1 . Why do so many people around the world love Chinese cooking? In China, cooking is an art, just like music, dancing and painting. However, there is more than just one kind of Chinese food. Different areas in China have special ways of cooking because of the differences in weather and geography.
Traditional Chinese doctors think that we need a balance of yin food and yang food if we want to stay healthy. Maybe you should eat yin food like tofu while you are too stressed out or angry. Chinese people believe that people who have a balance diet should be healthier than those who only eat food that tastes good.
There is much more about Chinese food than just the taste. Behind many dishes are traditions with deep meanings. One tradition about Chinese food is to eat noodles on your birthday because noodles are considered as a symbol of long life in Chinese culture. Another traditional food, tangyuan, suggests that family will always stay together.
From north to south, east to west, people are sure to find some kind of Chinese food to suit their tastes and interests.
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1. Cooking is a kind of art and there are many special ways of cooking in China.2. If you have a balance diet, you will not be healthy in the eyes of traditional Chinese doctors.
3. The traditional Chinese culture has a great influence on Chinese food.
4. Eating noodles on your birthday means family will always stay together in Chinese culture.
5. The passage is mainly about how to find some kinds of Chinese food to suit your tastes.
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world. It has one of the most terrible environments on the earth. It covers an area of about 600,000 square kilometers. This is nearly the whole size of the United States.
The huge desert spans (横跨) 11 countries. So it has many different land features (地貌特征). The most famous and beautiful one is the golden sand dune fields (沙丘地). Other land features include mountains, plateaus (高原) and so on. Some of the mountains have snow in winter. Thousands of years ago, the Sahara was not a desert at all. There were many plants and rivers. As the weather changed, it became hot and dry. Although the natural conditions are terrible, there are many plants and animals like snakes, foxes and birds living there. In some places, people grow fruit. Plants can grow there because their roots (根) can reach deep underground to get water.
More than 2,000,000 people live in the Sahara. Some of them move around from place to place with their camels. Others live in towns and cities. Camels are known as the “ships of the desert”. They can travel more than a week without water or food in the desert.
The desert is not always hot. The temperature changes a lot in a day in the Sahara. And the sunshine is strong there. So people have to prepare well if they plan to visit it.
1. The Sahara Desert is 9 times larger than the United States in area.2. Thousands of years ago, the Sahara was not a desert at all.
3. There are no living things in Sahara Desert because of the bad natural conditions.
4. The main idea of the passage is about how to travel in the Sahara.
Animal Shows in Chengdu Zoo | |
 | Day: Friday Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Place: Lion’s House Price: ￥20/one person （人） Quality: Smart and friendly |
 | Day: Saturday Time: 8:00 A.m. to 9:30 A.m. Place: Elephant’s Home Price: ￥30/one person Quality: Interesting and smart |
 | Day: Sunday Time: 10:30 A.m. to 11:30 A.m . Place: Monkey’s World Price: ￥10/one person Quality: Cute and funny |
| Welcome to our zoo! You must be interested in these shows. | |
2. The elephant show is half an hour long.
3. You can’t see the elephant show and the monkey show on the same day.
4. The lions in the Chengdu Zoo are smart but very scary.
5. The passage（文章）tells us some animals’ shows in Chengdu Zoo.
What do you eat for lunch? Lunch food may be different in different countries. Let’s take a look around the world to see people’s lunch.
America
During workdays, Americans eat a quick lunch like a sandwich, or something from the night before. Children bring packed lunches to school. Adults may leave work to go out for a quick lunch. They may also choose sandwiches or hamburgers, and sometimes salad.
Japan
Japanese often eat rice, noodles, seafood and beef in bowls or bento (便当) boxes. School children and adults take their lunch to their working places with bento boxes. Miso soup is popular.
Thailand
Lunch in Thailand is usually noodles. There are many ways to cook noodles. One popular dish is thin rice noodles, tofu and prawns. Another way to eat rice noodles is with meat, vegetables and thick gravy (肉汁).
1. People in different countries may not have the same kind of lunch.2. Many Americans may leave work and go home to cook lunch.
3. School children in Japan can use bento boxes to take their lunch.
4. People can find meat, vegetables and thick gravy in rice noodles in Thailand.
5. This passage mainly tells us about students’ lunch in some countries.
5 . I’m Tom and I spent a holiday with my uncle Frank. Frank loved to walk around to collect stones. One day he bought me a backpack and asked me to go to the mountains with him.
The whole day we talked while walking around. Every now and then he put stones into my backpack. To my surprise, he also took some stones out of my backpack. But I thought he had just found better stones.
When we returned to the house, I was very tired. The backpack was so heavy that I felt relaxed when I put it down. Yet my uncle’s backpack was half empty.
I wondered why there were so many stones in my backpack. Uncle Frank explained that he would put stones backpack whenever I was complaining and take out a stone when I said something positive.
He said, “Your negative(消极的) thoughts are like stones. You carry them in your mind just like those stones in the backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind will be.
1. Uncle Frank asked Tom to help him collect stones.2. Tom felt surprised when his uncle took some stones out of his backpack.
