Finding Nemo (《海底总动员》), the newest release from Disney and Pixar, is an American cartoon movie. Finding Nemo is an underwater adventure between a father and a son. Nemo in the movie is a boy clownfish and lives with his father —Marlin.
One day Nemo swims to a place where his dad forbids (禁止) him and is stolen and put in a fish tank in a dentist’s office in Sydney, Australia. His father is very worried but he has always been a timid (胆小的) fish. Then another fish —Dory offers to help Marlin to search the ocean to find Nemo. Dory is kind but very forgetful.
On their journey to rescue Nemo, they meet many interesting events and Marlin finds himself to be a hero. At the same time, Nemo misses his home and father very much, and he makes several plans to get back home safely. And finally he does.
1. Nemo is a boy clownfish and lives with his mother.
2. Nemo is put in a fish tank in a dentist’s office.
3. His father is always very timid.
4. Dory offers to help Marlin to search the ocean to find Nemo.
5. Nemo finally gets back home.
2 . Would you like to leave your work or study behind to have a wonderful holiday?
Nothing makes a holiday more exciting than deciding to pack（打包）a bag, bring your camera and set off with your friends. No matter where you are going, here are some tips to help you plan a great holiday trip.
Tip 1: Start planning early. You’d better have a careful preparation before setting out. Many people go travelling during holidays, so you need to design a route（路线）for your trip. And then book hotels and air tickets beforehand（提前）. It will help you enjoy your holiday.
Tip 2: Make a budget（预算）. Travelling during the holiday is always more expensive than travelling at normal（平常的）times of the year. Students and teachers often go travelling in summer. So the prices for hotels and tickets are always the highest during the whole year.
Tip 3: Get enough information. You need to know something important about the place you will visit before you go. For example, you need to know its famous sights, the tasty snacks, even the local customs(习俗）you have to follow.
1. The passage tells us how to have a wonderful holiday, doesn’t it?2. How many tips can we see in this passage?
3. How does the writer think of booking hotel and air tickets beforehand?
4. When do students and teachers often go traveling?
5. What do you need to know about the place you will visit before you go?
6. Please give one more tip to help plan a holiday.
Stand up and make a whole room laugh
If you go to a club and pay (付钱) to hear someone tell funny stories, it’s called “stand-up”.
Stand-up comedy (单口喜剧) started in Britain and the US more than 150 years ago. Men, women and even children performed (表演) in front of people. The famous actor Charlie Chaplin started to do this at the age of 5.
When radio and cinema became more popular (受欢迎的), stand-up clubs closed. But in Britain, some performers became famous on TV. One Christmas, half the population (人口) of the UK – about 28 million (百万) people – watched a stand-up comedy show.
Today there are stand-up clubs around the world. So why is it still (仍然) so popular? Perhaps it’s because it is simple and fun. All you need is one person to stand up and make the whole room laugh.
Did you know?
In Chinese, many stand-up comedy shows such as 80’s Talk Show (《今晚80后脱口秀》) and Rock & Roast (《脱口秀大会》) are called tuokouxiu, or “talk show”. But Western talk shows are a bit different, in fact. On talk shows, there is a host (主持人). The host will have guests to interview (采访). Stand-up comedy is more like crosstalk (相声) in China.
1. Where did stand-up comedy start?2. When did Chaplin start doing stand-up comedy?
3. Paragraph 3 shows that some people started to do stand-up comedy ________.
| A．on the radio | B．in clubs | C．on TV | D．at Christmas parties |
5. Would you like to do stand-up? Why or why not?
4 . It’s very important for young people to go to a good school, then go to a good university, and find a good job. So study is very important in Japan!
Young people get up at about six o’clock. They have breakfast with their family, and then go to school. Schools in Japan start at seven o’clock. After five hours of lessons in the morning, it’s time for lunch. Most people have lunch at school. Then there are more lessons until 6:00 p.m., but that’s not the end! Many young Japanese go to the reading rooms and study from about 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Then they go home in a minibus. Most students don’t go to bed before twelve o’clock, and then the next day, after just five or six hours of sleep. It’s time to get up again!
