1 . My name is Lora. Tian Xin is my classmate. She is also my good friend. She is a beautiful girl with big black eyes and long black hair. In some ways we look the same, so some students say we are twins.
I often go to Tian Xin’s house. There are many kinds of books and magazines on her bookcase. She likes reading. Her maths is the best in our class. She often helps me with my maths. But her English is not very good. I often help her learn English. She works hard all the time. Sometimes we will have different opinions on things but we will choose to explain to each other patiently and most of the time we agree to disagree. Now she is doing better than before. I hope she can make great progress. We don’t think it is necessary to be the same and we don’t think differences are important in a friendship.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的将“F”涂黑。1. Some students say Lora and Tian Xin are like twins.
2. Lora’s maths is better than Tian Xin’s.
3. The writer won’t agree with Tian Xin in the end when they have different opinions.
4. Lora and Tian Xin help each other in many ways.
5. The story tells us that being the same is important for making friends.
2 . Once upon a time, there was a man in a small town. He had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but the girl was not. One day they found a mirror (镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very happy and he said to his sister, “How handsome I am! 1 look much nicer than you!”
The girl didn’t like what her brother said and gave him a hard push. “Go away!” she said.
Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy. “You must always be good as well as look good.”
Then to the girl he said, “My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother.”
根据语篇内容，判斯下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将T涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将F涂黑。1. The father had two good-looking children.
2. The boy was happy because he was handsome.
3. The girl gave the boy a hard push because she was not happy with her brother.
4. The father told the girl that she was as good-looking as her brother.
5. The father believed that to be good to people is more important than to be good-looking.
3 . Once upon a time, there was a rabbit and a wolf (狼) in the forest. One day, the rabbit walked near a river, and then he heard someone crying. “Help! Help!” It was the wolf. A big stone was on his back. The wolf asked the rabbit to move the big stone from his back, and the rabbit helped the wolf.
“You saved me, but I want to eat you,” the wolf jumped up and said.
“Why? I just helped you,” cried the rabbit.
“I’m hungry. I need your help again. You can’t refuse me,” said the wolf.
“You are so bad. You are wrong to eat me.” said the rabbit.
At that time, a monkey came over. He listened to their story and said, “What stone? I need to have a look at it. Then I can tell who is right.”
“Where is the stone? Now, put the stone back.” said the monkey.
With the monkey’s help, the rabbit put the stone back. The big stone was on the wolf’s back again. The rabbit thanked the monkey and they ran away happily.
In the end, the rabbit learned that before helping others, you need to think about the risk of helping others.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. There was a big stone on the wolf’s back.
2. The rabbit didn’t help the wolf move the stone.
3. The monkey was very clever.
4. The wolf said sorry to the rabbit at last.
5. Before helping others, you need to think about the risk of helping others.
4 . Old people around the world all have their own special hobbies. In China, I often see the elderly women dancing together in public squares or playing mahjong (麻将), Old men like to get together and play Chinese chess. Light exercise is also popular. I once saw an elderly person walking backward while clapping (扣手) her hands as a way of exercising.
In the US, elderly people don’t play mahjong. Instead, they play cards. Like mahjong card games are a great way to meet people and have fun. Elderly people are often lonely, but hobbies like playing cards can bring friends together.
Elderly people in the US also enjoy gardening and baking. Grandmothers like baking sweet treats, such as cookies or apple pies, for their grandchildren. Gardening gives them a chance to get a little bit of exercise and fresh air. It may offer them some vegetables and fruit to cook with. And of course, making small talk with their elderly friends is popular as well.
根据内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. In China elderly men usually dance together in public squares.
2. Mahjong and Chinese chess are popular with old people in China.
3. In the US, elderly people like playing cards and talking with friends.
4. Gardening can help the elderly people in the US get little fresh air.
5. These popular hobbies of the elderly keep them from being lonely.
5 . A 6-year-old boy went to her elder sister who was in the kitchen.
He saw her frying (煎) fish and asked her, “Lucy, why did you cut the head and the tail of the fish off before frying it?”
His sister thought about it for a while and said, “Why? I don’t know. But Mum does it in this way, so I do it in this way too.”
Hearing this, the little boy ran to his mother and asked his mother the same question. His mother also took a while to think and said, “Why? I never thought about it. I don’t know. But your grandmother does it in this way, so I do it this way too.”
The little boy felt surprised and he really wanted to find the answer to the question. So he ran to his grandmother and asked, “Grandma, why do you cut the head and the tail of the fish off before frying it? Lucy and Mum do it, and they told me you did it too.”
“I don’t know why they cut the head and the tail, but I did it because my frying pan was very small,” his grandma answered.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将字母“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将字母“F”涂黑。1. Lucy has an elder sister.
2. Lucy’s mother never cut the head and the tail off before frying fish.
3. Lucy and her mother didn’t know the answer to the boy’s question.
4. Lucy’s grandma cut the fish head and tail off because her frying pan wasn’t big enough.
5. It’s the curiosity (好奇心) that helps the little boy find the answer to his question.
6 . It is known that sweet dishes were cooled with snow and ice in ancient times. These were enjoyed by the rich because they were expensive. Sorbet (雪糕) was introduced in Florence in the 16th century. However, real ice-cream was produced for the first time in the 1630s by Gerald Tissain, the French cook of British King, Charles I.
