1 . Do you use a calendar to help you organize your life? By listing what your need to do on any special day, you can make sure to keep all for your meeting and not worry whether you’ve forgotten something, Calendars are also useful for reminding (提醒) people what day a certain holiday is on and what days you might have off from work. Besides, they are used for planning fun things like vacations and outings.
A calendar is usually divided into twelve parts, and each one stands for a month with all the days laid out in a grid-like (网格状的) form. A block of space usually is for a day, and there is enough space for you to write down what you need to do that certain day. You probably use all different kinds of calendars. A calendar on your cell phone screen is easy to use, and so is a large paper calendar that hangs on your wall.
1. What is the main idea of the first paragraph？| A．What calendars are used to do. | B．Why people worry about time. |
| C．Who reminds people to have a holiday. | D．How people plan vacations and outings. |
| A．A calendar is usually divided into two parts. |
| B．Many kinds of calendars have no grid-like forms. |
| C．People often write down their special days on the wall. |
| D．A calendar on the mobile phone is as easy as a paper calendar to use. |
2 . Self- reflection (反省) means stopping the mad rush of activity and keeping yourself and your mind cool, so your brain can evaluate (评价) the input that it has already received. Some people prefer to do their self-reflection in the way of thinking, while others do it in the way of writing something, like keeping a diary or writing notes of some kind.
School textbooks are often divided into units of study. This can make self-reflection easier for someone who wants to do it. Self-reflection can be done in any of the subjects you are learning: math, art or others. Sometimes you are reminded that the unit is over because there is some kind of test. Using those natural breaks above as chances to reflect is a good way.
As a student, you can do self-reflection at school. First, you can write down some notes on things that you learned in this unit that you did not know before you began. Let your mind think over the notes and make some connections with what you have learned. Next, think about the things that you still wonder about. For example, you learned a new way to solve a math problem, but you are not sure when to use it. Writing down your questions will help you remember to seek answers when you meet the same topic again.
Self-reflection is an important skill for a successful student. If you have never taken the time to reflect, try it now.
1. If you keep a reflection diary, that means you are doing self-reflection by the form of___________.| A．speaking | B．action | C．writing | D．thinking |
| A．Taking some kind of rest when school is over | B．That school textbooks are divided into units |
| C．Keeping a diary or writing notes of some kind | D．Letting your mind think over the notes |
| A．make some connections to solve a problem |
| B．let your mind think over the notes or diary you have written |
| C．write down some notes you don’t know before you began |
| D．seek answers next time you meet the same topic |
| A．find out | B．ask for | C．put out | D．take down |
| A．the ways to do self-reflection |
| B．how to be a successful student |
| C．that self-reflection is an important skill |
| D．doing self-reflection can evaluate the input your brain has already received |
3 . Pass the Salt
“Pass the salt，please!” Maybe you hear that at meals. That's because people like salt. Also，people need salt. Salt isn't a food. It's a mineral（矿物质）. It doesn't grow like a plant. It is found in rocks.
Here is why we need salt. Our bodies contain much water. Salt is in the water. We lose salt when we sweat. We also lose it if we bleed. That’s why we need more salt every day. True，it may make our food taste better，but it is more important than that. People who don't get enough salt may die!
Salt is found in many places. It is in the oceans and underground. Much of our salt comes from salt mines. People work in the mines. They dig out big chunks（大块）of salt. The salt chunks are brought to the surface. There they are crushed. Some of the salt becomes small chunks. These chunks are used to make many things，such as foods and chemicals. Some crushed salt becomes tiny grains. This is the salt that ends up on your table.
Salt has long been important to people. In ancient times，people were even paid with salt! In fact，our word “salary" comes from the Roman word for salt. People long ago used salt to keep meat fresh. The meat was packed in salt. This kept it from spoiling. People also used salt as a medicine. That's why the word “salt” sometimes means “good”. “You're the salt of the Earth，” people say. That's their way of saying. “You're OK with me!”
