1 . Charles Delali Adegah is from Ghana, a country in Africa. He loves the Chinese language. He says he enjoys learning the language and it helps him live a better life.
As a Chinese language student, Charles was lucky to study in China for free. When he went back to Ghana, he worked as a translator for many companies. Later, Charles went on to study the language. Now, he teaches at a Confucius Institute (孔子学院) in his home country.
In Ghana, many people have similar stories as Charles. China and Ghana are close friends. Many companies in Ghana do business with Chinese people and expect (要求) that their workers can speak Chinese. So, learning Chinese can help the people there find good jobs and make more money to live a better life.
The people also say that Chinese, though difficult, is such a beautiful language that learning it helps them know more about China. At the Confucius Institute, they can also learn Chinese kung fu, songs, dance, and so on.
At the same time, many Chinese people in Ghana also come to learn local languages. This brings them closer to the Ghanaian people. They live and work well with the people there.
Language is like a bridge between China and Ghana. It helps people in the two countries learn more about each other and work for a better tomorrow together.
1. From the passage, what can we know?| A．Charles is working as a teacher. | B．Charles wants to be a translator. |
| C．Charles will go to study in China. | D．Charles helped many young people find jobs. |
| A．How the Ghanaian people study Chinese. | B．Why the Ghanaian people study Chinese. |
| C．When the Ghanaian people study Chinese. | D．Where the Ghanaian people study Chinese. |
| A．They give them jobs. | B．They teach them Chinese. |
| C．They learn local languages. | D．They help them start more businesses. |
2 . The American company Bonobos sells men’s clothes and you can find Bonobos shops in many US cities. But Bonobos shops are different from most shops because you can’t buy clothes there. You can only try on clothes there. You then place an order (下订单) for the clothes you want online and the clothes will arrive at your home as soon as the next day.
In the past, you could only see Bonobos clothes online. However, like many online shoppers, Bonobos’ customers really want to try the clothes on before buying them. Almost half of the online shoppers in the US try things on in shops before buying them online. So Bonobos decided to give their customers a place—the guideshop—to try on its clothes.
In these guideshops, shop assistants (售货员) give you advice about colours and sizes. The best thing is that you can always find your size because clothes there will never sell out! Also, you never have heavy shopping bags to take home with you!
The guideshops also help Bonobos reduce costs. These shops aren’t as large as normal (一般的) shops. They don’t need twenty large blue jackets. They only need one. With guideshops, Bonobos needn’t spend much money on sending lots of clothes to and from shops. All this helps Bonobos save money.
Is this the future of all shop’s places where we “experience” things rather than (而不是) buying them?
1. What do we know about Bonobos from Paragraph 1?| A．It sells women’s clothes. | B．It has shops around the world. |
| C．It sends clothes to people’s homes for free. | D．It only lets people try on clothes in its shops. |
| A．the clothes there are cheap | B．the clothes there come in all sizes |
| C．someone carries shopping bags for you | D．someone helps you choose the right clothes. |
| A．Attract customers. | B．Make them sell more clothes. |
| C．Improve the quality of their products. | D．Make their costs go down. |
| A．To show a special kind of shop | B．To show how to buy the right clothes. |
| C．To tell us to do more shopping online | D．To advise us to try on clothes before buying |
3 . There are many clubs in our school.
Do you like playing ping-pong? Mr. Wu can teach you. Come and join the ping-pong club! You can have lessons on Friday and Saturday. Our school has a ping-pong game every year. What about joining in it next year?
Do you want to dance? Dancing is great. It helps you look good and be healthy. Join the dancing club and dance for the school art festival on May 27th every year. You can have lessons on Monday and Wednesday. Our beautiful art teachers, Ms. Li and Ms. Wu, will teach you.
Everyone loves delicious food. I think you love it, too. How about joining the cooking club? Here Mrs. Ma can teach you to make delicious and healthy food. There are lessons on the weekend. You can ask you mom or dad to take the lessons, too.
1. The underlined word “it” refers to (指的是) ______.| A．the ping-pong ball | B．the ping-pong club |
| C．the ping-pong game | D．the ping-pong lesson |
| A．Friday and Saturday | B．Monday and Wednesday |
| C．Wednesday and Friday | D．Saturday and Sunday |
| A．How to play ping-pong. | B．How to dance. |
| C．How to make food. | D．How to speak English. |
| A．Mr. Wu is good at playing basketball. | B．Ms. Li is a math teacher. |
| C．There is a school art festival every year. | D．Parents can join the dancing club. |
4 . A lot of people like taking a trip with no plans. They think it is very exciting and has more fun. But in fact, it is not always good. Making holiday plans is very important.
First, a holiday plan can help you a lot. Everything will go well with a plan. If you visit a place but you don’t book a hotel, you may have no place to stay at night.
