| Gemma Lyons, 15 Job: I’m not interested in going to college when I leave high school, but I’m not going to work in an office or a shop. I’ll get a job outdoors if I can. I like planting trees and flowers, so I’ll probably look for a job as a gardener. Home: One day I’ll get a house of my own. I enjoy my life in this small English town. |
| Nick Sanderson, 16 Job: I think I’ll go to college. For me, studying science is more interesting than history, languages and everything. I’d like to get a job that helps the environment. There’s a lot of competitions for jobs like that, but I think I can make it. Home: I’ll probably share a house with other students at college. After that, I’m not sure where I’ll live, maybe here in the UK, or maybe in other countries, such as Singapore and Canada. China will be my top choice if I can work and live abroad (国外). |
1. What is Gemma interested in?
| A．Going shopping. | B．Running a business. | C．Teaching languages. | D．Planting something. |
| A．Science. | B．Music. | C．History. | D．Languages. |
| A．In the UK. | B．In China. | C．In Canada. | D．In Singapore. |
2 . According to a new survey, student safety has become a big problem. Nearly 50% of students say they are worried about robbery (抢劫) on the way to and from school. Now in many big cities in China, some schools have taught an unusual lesson: self-protection. Students like this lesson because there are no exams or boring classes. And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens.
Chen Haoyu, a teacher at Beijing No.25 Middle School, gives young students advice on how to deal with danger.
If you are robbed
Keep calm. If you cannot cry for help or run away, give the robber your money. Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police later.
If you are in a traffic accident
If a car hurts you, you should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to call your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt.
If it is raining hard and there is lightning (闪电)
Don’t stay in high places and stay away from trees.
When there is a fire
Get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit. Do not take the lift.
If someone is drowning (溺水)
If you can’t swim, don’t get into the water. Cry out for help.
Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself at all times!
1. Why do students like the self-protection lesson?①Because there are no tests. ②Because the lesson is boring. ③Because they can learn how to save lives. ④Because they know how to stop danger before it happens;
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①②④ | D．①③④ |
| A．I will remember the bicycle number. |
| B．I won’t let the rider go until I call my parents. |
| C．I will let the rider go before I call my parents. |
| D．I will let the rider go because I know how seriously I am hurt. |
| A．Stay away from trees. |
| B．Run quickly and take the lift. |
| C．Run away and find an exit as quickly as you can. |
| D．Take everything you have and then run away. |
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
3 . Do you want to do well in exams? Sometimes your knowledge is not enough; you also need good strategies. Here are some for you:
·Before you answer the questions, if you feel a little nervous, take a few deep breaths (呼吸) to help you relax.
·Always read the question carefully and make sure that you understand it. Read it a few times if possible.
·Find out how much each question is worth or how many points you need.
·If it asks to give one answer, only write one.
·If there is a difficult question, don’t worry. Go on to the next question and come back to it if you have time later.
·Try not to leave questions unanswered when you finish the test. Sometimes a guess may get you points.
·When you finish, go back and check your answers. You will need to check your writing for spelling mistakes.
1. From the passage, we know we can ________ to help ourselves re lax if we feel a little nervous.| A．tell ourselves not to be nervous | B．ask the teacher for help |
| C．take a few deep breaths | D．read it a few times |
| A．read it fast | B．read it till we finish it |
| C．read it a few times if possible | D．read it slowly |
| A．hand in at once | B．check spelling mistakes |
| C．worry about our points | D．take a deep breaths |
| A．策略 | B．思维 | C．途径 | D．问题 |
| A．Find out how many points we need or how much each question is worth. |
| B．Try not to leave questions unanswered when we finish the test. |
| C．If it asks to give one answer, we’d better write more. |
| D．If there is a difficult question, don’t worry. |
4 . My name is Abby Morgan. I was born in Chicago, the United States. What was the city like many years ago? My father told me something about it.
When my father was a boy, Chicago had the second largest population in the US, after New York City. So people gave Chicago the nickname “Second City”. Today, the population of Chicago is getting smaller. However, people still call Chicago “Second City”.
Chicago wasn’t as wonderful as it is now. For example, there wasn’t Millennium Park before. Today, the park is one of Chicago’s greatest tourist attractions. Our city’s tallest building, the Willis Tower, was the tallest building in the world once. Today it isn’t the tallest building anymore.
