Spring Festival is coming. You will buy new clothes and a lot of food. There are always some old clothes you don’t want. And there is always some food you can’t eat. What can you do? Send them to the two places.
Wall of Kindness (友善之墙)
You can see Wall of Kindness in many cities now, like Shanghai, Beijing, Xiamen and Qingdao. People hang (悬挂) their old clothes on the wall. Poor people can take them away. You can always see jackets, sweaters, trousers and coats on the wall.
Share Fridge (共享冰箱)
China has its first Share Fridge. It’s in Shanghai. There is a lot of food in it, like cakes. The food is from some restaurants and stores. People don’t need to buy the food because it’s free. They can take it home.
1. The underlined word “them” refers to (指的是) ________.| A．clothes | B．cakes | C．fridges |
| A．some birthday cakes | B．an English book | C．a pair of old trousers |
| A．China has its first Share Fridge in Xiamen. |
| B．People who need the clothes on the wall can take them away. |
| C．People have to pay for (为……付款) the food in Share Fridge. |
| A．helpful | B．tidy | C．healthy |
| A．Wall of Kindness | B．Share Fridge | C．Do something for others |
2 . 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. |
Today, many people would like to go for a short trip on weekends. Before they go out, they have to think about how to get to the place. When you go to a place, choosing the right transportation（交通工具）is really important. Here is some advice for you.
Don’t drive a car. Just take a walk. Walking is good when you travel to a village. You can enjoy the fresh air and beautiful flowers along your trip.
Riding a bike is also a good way. Many people usually like to travel by bike. Because they can do sports in this way. It is good for their health and environment（环境）. Just enjoy the wind and also do something good to the environment by riding bikes.
Choosing public（公共的）transport. If you travel to a city, try to take public transport. You don’t need to worry about the problem of parking （停车）. Also, cities have clear maps about the public transport. So it can make you travel in the city freely.
There are many ways of transport. But you must remember one thing. That is “Safety comes first”. Choosing transport will make your trip more fantastic.
1. What is really important when someone goes on a trip?2. What can people do when they travel on foot?
3. Why do many people travel by bike?
4. In the passage, the underlined word “It” refers to（指代） “
5. Which way of transport do you like best? Why? （不超过20个词）
4 . Now a lot of families keep pets in their houses. Most pets are small animals, such as cats, dogs, fish, snakes, birds and so on.
Dogs are the favorite pets. The second favorite are cats and the third favorite are birds.
These small animals are very cute and friendly. People usually have them as their family members. They look after them very well, they let them wear beautiful clothes and their pets have nice names. They also give their pets nice food to have. They buy food for their pets in pet shops. They keep them clean every day.
Pets are all very happy. Many pets have their houses and beds. They often go out to relax and take a walk with people in the park in the morning.
Some children like pets because they need a friend to play with at home. Many old people don’t live with their children, and they keep pets at home just because they often feel lonely. The pets are like their children and they love them very much. So pets are very important. I think every family needs pets.
1. Most people like to keep ________ animals at home.| A．small | B．big | C．white |
| A．nice clothes, nice parks | B．nice names, nice food | C．nice houses, nice friends |
| A．take a shower | B．buy food | C．go to the park |
| A．孤独的 | B．快乐的 | C．紧张的 |
| A．pets are very important | B．children need to have friends | C．people need to keep big pets |
5 . We all know that the computers changed our life in the 1980s and the Internet changed our life in the 1990s. Can you predict(预期) that the robots will change our life in the new century(世纪)? It’s not a dream to have a robot in every home in the future.
Now, robots are able to help people do some housework. They can also help the doctors do the difficult operations, play chess with people and some other things.
It is really funny to have a cooking robot. It can cook all the dishes on the menu(菜单). What you only need to do is just choosing your favourite dish and waiting for two to four minutes. That’s so cool!
In the future, the robot will be a home helper. He can look after us like a nurse, protect(保护) us like a policeman or give us lesson like a teacher. He will become parts of our family and help us any time.
We all look forward to the new robot age.
1. ________ changed our life in the 1990s.| A．The robots | B．The computers | C．The Internet |
| A．发明 | B．手术 | C．修理 |
| A．difficult | B．cool | C．funny |
| A．a home helper | B．a teacher | C．a nurse |
| A．a funny cooking robot | B．the Internet age | C．the robots age |
6 . Many people like to travel (旅行) by plane, but I don’t like it. Because an airport (飞机场) is usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for (等待) hours for the plane to take off (起飞), it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose (选择) the food. Planes are fast (快的) , but it takes hours to go out of the airport and into the city.
