1 . Many people like to watch TV. Watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day. TV brings the outside world closer to people’s homes. Some people say the world is smaller than before because of TV.
What’s going on in other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game somewhere? What’s living in the deepest part of the sea?
If you want to answer these and other kinds of questions, just turn on the TV and watch it. You can see a lot and learn a lot. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. With TV, however, they can learn better and more easily. Why? Because they can hear and watch.
TV helps us a lot. TV helps to open our eyes. TV also helps us to open our minds. TV often gives us new ideas. We learn newer and better ways of doing something.
1. Some people say the world is smaller than before because ________.| A．TV makes the earth smaller and smaller |
| B．all people like watching TV |
| C．watching TV is one of the most important activities of the day |
| D．TV brings the outside world closer to people |
| A．go to live in the other countries | B．answer many questions |
| C．get a lot of information | D．ask TV some questions |
| A．TV sets are bigger than radios |
| B．people can hear and they can watch, too |
| C．if people don’t have TV, they cannot live happily |
| D．it’s easier to turn on TV than to turn on the radio |
| A．teach us a lot of things | B．learn a lot of things |
| C．give us what we want | D．help us do our homework |
| A．it’s good to watch TV |
| B．not to watch TV any more |
| C．students should not watch TV at any time |
| D．to stop reading to watch TV |
Christmas is coming! There is no greater time of the year! It’s so exciting to think about Christmas.
Christmas is about snow, Santa Claus, and many wonderful gifts, of course! But there are also other good reasons to love Christmas. Christmas is more than just fun, new toys, colorful decorations. It brings people lots of happiness and peace. You have time to spend with the people you love most —friends and family! What more could you want? When you build a snowman outside or sing beautiful Christmas carols, remember that Christmas allows you to do these things. If you think the best part about Christmas is the gifts you receive, remember that Christmas is much better when you open those gifts with the people you love.
1. Which holiday is the greatest time of the year?2. Are there any good reasons to love Christmas?
3. Who will you spend with at Christmas?
4. What should you do if you receive gifts you love?
5. Do you like Christmas? Why or Why not?
Do you know that many of our most popular cartoon and movie characters come from Japan? You probably know some of them, and you may never hear of others. But they are all very popular in Japan. In Japan, “Astroboy” is very famous. He was created as a comic book character in 1951, and was the first animated (动画的) cartoon on Japanese television in 1963. Pikachu is the star of the popular Pokemon cartoon series. Everybody in Japanese knows Doraemon. His face is seen everywhere, on candy wrappers (糖纸), on pencil boxes and even on stamps. He first appeared in a comic book in 1969, and he had been in TV shows and movies as well. The movie “My Neighbour Totoro” was made in 1988. It is one of the most popular animated films made by the Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki. There are shops in Japan selling Totoro merchandise (商品). You can buy all things about Totoro books, lunchboxes, games and so on.
1. Where are most popular cartoon and movie characters from?2. How many cartoon characters are mentioned in the passage?
3. Which character was first showed in a comic book in 1969?
4. Who made the character Totoro come to our life?
5. When was “My Neighbour Totoro” made?
6. What’s your view on Japanese cartoon?
Sun Ruifeng, a mother in Beijing, changed some of her plans for her 8-year-old son’s summer vacation. She looked for an English training course, but in the end, she changed it to a swimming training class.
“Due to the stricter regulations (规定) on subject-training classes, many parents like me choose sports or other projects for developing interests instead,” Sun said.
Sun’s choice is part of the result of the government’s growing efforts to lighten the academic pressure on young students.
On July 24 last year, Chinese government introduced a guideline (意见) to ease the burden (负担) of excessive homework and off-campus training for primary and junior high school students. It lists requirements in areas such as reducing the amount and the difficulty of homework and improving the quality of education and after-class services provided by schools.
For example, homework for children below the third grade is not allowed, while homework for junior high school students should take no longer than 90 minutes to finish.
According to the guideline, training institutions (机构) cannot teach students content that is too advanced for the school curriculum. No training courses can be taught on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations.
According to Global Times, more than 75 percent of Chinese urban children, from Grade 1 to Grade 12, are enrolled in training programs. However, some training institutions take part in anxiety marketing, selling unnecessary programs that increase the burden on students.
Many parents showed their support for the new moves. “Subject learning is enough at school and we hope to improve the children’s overall quality of life during holidays.” a parent surnamed (姓) Zhou in Guangzhou told Xinhua.
However, there are also some concerns. A parent surnamed Chen in Shanxi said that although she agreed on new moves, she worried about ________.
At present, nine cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Guangzhou, have been selected to carry out the guideline. It will later be rolled out nationwide.
1. Sun Ruifeng didn’t choose the swimming training class for her son at last, did she?2. What does the guideline require primary and junior high schools to do on homework?
3. How long do the children below the third grade spend on homework?
4. Who increase the burden on students by selling unnecessary programs?
5. Why did many parents show their support for the new move?
6. What might be filled in the blank in the last second paragraph?
5 . Modern life is impossible without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by plane. With a modern plane, it takes one day to travel places which took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.
Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but it has its advantages (优点). You can see the country you are travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable.
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large ships and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different parts of your country on them. Ships are not as fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish—where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel where you can spend the night. That is why travelling by car is a popular pleasure trip, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are travelling on business.
