1 . As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize. They can also be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in you class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dreams.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
Also you must never give up your dream. There will be barriers on the way to your dreams. Don’t be afraid of them. They are not that hard. The biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Turn off the TV. Studying will help you get better exam grades. Don’t buy ice-cream. Saving five yuan means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
1. According to the writer, what may stop you from realizing your dream?| A．Failing your exam. | B．Having many challenges. |
| C．Not being the best. | D．Not believing in yourself. |
| A．Dreams. | B．Subjects. | C．Difficulties. | D．Chances. |
| A．yourself | B．your friends | C．your parents | D．your school |
| A．You should never give up your dream. |
| B．It is not easy to make your dream real. |
| C．You may think you can’t do well in something. |
| D．Having some hobbies can help make your dream come true. |
| A．How to Become a Writer |
| B．How to Realize Your Dream |
| C．Young Students Have Many Dreams |
| D．Small Dreams Make a Big Dream |
| A. A medical mask may help you stay away from most viruses (病毒). That’s why you need to wear a mask whenever you’re going out to a public place. B. Stay at home if you have a common cold. You can take some medicine. It’s good for you and good for others too. C. No matter how much you love to go shopping, you need to avoid visiting places like shopping centers and markets. Places like these are filled with viruses. D. If you touch something outside, you need to wash your hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer (含酒精的洗手液). The alcohol can kill most viruses on your hands. E. You can do some simple everyday exercise to keep fit at home. And you can also take online courses to do some sports. |
3 . Huang Cheng Store is the cheapest store in town. Though it’s the cheapest, it isn’t the most popular. People don’t shop there very often because lots of people say the things there are the worst in town.
Hua Mei Store sells very good things. It sells the most fashionable (时尚的) clothes and the best record players (音响). And it has the best service. However, people don’t often shop there because the things are also the most expensive. And it is far from the town center.
Heart to Heart Store is the most popular store in town. The things there aren’t the cheapest, and they aren’t the most expensive. It doesn’t have the best things, and it doesn’t have the worst. So it is popular. The clothes aren’t the most fashionable, but they’re more fashionable than the clothes at many other stores. And its location (位置) is convenient (方便的), too.
根据上述内容，判断各小题的正（T）误（F）。
1. Huang Cheng Store is the most popular store in town.
2. The service at Hua Mei Store is better than that at Heart to Heart Store.
3. The location of Hua Mei Store isn’t as convenient as that of Heart to Heart Store.
4. The things in Heart to Heart Store are the most expensive.
5. People think the cheapest store is Heart to Heart Store.
4 . As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class. Once (一旦) you find your dream, what do you do for it? Did you ever try to make your dream come true？
Andrew Matthews, a famous writer, tells us that realizing our dreams is our life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts (想法) stop you from realizing your dream. In fact, everyone can make their dreams come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. And follow your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams. You must also never give up your dream. There will be difficulties on the road to your dream.
But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of (代替) watching TV will bring you better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
If you don’t have dream, you won’t make up your mind to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
1. If we have dreams in our hearts and work hard, our dreams ________.
| A．can be very big | B．can be very small |
| C．can’t be remembered | D．will come true |
| A．yourself | B．your school | C．your friends | D．your parents |
| A．Lily always remembers what her dream is. |
| B．Li Ming does what he should do step by step. |
| C．Danny plays games instead of studying. |
| D．Jenny reads more books, learns more skills and finds new interests. |
| A．The biggest difference between dreams. |
| B．How to make your dream come true. |
| C．How to become a writer. |
| D．Students have many dreams. |
According to the latest rules, when you go to a supermarket or visit another city, you don’t need to show the results of nucleic acid tests (核酸检测). But, if you go to places such as old people’s homes and hospitals, the nucleic acid tests are still needed. This makes it easier for people to travel. But this can also make people catch the virus (病毒) easily. What should we do if we have COVID-19?
Don’t worry too much
The virus isn’t as strong as before. You might have a fever or a cough. It can feel like a cold or the flu.
If you are not badly ill, you can stay at home.
