1 . The United Nations put out the most complete report on the problem of food waste. It found that the world wastes about 17% of all the food. That’s about a billion (十亿) tons of food a year. A billion tons is a lot of food—it’s about 931 billion kilograms. The report said that the food wasted is about twice as much as earlier studies had suggested. The study looked at several different ways in which food is wasted—at home, in restaurants and in stores.
It turns out that most food waste—about 61%—happens at home. The food thrown at home works out to about 74 kilograms for each person every year. Restaurants caused about 26% of the food wasted. The other 13% was thrown away by stores.
Food wasted was at about the same rate (比率) in all but the poorest countries. Many people thought rich countries were more likely to waste food than countries that were less rich. That turned out not to be true. In fact, some richer countries wasted far less food than common countries. But people in richer countries may waste less food at home because they are eating out at restaurants more often. That certainly seems to be the case in the US, which has low waste numbers for homes, but quite high numbers for restaurants.
The report points out that hundreds of millions of people are hungry every year. And wasting food is also really bad for the earth. Farming creates between 10% and 30% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions (温室气体排放), which make the environment worse.
The report says that it’s important for countries to study food waste more carefully in order to make out ways to sew up the problem. Some possible uses for food waste include making food for animals and burning food wastes to create energy. The important thing is to keep food from simply going into rubbish bins.
根据上文内容判断正 (T) 误 (F)
1. The report shows ‘‘People in rich countries pay most attention to the taste of food.”
2. According to the report, people in rich countries don’t actually waste more food than others.
3. The underlined expression “sew up” in the last paragraph means “avoid”.
4. Paragraph 4 mainly shows the problem of hunger is difficult to solve.
5. The report suggests that countries should study how to reuse food waste carefully.
2 . The Face-down Generation（一代）
If you were born in the 2000s, you are called the oh-ohs. The 21st century. That would make you young, creative, connected, world wide, and no doubt smart. Maybe good-looking, too. Right? But what do other people think about your generation?
Some adults worry that you’ re more interested in the screen in front of you than the world around you. They think of you as the “face-down generation” because you use your phone so much. They wonder how you will deal with school, friends, and family.
Other adults worry that today's youth are spoilt（溺爱）and don’t want to face the challenges of adult life. Many children born in the 1990s and 2000s were raised by “ helicopter parents”. They were always there to guide and help their children with a busy program filled with homework and afterschool activities such as dancing, drawing, or sports. With parents who do everything for them, today's youth seem to prefer to live like teenagers even when they are in their 20s or 30s.
Does the face-down generation need a heads-up? Well, probably not. The fact is that many of today's teenagers are better educated and more creative than past generations. They seem to be willing to become leaders. More young people than ever volunteer to help their communities. There are also brave young people such as Malala Yousafzai, the teenager who won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize for pushing girls'rightsto go to school.
So if you 're one of the oh-ohs, there’s reason to be hopeful about the future. Things are looking up for the face-down generation. Chances are that you do great and laugh out loud.
1. Which of the following is an oh oh?| A．A girl who is good looking. | B．A girl who is smart. |
| C．A boy who was born in 1999. | D．A boy who was born in 2004. |
| A．use their phone too much | B．need to study hard in school |
| C．are interested in younger friends | D．are more creative than their parents |
| A．They help them to face the challenges. | B．They do the homework instead of them. |
| C．They guide and plan everything for them. | D．They keep them away from afterschool activities. |
| A．somebody that leads a community | B．somebody that looks after teenagers |
| C．something that people volunteer to do | D．something that people are allowed to do |
| A．Parents should put down their phones. | B．Young people should be better educated. |
| C．The community should care about teenagers. | D．The oh-ohs should be hopeful about the future. |
3 . Tony loves his grandma. She often tells him stories about Santa Claus（圣诞老人）.
Today is December 24. Tony’s grandma takes him to Kerby’s Store to shop. She gives Tony fifty dollars and says, “Take the money and buy something for someone who needs it. I’ll wait for you in the car.”
