1 . You may have known about many traditional Chinese festivals such as Spring Festival or Lantern Festival, but have you ever heard of Dragon Heads-raising Day?

Dragon Heads-raising Day is also called Spring Dragon Festival. It is on the second day of the second lunar(农历) month. It’s on February 21st this year. It came from an old story. After that day, the Dragon King will wake up from his winter sleep and bring more rain. So that day is the start of spring and farming season.

One of the most interesting things related to the day is about haircut. People believe that a haircut during the first lunar month is not a good idea. It may bring bad things to your uncles. So people can only cut it on or after Dragon Heads-raising Day. Although it’s not true, many people still do it.

There are also other ways to celebrate this festival. For example, people eat food with dragon names. People call noodles dragon’s beard(胡须) . Dumplings are dragon’s ears and spring rolls(春卷) are dragon’s scales(鳞) .

People also do dragon dances and make dragon lanterns. The lanterns stand for people’s best wishes and good luck.

阅读判断根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正(A)、误(B)
1. Dragon Heads-raising Day is on the second day in February every year.
2. After Dragon Heads-raising Day, rainfall usually increases, which is good for farming.
3. People believed that having your haircut on Dragon Heads-raising Day might cause bad luck to your uncles.
4. The article explains why people eat food with dragon names to celebrate the festival.
5. The writer probably wants more students to know about Dragon Heads-raising Day.

2 . Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, and self-driving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a little far from you, living in a "smart" city like this could happen sooner than you think.

Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Songdo. Every home there will have a telepresence system (远程遥控系统) allowing users to control the heating and locks, take part in video meetings, and receive education, health care and government services. Around the city, escalators ( 自动扶梯 ) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected to the system.

The great mind behind Songdo is from the company Cisco. In fact, technology companies around the world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.

About 75% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to deal with the coming problems. Making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will in turn make cities greener, said Dan Hill, head of a research company.

1. According to the text, living in a "smart" city ______.

A．is not a green way	B．will be far from you
C．will soon become true	D．is completely impossible

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．A city of the future.	B．A meeting in Songdo.
C．A plan to build a house.	D．A report on public health.

3. Which company offers the great mind to build Songdo?

A．Cisco.

B．IBM.

C．Siemens

D．Microsoft.

4. Dan Hill thinks that making cities smarter is one way to________.

A．drive people out of cities	B．control the world’s population
C．develop his own company	D．solve the cities' coming problems

5. Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A．Future Education	B．Smart Cities
C．Government Services	D．Famous Companies

3 . Birthday is a special day for most people. We may spend much time celebrating it. On birthday, we may go for a trip, have a party or watch a movie with our parents and friends. We can also enjoy some special food. Do you know what people eat on their birthday around the world? Here are three people from different countries. They tell us what food they eat on their birthday.

Liu Jing is from Beijing. “The long noodles are a symbol of long life. In China, red is a symbol of luck. We think red eggs bring us good luck. So you can see Chinese eat long noodles and red eggs when they celebrate their birthday,” says Liu Jing.

“I am so happy because today is my birthday. I want to have a birthday party. At the party, we can play games, sing and dance. We can also eat a big birthday cake with fifteen candles. I’m sure we can have a good time at my birthday party,” says David from America.

“In Canada, people put a coin (硬币) into the cake. If the birthday person eats the cake with the coin, he or she will be lucky. I am so happy because I eat the cake with a coin,” says Sandy.

1. People may __________on their birthday.
①watch ball games ②go for a trip ③watch a movie ④have a birthday party

A．②③④

B．①③④

C．①②④

D．①②③

2. Where does Liu Jing come from?

A．China.

B．Canada.

C．America.

D．Australia.

3. What does the underlined word “celebrate” mean in Chinese?

A．举办

B．庆祝

C．组织

D．担心

4. How old is David?

A．13.

B．14.

C．15.

D．16.

5. The passage is mainly about _______.

A．what to eat on one’s birthday in different countries

B．three persons from different countries

C．how to celebrate one’s birthday

D．why we celebrate our birthday

4 . As the saying goes, “A hero is known in the time of misfortune（不幸）”. Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong, who saved many people’s lives in 2003.

In 2003, SARS broke out in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China and other parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers. Hundreds of patients even died from the disease. Even many doctors and nurses got SARS when they treated patients. So everyone was afraid of it. But Zhong was brave enough to fight the disease. Zhong spent days and nights finding the cause of the disease. And with his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people’s trust.

