1 . We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is an animal name for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep, the year of the monkey or the year of the dog. And this year is the year of the pig.
Before New Year's Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year's Eve(前夜), there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives(亲戚). They say "Happy New Year" and some other greetings(问候）to each other. People usually have a very good time during the festival.
1. How many Chinese festivals are talked about(谈到）in this passage?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．They put on new clothes. |
| B．They visit their friends and relatives. |
| C．They are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. |
| D．They have a big dinner and wait to welcome the New Year. |
| A．Good time | B．The Spring Festival | C．Big dinner | D．The year of the dog |
2 . The Simpsons are the most popular family in the world. Every week, many people all over the world stay at home to watch them on TV.
This is a cartoon family of five people: all of them have bad-looking yellow faces and big white eyes. The parents are Marge and Homer. Marge has blue hair. She loves her hair very much. She is always very kind to her family. Homer works in a factory and spends all his free time watching TV and eating donuts (炸面圈). He always eats with his mouth open and he is too fat.
Bart is the oldest child. He always gets bad marks. He doesn’t like to do his homework and often makes his parents angry. He likes playing tricks (恶作剧) on his sister, Lisa. Lisa is a little younger than Bart and is always top of the class at school. She’s the smartest person in the family. Maggie is the youngest child. She can’t talk or walk but she’s always in a good mood (心情). She can only say one word: “Daddy”.
The Simpsons started in 1989 and it’s still very popular now. People of all ages like it because the Simpsons are like a real family. They aren’t perfect (完美的) or beautiful like a lot of families on TV.
1. What do the Simpsons look like?| A．They have good-looking noses. |
| B．They have round blue faces. |
| C．They have short yellow hair. |
| D．They have big white eyes. |
| A．Watching TV. |
| B．Doing exercise. |
| C．Cooking donuts. |
| D．Reading newspapers. |
| A．is quite a smart boy |
| B．is the youngest in his family |
| C．doesn’t work hard at his study |
| D．likes to play tricks on his sister Maggie |
3 . We know good manners are important. Today I am going to tell you something about manners in different countries. I think you already know that people in different countries usually have different ways of doing things. Something that is rude in one country may be quite polite in another. For example, in Britain you mustn’t lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having liquid food. That is considered bad manners in Britain. But in Japan you needn’t worry about making a noise when you drink something. It shows that you are enjoying it. In Britain we try not to put our hands on the table at all during a meal. In Mexico, however, guests are expected to keep their hands on the table throughout a meal. In Arabic countries we must be careful with our hands. You see, in Arabic countries you mustn’t eat with your left hand. This is considered to be very impolite. So, what should you do if you visit a foreign country? Well, you needn’t worry. You can ask the native people there to help you and you can just watch carefully and try to do what they do.
1. In Arabic countries you must be careful with your ________.| A．feet | B．mouth | C．eyes | D．hands |
| A．on the desk | B．in the bed |
| C．on the table | D．in the pocket |
| A．In different countries, the manners are the same. |
| B．Different manners in different countries. |
| C．Good manners are not important. |
| D．In Arabic countries we mustn’t be careful with our hands. |
| A．穿过 | B．贯穿 | C．通过 | D．横过 |
| A．Manners | B．Habits | C．Traffic | D．Lights |
Earth( 陆地) has many different kinds of lands. In some places, the land is flat(平坦的). Flat lands are called plains(平原).
Some parts of Earth have hills. Hills are higher than the land around them. But hills are lower than mountains. Did you ever try to ride your bicycle up a hill? Some parts of Earth touch(接触) oceans. These parts are called coasts. Some lands have water all around them. These lands are called islands.
Earth has many different bodies（水系） of water, too. You know about the oceans. There are very large bodies of water. The water in the oceans is salty. There are also smaller bodies of water called lakes. Lakes have land all around them. Rivers carry water from the land. They are long bodies of running water. The water in rivers is not salty. Most lakes do not have salty water, either.
1. People live on lands.| A．high and salty | B．low and high |
| C．low and salty | D．salty and flat |
| A．mountains/the land | B．mountains/lakes |
| C．the land/mountains | D．lakes/islands |
| A．hills | B．mountains | C．flats | D．islands |
| A．海岛 | B．海岸 | C．海洋 | D．海滩 |
| A．The water in rivers and lakes is salty. |
| B．The water in oceans and all lakes is salty. |
| C．The water in oceans and some lakes is salty. |
| D．The water in oceans and of lakes is salty. |
5 . Many people take trains for their trips in China, because the train is fast and cheap. But there are many problems when people take trains. It’s not easy to take trains when it is a festival. Lots of people hope someone can solve (解决) the problems.
