1 . Everyone likes talking about weather. When people meet, they usually say something like “Isn’t it a nice day?” or “Do you think it will rain?”

Different people often want different weather. When a farmer needs water, he hopes it will rain. When people want to take a trip, they hope it will be sunny soon.

How will be the weather? Many people think they can tell (判断) it. But they often have different ideas. Some may say, “It’s cloudy in the east. It will rain tomorrow.” But others may say, “No, it will be sunny tomorrow.” So people like the weather report (报告). It sometimes makes mistakes (错误). Still, it can tell many things about the weather.

1. When people meet, they usually say something about ________.

A．their clothes

B．food

C．their work

D．weather

2. The main idea (主旨) of Paragraph 2 is that ________.

A．different people often want different weather	B．farmers always want rain
C．sunny weather is good for a trip	D．people like to take a trip

3. People often ________.

A．don’t know the weather tomorrow	B．have different ideas about the weather
C．don’t like the weather report	D．do different things in different weather

4. What does the writer think of the weather report?

A．People don’t need it now.	B．It’s interesting to watch it.
C．It’s still useful.	D．It’s not useful at all.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．What is the best weather?	B．I like good weather
C．Weather report	D．Talking about weather

2 . Gina and Jenny are sisters. Gina is 13 and Jenny is 10. Look! This is a photo of their room In the room, you can see their things, The bookcase is brown. Some books and tapes are in it. Can you see the beds? Gina's bed is tidy, but Jenny' s is not. Her things are everywhere. A ruler, a yellow schoolbag and her keys are on the bed. They have a clock and a radio. They are on the desk. Where is Gina's schoolbag? It's under the chair. Can you see a black dog? It's on the sofa. It is Duoduo.

1. What are in the bookcase?

A．A clock and a radio.

B．Some books and a pen.

C．A model plane and tapes.

D．Some books and tapes.

2. You can see _______ bed(s)in the room.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

3. What color is the dog?

A．It's white.

B．It's black.

C．It's brown.

D．It's yellow.

4. Gina's schoolbag is   _______ .

A．on the bed

B．on the desk

C．under the chair

D．under the sofa

5. This passage is mainly about ________ .

A．a room

B．a dog

C．two boys

D．two rooms

3 .

Name	Class	Favorite (最喜欢的) Color	Favorite Sport	Favorite Food
Helen Hill	Eight	Green	Ping­pong	Bread & Carrots
Eric Miller	Seven	Black	Baseball	Hamburgers & Ice­cream
Mary Brown	Two	Pink	Soccer	Tomatoes & Eggs
Henry Green	Seven	Blue	Tennis	Chicken & Salad

1. What is Helen's last name?

A．Miller.

B．Green.

C．Hill.

D．Brown.

2. What can we buy (买) Mary for her birthday?

A．A ping­pong bat.	B．A soccer ball.
C．A tennis ball.	D．A baseball bat.

3. Who are classmates?

A．Helen and Eric.	B．Eric and Henry.
C．Henry and Mary.	D．Mary and Helen.

4. We can know that ________.

A．Henry's favorite color is green

B．Mary likes eating fruit

C．Helen plays baseball after class

D．Eric doesn't eat healthy food

5. The passage is mainly about their ________.

A．favorite things	B．eating habits
C．sports games	D．good friends

4 . We have twenty minutes’ break time after the second class in the morning.   Look!   Most of us are playing during the break time. Some students are on the playground(操场). They are playing basketball. Oh! A boy is running with the ball.   And another is stopping(阻止) him. They look so cool. And there are some girls watching the game. Some students are in the classroom. They are talking.   A few of them are reading and doing homework. Look! A girl is looking at the birds in the tree in front of the classroom. She must be thinking of something interesting because she is smiling(微笑).

What are the teachers doing? Some of them are working in the office. And some are talking with students. Everyone is doing his or her things, busy but happy!

1. Where are the students playing basketball?

A．In front of the tree.

B．In front of the classroom.

C．On the playground.

D．In the tree.

2. A girl is looking at the birds. She is __________ .

A．happy	B．cool
C．interesting	D．exciting

3. What are the teachers doing?

A．Working or talking with students.

