1 . In American schools there is something called Homecoming Day. Many high schools and colleges with a football team have a homecoming game. This can be the most important thing of the year except graduation of commencement day(毕业典礼日). Students plan Homecoming Day for many weeks in advance(预先).

Several days before Homecoming students start to decorate the school. There are signs to wish luck to the team and many other signs to welcome all the graduates. Many people still come to Homecoming twenty or thirty years after their graduation.

The members of school clubs build booths(摊位)and sell lemonade, apples and sandwiches. Some clubs help to welcome the visitors.

During the day people like to look for teachers that they remember from long ago. Often they see old friends and they talk together about those happy years in school.

Everyone soon comes to watch the football game. When the game is half over, the band comes onto the field and plays school songs. Another important moment is when the Homecoming Queen or King appears. All the students vote a most popular student as Homecoming Queen or King. It is a great honor(荣誉)to be chosen.

Homecoming is a happy day, but it is not perfect unless the football team wins the game. Even if the team loses, the students still enjoy Homecoming Day. Some stay at the school to dance, and others go to a party. For everyone it is a day worth remembering.

1. The most important thing of the year in an American school is_________.

A．winning the game

B．Homecoming

C．selling lemonade,apples and sandwiches

D．graduation of commencement day

2. Students begin to make a plan of Homecoming_________.

A．many weeks before the day

B．three days before Homecoming

C．the day before Homecoming

D．when the guests arrive

3. Which of the following is NOT done on Homecoming Day?

A．To call on teachers they remember.

B．To watch the football game.

C．To go home to see their family.

D．To see old friends.

4. The word “vote” in the passage means “_________”.

A．to have a football game

B．to have a celebration

C．to elect or choose

D．to attend a meeting

5. Who can probably become Homecoming Queen or King?

A．The teacher who is most popular with the students.

B．The student who is liked most by other students.

C．The player who plays best in the game.

D．The student who is liked most by teachers.

2 . Good morning! I’m Emma. I want to introduce(介绍) my room to you.

A yellow bed is in my room. A quilt is on the bed. The quilt is blue. My desk is next to(在……旁边) the bed. It’s green. A telephone and a clock are on it. The telephone is white, and the clock is red. My books and pencil box are in the desk. What’s under the desk? Oh, it’s my soccer ball. It’s black and white. I also have a bookcase in my room. Many books are in the bookcase. and I read(读) in the room every day.

My room is nice, and I like it very much.

根据短文内容, 选择正确答案。
1. What color is Emma’s bed?

A．Yellow.

B．Blue.

C．Green.

D．White.

2. ________ are on Emma’s desk.

A．A computer and a clock	B．A computer and a TV
C．A TV and a telephone	D．A telephone and a clock

3. Where’s Emma’s soccer ball?

A．On the desk.

B．On the bed.

C．Under the desk.

D．In the bookcase.

4. ________ things(东西) are in Emma’s room.

A．Ten

B．Nine

C．Eight

D．Seven

5. The passage is mainly about(这篇文章主要是关于) ________.

A．Emma’s family

B．Emma’s friends

C．Emma’s room

D．Emma’s school

3 . Can you name some foods in the meat group? Can you tell where they come from?

Your body is made up of millions of cells. Cells are very small.

Your body has to make new cells in order to grow. It also has to make new cells to take the place of the old cells that have been worn out.

To grow, the cells need a thing called protein. The protein you need most comes from foods in the meat group.

Fruit and vegetables are plant foods. Foods in this group give your body vitamins and minerals. Your body needs vitamins and minerals to grow and to stay well.

The third food group is made up of bread. These foods come from grain. Your body gets heat and energy from these foods. It needs a lot of energy to work and play.

Milk is one of the best foods your body can get. It has protein, vitamins and minerals. Milk is good between meals or with meals.

Some foods are not listed in the four main groups. This is because you do not have to think about eating these foods. You eat them if you eat foods from the four main foods.

