1 . Our world is in danger. We must do something to protect the environment. But, what are the main problems we face?
The greenhouse effect
The atmosphere around the Earth is necessary for all living things. It is like the glass of a greenhouse, letting sunlight in and keeping heat from getting out. Without it, the earth would be the same as the Moon-cold and lifeless.
When we burn fuels such as petrol and coal, we produce a gas name carbon dioxide（CO2）. Too much of this gas pollutes the atmosphere, and causes it to keep in too much heat. As a result of the greenhouse effect, the Earth’s temperature is increasing. This causes sea level to rise, and in the future may cause cities to disappear.
Bad habits
Many of our habits cause pollution. People often use things once and then throw them away, or leave them on the ground as litter. This creates mountains of rubbish and pollutes our land and seas.
In order to protect the environment, we need to take proper action. We should be different from many consumers and become “green consumers”. This means that we should only buy and use products friendly to the environment. We should also recycle as many things as we can.
We can reuse things for the same purpose as before, or we can use them for new purposes.
If we just learn to live in new and different ways, we can make a difference.
1. Which one is right according to this passage?| A．The Earth is like the glass of a greenhouse. |
| B．The Earth is the same as the Moon-cold and lifeless. |
| C．The atmosphere is necessary for all living things. |
| D．The greenhouse lets sunlight in and keeping heat out. |
| A．Gas may pollute the earth. | B．Many cities may disappear. |
| C．Sea level is going to be down. | D．There may be too much carbon dioxide. |
| A．We should become “green consumers”. | B．We should produce mountains of rubbish. |
| C．We should pollute our land and seas. | D．We should use things once and throw them away. |
| A．Bad habits of the people. | B．The greenhouse effect. |
| C．The world is in danger. | D．Gutting down forests. |
Xi’an celebrated the first China Hanfu Day on April 18. There were shows which were held by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing— Hanfu. Hanfu fans from all over China came there to take photos and put them online for a Hanfu photo competition, which lasted until May 18.
China Hanfu Day is in the third month of the Chinese lunar calendar(农历), which is said to be the birthday of the Yellow Emperor(黄帝). In ancient China, this day was also called Shangsi Festival(上已节). Its purpose(目的) is to encourage young Chinese to take pride in traditional clothing.
Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people who lived in China before the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of about 3,000 years. And it has changed greatly so far. However, some of its main characteristics(特点) remain. For example, there are two parts that overlap(交叠) on the front, which is called “jiao ling”. Another main characteristic is that it usually uses ribbons(系带) instead of button(纽扣).
China is becoming a leading country in the world, so the Chinese people feel more confident(有信心的) about Chinese traditional culture than ever before.
1. Where was the first China Hanfu Day celebrated?2. What’s the purpose of China Hanfu Day?
3. When did Hanfu appear?
4. Does Hanfu usually use ribbons or buttons?
5. Why do the Chinese people feel more confident about Chinese traditional culture than ever before?
Teeth are an important part of our body. Everyone should brush teeth every day. Learning how to take care of teeth is very important.
The importance of brushing teeth
If you eat and don’t brush your teeth, pieces of food on your teeth can cause problems. The food can damage (破坏) your teeth. Then germs(细菌) can get into your teeth and make them decay (腐烂).
It’s important to brush teeth every day. You should get a checkup from your dentist every year. Trying not to eat food that has a lot of sugar, such as candy and soft drinks, helps to protect teeth.
The proper ways of brushing teeth
Do you know that most people do not brush their teeth in the right way? Follow the methods below and they will help you keep your teeth healthy, clean and beautiful.
◆Replace(更换) your toothbrush every few months.
◆Clean two or three teeth at a time. Brush the front of your teeth with a circular motion(圆周运动) and clean the backs of your teeth with up and down motions.
◆Don’t forget to gently brush the top of your tongue(舌头) from back to front. A lot of germs live there.
◆Take at least 2 minutes to brush your teeth.
| Taking Proper Care of Your Teeth | |
brushing teeth | The germs can get into your teeth and damage them |
| Go to see a dentist every year and avoid eating too much food with sugar. | |
| The proper ways of brushing teeth | Replace your toothbrush |
| Brush the front of your teeth with a circular motion and clean the backs of your teeth up and down. | |
| Remember to brush the top of your tongue because | |
| Spend at least two minutes | |
Many children spend a lot of time watching or playing with electronic media— from televisions to video games, computers and other devices(设备).
So, it is natural that parents should wonder about the time children spend looking at a TV or computer screen. Americans say “screen time” when they talk about any time children spend in front of an electronic device.
Perhaps parents can stop worrying so much about screen time, at least for older boys and girls. In October 2018, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) listed several suggestions for parents and child care workers. Here are some of the suggestions.
●Avoid digital media use in children younger than 18 to 24 months.