● Open the windows for over 30 minutes every day.
● Disinfect (消毒) things you touch in time.
● Check your temperature twice a day in the morning and evening.
● Take some medicine if you have a fever or a cough.
● Take two virus tests in more than 24 hours. If the results are negative (阴性的), you can leave your room.
Go to a hospital if you ...
● Have a fever of more than 38.5 ℃ for over two or three days.
● Feel sick and don’t want to eat anything.
● Find it hard to breathe(呼吸).
Drink more water and increase fruits and vegetables in your diet. Keep a regular (规律的) bedtime and get enough rest and sleep. In this way, you can defeat (打败) the virus quickly.
根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)、误(F)。
1. According to the latest rules, people don’t need to show the results of nucleic acid tests wherever they go.
2. Don’t worry too much because the virus isn’t as strong as before.
3. Go to a hospital if you have a fever or a cough.
4. You can take some medicine if you find it hard to breathe.
5. Having enough rest and sleep is helpful to defeat the virus quickly.
6 . Many people in China eat rice every day. lt is a big part of the Chinese diet. People also use rice to make rice noodles, rice milk, rice cake, rice paper and so on. Rice grows in rice paddies, You can find rice paddies in many places. There can be thousands of rice plants in one paddy. Each plant is called a stalk(茎). Each stalk of rice has several hundred grains of rice on it. That’s a lot of rice!
When farmers grow rice, they must take good care of it, so the plants can grow well. Here are some conditions. Rice needs good soil, a lot of sun and a lot of water. Rice also needs space to grow. This is why farmers usually plant rice stalks in rows. Then each plant has enough space around. Temperature is also very important. Rice grows best in warm places.
The first step to grow rice is preparing the land. It must be level(平坦的). When the land is ready, farmers plant the rice seedlings(秧苗) and cover them with water. After the rice seedlings start to grow, farmers move the little stalks to bigger fields. Then they watch and wait. It takes about three to six months for a rice plant to become ready. Then the rice is harvested by the farmers, so people can eat the rice.
1. Rice is a big part of the ________ diet.| A．German | B．Australian | C．Italian | D．Chinese |
| A．水田 | B．高山 | C．沙漠 | D．河流 |
| A．Because rice needs good soil. | B．Because rice needs a lot of water. |
| C．Because rice needs space to grow. | D．Because rice needs a lot of sun. |
| A．In hot places. | B．In warm place. | C．In cool places. | D．In cold places. |
| A．People feed on rice. | B．People use rice to make many different kinds of foods. |
| C．The steps of growing rice. | D．The steps to grow rice and conditions of growing rice. |
The Tallest—ever Eiffel Tower Set
Lego has created its tallest—ever set with the new 10, 001—piece Eiffel Tower.
Standing 149 cm tall, it is built in four parts with handles (柄) that can then be fixed on top of one another. Much like the real Eiffel Tower, the set is priced at ＄629. 99 in LEGO stores. “It is a great set for travel fans. You can feel like standing at the top and looking across the rich history of Paris.” the toy company says.
Skylodge Adventure Suites, a company in Peru, is letting its guests sleep in transparent capsules (透明舱) on the side of a mountain. Over 7 meters long and about 2.4 meters high and wide, the capsules can each hold four people with a bathroom, a double bed and two smaller beds. There’s an exit (出口) in the top of the capsules, and also space to sit outside on top to enjoy the natural beauty.
A Fingerprint Island
Baljenac, a small island (岛) in Croatia, is covered by dry—stone walls that make it look like a huge fingerprint when seen from above. The island has a surface (表面) of only 0.14 square kilometers but owns 23 kilometers of walls created simply by piling (堆叠) rocks on top of each other. Most of the stone wall network is believed to have been built during the 19th century.