Tony thinks of everyone he knows: his family, friends and classmates. Then he thinks of Bobbie. Bobbie sits behind Tony. He doesn’t have a warm coat. Tony knows it because Bobbie never goes out to play in winter. So Tony buys a blue coat for him. It looks really warm.
In the evening, his grandma helps Tony put the coat in a Christmas box, and writes, “To Bobbie, From Santa Claus” on it. “Santa always helps people but never lets them know,” Tony’s grandma says. They put the box in front of Bobbie’s house and then go back home.
That night Tony knows Santa Claus is real, and they are on his team.
1. Tony gets from his grandma.| A．twenty dollars | B．thirty dollars |
| C．forty dollars | D．fifty dollars |
| A．Tony has lots of money | B．Bobbie sits behind Tony |
| C．Bobbie doesn’t have one | D．Bobbie’s coat is too small |
| A．as a birthday present | B．as a Christmas present |
| C．when he goes to school | D．when he sees Bobbie |
| A．busy | B．tired | C．helpful | D．healthy |
| A．Santa Claus is busy | B．everyone loves Santa Claus |
| C．there is no Santa Claus at all | D．everyone can be Santa Claus |
4 . China is a great country with the largest population in the world. In order to solve the population problem, our government carried out one-child policy (政策) before. When it is carried out for some time, many people not only see its advantages but also disadvantages.
From 2016, two-child policy is put into effect. In my opinion, two-child policy is good. First of all, two-child policy is the gift for some only child. For some families, maybe the parents are only child and they can also have only child. Besides the loneliness of their child, when their child grows up and they grow older, their child marry an only child girl, the burden (负担) on their child and his wife is too heavy. Their child and his wife have to take care of two couples. Usually, a young couple looking after an old couple is a little difficult. But if their parents have two children, they can share the burden of taking care of their parents. It would be much better. Secondly, two-child policy can guarantee (保证) the number of Chinese population.
All in all, one-child policy has been out of date. And two-child policy is needed and necessary. It can solve the problems of nowadays and the future.
1. Which country has the largest population in the world?| A．America. | B．Britain. | C．China. | D．Japan. |
| A．携带 | B．取消 | C．禁止 | D．实行 |
| A．solve the population problem |
| B．take care of two old couples |
| C．share the burden of taking care of their parents |
| D．argue that two-child policy should be put into effect |
| A．One-child policy has its advantages and disadvantages. |
| B．It's easy for a young couple to look after an old couple. |
| C．China is a great country with the largest population in the world. |
| D．For some families, maybe the parents are only child and they also can have only child before 2016. |
| A．Two-child policy is needed and necessary. |
| B．Our government carried out one-child policy. |
| C．Two-child policy is the gift for some only child. |
| D．Two-child policy can guarantee the number of Chinese population. |
5 . Fast walking is the exercise between walking and race walking. A study shows that fast walking has become the most popular exercise in China and many people walk more than 5,000 steps a day. The results of the study are from QQ users. About 37% of the people choose fast walking as their favorite exercise; over 23% choose running and more than 14% choose riding bikes.
Fast walking and running are easy, cost little and work well, so they are popular. And many people would rather do exercise in nature than go to gyms. It’s best to walk fast for at least 10 minutes at one time and walk up to 6,000 steps every day.
The study also shows that people in Guiyang, Guizhou love sports most. On average(平均), everyone there walks 5,941 steps every day. It seems that people in places with better environment and air are more willing to(更愿意) do sports.
1. Many people in China walk more than________steps a day.| A．6,000 | B．5, 941 | C．5,000 | D．10000 |
| A．at home | B．in nature | C．in the gym | D．in the playground |
| A．people live in big cities are more willing to do sports |
| B．fast walking is not difficult, costs little and works well |
| C．it’s bad for people to walk fast for more than 10 minutes at one time |
| D．over 14% choose running and more than 23% choose riding bikes. |
| A．Mum’s Kitchen | B．Music Today |
| C．Story Time | D．Health & Sports |
6 . Do you love an English poem, a tongue twister, a nursery rhyme, and a chant? Here are some examples. Try to read them.
