1 . We use money to buy things we need or want. But a long time ago, people didn’t use money. So how did they get the things they wanted? Well, there is a long and interesting story.
At first they would exchange things they had for something they need. For example, if a shoemaker needed some bread, he would give a baker shoes and the baker would give him bread. This was called “bartering(以物易物)”.
Bartering worked well for a while. But after the baker didn’t need so many shoes, the shoemaker still needed more bread. What could they do? The solution （解决办法） to this problem was money.
Money is an agreement among people. There were many earlier forms of money, such as cattle, salt, grain and shells. But it was not easy to move them to faraway places or store them. So metal money began to take the place of these things. Metal money was used in China as early as 1,000 BC.
About three hundred years ago, paper money was used widely. Paper money is much cheaper to make than metal money. It is also easier to carry. Now paper money is used by most countries.
1. In more ancient times, if people wanted beef, they needed ________.| A．to buy it with money | B．to make it by themselves. |
| C．to borrow it from other people | D．to exchange it with other people |
| A．metal | B．some shells | C．paper money | D．grain or salt |
| A．About 1,000 years ago. | B．About 2,000 years ago. |
| C．More than 3,000 years ago | D．More than 4,000 years ago. |
| A．Bartering lasted for a long time. |
| B．Now paper money is used by most countries. |
| C．Metal money is cheaper to make than paper money. |
| D．It was easy to store and move the early forms of money. |
| A．The Ways to Buy Things. | B．How to Exchange Things |
| C．How to Make More Money. | D．The History Behind Money. |
Confidence(自信) is very important in daily life. It can help you develop a healthy attitude(态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chances to make themselves successful. But how to be more confident? Here are some suggestions:
● ________ ________When you are not confident, you can’t do well in what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak in a loud voice so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident.
●Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence.
●Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you’ve done.
●Get rid of(消除)fear Fear comes along with failure(失败). But if you know that failure is part of your life, it’s easy to get over it. Don’t hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.
●Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding. And it will make you happy and confident.
1. 根据短文内容完成句子(每空限填一个单词)。The first paragraph tells us
2. 根据第二段内容和其他带有段落标题的格式, 在第二段的开头写出本段的标题(每空限填一个单词)。
3. 将文中画线的句子译成汉语。
4. 根据短文内容回答问题。Why do you need to pick up a hobby?
5. 根据短文内容回答问题(限10个词以内)。What is the passage mainly talking about?
3 . Do you obey the rules in your school? What do you think of your school rules? Are you allowed to dye hair? A lot of school rules are similar around the world, but some are different. Many students may enjoy more freedom（自由）in some countries. But freedom doesn’t mean “no rules”. Every school has their own rules. There are some rules in some Asian schools: The students are not allowed to dye their hair and are supposed to keep the hair black. They are not allowed to wear earrings, either. Almost all schools used to require students to wear uniforms but now half of the schools require uniforms. The students feel happy to wear all kinds of clothes. The students must get to school on time. If they are late, they can’t get into the school gate because the school gate is closed. In some countries, students are not allowed to have part-time jobs because they may not concentrate on their studies.
American schools have their own rules. For example, in Morton High School, students are not allowed to choose their own clothes. They must get to school or leave school on time. Food or drinks or snacks shouldn’t be taken into the classroom. They must wear sports shoes in gym class. They are supposed to keep quiet in the school bus. In America, the students can have part-time jobs in their free time.
1. If you are a student in some Asian countries, ________ .| A．you can wear earrings | B．you must wear sports shoes in gym class |
| C．you may be allowed to wear your own clothes | D．you are allowed to have part-time jobs |
| A．禁止 | B．要求, 命令 | C．批准, 允许 | D．奖励 |
| A．The students can have part-time jobs in their free time. |
| B．The students are allowed to wear their own clothes. |
| C．The students must get to school on time. |
| D．The students should keep the hair black. |
| A．the students must wear uniforms in Morton High School |
| B．the students can’t dye their hair |
| C．the students often make noises in the school bus |
| D．the students can’t make money in the free time |
| A．The students can eat things in class in America. |
| B．Different countries have different school rules. |
| C．The school gate is open when the classes begin. |
| D．The students can’t get freedom if there are rules in school. |
4 . Burns from fire or other types of heat cover from mild(轻微的) to the danger of life . Some burns can be treated at home, while others need medical care at once.
