The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. On the Eve of the Spring Festival, people gather together and have a big meal. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.
Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their houses. People think cleaning sweeps away(清扫掉) bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.
The color red is everything during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. They think it brings good luck.
The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do any bad things. It will bring unhappiness to other people. Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.
1. What do most people do on the Eve of the Spring Festival?| A．They get together for a big meal. |
| B．They eat rice dumplings. |
| C．They borrow money from friends. |
| D．They give each other “hong bao”. |
| A．Because they enjoy cleaning. |
| B．Because they want to sweep away bad luck. |
| C．Because they want to bring happiness to others. |
| D．Because they want to bring in money. |
| A．Returning money before the Spring Festival. |
| B．Saying any bad words and do any bad things. |
| C．Wear red clothes. |
| D．Decorating houses with red paper. |
| A．noodles | B．sausages | C．dumplings | D．vegetables |
| A．good luck to children | B．a lot of money to children |
| C．a bright future | D．everything to children |
| A．Spring Festival | B．Red packets |
| C．Happiness | D．Festivals |
2 . Goodbye in the wild
Humans have many ways to say “hi” and “bye”. It’s a way to be polite. But did you know that apes (大猩猩) also do this?
According to a new study, we have found this kind of behavior (行为) in animals for the first time. Many animals greet each other, but they don’t say “goodbye” like apes do.
Scientists studied over 1,200 apes. Of course, they don’t say “What’s up?” like we do. They use body language.
For example, they will touch each other or hold hands. They might also butt(顶) heads or just look at each other. They do these things both before and after they spend time together. These greetings will be shorter if the apes already know each other. Humans do this too.
Scientists say that the common ancestors (共同祖先) of apes and humans might have done this as well. Then they passed down the habit to both of us.
Our ape cousins
Apes can do many things just like us. Here’s a list of some of their “human” behaviors.
Make tools (工具) to help them finish tasks
Eat junk food (垃圾食品) when they’re unhappy
Recognize (识别) faces
Beg for food
Laugh out loud
1. What does the new study show?| A．Apes say “hi” and “bye” like humans. | B．Animals don’t greet each other. |
| C．Animal behavior is hard to study. | D．Apes enjoy saying “goodbye“ to other animals. |
| A．tell us how to study apes | B．show how apes do exercise |
| C．show how apes greet each other | D．tell us what body language is |
| A．Because they don’t like each other. | B．Because they already know each other. |
| C．Because they are lazy sometimes. | D．Because they want to save time. |
| A．经过 | B．坚持 | C．养成 | D．传递 |
| A．Apes like to make friends with humans. | B．Greetings are important to animals. |
| C．Apes have different ways to say “hi”. | D．Humans learned to greet each other from apes. |
3 . The fourth Thursday of November is Thanksgiving Day（感恩节）. It is a holiday in the USA. Usually family members and friends get together for a dinner. People sometimes drive their cars a long way for a family reunion. Many people also take Friday off to make a long weekend holiday as most Americans do not work on Saturdays and Sundays. Thanksgiving Day began in 1621. When the first English settlers（定居者）reached the New World, they did not have enough food. But the American Indians helped the white men and taught them how to farm. In the autumn after the English settlers came to America, they had a good harvest. They were so pleased. They decided to invite their Indian friends to dinner to thank them and God for their help. To most Americans today, Thanksgiving Day is even more important than Christmas or New Year’s Eve.
1. Thanksgiving Day is a holiday of ________.| A．England | B．India | C．America | D．the world |
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．had a hard time | B．lived happily |
| C．knew how to farm | D．often had dinner together |
| A．冲突 | B．团聚 | C．分离 | D．婚礼 |
| A．hated | B．were afraid of | C．were helpful to | D．left |
| A．Christmas Day is more important than Thanksgiving Day |
| B．Thanksgiving Day is as important as Christmas Day |
| C．New Year’s Day is as important as Thanksgiving Day |
| D．Thanksgiving Day is more important than New Year’s Eve |
4 . It’s very important for young people to go to a good school, then go to a good university, and find a good job. So study is very important in Japan!
