1 . We often send gifts on one’s birthday, at Christmas or on some special days. We get presents on these days, too.
Different gifts have different meanings. Do you know the meanings of different gifts? Here are some gifts and their meanings. Let’s take a look.
| Book | Books stand for knowledge (知识). Giving books means (意思是) “You are so smart” . |
| Chocolate | It is a good gift for girls. Giving chocolate means “I love you so much” . |
| Notebook | You can write your secrets and feelings in the notebook. |
| Flower | You are so beautiful as flowers. |
| Paper star | Best wishes for you for 365 days. |
| Keychain | I hope good luck will be with you forever. |
| A．Eight. | B．Seven. | C．Six. | D．Five. |
| A．a book | B．a pen | C．some paper | D．a notebook |
| A．a keychain | B．a box of chocolate | C．some paper stars | D．some flowers |
| A．Paper stars mean best wishes for you for a year. | B．Notebooks mean “You are so smart” . |
| C．Flowers mean “I love you so much” . | D．Giving books means you are beautiful. |
If you go to a fast food restaurant, you will probably see a lot of teenagers（青少年）. Today, many teenagers are fat, and some of this is because of their bad eating habits. Most teenagers love food with a lot of fat, oil, salt and sugar. People often call this kind of food “junk food”. But bad eating habits are worse than fast food. We find many teenagers have bad eating habits. Some don’t have breakfast before they go to school. During the day, some don’t have a right meal for lunch. In a recent study at one school, scientists find that more than two-thirds of the students don’t have a healthy diet. They don’t like vegetables, and many of them don’t like to eat fruits. They like to eat food with a lot of salt, sugar, or fat（脂肪）better.
Parents today also worry about their children’s diet. Some doctors give the following advice:
★ Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.
★ Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure（高血压）in the future.
★ Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar.
★ Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. There are a lot of vitamins and little fat in fruits and vegetables.
★ Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones grow.
★ Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their body and mind.
| What is junk food | It |
| ★Some teenagers don’t have breakfast before ★Some don’t have a proper meal for lunch. ★ | |
| Some doctors’ | ★Don’t eat too much junk food. ★Don’t eat food with too much ★Eat food with less fat, oil and sugar. ★Eat fruits and vegetables because they have ★ ★ |
3 . The history of women in space began 60 years ago. Since then, 57 women astronauts (宇航员) from nine different countries have flown into space.
 | Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova made history by becoming the first woman in space. She flew into space on June 16, 1963, and stayed there for three days. |
 | Sally Ride became the first American woman astronaut to travel into space. She flew into space on June 18, 1983. She returned on June 25. |
 | US woman astronaut Karen Nyberg began to work on the International Space Station on May 29, 2013. She returned in November, 2013. |
 | Wang Yaping, the second Chinese woman astronaut, flew into space on June 1, 2013. She stayed in space for 15 days and became the first Chinese teacher in space. |
| A．China | B．America | C．France | D．Russia |
| A．June 11, 2013 | B．June 18, 1983 | C．May 29, 2013 | D．June 16, 1963 |
| A．Valentina Tereshkova | B．Sally Ride | C．Karen Nyberg | D．Wang Yaping |
| A．2nd | B．4th | C．50th | D．57th |
| A．The History of Women. | B．The International Space Station. |
| C．Women Teachers in Space. | D．Women Astronauts. |
4 . Cats have many different interesting personalities (性格). Here are four of them.
 | The most timid (胆小的) I’m a Russian Blue cat. I like staying in quiet and safe places. Oh! What’s that sound? I should hide! |  | The laziest What time is it? I don’t want to get up. It is too early for us Persian cats. |
 | The most sporty Hey, buddy! Come and play balls with me! We Bengal cats are good at sports. |  | The most self-cleaning Meow, I am a Siamese cat. Cleaning my hair is my favorite thing to do. |
| A．A Siamese cat. | B．A Persian cat. | C．A Bengal cat. | D．A Russian Blue cat. |
| A．Bengal cats are the most timid | B．Siamese cats like cleaning their eyes |
| C．Persian cats don’t like getting up early | D．Russian Blue cats aren’t afraid of big noise |
| A．Cats’ Favorite Food | B．How Cats Help Other People |
| C．Why Cats Clean Hair | D．Cats’ Different Personalities |
5 . As a student, you often have a lot of stress（压力）. Having a healthy diet can always help you feel better. Here are my tips for you.
Eat a good breakfast. Studies show that not having breakfast is bad for your study. When there isn’t time for you to sit down and enjoy your morning meal, you can have an egg, some fruit and some juice on your way.
Keep healthy snacks on hand. This way, if you are hungry on a late night or between meals, you can enjoy them at any time.
Eat lots of foods rich in calcium（钙）. Students in their young age need to build up their bodies with much calcium. If you don’t like milk, try some low-fat yogurt, cheese and green vegetables in your diet.
Limit（限制）your sugar intake. Sugar gives calories（卡路里）to your body. But too much is bad for your teeth. So put a little sugar in your coffee, tea, or milk every day.
Drink lots of water. Your body needs at least eight glasses of water a day. And if you often do sports, you may need more. To remind（提醒）yourself, carry a water bottle along to the classroom and keep it close to you during a late study night.
There are so many benefits（益处）of having a healthy habit and all you have to do is to start!
1. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?| A．We can go to school without breakfast if there isn’t time. |
| B．We can get calcium only by drinking milk. |
| C．We should have much sugar in order to get calories. |
| D．We should drink more water if we often do sports. |
| A．输出量 | B．变量 | C．摄入量 | D．数量 |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
4. Where can people find this passage?
| A．In a story book | B．In a comic book | C．In a health magazine | D．In a pet poster |
6 . As students, we often read English books, and we often come across new English words. We always try to guess what the words mean (意思是) from the words we learned before, but when we can not guess the meanings of new words at all, what should we do?
