1 . In the world today, pollution is one of the worst effects (影响) made by people. Pollution is just around us. Because of different human activities, the different kinds of pollution have terrible effects on people’s life.
Air Pollution
Air is becoming dirty because of some bad things. Some human activities make the air around us become dirtier and dirtier. As a result, sometimes, we can’t see the clear sky for days, even more than a week. The terrible air makes rain become dreadful (可怕的) for fishes, birds and other animals. Even some trees and flowers die because of it.
Water Pollution
When dirty polluted water goes into rivers or lakes, it’s directly called water pollution. _▲_ This pollution can do harm to living things. Almost all the living things that depend on the water may become ill, even lose their lives.
Noise Pollution
Noise pollution is becoming more serious in cities now. This pollution is caused by many things like cars and loud music. Many old people dance to loud music in the open air here and there. It makes the people around fail to have a good rest and sleep.
Please think about the question—what can we do to stop polluting the world?
1. Which of the following about the effect of air pollution was not mentioned in the text? ________| A．People can’t see the blue sky. |
| B．Some animals can’t live easily. |
| C．Some trees and flowers die. |
| D．People can’t breathe. |
| A．This kind of pollution is bad for our lungs (肺). |
| B．So we should drive less in our daily life. |
| C．This kind of pollution is mainly caused by factories. |
| D．And we can’t sleep well at night because of it. |
| A．When to protect our environment. |
| B．Where to find different kinds of pollution. |
| C．How to stop polluting the earth. |
| D．What to do to make people sleep well. |
2 . Our planet is in big trouble—creatures (生物) are dying out, the sea and the air are polluted, more and more airports, cities and roads are covering our land. So what are we going to do? I’ve got some answers…the rest is up to you!
How can we cut down on rubbish?
Recycle (循环利用), recycle, recycle! Don’t throw away plastic bottles, glass jars, newspapers, cardboard boxes and cans. They can all be used again. Take a few moments to separate (分离) your rubbish and take it to your nearest recycling centre.
How can we solve the problem of pollution?
Pick up people who work at the same place with you and fill up those empty seats in your car! Better still, use public transport (公共交通方式) instead. Or why not walk to work? It’s free, good exercise and doesn’t harm (伤害) the environment at all!
How can we save the earth’s natural resources?
Water means life! Take showers instead of baths and use less water when you wash dishes or wash the car or water the plants. Don’t waste electricity either. Turn off the lights when you leave a room and use low-energy bulbs (灯泡)!
Got the message? Then let’s work together to take a difference!
1. The underlined word “die out” means “________” in Chinese.| A．消失 | B．渴望 | C．死于 | D．出现 |
| A．Throw glass jars into the cardboard boxes. |
| B．Advise people to walk to work or use public transport. |
| C．Turn off the lights in the day. |
| D．Work together to make more airports, cities and roads cover our land. |
| A．Take shower as often as possible. |
| B．Don’t use water to wash the car. |
| C．Use less water to wash dishes. |
| D．Take a bath once a month. |
3 . On December 21 this year, the day is Winter Solstice（冬至）. It is an important day in China. What is special on the day? The answer is that the daytime lasts（持续） the shortest and the night lasts the longest of the year in the northern hemisphere（北半球）. Its Chinese name “dongzhi” means that winter comes and the days get colder.
In China, it is tradition（传统） to eat dumplings（饺子）on this day. This tradition comes from a famous doctor named Zhang ZhongJing. On a cold winter day, Zhang sees people have frostbite（冻伤） on their ears. To help them, he makes a kind of food in the shape（形状）of an ear, just like the dumplings we eat today. After eating the food, people feel very warm and their frostbite go away. From then on, people start to eat dumplings on Winter Solstice.
Now, Winter Solstice gives family a chance to get together and share their happiness.
1. From the passage, people usually eat dumplings ________.| A．on the shortest night in the northern hemisphere | B．on December 21 every year |
| C．on Winter Solstice | D．on the longest day in the northern hemisphere |
| A．Zhang Zhongjing eats dumplings because of his frostbite |
| B．People have frostbite just like dumplings |
| C．After Winter Solstice, the days get colder |
| D．The tradition of Winter Solstice comes from warm（温暖的） place |
| A．families to get together | B．people to make food |
| C．families to eat moon cakes | D．people to have a trip in northern hemisphere |
| A．承担 | B．分享 | C．遭受 | D．理解 |
| A．the places of eating dumpling | B．the story of the famous doctor Zhang ZhongJing |
| C．the days of cold winter | D．the introduction（介绍）of Winter Solstice |
4 . What will you do if you get lost? Here is some advice that may help you.