Young people get up at about six o’clock. They have breakfast with their family, and then go to school. Schools in Japan start at seven o’clock. After five hours of lessons in the morning, it’s time for lunch. Most people have lunch at school. Then there are more lessons until 6:00 p.m., but that’s not the end! Many young Japanese go to the reading rooms and study from about 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Then they go home in a minibus. Most students don’t go to bed before twelve o’clock, and then the next day, after just five or six hours of sleep. It’s time to get up again!
1. When do young people get up in Japan?| A．At five o’clock. | B．At half past five. |
| C．At six o’clock. | D．At half past six. |
| A．about five hours | B．about eight hours |
| C．about nine hours | D．over nine hours |
| A．in the reading room | B．at home |
| C．in their classroom | D．on the computers |
| A．On foot. | B．By minibus. |
| C．By bike. | D．By underground. |
| A．they want to find a good job |
| B．they like to study |
| C．they can’t go to a good school |
| D．they like their teachers very much |
5 . If you are going to apply for a job, be prepared for the kinds of interviews you can expect. One type of interviews is the telephone interview. Here are some tips for telephone interviews:
________. Before the interview, guess and write down the questions you might be asked. Practice the answers orally until you are satisfied with yourself. The questions can be about your working experiences, skills and achievements.
Keep your notes handy. Have any key information next to the phone, including your notes about the company and the questions you have prepared for. Then you can easily get the information you need. In this way, you will sound more prepared.
Avoid salary topics. When you are asked how much money you would expect, it’s not wise if you give no response. But it’s not right to give an exact number at once. Try to be open to discussion, so you’d better say something like, “If this is the right job for me, I believe we can come to an agreement on salary.”
Push for a face-to-face meeting. At the end of the interview, don’t forget to sell yourself. You can say something like, “I am very interested in your company. If possible I’d be really happy to see some of your managers. I am free either Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. Which would be better for you?”
Try to rearrange surprise interviews. If you receive an interview call without any expectation, you can politely ask them to arrange another time for the interview, so you can be better prepared. Try something like, “I am sorry but I can’t do it right now. Can I call you back tomorrow after work, at 6 p.m.?”
After the telephone interview, only a few are left for face-to-face interview, so get prepared and good luck!
1. The article is about ________.| A．how to apply for a job | B．how to make a telephone call |
| C．how to deal with a telephone interview | D．how to take telephone messages |
| A．Make a self-introduction | B．Practice working skills |
| C．Write down the answers | D．Predict the questions |
| A．easy to get | B．easy to recognize | C．easy to hold | D．easy to understand |
| A．I am expecting a salary of $5000 month. | B．My salary requirements can be discussed. |
| C．May I not answer your question? | D．I don’t mind at all. |
| A．not answer the call | B．ask someone else to answer it |
| C．ask for another interview | D．start your interview at once |
6 . Things can become very dangerous in a fire. Do you know how to deal with them?
If you cannot get out of your room, close the door and put blankets or quilt at the foot of the door. They can stop the smoke from coming in. Open the window and shout for help. Close the window at once if smoke comes in. Call 119 or wave a flashlight or a piece of clothing from the window. Let people know that you are still inside the building. You can’t stay under the bed or in the wardrobe. When the firefighters come in, they will need to find you. So stay by the window on the floor.
If your clothes catch fire, remember the words: stop, drop and roll.
Stop running-moving around will make the fire even bigger. Drop to the ground- lie down on the ground. Roll around- roll from side to side to stop the fire.
If your friend’s clothes catch on fire, don’t let him or her run. Shout, ‘Stop, drop and roll!’
Once they are down and rolling, you can use a blanket, towel, or other heavy cloth to help put out the fire on their clothes.
Choose the best answer according to the letter above.
1. If you can not get out of your room, you shouldn’t_______.
| A．close the door | B．open the door |
| C．put blankets at the foot of the door | D．put a quilt at the foot of the door |
| A．close the door | B．open the window |
| C．shout for help | D．close the window |
| A．Call 119. | B．Wave a flashlight from the window. |
| C．Stay by the window on the floor. | D．Both A, and B |
| A．let them find you | B．stay under the bed |
| C．stay by the window on the floor | D．stay in the wardrobe |
| A．run around | B．stand on the ground |
| C．roll from side to side to stop the fire | D．call for help |
| A．run | B．stop | C．drop | D．roll |
7 . People are busy working every day, so they do not have enough time to do exercise. As a result (结果), many people become too fat. To keep our bodies healthy, we have to do exercise every day.
