1 . Street dance is an energetic and exciting type of dance. It started with people dancing in the street rather than in a studio（练功房）.
Breakdancing and the Melbourne Shuffle are two examples of street dance. Many of the hip-hop dances are popular street dance styles. Even rave dancing is a type of street dance. Street dances change and improve all the time as people try different moves. It is a form of dancing that boys really enjoy.
A school in Britain has seen how street dance has helped its pupils. They intro danced it as a subject at school. Dance teachers went to the school to teach the students how to perform. The dances were rehearsed at lunch breaks and after school. Many of the students were from homes with many problems. The students also used to behave badly. When the street dance classes started，it seemed to solve many of these prob1ems.
The students felt that they could express their feelings in dancing. If they were angry，they could do some of the dance moves and throw away those feelings. If they were annoyed about something，dancing helped them to be more peaceful. Another good thing was that the students felt better about themselves.
The students focused on other subjects more. They got better grades. Taking part in the street dancing also taught the students to work better with others, discipline(纪律) to come to practice and to learn the dance steps. They entered a dance competition and won! This was very good for them. The younger students began following them. They are active role models. Today bands have formed that combine(结合) singing with street dance. Street dance is becoming a popular culture.
1. How many types of street dance are mentioned?| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
| A．it helped the pupils with problems | B．dance teachers liked it |
| C．students could achieve their dreams | D．the school was asked to do so. |
| A．取消 | B．排练 | C．欢迎 | D．承认 |
| A．Street dance first started in a studio. |
| B．Street dances are all the same. |
| C．Students in Britain are only interested in street dance. |
| D．People can sing while doing dance moves now. |
| A．The type of street dance. |
| B．the history of street dance |
| C．the ways and time of performing street dance |
| D．the development and advantages of street dance |
Escaping from a fire is a serious matter. Knowing what to do during a fire can save your life. It is important to know the ways you can use and show them to everyone in the family, such as stairways (楼梯) and fire escapes, but not lifts.
From the lower floors of the buildings, escaping through windows is possible. Learn the best way of leaving by windows with the least chance of serious injury(受伤).
The second floor window is usually not very high from the ground. Of course, it is safer to jump a short way than to stay in a burning building.
Windows are also useful when you are waiting for help. Be sure to keep the door closed. Or smoke and fire may be drawn into the room. Keep your head low at the window to be sure you get fresh air rather than smoke that may leak (渗) into the room.
On a second or third floor, the best windows for escape are those that open onto a roof. From the roof a person can drop to the ground more safely. Dropping onto hard ground might end in injury. Bushes (灌木丛) and grass can help to break a fall(使势头减弱).
1. It is important to________.
| A．put out the big fire in the burning house | B．jump off a high burning house |
| C．know the ways to escape from the fire | D．keep the door open |
| A．if there are no bushes on the ground | B．if you live on a lower floor |
| C．if you live on a higher floor | D．if you have no rope |
| A．You can escape through stairways. |
| B．You can choose fire escape. |
| C．Escape from the windows that open onto a roof. |
| D．Use a lift to come down at once. |
| A．safer | B．easier | C．more dangerous | D．more difficult |
| A．Escaping from the Windows | B．Waiting for help |
| C．Knowledge on Fire | D．Saving Yourself in the Burning House |
There are 39 independent(独立的) colleges at Oxford, attracting students and learned men from across the world. There are over 100 libraries for the students and learned men to use. At University of Oxford, they also provide a number of money for the best students. Of course, if you want to study here, first you have to reach a certain level of English language.