1. From the passage (短文), we know the fastest way of travelling is ________.| A．by train | B．by sea | C．by plane | D．by car |
| A．It is very fast. |
| B．You can stop wherever you wish. |
| C．It is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday. |
| D．You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. |
| A．modern trains in the country | B．comfortable seats and dining-cars |
| C．the travelers on the modern trains | D．the slower ways of travelling |
| A．make the longest journey unenjoyable | B．travel to a very far place in several minutes |
| C．make our own timetable | D．find no places to live in |
| A．a plane or a car | B．a car or a boat | C．a boat or a train | D．a train or a plane |
| A．Four. | B．Three. | C．Two. | D．Six. |
6 . A reader wrote to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friend wasn’t around. Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.
It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime. You want to have new friends. But how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has their friends. But remember, there’s always room for more friends.
Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to play with at break. Look for chances to say Hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation(欣赏) to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom. When you’re at break, walk over to the kids you want to play with.
If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help—and pretty soon, you’ll have one, or two, or even more new friends.
You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before she/he left: You can introduce her/him to your new friends!
1. This text is written for ________.
| A．teachers | B．parents | C．students | D．visitors |
| A．have trouble with their studies | B．don’t have their best friends around |
| C．need their parents to be with them | D．are too young to look after themselves |
| A．they miss their old friends a lot | B．they have no time to stay with others |
| C．teachers know who wants a new friend | D．they are shy or not good at making friends |
| A．to be a friend | B．to wait for a friend |
| C．to judge a person | D．to criticize a person |
| A．share something you didn’t have before she/he left |
| B．introduce her/him to your new friends |
| C．leave her/him alone |
| D．A&B |
Most people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky. Either they have very interesting jobs or they earn a lot of money. Most people are not so lucky. Either their jobs are not very interesting or they don’t even earn a lot of money.
The most interesting jobs are often the most difficult. People spend a long time learning how to do them. Doctors study for at least six years after finishing school. Airline pilots study longer. They have to learn to fly a small plane, and then slowly moving up to bigger and bigger plane. Most airline pilots are at least 30 years old.
Some young people have interesting and well-paid jobs. Many successful athletes(运动员) young. Football and tennis stars are usually under 35. Older people usually can’t play these sports very well. They can’t move fast enough. Golf, however, is a good sport for older people. Many successful golfers are quite old.
Most people work until they are 60 or 65 years old. Then they retied(退休) and have a lot of spare time. Some people never retire though. They usually have very interesting jobs such as writers, artists, musicians and actors. Their work is their life.
1. Are most people lucky enough to have interesting jobs?2. Why are the most interesting jobs often the most difficult?
Because it takes people a long time to
3. How many years do the doctors finish their school?
4. How old are most football and tennis stars?
5. Is golf a good sport for younger or older people?
6. Why do some actors never retire?
“Dreams (梦) may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream,” some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream.
Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind works hard when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.
1. How much of our sleeping time do dreams take up?2. What are dreams like?
3. Why do people often dream about their work?
4. People can’t often remember their dreams clearly, can they?
5. Too much dreaming can be good or bad to our health?
6. What does the story mainly tell us?
After deciding to move into a new house, Liu Zhen, a full-time mother in Beijing, brought in a home organizer. As a result, she threw away 50 percent of her clothes, shoes and books. “The process of tidying up my house brought peace to me and made me feel organized at heart,” she said.
Like Liu, more Chinese people have started to ask for help from home organizers to follow simple lifestyles, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Having a comfortable living environment became more necessary for people who were driven to work at home.
Yezi, 27, has loved organizing things since she was a child. Although other children would like to throw their schoolbags on the floor and run out to play with their friends, Yezi preferred to put her books and pencil box on the desk and help her mother fold shirts.
Today Yezi still practices tidying up in her own life. She thinks it has quite a few advantages. It helps people look into themselves by reviewing their lives. It brings beauty to one’s living space. It’s also a way to improve relationships between people.
Did Yezi face any difficulties while organizing things? Yes. It is a tradition to treasure things in China. Most people are not in the habit of throwing away useless things. “I’m trying to get people out of it,” Yezi added.
1. How did Liu Zhen feel about tidying up?2. Why do people ask for help from home organizers?
3. When did Yezi start to organize things?
4. How many advantages of tidying up are mentioned by Yezi in Paragraph 4?
5. What is most Chinese people’s habit?
10 . My school has a big library. It’s on the first floor of the school building. There are thousands of books in it. It has books of all subjects. It has a lot of storybooks and newspaper, too. Our classrooms are on the second to fifth floor.
In the library, there are many tables and chairs. It looks very clean. And books are kept in good orders (有秩序放好). It’s easy for students to find the books.
Students of all classes and all the teachers can visit the library. We all have library cards. Before going into the library, we must show our cards. So we have to take it every day. We can take one book at a time from the school library. We must return the book in seven days.
Our library teacher is a nice woman. She is friendly to all students. She always helps us find books. Sometimes we will ask her something about books. She is always happy to talk with us.
I love to visit my school library. It’s a good place to read and study.
1. What does the school library have?
①Storybooks
②Math books
③Newspapers
④Picture books
| A．①②③ | B．②③④ | C．①③④ | D．①②④ |
| A．Only school teachers. |
| B．The students in Grade 9. |
| C．The students and the teachers with cards. |
| D．Only students with money. |
| A．We can take three books at a time. |
| B．We can keep a book for seven days. |
| C．It’s hard to borrow books from the library. |
| D．The library teacher never helps us. |
| A．My Library Teacher | B．The Rules in the Library |
| C．How to Get into the Library | D．My School Library |