What to do if you get burned?
●First, decide if you can take care of the burn yourself. Go to the hospital right now if it the burn is serious.
●If you can’t get to a hospital right away or must wait for an ambulance（救护车）, follow these steps:
1.Remove clothing from the burned area. Don’t remove clothing that is stuck to the skin and don’t break any blisters(水泡).
2. Run cool (not cold) water over the burn until the pain lessens(减轻). Don’t put butter, oil, or ice on burns.
3.Lightly apply a bandage(绷带) over the burn.
4.Remove jewelry（首饰） that’s close to the burn.
Seek emergency（紧急的） medical care if:
1.The burn is serious.
2. The burned area is large (cover the area with a clean, soft cloth or towel（毛巾）) .
3.The burn come from a fire, electrical wire （电线）or chemicals .
4.The burn looks infected 被感染的).
Think prevention!
Be careful when using candles, heaters, and curling irons. Don’t allow children to play in the kitchen while someone is cooking. Children can easily get burned in kitchens.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
1. You should ________ first if you get burned.
| A．Call the police | B．check the burn |
| C．Go to the hospital | D．clean the burned area |
| A．Take away clothing from the burn. | B．Run cold water over the burn. |
| C．Lightly apply a bandage over the burn. | D．Break blisters on the burn. |
| A．Children can easily get burned playing in the kitchens. |
| B．We should be careful when using heaters. |
| C．When the burn is serious, seek emergency medical care. |
| D．If you can take care of yourself, you don’t need to go to the hospital. |
| A．覆盖 | B．重移 | C．去除 | D．搬动 |
| A．Science books | B．Medical handbooks |
| C．Fashion magazines | D．National newspapers |
When you cough or sneeze, you’d better turn your head away from others and cover your mouth with the full part of your hand. And then, you should say, “Excuse me.”
This seems so simple, but it is surprising how many kids have never been told to do this. Actually, I notice adults all the time who cough and sneeze in public without placing a hand over the mouth. One important thing I point out to the kids is that after they sneeze or cough on their hands, they should wash their hands as soon as possible. If not, they will be passing those germs (细菌) along to everything and everyone they touch.
If you come to a door and someone is following you, hold the door. If the door opens by pulling, pull it open, stand to the side, and allow the other person to pass through first, then you can walk through. If the door opens by pushing, hold the door after you pass through.
After a few weeks of seeing kids try to get through doors in the school and watching them enter restaurants as the door hit other people, I knew I had to discuss the problem with my students. Teaching them small acts of kindness, such as letting someone else go through a door first as they hold it open, may seem unimportant, but it can go a long way toward helping students realize how to be polite and thank others. Once they’ve been told, they’re halfway there.
When we have to go up moving stairs, we will stand to the right. That will give others who are in a hurry a choice of walking up the left-hand side of the moving stairs. When we are going to enter a lift, the underground, or a doorway, we will wait for others to exit before we enter.
After college when I moved to London, I was surprised at how polite everyone was in the subways. I was even more touched when I traveled to Japan. In both places, people made efforts to make way for others. On moving stairs, everyone stood to the right and walked to the left. On lifts, everyone would stand over to the side and allow others to exit before they would begin to enter.
1. If you come to a door and someone is following you, you’d better .| A．hold the door | B．pass through | C．close the door | D．stand to the side |
| A．Because it’s dangerous to stand to the left. |
| B．Because it’s a traffic rule which we must follow. |
| C．Because we must wait for others to move first. |
| D．Because we should make way for people in a hurry. |
| A．doctor | B．traveler | C．parent | D．teacher |
| A．the rules of acts in public | B．the ways of communication |
| C．the problems of meeting people | D．the knowledge of social life |
6 . I'm often asked the question “How did you become a reporter?” You see, everybody expected me to follow in my father's footsteps and become a doctor. Well, during my last year of school I visited a career counselor（置业顾问）named Lisa and I drove her crazy with my choices.
