1 . The day was Thankful Thursday. It’s a weekly tradition that my two little girls and I began years ago. We always go out in the world and do charity (慈善) work. Last Thursday, we were going to buy lunch for the beggars (乞丐) in the street. I ordered 15 lunches from McDonald’s (麦当劳) and decided to hand them out.
We enjoyed what we saw in the street: a surprised and happy person holding up his lunch bag. Then we noticed a small old woman asking for food. We handed her our final lunch bag. As we got into the car, she started to speak to us. “No one has ever done anything like this for me before,” she said with a smile. “Well, I’m glad that we were the first,” I replied. “So, when will you eat your lunch?” I asked. She just looked at me with her huge, tired brown eyes and said, “Oh, honey, I’m not going to eat this lunch. You see, I have a little girl. I usually can’t afford to buy her the food she enjoys. But tonight she will be so happy!”
I don’t know if the woman noticed the tears (泪水) in my eyes. I have questioned many times whether our acts of kindness were too small to make a difference. Yet at that moment, I realized the truth of Mother Teresa’s words: “We cannot do great things—only small things with great love.”
1. On Thankful Thursday, the writer often went with her two daughters to ________.| A．visit their friends | B．do some charity work | C．have lunch in McDonald |
| A．first | B．second | C．last |
| A．She would give the lunch to her daughter. |
| B．She ate the lunch when she got home |
| C．She didn’t like the food from McDonald’s |
| A．angry | B．moved | C．surprised |
| A．It’s difficult to help everyone in need. |
| B．A small act of kindness means a lot. |
| C．Each family has its own problems. |
2 . Do you know the story of some mice(老鼠) and a cat? Let me show you here.
There are many mice in the house. The owner(主人) of the house has a cat. The cat kills some of them. Then an old mouse says,“All mice come to my room this evening. Let’s put our heads together and think how to deal with(处理) the cat.” All the mice come and they start to talk about it, but no one knows what to do.
Finally, a young mouse stands up and says, “We must put a bell(铃) on the cat. When the cat comes near, we can hear the bell and then run away(跑走) and hide(躲藏). So the cat can’t find any of us.”
“But,” the old mouse asks, “Who will put it on the cat?” No mouse answers. the old mouse waits(等待), but no one answers. At last the old mouse says, “It’s easy to say things, but it’s hard to do them.”
1. The mice want to deal with the cat because _______.| A．it makes the house dirty | B．it fights with the mice | C．it kills the mice |
| A．居安思危 | B．各就各位 | C．集思广益 |
| A．hide somewhere | B．put a bell on the cat | C．run away |
| A．the bell | B．the cat | C．the house |
| A．the cat and mice are good friends. |
| B．doing is more important than saying |
| C．the mice are clever |
3 . Teddy was a small duck who lived in a park. He was thin, and he was good at swimming. But he didn’t know how to play tennis. One day, he saw some ducks playing tennis in the park. He walked to them and asked, “Could you teach me to play tennis?”
“How can you not know how to play tennis?” asked Roger.
“It will take too long to teach you!” said Mandy.
“I’m sorry, I’m not good at playing tennis,” said Sally.
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No one wanted to teach Teddy. A few days later, Teddy decided to borrow (借) a tennis racket (球拍) and a tennis ball from his uncle Daniel. Daniel said to Teddy, “It will be hard to learn to play tennis by yourself. Let me help you.” “Wow, that would be great!” said Teddy.
Teddy started to learn that afternoon. He practiced very hard and soon he was good at it. Later Roger asked Teddy to have a game with him. “I know I’ll win,” Roger said to Mandy.
The next day, Roger and Teddy had their big game. The other ducks were all there cheering on Roger. Teddy felt a little afraid but he decided to do his best. At last, Teddy won the game.
Roger said he was sorry not to help Teddy at first. Teddy forgave him and they became good friends. They taught and helped other ducks to learn to play tennis together.
1. What can we learn about Teddy?| A．He had no friends. | B．He lived on a farm. | C．He was small and thin. |
| A．Daniel. | B．Mandy. | C．Sally. |
| A．Bored. | B．Excited. | C．Afraid. |
| A．了解 | B．原谅 | C．忘记 |
| A．we should help each other |
| B．it is hard to learn to play tennis |
| C．playing tennis is good for health |
You must think a computer is the best thing in the world, right? You must think it works at a super speed and can do everything? Well, it’s not! In fact, the brain is much more powerful than any super computer! Think about when a glass is just about to fall off the table. Your brain controls everything that you need to do to save that glass from falling. First, your eyes check out what’s going on, then tell your brain, and your brain decides how quickly you need to react(反应), and then your muscles(肌肉) go into action. That is just from your brain. No computers could ever come close to that!
