1 . Do you love sunflowers? This article will tell you how to plant your sunflower seeds and care for them. Start it with the best temperature: 18—33℃.
Part 1 Germinating (使发芽) Sunflower Seeds1.Choose one kind you like.
2.Put the seeds in a plastic bag. Cover the seeds with wet paper towels. Put them in plastic bags. Once the seeds germinate, plant them.
Part 2 ____________.
1.Choose a sunny place. Sunflowers grow best with six to eight hours of sunlight a day.
2.Plant the seeds in holes. Plant seeds 2.5 cm deep and 15 cm apart. Cover the seeds with soil after planting.
Part 3 Caring for Sunflower Plants
1. Water the plants once a week.
2. Fertilize (施肥) a little or not at all. If you are growing sunflowers for your own enjoyment, there is no need to fertilize.
3. Harvest (收获) the seeds. Sunflowers usually take 2.5 to 4 months to mature (成熟) and produce new seeds.
Tips:
◆Protect the young plants from pests (害虫). Cover the ground with nets.
◆Support plants over 90 cm with sticks.
1. Which of the following can be put in ________?
| A．Planting Sunflower Seeds | B．Choosing Good Seeds |
| C．Watering Sunflower Plants | D．Checking the Temperature |
| A．January | B．May | C．July | D．November |
| A．What to prepare to plant sunflower seeds. |
| B．How to plant and care for sunflower seeds. |
| C．When to plant sunflower seeds. |
| D．Where to plant sunflower seeds. |
Queenstown is in New Zealand. It’s a fun place with lots of things to do for kids. There are interesting activities every season for kids. In spring, you can enjoy nice flowers, visit large farms, meet little sheep, and feed big cows. You can have some water activities in summer, such as jet boating, paddle boarding, kayaking in a quiet cove, or going on a rafting (木筏) trip with your family. When trees start to turn yellow in autumn, there are still a lot for kids to do. Get off the main (主要的) road by bike and look for beautiful trails. On the trails, you can enjoy beautiful plants and cute animals along the way. When the snow starts to fall in winter, the real fun starts. In Queenstown, there are ski lessons for kids in many places. There are great facilities (设施). And experienced teachers in Queenstown know how to teach kids. They make the ski lessons interesting to make sure the kids are happy.
The word “cove” is a noun (n.) and means an area of sea that is partly surrounded by land.
1. Where is Queenstown?Queenstown is in
2. What can you do if you visit Queenstown in spring?
You can visit big farms, feed big cows,
3. When can you go on a rafting trip with your family?
You can go on a rafting trip with your family
4. Which English word in the passage means “小路”?
It’s “
5. Who does the underlined word “they” refer to (指代)?
It refers to
3 . A new subject, labor (劳动), has appeared in the primary and middle schools in China.
The country has different hopes for students of different grades, such as being able to cook rice, cook dumplings and sweep the floor for the students in the third and fourth grades. Students in Grade 5 and 6 should be able to cook 2 or 3 dishes, like fried eggs with tomatoes. They also should learn to make the bed and wash clothes.
The good points of doing chores are much greater than we think. An educational organization did a study at some primary schools. They divided (分开) the students into two groups. Group One (about 6,000 students) like doing chores, while Group Two (more than 13,000 students) don’t like to do chores. To people’s surprise, the first group are better at subjects at school than the second group. And I think when children join in the housework, they can truly experience the hard work of parents and be thankful for their parents.
It’s quite important for children to learn to take care of themselves. Only by taking good care of themselves can they have a wonderful life.
With the help of parents, children should try doing some chores. And children can feel the joy from working. If children can’t do it well, parents shouldn’t blame (责备) them. Just then, helping them is much more important.
1. Students in Grade 3 and 4 are able to ________.| A．cook rice | B．wash clothes | C．make the bed | D．cook fried eggs with tomatoes |
| A．6,000 | B．6,600 | C．12,000 | D．13,600 |
| A．Good time to do chores. | B．Different kinds of chores. |
| C．The good points of doing chores. | D．Different ideas about doing chores. |
| A．A new subject | B．A careful study | C．The interesting chores | D．The strict parents |
4 . At an early time, a paper ticket was necessary even for passengers who bought tickets online. But now people are saying goodbye to paper tickets.
Passengers can swipe (刷) an ID card to pass through a gate before taking a high-speed train. “It’s very convenient and fast,” said Wu Yuanzhen, a passenger from Guangxi. “I am a business man and travel a lot by train. For us, time is money. E-tickets save time and improve travel efficiency (效率). ”
For passengers who need to change or return their tickets, they can change the tickets or get their fund (退款) through 12306.cn or the ticket office at the station.
Since 2011, passengers have been able to swipe their ID cards at self-service machines to take the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway and Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. And now checking-in by swiping an ID card is available at high-speed railway stations in most cities across China. At stations in some remote (偏远) areas, passengers still need a paper ticket to get on a train.
1. Were paper tickets necessary when people travelled by train 15 years ago?He thinks they are
5 . “Internet addiction” was once used to describe young people who spent, too much time watching videos or playing games online. But today, more and more old people are becoming victims.
According to a report on the Internet use of China’s old people last year, 38.6% of people aged 60 or over were Internet users. And some of them spent at least 10 hours on the Internet every day.