In early 2020, a disease called Novel Coronavirus pneumonia ( 新型冠状病毒肺炎) hit Wuhan. It spread quickly around tens of thousands of Chinese people were infected ( 感 染 ). Zhong, 84, led his team to Wuhan to fight the illness. Zhong’s team took many measures to cure the patients with Novel Coronavirus pneumonia. He advised people to wear masks, wash hands frequently(频繁地）stay at home and not to go to crowed places.   Zhong likes sports very much. Although he was 67, he could still play basketball.

Now at the age of 84, Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors. “I am just a doctor.” Zhong says. But we think he is a hero and a fighter.

1. Where was the SARS broken out?

A．Guangdong

B．Wuhan

C．Shanghai

D．Wuhan

2. How old is Zhong？

A．85

B．67

C．84

D．73

3. Which one is correct according to the passage?

A．We can go to crowed places

B．Zhong’s team took many measures to cure the patients with Novel Coronavirus pneumonia.

C．Although he was 67, he could still play football.

D．In 2004, SARS broke out in Guangdong.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Doctors are the heroes.

B．Zhong is a hero and a fighter.

C．The difference between SARA and Novel Coronavirus.

D．Novel Coronavirus pneumonia is very serious.

5. What’s meaning of “A hero is known in the time of misfortune（不幸）”.

A．救死扶伤，大爱无疆。	B．幸得有你，山河无恙。
C．哪有什么岁月静好，只不过是一直有人替我们负重前行。	D．时势造英雄。

5 . Fruit salad is a delicious dessert and you can make it in less than ten minutes. What’s more, you can enjoy it without becoming fatter. Fruit salad can also be a great dish at a party, or the wonderful snacks during any time of a day. If you want to know how to make fruit salad, just follow the steps.

Things you need

1 cup of strawberries

1 cup of cherries

1/2 red apple

1/2 peach

1 pear

2 spoons of juice

Steps

1. Choose your fruits

2.Wash all of your fruits

3.Cut the strawberries, cherries, red apple, peach, and pear into small pieces

4.Put 2 spoons of juice in a bowl

5.Put all the fruits in the bowl

6.Serve and eat

1. How many strawberries do you need?

A．1/2 cup

B．1 spoon

C．1 cup

D．2 cups

2. After you choose your fruits, you should __________.

A．wash your hands

B．put them in a bowl

C．cut them

D．wash them

3. There are __________ steps before you eat fruit salad.

A．six

B．five

C．three

D．one

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Fruit salad can make us fatter.	B．Fruit salad isn’t popular at a party
C．Fruit salad is a kind of food.	D．It takes more than ten minutes to make fruit salad.

5. The passage mainly tells us ____________.

A．how to make fruit salad	B．people should eat fruit salad more
C．fruit salad is very delicious	D．when we can make fruit salad

6 . People at home keep asking me, "Is it hard to learn Chinese? Why have you learned it so well?" Well, there's one thing that makes Chinese easy to learn: there are so many people to talk to. You've probably heard that it's the most spoken language. Today it's also one of the most written languages online. And with so many Chinese people interested in learning English, it couldn't be easier to find a friend for language learning. You just have to know where to look for them.
The really good place to look for them is QQ. QQ has the same status(地位) in China as AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) does in the US. It is reported that at any moment, up to 9,000,000 people are using QQ. They're at work, or in a web café(网吧), or at home, and the information of the users can be found. If you sign on with your address set to "abroad", you'll soon find that many thousands of them are interested in speaking to you! This is a great way for you to learn Chinese, and for them to learn English. I think that it's a very interesting way of cultural contact(文化交流), too, for ordinary people from around the world to be able to have one-on-one contact.
1. In the first paragraph(段落), the writer tells us ___________.

A．why his family members want to learn Chinese

B．where you can find people to talk to for language learning

C．the easiest thing to do is learning Chinese

D．Chinese isn’t so hard to learn as his friends think

2. From the second paragraph we know that QQ and AIM are __________.

A．addresses for the Internet users	B．documents you need to get online
C．tools for people to talk online	D．programs of a computer

3. Offices, web cafes and homes ____________.

A．attract the most people to learn Chinese

B．provide both QQ and AIM in China

C．are the best places for English learners

D．have the most people online

4. The writer wrote this passage mainly to __________.

A．tell a way of learning Chinese

B．show what the Chinese people are doing

C．tell the important of learning Chinese

D．show the difference between AIM and QQ

5. The writer of this passage is probably ___________.

A．a Chinese who works abroad	B．an expert who works at home
C．an American who works in China	D．a salesman who sells soft wares