College life at Oxford is very exciting but busy. The groups of college provide a friendly and welcoming home for students while the college are strict with students about their studies. Many Chinese students are studying here. The number of Chinese students at the university has grown quickly over the past 10 years.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. How many libraries are there at Oxford?
| A．Only 100 | B．Just 100 | C．More than 100 | D．less than 100 |
| A．be independent | B．pass a certain level test of English language |
| C．study English hard | D．be the best students |
| A．excitement; much school work to do | B．excitement; no school work to do |
| C．attraction; no school work to do | D．attraction; a little school work to do |
| A．The college aren’t strict in studies. |
| B．Only because of 39 dependent colleges, thousands of students come here to study. |
| C．The university of Oxford is the most important and successful one in the world. |
| D．The university of Oxford provides a number of money for most students. |
| A．The College Life | B．The Famous Learners at Oxford |
| C．The Chinese Students at Oxford | D．The University of Oxford |
The color of Tang-ga paintings looks wonderful and special. Because of the special environment of Tibet and the excellent skills of artists, the paints(颜料) used in Thang-ga are different from other paints. They were made from minerals like gold and silver, as well as some plants. The paints were made by hand and the beautiful colors could last(持续)for hundreds of years.
However, with the development of technology, people now use cheaper and more easily-made chemicals to make Thang-ga paints. The traditional paints used in Thang-ga paintings took a lot of work and they were made in many secret ways. Later people stopped making the paints and forgot about them. So the skills needed to make them were almost lost. The traditional Thang-ga paintings are difficult to find now.
根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)误(F)。
1. Tang-ga is a special and unusual kind of art.
2. Tang-ga was found only in Tibet in the Tang dynasty.
3. The special environment of Tibet and the excellent skills of artists make Tang-ga paints different from other paints.
4. The color of Tang-ga paintings can last for hundreds of years with modern technology.
5. The skills of artists have been already lost, so it is difficult to find the traditional Tang-ga paintings.
5 . Do you often have a cold, headache or sore back? If your answer is“Yes”,your health is a problem. Healthy food is good for our health, Tofu is a kind of healthy food. It is also traditional Chinese food. We often eat it in China. Now, many people in other countries think tofu is good for health, too. They also like eating it.
Milk is another kind of healthy food. You should drink one or two glasses of milk every day.
Vegetables are important, too. You should eat lots of them. There are vitamin（维生素) A. B. C. D. E and other vitamins in them.
Of course, it's important to eat a balanced diet. You need some pork, chicken or beef every day. But you shouldn't eat much of them.
1. If you often have a cold, headache and backache, you aren’t healthy.2. Tofu is healthy food.
3. People only in China eat tofu.
4. To keep healthy we should drink some milk every day.
5. We should eat a lot of pork, chicken or beef.
6 . Language students often think they have memory problems. They worry because they can’t remember words. In fact, the problem usually isn’t with their memory. The problem is with how they study.
To remember words better, you need to understand how memory works. There are two kinds of memory: short-term and long-term. When you see, hear, or read something, it goes first into short-term memory. But short-term memory lasts for only a few seconds. You will only remember something longer if it goes into long-term memory. Your long-term memory is like a very big library with many, many books. And like a library, it’s organized （有条理的）. When you put away a book—or memory—you can’t just leave it anywhere. You have to choose a place where you can find it again.
How can you do this with vocabulary? The answer is to work with the word and think about the word in new ways. You can do this by writing new sentences that include it. Even better, you can invent a little story about the word, with people or places that you know. Another way is to make a picture in your mind with the word. For example, if the word is height, you can think of the tallest person you know and try to guess his or her height. All of these activities are good ways to think about words. They make the meaning of words stronger in your long-term memory. And they give a way to find a word when you need it.
1. In the writer’s opinion, students can’t remember words because _______.| A．they have memory problems |
| B．they are too worried |
| C．they don’t use a proper way |
| D．they don’t like to study |
| A．Short-term memory is seldom used. |
| B．What we see goes into long-term memory first. |
| C．We will forget a word soon if it goes into short-term memory. |
| D．We will never forget a word if it goes into long-term memory. |
| A．keeps many books like a large library |
| B．works like a well-organized library |
| C．provides any book you want |
| D．leaves memory anywhere |
| A．Making sentences with the word. |
| B．Listening to some familiar stories. |
| C．Talking with people that you know. |
| D．Drawing pictures of the word on paper. |
| A．language students’ problems in study |
| B．how to make the meaning of words stronger |
| C．short-term and long-term memory |
| D．how to improve ways to remember words |
7 . Learning about the environment is very important. There are many good books that will help you learn. To get started, ask your teacher or a librarian for some suggestions. You can also look at some good websites with information about the environment and climate change. Climate change may be a big problem, but there are many little things we can do to make a difference.