We have a good friend then. From him we can learn what a word means, how to read a word, how to use a word, and so on. This friend can always be with us, and we can ask him to help us. Do you know who this friend is?
It is a dictionary. A dictionary is very important. We can look up new words in it. We can also learn some important things about words from it, so we must know how to use it. When we look up a new word in a dictionary, we can find where the first letter is, then go to the page to find the meaning of it. For example, if we want to find the word STUDENT, we can find where the letter S is, then ST and so on.
1. What does the phrase come across mean in this passage?| A．meet | B．know | C．like | D．hate |
| A．An English book | B．An English teacher | C．A dictionary | D．An Englishman |
| A．what a word means | B．how to read a word |
| C．how to use a word | D．how to read a book |
| A．T | B．E | C．D | D．N |
7 . To save time, many Americans buy ready-made food. On holidays, families enjoy delicious meals. For example, on Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November, family members get together for a turkey dinner with pumpkin pie (饼).
The United States is famous for its fast food, such as hamburgers, sandwiches, pizzas, salad bars, and many kinds of ice cream. People can find fast food chains (连锁店), such as McDonald’s and KFC, in most of the big cities in the world.
These years, many people worry about their health. Eating too much meat will make them overweight. There are a lot of food additives (添加剂). Some of them may be very bad for the body.
1. Many Americans buy ready-made food ________.| A．to save time | B．to cook at home | C．to celebrate festivals | D．to have fun |
| A．ice cream | B．home-made food | C．fast food | D．Chinese food |
| A．too thin | B．too fat | C．too tall | D．short |
| A．food in America | B．food additives | C．how to save time | D．how to cook food |
8 . There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.” That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully(感激的) in return.
We should live in a world of gratitude(感激，感谢). We should prove it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent(独立的). We thank people who are selfish(自私的), because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.
We thank our parents. They work hard all the time to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us. They always give us food and clothes. They teach us what is right and what is wrong.
We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated of them.
There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.
1. According to the writer, what should you do if someone helps you?| A．We should do nothing | B．We should thank them gratefully in return |
| C．We just go away at once | D．We should give them money |
| A．We don’t have to care about those who care about us. |
| B．We learn nothing from our teachers. |
| C．Our parents work hard to give us a better life. |
| D．Our parents don’t cook for us. |
| A．滴水之恩，涌泉相报 | B．落花有意，流水无情 |
| C．大地回春，春意盎然 | D．兵来将挡，水来土掩 |
| A．Be happy! | B．Be thankful! | C．Be generous! | D．Be honest! |
9 . During the cold winter, we usually catch a cold(感冒), have a fever(高烧) or a cough(咳嗽). There are some common and great ways that you can follow to keep yourself away from these problems.
Never leave your house without warm clothes. It might be sunny in the morning or daytime but it is getting colder as the sun sets. So make sure you have a sweater or a coat for the colder night.
Don’t walk without shoes in your house. We have a habit of staying bare feet at home. The cold passes from feet to head in no time and that is why we need to wear shoes to stay away from the cold.
Drinking ginger(姜) tea helps your body get warm during the colder days. Drinking green tea keeps your body healthy and solves many health problems. Green tea is even good for those who want to get thinner.
Still if you catch a cold, do not let the cold build up in your body. It’s better to take quick action against the cold through proper exercise(运动). Do some warm-up exercise in the morning or rub （摩擦）your hands quickly. Jogging（慢跑）or yoga also helps your body become warm to stay away from the cold and fever.
Follow these simple ways, and you’ll enjoy the winter greatly.
1. During the cold winter, you may NOT ________ according to Paragraph 1.| A．catch a cold | B．have a cough | C．have a headache | D．have a fever |
| A．基本的 | B．赤裸的 | C．空洞的 | D．干净的 |
| A．You do not need to wear a coat for the colder night. |
| B．We may drink green tea to get fatter. |
| C．You can make your body cold by jogging or doing yoga. |
| D．We should do some exercise when catching a cold. |
| A．How to lose weight in the cold winter. |
| B．How to have a good eating habit. |
| C．What to do to stay away from the cold and fever. |
| D．When and where to keep warm in the cold winter. |
10 . Do you like chocolate? Maybe most people do. A box of it can be a great gift. Buy one for a friend and give it as a surprise. See how happy that person gets.
Say you just got a box of chocolate. Which piece do you pick first? A man has studied people’s choices (选择). He says they tell something about the person. Did you choose a round piece? You are a person who likes to party. Did you choose an oval (椭圆形的) one? You are a person who like to make things. Picking a square chocolate shows something else. The person is honest and true. You can believe in him or her.
What kind of chocolate do you pick? Maybe you like milk chocolate. This shows you have warm feelings about the past. Dark chocolate means something else. A person who chooses it looks towards the future. What about white chocolate? Would you choose it? If so, you may find it hard to decide things. Some people like chocolate with nuts (果仁). These are people who like to help others.
Do you believe these ideas? Can candy tell all these things? It doesn’t really matter. There is one sure thing about eaters of chocolate. They eat it just because they like it.
1. What is the main idea of this passage?| A．Why people like chocolate. |
| B．Almost everyone likes chocolate. |
| C．About different kinds of chocolate. |
| D．Different choices may show different people. |
| A．He likes singing, dancing and drinking. |
| B．He likes to do something for others. |
| C．He is good at making things. |
| D．You can trust him. |
| A．We should believe all the information about chocolate. |
| B．Don’t believe the information about candy. |
| C．Candy can tell something about a person. |
| D．It’s unimportant for eaters of chocolate to believe the ideas or not. |