7 . James is a good student and he has lots of friends, but he also has a problem. Some older boys are bullying(欺负)him at school. James is very unhappy and he doesn’t know what to do about it. Here are some suggestions to him and other teenagers in this situation.
Don't feel worried. It's not your fault(过错)! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry, but you are not alone. Don't feel that you have to hide the problem. You should find a person you can trust, and tell them. It might be your teacher，your parents，or even your friend’s parents．After you tell someone，you will get some support and feel some relief (解脱)．
Speaking to an adult might make you nervous, but here are other things you can do. Some people express their feelings more easily on paper. Write a letter to someone or keep a diary. Include all the details(细节)about what the bullies (欺人者) do, as well as when and where the bullying happens．You can use it as proof to show what is going on. And it is a wonderful idea to show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult. Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!
Also, don't show you are sad and don't try to fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Ignore them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.
1. What do you think the text is trying to tell us?

A．What to do about being bullied.

B．How to be a good student at school.

C．What to write well in a diary.

D．How to give suggestions to teenagers.

2. Why does the text advise you not to feel worried if bullied?

A．Because you are not alone

B．Because it is not your fault.

C．Because someone has known about it.

D．Because you’re doing something wrong.

3. You’d better go and find a person you can trust and ____.

A．know what happens	B．learn from them
C．ask for help	D．make them lonely

4. If you remember and follow the suggestions above, ____.

A．nobody will speak to the bullies

B．everybody will feel some relief

C．someone will express their feelings

D．the bullies will soon stop

5. What does the underlined word "Ignore" mean in the text?

A．take no notice of	B．take care of
C．make full use of	D．get more help from

8 .
阅读以上诗歌，根据其内容回答下列各个小题。
1. According to the poem, ______________ has come so fast.

A．the end of school	B．the exam
C．the celebration	D．the new class

2. What does the underlined word delight mean?

A．Sickness.	B．Sadness.
C．Happiness.	D．Fairness.

3. What’s waiting for you all according to the poem?

A．Too many subjects.	B．The same school.
C．Similar faces.	D．A new life.

4. This poem can probably be used ______________.

A．in a welcome party	B．in a birthday party
C．on a prom night	D．on a Silent Night

5. The purpose of this poem is to ______________.

A．tell us to say thanks to all our teachers

B．encourage us to be positive and move on our senior high

C．tell us that we should do something for our junior high schools

D．remind us of our happy junior high life

9 . On October 31st, 2009, Chinese famous scientist Qian Xuesen, died in Beijing when he was 98 years old. He is famous as “the country’s father of space technology and king of rocketry”.
Qian was born in 1911 in Hangzhou. He left for the United States after winning a schol­arship to graduate school in 1936. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute{学院) of Technology and later at the California Institute of Technology.
Qian began his career in the US and was regarded as one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics{航空学) before returning to China in 1955.
After he returned, Qian set up the first missile (导弹) and rocket research institute of China. The institute later helped start Chinese space program. He led the development of China’s first nuclear-armed ballistic missile and worked on its first satellite.
He retired in the year before Chinese manned space program was launched in 1992. But his research formed the basis for the Long March CZ -2F rocket that carried astronaut Yang Liwei into orbit in 2003.
In August, 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Qian and ____him for devoting his life to Chinese defense technologies. Qian told him, “I’m trying to live to be 100 years old”
1. Qian was regarded as __________ before returning to China.

A．A father of space technology

B．king of rocketry

C．one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics

D．one of the best-known scientists

2. When did Qian Xuesen retire?

A．In 1970

B．In 1991

C．In 1992

D．In 2009

3. What does the under­lined word mean in Chinese?

A．发奖品

B．批评

C．赞扬

D．鼓励

4. List the following things in correct orders. Which is the correct?
① left for the United States        ② won a scholarship to graduate school
③ returned to China from the United States
④ set up the first missile and rocket research institute of China
⑤ studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A．②①③④⑤

B．②①⑤③④.

C．⑤③④②①

D．⑤②①③④

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Qian was born in 1936 in Hangzhou.

B．Qian began his career in China.

C．The Lρng March CZ-2Frocket carried YangLiwei into orbit in 2009.

D．Wen Jiabao visited QianXuesen in August 2009.