1 . Every school has its own rules. The rules change from one school to another. There are also some rules that look strange or funny to us. Here are some funny school rules.
Japan：Most schools demand（要求）that students wear uniforms, such as sports suits or skirts. They also demand that girls’ white socks should be folded in a certain way and boys’ heads should be shaved（剃）.
The US：At some US schools, students must have a pair of indoor shoes to change into every day. Chewing gum（香糖）is not allowed（允许）in many US school buildings, because it is difficult to clean up.
Britain：Strange hairstyles are not allowed at some British schools. But they might allow students to wear certain hairstyles during the World Cup.
1. This is a passage about ________ rules.| A．country | B．hairstyle | C．school | D．the World Cup |
| A．sports suits | B．skirts | C．school uniforms | D．all of the above |
| A．Because it’s not good for students’ health |
| B．Because it’s students’ duty to clean up the building. |
| C．Because it’s difficult to clean up. |
| D．Because it’s not polite. |
| A．The rules in each school don’t change from one to another. |
| B．The schools in Japan demand that the boys’ white socks should be folded in a certain way. |
| C．Strange hairstyles are not allowed at some British schools all the time. |
| D．The boys’ heads should be shaved in Japan. |
| A．4 | B．3 | C．2 | D．1 |
2 . Animals grow up in different ways. Some newborn animals are helpless but their mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo is very small. It is only a few centimeters(cm) long. It closes its eyes and doesn’t have hair. It stays safe in its mother’s pouch (育儿袋) for a long time. A newborn monkey can not walk. Its mother carries it everywhere.
Other baby animals can walk soon after they’re born. They learn to run with their mothers when danger is near. A baby zebra can run, an hour after it is born.
Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Baby wolves are usually born in big holes with little light. Other baby animals are born in the open. A baby elephant is often born on open land.
Animals that drink their mothers’ milk are called mammals. A mother bear’s milk is rich. Baby bears have milk for a few months. This is the same with baby zebras. As baby animals grow, they need solid (固体) food. Baby lions eat what their mother can catch!
1. According to the passage, many newborn animals need their mothers’ help because the babies can’t ________.| A．look after themselves | B．eat any food |
| C．walk by themselves | D．see anything |
| A．it is very small | B．it can’t walk | C．it close its eyes | D．it is lazy. |
| A．open | B．bright | C．safe | D．wet |
| A．mothers’ milk | B．solid food | C．smaller animals | D．grass |
| A．Six. | B．Seven. | C．Eight | D．five |
3 . Teeth are important. Strong, healthy teeth help you chew（咀嚼）foods that help you grow. They help you speak clearly. And yes, they help you look best. Here are some tips for you to take care of your teeth:
1. Brush your teeth in the right way.
Brush your teeth at least twice a day—after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, brush after lunch or after sweet snacks, too. Brush all of your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend time brushing teeth along the sides and back of your mouth. Spend at least three minutes each time you brush. Play a song you like to help pass the time. Get a new toothbrush every three months. When you buy toothbrush, be sure it has soft bristles（鬃毛）.
2. Learn how to floss（用牙线清洁牙齿）your teeth.
Flossing is a very important way to keep your teeth healthy. Food may hide between two teeth. Flossing can help get rid of it. You'll need to floss your teeth at least once a day.
3. Have good eating habits.
You need to be careful about what you eat and drink. Eating sugar is a main cause of tooth decay（蛀牙）. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of soda（苏打）.
1. How many times at least should we brush our teeth a day?| A．1 | B．2. | C．3 | D．4. |
| A．Not brushing teeth. | B．Not changing toothbrush. |
| C．Eating sugar. | D．Not flossing teeth. |
| A．Never. | B．Three times a month. |
| C．Every three months. | D．Every month. |
| A．Only brush front teeth. |
| B．Not brush teeth before sleeping. |
| C．Spend at most three minutes to brush teeth each time. |
| D．Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of soda. |
4 . Americans with small families own a small car or a large one. If both parents are working, they usually have two cars. When the family is large, one of the cars is sold and they will buy a van（住房汽车）.
