1 . How green are you? Do you care about protecting the environment and saving energy? 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. Remember these three words: Reduce, reuse and recycle.
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 （产品）if possible, and try not to buy too many things from abroad. It may cost a lot of money to bring them to us.
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 or 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.” Although 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 neighborhood and take part in recycling programs. We should also buy products made from recycled materials, such as recycled paper, to help save trees.
1. Why is it better to choose local products if possible?| A．Things from abroad do harm to our environment. | B．Local products are much cheaper. |
| C．To choose local products means that we love our country. | D．Things from abroad aren’t necessary. |
| A．Throw them away. |
| B．If they are still suitable, keep them. |
| C．Clean the floor with them. |
| D．Give them to others and buy new ones. |
| A．To shop with plastic bags. | B．To use paper cups. |
| C．To collect old newspapers. | D．To burn fallen leaves. |
| A．We should learn to grow vegetables. |
| B．People mustn’t produce waste any more. |
| C．Children are too young to do anything to save energy. |
| D．The simplest everyday activities are important to protect our world. |
| A．Always buy new things and throw away old ones. | B．Use china cups instead of paper cups. |
| C．Recycle something that can be recycled. | D．Think first when we want to buy something. |
2 . The weather is different in different parts of the world. In some places it is dry, and in others is wet.
If the weather is too dry, the land will not be good for animals and plants. In wet weather there may be too much rain. The rivers may go over the sides. The water may take the bridge away. If the rivers go over their sides, a lot of people may not have enough food. If there is very dry weather for a long time, the river beds may be dry.
In some parts of the world the weather may be very cold. There may be snow. When it snows, the trees, the buildings and everything look white. In winter the days are short and the nights are long. On cold winter nights, when there are no clouds or winds, the sky is very clear. And the moon and stars are very beautiful. People may put on their coats and go out for long walks. When they come back to their houses, they may be happy to have hot coffee and cakes by the fire.
1. In different parts of the world, the weather is _________.| A．the same | B．not the same | C．scary | D．not scary |
| A．go over the sides | B．make new bridges | C．have no water | D．have dry beds |
| A．spring | B．summer | C．fall | D．winter |
| A．晴朗的 | B．阴天的 | C．多云的 | D．多风的 |
| A．the moon and the wind | B．clouds and winds |
| C．hot coffee and cakes | D．snow and fire |
There are many Starbucks in Europe. People never found Starbucks in Italy, though. That changed after the company opened the first coffee shop in Italy in September, 2018.
Many Italians love coffee so much that they drink it every day. In Rome, coffee bars are very popular. Sant’Eustachio is one of the city’s best coffee bars. It serves about 5,000 shots of coffee a day. A shot is a tiny glass. Outside of Italy, a shot of coffee is called an espresso.
Raimondo Ricci owns Sant’Eustachio. People do not bring their laptops to the bar and relax, he said. People do bring their laptops and relax at Starbucks. Raimondo Ricci’s bar is very small. There is no room to even sit inside. Customers stand at the bar and drink. Then they leave. Sant’Eustachio is the opposite of Starbucks. At Starbucks, people like to buy large drinks. They eat packaged sandwiches. They like the comfortable seats and free Wi-Fi. Often people will stay for hours. Italian coffee bars are very different. Starbucks also charges more for coffee than Italian coffee bars do. That could be a good thing. Raimondo Ricci said coffee prices in Italy are too low.
Some Italians go to the bar five times a day. Workers move fast there. They make coffees and serve sweets or sandwiches quickly. No one writes a person’s name on a cup like at Starbucks. They do not shout out the person’s name 10 minutes later, either. Many Italians might visit the new Starbucks. Coffee shop owners do not believe they will be popular, though. Italians will still love Italian bars the best.
Carlo Alberto Carnevale Maffè teaches business at an Italian school. He said Italians might look down on Starbucks. Yet, he said, “there is room” for all coffee shops.