1. Where is salt from？| A．Plants. | B．Rocks. | C．Meals. | D．Minerals. |
| A．We sweat more. | B．We bleed a lot. | C．We may die. |
| D．We make the food better. | ||
| A．paying for things | B．keeping meat fresh | C．making money | D．working as a medicine |
| A．Salt is necessary for all people. |
| B．How do people find salt. |
| C．How to break salt into small pieces. |
| D．People take salt out of the Earth. |
4 . Everyone wants to succeed in their life. It isn’t really so hard. Here are some steps that help you have a successful teenage life.
Do well in school. No matter how boring it is now, education will help you later. Try your best at school, listen to the teachers, finish your homework, and get good grades. Doing so will help you get into a better college or university, which will help you get a great job in the future.
Do good in your free time. Volunteering can enrich your experience; it can also make you happier. Find volunteer opportunities that interest you. For example, if you love animals, volunteer at an animal shelter. If you like helping people, volunteer at a soup kitchen （施粥所）. If you want to do something good to the environment, plant trees or pick up litter. When you help others, it will make you feel better about yourself. Having lots of volunteer hours will make your resume（履历） look good!
Find out your goals in life and work towards them. Start thinking about jobs you would like to get, and make a good choice according to your interests. Challenge yourself and you’ll be surprised at what you can do after you finish a hard job.
Get active! Join a sports team at school or out of school. Just exercise! Studies show that people who get active in their teens will be more active when they’re adults, so start getting active now.
1. The writer thinks it is _______ for teenagers to have a successful life.| A．easy | B．hard | C．impossible | D．difficult |
| A．Doing good in your free time. | B．Starting to think about your jobs. |
| C．Getting a good education. | D．Joining a sports team. |
| A．experiences | B．chances | C．stories | D．dreams |
| A．healthier | B．more important | C．happier | D．more knowledgeable. |
| A．look for a good job | B．become active in teenage years |
| C．make a good choice | D．have a good teenage life |
5 . Who would win in a competition to memorize numbers, a chimp(猩猩) or a teenager?The teenager? Think again.Scientists have proved that chimps perform better than human beings when it comes to this kind of problem. We may have to rethink what we believe about human memory.
Memory is our ability to learn something, save it and recall it when needed.Our memories are important to our sense of self, our personalities, and our ability to understand the world
Scientists say that there are different types of memory.There is short-term memory and long-term memory.Your short-term memory saves information for a few seconds or a few minutes.For example, the time it takes to compare the prices of a few items(物件)in a store.Long-term memory involves the information you try hard to keep, because it's meaningful to you.(an example is data about family and friends).And then there is visual (视觉的) memory and sound memory.But these are not hard and fast: scientists argue a lot about the nature of memory.
Scientists have also found that people memorize things in different ways.Some memorize better with the help of pictures.Others are helped more by sounds.One thing s for sure.If you can combine different kinds of memory together, you will remember a lot So why not try pictures with English words? At the same time, listen to recordings of the same group of words.This may help when it comes to memorizing it.
Imagination and association can be useful, too.By imagination, scientists mean to picture a word in your mind.Association means relating the word to something you have already known.
1. From Paragraph 1, we can know_________.| A．human beings are less clever than chimps |
| B．human memory is not as good as before |
| C．chimps can memorize numbers better than teenagers |
| D．chimps perform better than human beings in many aspects |
| A．an hour | B．half an hour | C．a few minutes | D．one second |
| A．Why a chimp does better than a teenager. |
| B．How to memorize things quickly and well. |
| C．Different kinds of memory and several good ways to memorize things. |
| D．Imagination and association are useful in memorizing things. |
6 . Your parents might have told you that you'd go blind from reading in the dark, but you could make up for it by eating a lot of carrots.This is just one of the wrong ideas you may have heard of.Here are scientific explanations for three mistakes people often make about our eyes
Can eating carrots improve your eyesight(视力)?
Carrots are rich in Vitamin A, which is essential for our eyes.Vitamin A helps people to see in low light conditions.However, eating more carrots doesn’t help you see better.A certain number of carrots will help, but a large number of carrots will not make you get rid of(摆脱) your glasses.
If your parents have bad eyesight, will you have bad eyesight, too?