My first choice was a chocolate tester. Although Lisa didn't know the job well, she got me some information about it. I discovered that chocolate testers make a lot of money, so I was sure I had found my dream job. However, when I found out that chocolate testers don't just sit around eating chocolate all day, I lost my interest.
Next, I thought of becoming a football referee（裁判）. I had loved football from a young age, but being a professional footballer was out of the question, as I couldn't play very well. However, it seems that referees must be able to run two and a half miles in less than twelve minutes and they are required to take exams throughout their training. So, my dream of becoming a referee died.
Finally, I had this idea of becoming a dog stylist（造型师）. That was after I realized how much money our dog stylist, Shirley, was being paid. However, once, while she was styling Philipo. I noticed that he tried to bite（咬）her. “It happens all the time," she told me. As you can imagine, that really put me off.
To cut a long story short, all this research made me realize I had a talent for investigation（调查）so by the end of school year I had decided to become a reporter.
1. What can we know about the writer's first dream job?| A．It is a job that pays well. | B．It is what his father is doing. |
| C．It is what Lisa expected him to do. | D．It is a job that requires one to sit all day. |
| A．He wanted to run less. | B．He wasn't young enough. |
| C．He wanted to take fewer exams. | D．He couldn't play football very well. |
| A．Shirley's dog | B．the writer's dog | C．Shirley's stylist | D．the writer's stylist |
| A．拖延时间 | B．推迟 | C．把…放在… | D．对…失去兴趣（反感） |
| A．How to choose the right job. | B．Different jobs the writer has tried. |
| C．How the writer became a reporter. | D．The importance of career counselors. |
7 .
Many people think of the brain as a mystery. They don’t know much about intelligence and how it works. When they do think about what intelligence is, many people believe that a person is born smart, average, or dumb—and stays that way in the whole life. But new research shows that the brain is more like a muscle（肌肉）—it changes and gets stronger when you use it. And scientists have been able to show just how the brain grows and gets stronger when you learn.
Everyone knows that when you lift weights, your muscles get bigger and you get stronger. A person who can’t lift 20 pounds when he/she starts exercising can get strong enough to lift 100 pounds after working out for a long time. That’s because the muscles become larger and stronger with exercise. And when you stop exercising, the muscles shrink（收缩）and you get weaker. That’s why people say “Use it or lose it!”
But most people don’t know that when they practice and learn new things, parts of their brain change and get larger a lot like muscles do when they exercise. Inside the cortex（皮层）of the brain are billions of tiny nerve（神经元）cells（细胞）,called neurons. The nerve cells have branches connecting them to other cells in a complicated（复杂）network. Communication between these brain cells is what allows us to think and solve problems. When you learn new things, these tiny connections in the brain actually multiply and get stronger. The more you challenge your mind to learn, the more your brain cells grow. Then, things that you once found very hard or even impossible to do —like speaking a foreign language or doing algebra（代数）—seem to become easy after learning them for a period of time. The result is a stronger, smarter brain.
Scientists started thinking that the human brain could develop and change when they studied animals’ brains. They found out that animals that lived in a challenging environment were more “perspicacious”—they were better at solving problems and learning new things.
1. According to the first paragraph, .| A．the function（作用）of our brain is like that of the muscle |
| B．until now it’s impossible to explain the brain’s mystery |
| C．many people believe one’s intelligence is naturally determined（决定） |
| D．one’s brain grows stronger as the age increases |
| A．The complicated structure of the brain. |
| B．How changes in the muscles affect the brain. |
| C．The importance of the brain. |
| D．How the brain becomes stronger by learning new things. |
| A．Strong. | B．Smart. | C．Popular. | D．Active. |
| A．the differences between animals’ brains and humans’ brains |
| B．the relation between human brains and muscles |
| C．scientists’ findings about animals’ brains |
| D．how to make your brain smarter through self-development |
8 . At the beginning of November 2018, the 35th Chinese Antarctic expedition（南极科考队）set off for the polar（极地的）region. This time, one of their main tasks is to build China’s first permanent（永久的）Antarctic airport, Science and Technology Daily reported.