Stand tall if it is safe to stay where you are. Or, go to the nearest place that is safe. For example, if you are in the middle of the street, go to the sidewalk and stand tall there. To help younger children keep calm, we tell them to stand straight and make their bodies look like “the trunk”.
Look around for your adults (成年人) first. Some children think they are lost, but their adults actually stand close by. Just take a minute to stop and look around to find them again.
If you cannot see the adults you came with, yell (叫，喊) out their names. You can yell anywhere, even in a library, a movie theatre, or a restaurant.
If you don’t know what else to do, ask a woman with children for help. Ask for help and remember to stay where you are.
1. What should a child do first when he thinks he’s lost?| A．He should cry in the middle of the street. |
| B．He should stop and look around for his adults. |
| C．He should ask a policeman for help. |
| D．He should look for a telephone and call his adults. |
| A．He can leave the library to look for them. |
| B．He can walk around until he finds them. |
| C．He can ask a stranger for help. |
| D．He can yell out his parents’ names. |
| A．Children should stay in the place that is safe. |
| B．Children should find their way home. |
| C．Children should keep calm when they’re lost. |
| D．Children should ask a woman with children for help. |
5 . In old times, people didn’t have smartphones or computers to use for fun. Still, they had interesting games to play. Let’s take a look.
Kites
Kites have quite a long history. In the old story, Mo Di made the first kite. People first used kites to send (传递) messages. In the Song Dynasty (朝，代), kites got very popular with people. Now, Beijing, Tianjin, Nantong and Weifang are the four most important places of kite making.
Cuju
This is old Chinese soccer. The name “Cuju” first came out in the book Records of the History by Sima Qian. At first, soldiers (士兵) played the game as training (训练). In the Song Dynasty, the game was all the rage at the time. People across the country loved playing it. Women also played the game.
Chuiwan
Chuiwan is a ball game. It is a bit like golf (高尔夫). The game got popular in the Song Dynasty. It was still popular in the Yuan Dynasty and Ming Dynasty. Someone in the Yuan Dynasty even wrote a book called Wan Jing for the game. However, the game got less popular the Qing Dynasty.
Go
Go, or Weiqi, is a game for two players. It has a history of more than 4,000 year. In the old story, Yao made the game to teach his son. People in old times thought it was a game for gentlemen (绅士).
1. What do the underlined words “all the rage” probably mean in Chinese?| A．风靡一时 | B．由盛转衰 | C．焕然一新 | D．不温不火 |
| A．People first used kite in Tang Dynasty. |
| B．Women didn’t played Cuju in the old times |
| C．Go is a less popular in the Yuan Dynasty. |
| D．Go is a game for 2 players. |
| A．Ball Games in China | B．Games for Gentlemen |
| C．Fun Activities in Old Times | D．Women’s Sports in Old Times |
6 . Everyone has his or her favourite colour. Different (不同的) colours have different meanings (意义). What colour do you like? Blue, black or other colours? For a Chinese girl Meimei, she likes red best. Red is the colour of China. The colour red is fresh (新鲜的), and in China we call it China Red. Chinese people like the colour red for it makes people excited and it has good meaning in Chinese culture (文化). But Meimei’s friend, Nancy, a girl from Canada, likes green. She has many green clothes. Green is the colour of nature (自然). For example, the grass and the leaves on the trees are green. Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Green is good for our eyes. It can make people feel relaxed (放松的).
1. Chinese people like red for ________.| A．it is the colour of China | B．it has good meaning in Chinese culture |
| C．it is the colour of nature | D．it can make people feel relaxed |
| A．Blue. | B．Black. | C．Red. | D．Green. |
| A．Two | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．Different colours. | B．Different colours have different meanings. |
| C．Meimei and her friend. | D．Meimei’s and Nancy’s favourite colours. |
7 . The Nazca Lines (纳斯卡线条) in Peru are huge pictures that were drawn into the ground by digging shallow (浅的) lines into the earth. An area of about 19 square miles in the Nazca desert is covered by these simple pictures, including birds, spiders, fish and sharks.
Although these lines date back to between 500 BC and 500 AD, they were only discovered in the 1930s. The reason is that the pictures only become clear when they are seen from the air. So it was only when airplanes started flying over the area that people realized what they were.
This leads to the question: how did these pictures get there all those years ago? How could these people have made such drawings without the ability to fly? Jim Woodman suggested that the Nazca people could have invented simple hot-air balloons and used them to produce the art. He even built a working balloon using materials they would have had. Other people suggested the lines might be the work of aliens visiting our Earth. More and more speculations were offered and one of the great modern mysteries was born.
