1 . How green are you? Do you know how to be green?
We all need a healthy environment, but we produce waste every day and it does harm to our environment. Though we are young, we can still do something to help. In fact, even the simplest everyday activities can make a real difference to the environment. Here are some ideas for you.
Reduce
Reduce means “use less”. Don’t waste things. This saves money and reduces pollution and waste going into the environment. Before we buy something new, think whether it is really necessary—or maybe the old one will be just as good! When we do buy things, choose local products if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad.
Reuse
Reuse means “use again”. Use things for as long as possible. When we buy things, make sure that they last a long time. We should look after them so that they will last, and we should repair them if we can instead of throwing them away and buying new ones. Don’t use a paper cup of a paper bag. It’s better to use a china cup and a lunch box because you can use them again.
Recycle
Recycle means “change things into something else”. Though it takes energy to change something into something else, it’s better than throwing things away or burning them. Find out what can be recycled in your neighbourhood and take part in recycling programmes. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.
So please remember these three words: reduce, reuse and recycle.
1. What is the passage about?

A．How to produce things.	B．How to burn things.
C．How to help others.	D．How to be green.

2. Which of the following is right?

A．Don’t waste things.	B．Always throw away old things.
C．Always buy new things.	D．Buy too many things from abroad.

3. Why is it better to use a china cup and a lunch box?

A．You can burn them.

B．You can use them again.

C．You can throw them away.

D．You can change them into something else.

4. To protect the environment, we should remember these three words: _______.

A．waste, reuse and recycle	B．repair, burn and recycle
C．reduce, reuse and recycle	D．reduce, waste and recycle.

5. The passage may come from ______.

A．a menu	B．a dictionary
C．a storybook	D．a magazine

2 . Different weather makes people feel different. It influences(影响) health, intelligence(智力) and feelings.
In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle-West, it is very hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March.
The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year(July and August).
Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18℃, people become stronger.
Low air pressure(气压) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18℃.
Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem.
1. ____________ can cause problems on health.

A．Hot and wet weather	B．A strong wind
C．Warm weather	D．Low air

2. A report shows that people may have more intelligence when __________ comes.

A．rain	B．a strong wind
C．very hot weather	D．low air pressure

3. According to(根据) the writer, fat people may feel bad in _____________ weather.

A．cold

B．cool

C．warm

D．hot

4. The writer wants to tell us that ______________.

A．hot and cold weather influence all people in the same way

B．weather influences people’s behavior

C．IQ improves when weather changes

D．people feel good on low pressure days

5. The best title for this passage is _____________.

A．Hot Weather Causes Health Problems

B．Different Weather Makes People Feel Bad

C．Weather Influence Feelings

D．Weather Influences Health, Intelligence and Feelings

3 . Healthy eating doesn't just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice on healthy eating.          

Eat with others. It can help you to see others' healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you will find that the food you eat is more delicious.

Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty--sometimes you are just thirsty, and you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full.

Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Because you don't eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going. You will be smarter after eating breakfast

Eat healthy snacks like fruits, yogurt(酸奶) or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it's a good idea to eat two healthy snacks between your three meals. This doesn't mean that you can eat a bag of chips instead of a meal.

Don't eat dinner late. In our busy life, we always put off eating dinner until the last minute. Try to eat dinner at least 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance to digest most of the food before you rest for the next 8-10 hours.

1. The writer gives us _________ pieces of advice on healthy eating.

A．4

B．5

C．6

D．7

2. Which snack is Not mentioned in the passage?

A．Fruits.

B．Yogurt.

C．Chips.

D．Ice cream.

3. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Snacks are bad for our health.

B．We should keep eating until we are full.

C．Dinner is the most important meal of the day.

D．We should have dinner at least 3 hours before going to bed.

4. The underlined word "digest" means   ______ in Chinese.

A．消化

B．享用

C．储存

D．循环

5. The passage mainly tells us ___________

A．where to eat

B．how to eat

C．why to eat

D．when to eat

4 . Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don't have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
1. A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.

A．513

B．1,646

C．2,159

D．3,805

2. The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means           .

A．正常的

B．额外的

C．有用的

D．少量的

3. People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A．France	B．Germany
C．the United States	D．Great Britain

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

A．No companies offer vacations to their workers.

