1 . Can you name some foods in the meat group? Can you tell where they come from?
Your body is made up of millions of cells. Cells are very small.
Your body has to make new cells in order to grow. It also has to make new cells to take the place of the old cells that have been worn out.
To grow, the cells need a thing called protein. The protein you need most comes from foods in the meat group.
Fruit and vegetables are plant foods. Foods in this group give your body vitamins and minerals. Your body needs vitamins and minerals to grow and to stay well.
The third food group is made up of bread. These foods come from grain. Your body gets heat and energy from these foods. It needs a lot of energy to work and play.
Milk is one of the best foods your body can get. It has protein, vitamins and minerals. Milk is good between meals or with meals.
Some foods are not listed in the four main groups. This is because you do not have to think about eating these foods. You eat them if you eat foods from the four main foods.
1. In order to grow, your body ________.| A．has to make more water | B．needs more small protein |
| C．has to make new cells | D．needs old cells |
| A．food | B．protein | C．meat | D．a cell |
| A．milk | B．fruit | C．bread | D．meat |
| A．protein | B．fruit and vegetables | C．fat | D．new cells |
| A．meals | B．bodies | C．minerals | D．bread |
2 . Thousands of years ago, in the south of ancient China, there lived Shengnong, a man who had an ox(牛) head and human body. Seeing that local people were suffering from disease, he built ladders and houses on a high mountain to store hundreds of medical plants. To remember him, people named the place Shengnongjia.
The legend (传说) makes Shengnongjia in Hubei an inviting place for tourists. Traveling there is a unique experience, as you can see sceneries of the four seasons from different altitudes. “When the bottom of the mountain is summer, the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn, the top is covered with ice,” local people say of the special climate of Shengnongjia.
Shengnongjia is also home to 5,000 species of animals and plants. Many animals in danger live there, such as the golden monkey, the clouded leopard and the Asian black bear.
One interesting and mysterious thing about Shengnongjia is its legend of wild men. Some people once claimed that they saw big prints or big-foot creatures. Yet so far, scientists haven’t proved it is true and some say they are just bears.
The beautiful place has recently received a newtitle. On July 17, 2016, Shengnongjia Foresty District was added to United Nations World Heritage list as a natural site.China now has 50 world heritage sites (遗址). Second only to Italy in the world.
1. Which of the following is right about Shengnong?| A．Shengnong had an ox body. |
| B．Shengnong grew medical plants for people. |
| C．Shengnong helped the local people. |
| D．Shengnong named the place Shengnongjia. |
| A．there are many medical stores along the way |
| B．people can experience four seasons up the mountain |
| C．there 500 species of animals and plants |
| D．scientists have proved there are wild men there |
| A．标题 | B．景点 | C．称号 | D．职务 |
| A．Italy. | B．The USA. | C．China. | D．Canada. |
| A．The legend of Shengnong | B．Animals living in Shengnongjia |
| C．The amazing Shengnongjia | D．World heritage sites |
3 . In America, students are also very busy every day! In the morning, students get up early. Then they have a quick breakfast. Some even don’t have breakfast. At school, they have many subjects to learn. After school, their parents also let them learn many other things, such as drawing, dancing, Chinese, playing the piano and so on. At the weekend, they also have to learn these things. They can’t do what they like, such as watching TV, playing games, shopping and so on.
And they usually do much homework. Jennifer, a middle school girl in New York, says she doesn’t want to learn so much. But her parents always say, “If you don’t learn much, you will fall behind the other students.”
In a word, all the students in the world are very busy.
1. When are American students busy?| A．Only on weekdays. | B．Only at the weekend. | C．During the holidays. | D．Every day. |
| A．they have a big breakfast | B．some even don't have breakfast |
| C．they get up late | D．they can do what they like at weekends |
| A．a middle school girl in New York | B．a mother | C．a happy student | D．a bad student |
| A．have piano lessons | B．have dancing classes | C．learn drawing | D．all of the above |
| A．The busy parents | B．The busy children | C．The happy children | D．The busy teachers |
4 . Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at these teenage inventions(发明) that might change the world.
Banana leaves usually go bad in two or three days. Tenith Adithyaa, a teenager from India, used UV to make the leaves stay fresh for a year. Tenith thinks that one day the leaves will be used for making plates, cups and other things.
David Cohen, an American teenager, build an earthworm(蚯蚓) robot. It is able to go into the smallest places, where humans or dogs can’t go. It will be used for finding people in a fire or an earthquake.
