1 . Reading books is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons（原因）.
First, reading books is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. This is especially useful when the weather is bad. It is a relaxing hobby, too. You can really become lost in a book.
Next, you can read a book anywhere: in a car, in a waiting-room, on a plane or in bed. All you need is a book! Reading is a convenient hobby as it is easy to stop and then start again.
Another good reason for reading books is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby you will get better and better at it. This makes you read faster and become easier at understanding what you read. If you read enough, you will probably find that your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date（过时的）. This is not true. You can read on computers, and the more you read, the better your computer skills will be.
Good readers are most likely to be good writers, too. They are usually good at spelling as well, and have more things to write about. Reading books is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now?
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Reading books is a good hobby. How many reasons are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. |
| A．方便的 | B．复杂的 | C．可能的 |
| A．Reading books is bad for schoolwork. |
| B．Reading books helps you study better. |
| C．Reading books is out of date. |
| A．the best place to read books | B．why reading is a good hobby | C．how to become good readers |
2 . What is the most important invention of all time? Is it the written word that helps us to record information? Is it the telephone that lets us talk to people from all over the world? Is it the car that let us travel at great speeds to meet others? Umberto Eco, an Italian writer, thinks it is something quite different. He says the most important invention might be right in front of your eyes. He is talking about a simple pair glasses.
Modern eye glasses were invented around 1000 years ago. They were more than just a convenient way to read. Before glasses, writers, scientists or teachers who could not see properly had to memorize everything. After about ten years of poor eyesight, they could not remember well enough and could not work. Glasses meant that people could work in their old age. People who wanted to remember some information could write it down and read it. Eye glasses are one of the world’s greatest inventions and were probably worn by the people who designed the first telephone and car.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（共4小题）
1. The author thinks _______ is the greatest invention of all time in his passage.
| A．the telephone | B．the car | C．a simple pair of glasses |
| A．memorize everything | B．write down everything | C．read everything |
| A．people could remember well enough. |
| B．people could not remember well enough. |
| C．people could write down some information and read it. |
| A．modern eye glasses were invented 100 years ago |
| B．people who designed the first telephone and car probably wore those glasses |
| C．the author of this article is an American |
3 . There is no quick and easy way to learn English. But there is a simple and good way. Speak English as much as you can. Speak only English with your teacher and your classmates. Speak English while you are either in class or after class. Listen to English as much as you can in class. Listen to your classmates when they speak English out of class. Listen to the radio and watch some English programs on TV.
Speak, listen and read English as much as you can. Don’t just read the textbooks that you use in class. Go to the library or to a bookshop and read easier English books.
Speak, listen, read and write English as much as you can. Buy a small notebook and write on it every day. Write about the things that you do during the day. Write about what you learned in class.
These things are not hard, but they are the work you should do. If you do them, with the help of your teacher, you’ll learn English well.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用A表示，不正确的用B表示。
1. There is not a quick and easy way to learn English.
2. We must speak, listen, read and write English as much as we can.
3. Speak English neither in class nor after class.
4. The best title is “How to learn English”.
You are so tired at night, but you can’t sleep. Here are some good ideas.
First, you should be in a quiet room. That’s important. You should put your feet in some warm water before you go to bed, and that’s a traditional way. You should have a glass of milk. It’s good for sleeping. You should think you are in a beautiful place. It’s very quiet here, and there are many trees and you walk slowly. That sounds like a good idea. It can help you sleep soon.
Sleeping is important to our health. Don’t be worried. Go to bed early, eat more vegetables and do some exercise. And everyone will have a good sleep at night.
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When the teacher asks a question in class, Wang Xiaobin never raises his hand and this situation is very common at middle schools. This 15-year-old boy always waits for other classmates or the teacher to give the answer. “What if my answer is wrong?” Wang asks.
Wang said only six or seven students in his class raise their hands when a question is asked. ①“I think the problem influences our studies, but I am afraid of making mistakes in front of my classmates,” he said.
When we asked the teacher, Hu Wei, why the students didn’t raise their hands, he said, “They lack (缺乏) confidence, they are afraid of showing off, or they’re afraid of losing face by giving wrong answers.”
To encourage students to raise their hands in class, Hu suggests that teachers should repeat the question, then try to guide and encourage students to offer their answers. Hu also advised students not to be shy, but brave enough to try.
Sun Pin, 16 of Fujian, always raises her hand as soon as she comes up with the answer, _______ she isn’t sure she has gotten it right. Sun can’t understand why some of her classmates keep silent in class. She enjoys raising her hand a lot. “It keeps me enthusiastic(热情的) and confident to express my idea,” Sun said. “Raising my hand has really made me excellent.”
任务一：从文中找出与 “If I don’t answer the questions right, what will happen?” 句子意思相同或相近的句子，并写在答题卡上。
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任务二：参照示例，列举学生不敢举手的两个原因。
2. ① Be afraid of showing off.