1. When do young people get up in Japan?| A．At five o’clock. | B．At half past five. |
| C．At six o’clock. | D．At half past six. |
| A．about five hours | B．about eight hours |
| C．about nine hours | D．over nine hours |
| A．in the reading room | B．at home |
| C．in their classroom | D．on the computers |
| A．On foot. | B．By minibus. |
| C．By bike. | D．By underground. |
| A．they want to find a good job |
| B．they like to study |
| C．they can’t go to a good school |
| D．they like their teachers very much |
The Shanghai Expo Park is 5.28 km2. There are about 170 pavilions (展馆) in the park. Join us on our tip to some of them. We hope it will help you to find the places you are interested in.
The Chinese Pavilion
It is the largest pavilion in the park. The huge red building has three parts about China’s history, China’s ancient architecture (建筑) and China’s future. You can see an 8-minute movie about the changes in Chinese cities over the past 30 years.
The Germany Pavilion
Want to see what life is like in a German city? Go to the city tunnel! The scent of flowers and the singing of birds will make you feel like you are in a German park. If you visit “Energy Source” show, you’ll see a magic metal ball. The louder you shout, the more the ball will swing!
The Belgium(比利时) Pavilion
Almost everything in the pavilion will move. The walls are moving. Moving pictures show different parts of Belgium. There is also a Chinese shadow(皮影戏) center. A small chocolate factory at the pavilion will make free chocolate for visitors.
The Russian Pavilion
Here you’ll find a spaceship. The roof is a window of the spaceship. We can see the dream space cities of the future. We can also find new inventions(发明) made by Russian youth in every corner.
1. How many pavilions are there in the park?2. Which pavilion is the largest in the park?
3. Why do people think a metal ball is magic in the Germany Pavilion?
4. There isn’t a Chinese shadow(皮影戏) center in the Belgium(比利时) Pavilion, is there?
5. What can we find in the Russian Pavilion?
6. What do you think of these pavilions?
6 . Most of the old men love pet birds very much today because they enjoy life. These old bird lovers take their birds out to give them fresh air. They often hang their cages （笼子） on the tree branches in the parks. Then they sit and read newspapers. They feel very happy.
If you want to know more about this, the bird and flower market in Nanjing is a good place to visit. The bird lovers can get bird food, cages, and other things from it. It’s also a great place to buy potted or cut flowers. Many old people often go to the bird and flower market to enjoy the twitter （鸟鸣） of the birds and the sight of fresh flowers.
1. Do all of the old men love pet birds very much today?2. Why do the old bird lovers often take their birds out?
3. What do the bird lovers often do when they hang the cages on tree branches?
4. Where can they buy potted flowers and bird food?
5. What do many old people often go to the bird and flower market to do?
6. What do you think of the old men in the passage?
7 . Don’t let the cold weather keep you lazy. Do some indoor exercise.
Playing a dance game can be a good way to get exercise if the cold weather is keeping you inside. Playing the hula hoop (呼啦圈), or jumping rope is fun and easy for you to try indoors. We don’t really believe that doing housework is a good idea, but it can be a good way to get some indoor exercise. It can also help you make pocket money and make you keep in shape. Swimming is also fun in winter. Have you ever tried to swim in indoor swimming pools? The water there is warm in winter. Some people enjoy swimming even if the water is cold indeed. They believe swimming in winter can help them to strengthen (加强) their spirits (精神). Yoga (瑜伽) is the best indoor activity to lower stress (压力). It is also easy and cheap so that you can do it anywhere in your house.
