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 |
2 . Hi, I am Guo Peng. I am a middle school student. My school is a very beautiful place. My school has a big library. It’s on the first floor of the classroom building (教学楼). There are many books in it. It has books of all subjects. It also has a lot of storybooks and newspapers. Our classrooms are from the second to fifth floors.
In the library, there are rows (排) of tables and chairs. We can sit there to read books. It looks very clean. And books are kept in good order. It’s easy for students to find the books.
Students of all classes can visit the library. We all have library cards. Before going into the library, we must show our cards. So we have to take it every day. We can take one book at a time from the school library. We must give back the book in a week. Or we can’t borrow (借) books next time.
Our library teacher is a nice woman. She is friendly to all students. We all like her. She always helps us find books. Sometimes we ask her some questions about books. She is always happy to answer these questions.
I like reading books. Every day I go to the library to read books. I love to visit my school library. It’s a good place to read and study.
根据短文内容，选择正确的答案。
1. The school library has ________.
①pictures ②storybooks ③newspapers ④science books
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．杂乱无章 | B．井然有序 | C．一尘不染 | D．包罗万象 |
| A．2 days | B．5 days | C．7 days | D．15 days |
| A．students can take three books at a time |
| B．Guo Peng loves studying in the library |
| C．the library teacher is strict (严厉) with the students |
| D．the library is on the second floor of the classroom building |
| A．My Library Teacher. | B．The Books in the Library. |
| C．The Library Rules (规则). | D．My School Library. |
| 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. |
4 . Sween Lin has an interesting hobby. She collects stamps. She spends a lot of time on her stamp collection after school hours. She has collected hundreds of stamps from all over the world. They are all in colour.
Sween Lin likes stamps with pictures of animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns many things about them.
Sometimes Sween Lin has many stamps of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. They then give her other stamps in return.
Sween Lin writes to her friends in many countries. She sends them some stamps of her country, in return , they send her some stamps of their countries. Sween Lin’s father also gives her some stamps. He brings them home from his office for her.
Many of Sween Lin’s friends collect other things. Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes. But, all of them say that Sween Lin’s collection is the most interesting of all.
1. Sween Lin spends a lot of time on her hobby ________.| A．before school | B．during school hours |
| C．after school hours | D．during her holidays |
| A．All of | B．Some of | C．Many of | D．Most of |
| A．her teachers | B．her friends | C．her stamps | D．her father |
| A．keeps them | B．throws them away |
| C．sells them to her friends | D．sends them to her friends |
| A．Matchbox collection. | B．Doing things one likes. |
| C．Keeping coins one likes. | D．Stamp collection. |
5 . All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
People in China like to drink tea with nothing in it, and they often have it with their friends or by themselves. They have two kinds of tea—green tea and black tea. They may drink tea at any time of the day anywhere. But they don’t drink tea just before they go to bed, for tea makes them awake. In England, people like to drink tea with milk and sugar, and they often have it in the afternoon with their friend. In Japan, people also like drinking tea very much. It is very popular there. They drink tea every day. They have it in different ways from that in China. Some young Japanese girls are good at making tea. They can do it beautifully. In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. They usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots.
根据短文内容判断下列各句正误。正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。
1. People in the US like to drink tea with milk and sugar in it.
2. Chinese people like to drink tea without anything in it.
3. In Japan, people often drink tea in the same way as that in China.
4. People drink tea at breakfast or before meals in China.
5. American usually use tea bags to make their tea.
This term is from September to January. Our school starts (开始) on September 1st, and we have lots of things for you this term. We have an English Day on September 11th. We have a soccer game on September 17th. That’s fun. On October 13th, we have an art festival. We can see many great pictures on that day. And on October 28th, we have a school day. Parents can come to our school to learn with us. We have an English Party on November 25th. And we will go on a school trip on December 2nd. Then on December 31st, we have the New Year’s Party. I think we can have a good time. We are very busy this term, but we are happy to have interesting things.
1. When does this term start?2. What do they have on November 25th?
3. Do they have a basketball game this term?
4. How many things do they have this term?
5. What do they think of this term?
7 . 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.
9 . 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. |
10 . When you are reading something in English, you may often meet a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you something about the word: the pronunciation (发音), the part of speech (词性), the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in a dictionary quickly?
First, all the English words are in the alphabetical order. In the dictionary, you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E…that means, if there are two words “do” and “put”, “do” will be certainly before “put”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth…for example, “pat” is before “picture”, “bald” before “balloon”.
Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?
The dictionary will be your good friend, and we can learn better from it. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.
1. What CAN’T we get from the dictionary?| A．The pronunciation. | B．The Chinese meaning. |
| C．How to use the word. | D．How to remember the word. |
| A．字母顺序 | B．拼写顺序 | C．前后顺序 | D．时间顺序 |
| A．Team. | B．Person. | C．Success. | D．Usually. |
