1 . Of course you don’t want to be sick in your vacation. So what can you do while traveling? There are three things you should remember: relax, sleep and eat well.
A vacation is a time for relaxing, but very often it is not. Think about what you do when you are a tourist. There are so many places to visit: shops, parks and temples. You may spend most of the days walking around these places. This can be very tiring. Do not ask your body to do too much. A tired body means a weak body. A weak body gets dicky easily. So sit down for a few hours in a nice place. In good weather, look for a quiet park bench.
Sleep is also important. If you want to stay healthy, you need to get enough sleep. Your hotel room may be noisy, or the bed may be too hard. Or you may want to stay out late at night. Then you should plan to sleep for an hour during the day. The extra hour can make a big difference.
Finally, if you want to stay healthy, you must eat well. That means eating the right kinds of food. Your body needs fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, milk and cheese.
So, remember this: if you want to enjoy your vacation, take good care of yourself. Give your body some rest. Get enough sleep and eat healthy food.
1. How will you feel if you spend most of the days walking?| A．Easy. | B．Noisy. | C．Tired. | D．Dangerous. |
| A．Visit parks. | B．Stay healthy |
| C．Go to churches and temples. | D．Sit down for a few hours. |
| A．额外的 | B．临时的 | C．充足的 | D．必要的 |
| A．How to rest in traveling. | B．What places to visit in traveling. |
| C．How to relax and sleep in traveling. | D．How to take good care of ourselves in traveling. |
2 . Tom is a student in a middle school. He is busy studying. But in his free time, he often does some activities. Here is his timetable:
Week | Time | Activity | Place |
Monday | 2:30 p.m.~3:30 p.m. | play tennis | sports hall |
Tuesday | 3:40 p.m.~ 4:40 p.m. | play basketball | school playground |
Wednesday | 3:40 p.m.~4:40 p.m. | reading | school library |
Thursday | 4:30 p.m.~5:30 p.m. | go skateboarding | sports hall |
Friday | 3:40 p.m.~4:40 p.m. | play basketball | school playground |
Saturday | 9:00 a.m. ~11:00 a.m. | surf the net (上网) and play some e-games | net bar (网吧) |
Sunday | 9:30 a.m.~10:30 a.m. | watch TV or DVDs | home |
1. Tom plays basketball ________ a week.
| A．once | B．twice | C．three times | D．four times |
| A．an hour | B．two hours | C．three hours | D．four hours |
| A．Maybe Tom likes sports very much. | B．Tom goes to school library once a week. |
| C．Tom spends most of his free time on computer. | D．Tom watches TV once a week. |
3 . Many people think that TV programs have little or no educational value. It is true that lots of programs are meaningless. However, some programs are good and we can learn many things from them. Here are a few of my favorite programs.
Blue Peter | When I was a child, this was the only program I could watch. I watched it three times a week. You can learn about different countries around the world from it. As the show is for children, the language in it is easy. |
The Great British Bake Off | The show is about making bread, cakes and so on. The show wants to find Britain’s best amateur baker（业余烘焙师）. You can watch the show Bake of to get some ideas of new things to try baking and you can always find the recipes online. |
Frozen Planet | This one is about life in cold places. There are many special animals in this show. I love this show not because of the cute animals, but because it teaches us about the impact we have on these animals and what we need to do to save them. |
Pointless | This show is great for making you think. It’s a quiz（知识竞赛）show. It may be about sports, weather, movies and so on. I learned lots of things from this show. |
1. What does the underlined word “recipes” mean in English?
| A．cooking time | B．cooking cookers | C．cooking places | D．cooking ways |
| A．Blue Peter | B．The Great British Bake Off |
| C．Frozen Planet | D．Pointless |
| A．Pointless is a quiz only about sports. |
| B．Blue Peter tells about different countries around the world. |
| C．The writer always watches the Great British Bake Off online. |
| D．The writer likes Frozen Planet because of the lovely animals in it. |
4 . In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning, the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later, black clouds come, and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon, the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter, they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?| A．Because they may have four seasons in one day. |
| B．Because they often have very good weather. |
| C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring. |
| D．Because the sky is sunny all day. |
| A．sunshine and snow | B．black clouds |
| C．summer and winter | D．spring and autumn |
| A．warm | B．cool | C．cold | D．rainy |
| A．their friends ask them to do so | B．it often rains in England |
| C．they are going to sell them | D．they are their favorite things |
| A．Bad Seasons | B．Summer or Winter |
| C．The Weather in England | D．Strange English People |
5 . Unusual Festivals
Every country has its own festivals to celebrate different things. Some festivals are more interesting than others because they are unusual—and a lot more fun! Here are just a few unusual festivals from around the world.