3. When Tom got back home, he found his uncles backpack was full of stones.
4. If Tom complained about something once, his uncle added a stone to his backpack.
5. From the passage we learn that we should be positive about life.
6 . 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. |
7 . I didn’t have a fun day yesterday. The weather wasn’t very nice. It was cold and rainy. The bus wasn’t on time. It was late. My boss wasn’t very happy because I was late for work. He was a little angry.
At 1 o’clock I went to a restaurant for lunch. It was small and there were few people in it. The food wasn’t hot. I wasn’t very happy. Then I went back to work, but my papers weren’t on my desk. They were missing. I looked for them everywhere, but I couldn’t find them. Later someone gave them back to me. I left work at 5 o’clock and it started to rain again. I got wet.
Yesterday was really a bad day for me.
1. How was the weather yesterday?| A．Hot and sunny. | B．Rainy and cold. |
| C．Warm and nice. | D．Cool and windy. |
| A．happy | B．sad | C．angry | D．surprised |
| A．It was closed. |
| B．The food wasn’t hot. |
| C．There were many people in it. |
| D．The restaurant was large. |
| A．淋湿 | B．丢失 | C．清理 | D．找到 |
| A．good | B．bad | C．exciting | D．busy |
8 .
Person | Something about her/him |
 | Cindy is my mother’s sister. She and her husband are in my school. Their son and I are in the same class. Cindy is an English teacher. And her husband is a Chinese teacher. They like their jobs. And they are happy every day. |
 | Betty is my father's sister. She is a reporter. She works at a TV station. She says, “I have a very interesting(有趣的) job and I can meet different people every day.” |
 | Eric is my father's brother. He is a policeman. He thinks it is an interesting job. He loves it and he wants to help others. |
 | Sam is my mother's brother. He is a doctor. He works hard every day. He says, “I like my job. I like to help sick people.” His wife is a nurse. And they are at the same hospital. |
1. ____________ is an English teacher.
| A．Cindy | B．Betty | C．Eric | D．Sam |
| A．On a farm. | B．In a theatre. |
| C．At a TV station. | D．At a police station. |
| A．Classmates. | B．Teachers. | C．Friends. | D．Family members. |
9 . In some bookstores owned by Goldman Press in Germany, a large number of books are stolen every year. This makes the bookstore staff feel quite annoyed. Usually, at the end of each year, the names of the stolen books, as well as how many books were stolen, are written in a list and posted on a wall in the bookstores in order to remind the staff.
One day, one of the company's inspectors（检查员）noticed the list when he was conducting an inspection of the bookstores. He was inspired. After he went back to his office, he began listing the books that were stolen most frequently（频繁地）.
In Frankfurt, a worldwide book fair（展销会）was held every year. At the fair, publishing houses（出版社）would use all the good words to promote their books. But that year Goldman Press tried a more unusual technique-they showed a list of the top ten books that were most frequently stolen in their bookstores. As they expected, the list attracted a large number of booksellers who had come to the fair to order books. This made Goldman Press a great success at the book fair.
Booksellers might not always believe what publishing houses say in their advertisements. But this time they believed the books that were stolen most frequently must be widely enjoyed. They would likely become very popular books.
1. How do the staff feel when they find many books are stolen?| A．Angry. | B．Interested. | C．Excited. | D．Disappointed. |
①showing the names of the stolen books ②showing how many books were stolen
③ listing the books to buy at the fair ④reminding the bookstore staff
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．②③④ | D．①②④ |
| A．It was held once a year in Germany. |
| B．Many booksellers wanted to order good books at the fair. |
| C．Goldman Press wouldn't buy many books at the fair every year. |
| D．Booksellers don't always believe the publishers' advertisement. |
| A．Keep an eye on the books from being stolen. |
| B．Learn from experience and think outside the box. |
| C．Learn from others about how to make money. |
| D．Use unusual words to promote your product. |
10 . During the past two weeks we asked students of all ages about their favorite activities. Our survey (调查) showed that most students spent a lot of time watching TV, chatting on the Internet and playing computer games. It also showed that students had lots of different ways of having fun. Here's what the students said:
"I love watching old romantic movies. I sometimes invite my friends around and we watch movies together. We eat popcorn and relax. I also go skating every week. It is a great way to keep fit." Jenny (aged 14).
"I love playing my drums. I would love to be in a band. I enjoy skateboarding and playing basketball with my friends. Sometimes we go to watch football or basketball matches. Ben (aged 13).
"At the moment I am spending a lot of my spare time designing and making my own clothes. I love art and my dream is to be a designer. I like lots of sports but my favorite is judo." Nisha (aged 15).
"I am helping my grandfather to find out about our family history. We are using the Internet and old records to find things out. It's really cool. I'm not very sporty but I love motorcycles." Tony (aged 15).
1. This article is about __________.| A．a survey about students’ study | B．a survey about students’ life |
| C．a survey about students’ favourite activities | D．a survey about students’ hobby |
| A．To be a teacher. | B．To be a doctor. |
| C．To be a designer. | D．To be an engineer. |
| A．Jenny | B．Ben | C．Tony | D．Nisha |
| A．Watching TV. | B．Playing computer games. |
| C．Using the Internet. | D．Playing volleyball. |
| A．How to read books. | B．How to spend free time. |
| C．How to go to school. | D．How to make friends. |
