1 . Taking your dog for a walk can be interesting to do. But it can also be a danger to others. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 10 million people in China are bitten by dogs every year.
People in Beijing and Shanghai are already asked to keep their dogs on a leash. A similar law will soon be carried out across the country. The law focuses on the prevention of rabies (狂犬病). The rabies virus is mainly carried by dogs. The law makes it clear that anyone who keeps dogs must regularly vaccinate (给……接种疫苗) them. Those who walk their dogs outdoors must keep their dogs on a leash. Those who don’t follow the law will face a fine.
Many other disease can also spread between animals and humans. According to experts, 70 percent of animals disease can be passed on to humans. And 75 percent of all new infectious (传染的) human diseases come from animals.
What are the rules?
—Get a license to keep a dog. It’s like getting a license for driving a car.
—Vaccinate your dog regularly.
—Use a leash when walking your dog.
—Clean up your dog’s waste.
1. Which of the following is a rule for walking dogs in Beijing?| A．People can’t walk their dogs in public. | B．People should keep their dogs on a leash. |
| C．People can only walk their dogs at night. | D．People don’t have to keep dogs on a leash. |
①wash their dogs regularly ②keep their dogs on a leash
③get their dogs vaccinated regularly ④get themselves vaccinated
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．②④ | D．③④ |
| A．Keeping dogs is becoming more popular in China. |
| B．The rabies virus is only dangerous to dogs. |
| C．About 70 percent of animals diseases come from humans. |
| D．Most new infections human diseases come from animals. |
2 . There are eight species of bears. They are in different colors and sizes. They live in different parts of the world. Read the following to learn about three bear species. Which is your favorite?
*Panda
Food—Bamboo shoots and leaves
Size—Up to six feet tall
Home—Bamboo forests in the mountains of China
Fact—Pandas use their large teeth and strong jaws to chomp on bamboo.
*Polar Bear
Food—Seals and small whales
Size—Up to eight feet tall
Home—Sea ice and coastal land in the Arctic
Fact—Polar Bears have a thick layer of fur and fat. This helps them keep warm in their cold habitat.
*Brown Bear
Food—Roots, berries, nuts and fruit
Size—Up to nine feet tall
Home—Forests and mountains of North America, Europe and Asia
Fact—Brown Bears are in many colors. Some are nearly black. Others are blond.
1. Pandas live in the ________ of China.| A．farms | B．museums | C．bamboo forests | D．rivers |
| A．Pandas | B．Polar bears | C．Brown bears | D．All of them |
| A．Birds | B．Vegetables | C．Fish | D．Fruit |
| A．North America | B．Africa | C．Asia | D．Europe |
| A．Pandas use their small teeth to eat bamboo. |
| B．The sea ice is so cold that polar bears can’t live on it. |
| C．Brown bears are in different colors. |
| D．There are only three species of bears in the world. |
3 . Space vegetables are grown from seeds（种子）that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. The seeds are affected by the radiation（辐射）and low gravity（重力）in space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. However, some people worry about eating space vegetables. In fact, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.
Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.
Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. When seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.
Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.
After genetically modified（转基因的）food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. For example, if nut genes（基因）are put inside potatoes, people who are allergic to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. So there are no dangers of eating something unknown.
1. The seeds brought back from space produce ________ vegetables according to the passage| A．more delicious | B．healthier and bigger | C．more dangerous | D．cheaper and healthie. |
| A．it is grown in space | B．it has nothing unknown |
| C．it has been genetically changed | D．it has no new genes |
| A．seven | B．thirteen | C．twenty | D．twenty-sever |
| A．过敏的 | B．在意的 | C．紧张的 | D．喜欢的 |
| A．Space vegetables are grown in space. | B．People worry about eating space vegetables. |
| C．Space vegetables are safe to eat. | D．Space vegetables may bring illness to us |
4 . According to a survey, many peopie think genes (基因) and inelligence (智力) have something to do with students’ success or failure. But there aren’t any researches to support this opinion. And in fact, it is not right at all. There is one thing that can finally decide students’ success or failure. That is how they learn. A few students are clever and lucky. They find good ways for themselves to study every subject well. But others aren’t so lucky like them. They don’t find correct ways of their own and fail in the end.