Second, you have lots of things to take with you for a holiday. You need to plan what things you need to put in bags. For example, you want to visit one place, but when you arrive at the airport, you forget to bring your plane tickets (票)! You may be late for the plane. Then how will you feel? Of course, you will feel b…
Third, making a plan can help you save money. If you surf the Internet before you go on holiday, you may find some cheap plane tickets and hotel rooms.
Next time you go on holiday, try to write down some plans. They can help you have more fun during your holiday.
1. What does the writer think of making holiday plans?| A．It’s important. | B．It’s exciting. | C．It’s interesting. | D．It’s difficult. |
| A．Build. | B．Bring. | C．Make. | D．Order. |
| A．Better. | B．Bored. | C．Bad. | D．Busy. |
| A．Internet helps people a lot. | B．Making plans helps save money. |
| C．Never have a trip without any plans. | D．Don’t take many things for a holiday. |
| A．How can you make a plan? | B．Where will you go for a holiday? |
| C．What can you do in the coming holiday? | D．Why should you make a plan for a holiday? |
5 . At night, we can see lots of stars in the sky. There are so many stars that we cannot count them all. Stars look like they are little because they are very far away. But stars are actually very big! Stars are huge balls of hot gas. They glow because they are so hot.
During the day, we see a bright yellow star shining in the sky. It is our sun! Our sun gives us heat and light. It looks to us like the sun moves across the sky during the day, but it is really the earth that is moving around the sun.
To us, the sun looks much bigger than any other star. But many of the stars that we see at night are actually much bigger than the sun. The stars we see at night look smaller because they are much farther away than the sun.
Fun facts about stars：
The color of a star can help us tell how hot the star is. Red stars are hot. Yellow stars are hotter than red stars. Green stars are hotter than yellow stars.
1. Stars look little because they are ________.| A．so far away |
| B．very little |
| C．balls of gas |
| D．all of the above |
| A．not made of gas |
| B．actually bigger than the sun |
| C．not hot |
| D．much closer than the sun |
| A．green stars are hotter than red stars |
| B．red stars are hotter than green stars |
| C．red stars are hotter than yellow stars |
| D．the sun is the biggest star of all |
6 . Many people like exercise today. Some like to run and some like to walk. Others like to dance or play with balls. They do different kinds of exercise. Why do people like exercising? Because it’s good for their health. And exercise helps make them tired. They sleep better at night.
You may like to run. If you do, take care of your feet. Make sure you have the right shoes. Some people like to run on roads, but they must watch out for cars.
Walking is good exercise. You may take a long walk in the park. It’s more fun if you don’t go alone. Go with a friend. You may have a great time.
Some people like to swim. But others don’t like to go into the water. If you like this kind of exercise, make sure that someone is watching you. You must always take care when you are in the water.
Jumping a rope or riding a bike is also exercise. There are many other kinds of exercise. Find out what you like. You may need help at first. Some people often do exercise and they can help you. Do exercise every day, and you will know what it makes you feel.
1. The passage tells us about ________.| A．running | B．swimming | C．walking | D．exercise |
| A．have the right shoes | B．run fast on the roads |
| C．go with a friend | D．let someone watch you |
| A．向外看 | B．左右看 | C．当心 | D．担心 |
7 . Have you ever bought second-hand things? Will you choose to buy them? What do you think of them? Nowadays, second-hand things are popular, from clothing and books to electronic products.
People have made more money in recent years and bought more things than they really need. To live a simple life, some people start selling second-hand things at a low price. The good prices catch people’s eye, as well as the fact that buying second-hand things is good for the environment. Here we interviewed three people.
Zhang Wei, a book lover, often uses Deja Vu to buy second-hand books. He searches for the books he likes and adds them to his shopping cart (购物车), just like on any other shopping site. The difference is that the books are much cheaper—as much as 70 percent cheaper than new books. “As a student, I don’t have much money, so it’s a perfect choice for me,” Zhang said.
“Buying old books can connect readers together.” Zhao Lin, a 22-year-old college student, once found a note in a second-hand book she bought. “Its owner shared her thoughts and hoped I would enjoy the book. It was so heart-warming,” Zhao said. “It is a great inspiration (激励) to me and I have got much strength from the words on it. I think it’s more valuable than a new book.”
Chen Jie, a college student in Shanghai, likes buying second-hand things. When it comes to the reason, she said, “Second-hand things have memories. Owning a special thing which has its old stories brings back memories of the owner. It doesn’t matter how much money we spend on a thing—we just find the right thing that fits us. I love this feeling behind the thing.”
1. The writer starts the passage by ________.| A．listing numbers | B．asking questions |
| C．sharing experiences | D．comparing differences |
| A．Because they have less money than before. |
| B．Because they prefer old things these days. |
| C．Because second-hand things are easy to buy. |
| D．Because second-hand things are much cheaper and better for the environment. |
| A．The new book. | B．The shopping site. |
| C．The second-hand book. | D．The sentences on the note. |
| A．Whether it has a good price. | B．Whether it fits us. |
| C．Whether it is in good condition. | D．Whether it is popular among people. |
| A．The prices of second-hand things. | B．The ways to buy second-hand things. |
| C．The advantages of second-hand things. | D．The kinds of second-hand things. |
8 . Kenya (肯尼亚), a country in East Africa is a land of natural beauty.