B．Many people say they have enough time to relax.

C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work.

D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days.

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Many workers have to work long hours.

B．Many people have vacations long enough.

C．Work hours are the same around the world.

D．There are a lot of dull people in the world.

5 . 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 at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.
1. Many English people have ______ meals a day.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. People may have _______ for their breakfast according to the passage.

A．tea and eggs	B．hamburgers and tea
C．coffee and salad	D．eggs and fish

3. People have lunch at _______.

A．any time

B．nine

C．five

D．one

4. People don’t have _______ for their dinner.

A．bananas and apples

B．soup and meat

C．meat and fish

D．porridge

5. Most Englishmen have dinner ________.

A．at one

B．at any time

C．at noon

D．in the evening

6 . 阅读短文 判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合写（A）不符合写（B）。Want to say "hello" from Disneyland? Send a post card!
Beautiful scenes（戏剧）of paradise (乐园), wild animals, silly pictures — you can find them all in one place. Where? On a post card! Have people always sent post cards? No. Before post cards, people liked sealed letters.
The idea for the first decorated (装饰) post card came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, post cards with pictures appeared. By law, people had to write their note on the front ——on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back post card. Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of post cards, picture post cards became a craze of the world. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million post cards. Today, post cards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins.
1. We can see some silly pictures on the post cards.
2. Post cards were produced before sealed letters.
3. In 1861, the first decorated post card appeared.
4. Post cards were most popular during the early 1900s.
5. Stamps, coins and post cards are the most popular collections in the world.

7 . 阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。
Most of us probably live without vegetables， but how about a world without chocolate? Now that would be possible! According to chocolate makers it could happen if we don’t act soon.
There are two main causes of the chocolate shortage(短缺)—chocolate’s growing popularity and less production of cocoa(可可豆)， the plant from which chocolate is made. With more and more people in India and China loving chocolate， not much can be done about the first cause.
Therefore， the only thing we can do is to increase cocoa production. However， new plant diseases and little rain in Ivory Coast and Ghana， the world’s largest producers， have reduced cocoa production by 40 percent in the past 10 years. What’s worse， many cocoa farmers in Africa and other cocoa producing countries like Indonesia and Venezuela are changing to easier-to-grow crops such as corn or rubber(橡胶). This way， the farmers can make more money.
To prevent more farmers from changing， researchers at the newly opened International Cocoa Control Center， in the UK， are trying to create new cocoa plants that are stronger and faster growing. But first they must make sure the new plants are safe to grow. This takes a long time.
First， each new plant is stored at the Control Center for six months to make sure it is healthy. It is then planted in the Center’s fields， studied and tested for another two years. Only after scientists are certain that they’re disease free， will the plants be sent to farmers in West Africa or wherever else they are needed.
To create new stronger types of cocoa， scientists at the Control Center are combining(结合) the best parts from different cocoa plants. Though the world is facing a serious chocolate shortage， there is now hope!
1. The first paragraph tells us that the world could soon be without vegetables.
2. Chocolate has become more popular in China and India.
3. Cocoa farmers are choosing to grow rubber， corn and bananas because these crops can make them more money.
4. It takes scientists at the Control Center 3 years to make sure a cocoa plant is safe to grow.
5. One of the purposes of the Cocoa Control Center is to produce stronger types of cocoa plants.

8 . 阅读理解。
Why is clean water so important to developing countries? A recent report shows that about 80 percent of diseases in developing countries are caused by poor water and low sanitation（卫生）conditions. In those countries, women and girls spend several hours collecting water, but often polluted, far away from their families. The polluted water more or less influences their health. In this case, there is an urgent（迫切的）need for people in developing countries to have access to（有机会或权利使用）clean water to improve their health.

