1 . Jenny, Cindy, Alice and I are in the same grade. Cindy swims very well. She wants to join the swimming club. Then she can swim on weekends. Alice wants to join the art club because she likes drawing. Jenny is a pop music fan. She can dance well. So, she wants to join the music club. She wants to be a musician when she grows up. I want to join the music club because I can play the piano very well. I also like volleyball. So I can join the sports club. We often help our classmates do their homework at school and we make many friends.
1. What club does Cindy want to join?| A．The art club. | B．The English club. | C．The swimming club. | D．The guitar club. |
| A．On Tuesday. | B．On Sunday. | C．On Friday. | D．On Monday. |
| A．Because she draws very well. | B．Because she likes the art teacher. |
| C．Because she wants to make friends. | D．Because she likes drawing. |
| A．An artist. | B．A farmer. | C．A musician. | D．A teacher. |
| A．She can swim. | B．She can dance well. |
| C．They are in the sports club. | D．They often help classmates with their homework. |
2 . Lin Hai is thirteen. He’s a student in a school in Tianjin. He gets an e-mail from Tom White. Tom is a student in the USA. Here is the e-mail.
Dear Lin Hai,
My name is Tom White. I am from New York, USA. I am fourteen years old. I’m a schoolboy. I want to make some friends in China.
There are eleven boys and nine girls in my class. We come from different countries—Japan, the USA, the UK and Canada. But at school we all speak English. My parents are from France（法国）. They speak French and English, so I can speak English and French well. But I want to learn Chinese. Can you help me? There are many Chinese people in New York and I want to talk with them. I can play chess well, and I can play many sports.
How about you?
Please write to me soon.
Yours,
Tom
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How old is Tom?
2. How many students are there in Tom’s class?
3. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “countries” is “
4. What languages can Tom speak?
5. Where is Tom’s mother from?
3 . Bill is from Australia. He lives in Sydney. He can speak French and English, but he can’t speak Chinese. He has a pen pal in the United States. Her name is Lisa and she lives in New York. Bill’s favorite sport is basketball and he can play the guitar. Lisa’s favorite sport is tennis. She can’t play the guitar, but she can play the piano and sing very well.
1. Bill is from _________.| A．Australia | B．France | C．the United States | D．the UK |
| A．Chinese | B．American | C．English | D．Japanese |
| A．Chinese | B．French. | C．English. | D．Both B and C. |
| A．Tennis. | B．Volleyball. | C．Soccer. | D．Basketball. |
| A．Bill has a pen pal in the USA. | B．Bill can play the piano and Lisa can play the guitar. |
| C．Bill and Lisa like different sports. | D．Lisa lives in New York. |
4 . It is very important for children to get to school safely and on time every day. Luckily for them, there is a new program called Free Home-to-School Transport. It gives children free rides to school. But to enjoy the free trip, children have to be qualified (符合资格). It usually depends on where the children live, which school they are going to and how old they are.
Children can take free home-to-school transport if they:
are between 5 and 16 years old
are going to the nearest school
live farther away from school than the statutory(法定的) walking distances(2 miles for students under 8, and 3 miles for those aged above 8)
No matter (无论) how far away children live from school, they can take the free transport if they have walking problems or there is no safe road for them. A safe road usually has traffic lights and should be clean.
Also, there are still free home-to-school travel policies for children in poor families and children with special educational needs. You can find out more on the Internet and see if your children are qualified.
1. According to the passage, it is very important for children not to be ________ for school every day.| A．late | B．away | C．early | D．ill |
| A．famous | B．best | C．nearest | D．free |
| A．1 | B．2 | C．2.5 | D．4 |
| A．名额 | B．政策 | C．方法 | D．目标 |
| A．Seventeen-year-old students can take free rides to school. |
| B．If Tom has some problems with his legs, he can enjoy the program. |
| C．Poor children can not have free transport to school. |
| D．A safe road should be near the school and have traffic lights. |
All around the world, people drink tea. But in different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, people always serve (提供) the tea when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouses. They like to drink plain tea (素茶) best.
Tea is very important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called the “tea ceremony (仪式)”. It is very old and full of meaning. People do everything in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea drinking country is England, and the late afternoon is people’s “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The British usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, chocolate and a few candies at teatime.
In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. It is fast and easy to use tea bags to make tea. In summer, many Americans drink “iced tea”.
1. When do people serve the tea in China?2. Is there a special room for serving tea in Japanese homes?
3. Who drink tea with milk and sugar, the British or the Japanese?
4. How do Americans usually make their tea?
5. What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?
6 . Do you like snow? Many people in the world never see snow. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England there is usually little snow. When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold. There are always dark clouds, gray skies and cold rain in England in autumn.
Snow is different. It is very cold, but it is very beautiful. Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up (醒来) one day and there is a lot of light (光) in his room. He thinks, “Is it so late?” and gets up quickly. But it is not late at all. He looks out of the window and there is snow on the ground, in the trees, on the roofs (屋顶) and so on. The light in his room comes from the clean and beautiful snow.