Old people’s phone addiction could lead to the higher risk (风险) of many diseases (疾病). Besides health problems, it also brings family problems. For example, their children often get upset when they stay up late playing with the phone.
Old people depend heavily on mobile phones because they have lots of spare time and they wish to communicate with others.
It’s natural for old people to meet their spiritual (精神的) needs through mobile phones, but they should limit (限制) their time on the Internet. Their children should go home more often to talk with their parents and encourage them to do healthy activities.
1. What does the writer think of old people’s phone addiction?| A．It’s bad for their health. | B．It helps them shop easily. |
| C．It’s a waste of time and energy. | D．It helps them communicate with others. |
①Limit their own time on the Internet.
②Encourage their parents to do healthy activities.
③Spend more time with their parents.
④Teach their parents how to use mobile phones.
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．③④ | D．①④ |
| A．The Family Problems | B．The Sense of Health |
| C．The Risk of Phone Addiction | D．The Older People’s Internet Addiction |
6 .
| Weight: 5—9kg Length: 45—65cm Average lifespan (寿命) in the world: 8 years Diet: bamboo, acorns, insects, fruit, eggs |
In September, in addition to (除……之外) the red leaves, there are also red pandas in the forests. Every year, the third Saturday in September marks International Red Panda Day. The red panda is tiny compared to (与……相比) the black and white giant panda. These pandas usually grow to the size of a house cat. The pandas use their tails as blankets in the mountains. They live alone, mainly active at night, and are mostly inactive during the day. Why are they in danger? 1. Hunting 2. Loss of living areas 3. Limited food supply 4. Predators (天敌) | |
1. The underlined word “Diet” means “_________” in Chinese.
| A．活动 | B．特长 | C．习惯 | D．饮食 |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．International Red Panda Day is on the first Saturday in September. |
| B．Red pandas are as big as giant pandas. |
| C．The number of red pandas in the wild is becoming much smaller. |
| D．Red pandas usually live as a family in the mountain forests. |
| A．In a diary. | B．In a science magazine. |
| C．In a health report. | D．In a history book. |
7 . Trees are important in our daily lives. What are the parts of a tree?
Like many plants, a tree begins from a seed. A seed must have food, water and sunlight to grow.
All of the trees have roots. They go into the soil and have two important jobs to do: they make the tree stand, and they take in water and other things from the soil.
The trunk of a tree supports the branches of the tree and moves water and other things from the soil to the other parts of the tree.
Branches grow out from the trunk. They are the growing ends of the tree. They also move water and other things from the trunk to the leaves.
Leaves can catch sunlight. Using sunlight, the leaves produce food for the whole tree. Leaves use the water from the soil to make sugar to feed the tree. At the same time, trees release (释放) oxygen into the air. This is very important, because all the animals and humans need oxygen to live.
1. A tree begins from a__________.| A．seed | B．root | C．branch | D．leaf |
| A．They can catch sunlight. | B．They can make the tree stand. |
| C．They can make sugar. | D．They can produce food for the tree. |
| A．introduce some parts of a tree | B．encourage us to save trees |
| C．encourage us to plant trees | D．introduce some interesting trees |
8 . Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts. Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don’t get very much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don’t let the hot sun make the earth even drier. Plants don’t let the wind blow the dirt away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants the land can become a desert much more easily.
1. What are the scientists trying to do?| A．Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. |
| B．Scientists are trying to grow food on the moon . |
| C．Scientists are trying to change the oil into water . |
| D．Scientists are trying to make the deserts into sea. |
| A．Because they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier. |
| B．Because they don’t let the wind blow the dirt away . |
| C．Because they hold the water. |
| D．All above. |
| A．Scientists should bring water to the desert. |
| B．Scientists should do nothing about the deserts. |
| C．People should plant more green plants to stop the good land from turning into deserts. |
| D．People should change the forests into farmland. |
9 . Nowadays, shopping online becomes a new way of shopping. It is getting more and more popular. Many people are very interested in shopping through Internet.
Why is shopping online becoming more and more popular? First, it has lots of advantages. There are many goods (商品) on the Internet. People can find anything they want. The goods on the Internet is usually cheaper than that in the store. People can save some money. Second, more and more people have their own computers. So it is possible for many of them to do shopping through the Internet. People don’t need to go to the shop themselves. They can save a lot of time.
But, a coin has two sides. Customers (顾客) can only see the pictures of the goods on the Internet. Maybe shopping online makes people worried. So some people don’t like this new way of shopping. They are worried about the safety of shopping online.
1. Many people are interested in ________ online.| A．watching TV | B．reading | C．studying | D．shopping |
| A．save their money and time | B．help them make a lot of money |
| C．be very easy | D．help them save time |
| A．they have to spend more money | B．they must send their money first online |
| C．they don’t have enough time | D．they are worried about the safety |
| A．The advantages of shopping online. |
| B．The disadvantages of shopping online |
| C．The advantages and disadvantages of shopping online. |
| D．What do people do online? |
10 . 
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is Venus Flytrap (捕蝇草).
Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly, so the fly can not get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly and slowly eats it. Why do plants do that?
Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen (氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
1. Venus flytrap is a kind of ________.| A．plant | B．animal | C．food | D．meat |
| A．most parts of the world | B．parts of Africa |
| C．dry parts of America | D．wet parts of England |
| A．挤压 | B．关上 | C．打开 | D．松开 |
