1. Ken worries that there will be less and less space on the ground if people keep on building houses. It’s bad for human to cut down so many trees for houses.
2. Cindy is interested in houses with new technology, because it takes less time and costs less to build this kind of house. And it is better for the environment.
3. Carrie lives near the sea. Sometimes her house will be blown down by the strong wind. She really hopes that her house can be kept away from the wind.
4. Mary’s son is a super ball fan. He’s crazy about ball games. He even dreams he can live in a ball.
5. Nancy is an environmental protection member. She hopes that she can build some houses with used things like plastic, bottles and so on.
| A．Some scientists are trying to turn used plastic into bricks (砖). These bricks are designed well and can be used to build houses for the poor in some parts of the world. |
| B．Some people live in windy places. Big winds can blow houses down. A dome (圆顶) house is able to let the wind go around it. There’s no wind in a dome house, so it’s safer in a fire. |
| C．Scientists have made a house that can walk. The house has six legs. It can walk over any ground. When it walks, six legs are always on the ground. A walking house would be great if there’s a flood (洪水) or a fire. |
| D．The 3D printed houses will be made by ICON Company. They can print a 60-square-metre house in just 12 to 24 hours. The walls of the house look like cream. Each house costs $10,000．The materials can be used again. |
| E．A tree house doesn’t use any space on the ground. No trees have to be cut down to make room for these houses. And the house can be built in the shape of a bee nest (蜂巢). Such a house doesn’t take long to move to a new place. |
| F．Some houses have been made in a shape like a ball. The walls, ceiling (天花板) and floor are all in a house with this shape. The wind moves around the outside of the house. Ball-shaped houses can be hung from things or float (漂流) on water. |
2 . Do you want to go to the movies? Town Cinema is the best movie theater to go to. It’s the closest to home. What about the long waiting time to get movie tickets? Don’t worry. There are a lot of people working there. You can buy tickets the most quickly at Town Cinema. Screen City is the most popular one near here and it has the best sound. There’s another one not far from here. What’s it called? It’s called Movie World. It has the biggest screens and the most comfortable seats.
What’s the best clothes store in Green City? Miller’s is the best. It has the best clothes and you can buy clothes the most cheaply there. What about the other stores? Well, Blue Moon is in a fun part of town, but it’s the most expensive. And Dream Clothes is worse than Blue Moon. It has the worst service in town. It’s the worst store.
What about radio stations? 107.9 FM is the best. The DJs choose songs the most carefully. They always play the most interesting music. What about the other radio stations? Well, 970 AM is pretty bad. It has the worst music. 97.9 FM is the most popular. It plays the most beautiful songs.
Choose the best choice from A、B or C according to the passage.
1. The most popular movie theater is ________.
| A．Town Cinema | B．Movie World | C．Screen City |
| A．The best radio station |
| B．The best clothes store |
| C．The best movie theater |
| A．97.9 FM | B．970 AM | C．107.9 FM |
| A．Town Cinema | B．Movie World | C．Screen City |
| A．as expensive as | B．more expensive than | C．less expensive than |
3 . Robots seem to be getting cleverer and cleverer. Here are four examples.
| Budgee ☆He was created by Five Elements Robotics. ☆With two wheels and a little basket, he can carry things for you while you’re at the shops. | Paro ☆He was made by Takanori Shibata. ☆He is used on patients (病人) in hospitals. ☆He can learn a name and even show feelings such as surprise, happiness and sadness. |
| Rover ☆He was created by a team at Sydney University. ☆He is used to make cows move together from a field to a dairy (牛奶场). | Simon ☆He was developed (研制) by the Georgia Institute of Technology. ☆He can clean up offices. ☆In tests, he could tell whether someone was paying attention to (关注) him or not. |