Remya Jose, a 14-year-old girl from India, found it tiring and boring to handwash clothes in the nearby river. She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time.
1. UV is used to ________ by Tenith Adithyaa.| A．make things fresh | B．look after old people | C．go into small places | D．wash clothes |
| A．A dog. | B．A banana. | C．An earthworm. | D．A bicycle. |
| A．Popular ads. | B．Useful machines. | C．Strange pictures | D．Teenage inventions |
5 . Hello! I’m Pleasant Goat. This is my room. A bed, a desk and a chair are in it. Can you see my quilt? It’s on the bed. What color is it? It’s purple. What’s that on the quilt? It’s a key. It’s black. Look! Some things are on the desk. What’s this? Oh, it’s a pen. It’s blue. I use it to write! What’s that? It’s a ruler. And it’s blue,too. Blue is my favorite color. This is my cup. What color is it? It’s white. I use it to drink water. An orange is next to the cup. I love eating oranges very much. What’s that on the wall? Oh, it’s a photo of me. I think my room is very nice. Do you like it?
1. What can you see on Pleasant Goat’s bed?| A．A pen. | B．A ruler. | C．A key. | D．A cup. |
| A．Pleasant Goat doesn’t like his room. |
| B．Pleasant Goat drinks water by using his orange cup. |
| C．Pleasant Goat is cleaning(正在打扫) his room. |
| D．Four things are on Pleasant Goat’s desk. |
| A．Pleasant Goat’s school. | B．Pleasant Goat’s room. |
| C．Pleasant Goat’s school things. | D．Pleasant Goat’s things on the desk |
If you think spider webs are weak, think again! Spider webs are made of silk. That is one of the strongest materials. In fact, silk is stronger than steel!
A spider produces a sticky liquid（液体）from its body. That liquid grows hard into a strong silk thread（线）. Scientists are working to make silk that is as strong as a spider’s. They are getting closer to learning how.
What did scientists learn? “We use lots of different machines to see how spiders make their silk,” said scientist Chris Holland. “The machines can show us how strong the silk is and what it is made of. We recently discovered that to make silk like a spider’s, we have to start with the right material. We have been using a material that is too runny. However, in the body of spiders, it is thick like mayonnaise（蛋黄酱）,” Chris Holland said.
Scientists hope their work will help produce or make a kind of stronger silk. It may be used to make clothes that are strong but light. The clothes may one day protect soldiers and astronauts.
____________ Spiders use silk in several important ways. A grass spider uses silk to make a home. An orb-weaver spider makes a web to catch food. A female candy-striped spider wraps（缠绕）silk around her eggs to protect them.
1. From the first sentence we know that spider webs are very __________.| A．strange | B．soft | C．weak | D．strong |
| A．The wrong process. |
| B．The high temperature. |
| C．The material used to make the silk. |
| D．The machine used to produce the silk. |
| A．not thick | B．not heavy | C．awful | D．short |
| A．How do spiders use silk? |
| B．How do spiders protect their eggs? |
| C．How many kinds of spiders are there? |
| D．How do spiders use silk to catch food? |
7 . Why are your study habits different from those of your friends? Why do you seem to learn faster in some classes while more slowly in others? One reason you may not know is that people have different learning types. Scientists say there are three different learning types: Visual, Auditory (听觉) and Kinesthetic (动觉型).
Visual learners learn best by seeing. If you seem to easily remember information from pictures, graphs (图表) and videos, you are probably a visual learner. You are not good at copying down what the teacher says in class. Never mind. You can draw graphs or pictures instead, if you find that works better for you.
Auditory learners learn best by hearing. If you seem to easily remember things by hearing them, then you are probably an auditory learner. You must listen carefully while the teacher is speaking because it’s the easiest way for you to learn. Sometimes you may find that taking notes stops you from listening carefully. After class, you can write down what you remember or borrow your friends’ notes to copy.
Kinesthetic learners learn best by doing. If you seem to learn best by working with your hands, you are probably a kinesthetic learner. Taking notes by writing can make you pay close attention to information as you receive it. Of course, you can learn best by making full use of labs or other class activities.
Hope you learn better by knowing what your personal learning type is.
1. The meaning of “Visual” is ________.| A．感观型 | B．视觉型 | C．听觉型 | D．动觉型 |
| A．By listening to the teachers. | B．By writing down what the teachers say. |
| C．By drawing graphs or pictures. | D．By working with his hands. |
| A．libraries | B．classrooms | C．labs | D．offices |
| A．Study habits | B．Ways to study |
| C．Learning types | D．Reasons to learn |
8 . Do you think stones can move by themselves? There are some famous moving stones in Death Valley, the US. Many of the stones are small but a few of them are very big. Some of the big stones are as big as a man. The biggest stone weighs about 350 kg.