However, some wooden sticks from the same age as the drawings were found in the ground in the area. Some scientists suggested that by placing the sticks in the correct positions and connecting them with long ropes, the Nazca people could have drawn the lines to make the pictures. One scientist, Dr. Joe Nickell was so sure that this was the answer that he decided to try and show how it could be done. Using only the tools that the Nazca people might have had, he set about trying to draw a huge picture of a bird on a piece of land. With a few friends it took him a few hours to produce a perfect Nazca picture and show how these pictures probably got there.
1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?| A．When the Nazca Lines were made. | B．How these huge pictures got there. |
| C．What tools the Nazca people might have had. | D．Why the lines hadn’t been discovered until the 1930s. |
| A．Guesses. | B．Services. | C．Advantages. | D．Experiences. |
| A．The lines might be the work of aliens. | B．The drawings might have formed naturally. |
| C．The pictures might have been made with wooden sticks. | D．Hot-air balloons might have been used to draw the lines. |
| A．Amazing animals in history | B．The magic power of nature | C．How the Nazca people drew | D．One of the great modern mysteries |
8 . He has a white beard (胡须). He wears red clothes. He is really a kid at heart. He likes fun and makes people happy. His bag is full of presents. Who is he? Santa Claus (圣诞老人) of course! But how do all the Santas know the right way to dress, act and talk? That’s why there are Santa schools. The schools teach the Santas how to build the Santa spirit (精神) in their heart.
There are many Santa schools around the world. But the Charles W. Howard Santa Claus School is the oldest one. It’s in Midland, the US.
About 200 bearded men, all dressed in red and green, began their Santa training (训练) there. Charles Howard started the school in 1937. He was an actor and teacher. He first played Santa in a school play in the fourth grade.
“If you ask the men why they are Santas, most of them will tell you they enjoy being a child, so they’ re going back to that. It’s a wonderful thing,” he said. Playing Santa is a cool job. But it is not easy to be a “true” Santa.
1. Which is not right about Santa Claus according to the passage?| A．He is a really happy kid. | B．He wears red clothes. |
| C．He has a lot of presents. | D．He has a white beard. |
| A．an office | B．a library | C．a rule | D．a place |
| A．About 100. | B．About 150. | C．About 200. | D．About 250. |
| A．A teacher and doctor. | B．A teacher and actor. | C．A driver and teacher. | D．An actor and player. |
| A．Santa Claus and His Presents | B．Santa Claus and Old People |
| C．Santa Claus and Schools | D．The Santa Spirit |
9 . A goal is something you want to reach.
First, decide what your goal is. For example, do you want to pass a test? Do you want to be a doctor? When you have decided on your goal , write it down on paper and look at it every day. Then decide what you must do to succeed.
Many people never reach their goal because they think it is impossible. But you must always believe that your goals are possible, don’t think, “This test is difficult. I’ll probably fail.” Instead (相反), think, “This test is difficult, but I’ve worked hard and I will pass it.”
Most people are successful at things they enjoy. So always try to enjoy your work. Keep looking at the goal you wrote on paper and think how happy you will be when you succeed. Think about that happiness while you are working and you will enjoy your work.
1. Which of the following best shows the structure (结构) of the passage?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．The test. | B．The paper. | C．The goal. | D．The job. |
| A．A science book. | B．A sports magazine. |
| C．A medicine instruction. | D．An education newspaper. |
10 . Children love parties. Do you want to make your party interesting? The following games may help you.
Musical chairs
Get some chairs. The players should be one more than the chairs. Start the music and everyone walks around the chairs. When the music stops, everyone tries to sit in a chair as quickly as possible. The only person standing loses the game. Then, move a chair away, start the music and start the game again. When there is only one player left, he or she wins the game.
Passing (传递) the prize
Cover a prize in lots of layers (层) of paper and put a candy in each layer. Make sure you get at least one layer for each player. Before the game, make the players sit in a circle (圈). Start the music and the players pass the prize. When the music stops, the player with the prize removes one layer of paper and gets a candy. Start the music again and play until the last player shows what the prize is.
Treasure hunt
Prepare some small gifts and put them in different places around the room. Then ask the guests to look for the gifts. If one finds the gift, he or she can keep it. To make the game more interesting, you can put some cards around the room. You can write some clues (线索) on the cards. One getting enough cards can win a gift.
1. You don’t need _________ to play “Passing the prize”.| A．a card | B．some candies | C．a prize | D．some paper |
| A．Buy some gifts. | B．Sit in a circle. | C．Hide (隐藏) in different places. | D．Look for some cards. |
| A．To give us some advice on playing music. | B．To show us some interesting party games. |
| C．To ask us to invite friends to our parties. | D．To tell us parties are important. |