Holi, the festival of colours, is in India, Nepal and other parts of the world. Holi celebrates the end of winter and the coming of spring and it lasts for many days. During the festival, people throw coloured powder (粉末) and water at each other. It’s one of the most colourful festivals in the world. |
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The only colour during another famous festival is red. “La Tomatina” is in Bunol Spain, in August. People come from all over the world for a big food fight. All over the city, people run through the streets throwing red tomatoes at each other. The streets get very messy but everyone has a good time. |
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Another strange and cold festival, Quyllur Rit’i, is in Peru in every May or June. People celebrate with music and dancing on top of a glacier (冰川)! The festival lasts for three days and, at the end, everyone walks out together carrying torches of fire. |
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Finally, how about a festival with animals? On the last Sunday of November, people in Lopburi, Thailand, invite some unusual guests to dinner at the Monkey Buffet Festival. Hundreds of monkeys come and they eat a lot of fruit, nuts and vegetables. |
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| A．Holi. | B．La Tomatina. |
| C．Quyllur Rit’i. | D．Monkey Buffet Festival. |
| A．People dance on top of a glacier. |
| B．People throw red tomatoes at each other. |
| C．People invite some unusual guests to dinner. |
| D．People throw coloured powder and water at each other. |
| A．For one day. | B．For three days. |
| C．For a week. | D．For many days. |
| A．In August. | B．At the end of winter. |
| C．In May or June. | D．On the last Sunday of November. |
6 . Local markets are interesting places. People go to markets early in the morning to buy fruits, vegetables, meat and fish. People also love local markets because the food is very fresh and cheap.
Fruits, vegetables and meat often come from the farm the same day they are sold. The fish are often very fresh and come to the market straight from the fishing boat. But the market doesn’t sell the same things every day. You can only buy some fruits and vegetables during some certain(特定的)season.
At the market, vendors(小贩)sell chicken, pork and beef. Just tell the vendor what kind of meat you want. Then say how much you want, and they will prepare the meat for you. If you don’t want to cook, you can also buy cooked food at the market. Then you can take it home and eat it.
Do you need any non-food items(非食品)?You can find those at the market, too! You can buy toys or books there. Do you need some new clothes or new shoes? You can also buy those at the market. Many people like to shop at the market. They can buy almost everything they need in one place.
1. What can’t you buy at local markets?| A．Fish. | B．Toys. | C．Meat. | D．Cars. |
| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. | D．5. |
| A．cooked food | B．non-food items | C．fresh fish | D．meat |
| A．Because local markets are interesting. | B．Because the food there is fresh and cheap. |
| C．Because local markets sell the same things. | D．Because people there are friendly and nice. |
7 . At present, too much carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet, to save ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life(低碳生活) becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.
To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.
To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.
To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations. On the one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It is not only a waste of money but also causes trouble to the earth, because as you know, making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.
There are many other ways to live low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. ________ makes the weather on the earth get warmer.