1. Which robot can help you when you are shopping?
| A．Budgee. | B．Simon. | C．Paro. |
| A．can tell whether others pay attention to him |
| B．was created by Five Elements Robotics |
| C．is used on patients in hospitals |
| A．Show feelings. | B．Clean offices. | C．Move cows. |
| A．a farm | B．a company | C．a supermarket |
| A．A tourist map. | B．A medical dictionary. | C．A science magazine. |
4 . Hello, I’m Lin Tao. This is my school. It’s a big and beautiful school. There is a big playground. The gym (体育馆) is next to the playground. In front of the gym, there are science labs. Behind the gym, there is a library. So we can see the gym is between (在……之间）the science labs and the library. In the library, there are many books. Look! This is our teaching building, and there are 48 classrooms in it. In my class, there are 56 students. On the right (在……右边) of the teaching building, there is a dining hall, and we often have lunch there. Teachers offices are in front of our teaching building.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. Lin Tao’s school is big and beautiful.
2. There are many people on the playground now.
3. There are 56 classrooms in the teaching building.
4. Teachers offices are in front of the library.
5. In the library, there are many books.
| A. Seven-day holidays on Jinsha Island, lovely beach with golden sands and deep blue sea. Sailing and some other water sports as well as dancing. B. Comfortable coach tours around five cities in East China. Six days out of normal holiday season, seeing local culture. C. Relax yourselves for a four-day holiday in Guilin. Stay in Lijiang Hotel. Taste delicious Guilin rice noodles. A tour on Lijiang River by boat. D. Holiday flats in Sanya in summer season by the sea, near shops and restaurants. E. One week holidays in Mudanjiang. Skating, skiing and other winter sports. F. Working holidays on a farm in Guizhou for one to three weeks, if prepared to work with the farmers, rooms, food and trips are all free. You only pay for the low cost of traffic. |
6 . How are people supposed to greet each other when they meet for the first time? Shake hands, give a hug or bow? Let’s try to learn more about the greeting ways.
| Greeting ways | Done in these countries | Description |
 | These countries include not only China but also the US, Canada, Mexico, Egypt and so on. | It’s one of the most common greeting ways. Americans or Canadians shake each other’s hands strongly in seconds while people in Mexico or Egypt are gentler and spend more time shaking hands. |
 | This usually takes place in Japan and South Korea when people greet each other. | In Japan, people are supposed to keep silent when bowing to each other, or they will be considered impolite. |
 | People in Thailand and Indonesia are supposed to greet each other by placing their hands together in front of the body. | A man puts his hands in front of his face while a woman puts her hands in front of the chest (胸). Sometimes Indonesians shake hands to greet people, too. |
 | This usually takes place in some European and American countries such as Russia, Brazil and Greece. | Friends or family members are supposed to hug each other when they meet. When doing it, people are used to patting (轻拍) each other on the back. |
1. How many greeting ways are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. |
| A．Canada. | B．Indonesia. | C．South Korea |
| A．To shake hands with their friends. |
| B．To bow to their friends. |
| C．To hug their friends. |
| A．Americans spend more time shaking hands than Mexicans. |
| B．Japanese people are allowed to talk when greeting each other. |
| C．In Thailand,a man and a woman put their hands differently to greet people. |
| A．Customs | B．History | C．Language. |
7 . We make decisions every day. Everything we say and do is the result of a decision. Sometimes it’s not easy to make the right decision. If you have a big decision to make, you may feel afraid. But there are some simple things you can do to make yourself less worried. Keep reading to learn more about how to make decisions.
Write about your fears (畏惧). It may help you know about them and make a better decision. Start by writing about the decision you need to make. Describe or list everything that you are worried about.
Think about the worst situation. Once you write about the decision you need to make and why you have fears, take it a step further (深远). Try to think about the worst result for every possible choice.
Think about whether the decision you make will last for a long time. Once you think about anything that could go wrong think about whether you can change the decision later on. Most decisions can be changed, so don’t be afraid to make a wrong decision.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. The writer thinks it’s always easy to make decisions.
