In Chinese lunar calendar there are 24 solar terms (节 气) in a year. Start of Summer means the coming of a new season—summer. And it begins on May 5th this year. The temperature rises quickly during this time. Here are three things about how Chinese celebrate the Start of Summer.
Checking one’s weight. The habit of weighing people at the Start of Summer is still popular in some places of China today. It’s said that this practice will bring health and good luck to the people weighed.
Eating eggs. In the old days, Chinese people believed a round egg was a symbol of a happy life and eating eggs on the day of Start of Summer was a good wish for good health. People put tea into the boiling water together with eggs to make “tea eggs”. Today it has become a local snack in many places of China.
Taking care of the heart. According to the Chinese traditional medicine, Start of Summer is a key time to protect the heart. When it grows hot, heat can affect health. So people prefer food such as fruit and vegetables.
1. The Start of Summer begins on May 5th this year in this passage.2. People who weighs at the Start of Summer want to lose weight.
3. Eating eggs on the day of Start of Summer was a good wish for good health.
4. People eat more fruit and vegetables at the Start of Summer to take care of their eyes.
5. The passage mainly tells us how Chinese people celebrate the Start of Summer.
2 . When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then the left.
If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then the people on foot can cross the road carefully. If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go on, people on foot must not cross. In the morning and in the evening, when people go to or from work, the streets are very busy. Traffic is the most dangerous (危险的) then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember that traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way.
In many English cities there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.
1. In England the traffic drives ________.| A．in the right | B．on the left | C．on the right | D．in the middle |
| A．leave | B．wait | C．go | D．stop |
| A．look around | B．have a rest | C．not cross the road | D．cross the road carefully |
| A．country | B．street | C．state (州) | D．city |
| A．Traffic in England. | B．Life in England. | C．People in England. | D．Food in England. |
3 . Going on vacation is a fun and relaxing way to spend time. Do you know how to have a great vacation? Here are some ideas.
Decide where you’d like to go. A few days or weeks for the vacation, make a list (列表) of five places you want to visit. Then spend time talking about each place with your friends or parents and decide on your favorite one.
Think about how to go. It depends on where the place is and how much you want to spend. And you must get enough money for your vacation. If not, you may get into trouble (陷入困境).
Find a great hotel. It’s easy to get tired during (在……期间) the vacation. So your hotel should be a good place to sleep and relax in. You can try to find a good hotel online.
Plan your activities. Think about everyone who is going with you. Try to plan activities that all of you may like to do. You should also think about how long you want to stay there.
Write down the things you need to take. Think about the things you need every day when you’re away, like umbrellas and clothes. Don’t forget to take anything necessary during your travel.
1. What should you do first before starting the travel in this passage?| A．Book a hotel. | B．Choose a place to visit. |
| C．Pack (收拾) your bags. | D．Decide on the way of traveling. |
| A．取决于 | B．意识到 | C．区分出 | D．弄清楚 |
| A．Money. | B．Clothes. | C．Umbrellas. | D．Passports (护照). |
| A．It’s easy to find a great and cheap hotel to stay in. |
| B．You don’t have to take much money during the vacation. |
| C．You should take necessary things when going on vacation. |
| D．Before going on vacation, you don’t need to plan anything. |
| A．When to go on vacation. | B．How to have a great vacation. |
| C．Where to go on vacation. | D．What to do during a vacation. |
4 . People can’t live well without music. It’s quite necessary in people’s life. Music has a magic energy to help people. It will bring people many surprises.
It can help you free from heart pain. When you feel sad, you can try listening to the music. It will calm you down. You enter the music world. You pay more attention to the music than your sadness. Then the “dark clouds” slowly clear up.
It is also a strong driving force. For example, when you win a match, you certainly have a great mood. At this time, exciting music will rouse (激起) your fighting. It will push you forward and you will continue to work harder.
Music includes (囊括) much knowledge, such as the language and the history. You can learn a lot from it. Different nations make their own special music. Different music expresses different ideas. You can explore different cultures behind the music. As a useful tool (工具), music teaches you to better understand foreign cultures and love them.
