1 . In class, the students are talking about their favourite ways of travelling.
Many people like to travel by plane because it is fast, but I don’t like it because airports are usually far from the city. You have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off and it is often late. You can’t open the windows. You can’t choose the food. Planes are fast, but they still take hours to go out of the airport and into the city.
—Tony
I like traveling by train. I think trains are safe. Railway stations are usually in cities. When you are late for a train, you can catch another one. You can walk around in the train and open the windows. You can see many interesting things on your way. It takes a little more time, though.
—Alisa
I like traveling by car, I think it’s very convenient (便利的). You can start your journey when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a railway station. And you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.
—Julian
1. Why do many people like to travel by plane according to Tony?| A．Because it is safe. | B．Because it is fast. |
| C．Because it is cheap. | D．Because it is convenient. |
| A．She will catch another train. | B．She will travel by plane. |
| C．She will go to another station. | D．She will choose food first. |
| A．It takes much time to go to a station. | B．People may put many things in the car. |
| C．There may be much traffic on the road. | D．You can start your journey when you want to. |
2 . People in Los Angeles love cars very much. The city is very big, and its public transportation (公共交通) is slow. So people drive everywhere. But now, a lot of people who like riding are trying to get people out of their cars but on bikes.
Devon says he has to be careful when he rides his bike on the streets. “A lot of people drive very fast, and it’s very difficult to be careful.” Although riding a bike to work can be dangerous, he likes to ride his bike to work. “It’s much better than driving a car. For example, I don’t have to think about where to park the car.”
Roger drives to work. “You always have to look at the both sides because someone would rush (冲) across by bike. Or you can easily get into an accident.”
If some people live and work near each other, they can ride to work together to make the bike ride relaxing. They call a “bike train”. Anna helps make the group—L. A. Bike Trains. “You’re in a big group. If you’re afraid of riding alone, you can now ride with other people.” Anna says that people would feel safer (更安全的) by riding together in a group.
1. Most people in Los Angeles use ________ in their lives.| A．cars | B．buses | C．trains | D．bicycles |
| A．safe | B．dangerous | C．boring | D．exciting |
| A．Because she drives fast. |
| B．Because she doesn’t look carefully at the both sides of the road. |
| C．Because someone would ride a bike and rush across the street suddenly. |
| D．Because too many people drive cars in Los Angeles. |
| A．Devon. | B．Anna. | C．Roger. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．riding in a “bike train” can help people feel safer |
| B．Devon is one bicyclist of the group—Bike Trains |
| C．Roger likes riding her bikes to work |
| D．Devon thinks riding a bike is more difficult |
3 . Have you ever thought about what’s more important looking fashionable (时尚的) or feeling comfortable? You might have noticed many people choosing style over comfort and some even go to extremes (极端) to follow fashion. But we should remember: it’s more important to be healthy.
Some people believe that they need to be a cert in size to look good. So, they start extreme diets (日常饮食). They might note at meals or eat too little, which can make them feel sick. Is it a healthy way to live?
Also, many girls wear shoes with very high heels. They might think high heel make them look taller. But these shoes can actually hurt their feet and make it hard to walk comfortably, and it can increase risks of falls, Some even wear tight (紧的) clothes that make it hard to breathe. Should we put fashion over health?
Besides, some boys and girls spend much time and money changing their hair color. The material they use is usually harmful to their heath. To make their hair straight or curly, they also use tools that are hot enough to burn their hair. But using these tools too often can make the hair dry or even burnt. Is it really worth it to risk our health, spending so much time and money?
So, let’s rethink what’s really important. Is it fashion or our well-being? Clothes or hairstyles don’t tell us anything about a person’s character. Instead of spending much time choosing clothes, we could use that time to do fun things with friends. And instead of following extreme diets, let seat properly and exercise regularly. Remember, your worth is not decided by your appearance (外表), but by who you are as a person.
1. Why do some people go on extreme diets?| A．To save time. | B．To look good. | C．To save money. | D．To be healthy. |
| A．The result of wearing tight clothes. |
| B．The importance of changing hairstyles. |
| C．The risk of wearing shoes with high heels. |
| D．The harm of changing hair colors and shapes. |
| A．Health. | B．Growth | C．Warmth. | D．Wealth. |
| A．To ask for help from readers. | B．To tell how to spend time and money. |
| C．To describe the latest fashion. | D．To lead readers to think about the topic. |
| A．Follow Hair Fashion | B．Choose Clothes with Friends |
| C．Keep Healthy Lifestyles | D．Pay Attention to Your Appearance |
4 . Project-based learning (项目化学习) is learning while doing. It gives learners the chance to get a deeper understanding of a topic (主题). During the learning, learners solve problems by using real-world examples and challenges. Let’s take the example of Sandra. Sandra is a 15-year-old student. She wanted to know more about Chinese ancient stories. Well, how did she make it?