1. When did Starbucks appear in Italy?| A．Never. | B．Before September, 2018. |
| C．Every day. | D．In September, 2018. |
| A．The similarities between the two coffee shops. |
| B．Where the two coffee shops are located. |
| C．The differences between the two coffee shops. |
| D．The kinds of drinks people buy at the two coffee shops. |
| A．改变 | B．收费 | C．创新 | D．装饰 |
| A．Italian workers go to coffee bars quickly to relax. |
| B．Italians like a kind of coffee called espresso. |
| C．Starbucks is not as comfortable as Sant’Eustachio. |
| D．Carnevale Maffè looks down on Starbucks. |
| A．a news report | B．a recipe book | C．a travel map | D．a fashion magazine |
In the past, getting recipes and cooking tips was difficult. A person had to go to the store and buy a cook book, or get recipes from friends. Now the Internet has changed all that. If you want to find a recipe for some dishes, just go online. It couldn’t be simpler.
Cooking blogs are a great source of information because they are free and there are so many of them. They are also nice because they give all different kinds of ideas. The problem with blogs is that because we don’t know who is writing them, we need to use them carefully. When you are looking at a new blog, you don’t know if the writer knows what he or she is talking about.
Today, we’d like to introduce(介绍) two popular cooking blogs. The first is called Smitten Kitchen. This website is run by a family living in New York City. It focuses on food that doesn’t need many ingredients. If you want to make food that is simple but wonderful, then this is the site for you. It shows thousands of recipes, divided into categories. You will be surprised at how many they are.
Wednesday Chef is another great cooking blog. It is run by a writer who lives in Berlin. This blog also offers many recipes, together with introductions for great restaurants in Berlin and suggestions(建议) for people who want to start their own blogs. Wednesday Chef has great pictures of the food, as well as interesting pictures of Berlin. The blog got its name because in the past, newspapers published(出版) their food articles on Wednesdays.
There are a lot of cooking blogs on the Internet, and most of them are pretty good. Go online and read them. You might be happy to see how much they can help you to improve your cooking.
1. The Internet has changed _______.| A．the way people get recipes and cooking tips |
| B．the way people cook their favorite dishes |
| C．the way people buy their cook books |
| D．the way people publish their articles |
| A．They are not free to use. |
| B．The number of them is small. |
| C．They show different ideas. |
| D．All of the writers are experts. |
| A．It only gives recipes on fast food. |
| B．It mainly introduces simple recipes. |
| C．It introduces just a few recipes. |
| D．Most recipes here are hard to follow. |
| A．Now you have to buy books or ask friends to get recipes. |
| B．Smitten Kitchen offers the ingredients of their recipes. |
| C．The writer of Wednesday Chef was born on Wednesday. |
| D．Reading cooking blogs might make your cooking better. |
| A．Different and Difficult. | B．Free and Easy. |
| C．Surprising and Healthy. | D．Good and Bad. |
5 . 
Baseball and American football are people’s favorite sports in the USA. Children play them in sports fields (球场) or in parks.
In summer, there are often some informal (非正式的) baseball games. Boys and girls, the young and the old, they all can play the games. There are two teams in a baseball game. Each team (每一支球队) has nine players.
The baseball season starts (开始) in April and finishes in September. During this time, baseball games are on TV. In September, the two top (顶级的) teams play with each other in the field. Many baseball fans(球迷) will go there to watch the game. Many other people will listen to the radio and watch TV. After that people talk about the game and the players for a long time.
In the USA, many people are interested in American football, too. American football is not like (像) soccer. People play their football with hands (手) not their foot. The football season starts when the baseball season finishes. And the football season finishes in November. There are eleven players in each team. Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The best teams play again (再一次) on January 1st, the first day of the New Year. Many people sit near the radio or the TV to hear or watch the game. And they really want to know which team wins the game.
1. In the USA, people’s favorite sports are _________.| A．baseball and soccer | B．baseball and volleyball |
| C．basketball and tennis | D．baseball and American football |
| A．9 | B．11 | C．18 | D．22 |
| A．there are eight months in a baseball season |
| B．many baseball fans go to the field to watch games |
| C．all the people must watch the games on TV at home |
| D．people only talk about the players after the games |
| A．baseball | B．soccer | C．hands | D．foot |
| A．Only boys and girls can play baseball. |
| B．People in the USA don’t like playing football. |
| C．The football season is after the baseball season. |
| D．The best football teams play again on March 1st. |
Do you think animals can see colours? Scientists think that many animals can not see colours. The world is black and white to them. Scientists want to find out if dogs can see colours. When the scientists give the dogs food, they show them a certain（一定的）colour every time. The dogs get ready to eat when they see this colour. The scientists then show the dogs another colour. Again the dogs get ready to eat. The colours are all the same to them. Colours are not all the same to monkeys. For example, if we put food in a red box, and do this every day, a monkey will always go to the red box to get food. If we put food in a blue box, the monkey won’t go to it.