Then, the CRH (和谐号列车) trains come out. The first CRH train from Beijing to Tianjin runs in August, 2008. CRH1 and CRH2 can go up to 200 km/h, and CRH3 can run 300 km/h. Taking CRH trains is more expensive than taking a traditional train, but cheaper than taking a plane. Some people think the CRH trains and their workers are good, and they enjoy the trips by CRH train.
China starts to make a CRH train, 350 kilometres an hour from Beijing to Shanghai. It can save people more time than taking the traditional trains.
Can CRH trains solve the problems? “Of course not. There is still a long way to go,” about 80% of the people answer.
1. The first CRH train runs __________.| A．in August, 2009 | B．in May, 2008 |
| C．in August, 2008 | D．in June, 2010 |
| A．100 km/h | B．200 km/h | C．300 km/h | D．350 km/h |
| A．浪费 | B．节省 | C．积攒 | D．拖延 |
| A．The workers on the first CRH train are not kind. |
| B．It costs people more money to take CRH trains than to take planes. |
| C．CRH3 train runs slower than CRH1 and CRH2. |
| D．Taking CRH train is expensive but it is fast. |
| A．Of course they can. | B．Yes, all the people think they can. |
| C．Of course they can not. | D．About 80% of the people think they can. |
6 . A picture is on my desk. It is a picture of Mary’s family. The man is her father Mr. White. He is a doctor. A woman is behind Mary. She is her mother. She’s a teacher. A boy is in the picture, too. He is Mary’s brother, Sam. Mary and Sam are in the same school. But they aren’t in the same grade. They look like their mother. The White family are English. They come from London.
1. Is the picture about the White family?| A．Yes, it is. | B．No, it isn’t. |
| C．Yes, they do. | D．No,they don’t. |
| A．He’s a doctor. | B．He’s a teacher. |
| C．He’s a nurse. | D．He’s a farmer. |
| A．She’s a doctor. | B．She’s a teacher. |
| C．She’s a nurse. | D．She’s a farther. |
| A．He looks like a cook. |
| B．He looks like a doctor. |
| C．He looks like his mother. |
| D．He looks like his father. |
| A．They’re from the U.S.A. | B．They’re from Cuba. |
| C．They’re from England. | D．They’re from Japan. |
The population is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people do now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier and cheaper. More people will go to other countries on holiday.
There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots, because of this, many people will not have work to do. This will be a problem.
1. There will be in the future.
| A．a small population | B．few changes |
| C．more people | D．few vegetables |
| A．much bigger and few people will use it |
| B．much smaller and more useful |
| C．smaller and not many people will use it |
| D．bigger and a lot of people will use it |
| A．will go to other countries for holidays |
| B．will study at school |
| C．will go to work earlier |
| D．will work for many hours |
| A．fruit and vegetables; meat |
| B．meat; fruit and vegetables |
| C．fruit and meat; vegetables |
| D．meat and vegetables; fruit |
| A．do the dangerous work | B．do all the work |
| C．do only housework | D．do the easy work for people |
Try to read stories in English whenever you can. A few days before the exam you should start going to bed early. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper. Try to understand the exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct(改正) the mistakes if there are any and make sure that you have not missed anything out.
1. This passage is about .
| A．how to get the most score in the exam |
| B．what to do in the exam |
| C．good ways to pass an exam |
| D．what to do before the exam |
| A．is enough | B．is not enough |
| C．is not necessary | D．is of no use |
①to read stories in English
②to learn rules of grammar
③to speak as much French as possible
| A．All of three are true |
| B．Only ①is not true |
| C．Only ②is not true |
| D．Only ③is not true |
①To work hard every day in the year
②To start going to bed early a few days before the exam
③To be careful in doing the questions
④To read over your answer before you hand in your paper
| A．You should do ①and ② |
| B．You should do ②and ③ |
| C．You should do ③and ④ |
| D．You should do all of above |
| A．every time | B．what time | C．never | D．Sometimes |