●For children aged 18-24 months, avoid letting the child watch media alone. And avoid using media as a way to comfort your child.
●For children two to five years of age, allow one-hour screen time on “high-quality programming” a day and watch it with your child.
●For children aged 6 and older, don’t spend too much time using media. Also, make sure that screen time does not take the place of healthy sleep, exercising, doing homework and other activities.
●Make sure to have media-free time together as a family, such as dinner or driving. Also make some areas of the home media-free. Turn off your child’s electronic devices an hour before bedtime.
1. What’s the meaning of “screen time”?
2. When did the advice about screen time come out?
3. How many suggestions are mentioned in the text?
4. How long can children aged two to five watch a program in a week?
5. Can screen time replace the activities like doing exercise?
5 . Zhong Kaitong, a fourth-grader from Guangzhou, enjoyed a fun vacation this summer. Instead of attending English or math training courses, she played badminton and basketball most of the time.
A new guideline（指导方针）introduced by central authorities（中央政府）on July 24 helped Zhong enjoy some free time during the summer. Aiming to ease（减少）the schoolwork burden（负担）on primary and junior high school students, the guideline calls for reducing homework, improving the quality of education and regulating（规范）after-class activities, Xinhua reported.
According to the guideline, children below the third grade will not have homework anymore. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework.
Off-campus tutoring institutions（校外培训机构）are not allowed to offer overseas education courses or advanced（超前的）teaching. No subject-based（基于学科的）training will be allowed on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations.
More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1 to 12 are taking private（私人的）tutoring courses, Global Times reported.
“Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind. Some training institutions have taken advantage of（利用）parents’ anxieties（焦虑）to make money,” said Chen Xianzhe, a professor at South China Normal University “ The guideline is meant to calm（安抚） the anxieties of parents and society as a whole.”
“But this does not mean the tutoring courses will completely disappear, since exams still exist（存在）” said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences. One-on-one or one-on-two tutoring might see a rise due to this need.
“Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main responsibility for students’ education and not push them into tutoring courses,” Chu added.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The aim of the new guideline is to ________.
| A．make vacations longer for students | B．ease the pressure put on teachers |
| C．ease students schoolwork burden | D．help students become more competitive |
| A．All tutoring institutions are asked to close. | B．Homework is not allowed for primary students. |
| C．Tutoring institutions should offer advanced teaching. | D．Junior high schools should reduce their homework. |
| A．sports | B．math | C．computer programming | D．public speaking |
| A．He supports the guideline. | B．He thinks the guideline is useless. |
| C．He is against the guideline. | D．We can’t tell from the story. |
| A．the guideline will stop off-campus tutoring courses | B．schools should be responsible for students’ education |
| C．education will become even more unfair | D．the guideline will end in failure |
6 . Students in our school have one thing in common—an interest in sports. A research shows there are three groups of students in doing sports.
Many students in the first group go to the playground when they feel tired after a few hours of study. These students pay more attention to their study than the fun of sports. They just want to go back to their classrooms from the playground with a clearer and quicker mind. So these students do exercise like running in order to study better.
Students that make up the second group are real sports lovers. Sometimes they even put off their studies for a match. They play the sport that interests them most without caring whether it is good for their health. So they do sports for fun.
The third group wants beauty from sports. Boys want to become strong and girl want to be slim. Those who consider sports the only way of losing weight belong to this group, too. They are very careful in choosing the sports they do and are afraid that some sports may influence their body shapes. So this group of people do sports to keep beautiful.
No matter which group we belong to, sports are always good for us. If you look around the playground, you will find that bookworms(书呆子) have disappeared, and instead, there are healthy, strong and clever students everywhere.
1. Students in the first group do exercise to ________.| A．have fun | B．study better | C．keep beautiful | D．become strong |
| A．Slim girls | B．Strong boys | C．Some bookworms | D．Real sports lovers |
| A．do any kind of popular sports | B．are very careful in choosing the sports |
| C．do sports for a long time | D．keep running in order to lose weight |
| A．the bookworms don’t need to study anymore now |
| B．if students want to lose weight, they eat less food |
| C．if students do sports, they will be healthy, strong and clever |
| D．students must choose different sports according to the research |
| A．丑陋 | B．沮丧 | C．吝啬 | D．苗条 |
7 . Online shopping is very popular among most Internet users. Almost 85% of Internet users in the US like to shop online. In Korea, 99% of the Internet users say they regularly（定期地）shop online.
Internet shopping is easy, fast and convenient（便捷的）, because people can do the shopping on a computer in any place. When a person visits an online shop, chooses something he or she needs and then pays with a credit card（信用卡）, the process of online shopping has been completed. Several days later, the goods will be delivered to the customer’s home.