To students, what is the best way to learn languages? Dr. Asher found a way called “Total Physical Response”. This was helpful to students. Studies in San Jose State University showed that if students moved their bodies when learning English, they were able to learn a lot more new words and grammar in a very short time. But if they sat still and didn’t move, they could learn less. And after a year, the students who moved their bodies when learning remembered 80% or more things they learned. But others forgot more than 80%.
Now you may know how to learn English. Keep moving when you learn. So when you listen to a story or an article, do actions as soon as you hear it. And you can imagine you are the person in the story or the article. By doing this, you can learn more English and you can remember it longer. The most useful is that you can use it more eaily. Stop your old method. Try this one at once!
1. What can decide the students’ success or failure according to Paragraph 1?| A．Genes. | B．Intelligence. | C．The ways they learn. | D．Their teachers. |
| A．For students to learn language. | B．For teachers to teach language. |
| C．For parents to help their children. | D．For schools to develop. |
| A．listening to stories | B．moving your bodies |
| C．reading articles | D．talking to others |
| A．I am the writer of the story or article. | B．I am the seller of the story or article. |
| C．I am the character of the story or article. | D．I am the teller of the story or article. |
| A．Ways to succeed in the future. | B．Ways to do much more exercise. |
| C．Ways to write an article. | D．Ways to help people learn well, |
5 . Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there’s too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.
Preview—if it’s long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.
Here’s how to preview.
●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.
●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.
Previewing doesn’t give you all the details (细节). It keeps you from spending time on things you don’t really want—or need—to read.
Skim—if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get the main idea of light reading (轻松读物)—like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.
Here’s how to skim.
●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep (扫视) them across each line.
●Pick up only a few key words in each line.
Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we’ll get a similar idea of what it’s all about.
1. How many skills does the writer introduce to help us in reading?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Read every word of it. | B．Read all the details. |
| C．Pick up a few key words in each line. | D．Read the first and the last two paragraphs carefully. |
| A．Previewing. | B．Skimming. | C．Reading. | D．Sweeping. |
6 . “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD（公元） 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this. You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave（微波炉）, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（赶时髦的）, beer-drinking granny”, to one who cooked things.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions ________.
| A．have speeded up our lives | B．have improved the quality of our lives |
| C．may make people feel very happy | D．may bring people some trouble |
| A．they loved to live simple lives |
| B．they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions |
| C．they were troubled by modern inventions |
| D．living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them |
| A．People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier. |
| B．An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better. |
| C．The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house. |
| D．With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired. |
7 . Have you seen Avatar (《阿凡达》)? It’s a popular 3D movie, and you may have to wear 3D glasses to see it. The 3D glasses make the images (图像) from the movie look as if they were coming straight towards you.
More and more 3D movies are coming to theaters. Some say that 3D TV sets will come into our homes in the near future. 3D technology can make TV and movies more exciting. However, people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3D movies. Why?
When we look at an object (物体), each eye sees it at a different angle (角度). Our eyes send the two images to our brain (大脑), and the brain puts them together. 3D technology uses two film projectors (投影机). One projects a left-eye-image and the other projects a right-eye-image. 3D glasses allow us to see a different image in each eye. So, when we are watching a 3D movie, our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes. The brain needs to work harder at “reading” the images. That makes it easier for people with eye problems to get dizzy (头晕的) or have headaches. A famous eye doctor said if your eyes can’t focus (聚焦) on the same object at once, you will have trouble watching 3D movies.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. The 3D glasses can make the images from the movie ________.
| A．look more beautiful than usual | B．look as if they were coming straight towards you |
| C．look as if they were far away from you | D．look more clear than usual |
| A．3D computers | B．3D phones | C．3D movies | D．3D TV sets |
| A．each eye sees the object at the same angle |
| B．our brain puts the two different pictures together |
| C．there will be two film projectors in our eyes |
| D．our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes |
8 . Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at these teenage inventions(发明) that might change the world.