| Step 1 Choose a topic She chose Chinese ancient story characters as the topic because she was interested in the characters and their stones. | Step 2 Do the research She had to learn about that topic and do some research on it. To collect information, she read many books about Chinese ancient stones. |
| Step 3 ▲ She created a project based on (基于) her talents and skills. She loves to build with Legos (乐高), so she decided to build lego creations based on Chinese ancient story characters. She’s also good at art, so she created a book about her favorite characters. In her book, she drew pictures of them and wrote the stories in her own words. | Step 4 Do the presentation(展示) After all of that work she made a living room presentation for Mom and Dad and shared the two products that she had created. Then she shared her project online with friends, and even shared her project on social media. |
Not everyone is a great test taker, but everyone is good at something. Through project work, students can not only learn deeply about a topic, but a so have fun learning. So if you’re interested in something, why not start with project-based learning?
1. What can the project-based learning help the learners?| A．Improve learning speed. | B．Make a topic easier. |
| C．Understand a topic deeply. | D．Develop the spirit of teamwork. |
| A．By asking her parents. | B．By reading many books. |
| C．By look through the social media. | D．By interviewing some students. |
| A．Build a Lego | B．Draw a picture | C．Write a story | D．Create a project |
| A．Introduce a learning method. |
| B．Explain the ways to choose topics. |
| C．Describe the importance of studying. |
| D．Give information about Chinese ancient stories. |
5 . Looking for a new way to raise money for charity (慈善)? Has your school run out of clever and fun ideas? Don’t give up. There are several ways to support (支持) your favorite charity.
How about organizing a car wash? Everybody who has a car sooner or later washes it or has it washed. So why don’t you and your classmates do the job? The money the car owners pay for having their cars washed will go towards your charity. When we did it, we had an amazing time! At first, some of us were worried about getting wet or dirty and it’s true. But we also had fun, and at the end of the day it was really worth (值得) it!
On the other hand, if you don’t feel like getting wet, but have some musical talent , how about organizing a street concert? You can make a lot of money as a street musician if you have the talent and courage (勇气) to play in front of audiences. You just need to find a suitable (适合的) place, practice for a few hours with your friends first, and give it a try!
I hope the above ideas have helped you a bit, and if you’ve got any other great suggestions, we would love to hear them and practice them, too. Good luck!
1. How does the writer like a car wash?| A．It’s dirty but fun. | B．It’s easy but dirty. |
| C．It’s easy and fun. | D．It’s cheap and dirty. |
| A．We can go to a charity. |
| B．We can ask others to wash cars. |
| C．We can wash cars to raise money. |
| D．We can organize a street concert for charity. |
| A．He can wash cars. | B．He can make money. |
| C．He can have a street concert. | D．He can hear some suggestions. |
| A．Passengers. | B．Listeners. | C．Musicians. | D．Teachers. |
| A．How to Wash a Car | B．How to Organize a Street Concert |
| C．Ways to Raise Money for Charity | D．Ways to Make Money after School |
6 . These days, many students like volunteering in their free time. Here are some students’ experiences of being a volunteer. Now let’s have a look.
Ben, 15 I’m a middle school student. I volunteer in an animal training center. Dogs are my favorite animals. I think they are humans’ best friends. I train them to listen to people’s orders and help disabled people. They are smart and understanding. |
Robert, 17 I’m a high school student. I began to be a volunteer 3 years ago. I go to the old people’s home on weekends. I read newspapers to them and talk to them. Sometimes I take my younger brother to go there. He is outgoing and the old love him very much. He often makes them laugh. |
Lucy, 14 I’m a middle school student. I’m going to volunteer in the Green Park this weekend. I will give out maps to the visitors and guide them to visit the park. This is my first time to be a volunteer. I hope it will be a great experience. |
| A．Animals and doctors. | B．Dogs and disabled people. |
| C．Teachers and students. | D．Parents and visitors. |
| A．At the age of 13. | B．At the age of 14. | C．At the age of 15. | D．At the age of 17. |
| A．Ben volunteers in an animal training center. |
| B．Robert is the oldest of the three persons. |
| C．Lucy will volunteer this weekend for her first time. |
| D．The three persons are all middle school students. |
7 . Around 130 million books come out in the human history. A reader will read at most 6, 000 books in his life. Most of them won’t be so much fun or very unforgettable. Books are like people. We meet many but fall in love with a small part of them.
Maybe we will only remember about thirty books. They will be different for each of us, but they affect (影响) us in similar ways.
________ When we see a bird flying in the sky, we have a great feeling, but we may find it hard for us to use words to show our feelings and finally we just say, “That’s so nice.” However, a good writer can describe it wonderfully.
Great writers build bridges for us so that we can talk with each other. They depict the similar experiences of us, and show us what we can share with each other and how we can help each other.
Great writers also help us to feel. By reading a book, we meet someone. Probably she is very beautiful, young, smart but dying, and we feel sad about her pain (疼痛) and the unfairness (不公平) of the world. Or maybe she is poor but hard-working, and we find the spirit to face the difficulties in life through her story.
1. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?| A．A person should read as many books as possible. |
| B．A person should read at least 30 books in his life. |
| C．A person can read many books and remember all of them. |
| D．A person may read lots of books, but he only remembers some of them. |
| A．Books make us become great writers. |
| B．Books make us show our feelings better. |
| C．Books make us become smarter than others. |
| D．Books make us want to learn about lots of things. |
| A．保护 | B．描述 | C．隐藏 | D．训练 |
| A．①②③④/⑤ | B．①②/③④/⑤ | C．①②/③④⑤ | D．①/②③④⑤ |
| A．Why should we read books? | B．How can we choose good books? |
| C．How many books should we read? | D．Whose books are the best in the world? |
8 . What’s the best thing to eat on a summer day? Quite a few people would say ice-cream. Yes, eating ice-cream with some fruit is a great way to cool down. But think twice before you eat. If your body is hot from playing sports, it’s not the best time to eat ice-cream.
If you eat ice-cream when your body is hot, it may give your stomach some problems, and you can get diarrhea (腹泻). You can eat some ice-cream after you cool down a little or have some tea. Just try not to eat too much at a time.
After dinner is another time people shouldn’t eat or drink anything cold. Drink something hot after you eat, and your stomach will digest (消化) your food better. If you love fruit, summer is a great time for you. Go to the market and pick out the best fruit of the season. If you want to stay cool, oranges, bananas, pears and watermelons can help.
In summer, germs (细菌) grow very fast and make your food go bad quickly. Try hard to keep yourself and your home clean in summer. You should eat clean and fresh food. When you want to eat a cold dish, put some vinegar (醋) to kill the germs. If you can’t finish your food and want to eat it again next day, make sure you heat it enough to kill the germs in it. And when you put food in the fridge, make sure to keep the cooked food away from the uncooked food.
1. If you ________, you may get diarrhea.| A．eat too much food | B．eat ice-cream when your body is hot |
| C．eat some fruit after dinner | D．drink lots of hot tea after dinner |
| A．Fruit | B．Ice-cream | C．Uncooked food | D．Cold tea |
| A．Vinegar can kill germs. |
| B．Ice-cream can’t make people cool down. |
| C．Germs can stop food going bad quickly. |
| D．When you want to eat the food you can’t finish, you needn’t heat it. |
| A．How to Cool Down | B．Some Useful Fruit |
| C．Delicious Ice-cream | D．Eating Right in Summer |
9 . Today more and more children wear glasses before going to middle school, because they spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games without a rest. We must do something to protect (保护) our eyes because they are important to us.
Love our eyes. Every day, when we open our eyes, we can see our parents and friends, beautiful flowers and green trees. Without them, there is only darkness. It is like a house without any light. How important our eyes are!
Relax our eyes. First, stop to relax 30 minutes when using the computer for an hour or two. Next, remember to do eye exercises every day. Then, looking at green trees also helps a lot. In these ways, our eyes will feel relaxed.
Have good habits. When writing homework and reading, it is important to keep a distance (距离) of 30 cm between our eyes and the books. We should never touch our eyes with dirty hands. Eat something good for eyes, such as carrots, fish and eggs.
1. What does the underlined word “them” refer to in the second paragraph?| A．Eyes. | B．Friends. | C．Parents. | D．Flowers. |
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．spending less time on computers |
| B．doing more eye exercises |
| C．closing our eyes |
| D．keeping an enough distance between the books and eyes |
10 . Nobody wants to feel bad, but some teenagers don’t know how to feel good and happy. In fact, you can manage your feelings. Here are some ideas and they can help you feel happy.
Exercising can make you feel happier. When you are feeling mad, bad or sad, try different kinds of exercise. You can go running or take a walk. You can dance or swim. You will feel good after exercising.
Eating makes you feel happy. Many people choose to eat chocolate and ice cream when they feel sad, but don’t eat too much of them. If you eat too much, you will feel regretful soon because they can make you fat.
Music is a ways helpful. You can listen to music or make music yourself.
Think about positive (积极的) things. You can think of things and make a list. You can write them down or remember them in your mind. Even the smallest things can make you feel good.
Enjoy natural things. You can look at natural things like the sky, flowers and birds. Then you will think how lucky you are to experience these things.
1. The writer mentions (提到) chocolate and ice cream because _________.| A．eating them can make people happy |
| B．eating them can make people feel sad |
| C．eating too much of them makes you fat |
| D．they are the writer’s favorite food |
| A．Because they’re everywhere. |
| B．Because they cost little money. |
| C．Because they make people feel lucky. |
| D．Because they’re bad for people’s bodies. |
| A．满足的 | B．后悔的 | C．快乐的 | D．失望的 |
| A．The writer advises us to take exercise. |
| B．Something about music can make us feel happy. |
| C．We should keep positive things in our mind. |
| D．Natural things can never make us happy |
| A．How to Take Exercise | B．How to Eat Well |
| C．How to Lose Weight | D．How to Feel Happy |