The brain weighs just 3 pounds, but it controls everything you do from thinking, learning, feeling even to breathing and your heart beating. Even though the brain is just 2% of your body weight, it uses around 20% of all your energy in your body. That is a lot for such a small organ(器官). There are about 100 billion tiny, tiny little cells(细胞) in your brain. There are so many that it would take you over 3,000 years to count them all!
Your brain stops growing when you’re 18, but it actually keeps on developing and learning new things. So your parents are really super smart! You won’t be able to fool them! Believe it or not, your brain NEVER stops working. Even during sleeping, the brain works for long-term memory establishment(建立). It is realized that the brain is the second organ in the body as the heart that never stops during human lives.
So everyone should be proud of such a gift of nature.
1. In Paragraph 1,the writer wants to tell us _________.| A．eyes and muscles react quickly |
| B．the brain controls everything in your body |
| C．the brain is more powerful than any computer |
| A．the body weight |
| B．around 20% of the energy in the body |
| C．all energy in the body |
| A．The brain doesn’t work during sleeping. |
| B．The brain is the only organ that never stops. |
| C．The brain keeps on developing during human lives. |
| A．Magic | B．Quick | C．Light |
| A．Sports | B．Medicine | C．Science |
5 . Healthy eating doesn’t just mean what you eat, but how you eat. Here is some advice（建议）on healthy eating.
Eat with others. It can help you to see others’ healthy eating habits. If you usually eat with your parents, you will find that the food you eat is more delicious.
Listen to your body. Ask yourself if you are really hungry. Have a glass of water to see if you are thirsty, sometimes you are just thirsty, you need no food. Stop eating before you feel full.
Eat breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After you don’t eat for the past ten hours, your body needs food to get you going. You will be smarter after eating breakfast.
Eat healthy snacks（点心）like fruit, yogurt or cheese. We all need snacks sometimes. In fact, it’s a good idea to eat two healthy snacks between your three meals. This doesn’t mean that you can eat a bag of chips but not a meal.
Don’t eat dinner late. With our busy life, we always put off（推迟）eating dinner until the last minute. Try to eat dinner at least(至少) 3 hours before you go to bed. This will give your body a chance to digest most of the food before you rest for the next 8-10 hours.
1. What’s the passage about?| A．What to eat. | B．Where to eat. | C．How to eat. |
| A．4. | B．5. | C．6. |
| A．Dinner. | B．Snacks. | C．Breakfast. |
| A．dinner is the most important meal of the day. |
| B．don’t eat before you feel full. |
| C．try to eat dinner at least 1 hours before you go to bed . |
| A．Not eating snacks at all. | B．Eating as many as you can. | C．Eating some when necessary. |
6 . Last Tuesday was a good day. The sun was high in the sky and the sky was very blue. Tom said goodbye to his parents and then took a bus to school for an exam. The exam was important to him. His parents wished him to get a good mark and hoped that he would get a place at a top university. Suddenly a lorry (货运汽车) stopped in front of the bus. Although the bus driver tried his best to stop, the bus still went into the lorry. There was a terrible noise. Luckily no one was hurt in the accident. Tom got off the bus. He felt a little ▲ .“What should I do if I can't get to the exam on time?” he said to himself. A policeman saw Tom and asked him whether (是否) he was OK. Tom told the policeman that he would take a very important exam at 9:00 am and now it was already 8:40 am. The policeman picked up his phone and asked a police car to come at once. When it arrived, he asked the driver to take Tom to school as fast as he could. Tom arrived at school five minutes before the exam started. So Tom was able to take the exam on time.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What was the weather like last Tuesday?
| A．Windy. | B．Sunny. | C．Cloudy. |
| A．No one got hurt in it. | B．It happened at 8:00 am. | C．The bus went into a tree. |
| A．worried | B．surprised | C．excited |
| A．At 8:35 am. | B．At 8:40 am. | C．At 8:55 am. |
| A．A lucky policeman | B．An important school exam | C．A boy's exam day experience |
7 . Anna Gomez is a successful TV host (主持人) ,but most people still think of her as a famous skater, “As a child ,my dream was to become a dancer,” said Anna. Anna went to university at the age of 18. Although she spent a long time skating every day, she did well in her lessons, “My parents supported me through university, and expected me to do well in skating,” she said. “When I was young, I sometimes got angry at competitions and shouted at judges(裁判员) if I disagreed with them. That made me unpopular,especially with other skaters. I played as well as them, but I didn’t believe in myself.