A small car can hold four persons and a large car can hold six persons but it is very crowded（拥挤）. A van hold seven persons easily, so a family with three children could ask their grandparents to travel together.
Mr. Hargen and his wife had a third child last year. This made them sell a second car and buy a van. There are seven seats in the van, and two of them are used to put things on, for a family of five must carry many suitcase（衣箱）when they travel. When they arrive at their grandparents’ home, the suitcase are put into the two seats. And then they can carry their grandparents.
Americans call vans motor homes. A motor home is always used for holidays. When a family are traveling to the moutains or to the seaside, they can live in their motor home for a few days or weeks.
All the members of a big family can enjoy a happier life when they are traveling together. That is why motor homes have become very popular. In America there are many parks for motor homes.
1. From the passage, a van is also called .| A．a motor | B．a motor home |
| C．a motorbike | D．a big truck |
| A．sold their old house | B．moved to their grandparents’ house |
| C．built a new place for a van | D．sold their second car |
| A．a baby | B．much money |
| C．more than two kids | D．interest in vans |
| A．to travel with all the family members on holiday. |
| B．to do some shopping with all the family members. |
| C．to visit their grandparents at weekends. |
| D．to drive their children to school every day. |
| A．they can take people to another city when people are free. |
| B．they can let families have a happier life when they go out for their holidays. |
| C．some people think motor homes are cheap. |
| D．big families can put more things in motor homes. |
5 . Imagine a perfect day: the weather is good and everything seems fine. When, suddenly, your mobile phone loses its signal, the television has no programs, and you can’t get online with your computer.
What has happened? These are just the types of problems a solar storm（太阳风暴）might cause. You may not think of storms as putting our society in danger. But today, a solar storm is as serious as other bad events, such as earthquakes.
A solar storm is caused by solar flares（太阳耀斑）: large explosions（爆炸) near the sun that can give off lots of energy. The strong energy can stop the satellite systems（卫星系统）that control our computers, telecom networks and so on. These storms can even cause the power to go out for weeks or months.
In the past of months, scientists have recorded some of the strongest sun flares in years. The most recent one happened around Valentine's Day, 2011. It caused radio and satellite signals to go down in some northern cities in China.
“Solar Flare activity is going to be much worse than what we’ve seen in the past. We’re not talking about a few cities losing power. It could be half of the country, maybe more.” SolarStormWarning. com, a US website about space weather, warned.
Scientists say that little can be done to predict such a storm. Governments around the world are trying to work together before the next storm, although they are not sure when that may happen.
1. According to the passage, a solar storm can cause many problems EXCEPT that________.| A．earthquakes happen | B．mobile phones have no signals |
| C．people cannot get online | D．the power may go out |
| A．telecom networks | B．solar storms |
| C．large explosions near the sun | D．US websites |
a. solar flares give off lots of energy b. people can’t get online with their computers
c. solar storms happen d. satellite systems are stopped
| A．a-b-c-d | B．a-c-d-b | C．c-a-b-d | D．c-b-a-d |
| A．call for scientists to predict when the next solar storm will happen |
| B．tell people how to solve the problems caused by solar storms |
| C．introduce what solar storms are to people |
| D．ask people to work to prevent the solar storm from happening |
6 . Do you believe that only boys do well in science? Does it seem to you that girls have better language skills than boys? In your opinion, are boys better at building things? If your answer to each of those questions is “Yes,” you are right, according to an article in Current Science." There are exceptions(例外), but here are the facts.
Usually, boys score higher on tests about math, while girls do better in tests about words, spelling and memory. But these differences may not always be true. In the future, a person’s abilities may not be decided by sex. As one scientist says, “Nothing is impossible for a person to be or do.”
A recent study by Jerome Kagan, a scientist at Harvard University is studying the watching ability of children 10 months old. Baby boys and baby girls are watching a “show” while seated on their mothers’ laps. In Act One of the show, an orange-colored ball is lifted from a blue box and moved slowly. Then it is returned to the box. This is repeated six times. Act Six is almost the same, except that the orange ball is smaller.