There are more than 20 airports in Antarctica, according to Global Times. But none of them belongs to China. China’s polar plane Xueying 601 has to take off and land at Russian airports.
The new airport will help Chinese aircraft take off and land in the South Pole. This will make it easier to transport scientific equipment and do research.
In order to be environmentally friendly, the airport will be small, said Sun Bo, the leader of the research team. However, this doesn’t make it easy to build the airport.
The site of the airport is an ice cap, which is a thick layer of ice. It covers the land like a quilt. But this “quilt” is always moving. Scientists have to find the slowest-moving part of the cap. You can hardly notice the movement of the ice in this area.
The next problem is the snow. The snow on the ice cap can be very thick. Also, it is as soft as cotton, which makes it hard to build a runway for airplanes. Scientists have to use a snow blower to get rid of the snow on the top of the cap. Then, they compact the rest of the snow with a road roller-like machine. In this way, the snow will be strong and hard enough to build a runway on the top of the cap.
1. The main purpose of the 35th Chinese Antarctic expedition is to _________.
| A．transport scientific equipment | B．do some research |
| C．set up a research station | D．build an airport |
| A．Explaining why we need to explore Antarctica. |
| B．Explaining where China’s polar planes take off and land. |
| C．Explaining what the new airport in Antarctica can do. |
| D．Explaining how other countries build their own airports. |
| A．there is no more areas in Antarctica |
| B．the plane is smaller than usual |
| C．we should try to protect the Antarctic environment |
| D．the snow is difficult to clear off |
| A．压紧 | B．铲除 | C．冻结 | D．融化 |
| A．The weather changes very often. | B．The ice cap is always moving. |
| C．The snow on the ice cap is thick. | D．The snow on the ice cap is soft. |
9 . France is well known for its fine art，tasty food and romantic scenery. About 75 million visitors come here every year.
France is the largest country in Western Europe. It has a population of over 66 million. The country is home to many famous places of interest, like the River Seine as well as the Eiffel Tower.
Many visitors also come for the country's art. Sculptor(雕刻家)Auguste Rodin and painter Claude Monet once created their great works here. If you visit France today, it is not a surprise to meet street artists in the city or come across a singer in the subway.
No visit to Paris is complete without a trip to Louvre, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. Inside, there are 35 , 000 works of art, such as the painting Mona Lisa by Da Vinci and the statue David by Michelangelo. It would take nine months to enjoy all the pieces.
Besides, French food is world famous. Bread is very important in France. The best known French bread is called a baguette(法棍面包).They are long, delicious and taste salty. Snails are also a must-have here. French people eat 40 , 000 tons of snails every year!
But France is not always good. Paris, the city of light, may also show its dark side to visitors. Chinese visitors feel sorry about the crowded subway in Paris.
回答下面5个问题,每题答案不超过5个词。
1. What’s France well known for?
2. What’s the population of France?
3. Is it a surprise to come across a street artist in Paris?
4. Besides bread, what food is also a must-have for French people?
5. Why do Chinese visitors feel sorry about the subway in Paris?
10 . Do you know Buy Nothing Day? We always buy many things before Christmas, December 25th.
But some people think we buy too much. They start Buy Nothing Day. They don't want us to go shopping on that day.
Buy Nothing Day is on November 29th. It's always the first day of Christmas shopping. At this time, we see ads and they tell us to “buy, buy, buy”.
Buy Nothing Day first started in Canada. Now people in Canada, America, Japan and England celebrate it. People there buy nothing on that day. Parents stay at home with their children. They often read stories, sing songs and draw pictures. Sometimes they have a family party at home.
1. Why do people start Buy Nothing Day?| A．Because they have no money. | B．Because they are too busy. |
| C．Because they buy too much. | D．Because they want to stay at home. |
| A．In January | B．In October. |
| C．In November. | D．In December. |
| A．In Canada. | B．In Japan. | C．In England. | D．In America. |
| A．赞美 | B．庆祝 | C．讨论 | D．反对 |
