1 . Well-known Chinese writer and translator Yang Jiang passed away at the age of 105 on May 25, 2016. But four years later, many people are still remembering her by posting Yang’s photos on the Internet.
Having studied in the UK and France, Yang was good at both English and French. And she started learning Spanish at the age of 48 in order to translate a great work—Don Quixote (《唐·吉诃德》). As a result, Yang finished the translation of Don Quixote over a period of 10 years. Published in 1979, it was regarded as the best translation of the classic in China. She thought about every word and sentence when she did translation. Yang only translated about 500 words at a time when most translators can translate as many as 2,000 words or so a day.
Yang is known for her writings as well as her translation achievement. She published Six Chapters of My Life in 1981 and Baptism (《洗澡》) in 1988. Baptism is about the lives of Chinese intellectuals(知识分子) in the 1950s. It was praised highly by both the readers and other writers. But Yang said, “Baptism was just an experiment to test myself and see if I am able to write novels.”
Though Yang herself considered her works as attempts(尝试), each of her attempts was a success. These attempts showed her calm and simple state of mind rather than the desire(渴望) for fame or wealth.
Without doubt, Yang will long be remembered for her great achievements. Her great works and the selfless spirit may be her greatest wealth left to us.
1. According to the passage, Yang mastered at least __________ foreign language(s).| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
| A．she was a new hand in translating | B．she was too old to translate fast |
| C．she was busy with her writings | D．she was careful with her translation |
| A．thought to be a good novel | B．to test Yang’s translating ability |
| C．published in 1981 | D．a story from Yang’s own life |
| A．Yang’s stories about translation | B．Yang’s two well-known writings |
| C．Yang’s great achievements | D．Yang’s desire for fame and wealth |
2 . California is burning! Wildfires have spread across the US state since Oct 23 and smoke has filled its skies.
Take the Kincade Fire in northern California for example. It forced 200,000 people to escape(逃跑) its path within one week. The state’s largest power company cut power to about 206,000 homes in order to stop more fires from breaking out, CBS News reported.
California has seen many wildfires in recent years. Nine of the 10 biggest fires have happened since 2000, including five since 2010, according to The New York Times.
Why is this? California has the perfect wildfire conditions, Park Williams, a US climate expert (气候专家), told The New York Times. It has dry air and high temperatures from spring through late fall. At the same time, seasonal winds blow across the state every year, causing the wildfires to spread quickly and last for weeks.
Global warming has also made the fires worse in recent years. It has dried out the state’s trees and other plant life, causing them to burn more easily.
Humans have played a role as well. Burning campfires, garbage debris (垃圾碎片), and cigarette ends can easily cause wildfires. For example, one fire started last year when a car got a flat tire (漏了气的轮胎). The car’s body met the road and sent out sparks (火花), starting a fire.
Lightning strikes (雷击) and volcanic eruptions (火山爆发) can also cause wildfires. However, humans have caused 90 percent of California’s wildfires, according to the US National Park Service.
Wildfires often happen in wooded areas in the US, Canada and Australia. They are also known as forest fires or grass fires, or as bushfires (森林火灾) in Australia.
Wildfires can burn at over 900℃ and reach heights of more than 50 meters. They can move at speeds of up to 23 kilometers an hour, burning everything—trees, brush, homes, even people—in their path.
1. According to CBS News, the fires in California ________.| A．have influenced many people’s lives | B．have gotten smaller in recent years |
| C．caused no deaths | D．are under control |
| A．how global warming has made fires worse | B．how to cut off the power during a wildfire |
| C．why people are afraid of wildfires | D．why wildfires often happen in California |
| A．people set forests on fire on purpose | B．car accidents don’t cause wildfires |
| C．wildfires can start from small events | D．people shouldn’t drive near forests |
| A．Lightning strikes. | B．Volcanic eruptions. |
| C．Dry and hot weather. | D．Human activities. |
3 . Join us at the sports hall!