Baby boys do not seem to notice the difference in the size of the ball, but girls immediately become excited and begin to make noises that sound like language.
It’s also known that baby girls usually talk at an earlier age than baby boys do. Scientists believe that the left side of the brain develops faster in girls than in boys. As a result, by the time they start to school, little girls have an advantage that boys don’t have, but what have the boys been doing in the year before starting school? They have been developing something called aggression. An aggressive person feels strong and independent. He is often the first one to start a fight. It is said that aggression is caused by hormones (荷尔蒙). Scientists believe that hormones are not the only cause. They say aggression in boys is also caused by mothers.
1. According to the article in Current Science, what are girls better at?| A．Finding facts | B．Using language | C．Learning science | D．Building things |
| A．Girls don’t like the show. |
| B．Boys are strong enough to lift a blue box. |
| C．Boys and girls have the same watching abilities. |
| D．Girls quickly notice the difference in the size of the ball. |
| A．Girls become independent earlier. | B．Mothers teach girls more patiently. |
| C．Girls’ hormones develop more completely. | D．The left side of the brain develops faster in girls. |
| A．An angry feeling. | B．A good habit. | C．A friendly action. | D．A strong person. |
| A．The research on girls’ advantages. | B．The result of school education. |
| C．The differences between boys and girls. | D．The children’s abilities to memorize. |
7 . For Chinese, we don’t like to talk about our private things with strangers.If you ask about someone's success, he might be willing to talk about something with you.If you ask about their failure, you can’t certainly get the answers that you hope to hear We like talking about success because we think success is something worth talking about.But failure is something that we want to hide.Of course, if a stranger asks you about your private matters, you will be angry So we also shouldn’t ask others about their private things to show our respect to them.One day, my colleague(同事)was asked if she had been married, she became very angry.she thought the fact that she didn’t marry made her very embarrassed because she was in her thirties.
But it is different in India.People like to talk about their wealth and share their achievements with everybody else.They will be willing to talk about their salary.And they also like to talk about how often they get the boss's praise.They like to show their different personalities.If they like something,they would express their own thoughts and try their best to get what they want.They wouldn’t hide something in their hearts.They like to talk about everything. They think expressing their own thoughts is the nature of human beings.All of these are different from Chinese.They are more active and outgoing than Chinese.
So when you meet Indians next time, if they ask about your private things, don’t be angry because they think it is normal.They really want to show their care.It is the difference between Chinese culture and Indian culture.
1. Chinese don’t like to talk about________with strangers.| A．political things | B．economical things |
| C．common things | D．private things |
| A．everyone hopes to hear success | B．success is not a private thing |
| C．success Is something we can easily get | D．success is something worth talking about |
| A．Their achievements. | B．Their interests |
| C．Their books | D．Their dreams |
| A．characters | B．ideas | C．purposes | D．actions |
| A．To introduce the Chinese traditional cultures. |
| B．To introduce the Indian traditional cultures. |
| C．To introduce the cultural differences between China and India. |
| D．To introduce different cultures around the world. |
In order to study black bears, researchers from New Jersey, USA, catch bears and usedrugs to help them go to sleep. Researchers then work out the size and the weight of the bear,take blood to test for diseases, remove a tooth and take it to the lab to find out its age. Fromthese studies,researchers want to find out how many bears live in New Jersey, how long theylive, and how many babies theyproduce.
But in Minnesota, USA, researchers study bears that are completely awake. The bears knowthe researchers' voices and they are not afraid of die research team. With the help of a few grapes
to keep the bears busy, researchers can touch them to check their hearts, look at their teeth, and do other jobs.Researchers can also walk or sit with bears for hours and make videos to learn about their everyday lives.
In both places, the main purpose is the same—to make sure there is a healthy population of black bears. But theresearch methods and the kinds of information that researchers, are able to collect are quite different.
