried about it |
| A．Reading. | B．Writing. | C．Listening. |
| A．The differences between recycling language and rubbish. |
| B．Three ways to recycle language. |
| C．Why should we recycle language? |
8 . This is the twins’ room. It’s a nice room. The two beds are in the room. One is Lucy’s and the other（另一个）is Lily’s. They look the same. Their coats are on the desk. We can’t see their shoes. They are under the beds. The twins have desks and chairs. Their clocks, books and pencil cases are on the desks. Their school bags are behind the chairs.
1. What kind of room is it?| A．A classroom. | B．A big room. | C．A bedroom. |
| A．On the wall. | B．Behind the chair. | C．Under their beds. |
| A．old | B．new | C．under the beds |
| A．their shoes under the chairs | B．their schoolbags are under the beds | C．their clocks and books on the desk |
| A．Lily’s coat is on the bed. | B．Two beds are in the room. | C．Lucy’s shoes are under the chair. |
9 . 请阅读下面调查结果，从每小题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Table manners are how to behave when you eat a meal. For example, how to handle cutlery (餐具) and how to eat in a polite manner. Following them will help you avoid mistakes at table.
Japan |
It is “perfectly” okay to make noise when you eat noodles. But in China, avoiding the noise is necessary. Chopsticks touching the rice bowl is not only impolite, but also means having no food. It’s important to say thanks before and after a meal. |
Russia | Your wrists should be placed on the edge (边缘) of the table while eating, fork in the left hand, knife in the right. Keep your hands in sight (在视线内). It is not good manners to rest them on your legs. Keep your elbows off the table. Leave some food on your plate to show that the host has given you too much to eat. Or the host will ask if you’d like to have a second helping. |
France | In France, a meal is like a ceremony. People enjoy it and make it a special event. Unlike Russia, it’s seen as good manners to finish everything on your plate. People often cut bread directly on a table cloth rather than on a plate. Tear (撕碎) your bread into small pieces before eating. Taking a bite (咬) from the whole piece is very impolite. |
| A．China. | B．Japan. | C．Russia. |
| A．On your legs. | B．On the table. | C．Off the table. |
| A．Where to cut your food. |
| B．How to use cutlery properly. |
| C．Whether to finish the food on your plate or not. |
| A．In Russia, you can hold the fork in either hand. |
| B．Japanese people like to eat in noisy restaurants. |
| C．It’s rude to hold the whole piece of bread to eat in France. |
| A．Different ways to eat. |
| B．Special food in the world. |
| C．Advice on how to behave properly at table. |
10 . Today, people spend a lot of time on mobile phone. We call the time we spend on TV, computers and mobile phones “screen (屏幕) time”.
The scientists in Australia ask 577,000 children how much time they spend on screens, homework and sports every day. They find about 68% of them spend more than two hours on screens.
Two hours of screen time a day is bad for children’s health. The study (研究) shows harm (伤害) starts after 75 minutes’ screen time for girls and 105 minutes for boys. Why? It is because ▲ . “In our study, 24% of boys spend an hour a day exercising, but only 14% of girls do that,” Dr Khan said.
So it is important for children to do sports and balance (平衡) their screen time. Mr. Smith has a “three-time” system (系统) for his son Peter—a “go time” for homework, a “slow time” to play computer games or talk with friends on the Internet, and a “green time” for exercise or outdoor games. “We need to get children outside and do exercise. They can walk, ride a bike or play football,” he said. “Peter is happy and healthy.”
1. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that children spend too much time on ________.| A．study | B．sports | C．screens |
| A．girls can’t play too many games |
| B．boys like playing computer games |
| C．boys take more exercise than girls |
| A．play basketball | B．do his homework | C．wash his clothes |
| A．Because his son spends a lot of time doing homework. |
| B．Because it is important for children to read more books. |
| C．Because he wants to help his son plan his time well. |
| A．children should exercise to balance their screen time |
| B．two hours of screen time is bad for your study |
| C．it is important for children to do their homework |
