Christmas is on 25 December.On the night before the festival ,young children hang up their stockings for the gift that Santa Clause gives .This festival is for the birth of Christ.All the people like this festival.
In North America ,Halloween is on the last day of October . Families make lanterns from pumpkin(南瓜).In the evening , children dress up well and go form house to house to ask for sweets or have parties at home.
Mid-autumn Festival is a Chinese festival in the autumn . People wait to see a big around moon in the night sky . They eat moon cake and light lanterns .
The longest day in the northern hemisphere(北半球)is on 21 or 22 June each year .
This is the middle of summer .There is a flower festival for four days each June in California , USA .There is a parade (游行)and people go to flower fields to look at the flowers.
1. Christmas is in ______.
| A．January | B．June | C．October | D．December |
| A．Santa Clause | B．Christ |
| C．Christmas trees | D．lights |
| A．the Mid-Autumn Festival | B．Halloween |
| C．Christmas Day | D．the flower festival |
| A．rice | B．noodles | C．mooncake | D．turkey |
| A．flower | B．parade | C．gift | D．summer |
Do you like telling jokes in your English study? Jokes can make your words colourful and interesting. If (如果) you make people laugh, you can know that people are interested in your topic.
In order to get jokes, you can watch comedies or talk shows on TV. When you hear David Letterman’s jokes in his programme, you’d better write them down. Then you can have more jokes to tell when you talk with others. If your English is good enough, you can also write your own jokes to tell at a party or to break the ice before a speech.
How to make your jokes more interesting? Not all the English words sound funny. Some English words sound funny by themselves, while others can get a laugh only in phrases and sentences. You have to choose. Different people may have different feelings on a joke. So don’t be sad if others don’t laugh after you tell a joke. After all, telling English jokes is just a way to help you with your English study.
1. Jokes can make our words ______.| A．bad | B．colourful |
| C．boring | D．easy |
| A．bored with | B．sad about |
| C．interested in | D．good at |
| A．movie actor |
| B．English writer |
| C．language learner |
| D．host (主持人) of a talk show |
| A．Almost all the English words sound funny. |
| B．Your words can’t be interesting without jokes. |
| C．You can write your own jokes to get a laugh. |
| D．People always like the same jokes when they listen to a talk show. |
| A．Colouring Your Life. |
| B．Making Friends at Parties. |
| C．Famous English Jokes. |
| D．Learning English by Telling Jokes. |
3 . Many people believe that yellowing and wetness are the greatest enemy of stamps. In fact, stamps are afraid of not only wetness, but also light and dirty things. People protect their stamps in several different ways.
To protect stamps, we should never touch the stamps with our hands. This avoids moving dirty things onto them. Stamp tweezers (镊子) should be used in all conditions.
Stamps are printed things. The colour will slowly disappear if the stamps are put in the light for a long time. So we should not put stamps in the light for long. Direct sunlight must be avoided as well.
Wetness is an important problem for stamps. Some collectors will put stamps in separate plastic (塑料) bags. However, it is possible that some stamps have taken in some water from the air before they are put into the plastic bags. Stamps become yellow easily and rapidly after they take in wet air. To protect the stamps, some people also put the stamps into a special room which has a machine to keep the air cool and dry. However, not many people can afford that.
To keep stamps, stamp collectors usually put them under plastic covers. It is a common and simple way. This helps because the plastic cover keeps the stamps off the wet air. It also stops the fingersfrom touching the stamps.
Some collectors prefer to store stamps inside a plastic box with desiccants (干燥剂).However, we should take care not to let the stamps. touch the desiccants. On top of that, don't take your stamps out on a wet day.
1题完成句子；2~3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. One way to protect stamps is that we should never touch them __________________.
2. What will disappear if we put the stamps in the light for long?
_______________________________________________________________
3. When do stamps become yellow easily and rapidly?
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4. _______________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________
4 . How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to have a rest, but they try to do something more pleasant most of the time. They have many different hobbies, which help them to get away from their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.
