1 . Most American children eat potatoes. But many children don’t know what part of the potato is the best for food. Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper. Hold the piece between your eyes and light. You’ll see that the potato has skin (皮), an outside rim (边缘) and an inside part. The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato, is the most valuable (有价值的) part of all. But this is often thrown away with the skin. Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside. When eating a cooked potato, if you choose the inside and leave the outside, you are throwing the best part of it. If you can’t eat the whole potato, eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do.
1. What is the best part of a potato?| A．The outside rim. | B．The inside part. |
| C．The middle. | D．The skin. |
| A．not good at all | B．better than the inside part |
| C．better than the outside rim | D．as good as the outside rim |
| A．How to cook them. | B．How to plant them. |
| C．How to cut them. | D．How to eat them. |
2 . Everyone knows that Edison failed 10,000 times before he invented the light bulb (灯泡). It’s important to have new ideas and keep trying. Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let’s have a look at these teenage inventions 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 hand-wash 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 Shinozuka, a 15-year-old from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默症) would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensors (感应器) to help people find their family members like his grandfather. |
1. How does the writer begin the text?
| A．By listing numbers. | B．By asking a question. | C．By showing a saying. | D．By giving an example. |
| A．For two or three days. | B．For one year. | C．For a month. | D．For a week. |
| A．Make things stay fresh. | B．Help people wash clothes. |
| C．Go into the smallest places. | D．Take care of the old people. |
| A．Did the writer try to introduce Edison? |
| B．Did the writer teach us to invent something? |
| C．Did the writer ask us to be creative and thoughtful? |
| D．Did the writer sell some teenage inventions? |
3 . School life is often happy and exciting. How can we keep those good memories (回忆)? Most high schools in the United States have a yearbook. The yearbook comes out once a year. It is a “book of memories” for students.
Inside a yearbook there is each student’s photo. The fourth-year students are finishing school soon, and their photos appear first. Next are the third-year students. Next come the second-year students. The last photos are the first year students. The yearbook is not only about students, but the teachers’ photos are also in it.
The yearbook also has photos and descriptions (描述) of sports teams, school subjects, and extracurricular activities. These are activities students do after school such as the chess club and Chinese club. There is even the yearbook club. Students in this club write and take photos all year for the yearbook. At the end of the year, the book comes out.
In the yearbook, some students get special titles (头衔). For example, the students choose the “class clown”—a funny student, the “most likely to succeed”—a student everyone thinks will be successful, and the “best dressed”—a student with a good fashion sense (时尚感).
Students write in each other’s yearbooks. This is very important to the fourth-year students because they are saying goodbye to each other. Students write something like “We had a lot of fun.” and “I’ll never forget you.” They also write about all the fun they shared in school together.
1. Whose (谁的) photos appear last in a yearbook?| A．The first-year students’. | B．The second-year students’. |
| C．The third-year students’. | D．The fourth-year students’. |
| A．Sports teams. | B．Extracurricular activities. |
| C．School subjects. | D．Teaching activities. |
| A．The “class clown”. | B．The “best dressed”. |
| C．The “young scientist”. | D．The “most likely to succeed”. |
| A．Nice to meet you! | B．Please call back later. |
| C．I’ll write to you often. | D．Welcome to our school! |
| A．describe what a yearbook is | B．tell us the history of a yearbook |
| C．teach us how to make a yearbook | D．show how important a yearbook is |
4 . Call ducks (柯尔鸭) are from the Netherlands. They are white and have yellow mouths and yellow feet. Call ducks are usually small and friendly, so many people keep (饲养) them at home. It is easy to keep Call ducks. They usually eat vegetables and drink water. They can sleep in boxes or only on books. But swimming is very important to them. They need to swim every day. Call ducks can live a long life (寿命). Some of them can live more than ten years.
Do you want to keep a Call duck? There is a problem (问题). Call ducks are very expensive (贵的). How much are they? About 15,000 yuan each. So your parents may not buy one for you. But don’t be blue. There are duck clubs (俱乐部) in many cities in China. You can find Call ducks in these clubs. You can play with them when you are free. It’s very relaxing to play with the small ducks.
1. What do Call ducks like to eat?| A．Vegetables. | B．Rice. | C．Fruit. | D．Bread. |
| A．流行的 | B．可怕的 | C．重要的 | D．疲倦的 |
| A．It eats too much food. | B．It isn’t friendly. |
| C．It only lives in the water. | D．It is too expensive. |
| A．Many people like Call ducks. | B．Call ducks can live a long life. |
| C．You can only find Call ducks in the Netherland. | D．You can play with Call ducks in some clubs. |
5 . Experts say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children study late. They will think their children work very hard. But not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have said that students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.
1. Experts have told us students should ________.| A．get enough sleep | B．not get enough sleep |
| C．study late | D．sleep less |
| A．they have too much homework to do at night |
| B．they watch TV late |
| C．they play the computer games late into the night |
| D．all of the above |
| A．get to bed early | B．get up early | C．get to bed late | D．get up late |
| A．better | B．stronger | C．weaker | D．thinner |
| A．develop good study habits | B．work hard |
| C．go to school before six | D．come home late |
6 . Which animal do you think is “the king of the animals” , the elephant, the lion or the tiger? They are all large and strong. But I think the tiger is “the king of the animals”. If you watch carefully, you can find some black lines on the tiger’s forehead (前额) . The lines look like the Chinese character (汉字) “WANG”. The character means “the king of the world” in Chinese.
