1 . Why do you remember Hello Kitty, Snoopy and all the other playful animals? What makes you love them? Well, maybe because they’re like the people around you. Think about it! You may just find a friend or classmate who is like them. Is he or she:
As sweet as Hello Kitty: She likes to eat cakes. She loves to make new friends. She asks friends to her tea parties. She is warm and sunny and will always help you.
As clever as Snoopy: He goes to middle school when he is nine. He learns to use something quickly! He thinks a lot. He is so clever that you like to be with him.
As sarcastic (讽刺的) as Garfield: He sits happily in the seat and says sharp words to you. Sometimes he is not nice. He doesn’t really like you? Does he think you’re a fool? No, in his heart, he loves you. He is a friend with hard words but a warm heart.
As naughty as Mashimaro: He doesn’t look like a good boy. He has sleepy eyes and looks naughty. He always plays tricks on people. So you get angry with him and don’t like him very much. His mind is active and full of ideas. He tries to catch your eyes. But, he’s still a child.
1. If you want to make a friend like Snoopy, he or she may be ________.
| A．clever | B．naughty | C．active | D．sweet |
| A．Hello Kitty | B．Snoopy | C．Mashimaro | D．Garfield |
| A．they are the animals that often make people laugh |
| B．their personalities are like the people around them |
| C．the cartoon animals are sunny, warm and full of ideas |
| D．they always help people and think a lot |
2 . More and more Chinese people like take-away food（外卖）. They are usually busy with work and don’t have time to cook meals after work. There are many different kinds, such as fried chickens, hamburgers, fish and chips. They are all delicious. People usually drive to buy some. Then they take it to their workplace（工作场所）or their homes.
Chinese people usually have a big meal on weekends. The family get together and go out to eat. Some people like to stay at home. They cook for themselves（他们自己）. They like watching TV or talking about funny things when eating.
1. Take-away food becomes popular because ________.| A．people become lazy | B．it is cheap and good |
| C．people are usually busy | D．it is a kind of healthy food |
| A．by bike | B．by car | C．on weekends | D．on the way out |
| A．eat take-away food | B．have a big family meeting |
| C．have a big meal together | D．cook for their friends at home |
3 . Four students from different countries are camping and they are talking about the weather. Let’s listen to them!
Tiffany: It’s cool and sunny most of the time in our country. I live in Beijing, a beautiful city（城市）. It’s summer now. It is a little hot, but I still feel good.
Lolita: I live in Moscow. It’s usually windy there. It makes me feel bad. I don’t like that.
Ben: I live in the north of Canada. It’s very cold in winter, so we wear warm clothes. Many people like snowy weather because they can make snowmen and Canada is beautiful then.
Jeff: I come from Australia. I never see a snowy day. It’s very hot most of the time in our country. And in winter it’s not very cold. Many people like to come to my country for their vacation.
1. ________ doesn’t like the weather of his/her country.| A．Jeff | B．Lolita | C．Tiffany | D．Ben |
| A．snowy | B．rainy | C．windy | D．cloudy |
| A．Tiffany comes from Australia | B．it’s usually warm in Moscow |
| C．Ben lives in the south of Canada | D．many people like to go to Jeff’s country for their vacation |
| A．different habits | B．different talks in different cities |
| C．different countries | D．the weather in different countries |
4 . In order to better record the exciting moments of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China had developed a series of high-speed cameras. Among them, Lie Bao is the most well-known.
Lie Bao is developed by China Media Group, especially for broadcasting (播送) speed skating events at Beijing 2022.
Experts said that during the speed skating race, the athletes (运动员) could reach a speed of 15 to 18 meters per second (秒). The camera should be as fast as the athletes. Lie Bao can reach a speed of 25 meters per second, or 90 kilometers per hour. So it could closely catch the athletes. Although we couldn’t go to the National Speed Skating Oval to watch the games, we were able to follow every move of the skaters, including the look on their face.
After the Olympics, the high-speed Lie Bao camera is going to be used in sports training. It can help coaches better record the athletes’ moves.
1. What is Lie Bao?| A．A volunteer of the Olympics. | B．A high-speed camera. |
| C．A kind of animal. | D．A sport star. |
| A．To broadcast speed skating events at Beijing 2022. |
| B．To broadcast speed skiing events at Beijing 2022. |
| C．To broadcast speed skating events at Beijing 2021. |
| D．To broadcast speed skiing events at Beijing 2021. |
| A．15m/s. | B．18m/s. | C．25m/s. | D．9,000m/s. |
| A．Outdoor games. | B．Film making. | C．News broadcasting. | D．Sports training. |
| Balloon Powered (给……提供动力) Car | |
| Project | Build your own balloon powered car that will travel as far as possible. |
| Age | Middle school students in Grades 8— 9. |
| Materials | A balloon, a plastic bottle (塑料瓶) or a piece of cardboard, 4 bottle caps or CDs, 2 wooden sticks, a tape and a pair of scissors. (try to work out the steps (步骤) in a group) |
| Notes | The car should be as light as possible so that it can move easily. The balloon should rest on the car when blown up. Please be careful when using scissors. |
| What to learn | In this project, we are going to learn about Newton’s Third Law (牛顿第三定律) and how to make cars or rockets. |
| A．Peter, Grade 6, in a music club. | B．Lisa, Grade 8, a book lover. |
| C．Andrew, Grade 9, crazy about science. | D．Johnson, in college, a car lover. |
| A．A balloon. | B．A plastic bottle. | C．Scissors. | D．A candle. |
| A．To travel as far as possible. | B．To rest on the balloon. |
| C．To move easily. | D．To make it easily. |
6 . Work is very important to Americans. They can get more from their work. And they can learn if a person is great through talking about his or her job.