1. In order to grow, your body ________.

A．has to make more water	B．needs more small protein
C．has to make new cells	D．needs old cells

2. In order to grow, the cells need ________.

A．food

B．protein

C．meat

D．a cell

3. The protein comes mostly from ________.

A．milk

B．fruit

C．bread

D．meat

4. Vitamins come from ________.

A．protein

B．fruit and vegetables

C．fat

D．new cells

5. Milk has ________ in it.

A．meals

B．bodies

C．minerals

D．bread

4 . Thousands of years ago, in the south of ancient China, there lived Shengnong, a man who had an ox(牛) head and human body. Seeing that local people were suffering from disease, he built ladders and houses on a high mountain to store hundreds of medical plants. To remember him, people named the place Shengnongjia.

The legend (传说) makes Shengnongjia in Hubei an inviting place for tourists. Traveling there is a unique experience, as you can see sceneries of the four seasons from different altitudes. “When the bottom of the mountain is summer, the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn, the top is covered with ice,” local people say of the special climate of Shengnongjia.

Shengnongjia is also home to 5,000 species of animals and plants. Many animals in danger live there, such as the golden monkey, the clouded leopard and the Asian black bear.

One interesting and mysterious thing about Shengnongjia is its legend of wild men. Some people once claimed that they saw big prints or big-foot creatures. Yet so far, scientists haven’t proved it is true and some say they are just bears.

The beautiful place has recently received a newtitle. On July 17, 2016, Shengnongjia Foresty District was added to United Nations World Heritage list as a natural site.China now has 50 world heritage sites (遗址). Second only to Italy in the world.

1. Which of the following is right about Shengnong?

A．Shengnong had an ox body.

B．Shengnong grew medical plants for people.

C．Shengnong helped the local people.

D．Shengnong named the place Shengnongjia.

2. In Shengnongjia, _______

A．there are many medical stores along the way

B．people can experience four seasons up the mountain

C．there 500 species of animals and plants

D．scientists have proved there are wild men there

3. What does the underlined word “title” mean in paragraph 5?

A．标题

B．景点

C．称号

D．职务

4. Which of the following countries has the most world heritage sites?

A．Italy.

B．The USA.

C．China.

D．Canada.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The legend of Shengnong	B．Animals living in Shengnongjia
C．The amazing Shengnongjia	D．World heritage sites

5 . Gardening is popular in many parts of the world. It brings us sweet smelling flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables. But you can get more from your garden.

Gardening helps to keep healthy. Today’s people sit indoors for too long and don’t get much exercise. When you garden, you have to move around. It’s a good chance for you to exercise your body by watering flowers or doing some digging. Besides, when you are in your garden, you can feel the warm sunshine. This means you are getting Vitamin D. It helps your bodies use calcium (钙) which is necessary to keep your bones (骨骼) strong.

________ It gets them off computers, televisions and phones. Gardening can be a great teacher to teach children about nature and healthy eating. It can also help them to understand the meaning of “No pains, no gains.”

Gardening is a great way to meet people and build relationships. When you are gardening, you are outdoors, so it is a perfect time to communicate with your neighbors. Most people love to talk about their hobbies, and so do gardeners. They usually enjoy showing people what they are growing. And most enjoy sharing advice and stories about their gardens.

1. When it’s ________, you can get Vitamin D in your garden.

A．sunny

B．cloudy

C．snowy

D．rainy

2. According to the passage, ________ is one of the gardening activities.

A．watching TV

B．watering flowers

C．walking dogs

D．playing with phones

3. Which of the following can be put into the blank (空白处) in paragraph 3?

A．Gardening will be good for your bones.	B．Gardening may help people feel happy.
C．Gardening is a great activity to do with children.	D．Garden can be a good way to meet neighbors.

4. The best title of the passage may be “________”.

A．Outdoor Activities	B．Advantages of Gardening
C．Healthy Eating Habits	D．Relationships with Neighbors

6 . In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning, the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later, black clouds come, and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon, the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter, they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.

If you don’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.

1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A．Because they may have four seasons in one day.

B．Because they often have very good weather.

C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring.

D．Because the sky is sunny all day.

2. From the story we know that when ______ come, there is a heavy rain.

A．sunshine and snow	B．black clouds
C．summer and winter	D．spring and autumn

3. “People can also have summer in winter.” means “it is sometimes too ______ in winter.”

