1 . Antarctica is in the most southern part of the world. It is like nowhere else on the earth. It is much larger than Europe, and nearly twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is the coldest and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the North Pole. In summer, the sun shines for twenty-four hours a day, but in winter it’s completely dark for about three months. Very few plants grow there, but there is some wildlife, including whales, seals and penguins.
When Captain James Cook traveled around Antarctica in the 1770s by ship, he found no one living there. Today, a few scientists work in Antarctica, but they only spend a short time there.
Many scientists are studying the _____, which is getting thinner and thinner worldwide. The biggest “hole” is above Antarctica, and weather there is getting warmer. Scientists think that this cold and lonely place can teach us a lot about the earth and how to keep the earth safe.
1. When did Captain James Cook travel around Antarctica?

A．In the 1670s.

B．In the 1760s.

C．In the 1770s.

D．In the 1780s.

2. The underlined part “ozone layer” means “________” in Chinese.

A．冻土层

B．大气层

C．臭氧层

D．高压层

3. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Antarctica is much bigger than Australia in size.

B．Scientists spend a long time in Antarctica.

C．There is no plant growing in Antarctica.

D．In winter, it’s dark for about 70 days in Antarctica.

5. Why is the weather in Antarctica getting warmer and warmer?

A．Because there are more and more people living there.

B．Because the ozone layer is being destroyed.

C．Because the sun shines a long time every day there.

D．Because the weather in other places is getting warmer.

2 . 阅读短文，根据其内容，选择最佳选项完成下列各题。
Paragraph 1: Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds; (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷物), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
Paragraph 2: People in different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at 11 o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
Paragraph 3: There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1. From the first paragraph we know noodles belong to a kind of ______ food.

A．vegetable

B．fruit

C．meat

D．cereal

2. According to the scientists, which of the following groups is the healthiest for your lunch?

A．chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages	B．potatoes, rice, bread, carrots
C．oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes	D．beef, pork, fish, milk

3. People in different places of the world ______.

A．have the right kinds of food to eat	B．cook their food in the same way
C．have their meals at the same time	D．eat food in different ways

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People in some places don’t have enough to eat.

B．There are too many people in the world.

C．One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

D．The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.

5. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?

A．When people eat their meals.

B．What to do with the two problems.

C．How to cook food in different ways.

D．Why people in different places eat different kinds of food.

3 . If you want to be a better reader，what should you know about the speed(速度)of reading? Some people read very quickly，when others read very slowly. But which one is better? The quick reader may be a good reader when he reads a story-book for fun. But he may not be able to slow down to read instructions(说明书) carefully. The slow reader may be a good reader. But he may spend too much time reading a story for fun. So the reader who reads everything quickly or the one who reads everything slowly isn’t really a good reader. Here are four things to remember about the speed of reading.
Knowing why you are reading will help you to know whether(是否) to read quickly or slowly.
Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples(例子)are instructions for making or doing something. Math books，science and story-books are full of important information. You must read these things slowly to understand and remember every important idea.
Some things should be read quickly throughout. Examples are stories for enjoyment，letters from friends，and some news from newspapers.
In some of your reading，you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast. You will need to read some pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas.
1. Which following is true?

A．Reading everything quickly is a good reader.

B．A slow reader isn’t a good reader.

C．Reading instructions must be carefully.

D．You must change your speed from fast to slow.

2. What does the underlined word “throughout” mean in the sentence?

A．开始

B．结束

C．始终

D．穿过

3. What should you read slowly when you read?

A．Letters from friends.	B．News from newspapers.
C．Picture-books for fun.	D．Important information from story-books.

4. Which one is the best title(标题)?

A．How to be a good reader.	B．How to read quickly.
C．Reading slowly is better.	D．Reading is a good hobby.

4 . Coke is the most popular drink and many people enjoy it. But they don’t know it has many other uses.
◆ Cleaning. You can use it to clean your hands, your bathroom or your clothes. When you do some washing and you can put some Coke into the water. And Coke can make them cleaner.
◆ Cooking. Put Coke on beef or pork while it’s cooking. And we can also cook chicken with Coke, it’s very nice.
◆ Health &beauty. Coke can make you more beautiful. Use it on your hair or your skin(皮肤)to make them brighter and smoother.
◆ Housework help. Watering flowers with Coke can make them more lovely and beautiful.
So give Coke a try next time.
1. How many other uses of Coke are there in the passage?

A．3.

B．4.

C．5.

D．6.

2. What can we use Coke to clean?

A．Bathroom.

B．Beef.

C．Pork.

D．Flowers.

3. What will the flowers be like after watering them with Coke?

A．Cleaner.	B．Smoother.
C．Brighter.	D．More beautiful.

5 . Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your things will be sent to your house in a couple of days.

November 11^this a big day for people who like shopping online. On that day last year, many online stores offered a big discount and free delivery service. The biggest online shopping sites in China,Taobao.com and Tmall.com ，sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.

“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also saves me a lot of time. And we often have more goods on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily. She stayed up very late for a lot of cheap goods online. She spent several thousand that day.

Another big advantage of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different cities, even different countries,　　1　　“I like eating duck neck very much and I often buy it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It’s much more delicious than what our local (当地的) stores sell, but cheaper,” said Zang Xin, a girl in Yangzhou.

While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, especially for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted by advertisements on the Internet and buy things they don’t need.