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任务三：在句子空白处填一个恰当的连词。
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任务四：将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
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任务五：给短文拟一个适当的标题
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If you look at the top of your phone, you will usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The G means “generation（代）” of your mobile network. But these symbols will become things of the past after 5G networks fully arrive.
On March 30, Shanghai vice-mayor (副市长) Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X Smartphone, CGTN reported. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks.
About 100 times faster than 4G networks, 5G will let people download and upload data faster than ever before. But 5G won’t just bring faster mobile internet. People can use it for many other things well. For example, 5G will help to make self-driving cars safer. Today’s self-driving test cars have one problem—lag (延迟). When the car “sees” something, it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions.
However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash because they don’t receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer, according to CNN.
5G could also be used to improve the Internet of Things (IoT物联网). This means a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast Internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology.
The IoT could be used in a lot of ways. For example, with IoT, your fridge could place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside.
1. We can get from the passage that ________.| A．5G is all over China | B．there are no symbols at the top of our phones |
| C．5G networks are much faster than 4G and 3G | D．we can now buy self-driving cars |
| A．explain how self-driving cars work | B．show us how advanced self-driving cars are |
| C．warn about the possible dangers of self-driving cars | D．explain how 5G’s fast speed can be helpful |
| A．碰撞 | B．伤害 | C．崩溃 | D．贬低 |
| A．a robot that can do housework | B．an online store where you can buy anything |
| C．a large online network that connects things and people | D．a type of high technology fridge |
Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us get in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive (《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or competitions. It’s just one person walking up to a microphone (麦克风) and reading a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one period, they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.
“Every letter opens another world for us,” according to Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show. “We can also touch the heart of the writers’.” Since its first period on Dec. 5, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences said that it had provided a kind of fresh air to today’s TV shows.
Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. Chinese Poetry Conference (《中华诗词大会》) is a traditional Chinese poetry competition. And Readers invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It shows that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.
1. Letter Alive, a TV show invites famous people to ________.| A．tell audiences jokes | B．read and share letters |
| C．walk up to a microphone to sing | D．take part in different competition |
| A．Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hopes for his future. |
| B．Letters Alive is not popular enough to audiences. |
| C．The heart of the writers’ can be touched by reading letters. |
| D．Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems. |
| A．Phones Have Taken the Place of Letters | B．Interview Our Cultural TV Show |
| C．Letters Make Us Communicate | D．Cultural TV Shows Are Becoming Popular |
8 . The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.
United Kingdom Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every New Year, people get together and have a lot of activities.They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema. |
United States Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional New Year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values. |
Australia The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities.The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non－Chinese. |
Singapore The family dinner on New Year’s Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. |
1. At Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to ________.
| A．say hello to the new year | B．refuse a good chance |
| C．tell others they are alone | D．share different cultures |
| A．they moved there from other places | B．they want to keep Chinese tradition |
| C．the restaurant is far away | D．they were born in Singapore |
| A．all parts of the world celebrate Spring Festival |
| B．the Chinese New Year is celebrated only in China |
| C．celebrations for Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries |
| D．Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards Spring Festival |
Do you like movies? Do you often go to movies?
If you do, you can get a lot from (A) them. Movies are great things.
They have a long history. You can learn many things from many different kinds of movies. There are funny movies, scary movies and also exciting movies.
Different people like different kinds of movies. (B) People of all ages like comedies best. They think they are funny and relaxing. In China old people usually like Beijing Operas and documentaries. Young people, especially (尤其是) boys like action movies and thrillers. And Jet Li is one of their favorite actors.They also like western (西方的) movies. In western movies, they can learn something about the life of the (C) cowboys in western countries, like the USA.
Go to movies or stay at home to watch them on TV. You can learn a lot.
1. 找出(A)处画线单词them所指代的内容。2. 将(B)处画线句子People of all ages like comedies best.译为汉语。
3. 回答问题: Why do people like comedies best? (1 分)
4. 根据上下文猜测文中(C)处画线单词cowboys的汉语意思。将其字母代号填写在横线上。________
| A．小牛 | B．牛仔 | C．公牛 |
Different people like different
cowboys.
10 . Every one of us, rich or poor, should at least have one or two good friends. Your friends will listen to you when you speak, will take care of you when you are sick, and will be together with you on your journey through life. Everyone needs friends. Friendship can make us happier. How can we find a good friend and get on well with each other? Here is some advice.
Make friends with a person who is easy to get along with.
Make friends with a person who has something in common with you.
Give your friend a hand when he or she is in trouble. Friends should always be ready to help each other.
Believe in each other. This is the most important thing in a friendship.
Even the best friends may have a quarrel sometimes. And you may say something to hurt (伤害) each other. If this happens, don't let your quarrel last too long. Try to make up with your friends soon.
Friendship is a kind of treasure in our life. It is like a bottle of wine. The longer it is kept, the better it will be.
1. If your friend is sick, what should you do?2. What kind of friend had you better make?
3. What's the most important thing in a friendship? (不超过4个单词)
4. What is a friendship like? Choose the best picture. 将其字母代号填到横线上。
A． | B． | C． | D． |