Driving a car or using electricity is not wrong. We just have to be smart about it. Some people use less energy by carpooling. For example, four people can ride together in one car instead of driving four cars to work. Whenever we use electricity, we put greenhouse gases(气体) into the air. By turning off lights, the television and the computer when they aren’t needed, you can help a lot.
Don’t buy products that use too much energy. Some products, like certain cars, are made specially to save energy. These don’t pollute as much, either. Products like computers, TVs, and VCRs with the ENERGY STAR label(标签) R are made to save energy. Buying products with these labels will help protect the environment.
Buy recyclable products instead of(代替) non-recyclable ones. Recyclable products are usually made out of things that have already been used. It usually takes less energy to make recyclable products than to make new ones. So when you go shopping, look for the recycle mark on the package — three arrows that make a circle. The less energy we use, the better.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. The passage is mainly written for .
| A．car producers | B．school students |
| C．parents | D．housewives |
| A．sharing a car | B．pulling a car |
| C．selling a car | D．improving a car |
| A．turning off the electricity when it isn’t needed can save a lot of energy |
| B．electricity will cause great trouble to our environment |
| C．cars using less energy will not put greenhouse gases into the air |
| D．recyclable products are marked with the ENERGY STAR label R |
| A．No pains, no gains. |
| B．Rome was not built in one day. |
| C．Little things can make a big difference. |
| D．Nothing is difficult to the man who will try. |
| A．Driving a car is not wrong. |
| B．Don’t buy products that use too much energy. |
| C．We should buy non-recyclable products. |
| D．The less energy we use, the better. |
After the long winter vacation, it’s time to go back to school .But do you know US students start school earlier than we do in China ?
In the US, school kids have two winter breaks(假期). One is around Christmas, lasting two weeks. The Other is in February, only one week It can also be called “ski (滑雪) week.” because some students go skiing during the break. Another one-week break is called spring break. It is in April, around Easter(复活节)。
Like Chinese students, US kids also have a long summer vacation. It is about 10 weeks, from mid-June to late August.
Besides(除了) the four breaks, there are quite a few holidays when students do not go to school. So a traditional US school year is 180 days. It is 20 days shorter than it is in China!
1. In the US , school kids have 21 days for winter breaks.
2. The winter break in February called “ski week “is because it lasts only one week.
3. There are 160 days traditional China school year.
4. Besides the four breaks , there is no holidays in the US for kids.,
5. US students start their school later than we do in China.
Computers become very important because they can work
| A．like | B．as | C．and | D．with |
| A．students | B．scientists | C．teachers | D．computers |
| A．few | B．a few | C．little | D．a little |
| A．cheap | B．cheaper | C．more expensive | D．expensive |
| A．even | B．still | C．already | D．yet |
| A．fast | B．faster | C．slow | D．slower |
| A．help | B．make | C．stop | D．use |
| A．write | B．play | C．study | D．learn |
| A．sing | B．study | C．dance | D．watch |
| A．put in | B．put on | C．put into | D．put up |
Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here are some advice for you to bridge the generation gap (代沟).
Don’t argue (争辩) with your parents. Don’t get to your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won’t consider your ideas if you are shouting at them. And you can’t express yourself well if you are angry. Go someplace to cool off. Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don’t think you can speak to them at the moment, try writing a letter.
Try to reach a compromise (和解). Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days.
Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect (尊敬) to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong.
Talk about your values. The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life.
A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try!
1. According to the passage who have a communication problem?
| A．parents and other people | B．only school kids and their parents |
| C．teachers and their students | D．parents and children of all ages |
| A．5. | B．4. | C．3. | D．2. |
| A．建立 | B．消除 | C．通过 | D．到达 |
| A．argue with them | B．keep away from them |
| C．agree with them all the time | D．tell your parents what you care about |
| A．How to bridge the generation gap | B．How to deal with family problems |
| C．How to be good parents | D．How to be a good child |