1. Scientists show the dogs colours __________.| A．to tell them to eat | B．to find out if they can see black and white things |
| C．for fun | D．to find out if they can see colours |
| A．hear different pieces of music | B．see the monkeys |
| C．see black things | D．see all the colours |
| A．all the same to monkeys | B．not all the same to dogs |
| C．different to dogs | D．not all the same to monkeys |
| A．the blue box to get food | B．the blue box and put food in it |
| C．the red box to get food | D．the red box and put food in it |
| A．Scientists find that dogs don’t like colours. |
| B．Monkeys will not go to the blue box if we don’t show them before. |
| C．Monkeys like the food in the box. |
| D．Dogs like to hear different pieces of music. |
7 . We can enjoy a two-day weekend every week. Maybe two days are too short, but we can try to plan the time well. Here are some ideas.
★Get up early.
The weekend is not only a time to sleep in. Some of us get up for lunch! That’s too bad. You can have more free time if you get up early.
★Do the homework early.
We have to spend much time on our homework. You can feel better if you do your homework early. You can do homework on Saturday morning. And then you can play well. I often do my homework on Saturday morning, so I don’t have to worry about it on Saturdays or Sundays.
★Go out for fun.
Think about what you like to do. Plan a sports activity like playing football in the park. You can also visit a museum, a zoo or a park.
1. From the passage, we can know the writer is a .| A．teacher | B．student | C．parent | D．doctor |
| A．go to bed late | B．get up early |
| C．go to bed early | D．get up later than usual in the morning |
| A．the right time to get up | B．the best time to do homework |
| C．the outdoor activity for weekends | D．the good place for weekends |
| A．Internet Bar | B．park | C．museum | D．zoo |
| A．Get Up Early | B．Do Homework Early |
| C．Go Out for Fun | D．Plan a Weekend Well |
8 . I have a good friend. His name is Joe. He is twelve. He is a nice boy. He likes English and his English is very good. He often helps me with my English. But he eats too much food. And he doesn’t like playing sports. He has a big breakfast every morning. He has four eggs, some bread and milk.(3) For lunch, he eats two hamburgers, three bananas and some chicken. He has much coke, too. For dinner, he likes beef and salad. He likes ice-cream, coke and hamburgers.(4)So he doesn’t have a healthy eating habit.
A. 根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. How old is Joe?
2. What does Joe have for breakfast?
B.将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
3.
4.
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
9 . I have some good friends. Jim is English. He likes tomatoes and milk. Lucy and Lily are Americans. They like eggs and orange juice. Li Hong, Wei Hua and I are Chinese. Li Hong likes noodles and chicken. Wei Hua likes chicken, too. But I don’t like it. I like bananas and hamburgers very much. Now I know hamburgers are not healthy food.
1. What does Jim like to have?| A．Eggs and oranges. | B．Noodles and chicken. |
| C．Fish and tomatoes. | D．Tomatoes and milk. |
| A．Eggs and milk. | B．Noodles and Coke. |
| C．Eggs and orange juice. | D．Hamburgers and orange juice. |
| A．noodles | B．chicken | C．bananas | D．noodles and chicken |
| A．hamburgers and bananas | B．hamburgers and chicken |
| C．tomatoes and hamburgers | D．tomatoes and apples |
| A．Six | B．Five | C．Four. | D．Seven. |
10 .
I like volleyball very much. I have three volleyballs and two tennis balls. I also have two baseballs. But I don’t like to play baseball. It is hard for me. My father likes to play it. Helen |
I don’t like sports. I love books. I have many books in my bookcase. My brother likes sports. He plays baseball, basketball and soccer. He has three baseballs and four basketballs. Alan | |
I like to play ping-pong. I often play it with my friend, Bill, after school. I think it’s easy for me, but Bill thinks it is difficult. I have two ping-pong bats and five ping-pong balls. Bill has only one ping-pong bat. David | |
1. The underlined(下划线) word “hard” means(意思是) ________.
| A．easy | B．difficult | C．interesting |
| A．Baseball. | B．Volleyball. | C．Tennis. |
| A．two | B．three | C．four |
| A．David’s friend. | B．Helen’s father. | C．Alan’s brother. |
| A．Baseball. | B．Ping-pong. | C．Basketball. |