However, the weather is still the same. In winter, Chicago will get very cold and windy because it’s next to a big lake called Lake Michigan. As a matter of fact, Chicago has another nickname—“Windy City”. But in summer, when it’s really hot, the wind from the lake helps keep the air cooler!
1. Where is Abby from?| A．Los Angeles. | B．Chicago. | C．New York City. | D．Boston. |
| A．it was the second richest city in the US |
| B．it had the second tallest building in the US |
| C．it had the second largest population in the US |
| D．it was the second greatest tourist attraction in the US |
| A．The Willis Tower. | B．Chicago Riverwalk. |
| C．The University of Chicago. | D．Millennium Park. |
| A．Chicago is next to Lake Michigan. |
| B．The Willis Tower is in New York City. |
| C．Winter in Chicago is warm most of the time. |
| D．Los Angeles has the largest population in the US. |
5 . Spain is famous for its tomato festival, called La Tomatina. It happens in a small town Bunol on the last Wednesday of August every year. During the festival there are all kinds of activities, but the most exciting part is the tomato fight. It takes place at the end of long celebration. You are encouraged to throw tomatoes in the fight. There are many stories about how the festival began. One of the stories goes that during the 1940s, some friends started a tomato fight, while another story is about a local band. Anyway, everyone in Bunol seems to have a different story.
Before the tomato fight, there are parades, musical bands, street parties and so on. On the day of the fight, shopkeepers cover their windows and doors in order to keep away from the tomato fight. At the same time, thousands of tourists and local people come to the town square together. Then large trucks full of tomatoes arrive. From the back of the large trucks, a great town band start to throw tomatoes at others. Then the crowds fight back, throwing the tomatoes at anything and anyone. Soon the streets are in the sea of red tomato juice.
Everyone is supposed to obey a small number of rules: You must squash the tomato before throwing it and you are allowed to throw nothing but tomatoes.
It is usually over in less than half an hour. Everyone then sets off to the river to clear up. Sounds like fun!
1. The most exiting activity of the festival is ________.| A．parades | B．street parties | C．the tomato fight | D．the musical band show |
| A．people fight for the whole day | B．people can throw everything |
| C．shopkeepers are not allowed to watch people fight | D．lots of tourists and local people take part in the fight |
| A．Travel in Spain | B．The Tomato Festival in Spain |
| C．The History of Spain | D．Rules of the Tomato Festival |
| A．The festival happens on the last Wednesday of August every year. |
| B．On the fight day, shopkeepers cover their windows and doors. |
| C．The fight day usually lasts half an hour. |
| D．Everyone is supposed to obey some rules on the fight day. |
6 . Three Things to Do Before You Are 18
Are you bored with your daily life? Here are some things you should try before you are 18, because after that it’s too late.
★Learn to swim
Seriously, this is so important that it can save your life. If you can’t swim well, you won’t be able to do water sports like water skiing, surfing and diving. Even taking a boat trip will be dangerous for you. Make sure you do it.
★Try at least one kind of team sports
Being a good team player is an important skill in life. You can’t just think of yourself, but have to work well with other people. Other advantages of team sports like basketball, football and baseball are that they keep you fit and healthy, and they are also great fun. Teams usually have a good social life, too—you’ll go to lots of parties and make many friends.
★Collect something
One of the best hobbies for under 18s is collecting things. You could collect kinds of stamps, or you could collect things that make you remember what you have done, like cinema tickets for films you have seen or emails from friends. The best way to collect is to have a special album to put your collection in and to write what each thing means to you. That way you won’t forget.
1. The most important reason for learning to swim is that ________.| A．you might feel well | B．it can make you healthy |
| C．you might easily do lots of things | D．it can save your life |
| A．Stamps. | B．Cinema tickets. | C．Snowballs. | D．Emails. |
| A．good habits to keep | B．skills to have | C．things to do | D．sports to play |
7 . Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, “Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.” But how do you find real friendship and keep it? The American writer Sally tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.
First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints and do his or her best to help. To make a friend, you cannot be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives.
