1 . This is a room in Kate's house. There is a big bed, a table, a computer and some chairs in it. There's a glass and some books on the table. There is a picture on the wall. Kate is in the room. She is looking at the picture. Her father and mother are in the school. They're both（两个都）teachers. They work hard.
1. How many kinds（种类）of things are there in the room?| A．Only one. | B．Five. | C．Seven. | D．I don't know. |
| A．Only a bed. | B．Only a table. |
| C．Only some chairs. | D．A bed, a table, a computer and some chairs. |
| A．Some books and a glass. | B．A quilt. |
| C．Two baseballs. | D．A picture. |
| A．Kate's father. | B．Kate's mother. |
| C．Kate's brother. | D．Kate. |
| A．teachers | B．students | C．doctors | D．at home |
2 . Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to make money for my schooling.
One day, my mother was sewing（缝）a quilt. I silently sat beside her.
"Mum, is there love between you and Dad?" I asked in a very low voice.
With surprise in her eyes, she stopped her work for a while. Then she said, "Susan, look at this thread（线）. It can hardly be seen, but it's really there. It makes the quilt strong. If life is a quilt, love should be a thread. Love is inside."
I couldn't understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.
After they were back, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road every day. They were so kind to each other and it seemed that they were the happiest couple.
After two months my father still couldn't walk by himself.
"Dad, how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day.
"Susan, don't worry about me," he said. "I just like walking with your mum. I like this kind of life." Reading his eyes, I knew he loves my mother deeply.
Now I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1. Susan's father stayed in hospital for ________.| A．one day | B．one month | C．two months | D．three months |
| A．while her mother was sewing a quilt |
| B．before her father was in hospital |
| C．when she was sitting beside her mother |
| D．after her father was seriously sick |
| A．Susan's father is very lazy. |
| B．Susan's mother is a nurse. |
| C．Susan's parents love each other. |
| D．Susan doesn't like her father. |
| A．How to Make as Quilt Strong | B．Love is Just a Thread |
| C．Walking on the Country Road | D．A Seriously Sick Father |
3 .
4 Great British Bands | |||||
| Name | Origin | Dates | Main band members | Famous song/album | Honours |
| The Beatles | Liverpool | 1960-1970 | John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George, Harrison, Ringo Starr | The Beatles （The White Albums） | Best-selling band in history |
| The Who | London | 1964-1982, 1985, 1988-1989, 1996-present | Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, Kenney Jones, | My Generation | Have seven albums on Rolling Stone Magazine's '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' |
| Led Zeppelin | London | 1968-1980 （reunions: 1985, 1988 1995,2007） | John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, | Stairway to Heaven | Second best-selling band ever in the USA |
| Pink Floyd | London | 1965-1995, （one—off reunion: 2005） | Syd Barrett, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, Nick Mason, David Gilmour, | The Dark Side of the Moon | Sold more than 250 million albums worldwide |
1. Among the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on Rolling Stone magazine, ________ has seven.
| A．The Beatles | B．Pink Floyd |
| C．The Who | D．Led Zeppelin |
| A．The Beatles | B．My Generation |
| C．Stairway to Heaven | D．The Dark Side of the Moon |
| A．John Lennon | B．Keith Richards | C．John Paul | D．Richard Wright |
4 . How to Make an Ice-cream in a Bag
What You will need:
1 spoon of sugar,1/2 cup of half-and-half (牛奶和奶油的混合物), 1/4 spoon of vanilla extract (香草精), ice, salt, a big bag, a small bag.
How we make it:
First, put the sugar, half-and-half and vanilla extract into the small bag.
Next, put three glasses of ice into the big bag.
Then, pour about 1/2 cup of salt in the big bag.
When it's ready, place the small bag in the big bag and seal tightly (系紧) . You need to shake the bag for about five minutes.
Finally, take the small bag out. After wiping off (擦去) the salt on the bag, you can open it and enjoy your ice-cream.
You can finish all of the work in less than ten minutes.
1. When making the ice-cream, what do you need?| A．A spoon of sugar. | B．A cup of half-and-half. |
| C．A glass of ice. | D．A spoon of salt. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．More than five minutes. | B．Less than five minutes. |
| C．More than ten minutes. | D．Less than ten minutes. |
5 .
Eric London I went to climb the mountains with my friends last weekend. The weather was warm. We took a walk in the mountains and saw quite a few animals. They were cute. There were lots of flowers. |
Jane New York City I went to the countryside with my family and stayed there for about two weeks. The air there was clean. Every day, we fed the chickens, milked the cows, played with the dogs and went fishing. We had a good time. |
Lu Jing Hangzhou I found the summer vacation was not so interesting as I imagined (想象). It was very hot, so I had to spend most of the time staying at home, watching TV, listening to the radio and playing with my dog. Sometimes, I went to visit my relatives (亲属). |
1. Eric went to climb the mountains with his ______.
| A．family | B．relatives | C．classmates | D．friends |
| A．nine | B．fourteen | C．two | D．five |
| A．watch TV | B．listen to the radio | C．play with her dog | D．feed the chickens |
6 . In Westerners’ opinion, growing up means leaving parents and living alone. However, now more and more young people in Western countries choose to live with their parents even if they are not kids.
Caitlin Hipp is going to be 28 years old, but she chooses to live with her parents, because she has no job and has been working on getting a teacher certification（教师资格证）for four years. Her dream is to be a teacher in her hometown.