I like traveling by train. I think the trains are safe. Train stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can take another (另一个) one. You can walk around in the train, and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. But sometimes it takes a little more time.
1. Why do many people like to travel by plane?| A．Because it’s fast. | B．Because it’s safe. | C．Because it’s interesting. |
| A．the trains are safe | B．the trains are fast | C．he can carry many things |
| A．No, we can. | B．Yes, it can. | C．Yes, we can. |
| A．安全的 | B．漂亮的 | C．凉爽的 |
| A．Where do I like to travel? | B．When do I like to travel? | C．How do I like to travel? |
7 . This is our friend, Eric. We are in the same class of school. He is fourteen years old, and he is from America. He is strong. He has black hair and two big blue eyes. He likes music, he can sing and dance, he also can play the violin. But he likes playing football best. He can play football very well, and now we are in our school football club. Eric can speak some Chinese, but he can’t write it. We often help him with his Chinese. And Eric helps us with English, because he is good at English. We are good friends.
1. Eric is from .| A．China | B．England | C．America |
| A．white and big | B．black and small | C．big and blue |
| A．sing | B．dance | C．play football |
| A．The music club | B．The football club | C．The chess club |
| A．Eric has black hair. | B．Eric is the writer’s uncle. | C．Eric often helps us with English. |
8 . Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is — the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discouraged if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:
1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.
2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.
3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.
4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.
5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.
6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ideas together.
The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.
1. The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.| A．work out | B．come across | C．look into | D．pass by |
| A．we should look up new words before reading |
| B．it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage |
| C．the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English |
| D．interesting stories help readers to improve their English |
| A．steps of studying science | B．difficulties in reading science |
| C．ways of reading science passages | D．researches on science and English |
The population of the Earth is growing faster. It is important that we look after the Earth. We need it!
The Earth gives us a lot of things. We also give the Earth a lot, but some of the things are not good.
In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants. However, animals can’t get food from many of the things that we ‘give’ the Earth. Animals and plants can’t eat metal, plastic and glass. These things will stay in the ground for many, many years.
Some rubbish is very dangerous for plants and animals. In some places, many animals live together. One animal makes food for many more animals. If we put rubbish and chemicals in the water, the plankton(浮游生物) can die. If there isn’t any plankton, many animals have nothing to eat.
So what can we do? Don’t leave any rubbish in the countryside! Don’t make so much rubbish!
1. The Earth gives us __________.| A．food | B．rubbish |
| C．chemicals | D．pollution |
| A．water and grass are polluted |
| B．plastic and wood become food |
| C．other animals and plants get food |
| D．metal and glass stay in the ground |
| A．put metal in the ground | B．use more wood |
| C．keep frogs in the water | D．make less rubbish |
10 . In the West, some people believe that personality can be predicted according to the time of the year the person was bor. From China comes the belief that the year of birth influences one’s personality. In the past century, a new belief ahs arisen: the idea that personality is related to one’s ABO blood type. People with blood type A, for example, are considered more likely to be serious, hard-working, and quiet, while people with blood type O are likely to be popular and outgoing, yet often unable to finish what they start. Though this belief continues to be strong, some people question whether it is true.
The blood-type personality theory(理论) started in Japan in 1927 when Furukawa Takehi noticed personality similarities and differences among his workers. This idea soon went out of fashion, but was brought back by a Japanese television host named Toshitaka Nomi in the 1970s. The belief is still strong in Japan and is increasingly popular in neighboring countries. Some young Koreans have taken to the theory. A recent study showed 76 percent of Koreans aged between13 and 64 believing in the blood-type personality connection. Though most Asians might believe in the blood-type theory, for many it seems harmless and not something to be taken too seriously.
Is the belief true? The scientists in Asia largely dismiss the belief as a modern-day superstition(迷信). Most studies have failed to find any strong connection between blood and personality. Generally, scientists warn against making predictions or important decisions based on this questionable theory.
1. The writer uses blood type A and O as an example to explain ________.| A．the difference between to two blood types |
| B．the relationship between the two blood types |
| C．the influence of blood type on one’s behavior |
| D．the connection between personality and blood type |
| A．It was lightly believed. | B．It was brought to them. |
| C．They liked and accepted it. | D．They stole the idea from others |
| A．Most scientists in Asia don’t believe in the theory. |
| B．The blood-type theory began in Japan in the 1970s. |
| C．The blood-type personality theory is about blood type. |
| D．People don’t change their personality to match the theory. |
| A．Is the blood-type theory poplar? | B．Is the personality changeable? |
| C．Is it in your blood? | D．Is it in you mind? |
