1 . Double Ninth Festival is also called Chongyang Festival. It is the day for people to climb mountains, drink chrysanthemum(菊花)wine and eat Chongyang cake.
It is said that by climbing up a high mountain, diseases could be prevented. Many widely-known poems written by poets in the Tang Dynasty were created to describe the scene and feeling of mountain climbing. Now, family members or good friends get together to climb mountains to enjoy the beautiful scenery and share happiness of the holiday with each other.
Chrysanthemums are in full bloom during the festival, it is a pleasure to enjoy big chrysanthemum show. People always admire chrysanthemum with family on that day. Because it can drive the evil(邪恶) away. People often think that by drinking chrysanthemum wine.
Chongyang Cake is a kind of steamed cake having two floors with nuts(坚果)and jujube(枣)put between them. Since cake in Chinese is pronounced “gao” meaning high, personal progress is thought to be made in the following days after eating the cake.
As nine is pronounced “jiu” meaning long in Chinese, so the number nine is given the meaning of long life. And in 1989, Double Ninth Festival was set as Senior’s Day-a day to respect the elderly and to let them enjoy themselves.
1. Which of the followings is not related with Double Ninth Festival? ________A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．There are big chrysanthemum performances there. |
| B．They want to enjoy the scenery and share the happiness. |
| C．There are many visitors on the top of the mountain. |
| D．They are quite free during the holiday. |
| A．family relations will get better |
| B．people will be taller than before |
| C．physical health will improve |
| D．personal progress will make |
| A．To give the meaning of long life. |
| B．To give the meaning of chong and yang. |
| C．To lead us to know and enjoy traditional festivals. |
| D．To give an introduction about the delicious food. |
2 . Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your schoolwork. It can make you confident when you are studying. But unluckily, most students don’t know how to take notes. Here are some suggestions.
Write down key facts. If your teacher writes notes on the blackboard, that’s great. You can copy them or write down the most important facts of all in class. Different teachers do things differently. For example, some teachers may focus on (关注) lots of dates and facts in class, but they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may say something important again and again.
Ask. Don’t be afraid to ask your teacher to repeat what you’ve missed. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can’t follow what he or she is saying, you can ask him or her after class.
Compare. Comparing your notes with classmates’ can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct some mistakes.
Organize. Note-taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one notebook so that you can find everything easily when a test comes.
Good note-taking takes time. If you decide to recopy your notes every evening, you’ll surely have less time to watch TV. But you’ll save time in the coming test.
1. There are ________ main points about note-taking in this passage.| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
| A．Every word. | B．Lots of date. |
| C．The most important information. | D．Your complaints about the teacher. |
| A．Organizing the notes. | B．Recopying your notes after class. |
| C．Asking your teachers for help. | D．Comparing your notes with classmates’. |
| A．How to take notes | B．What to do in class |
| C．How to study for a test | D．What to do after class |
If you want to get healthy or stay healthy, there is one easy activity for you—walking.
You may think that simply taking a walk is not enough to make a big difference. You may think that you need to do something like running to stay healthy. Well, a new study says that is not true. It finds out that walking may be as good for us as running.
Running is a high-impact（高强度的）activity and can be hard on the body. So, many people cannot run. Walking seems to have all of the advantages and none of the disadvantages of running.
Dr. Russell Pate is a professor of exercise science at the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. He says, “Walking is one of the easiest and safest exercises a person can do. You do not need to learn a lot to get results.”
Walking needs no special skills or equipment（器材）. You can do it anywhere. It fits easily into your daily schedule. You can walk at work.You can walk if you want to go shopping. You can take the stairs instead of the lift.
Walking is a great exercise for beginners. If you are out of shape or getting back into shape after an illness or accident, walking is perfect. You can do a little at a time, or as we like to say, take baby steps.
1. What does “that” in the second paragraph mean?2. What does the new study show?
3. Why does the writer prefer walking to running?
4. Why does Russell Pate think walking is one of the easiest and safest exercises a person can do?
5. Translate “take baby steps” into Chinese.
6. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
4 . Last night, a school night, my 11-year-old son’s baseball team played a game that lasted until 9: 30. By the time we got home and he had a quick dinner and shower, it was 10: 30—an hour and a half later than the usual bedtime for a child who gets up at 6: 30. We love baseball. My son is having fun, getting exercise, and learning patience, teamwork and sports spirit. But the truth is that the game also influences his sleep.
As parents, we want good things for our children. We want them to be healthy both in body and in mind. To this end, we look for ways to help our kids grow and develop. We help them with their homework. We sign them up for dance,soccer and baseball. We encourage our kids to take honors courses (培优课程) or to have after-school jobs. And we praise them for hard-earned success and achievements.
However, the irony (讽刺) is that all of these activities and responsibilities that we are giving our children to make their lives colorful could be badly influencing their health and taking happiness away. Activities, responsibilities, and goals are good. But if we want our kids to realize their full physical, learning and social ability,sleep is important. We have to start taking sleep seriously.