Myopia(近视) can be inherited(经遗传得到) from parents.A study found that if both parents have myopia, there is a 33 to 60 percent chance that the child has.For children who have one parent with myopia, the chance is 23 to 40 percent, and it is down to 6 to 15 percent for kids with non-myopia parents.So no matter how bad your parents’ eyesight is, you will have a chance of having good eyesight.
Is it true that people who are color-blind can't see colors?
Color blindness doesn’t mean that someone can’t see colors at all.It means that some has difficulty seeing differences in certain colors, usually green and red or blue and yellow.Color blindness is usually a condition caused by not having cone cells(视锥细胞) or having the cells that don't work.There are different levels of color blindness. Some people cannot tell the differences between colors when light isn’t bright, while others have difficulty in any light.
1. Which of the following is the right idea about eating carrots?| A．Eating carrots doesn't help people see better. |
| B．People need to eat as many carrots as possible. |
| C．A certain number of carrots are enough for eyes. |
| D．Only people who have bad eyesight need to eat carrots. |
| A．难以获取的 | B．稍有影响的 | C．极其罕见的 | D．必不可少的 |
| A．Children may inherit myopia from their parents. |
| B．Kids with non-myopia parents won't have myopia. |
| C．A kid has a 50% chance of having myopia if his or her father has myopia. |
| D．Kids with short-sighted parents won't have good eyesight. |
| A．Having no cone well may cause color blindness. |
| B．People who are color-blind cannot see colors at all. |
| C．Those who can't tell green from red are not really color-blind. |
| D．Most people who are color-blind can only see black and white. |
| A．Advice on staying away form myopia. |
| B．Reasons for bad eyesight and color blindness. |
| C．Explanations for some wrong ideas about eyes. |
| D．Medical information about improving your eyesight. |
7 . The way we spend our time can be divided into three "bottles". These are the necessary tasks bottle, the voluntary tasks bottle and the happiness bottle.
Every day, we spend time filling the necessary tasks bottle with useful things, like making money, doing housework, buying food and paying bills. We then fill another bottle with voluntary tasks. These are things that we do for others, but we may not enjoy them. This bottle gets filled with tasks like taking children to activities, cooking family meals, and washing clothes for family. Those bottles are very important. If we don't fill them each day, our family won't run properly.
However, we often forget to fill the third bottle—the happiness bottle that we fill with activities that make us happy. Is your happiness bottle sometimes empty at the end of the day? Between doing all the necessary and voluntary tasks, time flies by, and before we know it, it is time for bed. We all have days like that.
This is why each day we have to make an effort to fill our happiness bottle. I fill mine by going to the dancing class. And I always leave classes more happily than when I enter. This week, I had the pleasure of taking part in a guitar practice in my neighborhood. We show our musical talent and practice music for charity. It was a time of fun, friendship and music-making. At the end of the evening, my happiness bottle was filled to top.
Make sure to fill all the three bottles. Will your activities bring joy to your life? Or are the other two tasks eating up all your time? Try to find ways to achieve a balance between how you fill your three bottles. At the end of the day, hopefully we've done all we can to make sure that our happiness bottle is filled.
1. Which activity belongs to a voluntary task according to the passage?| A．Making money. | B．Doing housework. |
| C．Making more friends. | D．Cooking family meals. |
| A．Necessary and voluntary tasks are less important. |
| B．We need time to do something to make ourselves happy. |
| C．All the three bottles are filled to top at the end of the day. |
| D．We require enough time to fill the necessary tasks bottle. |
| A．By practicing music for charity. | B．By staying with children. |
| C．By listening to some nice music. | D．By buying delicious food. |
| A．right direction | B．same importance |
| C．successful experience | D．enough attention |
| A．Why to find more ways to get happiness. | B．Why to make an effort to finish our tasks. |
| C．How to improve the way we spend our time. | D．How to join the activities to show our talents. |
8 . Welcome to Guangzhou
★ Sightseeing(观光)
Guangzhou is a wonderful place for sightseeing and there are a lot of things to do. You can take a walk around the big lake in Yuexiu Park and enjoy the fresh air. Another beautiful place to visit is the Pearl River. Take a boat trip in the evening and enjoy the beautiful scenery( 景色)of Guangzhou from the river.