1. There is not much snow in the ________ of England in winter.| A．east | B．north | C．west | D．south |
| A．gray skies | B．dark clouds | C．beautiful snow | D．cold rain |
| A．white | B．clean | C．beautiful | D．cold |
| A．Because it is really late. |
| B．Because he has some work to do. |
| C．Because the light makes his room bright (明亮的). |
| D．Because he usually gets up early. |
| A．Many people in the world never see snow. |
| B．In England, there is usually little snow. |
| C．Students from other countries don’t like the weather in England. |
| D．It is often very warm in the autumn of England. |
Have you ever heard of netball? It is a team sport which is similar to both basketball and handball.
Netball was first played in England in 1895 at Madame Ostenburg’s College. In the first half of the 20th century, Netball’s popularity continued to grow, with the game being played in many countries, it is particularly popular in Australia and New Zealand. In 1995 Netball became a “recognized” sport of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and one of the International Netball Federation’s goals is to encourage the IOC to include netball in the Olympic Games Programme in the future.
There are seven players on each team and they each wear a bib (号码布) which shows the name of the position they play. Players must throw the ball to one another and the aim of the game is to pass the ball to the “Goal Shooter” or “Goal Attack” who can shoot the ball into the net to score a goal. However, the key rules of netball are that you cannot bounce (拍) the ball and you cannot move your feet when you have the ball. This is called the footwork rule and it can be quite difficult to grasp (掌握) for young children playing the game! A full match lasts for one hour and in a single match often about 100 goals are scored which shows what a fast-paced and exciting game netball is!
Netball is typically played by women and girls. However, at many universities, there are mixed netball leagues (联赛) in which teams must have both male and female players.
In the UK, there are many different ways to try to attract women to play netball. One such plan is called “Back to Netball” which encourages women who have not played netball since they were at school to rediscover their love for the sport and get back on the court! Walking Netball is another variation (变化形式) of the sport aimed at older women and those who want to exercise in a gentler way. So, why not watch a video of netball online and then have a go for yourself?
1. What is netball similar to?2. When was netball first played?
3. How long does a full netball match last?
4. What is Walking Netball?
5. What is Paragraph 3 mainly talking about?
8 . Hello, boys and girls! I’m Helen. The Student Art Festival starts in our middle school. Today is December 13th. There is a photo show. Students take many photos. All of them are great. I love one of the photos a lot. It’s a photo of a big family. It’s named “Happy Birthday, Grandpa!” I think this student must have a happy family, just like me.
In the next two weeks, we have other fun things—the talent show, Chinese painting show and the DIY show. I like the talent show very much. The talent show is on the afternoon of December 19th. My classmate Tony and I will play the piano in the show. Our parents will come and watch the show. I hope we can do well. Do you have time? Please come and watch our show.
1. There is a(n) ________ in Helen’s school.| A．sports meeting | B．art festival | C．English party | D．book sale |
| A．students | B．Shows | C．photos | D．schools |
| A．her classmate | B．her mother | C．her teacher | D．her cousin |
| A．There is a photo show on the second day. | B．There is a basketball game. |
| C．Helen likes the DIY show very much. | D．There is a talent show on the afternoon of December 19th. |
| A．A Photo Show | B．A Happy Family |
| C．The Student Art Festival | D．A Talent Show |
9 . In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges.
But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary.
1. Many English people have _______ meals a day.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．three or four |
| A．tea and eggs | B．porridge, eggs, bread, tea or coffee |
| C．tea and coffee | D．bread and eggs |
| A．any time | B．nine o’clock | C．five o’clock | D．one o’clock |
| A．porridge | B．bananas and apples | C．some soup and meat | D．meat and fish |
| A．at one o’clock | B．about half past seven | C．at noon | D．at night |
10 . Many people like to travel when they have time off from school or work. They might go to their hometown to see their family, or travel somewhere far. But not everyone does this—some people take a “staycation” instead.
A staycation is when you spend your holiday at home. Some people might travel around their city. Others might try rural tourism in the countryside. People like myself prefer to just stay at home.
I had a staycation of my own over the summer. I slept in late every day. I worked on music and played video games. I wasn’t too lonely — I had my cat to play with, and I visited some of my friends around the city.
Traveling is fun from time to time. But it’s also nice to just stay at home and relax. It’s also cheaper, since I don’t have to pay to travel. You can choose to do just about anything you want — or, if you want, just do nothing. There’s nothing wrong with that.
1. What is a “staycation” ?| A．Working overtime during vacation. | B．Staying at home for vacation. |
| C．Going back to your hometown for vacation. | D．Traveling somewhere during vacation. |
| A．农家乐 | B．自驾游 | C．跟团游 | D．自由行 |
| A．Where he used to go during vacation. | B．How he felt about staying at home alone. |
| C．Why he prefers staycations over traveling. | D．What he did during his staycation. |
| A．Bored. | B．Lonely. | C．Relaxed. | D．Busy. |
| A．People should spend some time alone during weekends. |
| B．Doing nothing at home is OK for vacation. |
| C．People choose to stay at home because it’s cheap. |
| D．Traveling is not always fun. |