A．warm

B．cool

C．cold

D．rainy

4. In the sunny morning, some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them because ______.

A．their friends ask them to do so	B．it often rains in England
C．they are going to sell them	D．they are their favorite things

5. The best title (标题) for this passage is ______.

A．Bad Seasons	B．Summer or Winter
C．The Weather in England	D．Strange English People

7 . Unusual Festivals

Every country has its own festivals to celebrate different things. Some festivals are more interesting than others because they are unusual—and a lot more fun! Here are just a few unusual festivals from around the world.

Holi, the festival of colours, is in India, Nepal and other parts of the world. Holi celebrates the end of winter and the coming of spring and it lasts for many days. During the festival, people throw coloured powder (粉末) and water at each other. It’s one of the most colourful festivals in the world.
The only colour during another famous festival is red. “La Tomatina” is in Bunol Spain, in August. People come from all over the world for a big food fight. All over the city, people run through the streets throwing red tomatoes at each other. The streets get very messy but everyone has a good time.
Another strange and cold festival, Quyllur Rit’i, is in Peru in every May or June. People celebrate with music and dancing on top of a glacier (冰川)! The festival lasts for three days and, at the end, everyone walks out together carrying torches of fire.
Finally, how about a festival with animals? On the last Sunday of November, people in Lopburi, Thailand, invite some unusual guests to dinner at the Monkey Buffet Festival. Hundreds of monkeys come and they eat a lot of fruit, nuts and vegetables.

1. Which of the following is the most colourful festival?

A．Holi.	B．La Tomatina.
C．Quyllur Rit’i.	D．Monkey Buffet Festival.

2. What do people do during La Tomatina?

A．People dance on top of a glacier.

B．People throw red tomatoes at each other.

C．People invite some unusual guests to dinner.

D．People throw coloured powder and water at each other.

3. How long does Quyllur Rit’i last?

A．For one day.	B．For three days.
C．For a week.	D．For many days.

4. When is the Monkey Buffet Festival?

A．In August.	B．At the end of winter.
C．In May or June.	D．On the last Sunday of November.

9 . At present, too much carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet, to save ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life(低碳生活) becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.

To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.

To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.

To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations. On the one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It is not only a waste of money but also causes trouble to the earth, because as you know, making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.

There are many other ways to live low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. ________ makes the weather on the earth get warmer.

A．Little rubbish	B．A waste of money
C．Too much carbon dioxide	D．A waste of water

2. We can ________ to save energy in our daily life.

A．use less electricity	B．go to sleep with lights on
C．wash clothes with hot water	D．drive car to work

3. The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph means ________.

A．eating less meat	B．having heart disease
C．keeping animals for food	D．eating less vegetables

4. We should do less shopping because ________.

A．wasting money causes trouble to people

B．the advertisements are sometimes misleading

C．the less you shop, the less carbon dioxide will be produced

D．some of the things you bought are useless

5. If everybody lives a low-carbon life, ________.

A．we will waste more energy

B．there will be less carbon dioxide

C．the earth will become a dangerous place to live on

D．there will be more carbon dioxide

10 . How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.

About 5, 500 years ago, the Egyptians invented the sun clock. This was a tall stone building. Its shadow(影子)showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday. The Egyptians made a sundial about 3,500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could let people know the time for half a day. On cloudy days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial. Water clocks not were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows(流动) from one bottle to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China. But they failed to make people know the exact time.

In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example springs(发条) were added around 1500. This enabled people to get the correct time and allowed clocks to be smaller. In 1927, the first quartz watch was developed. Clocks became cheaper to make. It’s also cheaper for ordinary people to own a clock. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on. More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites send our mobile phones the time to the exact second.                                        

There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change. Many of us sill have trouble getting out of bed on time and not being late for school or work.

1. According to the passage, we can’t use a ________ tell the time on a rainy day.

A．water clock

B．sun clock

C．digital clock

D．mechanical clock

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ordinary” in the third paragraph?

A．现代的

B．特殊的

C．富有的

D．普通的

3. How many kinds of clocks are mentioned in the passage?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

4. Which of the following shows the structure(结构)of the passage?
(①= Paragraph 1 ②= Paragraph 2...)

A．	B．
C．	D．

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The importance of time.	B．The development of timekeeping
C．The inventions of clocks.	D．The history of a digital clock.