1 . Traditional Chinese Festivals
Yuanxiao, the Lantern Festival, is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings.
Qingming, the Tomb Sweeping Day, is around April 5. People go to the graves (墓) in memory of (纪念) the dead.
Duanwu, the Dragon Boat Festival, is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and have dragon boat races in memory of the poet Qu Yuan.
Qixi, the Night of Sevens, is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the Chinese version (版本) of Valentine’s Day.
Zhongqiu, the Mid-Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy mooncakes and tell the story of Chang’e.
Chongyang, the Double Ninth Festival, is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect (尊敬) to the old.
1. The Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar.| A．on August 15th | B．on July 7th |
| C．on January 15th | D．on May 15th |
| A．dumplings | B．mooncakes |
| C．rice dumplings | D．sweet dumplings |
| A．the Lantern Festival | B．the Night of Sevens |
| C．the Spring Festival | D．the TombSweeping Day |
| A．Qu Yuan | B．the elderly | C．Chang’e | D．the dead |
| A．watch lanterns | B．pay respect to old people |
| C．visit their relatives | D．get together to tell stories |
2 . Jane, a reporter, is collecting information for the local newspaper. She is interested in the following things introduced in a magazine.
| Smart Schoolbag | Forget to pack the books you need into your schoolbag in the morning rush? 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 | Can you eat weather? A university makes that happen. It uses a 3D printer to create sweets based on 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 when they are made. |
| 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 “tool” —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 stops producing a chemical that helps you sleep.” |
| A．a reporter | B．a schoolboy | C．a university | D．a company |
| A．Colors | B．Wind speed | C．Temperature | D．3D printers |
| 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 |
| A．Your body. | B．The bed. | C．The light. | D．Your room. |
| A．Wonderful food. | B．Future schools. | C．Amazing inventions. | D．Modern furniture. |
3 . With the development of science, more and more people are confused whether it is good or not to make robots. Are robots going to take place of human beings?
Every coin has two sides. Robots can be good to our society and life. At the same time, they also have some bad effects on our daily life. In my opinion, the advantages of robots are more than the disadvantages.
First, robots make our life more convenient. We can do many things that we didn’t have the ability to do in the past by using robots. That makes our daily life more effective.
Second, robots can be used in industry. Factories can reduce the cost of production by using robots. Robots do not need to eat and they will not be ill. That’s very good for producing goods.
Third, robots can save more people when a disaster happens. Because they can’t feel pain and they can save more people without feeling tired.
In a word, the world is changing. We should also change our thought to accept robots to become part of our lives. That can make our lives more colorful.
1. In the writer’s opinion, how many advantages do robots have?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
| A．幸福的 | B．环保的 | C．方便的 |
| A．Yes, they can. | B．No, they can’t. | C．We don’t know. |
| A．The hard work of farmers. | B．The beautiful environment of the earth. | C．The development of science. |
| A．They have both advantages and disadvantages. |
| B．They only have disadvantages. |
| C．They only have advantages. |
4 . Hi! I’m Jim Green. My telephone number is 3568-9876. My jacket is blue. This boy is my friend. His first name is Jack. His last name is Brown. His phone number is 9678-6731. His jacket is red.
1. Jack’s last name is ________.| A．Jim | B．Green | C．Jack | D．Brown |
| A．3568-9876. | B．9678-6731. | C．3586-9876. | D．9678-6713. |
| A．Red. | B．Green. | C．Blue. | D．Yellow. |
| A．Jim. | B．Green. | C．Jack. | D．Brown. |
| A．sisters | B．brothers | C．friends | D．teachers |
5 . Almost every day, we discuss the topic of health, especially for kids. But what is health? “Health” means eating well, getting enough exercise, and having a healthy weight. Let’s read the following rules. They can help you stay healthy.
1) Eat a variety of food, especially fruit and vegetables. We all know that eating fruit and vegetables can help us stay healthy, but many of us only eat our favorite food. Remember that we can only get the nutrition（营养）we need by eating different kinds of food, especially fruit and vegetables.
2) Drink water and milk most often. Everyone knows that water is important. Besides that, kids need plenty of calcium（钙）to grow strong bones, and milk is rich in it. Every day, you should drink at least three cups of milk, when you are 9 years old or older. You should also try to have less sugary drinks, like soda and coca. They include a lot of sugar. Sugar only includes calories（热量）, not important nutrition.
3) Listen to your body. When you are eating, notice how your body feels. When your stomach feels comfortably full, stop eating. Eating too much makes you feel uncomfortable. If you do it too often, it can make you unhealthy and fat.
4) Limit screen time. What’s screen time? It’s the amount of time you spend watching TV, movies and playing computer games. The more time you spend on these sitting-down activities, the less time you spend playing sports, like basketball, and doing other activities like riding and swimming. Try to spend no more than 2 hours a day on screen time.
1. In this passage, “health” includes all of the following EXCEPT ______.| A．eating well | B．doing more exercise |
| C．having a healthy weight | D．wearing comfortable clothes |
| A．plenty of | B．all kinds of | C．the rest of | D．a lot of |
| A．playing computer games | B．watching movies |
| C．watching TV | D．All of above |
| A．How to eat healthy food. | B．Eating and playing are both important. |
| C．Suggestion for staying healthy. | D．Health is very important. |
6 . In America, boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.
Television is like books and movies. A child can learn both good things and bad things from it. Some TV programs help children to understand the news, the people and places in other countries. With TV, children do not have to go to the movies. They can listen to music or watch a game at home. But some programs are bad for children, so parents sometimes should help them to find other interesting and useful things to do.