| Morning 8:30 am-11:30 am | Lunch 12:00 pm-1:20 pm | Afternoon 1:30 pm-5:00 pm | After school 5:30 pm-7:00 pm | |
| Monday | / | / | Netball | Personal challenge projects |
| Tuesday | Girls badminton | / | Boys basketball | Boys badminton |
| Wednesday | Netball training | / | Girls basketball | Dance club |
| Thursday | Basketball training | / | Boys football | Football training |
| Friday | / | / | Girls football | / |
| A．On Monday morning. | B．On Wednesday morning. |
| C．On Thursday afternoon. | D．On Friday afternoon. |
| A．30 minutes. | B．50 minutes. | C．80 minutes. | D．Two hours. |
| A．He is playing badminton with other boys. | B．He is taking dancing lessons. |
| C．He is playing basketball. | D．He is practicing football. |
| A．Opening hours of the school’s sports hall. | B．Class schedules. |
| C．After-school activities. | D．Teaching plans. |
4 . Breakfast is food for the brain. And it’s good even for people worrying about their weight. Middle school students who eat breakfast are more likely to have healthy weight than those who don’t eat breakfast. This is true even for students who eat two breakfasts — one at home and one at school. “Not skipping(跳过) breakfast helps you not overeat later in the day,” says Marlene Schwartz.
One study has found many kids end up eating two breakfasts. People become worried that kids who eat breakfast both at home and at school might become overweight. In fact, Schwartz now says that’s not what her data(数据) have turned up.
Her group studied 600 middle school students. Over three years, students from 12 different schools were asked about their breakfast. About 34 to 44 percent of all students said they usually ate breakfast at home. Almost one in every six kids usually ate breakfast at school. About one in every 10 kids ate breakfast both at home and at school. Eating habits changed as the kids got older. For example, fifth graders were more likely to eat breakfast. But 22 percent of the seventh graders often didn’t eat breakfast. Surprisingly, at every age, kids who ate breakfast were less likely to be overweight. This was true even for those who ate breakfast at home and at school.
The study found no evidence(证据) of greater weight gain among students who ate double breakfasts.
Why should eating two breakfasts not lead to weight gain? The researchers don’t know yet. But one explanation may be that school breakfast is very healthy and controlled in size. So eating that along with the home breakfast may not be bad for most active and growing middle school students.
1. According to Paragraph 1, why do some people NOT want to eat breakfast?| A．Because they are worried about putting on weight. |
| B．Because they don’t consider it to be important. |
| C．Because they are tired of eating breakfast at school. |
| D．Because they don’t have time to eat breakfast. |
| A．most kids ate breakfast at school | B．the kids eating breakfast twice were getting fat |
| C．more than half of the students didn’t eat breakfast | D．seventh graders skipped breakfast more often than fifth graders |
| A．All the girls should stop doing it. | B．It can be good for most teenagers. |
| C．We should try our best to eat a second breakfast. | D．Eating two breakfasts is just right for the boys. |
| A．Eating breakfast twice will make people put on weight. |
| B．Giving up breakfast is more likely to help lose weight. |
| C．Having two breakfasts has little to do with being overweight. |
| D．Having breakfast at home can make kids stay healthy and thin. |
5 . There are some very good inventions which, for one reason or another, don’t become popular. These inventions should be better known, even though I think that some of them are crazy. Let's have a look at some of these inventions.
The Australians had a great idea to stop people from drinking and driving. The idea was that if a driver wanted to start the car, she or he would have to blow into a bag first. If there was too much alcohol(酒精) in their breath, the car wouldn't start. It sounds like a great idea to me, but people said that they might need to drive the car in an emergency even if they had drunk too much alcohol. Another idea I liked was an invention by a scientist who thought his children watched too much TV. He connected the TV to an exercise bike so that the electricity to power the TV was produced by the bike. If the children wanted to watch a lot of TV, they had to pedal (踩踏) very hard.
One of the strangest inventions I have come across is a bicycle which can cross rivers! The idea was that when you came to a river, you could inflate (充气) a huge plastic ball all around the bike. You would then get into the ball which would float on the river while you pedaled the bike inside the ball! Why not use a bridge instead?
One thing I would like is a baseball cap with a built—in radio, so you can listen to sports games all day with your hands free. The Americans invented a kind of robot for sports fans. If you were watching your team on TV on your own, you could press a button and the robot would do ‘high—fives’ with you! That’s fantastic! I wonder if you have any wonderful ideas for inventions like these.