(1) Tongue twisters绕口令 (2) Poems诗歌
A: I don't know how to do it! Star light, star bright,
B: Let me show you how to do it. The first star I see tonight.
A: That book looks good. I wish I may, I wish I might,
B: It is! It's cool. I got it at school. Have the wish I wish tonight.
(3) Nursery rhymes儿歌
One little, two little, three little Indians, Four little, five little, six little Indians,
Seven little, eight little, nine little Indians, Ten little Indian boys.
Ten little, nine little, eight little Indians, Seven little, six little, five little Indians,
Four little, three little, two little Indians, One little Indian boy.
(4) Chants歌谣_________________
Ms. Miller is a great teacher! Mr. Brown is a great teacher!
She loves math. He loves science.
She loves to teach math. He loves to teach science.
She knows a lot about math. He knows a lot about science.
Best of all, Best of all,
Ms. Miller shows me how to do math. Mr. Brown shows me how to do science.
Which one is your favorite? Do you think they are good ways to help you learn English?
1. In the tongue twister, in which three words “oo”has the same pronunciation (发音) ?| A．cool, book, look | B．book, look, good |
| C．look, good, school | D．book, cool, school |
| A．Ms. Miller | B．Mr. Brown | C．My Teachers | D．Math and Science |
| A．may/ have | B．have/ star | C．first/wish | D．bright / tonight |
| A．The nursery rhyme. | B．The chant. |
| C．The tongue twister. | D．The poem. |
7 . People used to wonder how fish can hear sounds without ears. But the fact is that fish do have ears. We can't see the ears because they are inside fish's bodies, and they hear very well with them. Their listening is actually much better than man's.
Many water animals make noises while they are doing something. Sounds are real words for them. By sounds, they know where they are and which way to go. When they face dangers or find food, they always make sounds to tell others the news.
A new field in science is to learn the meanings of underwater sounds. People use the same method that they have used in learning the secrets of birds' calls. But this method is more difficult to use in the sea because many of the sea animals can't be easily followed and studied. But we have no any other better way to study the sounds in the sea. Perhaps the meanings of the calls of the sea animals will be known more clearly someday. It will be useful for us to learn the secrets of the sounds in the sea.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写T，错误的写F。
1. Fish have ears outside their bodies.
2. Studying fish's sounds is more difficult than that of birds.
3. Fish can make sounds to tell others the danger they meet.
4. It will be useless to learn the secrets of the sounds in the sea.
5. The passage is mainly about how to study the sounds on the land.
8 . If cars could drive themselves, what would the world be like? Imagine（设想）seeing an empty car passing by on its way to pick up its owner, or a car full of passengers who are reading, listening to music or even sleeping. But none of them are worried about the road ahead.
Well, all of this could be the future of driving. There are several companies, including Google, working on driverless（无人驾驶的）cars. So far, no Google self-driven car has gotten a traffic ticket, but some of them have been in accidents when other cars hit them. These cars are now still in the testing stages（阶段）.But, if the tests are successful, these electric self-driven cars could be put into use very soon.
The cars already have many features（特点）allowing them to take over from drivers during certain situations. Some features include cars being able to park（停车）themselves, or slow down when they notice objects close by. They can also control the speed if there are dangerous conditions.
Scientists and engineers believe, with the help of wireless signals（无线信号）, cameras and GPS, we are now at a stage where creating a safe self-driven car might be possible.
The cause of deadly road accidents is usually careless drivers or dangerous conditions. The self-driven car may be able to prevent（阻止）these. However, some people do not like the idea. American lawyer Whit Drake, for example, doesn't believe these cars are safe. He thinks that technologies（技术）can also be mistakes.