The stones only move at night. Nobody has ever seen them moving, but now scientists know the answer to the question. The answer is the wind. When the wind comes from the west, the stones move to the east. When the wind is from the north, they always move to the south. But how can the wind move a very heavy stone?
Death Valley is one of the hottest places in the world, but it can be very cold at night. Sometimes, there are even bad storms（风暴）at night. Rain falls, and the wind is strong and cold. The water on the ground turns into ice easily. Then the strong wind can move the stones along the flat（平坦的）ground. In the morning, the sun comes up and dries the ground. So people can find them move from one place to another in the daytime.
1. When do the stones move in the Death Valley?| A．At night. | B．During the day. | C．All the day. | D．Nobody knows. |
| A．west | B．east | C．southeast | D．northwest |
| A．All stones in Death Valley are as big as a man. |
| B．At night, the strong wind can move the stones along the flat ground. |
| C．In Death Valley, it is hot during the day and at night. |
| D．The wind always comes from the west and the north. |
9 . The biggest secret about inventing is that anybody can do it! Perhaps this sounds crazy, but it’s true. Maybe you have the wrong idea about inventing, so read on to discover the truth.
Wrong idea NO. 1: An invention has to be something new.
Inventing means creating something new, but the idea could come from something that already exists（存在）. The Wright brothers, for example, got the idea for building a “flying machine” from watching birds.
Wrong idea NO. 2: Inventors are born, not made.
There are a lot of factors（因素）that make inventions possible. Take Mozart for example. He was born with an endowment for musical composition. But other factors were also important for his creativity. His father was a music teacher, and Mozart practiced for hours every day, from the time he was four years old. Einstein said that “being a genius was 1% talent and 99% hard work”!
Very successful creators don’t give up when they get something wrong. As one inventor said, “A failure is the right answer to the wrong question.”
Wrong idea NO. 3: Inventors are always old people.
Don’t believe that you can’t invent something when you are young. Here are two examples of young inventors: Louis Braille went blind when he was a child. When he was fifteen, he invented a system of reading and writing for blind people that is still used in most countries today.
As a young man, George Nissen was watching some artists performing in a show. He watched how they fell into the safety net and then jumped back up again. This gave him an idea and he invented the trampoline（蹦床）.
1. ________ got the idea for building a “flying machine” from watching birds.| A．Mozart | B．George Nissen | C．Louis Braille | D．The Wright brothers |
| A．态度 | B．品质 | C．天赋 | D．能量 |
| A．Anybody can do inventing. |
| B．Inventors are born, not made. |
| C．Inventors are always old people. |
| D．An invention has to be something completely new. |
| A．How to Perform in a Show | B．Be a Composer |
| C．How to Help Blind People | D．Be an Inventor |
10 . I hardly ever watch movies these days because I’m really busy. When I have time to watch movies, I like to watch comedies. I watch movies to relax. I find comedies are enjoyable. Watching movies and listening to music are my favorite ways to relax. How about you? What kind of movies do you like to watch?
—Sally
Comedies are my favorite. How can you dislike a movie that makes you laugh? Any movie to make me laugh is a good movie. I also like action movies. They’re exciting. Most boys in my class like action movies. I don’t like scary movies. They make me uncomfortable.
—Jim
I really like to watch scary movies, cartoons and comedies. I think scary movies are exciting. But my brothers can’t stand them. They think they’re meaningless. My brothers like cartoons and they don’t mind comedies. Every Sunday I go to the theater and watch movies with them. I like to watch movies on a big screen. It’s really different from seeing movies on TV.
—Tina
1. What kind of movies does Sally like?| A．Action movies. | B．Cartoons. | C．Scary movies. | D．Comedies. |
| A．Because he thinks they are meaningless. |
| B．Because he thinks they are boring. |
| C．Because they don’t make him comfortable. |
| D．Because they aren’t very educational. |
| A．meaningless | B．exciting | C．boring | D．relaxing |
| A．friends | B．brothers | C．sister | D．parents |
| A．Sally and Jim like comedies, but Tina doesn’t |
| B．Jim doesn’t like action movies or scary movies |
| C．Sally thinks listening to music can help her to relax |
| D．Tina thinks it’s better to watch movies on TV than in a theater |