There are many kinds of exercise. Bending (弯腰) and stretching (伸展) help us move easily. Before we play ball games or swim, it is better for us to do bending and stretching first. This kind of exercise is sometimes called “warm-up exercise”. Running is also good exercise. If we cannot run fast, we can jog. Jogging means running slowly. Before we run or jog, we must do warm-up exercises. And we should not run or jog in busy streets. The air there is often dirty. Some people like weight lifting (举重) because it can make their bodies strong. We also need to do some warm-up exercises before weight lifting.
1. ________ makes many people too fat.| A．Eating or drinking every day | B．Having no time to do exercise |
| C．Doing more exercise | D．Reading at home |
| A．run | B．jog | C．work | D．Both A and B |
| A．Playing ball games | B．Swimming |
| C．Bending and stretching | D．Weight lifting |
| A．Because it can make them work well. |
| B．Because it can make them thin. |
| C．Because it can make their bodies strong. |
| D．Because they don’t like other exercise. |
| A．Jogging means running quickly. |
| B．Busy streets are not good places for running. |
| C．Weight lifting can help us move easily. |
| D．We shouldn’t do warm-up exercises before swimming. |
8 . Trees are important and they can help us in many ways. However, some of them are in danger and need to be taken care of as much as possible. There are some ways to save trees.
Use paper wisely. We can save trees by using paper in a right way. What can we do? Use both sides of paper when doing homework. Borrow books to read when you needn’t buy them. Never throw old books away, but be kind to donate them to others who need them. In place of paper towels, use cloth towels.
Plant trees. To save trees, it’s a great idea to plant them. Spring is the best season to plant trees. If everyone around us does it, millions of trees will appear and make our world become green and beautiful.
Tell people to understand the importance of trees and help save trees. Try to write letters to government official(官员) and persuade(劝) them to use as little paper as they can.
1. How many ways are there to use paper wisely?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．lead | B．sell | C．throw | D．give |
| A．All trees on the Earth are in danger. | B．Trees can make our world beautiful. |
| C．To save trees, never buy books. | D．Most people can’t understand trees. |
| A．why to save trees | B．how to save trees |
| C．where to find trees | D．when to plant trees |
9 . With the help of the Internet, shopping is not a difficult job. Just click your mouse to choose the goods（货物）you like, and the shopping is finished. You needn’t walk out of the room. It seems easy and quick. But there’s a trap（陷阱）online sometimes. If you are careless, it will bring you some trouble. You may find the colour of the products is different from what you want, or the size is too small or too big. And the products may not be good. The clothes you buy may be dirty or out of shape. And you have to pay for the delivery charge（运费）if you don’t want them any more. If you want to be different, you’d better not buy clothes online. Once you put on the clothes you buy online and go out, you will find many people wear the same clothes in the street. You may not be happy then.
1. Why is shopping online easy and quick?| A．Because the shopper will send the products to you. |
| B．Because the products are small and easy to carry. |
| C．Because you can’t buy lots of things online. |
| D．Because you needn’t walk out to buy things. |
| A．very careful | B．not careful | C．very helpful | D．not helpful |
| A．size | B．price | C．number | D．place |
| A．shoes | B．mobile phones | C．clothes | D．trousers |
| A．The disadvantages of online shopping. | B．The advantages of online shopping. |
| C．The clothes we can buy online. | D．The ways of doing shopping. |
Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow, and some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter. But in the south of England, there is usually little.
When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often dark clouds grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and students from warm countries do not like this.
But snow is different. Though it’s cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks “Is it so late?” and jumps out of his bed. But no, it is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is the snow everywhere. The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow.
1. There is much snow ________ of England in winter.| A．in the east | B．in the west | C．in the south | D．in the north |
| A．strong winds | B．dark clouds | C．grey sky | D．cold rain |
| A．beautiful | B．cold | C．clean | D．heavy |
| A．it’s really late | B．he has some work to do |
| C．it is bright in the room | D．he usually gets up early |
| A．on the houses | B．on the ground |
| C．everywhere | D．on the top of mountains |
| A．Every country in the world has snow in winter. |
| B．Many people in the world haven’t seen snow. |
| C．It is often very warm in the autumn of England. |
| D．Foreign students like the weather in England. |