Parents make bedtime routines and carry out (执行) strict rules about nighttime. But in fact, these measures (措施) aren’t enough because getting our kids enough sleep isn’t just about carrying out stricter bedtime. It actually requires more than that. In order to ensure our kids get the sleep they need, both parents and schools should make an effort.
1. The school boy usually go to bed at ________.| A．8: 30 | B．9: 00 |
| C．9: 30 | D．10: 30 |
| A．his mother doesn’t like the game |
| B．his mother worries about his homework |
| C．the game influences his study |
| D．the game makes his sleep hours shorter |
| A．what children like is just what parents don’t like |
| B．activities can bring colorful lives and also take happiness away |
| C．parents sign their children up for activities but carry out strict rules |
| D．people realize that sleeping is important but they have no time for sleeping |
| A．Children themselves. |
| B．Parents and children. |
| C．School and parents. |
| D．School and children. |
| A．How is your sleep and activities? |
| B．Good ways to solve the problem. |
| C．Which is more important? |
| D．Problems about sleep and activities. |
For many years, archaeologists (考古学家) have wondered why the people who built Stonehenge used huge rocks that came from more than 300 kilometers away.
Now, a team of researchers believes the rocks may have been chosen because they produce musical sounds.
Stonehenge was built during the Stone Age. Archaeologists think it was at first used as a burial ground (墓地) and temple (庙宇).
Stonehenge was made with two types of stones: sarsens (砂岩) and bluestones. Sarsens were the rocks used to build the outer circle. They were found locally.
The older, inner circle includes bluestones. These are believed to have come from a place called Carn Menyn, in the Preseli Hills in southwest Wales, about 300 kilometers away.
Recently, a team of researchers from the Royal College of Art in London went to the Preseli Hills to study the landscape (地形). They found that there were many “ringing rocks” in the area—rocks that make a musical bell—like sound when struck with a small hammerstone (石锤), or a round rock that fits easily into the hand and was used as a tool by early humans.
They think this may be the reason Stone Age people brought bluestones all the way from Wales when they built Stonehenge.
One of the researchers, Paul Devereux,said that many prehistoric (史前的) cultures around the world thought that stones that make interesting sounds were very powerful. They believed ringing rocks with echoes (回声) were the homes of spirits.
The researchers tested the bluestones at Stonehenge and found several made ringing sounds. They also found that a number of the bluestones at Stonehenge show signs of having been struck by a hammer stone. Some bluestones don’t ring. But the researchers believe they would also make sound if there were more space around them for the sound waves to travel.
1. Researchers believe the rocks were picked out because ________.| A．they produce musical sounds |
| B．they were found during the Stone Age |
| C．they were used as a burial ground and temple |
| D．they came from more than 300 kilometers away |
| A．Ringing rocks look like bells. |
| B．People built the outer circle with ringing rocks. |
| C．People used ringing rocks as tools. |
| D．Ringing rocks can make a bell—like sound. |
| A．they could be found locally |
| B．they could be struck by a hammer stone |
| C．they were very powerful |
| D．they were from Wales |
| A．Wales was the home of bluestones |
| B．Stonehenge was the home of dead people |
| C．more space was needed for sound waves traveling |
| D．ringing rocks with echoes were the homes of spirits |
6 . The generation gap (代沟)
The difference between parents and children in tastes, values and the way they deal with problems is called generation gap. It is a common situation all (A)__________ the world.
① They want to wear cool clothes, have cool hairstyles and talk in a cool way. This drives their parents mad (B) because they have no idea what their children are thinking about. They may even feel embarrassed when they go out with their children, because they think their children’s life is a mess.
However, (C)__________ parents don’t try to understand their children, young people may feel awful and begin to hate their family. ②
To solve the problems of generation gap, parents and children should sit down and talk about it. (D)当他们长大时, children gradually become mature (成熟的). ③And then they will come to understand their parents, and they may feel ashamed of their strange behavior.
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3. 将文中画线部分(D)译成英语：
4. 将“Teenagers have a strong wish for freedom.”填入文中，①②③三处中最佳的位置是：
5. 从文中找出能够说明本文主旨大意的短语：
7 . We humans are only born with one pair of eyes, so it’s our job to take care of them for our whole lives. The good news is that if we do a few simple things every day, we can maintain(保持) our eyesight and reduce the risk of hurting our eyes.
① Almost all doctors agree that we can improve and maintain good eyesight by eating more fresh vegetables and fruit. It is especially important for us to eat vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes.② Besides, we need to protect our eyes (A) we spend a long time in bright sunlight. The best way to do this is by wearing sunglasses that have 100% UV(紫外线) protection. What’s more, it is necessary to protect our eyes when we work with dangerous chemicals. (B) this reason, we should always wear special glasses in chemistry labs at work or at school. Finally, we should not spend too much time in front of the computer or television screen. That is why doctors advise if we have to use a computer for a long time, (C) we should take a short break every fifteen or thirty minutes.
③If we can do these simple things, we can protect our eyes and reduce the chances of losing our eyes. As the popular English expression goes, “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye.” When people say this, they mean that (D)失去一只眼睛是一件非常糟糕的事情.