Kenya lies along the equator (赤道) on Africa’s east coast. The Indian Ocean is to the east of Kenya. Highlands rise in the western part of Kenya. Mount Kenya, at 5,199 meters, is Kenya’s highest mountain. East of the highlands, the land goes down toward the coast.
Kenya’s most important river, the Tana, starts from the highlands to the Indian Ocean. Most of the country’s other rivers are short and shallow. They sometimes dry up when there is little rainfall.
Kenya has two wet seasons and two dry seasons. Rainfall is usually heavy from April to May and from November to December, while some areas are more cloudy without much rain between July and August and from January to March. Temperatures are generally warmer in the north and cooler in the highlands.
Kenya is home to many national parks. Green forests and bamboo grow in the highlands. The country’s animals include elephants, lions, giraffes, zebras and many rare (稀有的) animals. The Kenyan government has set up more than 50 nature parks. Inside the parks, the wildlife is protected from hunting. This makes them excellent places to take a journey.
1. From Paragraph 2, we can know that ________.| A．the western part of Kenya is level land |
| B．Mount Kenya is Kenya’s highest mountain |
| C．Kenya lies along the equator on Africa’s west coast |
| D．the land goes down toward the coast in the west of the highlands |
| A．Not safe. | B．Not deep. | C．Not wide. | D．Not dirty. |
| A．Hunting. | B．Fishing. | C．Tourism. | D．Growing trees. |
| A．Did the writer invite people to visit Kenya? |
| B．Did the writer introduce the country Kenya? |
| C．Did the writer give advice on how to travel Kenya? |
| D．Did the writer ask us to protect the wildlife? |
9 . How do you greet your friends? People from different cultures have different answers; shaking hands, nodding, bowing, kissing on the face. But have you ever wondered how animals “say hello” to each other? Here are some examples.
Chimpanzees (黑猩猩)
Everyone knows how similar chimpanzees are to humans. So it’s no surprise that their greetings are also close to ours. The most common ways of greeting between chimpanzees are hand touching and hugging. Sometimes they also kiss each other. Some chimpanzees can even learn simple sign languages.
Giraffes
Giraffes seldom make loud sounds. Their necks can reach two meters in length, making them useful in greeting each other. When two giraffes meet, they may “shake” their necks and rub (摩擦) them against each other. This is to feel how strong and tall the other is.
Dolphins
Dolphins greet one another with whistles (哨声). They can hear other dolphins far from them. Every dolphin has a different whistle. When two groups of dolphins meet, they each choose a member to “talk” to the other group. The two groups can then travel together. Unlike most of the other animals, dolphins are smart enough, to learn a new language by inventing and copying new sounds.
1. How do chimpanzees often greet each other?| A．By touching hands and hugging. | B．By making loud sounds. |
| C．By whistling to each other. | D．By nodding and bowing. |
| A．To reach taller trees. | B．To make loud sounds. |
| C．To know about each other. | D．To fight with each other. |
| A．They are lazy and quiet. | B．They are friendly and clever. |
| C．They are honest and shy. | D．They are strong and similar to humans. |
| A．A travel guidebook. | B．A news report. |
| C．A nature magazine. | D．A notice. |
10 . Everyone knows that exercise is important. We all need to exercise. Doctors say that it is good for us. It makes our heart and body strong. Children who often exercise are smarter. This means they do better in tests and schoolwork than those who don’t exercise.
There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, jump, ride a bike or play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways.
Exercise enough, but not too much. It’s best to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time is enough.
You have to like what you’re doing. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or even three sports suitable for you. You won’t feel tired easily if it fits you well.
Exercise at fitness centers (健身中心). Why? Because there is a lot of sports equipment (器材) there. The equipment will help exercise your arms, legs and other parts of your body to make you healthy. Some people buy sports equipment, but it is very expensive.
Exercise can be fun. Friends can exercise together at a fitness center or they can play sports together outside. How do you exercise?
1. What is the advantage of exercise according to the writer?| A．It makes people younger. |
| B．I t makes students happy and relaxed. |
| C．It makes children do better in schoolwork. |
| D．It makes people earn a lot of money. |
| A．Every day. | B．Once a week. |
| C．Twice a week. | D．Three times a month. |
| A．Large. | B．Right. | C．Lucky. | D．Empty. |
| A．Because they like it. |
| B．Because they can exercise with the sports equipment there. |
| C．Because they want to save money and make a lot of friends there. |
| D．Because they don’t think they can exercise at home. |
| A．Tips on Exercise | B．Advice on How to Keep Healthy |
| C．A Sports Club | D．Advantages of Exercise |