Most Americans want their jobs to be interesting, wonderful and challenging. Americans work for long hours. Most people work about forty hours a week, and some work more than sixty hours a week.
Americans put their work first in life. So many Americans are too busy with their work to care about their families. In fact, many Americans have much pressure from their work and fewer vacations. Sometimes they have to do their work at home.
In America, some jobs are fun and meaningful, but some are not. So many Americans spend time on some interesting things on vacation. They want to feel better and happier even with boring jobs.
1. How can Americans know if a person is great?| A．By asking his/her age. | B．By making friends with him/her. |
| C．By talking about his/her job. | D．By working with him/her. |
| A．About 8 hours. | B．About 40 hours. | C．About 60 hours. | D．About 80 hours. |
| A．Families and Work | B．Vacations and Jobs |
| C．Families and Vacations | D．Americans and Work |
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．pollution | B．rubbish | C．chemicals | D．food |
| A．water and grass are polluted | B．other animals and plants get food |
| C．plastic and wood become food | D．metal and glass stay in the ground |
| A．put metal in the ground | B．use more wood |
| C．make less rubbish | D．keep frogs in the water |
8 . As a country develops, its people usually enjoy better health care, drink cleaner water, and have more food. However, people’s lifestyle is changing at the same time. They have busier lives. They eat more processed food, which has more fat, salt, and sugar. As a result, the number of people with certain illnesses is increasing.
Diabetes (糖尿病) is an illness that has become more common. According to the WHO, the number of diabetes patients in the world rose by nearly 4% from 1980 to 2014. And the number is still rising.
In the past, diabetes was more common in rich countries. However, in recent years, the number has been rising more rapidly in developing countries. Take China for example. In 1980, less than 1% of the population in China had diabetes, but now more than one in ten Chinese over 18 have diabetes.
It is possible to control diabetes with medicine, but there is no cure. There are things, however, that people can do to avoid it. If they are overweight, they should try to lose weight. They should also avoid foods high in fat and sugar. People should exercise often. Besides, they should walk or ride bikes more instead of traveling by car. If people change to this healthier lifestyle, we may be able to stop the rise in diabetes in the future.
1. According to Paragraph 1, what happens as a country develops?| A．People eat healthier food. | B．People’s lifestyle changes. |
| C．People get fewer illnesses. | D．People’s lives are more relaxing. |
| A．needs to be solved at once | B．is more common in rich countries |
| C．gets little attention in some big countries | D．is becoming more serious in developing countries |
| A．Who may get diabetes. | B．How diabetes will develop. |
| C．What should be done to avoid diabetes. | D．What medicine can help control diabetes. |
| A．HEALTH. | B．EDUCATION. | C．CULTURE. | D．TRAVEL. |
9 . Hi, I am Tom Brown. Now let me tell you about my school.
My school is near the lake. It is big and beautiful. There are six buildings and a playground in the school. The playground is in the middle of the school. There are thirty-two classrooms in the classroom building. Our classroom is on the second floor. The sports hall is behind the classroom building. The school offices are in the office building. It is behind the sports hall. The library is on the right of the office building. There are lots of books in the library. Is the science building behind the library? No, it is on the right of it. There are seven labs in it. In front of the science building is the dining hall. In the dining hall, there are a lot of tables and chairs. My mother works there.
Welcome to my school!
1. What’s Tom’s school like? （不超过10个词）2. Where is the library? （不超过10个词）
3. Who works in the dining hall? （不超过10个词）
Many of us read news every day. Maybe it’s because we’d like to know what’s happening in the world. Today we can get news from TV or the Internet, but how did ancient people get news?
At the very beginning, information spread from mouth to mouth. People knew their communities from neighbors or travelers. Ancient Romans changed the way people got news. They posted daily happenings at public squares in the cities. Ancient Chinese did it in another way. The government had news sheet（传单）sent to officials（官员）in the whole country so that people could know what was going on in the capital.
In the 15th century, the development of printing technology led to one step in helping news spread. In the 16th century, the first real newspapers appeared. People started to form the habit of reading newspapers and share their opinions. The invention of telegraph（电报）machines led to another big step in news spreading. News stories were sent to the papers in minutes instead of weeks.
Now we get news in seconds from all over the world. We can become some kind of reporters by posting online what happens around us.
1. Where do we get news today according to the passage?（不超过5个词）2. How did Ancient Romans change the way people got news?（不超过10个词
3. What helped make news spread according to Paragraph 3?（不超过15个词）