1. How many inventions are mentioned in the passage?| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．The writer doesn’t like the invention of a bicycle that can cross the river. |
| B．you can watch matches by wearing a baseball cap with a built—in radio. |
| C．You can start the car invented by Australians after drinking if you have an emergency. |
| D．You needn’t pedal the bicycle while you are inside the huge plastic ball. |
| A．举手击掌 | B．举高手掌 | C．挥手欢呼 | D．起立欢呼 |
| A．The reason why these inventions don’t become popular. |
| B．These inventions should be more successful. |
| C．Everyone should have one wonderful idea like these inventions. |
| D．Some information about unusual inventions. |
6 . Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it's easy to answer. The 29-year-old vlogger's videos about her country life recently went viral(走红). Her fans call her "the goddess of nature".
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming ... she practices and masters many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears hanfu that she made herself. She also rears silkworms in order to sew quilts. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.
"She performs the work of a farmer with the grace (优雅) of a fairy (仙子)," the South China Morning Post said.
Li was raised by her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her sick grandmother.
To make a living, Li runs an online store. At first, she just used her videos to advertise her products. But the simple pleasures she presented(呈现) quickly won her many fans. "In such a tech-driven age, where everything comes so quickly, it's beautiful to watch such a slow process unfold (展现) without her getting stressed," one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li's deep knowledge of food, nature and Chinese culture. "I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving (保存) meat like that!" one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.
As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she has spread Chinese culture to the world.
1. Why does the writer think Li Ziqi is worth of this title "the goddess of nature".| A．Because her country life recently went viral. | B．Because she masters many kinds of skills. |
| C．Because she has many fans. | D．Because she has the ability to make a living through net. |
| A．蝉 | B．蚕 | C．蝗虫 | D．萤火虫 |
| A．why Li made the videos | B．why Li runs an online store |
| C．how fans got less stressed | D．why fans liked Li and her videos |
① Li came back to the village to look after her sick grandmother.
② Li made videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③ Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④ Li became famous at home and abroad because of the videos.
⑤ Li practiced all kinds of skills, such as cooking, painting, designing, farming.
| A．③⑤①②④ | B．③①⑤②④ | C．⑤③①②④ | D．⑤②③①④ |
7 . Once there was a poor old man called Colonel Harland Sanders. He lived in a small house and had an old car. He was living off the social security(社会保障金). In his sixties, he thought things had to change(改变), so he thought about what he had to do. His friends liked his chicken recipe(食谱) very much. He thought that it might help him to make a change.
He left Kentucky and traveled to different states. He told restaurant owners that he had a mouth-watering chicken recipe and asked them if they would like to buy it. He would like to give the recipe to them for free, just asking for a small percentage(提成) in return. Sounds like a good idea, right?
Unluckily, those restaurant owners didn’t think so. As a result, the old man heard “NO” over 1,000 times. Even after all of those rejections(拒绝), he didn’t give up. He believed his chicken recipe was something special. He heard “NO” 1,009 times before he heard his first yes.
With that one success, Colonel Harland Sanders changed the way that Americans ate chicken. Kentucky Fried Chicken, also known as KFC, was born. Now it is the world’s second largest restaurant chain(连锁).
Never give up and always believe in yourself. After all, nothing is impossible if you put your heart into it.
1. What does the underlined word “it” refer(指) to?| A．The small house. | B．The old car. |
| C．The social security. | D．The chicken recipe. |
| A．To sell his chicken. | B．To open a restaurant. |
| C．To sell his chicken recipe. | D．To enjoy delicious chicken. |
| A．He heard his first yes. | B．He gave up his idea of making a change. |
| C．He kept on trying in other restaurants. | D．He changed the way that Americans ate chicken. |
| A．How KFC was born. | B．Why KFC is popular. |
| C．Where KFC appeared(出现). | D．Who the father of KFC is. |
8 . What is your zodiac (生肖)animal? According to the Chinese lunar calendar, 12 animals mark 12 different years. It is the basis of the Chinese zodiac. Nowadays, Chinese zodiac animals have worldwide fame and are increasingly popular among western people.