Here is a short story about Hadjara Zakari, a 12-year-old girl in Niger. Having access to clean water changed her life. She learned about the importance of hand-washing when the school first received clean water three years ago. That evening, she told her father, “You shouldn’t eat with me unless you clean your hands.” Her father was very angry and shouted at her, “It’s not up to you to tell me what to do!” Stunned（目瞪口呆的），Hadjara sat in silence. But she knew she was right. In protest, Hadjara refused to eat dinner that night. After her father questioned Hadjara’s head teacher, he understood the importance of hand-washing and his daughter’s intentions（目的）. The girl really wanted her family to live longer and healthier lives.
For people in developing countries, clean water can change many things, especially improve their health. So, from now on, let’s avoid wasting water and take action to save water, which is important to people all over the world.
1. According to the recent report, poor water and low sanitation conditions can cause _______.

A．traffic problems

B．forest fires

C．many illnesses

2. The key to improving people’s health in developing countries is _______ in Paragraph 1.

A．to get clean water

B．to exercise often

C．to refuse drugs

3. What can we infer（推断）from Paragraph 2?

A．Hadjara laughed at her father’s foolishness.

B．Hadjara refused to eat dinner that night in order to lose weight.

C．Hadjara’s father understood his daughter’s love and care for him later.

4. The underlined word “protest ” in this passage means _______.

A．抗议

B．保护

C．节约

5. The purpose of the writer is to _______.

A．teach people how to wash hands

B．call on people all over the world to save water

C．show developing countries rich in clean water

9 . People communicate in many different ways. The most common way is by talking with others. Except for talking, we can also use body languages. When we use body languages, we need to use body to show what we mean. Sign language is a kind of body language. Let’s see more about it.
Sign language is popular among dumb people who are unable to speak or don’t want to speak. If you want to communicate with a foreigner ,but you can’t speak his language and he can’t speak Chinese, what can you do ? Maybe you can communicate by making signs. Now let’s learn some signs Indians often use.
★When they are hungry, they move their right hands back and forth in front of their stomachs.
★When they mean “ Let’s eat”, they put their right hands and move them up and down in front of their mouths.
★When they have had enough, they part their thumbs and first fingers, and move their hands from their chests to chins.
★If they have a stomach ache, they put both hands on their stomachs, and move them back and forth.
1. The most common way to communicate is ________.

A．by calling others

B．by talking with others

C．by using body language

D．by using signs

2. What is the synonym(近义词) of the underlined word “ dumb” ?

A．blind

B．deaf

C．disabled

D．ill

3. If you want to show you are hungry, you can ___________.

A．move your left hand up and down in front of your mouth.

B．put your right hand in front of your mouth.

C．move your right hand back and forth in front of your stomach.

D．move your right hand from your chest to chin.

4. If a person puts his hands on his legs and moves them back and forth, we can
infer(推断)____

A．he has a stomach ache

B．there’s something wrong with his legs

C．he is too tired to walk

D．he wants to sit down and have a rest

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Getting to Know Sign Language

B．The Most Common Way to Communicate

C．The Importance of Using Hands

D．Indians And Their Hands

10 . In 1834, the clock tower in London was burned down. People planned to build a new clock which would be the biggest and best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. The big clock was made in two years. Five more years later the tower was finished. Then people put the big clock in the tower, and made it ring out for the first time on July 11, 1859.

In order to give the big clock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells, and someone thought Victoria was good. At last, a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben?” Everybody laughed and agreed with him.

From then on, Big Ben became its name. And it also became a famous building of London. People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents---bottles of oil---to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not only a clock but also a dear friend of people.

1. Big Ben’s birthday is __________.

A．July 11, 1854

B．July 11, 1834

C．July 11 1859

D．July 11, 1852

2. How did Big Ben get its name?

A．Benjamin Hall gave it the name.	B．Big Ben got its name because of a joke.
C．Victoria gave it the name.	D．Big Ben got its name from the Queen of the UK

3. “Keep very good time” means ___________

A．have a good time	B．show people the correct time.
C．keep running	D．be made in time

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People all over the world look upon Big Ben as their friends.

B．People all over the world even send oil to Big Ben.

C．People think Big Ben will answer their letters.

D．People think Big Ben is the biggest and the best clock in the world.

5. Benjamin Hall is ___________.

A．a man who built Big Ben

B．a man who was always very funny

C．the man who burnt down the old clock

D．a man who attended the meeting which was held to make a name for the big clock