I didn’t think I could be the winner. It changed as I won more competitions, and I was at my best by the age of twenty-five ,”said Anna. Anna retired(退役) from skating five years later. “It was a difficult decision. People always asked me when I was going to stop. But I wasn’t sure if I was ready to give up. Now , looking back , I’m glad I stopped when I did.” said Anna.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. When Anna was a child , she dreamed to be a ________
| A．university teacher | B．TV host | C．a dancer |
| A．She spent a lot of time skating |
| B．She liked to teach her classmates how to skate. |
| C．Her parents wanted her to give up skating. |
| A．she was not good at skating. |
| B．she always argued with others. |
| C．she sometimes got angry at competitions. |
| A．25 | B．30 | C．35 |
| A．Anna’s experience as a skater. |
| B．how to be a successful skater |
| C．how to be a successful TV host. |
In my free time, I usually run with my mother. She is a professional (职业的) runner, so she is strict with me. Once a week I go swimming with friends and I go shopping every Saturday. In the holidays, I love going for a walk with my family and hanging out (闲逛) with my cousins. But I don’t like playing football with my brother. That’s for boys. I have a secret — I paint pictures. I like painting but I’m not professional. —Sonia, 14 |
In my free time, I always play music. I’m in a band (乐队) with friends from school. I play the guitar and the piano, but in the band I’m the singer. I love music and I love dancing too. In the evening I like watching TV with my family and after that I sometimes talk to friends on the phone or on Facebook. —Alexei, 15 |
In my free time, I often do two things. First I dance and secondly I practice karate (空手道). I dance three times a week and I practise karate in a club twice a week. I have another hobby — I really like taking pictures. I would like to be a photographer (摄影家) later. It’s relaxing and I like working on the photos with a computer. I really don’t like shopping. But my sister Cindy loves it. She often goes shopping at weekends, but I don’t. —Manuel, 16 |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What doesn’t Sonia like?
| A．Running. | B．Playing football. | C．Painting pictures. |
| A．Once a week. | B．Twice a week. | C．Three times a week. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
| A．Sonia is a professional runner. |
| B．Alexei plays the guitar in the band. |
| C．Manuel wants to be a photographer. |
| A．school life | B．free time activities | C．dream jobs |
9 . In our western countries, there are four seasons or 365 days in a year. Usually we sleep 8 hours every day. So we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our study or work time is only 243 days left. But there are 52 weekends in a year. Each weekend is two days. We lose another 104 days a year for work. It takes up about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. But we can’t work all that time, so we need a holiday. Let’s say we have three weeks’ holiday. We don’t work all day. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. We have to remember that we get 2 days’ holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1 at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays（法定假日）. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half hours’ lunch every day, and half an hour’s coffee break. That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for study or work every year. What about you in China?
1. How many days do we sleep in a year?_ _______ days.| A．36 | B．122 | C．8 |
| A．rest | B．coffee break | C．breakfast and supper |
| A．乘车 | B．从事 | C．占用 |
| A．Each weekend is one day. |
| B．We have 61 days for free time. |
| C．We get 3 days’ holiday at Easter. |
| A．time is important and we’d better not waste it |
| B．a few days for work is enough |
| C．we need more holidays |
10 . Listening test is one of the important parts of the English exam. Here are some tips (建议)for you. Before you start to listen, you need to relax. Don't be nervous (紧张). And try to read the questions. These questions usually help you understand the dialogue or the passage. Then listen carefully to the first sentence. It usually tells you the main idea of the passage. Then you're listening, try to do some thinking and take some notes (笔记), such as: What happened? When, where, and how? What does the speaker want to tell us? In this way, you may understand the passage better. Please remember not to think about one or two words for a long time. When you hear some words you don't know, don't spend too much time on them. Very often, you'll find out what they mean later when you go on with the listening.
1. This passage mainly talks about ________.| A．listening | B．speaking | C．reading |
| A．excited | B．relaxed | C．nervous |
| A．the answers to the questions |
| B．where to write the answers |
| C．the main idea of the passage |
| A．remember every word | B．take some notes | C．understand all the words |
| A．questions | B．first sentence | C．A and B |
