1 . 阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

You see people in movies celebrating a white Christmas in England or the United States. But Christmas in Australia is different.

The holiday, celebrated on Dec 25, comes at the hottest time of the year in Australia. The temperature is usually about 30°C in most cities and can even be over 40°C. There is certainly no white Christmas in Australia.

Because it is so hot, the tradition is to have a lunch outside and to swim in the pool or beach. Most people have a one-week holiday during this time, so they will travel to meet their family for Christmas lunch. Christmas lunch is usually a big meal of ham, turkey, salad and fresh seafood. (3) Family members all cook something different to bring to the big meal. I always enjoy Christmas lunch because there are lots of good cooks in the family. One year my aunt even made a delicious gingerbread house (姜饼屋) that we ate for dessert.

Children get presents from “Santa Claus” and are always excited to play with them. (4) It is a fun time to play or swim in the pool with the other members of your family.

The sport of cricket (板球) is very popular in Australia and another tradition is to play a game of cricket in your backyard. I always enjoyed playing with my uncle and cousins when I was growing up.

So Australia might not have a white Christmas. But it is still a very exciting and fun time of the year.

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(一) 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. Why is there no white Christmas in Australia?
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2. What sports are mentioned in this passage?
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（二）将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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4. _____________________________
（三）请给短文拟一个适当的题目。
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2 . Do you like banana cake? Do you know how to make it? The following can help you.

What to need ◆   3 bananas ◆   2 eggs ◆   2 spoons of baking powder(发酵粉) ◆   1/4 spoon of baking soda(小苏打) ◆   2 cups of flour(面粉) ◆   1/2 spoon of salt ◆   2/3 cup of sugar ◆   1/3 cup of vegetable oil(油)

What to do ◇   Make the oven to 180℃. ◇   Mix up the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. ◇   Add the vegetable oil. Add the sugar a little at a time, and beat (搅拌) it. ◇   Pour the eggs into the bowl and beat well. ◇   Add the bananas a little at a time and beat some more. ◇   Pour the mixture into the oven. Bake it for twenty minutes. ◇   Get the cake out of the oven, and cut it into pieces to eat!

1. We don’t need ________ to make the banana cake.

A．flour

B．sugar

C．eggs

D．yogurt

2. We need ________ of salt to make the banana cake.

A．1/3 cup

B．1/2 spoon

C．1/4 spoon

D．2/3 cup

3. We have to bake the mixture in the oven for ________ minutes.

A．30

B．12

C．20

D．18

4. Which is the right order to make the banana cake?
①Add the eggs and the bananas.        ②Add the vegetable oil into the bowl.
③Put the mixture into the oven.       ④Put the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into the bowl.

A．④②①③

B．④②③①

C．②①④③

D．③②①④

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．We need a large bowl to make the banana cake.

B．To make the banana cake, we need eight ingredients.

C．There are seven steps(步骤) to make the banana cake.

D．After adding vegetable oil and sugar, we beat them and the eggs.

3 .

Shi Peng won the top prize in a college, students’ start-up (创业) competition for setting up a website to help children find playmates (玩伴).   

Shi was brought up by his grandparents in a village in Hubei Province.     1     Later, the 22-year-old student at a university in Wuhan decided to set up a special website for children. He hoped that his website could help children meet new friends of the same age and feel less lonely.

    2     According to his research one about 6,000 children in cities like Guangzhou, Wuhan and Suzhou, most of them don’t have brothers or sisters and they are in need of playmates. “From my own experience, I think it’s a great idea to have such a website on which children can find playmates," Shi said.

The website is set up mainly for pre-school children in kindergarten (幼儿园) and their parents. All the users of the website must use their real names.     3     Through the website, parents who are busy during the day can get in touch with other parents who are free and willing to find some playmates for their children.

       As it gets more and more popular among children and parents, the website now holds many colorful online activities.     4     The website also provides parents with valuable chances to communicate with each other.
        Ni Wufan is one of the professors in Shi’s university. He said, “    5    ” He also agrees that our society needs more creative ideas like Shi’s to deal with children’s problems.

A．This is to make sure that the children are safe.

B．I have some different opinions about Shi’s website.

C．The website is a great example of start-up projects.

D．He hardly had any playmates growing up as a child.

E．There’re many interesting online games for children to play.

F．Shi Peng did some research before he set up the website.

G．They include scientific tests and group games for children.

4 . Zhang Shiyuan, 13

I am very interested in all kinds of dramas, especially those by William Shakespeare. But it is impossible to watch stage（舞台）drama every week. So my small goal is to watch at least one movie online from Shakespeare’s works. It will not only improve my English, but also help me have my own taste in drama.

Wu Qianhui, 14

For me, the small goal is to run 3,000 meters every day. It isn’t an easy thing, especially to do it every day. But I will not shy away from the challenge. I have the confidence（自信）to make it. I believe I can hold on and achieve my goal.