2. The writer thinks writing about your fears can help you learn about those fears.
3. The writer advises readers not to think the worst result.
4. The writer thinks it’s important to make right decisions at first, because it’s hard to change them later.
5. This passage mainly gives us some advice on making decisions.
8 . Different colors have different meanings.
Black is the color of power. It has the meaning of submission (服从). It is popular in fashion because it makes people look thinner.
White is the color for brides (新娘).White is considered as a summer color. White is popular in fashion because it is light and goes with everything.
Red is a hot and strong color. It can make the heart beat faster. It is also the color of love. Red clothes can make people look heavier. And red things can get noticed. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot, they are very angry about something.
The color of the sky and the ocean, blue, is one of the most popular colors. It is often used in bedrooms. Blue can also be cold and make people feel sad.
Green means nature. It’s natural for trees and grass. It is the most comfortable color on the eyes and can improve vision (视觉). It is a calming color. Hospitals often use green because it relaxes patients there.
Yellow is the most difficult color for the eyes to take in. Yellow is sunshine. It is a warm color like red. On the one hand, it is the color of happiness and joy. On the other hand, it means fear and dishonest behavior.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. Black is a fashion color because it can make people look thinner.
2. The best color to make an excited person calm down is blue.
3. People like red in fashion because it is light and goes with everything.
4. In the sentence “He is too yellow to stand up and fight”, “yellow” most probably means “afraid”.
5. Of all the six colors, three colors are mentioned as warm colors.
9 . The Internet is in our life every day. What can we do on the Internet? Here are some useful things that we can do on the Internet.
Education
Someone says having books is necessary when we want to study. It’s not true. We can find almost everything that we want by using the Internet. Many e-books are available, so you can read them online. There are different kinds of educational websites (网站) which make learning a fun activity. A teacher can teach students who live in different places at the same time on the Internet.
Travel all over the world
Internet is useful for travelers. People can read everything about different places in the world. What’s more, in fact, Google Earth makes you visit places that you can go to in difficult parts of world.
Entertainment (娱乐)
Do you like music? You can find and download (下载) any song from the Internet. Are you interested in movies? You can watch any movie online or download and watch it later.
Shopping
Now shopping online is becoming more and more popular and easier in our lives. From food to sports and from clothes to school things and so on, we can buy anything that we want.
Judge the following statements true (T)or false (F) according to the passage.
1. We can do some useful things on the Internet.
2. We can find only some pictures that we want by using the Internet.
3. Internet is less useful for travelers from the passage (文章).
4. If you’re interested in movies, you can watch any movie online.
5. Shopping online is becoming more and more popular and easier in our lives.
| A．Put vegetables and meat into a bowl with hot soup and then pour rice noodles into it. This food also has a touching ancient story. A man studied hard. His wife brought food for him every day, but she found that the food was cold after crossing the bridge. So she used a pot to keep the chicken soup on the top of it to keep it warm. |
| B．There is a special food in Hunan. It is famous around China. After deep-fried at a high temperature, the tofu is dark in color, fresh and spicy. It is of stinky smell but delicious taste that makes people just want more. It becomes more and more popular around China. |
| C．This kind of food is one of the most delicious dishes all over the world. Most visitors who come to Beijing will never forget to have a try. It is easy to eat the food. At first, the cook will show you the whole duck. And then he will cut it into pieces. Usually the duck is served together with special pancakes, green onions and sweet sauce. |
| D．You can add the bread pieces into the mutton soup. Then you can enjoy the soup in a very cold weather. It can make us feel warm if you have a try. This special is so cheap that most of people can afford it. When you walk around the city, you can easily find the special. |
| E．The hot water in the pot is a symbol of the special. After boiling the water, you can pour vegetables, meat and anything you like into the pot. When you enjoy the food, you can sit around the round table. It is a good time to share feelings and bring people together. |
| F．You should mix up the sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Then you can add the eggs, one at a time. Next, you can add the vanilla extract, flour and baking powder to it and mix well. Finally you should add the milk. Then pour it into the prepared pan. |