Many Polish people like traveling. They look for new places that they have never been to and add new and exciting experiences to their journey. Some of them like to climb mountains, others like to go to the sea or a lake to swim, because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.
Many Polish people also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually crazy about football, and football is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support a certain team, so they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have any relation with the team. Watching sport and doing it are both good ways to relax.
In addition, doctors say that doing sports is very good for the health. Many people in town, especially young men, often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep fit.
Besides these ways, Polish people have many other ways to spend their free time. And they really enjoy their free time.
1. Polish people have many different hobbies in order to .| A．solve their daily problems |
| B．finish all their work |
| C．make some friends |
| D．relax themselves in their spare time |
| A．Because they hate traveling. |
| B．Because they can get exercise from it. |
| C．Because they can find a new place. |
| D．Because it is comfortable and funny. |
| A．Playing sports. | B．Climbing mountains. |
| C．Skating. | D．Swimming. |
| A．Football is many Polish people’s favorite sport. |
| B．Young Polish people often go to the gym. |
| C．All the Polish people do sports in their spare time. |
| D．Most Polish people like watching sport. |
| A．Polish culture is colorful. |
| B．We can have many ways of spending our free time. |
| C．A doctor can give you good advice. |
| D．It is no need doing sport activities. |
The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn, how to read and how to think. A good teacher with rich experience in teaching can teach his students the methods(=" ways)of" study. Through these methods the students are able to learn and get a lot of things by themselves.
Usually it is very easy for the students to remember some knowledge, but it is very difficult to use it for problems. If a teacher really shows the students the ability of how to use knowledge, it means the teacher has learned lots of knowledge by himself (or herself). The success in learning shows he or she knows how to study.
1. From this passage we know ________.
| A．the students are taught everything at school |
| B．a teacher can't teach the students everything |
| C．school is really not important and useful |
| D．Edison learned lots of knowledge at school |
| A．to help the students with their lessons |
| B．to teach the students everything |
| C．to show the students how to study by themselves |
| D．to tell them the way to study |
a. How important are the study methods for students？
b. What does the teacher’s experience of success in study mean？
c. Where should the students study？
d. What is the job of a teacher？
| A．c, a, b, d | B．b, c, a, d | C．c, b, d, a | D．c, d, a, b |
| A．If we know how to learn，we can get a lot of knowledge. |
| B．We can learn everything from our teachers. |
| C．The writer tells us that practice is more important for the students than learning. |
| D．It is the only job for the students to learn knowledge. |
| A．A real job for teachers |
| B．Study in and outside school |
| C．Practice—the only way of learning |
| D．How to learn knowledge |
On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorite dish on this day is dumplings.
Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.
The color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.
The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For example, you’d better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.
Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.
1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?
| A．Family members get together for a big meal. |
| B．Friends eat dumplings together. |
| C．They borrow money from friends. |
| D．They give each other hong bao. |
| A．Because they enjoy being clean. |
| B．Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck. |
| C．Because they think it will bring happiness to others. |
| D．Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money. |
| A．Returning money before the Spring Festival. |
| B．Saying words that have to do with death. |
| C．Wearing red clothes. |
| D．Decorating houses with red paper. |
| A．跑出去 | B．打碎 | C．耗尽 | D．离开 |
| A．China’s festivals | B．How does Spring Festival come? |
| C．Holidays in China | D．Spring Festival in China |
Like many big cities, the traffic is very busy in London. When the work hours begin, over 1,000,000 people use the London underground(地铁), but there are still too many buses and cars on the streets. The air isn’t clean.