Gu Jiayi, 13

My goal is to master a skill like cooking. It is not very difficult, but it takes a lot of time. So I’ll make myself learn how to cook during holidays. The aim will help me make good use of time and be more independent.

Zhen Yishi, 14

I want to finish reading two English novels this year. Reading plays an important role in our life. It will not only improve my English reading and writing skills, but also develop my knowledge in many fields. It is not a big goal. But to achieve this goal, I need patience and persistence（坚持）.

Shen Botao, 14

My present small goal is to pass the piano grade exams. When I was in primary school, I began to learn to play the piano. I not only took a great interest in music, but also relaxed myself. I want to play the piano better. I think I can make it by the end of this term.

1. Which goal is NOT mentioned?

A．To win a running competition.	B．To learn cooking.
C．To read two English novels.	D．To pass the piano grade exams.

2. ________ can improve their English while they are achieving their goals.

A．Wu Qianhui and Zhen Yishi	B．Zhang Shiyuan and Gu Jiayi
C．Zhang Shiyuan and Zhen Yishi	D．Zhen Yishi and Shen Botao

3. According to the passage, we can know ________.

A．Zhang Shiyuan has good taste in drama	B．Gu Jiayi is not independent at all
C．reading can help Zhen Yishi develop her knowledge	D．Shen Botao doesn’t like playing the piano

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．We should have a goal, maybe just a small one.	B．We should know how to achieve our goal.
C．We need patience and persistence to achieve a goal.	D．All above.

5. You may find this passage in ________.

A．a guidebook

B．a storybook

C．a news report

D．a teen magazine

5 . Many parents today worry about their children’s diets. Then what is a healthy diet for children? Miss Jones from Happy Children Hospital gives the following advice:

◆ Children shouldn’t eat food with too much salt because it can cause high blood pressure(高血压).
◆ Children should eat food with less fat, oil and sugar. They should not eat too much junk food.
◆ Fruit and vegetables are rich in vitamins. Children need to eat fruit and vegetables often.
◆ Water is important to everyone. Children need to drink enough water every day.
◆ Children need to eat breakfast every day. It is good for their bodies and minds.
1. Probably Miss Jones is a ________.

A．teacher

B．doctor

C．shop assistant

D．a waitress

2. What do the underlined words “junk food” mean in Chinese?

A．绿色食品

B．垃圾食品

C．天然食品

D．营养食品

3. According to Miss Jones, children should drink ________ every day.

A．enough juice

B．enough water

C．enough coffee

D．enough milk

4. Which kind of food is rich in vitamins?

A．Water.

B．Junk food.

C．Sugar.

D．Fruit and vegetables.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Bad Habits

B．Junk Food

C．Advice on a Healthy Diet

D．An Unhealthy Lifestyle

6 . 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.

2. From the story we know that when ______ come, there is a heavy rain.

A．sunshine and snow	B．black clouds
C．summer and winter	D．spring and autumn

3. “People can also have summer in winter.” means “it is sometimes too ______ in winter.”

A．warm

B．cool

C．cold

D．rainy

4. In the sunny morning, some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them because ______.

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

5. The best title (标题) for this passage is ______.

A．Bad Seasons	B．Summer or Winter
C．The Weather in England	D．Strange English People

7 . Why are dogs our best friends. Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we thought, according to a study in Hungary. It found that dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.

“The results were very exciting and very surprising.” Said the researcher Attila Andies, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.

For the study, the researchers first trained 13 dogs for months. The dogs had to sit quietly inside machine, so that the researchers could check their activity.

Then the researcher put headphones on dogs and played people’s voice to them. There were four different voice. Some were positive words,such as “well down”, or neutral（不带感情色彩的） words like “however”. The words were also in different tones（音调）. Some were positive and some were neutral.

Brain scans（扫描）showed that the dogs could recognize（辨认）words, as well as the tone of words, much like people do. The positive words with a positive tone brought the stronger activity in their brain’s reward centers（反应中枢）.

“It shows that for dogs, a nice phrase can work very well as a prize, but it works best if both words and tones match.” Said Andies.

They also found that dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain and tones with the right. Human brains work in the same way.

It gave us a new understanding of language,said Andies. That is, not only do humans understand the meaning in words, other species（物种）do too.

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定的答案字母标号涂黑。
1. What was found according to the study in Hungary?________

A．Dogs can’t understand people words.

B．Dogs can only understand what we say.

C．Dogs can understand what we thought better than our words.

D．Dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the study?________

A．Researchers played with the dogs.	B．Researchers made dogs sit inside machine.
C．Researchers scanned the dogs’ brain.	D．Researchers played people’s voice to the dogs.

3. Dogs think________ as a best prize.

A．neutral words with a neutral tone.	B．neutral words with a positive tone.
C．positive words with neutral tone	D．positive words with positive tone

4. According to the passage,which of the following is TRUE?________

A．Human brains don’t work in the same way as dogs do.