Banana leaves usually go bad in two or three days. Tenith Adithyaa, a teenager from India, used UV to make-the leaves Stay fresh for a year. Tenith thinks that one day the leaves will be used for making plates, cups and other things. |
David Cohen, an American teenager, built an earthworm (蚯蚓) robot. It is able to go into the smallest places, where humans or dogs can’t go. It will be used for finding people in a fire or an earthquake. |
Remya Jose, a 14-year-old from India, found it tiring and boring to handwash clothes in the nearby river. She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time. |
Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year-old from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆) would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensor (感应器) to help people find their family members like his grandfather. |
1. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Popular ads. | B．Useful machines. | C．Strange pictures. | D．Teenage inventions. |
| A．make things stay fresh | B．help people wash clothes |
| C．go into the smallest places | D．take care of the old people |
| A．Plates and cups are made of fresh banana leaves now. |
| B．Remya’s washing machine can also keep people fit. |
| C．David Cohen is a middle School student from India. |
| D．Kenneth’s wearable sensors will keep old people at home. |
9 . Do you know the two lovely mascots? You may know the five “Fuwa” dolls from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. On September 17 of this year, the two lovely mascots first showed on TV. Now, let’s see who they are.
Look at the panda! It looks like an astronaut. It wears an ice shell and looks fat, so we call it “Bing Dwen Dwen”. White is the colour of ice and snow. “Bing Dwen Dwen” likes ice sports very much and is good at them. That’s why it is the mascot of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Do you think the red mascot looks like a lantern? The lantern’s name is “Shuey Rhon Rhon”. When the Chinese New Year comes, people always make or buy red lanterns. Red is the colour of hope and good luck, so people think their dreams will come true in the new year. “Shuey Rhon Rhon”can give players hope and help them do well in the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
Many people in different countries like the two mascots very much, and they show their love for them on the Internet.
1. What does the underlined word “mascot” mean in the passage?| A．A song of the Olympic Games. | B．A sport of the Olympic Games. |
| C．A symbol of the Olympic Games. | D．A sign of the Olympic Games. |
| A． “Fuwa” dolls | B．Bing Dwen Dwen |
| C．An astronaut | D．Shuey Rhon Rhon |
| A．Because it is easy to make red lanterns. |
| B．Because “Shuey Rhon Rhon” is a mascot. |
| C．Because people think red lanterns are very lovely. |
| D．Because people think red lanterns can bring good luck. |
| A． “Bing Dwen Dwen” can skate very well. |
| B． “Shuey Rhon Rhon” likes ice sports and is good at them. |
| C．The two lovely mascots first showed on TV on September 16. |
| D．Everybody likes the two mascots and shows his love on the Internet. |
| A．The sports in Olympic Games | B．Two Olympic mascots come to life |
| C．2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games | D．2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games |
Procrastination(拖延) has influenced human beings for centuries. It is the act of delaying a task. It prevents you from following what you start to do.
Why do we procrastinate? The best way to understand is to imagine that you have two selves: Present Self and Future Self. Researchers have found that the Present Self and the Future Self are seldom in agreement with each other. The Future Self wants to be slim and fit, but the Present Self wants a hamburger.
There are different ways to stop procrastinating. You can make the rewards of taking action happen at once. You can bring future rewards into the present moment. For example, only listen to audiobooks you love while exercising or only watch your favorite show while doing tiring housework.
Secondly, make the results of procrastination more direct. Make yourself pay the costs of procrastination sooner in many ways. If you exercise by yourself, missing once won’t influence your life much at all. However, if you promise to exercise with a friend, the cost of missing it becomes higher. It means you have to break a promise.
Another popular tool is to design your future actions. You can control your future eating habits by buying food in small packages rather than in the large size. You can stop wasting time on your phone by deleting (删除) games or social media apps.
Lastly, make the task much easier to finish. One popular way to make habits easier is to use the two-minute rule, which says, “When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.” The idea is to make it as easy as possible to get started and then trust that momenturn will carry you further into the task after you begin.
1. The writer uses Present Self and Future Self to ________.| A．discuss present needs | B．describe different future actions |
| C．compare past and present | D．explain the cause of procrastination |
| A．promise to exercise with friends | B．stop buying food in small packages |
| C．think of new tasks in two minutes | D．exercise after doing tiring housework |
| A．tool | B．promise | C．moment | D．power |
| A．results of procrastination | B．ways to stop procrastination |
| C．reasons for procrastination | D．influences of procrastination |