B．Having a basketball game.

C．Playing with the students.

D．Looking at the birds.

4. There are __________ students in the classroom.

A．no

B．some

C．few

D．many

5. The passage is mainly(主要) about __________ .

A．students	B．a basketball game
C．break time activities	D．teachers

5 . Read the passage and tell whether the following statements are true or false.（阅读短文并判断下列句子是否符合文章的内容。符合的用T表示，不符合的用F表示）

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.

6 . Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I'm Roy Darby, and this is my show. This is a television show for all families, and I know you'll enjoy it. 

Let's start with a story. Once there was a proud pig on a farm. He thought he was the  most important of all the animals on the farm. But it was not enough that he himself thought this: he had to be sure that other animals thought it, too. So he went up to a chicken and asked, "Who is the most important animal on the farm?" The chicken answered, "You are, Mr. Pig." Then he asked a dog, and he got the same reply. 

Next, he asked a cow. When the cow seemed uncertained of the right answer, the pig looked angry, and showed his teeth, "Oh, you are, of course, Mr. Pig." said the cow. "Of course," the pig said, "there is no doubt about it." 

At last the pig asked a big horse the same question. The horse lifted one foot, rolled the pig over and placed his foot on the pig's head. "I think you know the answer now." said the horse.

1. The Roy Darby show is __________.

A．a funny story about a pig	B．for ladies and gentlemen only
C．a show about life on the farm	D．a family show on the television

2. The story tells about __________.

A．an important pig and his animal friends	B．a proud pig who thinks he is very important
C．a pig who is the most important animal on the farm	D．important animals on the farm

3. When he put his question to the chicken, the chicken __________.

A．gave him the answer that he wanted	B．went up to him and answered him
C．said that the master was more important	D．said that the pig was as important as the chicken

4. The dog _________________.

A．answered in the same way as the chicken	B．did not understand the question
C．asked the very same question as the pig	D．received the same reply as the chicken

5. The pig was angry with the cow because _________.

A．the cow showed his teeth	B．the cow did not give the right answer straight away
C．the cow gave him the wrong answer	D．the pig had to tell the cow the right answer

6. It is clear that the big horse thinks _________ is the most important animal on the farm.

A．the pig

B．the cow

C．he himself

D．the dog

7 . March 29 is Earth Day. Everyone on earth should care about and protect the earth!

The earth has warmed by about 1（华氏度） over the past 100 years, but why and how? Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which make the earth warmer.

First, greenhouse effect （温室效应） is a very important reason for the change of the earth. People give out too much energy into the air every year. It makes the earth warmer. Climate （气候） change is another important reason. Sometimes it becomes too hot and sometimes too cold. Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little. The change of the climate makes the earth warmer. In turn, the warmth of the earth changes the climate, too.

When the earth becomes warmer, there may be more rain and a rise in sea level. It will affect the growth of plants, animals and people. On a Pacific island,100 people have to move to higher ground because the sea is rising. These people can no longer live on the coast. Before that, two islands without people went underwater in 1999.Scientists say that the seas can rise by nearly one metre by 2100.

People can affect the earth’s air, land and water. As for us, we can do many things to protect the earth. For example, we can use fridges less. We can tell more people about protecting the earth.

1. Earth Day is probably set for people to        .

A．learn more about the earth	B．make full use of the earth
C．take better care of the earth	D．study the warmth of the earth

2. We can infer（推断） from the passage that the reasons for the warmer earth are        now.

A．not very clear	B．completely secret
C．well known	D．not given yet

3. Greenhouse effect comes from        .

A．sea rising	B．climate change
C．nature’s unbalance	D．people’s activity

4. According to the passage,         may affect each other.

A．animals and islands

B．climate and the warmth of the earth

C．fridges and animals

D．sea level and the growth of plants

5. The passage mainly tells us that        .

A．there is more rain now	B．we should protect the earth
C．we must stop pollution	D．sea level is getting higher

8 . Kitty is reading today’s newspaper.