1. In which section of the newspaper can we read the news?| A．WORLD. | B．HISTORY. | C．NATURE. | D．LIFESTYLE. |
| A．is as tall as the real Eiffel Tower |
| B．is made up of five parts |
| C．is built with 10, 001 pieces |
| D．sells for 629. 99 pounds |
| A．The Natural Beauty on the Mountainside |
| B．Skylodge Adventure Suites in Peru |
| C．The Exit of Transparent Capsules |
| D．Sleeping in the Air |
| A．People can only sit inside to enjoy the beautiful mountain. |
| B．There are four beds in each capsule. |
| C．One has to get into the capsules through an exit on the side. |
| D．They have the same width and height. |
| A．It was built during the 19th century. |
| B．It is in the shape of a huge fingerprint. |
| C．It covers only 0. 14 square kilometers. |
| D．Stone walls can be seen everywhere on the island. |
8 . There are different kinds of parties in America, such as birthday parties, housewarming parties and farewell (告别) parties. Now let’s learn about some party habits in America.
People wear different clothes for different parties. For many parties, men wear clothes with ties (领带), and women wear good dresses. Wearing jeans isn’t polite. For some special parties, you need to wear special clothes.
Bringing gifts is always welcome. But sometimes you may not bring gifts, or bring some cheap gifts, such as flowers or a bottle of wine (葡萄酒).
Time is very important to Americans. You must arrive at parties on time. If you can’t come on time, you need to call the host on the phone, and tell him or her what time you will arrive.
It is not good to leave a spoon in a soup bowl or coffee cup. Don’t make a lot of noise. You should put food into your mouth as quickly as you can, and eat the food with the mouth closed.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案
1. The underlined word “polite” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.
| A．礼貌的 | B．昂贵的 | C．漂亮的 |
| A．ties | B．dresses | C．jeans |
| A．Gifts | B．Clothes | C．Time |
| A．You have to bring gifts if you join in the party in America. |
| B．It is bad to leave a spoon in a soup bowl or coffee cup if you join in the party in America. |
| C．You must arrive at parties on time if you join in the party in America. |
| A．Different parties in America |
| B．Party habits in America |
| C．Be a good host in America |
9 . Today more and more cars go into families. Which car is the best for people? Different people have different ideas.
Some people like the bright colour cars made in China. It’s really a good choice. The bright colour car made in China is cheap, nice and safe. This kind of cars is suitable for (适合) the general income (一般收入) family.
Some people love famous foreign cars like Japanese cars, American cars and German cars. They’re good but too expensive. But most people think famous foreign cars of better quality are better in safety. These are suitable for the high income family or for business.
Some people like sports cars, because they’re fast and exciting. Some sports cars are very nice but very expensive. Only rich people can afford (买得起) them.
1. The writer thinks the bright colour car made in China is _________.| A．nice but expensive | B．safe but too expensive |
| C．cheap, nice and safe | D．comfortable |
| A．cheap and nice | B．fast and exciting |
| C．good but too expensive | D．comfortable and save oil |
| A．some expensive cars | B．famous foreign cars |
| C．different cars | D．some cars made in China |
10 . November 9 is a time for us to learn a lot more about fire because it’s National Fire Prevention Day (消防日). This is what to do in a fire:
| 1. Shout out. Shout as loudly as you can, because people may be asleep. 2. Call 119. Never try to put out a fire yourself. Tell 119 where you are and what is on fire. 3. Keep down close to the floor. There is less smoke down there, so it’s easier to breathe (呼吸) and see where you are going. 4. Test (检查) the door. If the door is cool, open it carefully. If the door is hot, do not open it! Try to find a different way out. 5. Get out. Do not stop to pick up anything. A fire can become very big in a few seconds! 6. Don’t use the lift. Always use the stairs (楼梯). The lift may go wrong and keep you inside. 7. Don’t go back. Even if you have left your pet or favorite toy inside, do not go back for it. Animals have a very good sense of smell. They often get out of buildings before people. |
1. How many things should we do according to the passage?
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
| A．look for your pet | B．telephone 119 |
| C．call 120 | D．put out the fire yourself |
| A．there is less smoke down there | B．the firemen can find you easily |
| C．people may be asleep | D．you should look after your things carefully |
| A．If the door is hot, try to find a different way out. |
| B．Don’t use the lift. |
| C．Do not stop to pick up anything. |
| D．People often got out of buildings before animals. |