Most of the tigers come from China and India. Tigers are dangerous animals. They look scary (吓人的). They like eating meat. They have yellow fur with black lines. They usually weigh about 200 to 300 kg. Tigers can run fast. They run at a speed of 20 metres per second.
Some people think they are dangerous. But they don’t know tigers are in danger now. There are only 20 to 30 wild South China Tigers in China and less than 300 in the world. Lots of people kill them for their fur. We should take action to protect them.
1. Which animal does the writer think is “the king of the animals” ?| A．The elephant. | B．The lion. |
| C．The tiger. | D．The lion and the tiger. |
| A．王 | B．汪 | C．主 | D．丰 |
| A．Tigers like eating meat. |
| B．All of the tigers come from China. |
| C．Tigers usually weigh about 200 to 300 kg. |
| D．Tigers can run at a speed of 20 metres per second. |
| A．less than 20 | B．only 20 to 30 | C．less than 200 | D．less than 300 |
| A．the tigers couldn’t find enough food to eat |
| B．lots of people kill them for their safety |
| C．lots of people think they are dangerous |
| D．lots of people kill them for their fur |
7 . Amy from Britain
On Saturdays, my dad makes us a very special breakfast. We have sausage (香肠), bacon, tomatoes, beans, eggs and some bread. We likes drinking tea and orange juice.
Rodolfo from Mexico
I live in the north of Mexico. For breakfast, we eat salchicha con huevo. This is sausage with scrambled eggs (炒蛋). We eat it with tortillas (玉米饼). It’s very good. You should try it.
Ana from Brazil
In Brazil, we call breakfast café-da-manha. There are lots of different foods you can have. I have bread and cheese and then a piece of special cake. We also eat a lot of fruit. I like apples and bananas.
Mustafa from Turkey
The breakfast table in our house is full of food. There is bread, white cheese, yellow cheese, tomatoes, salami (a kind of sausage) and eggs. We all drink black tea. Breakfast is my favorite meal.
1. Who makes breakfast at Amy’s home on Saturdays?| A．Her mother. | B．Her father. | C．Her grandmother. | D．Her grandfather. |
| A．In Britain. | B．In Brazil. | C．In Mexico. | D．In Turkey. |
| A．They are talking about their lunch. | B．Amy and Rodolfo have sausage for breakfast. |
| C．Ana doesn’t eat fruit. | D．Mustafa likes to drink green tea. |
8 . China is a nation of etiquette （礼仪） . Chinese people are among the most hospitable people in the world. If foreigners visit a Chinese family, they would be surprised at the warmth that they would receive as guests.
When you visit a Chinese family, the host usually makes tea for you. Then he will serve you snacks like biscuits or candy. Someone in the family will also chat with you, never letting you feel lonely.
At the same time, other family members will prepare a meal for you. Chinese people treat their guests with a big meal. They always present more food than the guest can eat. On the table, the guests must be the first to eat. Perhaps one of the things that surprises a western guest most is that the Chinese host likes to pick food for visitors, which won’t happen at western tables. The Chinese family go out of their way to make you feel at home. As you are done eating, the host usually says “It seems that you didn’t eat much. Please have more.” Although you tell them you are full, they still put more food in your bowl.
Being warm and hospitable has long been an important part of Chinese-culture and tradition. As Confucius （孔子） said thousands of years ago:
How happy we are.
To meet friends from a far!
1. As a guest in a Chinese family, you don’t feel ________.| A．lonely |
| B．happy |
| C．relaxed |
| D．nervous |
| A．Because he doesn’t like the food. |
| B．Because he thinks it’ s not necessary. |
| C．Because he thinks he is independent. |
| D．Because it won’t happen in western countries. |
| A．学而时习之，不亦说乎？ |
| B．有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？ |
| C．人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？ |
| D．己所不欲，勿施于人。 |
9 . In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge (粥),eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about half past seven. First they have soup,and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things,like bananas,apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Their meals are breakfast,dinner,tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.
1. Many English people have ________ meals a day.| A．five | B．four | C．three | D．two |
| A．chicken | B．eggs | C．bread | D．porridge |
| A．13：00 | B．14：30 | C．16：30 | D．18：00 |
| A．meat or fish | B．tea or coffee | C．eggs or bread | D．apples or oranges |
| A．porridge | B．meat or fish | C．tea | D．coffee |
10 . Look at the school bulletin (公告) board
| Mr. Black from Tennessee The policeman is going to give us an important talk on traffic safety (交通安全). 3:00 p.m.～5:00 p.m., Sept.20. In the sports center. |
| Whose e-bike key? Found at the front door of the dining hall on Sept.18. From Jack, Class 6, Grade 8. |
| I’m looking for my notebook. You can’t see the name on the cover. But on the first page there is a picture of a girl. It looks like me. I drew it when I bought the notebook two years ago. Lost on the playground. From Lily, Class 3, Grade 8. |
1. When will the policeman come to the sports center?
| A．On Sept.15. | B．On Sept.16. | C．On Sept.18. | D．On Sept.20. |
| A．In the sports center. | B．On the playground. |
| C．In the classroom. | D．At the front door of the dining hall. |
| A．The talk will last two hours. | B．Jack and Lily are in the same class. |
| C．Lily bought the notebook two years ago. | D．We can read the passage on the school bulletin board. |