1. In this passage (文章), how many surprises does music bring to people?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．heart sadness | B．hard work | C．bad weather | D．low music |
| A．Because it will calm people down. | B．Because it will push people forward. |
| C．Because it will help people learn more. | D．Because it will make people love each other. |
| A．the language | B．the cultures | C．the history | D．the habits |
| A．The Music World. | B．The Exciting Music. |
| C．The Power of Music. | D．The Knowledge of Music. |
5 . There are all kinds of weather in the world. It affect our lives all the time. It’s very important for us to know about the weather. Now let me introduce hurricanes (飓风).
Swish! Swoosh! The weather is very wild. It is a hurricane. It has very strong winds and lots of rain.
Hurricanes form (形成) over the sea. Warm, wet air rises up from the sea. The air forms clouds. Lots of heat comes from these clouds. This can cause thunderstorms with heavy rain and strong winds. “If winds reach 120 kilometers per hour (about 74 miles per hour), it becomes a hurricane,” says experts.
Hurricanes are wide storms. They can spread (蔓延) from one town to another 800km away.
The strong winds in a hurricane blow round and round. The center of a hurricane is called the eye. The winds are not strong there.
The heavy rain during a hurricane can cause floods. So can the strong wind. It makes big waves in the sea. The waves crash (猛撞) onto the land and cause floods.
1. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “affect”?| A．丰富 | B．提升 | C．享受 | D．影响 |
| A．It has very strong winds. | B．It has a lot of rain. |
| C．It forms over the sea. | D．It can cause thunderstorms. |
①The air forms clouds.
②The clouds bring a lot of rain.
③Lots of heat causes thunderstorms.
④Warm, wet air rises up from the sea.
| A．①②③④ | B．④③②① | C．④①②③ | D．②①④③ |
| A．wild | B．weak | C．strong | D．calm |
| A．a science magazine | B．a news magazine | C．a notebook | D．a storybook |
6 . Kids are having more sugar and junk food in the US now.
They get sugar from sodas, sweet juice and some other drinks. There was a new study. It was on 8,400 children. They were between the ages of 2 and 19. It found that twenty percent of the children didn’t drink any water. That’s on any given day. It also showed that those kids got more calories (卡路里) from sweet drinks. That’s compared to children who did drink water every day. Children who do not drink water can have almost twice as many calories. “Kids should drink water every day. And the first drink for kids should be water because it is healthy,” said one teacher.
The study showed two thirds of the children have junk food for lunch for it is fast and delicious. Junk food, like hamburgers, hot dogs and French fries, makes children in the US overweight (超重) and brings many health problems. This is because it has lots of salt and sugar. Children who eat junk food four to five times a week are easy to have heart diseases. “Kids should keep a balanced diet with both vegetables and all kinds of meat because giving what our body needs is important,” said another teacher.
根据短文判断句子对错，正确写”A”；错误写 “B”。
1. American children are having more sugar and more unhealthy food.
2. Most children didn’t drink any water according to the study.
3. Children who drank water every day can get more calories.
4. Junk food makes children get fat.
5. If you have junk food four or five times a week, you must have a heart disease.
7 . Swimming is very popular in summer, even in the other three seasons. Because it makes people feel cool and it is good for their health. To keep safe when swimming, you must obey these rules.
First, you shouldn’t swim in a wrong place, it may not be safe. Some people lost their lives when they were having fun in the water, and most of them were children. Last summer, a few children went swimming in the river near their home. Unluckily, two of them never came out of the river.
Second, you must be careful when swimming. Some people often think they can swim well, but they may not be safe in water.
Third, don’t get close to the water when you are alone. When you see “No Swimming” sign, don’t get into water. If you remember these, swimming will be safe and enjoyable(有趣的).
1. Swimming is very popular in .| A．spring | B．summer | C．fall | D．winter |
| A．it is safe. | B．it makes people feel cool. |
| C．it is good for their health. | D．B and C. |
| A．不幸地 | B．小心地 | C．幸运地 | D．幸福地 |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．don’t get close to the water when you are alone. |
| B．swimming is very popular in summer. |
| C．people often think they can swim well. |
| D．how to keep safe when swimming. |
Do you know the two lovely mascots (吉祥物)? You may know the five “Fuwa” dolls from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games (奥运会). On September 17 of 2019, let’s see who they are.