| A．Little rubbish | B．A waste of money |
| C．Too much carbon dioxide | D．A waste of water |
| A．use less electricity | B．go to sleep with lights on |
| C．wash clothes with hot water | D．drive car to work |
| A．eating less meat | B．having heart disease |
| C．keeping animals for food | D．eating less vegetables |
| A．wasting money causes trouble to people |
| B．the advertisements are sometimes misleading |
| C．the less you shop, the less carbon dioxide will be produced |
| D．some of the things you bought are useless |
| A．we will waste more energy |
| B．there will be less carbon dioxide |
| C．the earth will become a dangerous place to live on |
| D．there will be more carbon dioxide |
8 . 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, built 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 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. |
Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year-old from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆) would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensor (感应器) to help people find their family members like his grandfather. |
1. What is the passage mainly about?
| A．Popular ads. | B．Useful machines. | C．Strange pictures. | D．Teenage inventions. |
| A．make things stay fresh | B．help people wash clothes |
| C．go into the smallest places | D．take care of the old people |
| A．Plates and cups are made of fresh banana leaves now. |
| B．Remya’s washing machine can also keep people fit. |
| C．David Cohen is a middle School student from India. |
| D．Kenneth’s wearable sensors will keep old people at home. |
9 . Everyone gets sick of hearing. “Put on your seat belt!”But it’s good advice. People who wear seat belts are 45 percent less likely to be killed while riding in the front seat of a car.
The US government wants more seat belt laws. It says children aged 4 to 15 are often killed in car accidents. In 2005, there were 1,627 children aged 4 to 15 killed in car accidents. More than 1,000 of those children were not wearing seat belts. If they had been wearing seat belts, 500 of those children could be alive today.
These children are too old to be in car seats, but they often sit in the back seat. Seat belt laws in many states, including Wisconsin, only require people in the front seat to wear seat belts. Children who aren’t wearing seat belts can be thrown from the car. The risk of dying in an accident is three times greater if the person is thrown from the car.
New laws could require children aged 4 to 8 to be in booster seats in the car. Booster seats help seat belts fit children properly. Right now, only 5 percent of children aged 4 to 8 are seated in booster seats (儿童座椅).
While parents have the choice of whether wearing seat belts or not, children are too young to make that choice. Even if you decide not to wear a seat belt, make sure your children are in seat belts and car seats. It’s the law and it will save their lives.
1. The underlined sentence “Everyone gets sick of hearing”in the first paragraph means“________”.| A．there is something wrong with everyone’s ears |
| B．all people fall ill when they hear something |
| C．many people don’t pay attention to wearing seat belts |
| D．none of the people knows it is a piece of good advice |
| A．they weren’t using seat belts |
| B．they were too careful when they walked on the road |
| C．they were not old enough to sit in the car |
| D．they wore seat belts |
| A．keep them comfortable in the car seat |
| B．keep them safe |
| C．keep them awake in the car all the time |
| D．prevent all kinds of traffic accidents |
| A．Children Should Put on Seat Belts |
| B．Too Many Traffic Accidents Happened Recently |
| C．Traffic Laws Are Very Important |
| D．Parents Are Important to Children |
10 . We spoke to three students from around the world about different national holidays. There are different customs（习俗）for each festival.
Tan Xiaodong, 15, Hong Kong, China
“It’ll soon be Chinese New Year. Before it, we’ll clean the house and decorate it for good luck. Every shop is going to close for a few days and go out a lot to celebrate in the streets. We might go and see the lion and dragon dances in the city center. I love this festival.”
Wendy, 16, Sydney, Australia
Australia Day is on 26th January and it’s an important holiday here. We always have a Monday off, so we celebrate for three days. My parents and I go to the countryside for a picnic and friends always come over. Many people go to beach parties or street parties and there is lots of music and dancing. What fun!”
Amy, 14, New York, USA
The first Thanksgiving Day was hundreds of years ago when Europeans who came to America thanked God for his help. It’s still a very important day for families to be together. This year we’re going to visit my grandparents and we’ll eat a delicious meal of turkey. Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November every year.”
1. How many festivals are mentioned in the passage?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．do a lot of shopping | B．see lion and dragon dances |
| C．decorate the house for good luck | D．eat turkeys |
| A．have a meal in the countryside | B．go to a swimming pool . |
| C．have a party at school | D．clean the house and dance |
| A．A country. | B．A festival. | C．A bird. | D．A kind of drink. |
| A．different festivals have different customs |
| B．many people go out for a picnic with friends before Chinese New Year |
| C．the first Thanksgiving Day was born a hundred years ago |
| D．Australia Day is an important day for family members to get together |
