1 . A hobby is something that you do for fun. You do it when you have time, but you don’t get money from doing it. Hobbies are fun, and they are also good for you.
Do you know that people who do puzzles live longer than people who don’t? People who do puzzles can also remember more than people who don’t do puzzles. Even when they are old, people who do puzzles usually have good brains.
Watching funny movies is great for your body. When you laugh for 15 minutes or more, it is just as good for your body as exercising. Laughing exercises keeps the heart healthy.
Going to concerts is also good for the heart. Listening to music can make your heart strong. Going to concerts can even help sick people get better faster.
Children who play with Legos (乐高) are better at thinking than other children. They even talk and read better. Children who play with Legos learn to use their hands to do small things better than children who do not.
Even driving bumper cars (碰碰车) can be healthy. Some children sometimes bump other children when they are angry. It can be a lot of fun to try to stop others from bumping into your car. Bumping others in a fun way can turn anger into laughter.
And speaking of fun, a school in South Africa teaches play. That school found that children who study how to have fun have better grades.
1. Which hobbies are good for children’s study from the passage?①Doing puzzles.
②Listening to music.
③Playing with Legos.
④Driving bumper cars.
⑤Playing.
| A．①③⑤ | B．①②⑤ | C．②③⑤ | D．①③④ |
| A．健康体魄 | B．逻辑思维能力 | C．体力运动 | D．表达能力 |
| A．Having hobbies keeps people busy. |
| B．Driving bumper cars makes children angry. |
| C．Most people get money from doing hobbies. |
| D．Watching funny movies keeps the heart healthy. |
| A．Who needs hobbies. | B．When people do hobbies. |
| C．How people start hobbies. | D．What hobbies bring to people. |
2 . Jane, a reporter, is collecting information for the local newspaper. She is interested in the following things introduced in a magazine.
 Smart Schoolbag A schoolboy aged 11 has invented a schoolbag. It tells you which books to pack. A small computer and a scanner (扫描装置) are fixed in the bag. As each book is put into the bag, it is checked by the scanner. If any book is missing, a message will be shown on the computer screen to remind you. |
 Weather Sweets A university uses a 3D printer to create sweets according to the weather information of a certain day. The shapes of the sweets are influenced by wind speed. The colors of the sweets are decided by temperature. The sweets act as a weather record of the day. |
 Sunrise Bed It’s hard for you to get up in the morning, isn’t it? To help you get up, a company has created a sunrise bed. It wakes you up gently as a sunrise does. Lights built into the bed turn on and start to get brighter and brighter. When the lights are fully on, soft music will begin to play. It will be louder and louder until you turn it off. The company explains, “The gentle light tells your body that it is morning, so it’s easier for you to get up.” |
1. The smart schoolbag can ________.
| A．help you repair computers |
| B．tell you when to pack books |
| C．record the weather of the day |
| D．remind you of the missing books |
| A．pack the books easily into the bag |
| B．find the missing book by a scanner |
| C．create sweets according to the weather |
| D．wake up quickly in the morning |
| A．lights on → music on → lights brighter → music louder |
| B．music on → music louder → lights on → lights brighter |
| C．lights on → lights brighter → music on → music louder |
| D．music on → lights on → music louder → lights brighter |
3 . What can you do when someone hurts (伤害) you? Most people may be angry or even fight with the one who hurts him or her. But it’s not a good idea. The best way is to forgive (原谅) them.
If the people hurt us, although it is not easy for us to forgive, it is still possible. “Forgiveness makes you more hopeful. And it is good for our health,” says Frederic, Ph. D, the writer of the book called Forgive for God.
But how can we forgive others?
First, think of something nice and try to make yourself happy.
Second, don’t wait others to say sorry to you. If the people hurt you, he or she won’t say sorry to you. They may just want to hurt you or they just don’t see things the same way.
Third, try to see things in others’ shoes. You can think you are the offender (冒犯者), and write a letter to yourself.
That can make you know their ideas better and make yourself happier.
At last, don’t forget to forgive yourself. For some people, forgiving themselves is the biggest challenge (挑战).
And it also makes you more confident (自信的).
1. When people hurt you , it’s not a good idea to ________ them.| A．help | B．fight with | C．write to | D．forgive |
| A．To forgive people. | B．The people hurting us. | C．To be angry with people. | D．To make yourself happy. |
| A．Three. | B．Four . | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．If the people hurt us, it’s a good idea to be angry with him. |
| B．It makes you more confident to forgive yourselves. |
| C．Frederic, Ph. D is a doctor. |
| D．When the people hurt you, they won’t say sorry to you. |
4 . It’s important for children to learn to solve problems. Here are some examples of situations (情况) and ways that can help you.
