There are three things that make you different from any other person on the planet: your looks, your fingerprints (指纹) and your personality. Your looks and fingerprints certainly make you special, but these are just physical characteristics(特征). It is your personality that really describes who you are.
Personality is the form of emotions, thoughts, and behavior that people show throughout their lives, which makes them different from others. It is especially shown in how they behave towards other people.
Each person’s personality is made up of different personality traits (特征) such as kindness or shyness. These traits decide how people behave in different situations. A person’s personality decides everything they say and do. The human’s brain(大脑) has a special part that gives us personality and allows us to think for ourselves. This part of the brain is called the mind. Someone’s personality can change if their brain damaged in an accident. Scientists cannot study the mind by looking inside someone’ brain! To study the mind, scientists have to study human behavior. This includes studying people and having personality tests. Scientists believe that answers to the questions tell us something about a person’s personality traits. After asking thousands of people thousand of questions, they have found that some personality traits seem to go together. For example, shy people are often quiet. They have an introverted (内向的) personality type. The opposite is an extroverted (外向的) personality type —people who are outgoing, friendly and like being around other people. Describing personality types is not easy. In fact, scientists do not all agree on how many personality types there are, or how exactly they are described.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
1. The underlined word “personality” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
| A．心理 | B．特征 | C．性格 |
| A．your hair, the color of skin and height |
| B．your name |
| C．your looks, fingerprints and personality |
A． | B． | C． |
| A．People who are introverted don’t like being around others. |
| B．To study the personality, scientists have to study human behavior. |
| C．Everyone’s personality won’t change at any time. |
| A．WHO ARE YOU |
| B．PERSONALITY |
| C．YOUR SPECIAL LOOK |
先阅读（A）、（B）两篇短文，然后根据题目要求及所给语境完成下列四项任务。
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There are four key skills to study English: listening, speaking, reading and writing. First, we should be ready to face some 1 to talk with others in English. By doing this, we can improve our speaking and listening skills. Second, we should try to listen to all kinds of English 2 as much as we can. In this way, we can quickly make our 3 better. Third, we should often read English books. When we come across a new word, we should guess 4 meaning through the context first, then look it up in the dictionary 5 . Fourth, we should get the pen and write it down at once. As long as we listen, speak, read and write more, we are sure to make great progress.
（B）
American country music begins in the south of America. American country music is mainly about things that are common for everyone: feeling alone in the modern world, the value of having good friends and so on. During the 1950s, American country music has been enjoyed by more and more people. The in the 1960s many young students were angry with society, so songs
were often full of anger. Political leaders were not well thought of and those songs often made fun of them. Country music today keeps much the same as before. One subject to which country music often returns is “the good old days”. In “the good old days”, people thought well of each other. People loved life in the open air. They believed that the best things in life were free: sunshine, laughing, walks in the beauty of the country, friends and music.
( C )
Steve Jobs was the father of the personal computing time and the founder of Apple. In1997, AppleⅡ was invented. This production was the first personal computer that was popular around the world. In 1998, Apple introduced the all-in-one iMac computer. The iMac became the first machine, which had only a CD-ROM slot(CD光驱接口). By 2010, Steve Jobs was confident. The world was ready to have a tablet (平板) computer that would be great for watchingmovies and playing movies and playing games. The touch-sensitive(触摸感应) iPad is a wonderful success. IPhone 4s appeared on the market on October 4, 2011, in the USA. It looks like iPhone4. But it has a larger and wider screen and a better camera and faster speeds. His Apple products were like songs that touched people’s hearts and changed our lives. They are the symbol of a new age of mobile phone.President Obama said that Steve Jobs made computers personal, and that he put the Internet in our pockets. Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56, after a very long fight against cancer. Millions of people worldwide felt sad. Once he said, to live is to change the world. Now though he passed away, he is still changing the world. Steve Jobs is not only a full of wisdom but also dares to create new things.
1. 任务1：用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。（每空一词，每词限用一次）
2. 任务2：根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
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3. 任务3：同义句转换，每空一词。
People loved life in the open air.
People were
4. 任务4：根据短文内容简答问题。
Where does American country music begin?
5. 任务5：根据短文（C）完成表格，每空一词。
3 . "Red envelope" fever has swept the country recently. Cash (现金) can be sent through electronic payments. Children can get more money than before. But everyone needs to understand something about money: where it comes from, how to save it and how to spend it wisely. Too many parents don't take time to teach their children about money, and as a result, many of those children don't know how to deal with money when they grow up.
When should parents begin teaching their children about money? Experts agree that it's never too early. The more children learn about money, the more wisely they will be able to deal with money as they grow older. To begin with, parents can teach kids how to count money.
Next, parents can teach kids how to save money. For example, a kid wants a new bicycle. Parents can teach them to save part of their pocket money for that bike, while still keeping some money for ice cream and movies. In this way they will begin to understand the meaning of saving.
Also it's never too early to teach children different ways to make money besides snatching (抢)red envelope. For example, they can wash cars, clean gardens, look after babies. Sit down with children and talk with them about some ways they could make money. You'll be surprised and glad at the effort they will begin making.
Teach children about money when they're young and their future will be brighter.