_Garden City Daily                   Monday, 18, March, 20XX                        Air Quality(质量) and Health             By Albert Cheng      Every day, the weather reports show us the air pollution index(指数). It is a number. It tells us how dirty the air is. The index was 98 on Monday and it went up to 108 yesterday. Last weekend, the index climbed between 115 and 118.      “We breathe in bad air every minute,” said   Mr. Wang，head of Green World. Breathing in dirty air is bad for us. The dirty air can make people sick. It can also make people have lung and heart problems.      “It’s dangerous and we have to stop making the air dirty,” Mr. Wang said. The smoke from cars, factories all give out dirty things. The rain and the wind carry these around and so people breathe in bad air everywhere. The best way to make the air cleaner is to stop using things that give out dirty smoke.

1. What was yesterday’s air pollution index?

A．98

B．108

C．115

D．118

2. What kind of problem will dirty air make?

A．A headache.

B．A sore throat

C．A fever

D．A lung and heart problem

3. What is Albert Cheng’s job?

A．a reporter

B．a writer

C．a weatherman

D．head of Greed World

4. What does the underline word “these” mean?

A．the rain and wind	B．dirty things
C．the smoke from cars	D．the smoke from factories

5. According to the article, which sentence is TRUE?

A．Many people in Garden City have got lung and heart problems.

B．Air pollution in Garden City is getting better and better these days.

C．Mr. Wang is the writer of the news article.

D．The weather reports show people the air pollution index every day.

6. What’s the main idea of the news article?

A．People are easy to be sick.

B．People should breathe clean air.

C．People should improve air quality in daily life.

D．People should stop driving their cars every day.

9 . Do you want to live a happier, less stressful(有压力的) life? Try laughing for no reason at all. That’s how millions of people start their day at Laughter(笑声) Clubs around the world and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to stay healthy.

The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, India, in 1995 by Dr. Madan Kataria.“Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day,” says Dr. Kataria. “Everyone is naturally good at laughing — it’s the common language. We want people to feel happy with their lives.” There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 in the world.

Many doctors are also interested in the effects(效果) of laughter on our health. According to a 5-year study at the UCLA School of Medicine in California, with laughing there is less stress in the body. Laughter improves our health against illness by about 40%.

So what happens at a Laughter Club? I went along to my nearest club in South London to find out. I was quite nervous at the beginning of the class, to be honest, I wasn’t interested in laughing with a group of strangers, and I was worried about looking silly. Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands and say “ho ho ho, ha ha ha” while looking at each other. However, our bodies can’t tell the difference between real laughter and unreal laughter, so they still produce the same healthy effects.

Surprisingly, it works! After ten minutes everybody in the room was laughing for real and some people just couldn’t stop! At the end of the class I was surprised by how relaxed and comfortable I felt. So if you’re under stress, then start laughing. You might be very pleased with the results.

1. The first Laughter Club was started in __________.

A．India

B．America

C．Britain

D．China

2. How many Laughter Clubs are there in the world today?

A．Over 300.

B．Over 500.

C．Over 800.

D．Over 1,300.

3. How did the writer feel at the beginning of the class?

A．Surprised.

B．Pleased.

C．Nervous.

D．Tired.

4. When did the people in the club begin to laugh for real?

A．After ten minutes.	B．After ten hours.
C．After ten seconds.	D．After ten days.

5. The article mainly tells us __________.

A．young children laugh much more often than adults in a day

B．laughing is one of the best ways to stay healthy

C．many doctors are also interested in the effects of laughter on our health

D．real laughter and unreal laughter are both good for health

10 . A. Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children’s book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoyed the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, Life magazine published a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.

In 1957, Dr Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.

In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize. He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.

He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold world wide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people."

1. Doctor Seuss is a        .

A．teacher

B．writer

C．reporter

D．book seller

2. People like his books because the books        .

A．were written with invented words	B．were written in different languages
C．are easy and interesting to read	D．are cheap and easy to get

3. The second paragraph is mainly about      .

A．school children who could not read

B．a report which was published in a magazine

C．the reason why Doctor Seuss decided to write books for children

D．many interesting books which children love reading

4. He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of       .

A．50

B．53

C．56

D．87

5. The underlined word “influence” in the last paragraph means       .

A．财富

B．影响

C．作用

D．力量

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

A．Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B．Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States

C．Doctor Seuss’s training in art helped him draw funny pictures.

D．His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.