Situation 1: Your child is bullied (被欺负).
If you tell your child that some kids are bad and that he should ignore (忽视) them, he may think he shouldn’t come to you for help. If you call those kids’ parents, your child may keep things from you because he thinks you’ll act too much.
How to help: Help your child think of ways to protect himself. Tell his teacher because the teacher knows what to do with the situation. This way, your child can stand up for himself, and knows that you’ll stand up if the bullying goes on.
Situation 2: _______
You can’t always keep your child happy. So what should you do when he is sad? If you tell him that that’s just how everything goes and that not everyone is going to like him, he may still feel sad and think his feelings aren’t important.
How to help: Tell your child you know this is difficult for him. Then talk about different kinds of friendship. Ask him what kind of friendship he has with the birthday child. Are they close or are they just school friends? This way, your child will learn that there are different kinds of friends.
1. The underlined word “protect” means ________.| A．保护 | B．提高 | C．关心 | D．担心 |
| A．Your child is too shy to go to a birthday party. |
| B．Your child doesn’t have many friends at school. |
| C．Someone doesn’t invite your child to a birthday party. |
| D．Nobody would like to go to your child’s birthday party. |
| A．tell him that that’s just how everything goes |
| B．tell him that not everyone is going to like him |
| C．tell him not to play with those friends who make him unhappy |
| D．try to understand him and talk about different kinds of friendship |
| A．how to help the child as a teacher |
| B．what parents shouldn’t do to help their child |
| C．why the situation happens to the child |
| D．what parents should do to help their child |
5 . In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don’t get home until 7 or 8 oclock at night. More than 50% of women have full-time jobs. And many people do part-time jobs.
When a family want to eat a meal together, they don’t have enough time to prepare the food. That is why fast food is so popular in North America. People spend about 40% of their money buying fast food.
Fast food is the food such as pizza, sandwiches and fried chicken. People can buy fast food from a restaurant chain like Pizza Hut, McDonald’s and KFC. Fast food saves work and time, but it’s usually junk food.
Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast food companies now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the spread of North American fast food. Some people in Italy want to fight against (反对) it. They don’t want any more fast food chains to open in their country. They also want to fight against the spread of fast food around the world.
1. What do children do after school in North America?| A．They have special lessons or sleep. |
| B．They make some food or sports activities. |
| C．They make some food or sleep. |
| D．They have special lessons or sports activities. |
| A．Because they don’t have enough time to prepare the food. |
| B．Because they don’t have enough money to prepare the food. |
| C．Because fast food is expensive. |
| D．Because fast food is healthy. |
| A．Some people in Italy. | B．Some food in Italy. |
| C．Some people in America. | D．Some food in America. |
| A．In North America, parents often get home at 5 or 6 oclock at night. |
| B．In North America, more than 50% of women have part-time jobs. |
| C．Everyone is happy about the spread of North American fast food. |
| D．Fast food is popular in many countries. |
Jack is a businessman. His main task is to sell “Living Machines”. He is very interested in clean water. He is also interested in saving money. So it’s natural that he is to be a developer of a small and affordable system (系统) to clean waste water. His “Living Machine” can clean waste water in your home.
The “Living Machine” is a system for cleaning waste water. The waste water goes into a big plastic tank where bacteria (细菌) start to break down the waste. A few days later after it is dealt with, the water is brought into a greenhouse filled with plants and fish. With the help of sunlight, the plants and animals remove more chemicals from the water, making it cleaner. Then the water can be reused for washing or bathing. It can’t be used for drinking and cooking. But the water is clean enough for watering the flowers, washing the dog, or even for bathing or swimming.
The advantage of this technology is that it is affordable and good for the environment. If you have enough homes and businesses use “Living Machines”, you’d better buy it. It can help to use less fresh water. It can help keep the water supply unpolluted, too.
1. Is the “Living Machine” too expensive for people to buy?2. What is this “Living Machine” used for?
3. How does the “Living Machine” work ?
4. Do you think Jack’s invention is perfect? Why or why not?
7 . I love nature and I am very worried that a lot of people are polluting or damaging (损害) the earth without realizing it. Pollution is made when somebody puts harmful things into the air, water or land. People should not pollute. Damage is made when somebody removes good things from the earth. People should not damage. When people pollute or damage, it hurts the people, the animal and the plant.