“Middle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the ages of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things that they want to. Some of goods are even bad for young students such as cigarettes and wine.”

1. Nowadays many people like shopping online instead of _________.

A．clicking their mouse	B．paying money
C．sitting in front of their computers	D．going to shops

2. What does the underlined phrase “with ease” mean?

A．轻松地

B．困难地

C．便宜地

D．昂贵地

3. According to the article, which of the following is not an advantage of shopping online?

A．It can save people time and money.	B．Online stores have better quality goods.
C．People can buy things from different places.	D．Online stores may have more kinds of goods.

4. People worry about students shopping online because students _________.

A．have no time to waste and are easily attracted to buy bad things

B．may depend too much on online shopping

C．haven’t met the online store owners

D．may buy nothing with a lot of money

5. The article is mainly about _________.

A．how to buy good products online

B．how to find good online stores.

C．advantages and disadvantages of online shopping.

D．dangers of shopping online for students.

6 . My name is David Smith. I am from the US. I have an Italian (意大利的) restaurant in London. There is hot and cold Italian food: soup, pizza and salads. There are also different kinds of sandwiches. For example, chicken, turkey, beef, cheese and eggs. My Party Sandwiches are a speciality. One party sandwich is big enough for forty people.
This is the menu.

MENU

Vegetable salad ＄3 Fruit salad ＄2 Chicken sandwich ＄2 Turkey sandwich ＄3 Cheese sandwich ＄2 Party sandwich ＄38 Chicken soup ＄8 Beef soup ＄9 Fruit pizza ＄5 Chicken pizza ＄6

1. Mr. Smith comes from       .

A．China.

B．the US

C．the UK

2. You can buy         in his restaurant.

A．pizza and dumplings

B．soup and noodles

C．pizza and sandwiches

3. The underlined word “speciality” means in Chinese.

A．冷菜

B．特色

C．美食

4. If you buy two pieces of chicken pizza and a cheese sandwich, you’ll pay .

A．12 dollars

B．14 dollars

C．16 dollars

5. According to the passage, which one is TRUE?

A．There is cold and hot English food in this restaurant.

B．A party sandwich is big enough for fourteen people.

C．You can buy pizza and soup in this restaurant.

7 . Biodiversity(生物多样性), or biological diversity, is a wide-ranging concept that covers all the different kinds of plant and animal species present on earth. Environmentalists believe that many millions of species exist. As all these living organisms are dependent on each other in some way, biodiversity is desirable. Any loss to the planet is actually a loss for mankind as well, and it is our responsibility to try and save Earth’s biodiversity.

Biodiversity has a vital role to play in the evolution（演变）of species. Species become extinct, but new species evolve, and this is how a balance is maintained. This may sound pretty simple, but it takes millions of years for changes to take place.

Biodiversity is also very important to the stability of food webs. Damage to them can mean disaster for an entire ecosystem. The extinction of a single animal species can put huge pressure on the numerous other species dependent on it.

Biodiversity also has an important role to play in human society. Apart from being the most intelligent species on earth, human beings are also the most dependent. We depend on nature to meet our basic needs. When we change the balance of nature to create our cities and bring about our technical advances, we knowing or unknowing cause great damage to the ecosystem. This must be understood, and the damages must be reversed（颠倒）in any way they can to ensure that the balance of the ecosystem is maintained.

1. We learn from the first paragraph that_________.

A．biodiversity can be seen

B．all living species are found on earth

C．people everywhere are aware of the importance of biodiversity

D．the loss of any species can affect humans

2. Why can change in food webs lead to disaster?

A．Because it can make people suffer from disease.

B．Because it can put huge pressure on some species.

C．Because it takes a long time for such changes to take place.

D．Because it will damage ninety-nine percent of species.

3. What does the underlined word probably mean?

A． Immovability

B．Peace

C．Strength

D．Variety

4. We learn from the last paragraph that __________.

A．humans are as independent as they are intelligent

B．the balance of the ecosystem is easily maintained

C．nature has given us a lot

D．nature is taking revenge on us

5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A．Food Webs are Closely Related to Biodiversity.

B．Biodiversity Plays a Very Important Role in Evolution.

C．How Biodiversity Affects Human Society.

D．Understanding Biodiversity and Its Importance.

8 . The Blacks are American tourists(游客). They are visiting Beijing now. This is their first visit to China.They are going to stay in China for three months. They want to visit some big cities and villages.They hope to learn some Chinese, too.
Mr. Black is a taxi driver. He likes to drive in Beijing. Mrs. Black is a school teacher. She is visiting a city school today. Their daughter is a middle school student.
Mrs. Black is going to meet some Chinese students.They are taking a lot of pictures in China. When they return（回到）to America, they are going to show the pictures to their friends. They want the American people to know more about China.
1. The Blacks are from _____.

A．China

B．England

C．Canada

D．America

2. The Blacks are staying in _____ now.

A．England

B．Beijing

C．Shanghai

D．New York

3. Mr. Black is _____.

A．a teacher

B．a doctor

C．a taxi driver

D．a worker

4. There are _____ people in Mr. Black's family.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

5. Why are they going to show the pictures to their friends when they go back to America?

A．Because the pictures are very beautiful.

B．Because they like China.

C．Because they want the American people to know more about China.

D．Because they want the American people to come to China.