1. In the first paragraph, we can learn that North American black bears are _______.
| A．shy and fearful animals | B．not found today |
| C．well known to scientists | D．not afraid of people |
| A．拔下 | B．移植 | C．清洗 | D．修补 |
| A．The age. |
| B．The way of their communication. |
| C．The weight. |
| D．The number of babies they produce. |
| A．can never get close to the bears |
| B．study the bears while they are asleep |
| C．use grapes to make the bears full |
| D．learn a lot about the bears' everyday lives |
| A．Research places. | B．The main purpose. |
| C．Research methods. | D．Collected information. |
9 . An Activity for Reading By：CCTV Department of Education
This activity is developed by reading experts for you to use with children. Doing the activity with your children helps you develop their reading skills while having fun at the same time. If the reader finishes one book and asks for another, you know you are succeeding!
We wish you spend wonderful hours of reading with children！This summer holiday, we will invite some families to the program Readers to read aloud poems or books you like, and share your reading experience.
Activity：Read to meIt’s important to read to your child，but equally important to listen to them to read to you. What you’ll need：Books at your child’s reading level.
What to do：▲Read good books to your child. Parents who read aloud to their children are developing their interests and skills in reading. Encourage your children to listen, express their ideas and ask questions.
▲Take turns. You read a paragraph and let your child read the next one. If your child becomes easier with reading aloud, you can ask him or her to read a full page.
▲Listen carefully as your child reads. Listening to your child will encourage them to practice reading. Besides, this is another way to enjoy reading together.
▲If your child has trouble reading words, you can help him or her in some ways：
●Ask the child to jump over the word and read the rest, then try to guess the meaning of the missing word.
●Guide your child to use what he or she knows about letter sounds.
●Tell your child that you are proud of his or her hard working.
Learn more：Visit http∥www.tv.cctv.com
1. The activity ＂Read to me＂ is produced by ___________.| A．the experts | B．the readers | C．some parents | D．some children |
| A．in March | B．in April | C．in July | D．in September |
| A．listen to your child read | B．read good books to your child |
| C．ask your child to express their ideas | D．stop reading when meeting new words |
| A．write to CCTV for help | B．ask the reading experts for help |
| C．ask parents for help | D．visit the website of CCTV |
| A．parents can only read to their children |
| B．＂Read to me＂ is a way to enjoy reading together |
| C．parents had better offer their child different books |
| D．reading aloud can only develop children’s interests in reading |
10 . Bikes are popular in the Dutch(荷兰). In fact, nearly half of all travel in the Dutch is by bike. Now, one Dutch bike designer(设计师), Thomas, has taken the country’s interest in bikes by making a school bus bike.
The big bike has eight sets of pedals(踏板) for kids, a driver seat for an adult, and three other seats, comfortably letting little kids for their trip to and from school. The bike even has a motor, which can help with high hills or at times when few kids on it.
So far, Thomas tells Fast Company, he’s sold 25 school-bikes, at a price of $ 25,000 each—less than it would cost to buy a traditional school bus with the same number of seats. Along with the traditional color, the bikes, are colored yellow so that they can be seen easily.
Thomas says he’s sold school bus bikes to neighboring countries such as Belgium, England and Germany, but so far, the school bus bike hasn’t been sold in the United States. If the U.S. agrees to buy this kind of school bus bike, it could do a lot of good to improve exercise for a young age and help them keep healthy.
1. How do people in the Dutch usually go to work?
| A．By car. | B．By bus. |
| C．By bike. | D．On foot. |
| A．Three. | B．Eight. |
| C．Nine. | D．Twelve. |
| A．the color yellow is easy to paint |
| B．yellow buses can be seen easily |
| C．yellow is the national color of Dutch |
| D．it’s the designer’s favorite color |
| A．America. | B．Germany. |
| C．England. | D．Belgium. |
| A．Thomas made a new kind of school bus. |
| B．A school bus usually costs $ 25,000. |
| C．Thomas sold bikes to Asian countries. |
| D．Riding school bus bikes helps keep kids healthy. |