When people put chemicals into the land, they go into our soil and into our water. When people and animals drink the water it makes them sick. They may not realize it right away but finally they feel it. When chemicals get into the ground it affects the whole food chain (食物链)—The insect, the animal, the plant and the people are affected.
When people cut down trees, they reduce the amount of oxygen and they take away homes for animals. Most people don’t realize how cutting down trees hurts people and animals.
If I could make laws, no one could put garbage into the water or on the land and all cars would run on fuel (燃料) made from beans. When I grow up, I want to live on a clean earth with lots of tall trees full of animals. Please don’t pollute or damage.
1. The writer worries that ________ according to the passage.| A．a place for wild animals is destroyed | B．people can’t live on the earth any more |
| C．the water on the earth is greatly reduced | D．some people don’t realize the pollution or damage now |
| A．they are hurt by animals | B．they become sick suddenly |
| C．the water is polluted with chemicals | D．they slowly get sick because of drinking the polluted water |
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A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．there are many birds and flowers on the land. |
| B．people are no longer free to cut down trees. |
| C．a clean earth with lots of tall trees full of animals. |
| D．people no longer pollute the land with chemicals. |
8 . You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a year, and that number continues to grow. Just as the movie capital of the United States is Hollywood, the movie capital of India is Bombay (孟买), but it is usually called “Bollywood”, a combination (结合) of the words Bombay and Hollywood.
No Bollywood movie is thought complete without a few songs or dances. In fact, music is an important part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still do well if the music is good. Music directors are sometimes more popular than the film stars. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs with at least three songs to show what the dances mean.
Bollywood may be different from Hollywood in music, but it is very like Hollywood in several ways. If Tom Cruise can hold a gun, so can the Bollywood hero Shahrukh Khan. Bollywood stars are followed by news reporters just as often as Hollywood stars. The personal lives of actors and actresses catch the headlines (头版头条), just as they do in the United States.
The Oscars are a very exciting time of the year for actors and actresses in America. Bollywood has its own form of the Oscars, and they are also very exciting.
1. Bollywood is in ________.| A．the United States | B．China | C．India | D．France |
| A．hero | B．songs and dances | C．news reporters | D．headlines |
| A．songs | B．film stars | C．music directors | D．actors and actresses |
| A．Bollywood comes from the words Bombay and Hollywood. |
| B．Music is very important in Bollywood movies. |
| C．India produces about 800 movies a year. |
| D．The Oscars in India are as exciting as those in America. |
9 . My name is Chen Lan. My home is in Gulangyu. Where is Gulangyu, do you know? It is in Xiamen. It is near the sea (海). Gulangyu is a small place(地方), but it is very nice and clean. There are no cars, buses or bikes. People only walk. So it is very quiet (安静的). My house is in the center of Gulangyu. Behind my house there is a big old tree. My grandfather tells me the tree is very old. There are many birds in the tree. We call it a “bird tree”.
My house is near the sea. The sea is big and blue. There are many fish in the sea. After school, I often go there and catch fish with my friends. It is very interesting. I like eating and catching fish.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Why do people only walk in Gulangyu?
| A．Because it is a small place. | B．Because there are no cars, buses or bikes. |
| C．Because it can keep the place clean. | D．Because it is a quiet place. |
| A．It is near the sea. | B．It is behind my house. |
| C．It is in the center of Gulangyu. | D．It is in front of my house. |
| A．There are many apples in the tree. | B．There is a bird in the tree. |
| C．There are many birds in the tree. | D．There are many fish in the tree. |
| A．boring | B．interesting | C．good | D．bad |
| A．Japan | B．America | C．Gulangyu | D．China |
10 . What’s your favorite weather? Do you like sunny or rainy days? Many people like sunny days a lot. They don’t like rain. They think rain makes them feel sad. During a long vacation, they like going to the beach to enjoy the sunshine(阳光). Sunshine makes them feel very good and happy. I like sunshine very much, but I also enjoy rain.
I enjoy the sound(声音) of rain. It makes me feel quiet. On rainy days, I like listening to music and reading books, or just looking at the rain and daydreaming(做白日梦). When you daydream, you don’t think about other things. I think it’s a good way to relax when it rains.
Sunshine can make one run around and rain can make one quiet, so I hope you can feel happy, rain or sunshine.
1. Do many people like rain?2. Why does the writer like rain?
3. What do people do during a long vacation?
4. What is your favorite weather? Why?