★ Shopping
You will find many large department stores in the city. People enjoy shopping in these department stores because things are quite cheap. You will also find some small shops opposite the train station. This is a favorite place for tourists because they can buy old things like coins, stamps, and vases from these shops.
★ Eating Out
People in Guangzhou like eating. There are many good restaurants and they are always full of people at the weekend. You can try special food at these restaurants. At night, you will see many food stalls(货摊 )on the streets. Tourists enjoy eating at these places because the food is cheap and tasty.(好吃的)
1. You can________when you visit the Pearl river.| A．take a walk | B．climb a hill | C．go boating | D．enjoy the fresh air |
| A．sell all kinds of things | B．sell things at a cheap price |
| C．sell old things from the past | D．have small shops in them |
| A．in Yuexiu Park | B．on pearl River |
| C．near the train station | D．in the city |
| A．try special foods at restaurants. | B．find seats easily on the weekends. |
| C．enjoy tasty food anywhere you like. | D．only eat at the good restaurants |
9 . A
Junk e-mail
A new UK study shows that around the world, junk e - mails(垃圾邮件)use 33 billion kilowatt(千瓦) hours of electricity a year. That 's enough energy to power 2.4 million homes.
E-mail users spend nearly 4/5 of their energy in removing junk e -mails and looking for useful e-mails.
Soccer schools
China is to built 20,000 soccer schools across the country in three years. It's to fight obesity(肥胖)and improve China's national soccer team. All students at these soccer schools will have one
soccer class each day. They'll also take part in competitions.
1. The electricity that junk e-mails use a year around the world can power __________ homes.
| A．33 billion | B．2.4 million | C．2.4 billion | D．20 thousand |
| A．let students have more fun | B．increase the number of students |
| C．have more soccer teams | D．improve children s health and China’s soccer team |
10 . Oink! The Year of the Pig is coming. How much do you know about pigs? Do you like them? Many people don't, because they believe that pigs are naturally fat, lazy and dirty. But are any of those things true?
It is true that pigs are fat. They eat a lot. But they are useful to us. We get more than just pork from pigs. We can use their skin to make shoes. We can use their hair to make brushes. Pigs also provide us with ingredients for drugs like insulin(胰岛素). Insulin can treat diabetes (糖尿病).
People sometimes say. “You are as stupid as a pig.” But pigs are not stupid. In fact pigs are one of the 10 smartest animals. They have a good memory and can tell different shapes apart. Many experts think pigs are easier to train than dogs or cats. In France, people teach pigs to find truffles(松露). With their good sense of smell, they can find truffles even faster than dogs.
When you see pigs, they are usually in dirty water or mud. That's because pigs have no sweat glands(汗腺). On hot days, they have to cool themselves in water or mud. This keeps insects away from them as well. Mud can also protect their skin from sunburns.
These stereotypes about pigs often make us hold a negative(负面的) view about the animal. For example, If someone eats a lot, we say that they have “pigged out”. If someone's room is very messy, we might say his or her room looks like a pigsty(猪圈).
But people in ancient China really liked pigs. People thought the pig's big head and ears were a symbol of good luck. If someone had a round and chubby(胖乎乎的) face, he or she was thought to be blessed(有福气的). People also believed the animal, stood for wealth, as humans use every part of the pig. Piggy banks are a symbol of this. Most children have a piggy bank that they can use to save money.
1. People can use pigs' skin to___________.| A．make clothes | B．make insulin |
| C．make shoes | D．make brushes |
| A．tell one hundred different colors apart. | B．find truffles with their good eyesight. |
| C．be of great help to people like dogs. | D．get away from insects with their owners' help. |
| A．fixed ideas | B．feelings | C．mistakes | D．decorations |
| A．People thought pigs were blessed by God. |
| B．People believed the animal stood for health. |
| C．People knew pigs were one of the 10 smartest animals. |
| D．People thought pigs can bring good luck to them. |
| A．tell that pigs are not stupid, dirty or fat at all. | B．criticize people who don't really know about pigs. |
| C．point out that pigs can do a lot of things for people. | D．help people know more about the pigs. |