During the 18th century, ice-cream was eaten at ice-cream cafes in London, Paris and other great cities. It was still expensive, though. It was said that George Washington spent 200 dollars on ice-cream in just two months in 1790.
Ice-cream became cheap when the first ice-cream factory was opened in 1851 by an American, George Fussel. Since the 19th century, though, Italians have been seen as the great ice-cream makers. In the mid-19th century, for example, ice-cream was sold in the streets of London by as many as 30,000 Italians. The Italian way of making ice-cream has been learned by many others since those days, so today excellent ice-cream is made and enjoyed all over the world.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. In ancient times sweet dishes were so expensive that only the rich could enjoy them.
2. Real ice-cream was produced by a French cook in the 1630s.
3. The example of George Washington shows that ice-cream was eaten only in great cities during the 18th century.
4. Thanks to Italians ice-cream became cheap and was sold everywhere in the streets.
5. The passage is mainly about the history of ice-cream.
7 . The Chongyang Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. It is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar (阴历) month. It’s also called the Double Ninth Festival.
The festival started as early as the Warring States Period (475-221 BC). It has a history of more than 1,700 years. Among the numbers from zero to nine (奇数). People believe that two “ninths” meeting together stands for a long life. So it is a special holiday for Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders. They hold many kinds of activities in honor of old people to wish them good health and a long life.
The festival comes during the golden time of fall. On the day, people traditionally drink Chrysanthemum (菊花) wine, eat Double Ninth Cakes and climb mountains. They also carry a kind of plant, and its name is dogwood.. People in ancient times believed that the plant could drive away evil (邪恶的) spirits and stop them from catching an illness in winter.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的填“T”，错误的填“F”。1. The Chongyang Festival is celebrated on 9th, September.
2. The Chongyang Festival has a history of over 1,700 years.
3. The Chongyang Festival is a special holiday for Chinese people to show love and respect for their elders.
4. People only drink Chrysanthemum (菊花) wine and climb mountains on the Chongyang Festival.
5. In ancient times, people believed dogwood can keep them from catching an illness in winter.
8 . Xu BaoKun never thought that one day she would become well-known on the Internet. Her videos on the Internet win many people’s hearts, with people calling her “Cool Grandma”. In her videos, Xu plays the drums so well that many people feel surprised. Xu is 66 years old now and she lives in Guangxi. For many years, she has worked hard as a farmer. Things, however, changed last year when her son brought home a drum set. At first, Xu saw the drum set as a noisy novelty (新奇事物). But after she watched her son’s shows several times, she became interested in it. Later, she tried her best to teach herself by watching the videos online. She never gave up when she met difficulty.
With lots of practice, her skills have improved greatly. “It is never too late to learn,” Xu said, “I will continue to improve myself by learning more difficult music.”
根据短文内容判断正误，正确为“T”，错误为“F”。1. A large number of people like Xu’s videos on the Internet.
2. In the past, Xu was a music teacher in Guangxi.
3. Xu didn’t start to learn to play the drums until she was 60.
4. Xu learned to play the drums by watching the videos online.
5. With working hard, Xu’s skills on playing the drums have improved.
9 . Lisa has always been fat. She wanted to lose weight, not only because she wanted to look more beautiful and healthier, but also because it would make life easier.
For example, it was difficult for Lisa to find ready-made clothes. She had to make clothes that were large enough. In school, she needed a special chair that was bigger and stronger than other chairs. If she went for a walk, she got tired very quickly.
She was also unhappy about the way people treated her sometimes. People looked at her and even made fun of her.
But now things are quite different. Last month her classmates were preparing for School Art Week. Someone advised Lisa to play the most important role of the proud Queen who was tall and overweight. Lisa agreed and practiced a lot. Soon after the play, she became a star!
Now, Lisa doesn’t worry about being fat anymore. She believes in the English saying: “Every dog has its day.”
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. For making life easier, Lisa wanted to lose weight.
2. In school, Lisa needed a special table that was bigger and stronger.
3. Lisa was unhappy about the way people treated her sometimes.
4. Lisa became a star because of playing the role of the proud King.
5. Lisa doesn’t worry about being fat and she believes in herself now.
10 . My parents were away for a whole week. They were visiting my grandparents in a city almost 200 kilometres away. I was really excited at the thought of being alone and doing everything by myself. I can cook and use the washing machine and I told my parents I would remember to lock the door when I went out. I promised that nothing could go wrong.
But something did happen! I was watching television one night when the screen suddenly went black. When I checked, I found that the lights did not work, either.
It was too late at night to do anything. So I waited till the morning. Then I rang to my parents and asked I them what to do. My mum told me to take the electricity card to the bank and buy some electricity. I did as my mum told me. When I got back home, I put the card into the meter (电表) and the electricity started working again.
Although I was a bit worried during the night, especially when there were no lights, I was happy that I could solve the problem in the end.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. My parents were away for a week to visit my grandparents.
2. I was worried and afraid to think about being home alone.
3. When the screen suddenly went black one night, I was playing games.
4. The next morning, I rang my friend for help.
5. In the end, the writer solved the problem by himself.