Another girl is called Jasmyn. She has to pay off a student loan（学生贷款）of 100 thousand dollars. She now works as a part-time teacher and restaurant server. But she isn’t able to make enough money to pay the rent of the house and the everyday cost. If she wants to pay off the loan, she has to live with her parents to save money.
So the number of young people who choose to live with their parents has been growing quickly. According to the survey made by the Pew Research Center, in 2014, about 32. 1% of 18-to-34-year-olds lived with their parents, and 31.6% lived in their own houses.
Another reason why young people live with their parents is that their family hope they can stay with them. No matter what reason it is, it is more common for young people to live with their parents, and it has become part of Western culture.
1. Why does Caitlin Hipp choose to live with her parents?| A．Because she is afraid to live alone | B．Because she doesn’ t make any money. |
| C．Because her parents ask her to live with them. | D．Because she wants to enjoy the life of staying with parents |
| A．订金 | B．债务 | C．利息 | D．租金 |
| A．Caitlin Hipp has been a teacher for four years |
| B．Jasmyn has to pay off a student loan of 100 thousand dollars. |
| C．There are a growing number of young people living with their parents. |
| D．In 2014,there are fewer 18—to—34—year—olds living alone than living with parents. |
| A．growing up means leaving parents | B．living alone is better for young pcople |
| C．it is traditional to live with parents for westerners | D．more and more westerners choose to live with parents |
7 . David and John are good friends. They are in No. 5 Middle School. They're in the same class, so they are classmates. But they like different sports.
David loves basketball. He has two basketballs. They are orange. John loves ping-pong. He has five ping-pong balls and three ping-pong bats.
Can David play ping-pong, too? Yes, he can. But he thinks it's not very interesting. Can John play basketball? Yes, he can. Basketball is easy for John. But he always plays ping-pong with his classmates after school. He thinks it's interesting to play ping-pong.
David and John love doing sports. And they love watching them on TV, too!
1. The underlined word "different" means “_________” in Chinese| A．激烈的 | B．相互的 | C．不同的 | D．流行的 |
| A．Baseball. | B．Volleyball. | C．Soccer. | D．Basketball. |
①friends ②brothers ③classmates
| A．①② | B．①③ | C．②③ | D．①②③ |
| A．He plays ping-pong. | B．He plays basketball. |
| C．He watches TV with David. | D．He watches TV with his classmates. |
| A．Who has basketballs. | B．What sports they can play. |
| C．What they have. | D．Who has ping-pong balls. |
8 . Alex is a middle school student. It’s Sunday morning. He needn’t go to school. He is looking outside from his room. It is raining hard and windy. He really wants the rain and wind to stop right now so that he can go out.
The rain stops in the afternoon. Alex is very happy to see that. He calls his friends and asks them to go out. The clouds leave, and the sun comes. A big rainbow crosses the sky. It’s a little hard to see the rainbow. Many people think rainbows can bring good luck.
“How does the beautiful rainbow from?” Alex asks his father. “When the sun shines the raindrops, the rainbow comes out. From this we can learn we’ll never see rainbows without rain.” Alex’s father tells him. And Alex learns from his father—when we meet bad things, just enjoy them, and everything will be OK.
1. How’s the weather in the morning?| A．Sunny. | B．Rainy. | C．Cloudy. | D．Snowy |
| A．bad luck | B．health | C．good weather | D．good luck |
| A．Alex is a middle school teacher. | B．Tomorrow is Monday. |
| C．Alex likes watching TV. | D．Alex wants to play in the park with his father. |
| A．the rainbow comes out before the rain |
| B．not to be afraid of the bad things we meet |
| C．Alex’s father likes telling stories |
| D．Alex likes finding questions in life |
| A．雨季 | B．彩虹 | C．雨云 | D．雨衣 |
9 . For boys and girls, books are not all. They can find time to play at home or at school. Playing is about having fun. But how do they play? It doesn't mean(意味着) watching TV or playing computer games.
In the morning, they can run with their parents to be healthy. They can play sports with friends after school.
They can also do some relaxing things after class. For example (例如) , they can draw or play chess with their classmates. It is also fun to help others.
Playing can make children happy and they can feel great. It can also help students get on well with (相处得好) others. Play well and then you can learn well.
1. Playing is about ________.| A．working hard | B．drawing | C．keeping quiet | D．having fun |
| A．Playing | B．Reading | C．Studying | D．Helping |
| A．Watch TV. | B．Learn math. |
| C．Run with parents. | D． Play computer games. |
| A．Playing | B．Books | C．Watching TV | D．Playing computer games |
| A．Playing makes children very tired. | B．Learn well and then you can play well. |
| C．Children can’t play at school. | D．It's fun to help others. |
10 . Michael Jackson is one of the most popular singers in the USA. He was born in Indiana in August, 1958. He has eight brothers and sisters, and he is the seventh child.
In 1963, he and his brothers started a band—The Jackson Five. He is the lead singer(主唱歌手) of the band. American people began to know him in the 1960s.
From 1972, he began to make his own CDs. He sang and danced well, and young people liked him very much.
In 1983, the song Thrillers made him one of the most popular singers in the USA. And his songs were also very popular in China. Many young people liked him and his pop songs very much.
1. Who is Michael Jackson? He is a ________.| A．student | B．singer | C．teacher | D．clerk |
| A．He was 21. | B．He was 60. | C．He was 5. | D．He was 40. |
| A．In 1958 | B．In the 1960s | C．In 1972 | D．In 1983 |
| A．He sang and danced well. | B．he had a lot of money. |
| C．he was from England. | D．he was a thriller. |
| A．His family. | B．His English. | C．His birthday. | D．His pop songs. |