B．Dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain.

C．The researchers trained dogs for years to check their brain activity.

D．Researcher Attila Andies was disappointed at the result of the study.

5. What is the main idea of the passage?________

A．Dogs are as clever as humans.	B．Dogs are good at learning human’s language.
C．Dogs can understand the meaning in words.	D．Dogs can do what human do.

8 .

It’s not WASTE until it is WASTED! With the World Environment Day coming, our school is now requiring every student to form a habit of sorting the waste. Here in our schoolyard we lay four different colors of rubbish bins for different kinds of rubbish. The red is for harmful waste; the blue is for waste that can be recycled ; the green is for kitchen waste; the yellow is for other waste. The followings are some instructions for you. Glass: Empty bottles without caps can be recycled to make new glass bottles. Warning: Mirrors and light bulbs (电灯泡) must not be included in the glass waste. Paper: Newspapers, magazines, boxes must be clean enough to be recycled. Warning: Paper tissues (餐纸) and wall paper are not recyclable as paper and should be kept separately. PMD waste: Packaging made of Plastic or Metal and Drink boxes are used to make new packaging. Warning: Plastic pots (e.g. yogurt pots), plastic bags must not be included with the PMD waste. Harmful waste: out-of-date drugs, used batteries (电池), paint and oil… Besides, if you don’t need your old bikes at all, our school volunteers will collect them. We’re going to fix them up and then give them away to kids who don’t have enough money for a bike. To find out more about recycling, you can visit our school website.

1. According to the passage, ________ different colors of rubbish bins are laid in the schoolyard.

A．6

B．4

C．7

D．5

2. The fish bones (骨) should be thrown in the ________ bin.

A．green

B．red

C．yellow

D．blue

3. From the passage, we can see that ________ are harmful to the environment.

A．paper tissues

B．empty bottles

C．out-of-date drugs

D．drink boxes

4. If you give your old bike to the volunteers, it will be ________.

A．sold to collect money for the poor kids

B．fixed up and given back to you for free

C．given away immediately to the poor kids

D．fixed up and given away to the poor kids

5. The main purpose of this passage is ________.

A．to look for volunteers for waste sorting

B．to advertise glass, paper and plastic products

C．to introduce the World Environment Day

D．to introduce waste sorting to the students

9 .

Chores were not popular at my house. My children didn’t like to do chores. They always saw me do chores, but they hardly ever helped me do them.

A year ago, I made a game called “The Endless Chore Game”. It is really great. Here’s how the game works.

I make a card with forty squares (方框), and I write a different chore on each square. These chores can be easy and interesting like making dessert. Then my family rolls the dice (骰子) to decide what chores we have to do. The card also has a few squares with fun things, like watching TV and singing. If you are lucky, you can watch TV when the others are doing the chores.

My son likes the game very much. He goes to the kitchen happily every morning to do the game. It is really a good way to make my children do chores. You can have a try if you have the same problem as me.

1. The writer’s family began to do the game ________ ago.

A．one year

B．one month

C．two years

D．two months

2. What do you need to do “The Endless Chore Game”?

A．A card.	B．A dice.
C．A card and a dice.	D．A card and forty dice.

3. When does the writer’s family do the game?

A．In the morning.	B．In the afternoon.
C．In the evening.	D．We don’t know.

4. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．the writer only has one child

B．everyone in the writer’s family likes playing the game

C．the writer wrote this passage to parents

D．everyone in the writer’s family has to do the chores every day

5. The writer made this game to ________.

A．do fewer chores	B．tell us an interesting game
C．make her children happy	D．make her children do chores

10 .

From May 16 to May 23 in 2019, the Asian Cuisine Festival. Guangzhou was held to encourage communication among Asian countries.

During the festival, there were a number of activities showing Guangzhou culture and the beauty of Asian cuisine. Visitors have enjoyed all the best foods of Asia in one city, with a list of the 24 top restaurants in Guangzhou. Many famous people were invited to have morning tea, tasting the popular food like shrimp dumplings, beef or fish balls, chicken feet, etc.

Besides, “My Favorite Asian Cuisine" was held in Guangzhou to choose the best restaurants and dishes. A 1.2-meter-long hand-painted picture was published. The picture was about the cuisine choices along the Pearl River. Food and technology companies were also invited to show how to make traditional food by using modern technology. Visitors could buy other products about traditional food and culture, such as books, postcards and stamps.

The slogan (口号) of the festival is “Enjoying Asian Cuisine and Savoring the Taste of the Millennium Flower City”. Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong, is well-known for its rich food and its culture. The director of the festival said that one would need a year or two, rather than a day or two, to fully enjoy the best of Guangzhou cuisine.

Information Card

The purpose of the Asian Cuisine Festival Guangzhou	1
The number of the top restaurants on the visit	2
The thing that the hand-painted picture was about	3
The way to make traditional food in this festival	4
The things that Guangzhou is well-known for	5