But things cannot always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter. There are three steps to being friends again:
Tell him or her how you are feeling, say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
1. Sally wants to tell students the ways to ________.| A．find friends | B．plant trees | C．study hard | D．keep fit |
| A．be lovely and cool | B．be kind and patient |
| C．have lots of money | D．have good look |
| A．we shouldn’t make too many friends |
| B．how to compare ourselves with friends |
| C．the trouble of growing up |
| D．how to find real friendship and keep it |
8 . Everyone has worries. How will you do if you have your worry? There is always something you can do to help yourself feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it won’t solve your problems.
Children are worried about their grades in school. If you worry about grades, ask yourself these questions:
▲Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me?
▲How do I get ready for class? Do I go over my notes even when there isn’t a test?
▲Do I have a good place to do my homework?
▲Did I try different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight you had with your friend, you might write down all the things you could do—write a note to him or her, invite him or her to watch a basketball game, say sorry to him or her and so on. Once you have several things you could do, you can choose one thing that could get your friend back.
You can ask for help when you’re worried. You can find someone to talk to, such as your parents, friends, teachers, and so on.
1. What do children often worry most about?| A．Their homework. | B．Their hobbies. |
| C．Their grades at school. | D．A fight with their friends. |
| A．do your homework | B．ask for help and talk to someone |
| C．get ready for class | D．work hard |
| A．How do I get ready for class? | B．What do grades mean to me? |
| C．Why are grades important? | D．Why not give up (放弃) my studies? |
| A．invite him or her to watch a game | B．leave him or her alone |
| C．try to make new friends | D．put the blame (责备) on him or her |
| A．When people are worried. | B．How to deal with (处理) worries. |
| C．Who is often worried. | D．What kinds of worries people have. |
9 . Do you have healthy eating habits? Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here are some tips (建议) on healthy eating.
Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits. Eat with your parents and you’ll find the food is more delicious (美味的).
Listen to your body. Are you really hungry? Sometimes you eat food just because you want to eat. Your body (身体)does not really need food.
Eat breakfast. Breakfast is very important for you. You go to bed at night and you don’t eat for a long time, so your body really needs food the next morning.
Eat healthy snacks (零食). Fruit and milk are good for you. You can have them between your breakfast, lunch and dinner. Don’t eat potato chips (薯片) too often.
Don’t eat dinner too late. It’s good to eat your dinner 3 hours before you go to bed, because your body needs time to digest the food you eat.
1. You can probably (很可能) find the passage in ________ of a newspaper (报纸).| A．Healthy Life | B．Sports World | C．Music and Art | D．School Time |
| A．learn healthy eating habits | B．be really hungry |
| C．find the food is not good | D．meet more friends |
| A．享用 | B．消化 | C．储存 | D．利用 |
| A．Helen likes potato chips for snacks. |
| B．Dale loves eating and he is always eating. |
| C．Cindy eats a very good breakfast every day. |
| D．Tom often eats dinner at 9:00 at night and then he goes to bed. |
| A．what to eat | B．where to eat | C．when to eat | D．how to eat |
10 . With more and more rain falling, it’s time for snakes to be active. Living in the city, it never crosses your mind that we might meet them face to face.
Most people are afraid of snakes. They may think snakes are dangerous and ugly. There are more than 2,000 kinds of snakes. Most of them live in mountains or forests, and in cities sometimes we can find them in grass or other dark places. Snakes can’t walk or run because they have no legs or feet, but these long and thin animals can move very fast on their stomachs. Snakes usually have green, yellow or black skins, which make it difficult for their enemies to find them. In winter they hibernate in holes. They look for a hole to stay inside, in the ground, or in a rock or a tree. They do not wake up again until spring comes. Snakes feed on mice, frogs, bird eggs and so on.
Snakes play an important part in nature. We can make useful medicine with them. Without their help, the rodents (啮齿动物) will be out of control. But many of them are in danger of disappearing. Houses and buildings take up the land where snakes live. Many snakes lose their lives in traffic, and people often kill snakes for their skins or meat.
1. Which month may it be according to the text?| A．July. | B．November. | C．January. | D．March. |
| A．100. | B．200. | C．300. | D．Over 2,000. |
| A．to look for a place to keep warm |
| B．to sleep during winter |
| C．to catch something for food |
| D．to protect oneself from other animals |
| A．We never see snakes in cities. |
| B．Snakes only eat mice as food. |
| C．Snakes are useless to nature. |
| D．Many snakes are in danger. |
| A．Science. | B．Geography. | C．Biology. | D．Weather. |