There are some other advantages of shopping online. It is more popular during the Christmas shopping season because people can shop online at any time of a day, and they don’t need to wait in long lines in stores. Shopping online allows a person to shop without being crowded. They have the chance to look at the thing they want and come back to it later to decide whether or not to get it.
1. Nearly _________ of the people who use the Internet in the US like to shop online.| A．85% | B．99% | C．15% | D．100% |
a. Visit an online shop.
b. The goods will be delivered to your home.
c. Pay for it with your credit card.
d. Choose something that you need.
| A．bcad | B．abcd | C．adcb | D．cdab |
| A．People can shop online at any time of a day. |
| B．People don’t need to wait in long lines. |
| C．People can look at more things. |
| D．People can’t use credit cards to pay for the things they buy. |
| A．time | B．air | C．water | D．food |
| A．All web users in Korea like shopping online. |
| B．Shopping online is popular and convenient. |
| C．People have to buy things at once when shopping online. |
| D．People can only shop online when it is during the daytime. |
8 . Nowadays more and more people in the world are getting fatter,which troubles them a lot.①In the past 25 years, the number of the people with obesity（肥胖症）in Europe has grown fast. Experts say that it has a lot to do with our eating habits.
Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strongbody.②Most of us prefer eating sweets and ice cream to eating meat and rice. Sweets and ice cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. ③lf we eat them ______ a meal, they may take away our appetite（食欲）.
It’s important for us to eat our meal at the same time each day.④当我们感到担忧或兴奋时，我们可能不想吃东西。A long time ago, in England, some judgers often decided whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread.If the man could not⑤ swallow the bread, it meant that he wasn’t telling the truth. A man who is worrying something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry, because he loses his appetite
1. 将①句译成中文。
2. 在③句的空白处填人一个适当的词，使句意完整，上下文通顺。
3. 完成②句的同义句。
Most of us like eating sweets and ice cream
4. ⑤处单词意思的最佳选项是：________
| A．吞咽 | B．饮用 | C．呼吸 |
A road is just like a bridge between two places. The Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West. But the Silk Road is not a single route! It is a set of trade and cultural transmission routes. From the time Zhang Qian opened up the world-famous Silk Road during the HanDynasty, until the Yuan Dynasty, it enjoyed a history of about 1,600 years.
This ancient road begins at Chang’an (now Xi’an), and it reaches Dunhuang, where it divides into three, the Southern Route, Central Route and Northern Route. And then it ends in Eastern Europe, near the Mediterranean Sea(地中海）. The Silk Road is about 6,500 kilometers long. It goes across one—fourth of the planet. (A) In fact, there is another trade road which is called the “Silk Road on the Sea” in the southwest of China.
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the World. There was an increasing trade between East and West across the silk Road. Besides (B) it, knowledge about science, arts and technologies were shared as well. The Four Great Inventions of Chinawas introduced to the West and Chinese also knew about the religions of the West. (C) In this way, languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.
Today, places along the Silk Road are great places of interest, such as the Teracotta Army in Xi’ an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu.
1. 把（A）处画线句子翻译成汉语。2. 把（C）处画线句子翻译成汉语。
3. 写出（B）处画线单词指代的内容。
4. 在文中找出两个中国的名胜古迹。
5. 用词或短语写出作者想要表达的主题。
10 . James is a good student and he has lots of friends, but he also has a problem. Some older boys are bullying (欺负) him at school. James is very unhappy and he doesn’t know what to do about it. Here are some suggestions for him and other teenagers in this situation.
Don’t feel worried. It’s not your fault! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry, but you are not alone.
Don’t feel that you have to hide the problem. You should find a person you can trust, and tell him. It might be your teacher, your parents, or even your friend’s parents. After you tell someone, you will get some support and feel some relief.
Speaking to an adult might make you nervous, but here are other things you can do. Some people express their feelings more freely on paper. Write a letter to someone or keep a diary. Include all the facts about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying happens. You can use it as proof (证据) to show what is going on. And it is a wonderful idea to show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult. Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!
Also, don’t show you are sad and don’t try to fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Pay no attention to them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.
1. Why does James feel unhappy? Because __________ at school.| A．he isn’t a good student | B．he doesn’t have any friends |
| C．he doesn’t know what to do about it | D．some older boys are bullying him |
| A．ignore (忽视) them and just walk away | B．tell a responsible adult what the bullies do by writing a letter |
| C．make the bullies worried by keeping a dairy | D．not show your sadness or fight with the bullies |
| A．nobody will speak to the bullies | B．everybody will feel some relief |
| C．the bullies will not get in trouble | D．the bullies will soon stop |
| A．call the police for help | B．be worried about being bullied |
| C．keep the problem away from your parents | D．hide the proof from a responsible adult |
| A．What to do about being bullied. | B．How to be a good student at school. |
| C．What to write in a diary. | D．How to give suggestions to teenagers. |