1. The main purpose of the first paragraph is to __________.| A．tell readers what self-driven cars look like | B．tell readers to keep away from heavy traffic |
| C．get readers to pay attention to road safety | D．make readers wonder about self-driven cars |
| A．direct the way for | B．take the place of |
| C．work better than | D．make use of |
| A．parking itself | B．controlling itself in dangerous situations |
| C．slowing itself down near an object | D．avoiding car accidents 100% |
a. e-reading b. wireless signals c. cameras d. GPS
| A．a, b, c | B．a, b, d | C．b, c, d | D．a, c, d |
| A．Advantages of self-driven cars | B．Different opinions on self-driven cars |
| C．Possibilities of self-driven cars | D．Google's new technology-self-driven cars |
9 . Several years ago, I was shopping in a store with my best friend in California. There we saw a young lady with a small boy moving in the opposite direction. The lady didn’t see us because she was so angry with her little boy, who kept pulling things off the lower shelves. As the mother became more and more irritated, she started to shout at the child. However, it was no use. So the mother began to shake the boy by the arm and tried to take him away.
Seeing this my friend spoke up—-she was a wonderful mother of three and founder of a famous school. She had never treated a child so hard once in her life. I expected my friend to give the boy’s mother a serious mother-to-mother talk about controlling herself and about the effect such behaviour would have on a child. But she didn’t do that. Instead, my friend said, “What a beautiful little boy! How old is he?”
The young lady answered cautiously, “He’s three.”
My friend told the mother how curious the boy seemed and how her own three children were just like him, pulling things off shelves in stores and so interested in all wonderful colors and packages. “He seems so bright and intelligent”. my friend said.
Finally, a shy smile came upon the young lady’s face. Then she had the boy in her arms. Gently brushing her hair out of her eyes, she said, “ Yes, he’s very smart and curious, but sometimes he wears me out.”
My friend nodded in agreement, “Yes, they always do that .They are so full of energy”.
As we walked away, I heard the mother speaking kindly to the boy, “Let’s go home for dinner, honey. I’ll have your favorites—macaroni(通心面）and cheese.”
1. The mother was angry with the child because_____.| A．he threw too many things into the shopping carts. |
| B．he always asked for more things. |
| C．he ran around the store madly . |
| D．he kept pulling the goods off the shelves. |
| A．bored | B．angry | C．interested | D．pleased |
| A．stop the boy in a proper way and set a good example for the young lady. |
| B．buy the things for the boy. |
| C．have a serious talk with the mother. |
| D．leave it alone. |
| A．was always tired of her three children as well. |
| B．told the mother something valuable in a special way. |
| C．taught the mother how to deal with her boy’s problem. |
| D．always wanted to help others. |
| A．Parents should be more patient and respect children’s nature. |
| B．Parents should try to make friends with their kids. |
| C．Children should be allowed to do anything they want. |
| D．Every mother is kind and gentle by nature. |
10 . There were two men who lived next to each other. One of them was a retired teacher and the other was a businessman. Both of them had planted many plants in their gardens. The retired teacher seldom watered his plants and didn’t pay a lot of attention to them. But his neighbor was very careful with his plants and watered them often.
The retired teacher’s plants were small, but still looked okay, while the businessman’s plants were much bigger and greener. One night, there came a storm with a heavy rain and strong wind. The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to check in their gardens. The businessman saw that his plants had come out from the earth and were totally out of life. But the retired teacher’s plants nicely stood where they were.
The businessman was surprised. He went to consult (咨询) the retired teacher. “We both grew the same plants and I cared for my plants better than you did. How could your plants still be okay?”
The retired teacher smiled and said, “Because you gave your plants too much attention. You made it too easy for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little bit of water, so they had to grow deeper to absorb (吸收) more water. That is why my plants survived.”
1. What did the retired teacher do with his plants?| A．He often watered his plants. | B．He paid little attention to his plant. |
| C．He was careful with his plants. | D．He never watered his plants. |
| A．They looked better than the teacher’s. | B．They grew shorter and thinner. |
| C．They looked worse than the teacher’s. | D．They looked the same as the teacher’s. |
| A．生长 | B．枯萎 | C．存活 | D．茂盛 |
| A．The neighbors had different jobs. |
| B．The businessman looked after his plants worse than the teacher. |
| C．The teacher’s plants were still good after a storm. |
| D．The businessman was surprised to find his plants dead after the storm. |
| A．A businessman and his plants | B．A retired teacher and his plants |
| C．Different treat, the same result | D．Different treat, different results |