For me, the best things about London are the parks. There are five in the middle of the city. But my children’s favorite is playing in Hamleys, the biggest toy（玩具） shop in the world.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，将其标号填入题前括号。
1. What do people from the world come to London to see?
| A．The parks. | B．The people. |
| C．The famous buildings. | D．The animals |
| A．The biggest toy shop. | B．A famous clock. |
| C．The park of the city. | D．A school |
| A．工作 | B．交通 | C．商业 | D．医院 |
| A．walk to the offices under the ground |
| B．take the underground trains to work |
| C．use the buses called London underground |
| D．take the plane to work |
| A．The toy shop. | B．The famous buildings. |
| C．The parks. | D．The Big Ben |
8 . Courage (勇气) is the ability to be brave in various situation in our life. Here and there, now and then, everyone needs courage to do something well. Courage may make you confident of your success. If you have courage, you will not show fear in face of anything difficult or dangerous. With courage, you mak look someone in the eye who you have wronged and say “I am sorry”: you may still smile even if you are seriously ill and know you are at the end of your life.
How can we build up our courage?
Believe you will be successful. Take chances and know that you have your own talents. Besides, your family and friends are always there for you.
Exercise your courage. It can be compared to a muscle (肌肉). The more we use it, the stronger courage gets.
Know that giving up is not a choice. It’s much easier to give up, and it takes courage to say or do what you think is right, even when other people think you are wrong.
Fight to control your fear. Courageous people may still be afraid, but the difference is that they can control their fear.
They don’t let it hold them back but use it as a reminder of what they can lose if they don’t go on.
Get courage by reading inspiring stories of brave people. Abraham Lincoln is one of the people who you may think of.
1. What is courage?_____________________________________________________________
2. What will you do in face of difficulty or danger if you don’t have courage?
_____________________________________________________________
3. How can courage become stronger?
_____________________________________________________________
4. What is the difference between courageous people and others?
_____________________________________________________________
5. How can we build up our courage?（回答一个方面即可）
_____________________________________________________________
9 . Three students are talking about the New Year tradition of their own country.
A. Christina from Spain
On the last day of the year, the 31st of December, people wait till 12 p.m. Everybody must have 12 grapes to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a grape. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.
B. Cordon from Britain
On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the New Year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.
C. Angela from Brazil
In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks (焰火). We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.
1. Which is NOT mentioned (被提到) in the passage?| A．Have 12 grapes to eat. |
| B．Give flowers to others. |
| C．Have parties. |
| D．Watch fireworks. |
| A．People in Spain. |
| B．People in Britain. |
| C．People in Brazil. |
| D．Both B and C. |
| A．Cordon can’t drink much |
| B．people sing a song about good luck |
| C．people hear Big Ben on the radio |
| D．everybody in Britain goes to watch fireworks |
| A．they think that they look beautiful in white |
| B．that reminds them of their happy life |
| C．they hope that can bring them good luck |
| D．that’s what they have to do during the New Year |
| A．what people in different countries do on New Year’s Day |
| B．when and where people have New Year parties |
| C．what people in Britain do on New Year’s Day |
| D．why people around the world like the New Year |
10 . If you like adventurous(冒险的) cartoons, then Koala Kid is the movie for you.
Koala Kid tells us a story of a white koala named Johnny. It lives in a community(社区) of the gray koalas. He is not confident(自信的) because of his color. But he thinks he has special talents. So the goes on a magic trip.
On his trip he meets Miranda, Hamish and Lokie. And they become friends. They fight with their wits(智慧) against Bog.
I think this movie tells us: whatever (无论什么) you look like, you can become a hero.
I give the movie five stars. It is a great movie for ages six and up. Because there are some scary parts in the movie, I wouldn’t recommend(推荐) it to kids under the age of six.
根据以上内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The passage is a review(评论) of a .
| A．movie | B．book | C．magazine | D．joke |
| A．Because he is white. | B．Because he is gray. |
| C．Because he is shy. | D．Because he is small. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．It’s an adventurous movie. | B．It’s mainly about a white mouse. |
| C．It has scary parts. | D．It’s a cartoon. |
| A．A 35-year-old man. | B．A 8-year-old girl. |
| C．A 90-year-old granny. | D．A 5-year-old boy. |