1. When should children begin to learn about money according to the passage?| A．The earlier, the better. | B．When they grow up. |
| C．When they are old enough. | D．After they can make money. |
| A．Buy it for them. | B．Tell them it is not a good idea. |
| C．Ask them to do housework for that. | D．Teach them to save pocket money for that. |
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
| A．Children should understand the meaning of saving money. |
| B．Children should know how to make money at school |
| C．Children should study hard instead of making money. |
| D．Children should talk about their future with their parents. |
| A．How to save money. | B．How to deal with money. |
| C．How to make money. | D．How to talk about money. |
4 . Look at the picture. This is our school. There are five buildings in our school. There are thirty- two classrooms in the Teaching Building. Our gym is behind the Teaching Building. The teacher’s offices are in the Office Building. Our Library Building is next to the Office Building. There are many books and magazines (杂志) in the library. Is the Library Building next to the Science Lab Building? No, it’s in front of it. There are seven labs (实验室)in it. Behind the Science Lab is the dining hall. In the dining hall there are many tables and chairs. We have meals there. Welcome to our school.
1. Our school has got __________ buildings.| A．2 | B．3 | C．5 | D．8 |
| A．behind | B．in the front of |
| C．in front of | D．next to |
| A．next to | B．behind | C．on | D．in front of |
| A．the Teaching Building | B．the gym |
| C．the Science Lab Building | D．the Office Building |
| A．the dining hall | B．the library |
| C．the science lab | D．the offices |
5 . A sandstorm is a kind of strong wind that blows over the desert. It raises sand and dust into the air and makes it difficult to see the sun and it reducesvisibilityof most to zero. It is also known as a dust storm. Some storms are usually the result of convection currents（对流气流）caused by the strong heating of the ground. Then wind is usually strong enough to move a small hill of sand. It can make travel very difficult and can even destroy roads in flat dry areas such as those in the United States.
The Simoom is the strong hot wind that comes across the Sahara and Arabian desert. This wind is the reason for much of the dust in the air over Europe. Evidence（证据）of the dust from Simoom wind has also been found at the bottom of the sea at a long distance from the shore.
Alasksi is the strongest sandstorm. It can destroy all the things in his way. It is very dangerous. It has killed more than one hundred people in the area. The Haboob is a sandstorm that often happens in the area of Sudan around Khartoum. Sandstorms, the height as 5,000 ft (1,525m), also happened, although not often in the United States. It is stronger than the Simoom. One that appeared near Tucson, Arizona, on July 16, 1971, was widely proved by meteorologists.（天文学家）。
1. Which of the following is not a name of sandstorm?| A．Simoom | B．Haboob | C．Khartoum |
| A．模糊度 | B．能见度 | C．对流度 |
| A．Sandstorms carry lots of sand and dust. |
| B．Sandstorms are also known as rainstorms |
| C．Sandstorms are usually the result of wind. |
| A．A | B．B | C．C |
| A．When sandstorms happen |
| B．Where sandstorms happen |
| C．What sandstorms are |
1. founded YouTube in February,2005.
| A．Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim |
| B．Jack Dotty and Biz Stone |
| C．Mark Zuckerberg |
| A．www. facebook. com |
| B．www. twitter, com |
| C．www. youtube.com |
| A．eighteen months earlier |
| B．twelve months earlier |
| C．twelve months later |
| A．Facebook |
| B．You Tube |
| C．Twitter |
| A．All of the three websites were founded in the USA. |
| B．5,17 billion people are using Twitter. |
| C．The idea of Facebook is "Move Fast and Break Things. |
7 . Everybody can suffer from stress(压力). No matter what your age is, you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life. Teenagers, however, have many more opportunities(机会) to get stressed than people in any other age group. Being a teenager is hard. You are not a child any more, but you are not an adult, even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions. Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress, such as problems with parents arguing at home, or problems with brothers and sisters. Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school, either from their teachers or from their friends. Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school. Getting a place at university(大学) can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university. The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers. There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them. Sadly, there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers, but you can learn the best way to deal with it. Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress. It may sound simple(简单), but it is true. A problem shared is a problem halved(减半).
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A）、错误的写（B）。
1. Being a teenager is often difficult because adults often make them feel stressed.
2. Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience by asking them to go to university.
3. When many teenagers finish school ,they may worry about becoming an adult.
4. Finding a job after finishing school can be difficult because there is a lot of competition for jobs.
5. There are many things we can do to deal with stress.
For breakfast, I often have some milk and hamburgers. I don’t like dessert. My favorite football star, Ronaldo eats lots of healthy food. He likes eggs and vegetables for breakfast. For lunch, he eats hamburgers, potatoes, chicken, oranges and apple juice. For dinner, he likes meat and French fries.
He doesn’t have dessert. “ I like football better.” He says.
1. Kan eats ____ for breakfast.
| A．milk and hamburgers | B．ice cream and salad |
| C．vegetables | D．chicken |
| A．orange juice | B．ice cream |
| C．breakfast | D．dessert |
| A．a student | B．a football star |
| C．a basketball star | D．runner |
| A．meat and French fries | B．potatoes and chicken |
| C．eggs and vegetables | D．oranges and apple juice |
| A．dessert | B．basketball |
| C．football | D．running |
Adam, a football fan, likes going to the bar to watch the games with his friends. They can chat and drink during some of the less important games. Sometimes he meets many foreigners in the bar.They like to sing songs happily, or even dance when a player scores a goal.
Ivan a university student, enjoys watching online. He says it’s hard to get together with friends on weekdays, so watching online is a really a good way to enjoy the World Cup.
A girl called janet often watches the games at home with her family. She said,“In the bar, you always meet people who support different teams, so it can be embarrasing.” She thinks the most important thing is that she feels comfortable while watching at home. She can sit any way she likes.
The World Cup makkes people excited and relaxed. No matter in what way you watch it, just enjoy soccer,just enjoy yourself.
Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F)
1. It’s said that over 2.2 billion people are watching the World Cup.
2. Adam likes watching the games with his friends in the bar.
3. It’s a good way for Ivan to watch the World Cup online.
4. Janet often watches the games at home alone.
5. All the people enjoy the World Cup in the same way.