The zodiac is an important part of Chinese culture. People believe that the characteristics (特点) of a zodiac animal influence the personality of every person born in that year. For example, people born in the Year of the Tiger are considered powerful and brave.
Zodiac animals also have some social functions. When people think it is not proper to ask: “How old are you”, they may change their question to “What is your zodiac animal?” With this question, you can figure out (计算出) roughly which year someone was born and the person’s age.
Zodiac animals are not special to China. Many countries share a similar zodiac culture with China. For example, in the Japanese zodiac, a wild boar (野猪) takes the place of a pig and the Vietnamese (越南的) zodiac has a cat instead of a rabbit.
But have you ever wondered how these 12 animals were chosen to represent (代表)each year? According to legend, the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) invited all the animals to join him for Chinese New Year. Only 12 animals went to see him. As a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The ox would have been the first to arrive, but the rat sat on his back and jumped off just before they arrived to come in first place.
1. The characteristics of a zodiac animal may influence the _____of every person born in that year.| A．appearance | B．personality | C．hobby | D．education |
| A．wild boar | B．rabbit | C．dragon | D．pig |
| A．the ox | B．the rat | C．the pig | D．the cat |
| A．The story of Chinese New Year | B．The story of zodiac animals |
| C．The story of the Jade Emperor | D．The story of people’s birthdays |
You are a wonderful person and your mother and I love you. It will not be long before you leave home to make your way in the world. Can I please give you some friendly advice? Here are some things that you should never do.
1). Never Look Down Upon Yourself.
You are great and able to achieve great things so believe in yourself. When things go badly, never stop believing. Some girls get upset and lose confidence. And then all kinds of problems can follow.
2). Never Get Upset With Your Looks.
We think you look great . Please be happy with the person you are and the body you have. Eat well, take exercise and be healthy. Some girls become upset because they try to lose weight or get the perfect shape. You look fine.
3). Never spend money more than your income (收入) .
Never spend money more than your income and save a little every month. Don’t borrow other’s money if possible.
4). Never Give Less Than Your Best.
We are very proud of what you have succeeded so far. You should be proud too. Keep doing well. Keep trying your hardest at everything you do. No one can ask for more than that.
5). Never Forget That Your Parents Love You.
Whatever happens in life, your family will still be your family. Whatever difficulties you have, you can always talk to us and we will try to help. We are here for you.
Love,
Dad
1. From the letter, we can know the daughter will _________soon.| A．leave school | B．go to college | C．go to another city | D．face lots of difficulties |
| A．aren’t healthy enough | B．don’t make enough money |
| C．don’t have good jobs | D．try to have the perfect shape |
| A．nobody will love him | B．he can’t get good income |
| C．all problems will follow him | D．his parents won’t believe in him anymore |
| A．happy | B．successful | C．perfect | D．hard-working |
| A．that her parents love her | B．what she should never do |
| C．how she can become successful | D．that her parents will always help her |
One day，a bird came and nested （筑巢）in the tree．The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy （羡慕）that he couldn’t think of anything else．Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer．
Finally，the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river，climb the tree and start singing．However，when he tried to climb the tree，it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings，nor claws to climb with．
Realizing that he would never climb up the tree，he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground．Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree，and began singing．
Unfortunately，hippos can’t sing，either．All that came from his mouth were terrible noises，and when the other animals heard this，they all came around to make fun of the hippo．
He was so ashamed by this．He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over．He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again，and look after it until it completely recovered（康复）．
1. The hippo envied the bird because．
| A．he could fly high |
| B．he could build a nest |
| C．he could sing well |
| D．he could live in the tree |
| A．the writer is telling us a true story |
| B．the story happened on an autumn day |
| C．the bird thought he was luckier than the hippo |
| D．the hippo tried to do something against his nature． |
| A．was happy all the time |
| B．did not respect his friends |
| C．liked to talk a lot but did nothing |
| D．corrected his mistake when he realized it |
| A．be a good singer |
| B．be good at climbing trees |
| C．stop envying the bird |
| D．not make friends with other animals |
| A．The hippo that wished to sing |
| B．The tree that was knocked over |
| C．The bird that wished to swim |
| D．The animals that were in high spirits． |