1. In America, some children spend eight hours or more ________ on Saturday.| A．studying | B．playing games | C．watching TV | D．helping their parents |
| A．six hours | B．more than eight hours | C．only a few hours | D．four hours |
| A．games | B．the people and places in other countries | C．movies | D．all the things above |
| A．play football | B．see some movies | C．do nothing | D．play computer games |
| A．good programs | B．bad programs | C．The Animal World | D．TV plays |
Keeping a diary — a good way to improve English
When I was at the age of thirteen, I began to keep a diary in English. At first it seemed difficult to me, but now it has begun to be easy. I know it’s not possible to learn English well without more practice. I like reading, listening and speaking. After school I often go to the school library to read English stories. My English teacher always helps me translate some passages into Chinese. I have little time to watch TV, or to play computer games. After I finish writing my diary, I always try to correct mistakes with the help of the dictionary. I think that keeping a diary is one of the best ways to improve our English study.
1. The writer began to write diaries ________.| A．when she was thirteen years old | B．before she was 13 |
| C．when she was 17 | D．for 13 years |
| A．At last | B．At first | C．Now | D．Usually |
| A．not easy | B．easy | C．possible | D．impossible |
| A．English | B．Chinese | C．art | D．subject |
| A．more reading | B．keeping a diary |
| C．more speaking | D．more listening |
8 . Cindy, Jerry, and Mary are giving their opinions about a good friend.
Cindy: I think a good friend should be honest. That’s more important than any other things and where a good friendship starts. If a friend isn’t honest, he will lose his friends’ trust.
Jerry: I think a good friend has to be generous(大方的). Here “generous” doesn’t mean he has to give his friends his lunch money or his clothes. It means he should share his ideas and feelings with his friends. In fact, his friends can know him better in this way.
Mary: In my opinion, a good friend should understand his friends. When there is something wrong between him and his friends, he must put himself in his friends’ place and think more for his friends.
1. What does the underlined (下划线) sentence mean?| A．To be honest is the most important. | B．To be honest is as important as other things. |
| C．To be honest is not so important. | D．Other things are more important. |
| A．夸奖 | B．信任 | C．理解 | D．关注 |
| A．give him much money | B．know him very well |
| C．tell him their ideas and feelings | D．are honest to him |
| A．visit each other often | B．go to more places to play |
| C．understand each other | D．be honest with each other |
| A．My Friend | B．Opinions about a Good Friend | C．To Be Honest | D．To Be Generous |
9 . Hamsters (仓鼠) are tiny, fuzzy and chubby (胖乎乎) animals. When people see hamsters putting food in the cheeks (脸颊), they can’t stop laughing. Hamsters’ big cheeks make themselves look cute. The cheek pouch (颊囊) is not only cute. It is useful, too. A hamster uses it like a bag. When the hamster finds something delicious, it hides it in its pouch. Peanuts, grapes, carrots—there are lots of delicious snacks in its “bag”. Will it get full and break? NO worries. The pouch can expand (伸展) to about three times its size! It might win the Guinness World Record (吉尼斯世界纪录) for having the biggest mouth!
Evolution (进化) gives a hamster the pouch because it’s so small and weak. The hamster has many enemies (敌人) in the world, such as foxes, owls (猫头鹰), snakes and cats. Those animals may catch the hamster when it’s looking for food. When they show up (出现), the hamster has to run quickly. With the big pouch, it can run back home fast with both its life and its lunch. Otherwise (不然), it might die of hunger.
But the pouch also brings the hamster some not-so-cute problems. When foods stay in the pouch for a long time, they will go bad. The hamster can’t clean its pouch with a tooth brush. It hurts! It will stop eating.
1. ________ makes a hamster look cute.| A．The tiny body. | B．The chubby face. |
| C．The way people look at it. | D．A bag of hamster. |
| A．The hamster. | B．The cheek pouch. | C．The food. | D．The bag. |
| A．leaves | B．peanuts | C．grapes | D．carrots |
| A．It can be easily filled with lots of food inside. | B．It’s probably the biggest mouth in the world. |
| C．It helps a hamster run quickly. | D．It can be cleaned with a tooth brush by a hamster itself. |
| A．cheek pouch | B．way to live | C．food | D．enemies |
10 . People can change the Earth. But some changes can harm the planet. When bad things are put into the land, air or water, the Earth is polluted. Pollution is dangerous for plants, animals and people.
People can help make less pollution. Rubbish is a big part of pollution. When people pick up the rubbish, they are helping to stop pollution.
It is hard to get rid of all the rubbish we make. Making less rubbish is the first step. Less rubbish means less pollution.
Another way to help make less pollution is to reuse things many times. Instead of using a new lunch bag every day, we could use the same lunchbox many times. This makes less rubbish.
To recycle means to change something so it can be used again. We make less rubbish when we recycle. Lots of things can be recycled. Can you think of things to recycle?
1. When people put ________ on to the Earth, it is polluted.| A．fresh water | B．bad things | C．a lot of fish | D．cool air |
| A．energy | B．wood | C．rubbish | D．water |
| A．Making less rubbish. | B．Reusing things. |
| C．Recycling. | D．Using different lunch bags. |
| A．产生 | B．忘记 | C．放弃 | D．摆脱 |
| A．ways of making less pollution | B．how to recycle things |
| C．ways of protecting animals | D．how to make less rubbish |