1. 在文中(A)和(B)的空白处分别填入适当的单词：2. 将文中划线部分(C)改写为：
we should take a short break every
3. 将文中划线部分(D)译成英语：
4. 选择①、②或③处，将Maintaining good eyesight is important.放入文中最恰当的位置:
5. 从文中找出两个能提高和保持视力的食物：
8 . Everybody knows how important it is for students to get a good night’s sleep every night. Most experts agree that teenagers need to get 8 hours of sleep a night. However, I know that most of you get much less sleep than that.
I read an interesting article in a teachers’ magazine recently. They did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the results showed that teenagers are facing a new problem. They may go to bed and get up at appropriate times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night not to use the bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon(现象)：fear of missing out!
According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend(趋势) to wake up during the night to check social media. Afraid of missing a comment or chance to take part in a chat, teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online. All this when they should be sound asleep.
The study shows that students who use social media during the night are more likely to suffer from sadness and anxiety. Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report shows some worrying statistics (数据) that I’d like to share with you.
23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use social media. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason. One in three students are tired all the time.
So I’d like to ask you to be responsible when it comes to social media. Be brave! Switch off your mobile phones at night. The world won’t end and your social media will be waiting to greet you in the morning! I give you my word that you won’t have missed anything important.
1. Why do many teenagers get less sleep than they need?| A．They have been used to staying up late. |
| B．They use social media during the night. |
| C．They have no choice but to get up early. |
| D．They eat snacks in the middle of the night. |
| A．Right. | B．Bad. | C．Wrong. | D．Exciting. |
| A．23%. | B．15%. | C．One third. | D．Half. |
| A．Go to bed and get up early. | B．Be online during the night. |
| C．Say no to social media bravely. | D．Shut off mobile phones at night. |
9 . Australia is home to a lot of interesting things, but its wildlife is truly special. Here are three strange animals you can only find in Australia.
| Platypus (鸭嘴兽)  | When scientists first saw platypus, many didn’t believe it was a real animal. This animal is a mammal(哺乳动物), but its mouth and feet look like a duck’s—and it lays eggs. Platypuses can swim in water and walk on land, and they usually only come out at night. They can live for about 20 years. Male platypuses are venomous(有毒的), and they can kill small animals and seriously hurt a human. |
| Quokka (短尾矮袋鼠)  | Quokkas are known as the world’s happiest animals because they look like they’re always smiling. A quokka is about the size of a cat, and can go a whole month without drinking any water. Quokkas are mainly found on Rottnest Island, which is off the coast of Perth in Western Australia. The island was even named after them. |
| Wombat (袋熊)  | Wombats are about 1 meter long and, like kangaroos, they have a pouch (育儿袋) that they use to carry their babies. But a wombat’s pouch opens toward the back. Wombats only come out at night, and when they do, they can run at speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour. |
| A．Thankful. | B．Doubtful. | C．Peaceful. | D．Cheerful. |
| A．Wombat. | B．Platypus. | C．Quokka. | D．Kangaroo. |
a. Male platypus. b. Quokka. c. Wombat.
①Happy. ② Dangerous. ③ Fast.
| A．①→a; ②→b; ③→c | B．①→b; ②→a; ③→c |
| C．①→b; ②→c; ③→a | D．①→c; ②→b; ③→a |
| A．Amazing Animal World | B．Healthy Life with Animals |
| C．Moving Stories About Wildlife | D．Interesting Things About the Earth |
10 . Every time when I felt upset or sick, I liked to go to a special place where I could relax myself. It is the club. I joined the club 3 years ago. My sister recommended this place to me. They told me that I could find lots of fun there. It’s near my house and our hospital. I usually stayed there for 2 or 3 hours and went home. I loved the club because I felt comfortable there!
The club only allowed women to be members. I didn’t worry about my privacy. The club was the biggest women’s club in my country where there was a lot of space to do the different activities. You could see a beautiful warm water pool. You could find many big rooms behind the pool. There was a cold room, an exercise room, an MTV center, a message center, and two restaurants.
Everyone knew working in the hospital had many stresses. I needed to find a way to relax myself. It’s the best choice for me. I often took a shower first and then swam for 20 minutes to relax myself. When I finished the exercise, I liked to watch a video and take a short sleep. Although it costs a lot of money to be a club member, I hope I can join the club again after I come back to my country.
1. The underlined word means “_________” in Chinese.| A．购买 | B．推荐 | C．宣传 | D．说明 |
| A．make friends | B．learn singing | C．relax herself | D．be a volunteer |
①watch a video ②take a shower ③take a short sleep ④swim in the warm pool
| A．①②③④ | B．②①③④ | C．①④②③ | D．②④①③ |
| A．Do exercise. | B．Get a message service. | C．Buy clothes. | D．Swim in the pool. |
| A．You can eat meals in the club if you are hungry. |
| B．The writer usually stayed in the club for a whole day. |
| C．The writer worked in a hospital. |
| D．If you are a man, you can’t join the club. |