1. ________ can be a good way to get exercise at home in cold winter.| A．Swimming |
| B．Playing a dance game |
| C．Flying kites |
| D．Playing football |
| A．play the hula hoop |
| B．do housework |
| C．jump rope |
| D．both A and C |
| A．Doing housework |
| B．Doing homework |
| C．Jumping rope |
| D．Dancing |
| A．keep healthy | B．keep fat |
| C．keep clean | D．keep dirty |
| A．it is easy |
| B．it can strengthen their spirits |
| C．it helps them.make pocket money |
| D．it makes them unhappy |
| A．swimming | B．playing cards |
| C．yoga | D．playing tennis |
All around the globe, on any given day, you will find some sort of sports event on your local television station. With networks dedicated(专注于) only to sports, you can find things like boxing, bowling, basketball, football, baseball and soccer on 24 hours a day!
In the United State, there are several sports that seem to be much more popular than others. The most popular sports in the United States today, being watched live and on screens, are:
(1) Baseball is one of the top sports being played in the United States. Having been played in the United States the longest, baseball attracts millions of fans to ball fields every year. Proud parents everywhere enjoy watching their children learn and play the game. When it comes to sports, professional and amateur (业余爱好者) baseball is ranked (分等级) right up there at the top.
(2) Football began as a college sport in the United States in the mid-1800s. Football is truly the “American Sport”, since the modern football originated(起源于) in the United States. It has grown from being played only in college to having professional teams and being played by students in both elementary and high schools.
(3) Basketball is a popular sport worldwide. The number of people around the world playing basketball can reach 300 million! Basketball is one of some professional sports in the United States to welcome foreign players onto teams, with many players of professional basketball being recruited(招募) from other countries and brought to the United States to play.
(4) Hockey is one of the newer sports gaining popularity in America. It did not originated in the United States, but it has found its way into their sporting life and become one of the fastest growing sports. Ice hockey is the most popular form of this sport, with street hockey being popular with older kids everywhere.
1. Which sport has been played in the United States longest, baseball, football or basketball?2. When did football begin as a college sport in the United States?
3. Why can we say football is truly the “American Sport”?
4. How many people play basketball around the world?
5. Street hockey is the most popular form of this sport, isn’t it?
6. Are you interested in one of the sports in the passage or not? Why?
9 . March 29th is National School Safety Day（学校安全日）. This year, students will learn how to stop school accidents from happening.
We all should be serious about school safety. A report in China Education Daily says that school accidents kill more students below age 13 than anything else. About 16, 000 students die in school accidents every year. That means that an average（平均）40 students die at school every day in China!
The worst accidents come from food poisoning（中毒）, fires, electricity and traffic.
Students at Beijing Yucai School have safety lessons and watch videos, act in short plays and make their own newspapers to learn about safety.
During a fire drill at the school last week, more than 2, 000 students safely left the building in less than 3 minutes!
1. March 29th is a special day for schools because ________.| A．there are the most accidents that day |
| B．it's National School Safety Day |
| C．a lot of students die that day |
| D．students have drills that day |
| A．16, 000 | B．14 | C．40 | D．2, 000 |
| A．food poisoning, fires, electricity and air pollution |
| B．food poisoning, electricity, traffic and fires |
| C．electricity, water, food poisoning and traffic |
| D．traffic, food poisoning, electricity and exercise |
| A．put out a fire |
| B．understand what a fire is |
| C．not feel afraid when there is a fee |
| D．learn how to leave safely if there is a fire |
| A．tell us what a fire can do |
| B．tell us what to do in a fire drill |
| C．tell us how to stay safe away from accidents |
| D．tell us to be serious about school safety |
Grass is very useful. It’s the food of the animals, and also a kind of fuel (燃料). What else can we do with it?
A farmer named Rob Marshall makes a castle with grass. He is from Victoria (维多利亚), Australia. He is 40 years old now. He spends six hours building the 30-meter-long and 6-meter-wide castle. The castle is not huge or strong. But it attracts (吸引) many people to visit it. Hundreds of tourists have visited the castle. The farmer welcomes the people. We can visit the special castle or we can make our own (自己的) castle in the future.
1. What’s the castle made of?2. Who makes the special castle?
3. How long does it take him to build the castle?
4. How many tourists have been to the castle?
5. Why is grass very useful?
6. Do you want to visit the special castle? Why?