Look at the panda! It looks like an astronaut (宇航员). It wears an ice shell (冰壳) and looks fat, so we call it “Bing Dwen Dwen”. White is the color of ice and snow. “Bing Dwen Dwen” likes ice sports very much and is good at them. That’s why it is the mascot of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Do you think the red mascot looks like a lantern (灯笼)? The lantern’s name is “Shuey Rhon Rhon”. When the Chinese New Year comes, people always make or buy red lanterns. Red is the color of hope and good luck (残奥会), so people think their dream will come true in the new year. “Shuey Rhon Rhon” can give players hope and help them do well in the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralypic Games (残奥会).
Many people in different countries like the two mascots very much, and they show their love for them on the Internet.
1. ________ is the mascot of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.| A．“Fuwa” dolls | B．Bing Dwen Dwen | C．An astronaut | D．Shuey Rhon Rhon |
| A．a panda | B．an astronaut | C．an ice shell | D．a lantern |
| A．It’s red because red is the color of the Olympic Games. |
| B．It is the mascot of Chinese New Year. |
| C．It can bring players hope and good luck. |
| D．It’s always the mascot of Winter Paralympic Games. |
| A．The two lovely mascots first showed on TV on September 17, 2019. |
| B．“Bing Dwen Dwen” and “Shuey Rhon Rhon” are good at ice sports. |
| C．We call it “Bing Dwen Dwen” because it wears an ice shell and looks fat. |
| D．The two mascots are in different colors and shapes. |
| A．People in different countries like the two mascots |
| B．“Fuwa”, “Bing Dwen Dwen” and “Shuey Rhon Rhon” |
| C．Two Olympic mascots come to life |
| D．2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games |
9 . Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your classes? Who do you want to be taught by? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts.
Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.
First, keep calm (平静的). Don’t worry about all the questions you have. Put your heart into learning, and you can find something you are interested in.
Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don’t spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in English. Don’t stay up late, or you can’t study well the next day.
Third, think of something instead of copying or repeating. If you can remember the words in your way, you can tell your teachers you don’t like the way of copying them again and again. If you are sure you can pass tests well, I think your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you something interesting to do.
School is really a good place for you to learn. Believe in your teachers and yourself.
You are the best one and you can do everything well.
1. What is the purpose (目的) of this passage?| A．To ask students not to do their homework. |
| B．To give students some good ways of learning. |
| C．To ask students not to listen to the teachers carefully. |
| D．To tell students what a good teacher and a good school are like. |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．They should spend much time on it. |
| B．They should do homework as slowly as possible. |
| C．They should do more reading or writing in English. |
| D．They should stay up late doing their homework. |
| A．Studying in your own way. | B．How to get high marks. |
| C．How to get on well with teachers. | D．How to copy words. |
| A．Themselves and their parents. |
| B．Their parents and their teachers. |
| C．Their classmates and their friends. |
| D．Themselves and their teachers. |
10 . If you want to be a better reader, what should you know about the speed of reading?
Some people read very quickly and others read very slowly. But which one is better?
The quick reader may be a good reader when he reads a storybook for fun. But he may not be able to slow down to read instructions (说明书) carefully. The slow reader may be a good reader. But he may spend too much time reading a story for fun. So the reader who reads everything quickly or the one who reads everything slowly isn’t really a good reader.
Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading can help you to know whether (是否) you need to read quickly or slowly. Some things should be read slowly. You must read these things slowly all the time to understand and remember everything important. Example (例子) are instructions for making or doing something. Also, math books, science and even some storybooks are full of important information. However, some things should be read quickly. Examples are picture-books for enjoyment, letters from friends, and some quick news from newspapers.
In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast. You will need to read some pages quickly and then slow down and do more carefully reading when you come to important ideas. So, knowing when to change your reading speed is one important symbol of being a good reader.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1. The underlined (划线的) word “speed” means ________.
| A．时间 | B．耗时 | C．速度 | D．材料 |
| A．a quick reader reads everything quickly and can never slow down |
| B．a slow reader always spends too much time in reading |
| C．a quick reader and a slow reader both like reading storybooks |
| D．both a quick reader and a slow reader are not really good readers |
| A．letters from friends | B．news from newspapers |
| C．picture-books for fun | D．instructions for doing something |
| A．Reading everything quickly is a good reader. |
| B．A slow reader isn’t a good reader. |
| C．Sometimes you must change your speed when you read. |
| D．You must always change your speed from fast to slow. |
| A．How to Be a Good Reader | B．How to Read Quickly |
| C．Reading Slowly Is Better | D．Reading Is a Good Hobby |
