A new term means a new start. What do you like to do to welcome the beginning of your new study life? | |
| David | I do a special thing on the first day of every term. On the night before, I use a piece of paper and coloured pens to make a “first day of school” sign. I draw pictures on it. The next day, I take a picture with the sign in front of the school. To me, this is a meaningful way to welcome the beginning of a new term. |
| Mary | At the beginning of the school year, I will write down some words about study and life. For example, now as a freshman in middle school, I write “Dreams big and work hard” on a piece of white paper. After finishing all these, I will put up this piece of paper on the wall by my bed. Whenever I look at it when I’m tired, it can encourage me to learn. |
| Mike | The most important thing to do at the start of the new term is to look back at the happy memories (记忆) of the summer holiday. I’ll turn on the camera and open my notebook the night before the new term starts. |
| Susan | I will have a haircut at the beginning of a new term. The day before I go to school, I’ll go to the barber shop (理发店) near my neighbourhood by myself. I feel really relaxed and have fun during the haircut. After I get a new hairstyle, I feel like everything is new from now on. |
1. David doesn’t draw pictures on his sign.
2. Mary writes down some words and puts them up on the wall by her bed.
3. Mike would like to look back happy memories by looking at the camera and notebook.
4. Susan gets a new hairstyle in the barber shop far from her neighbourhood.
5. Both David and Mary use pens and paper to welcome the new term.
6. The passage is about some students’ ways to welcome the beginning of the new study life.
2 . Jack is a big robot and Jim is a small robot. They live in a small village, and they are neighbors (邻居). But they don’t talk to each other. Jack can lift (举起) heavy things and Jim can fix things. One day, Jack doesn’t come back home on time. Jim says, “What’s wrong with Jack? I will go out to have a look.” So Jim goes out to look for Jack. He finds Jack in the field. He can’t move his legs. Jim climbs up to Jack’s legs and begins to fix them. Then Jack can walk again. Jack is very happy. He says to Jim, “Thank you, now we are friends. Let’s go home together.”
根据短文内容判断正(A)误(B)
1. Jack and Jim live in the same village, but they are not neighbors.
2. Jack and Jim often talk to each other.
3. Jack goes out to look for Jim, because Jim doesn’t come back home on time.
4. Jim fixes Jack’s legs and they go home together.
5. The story tells us we should help others when they are in trouble.
3 . 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 |
| A．A headache. | B．A sore throat | C．A fever | D．A lung and heart problem |
| A．a reporter | B．a writer | C．a weatherman | D．head of Greed World |
| A．the rain and wind | B．dirty things |
| C．the smoke from cars | D．the smoke from factories |
| 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. |
| 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. |
4 . Teachers help us be good students and people. So we should thank them for their hard work. In China, we have Teachers' Day on Sept 10th. On that day, we say thanks to our teachers and sometimes give them small gifts. But how do US students thank their teachers? US schools have a whole week in May to appreciate their teachers! Teacher Appreciate Day is on Tuesday of that week. They have parties with gifts and snacks that week. There are also signs everywhere to show their thanks for teachers. US students like to give small gifts to their teachers, and their teachers love getting thank-you notes from their students. Teachers also like getting arts and crafts or trinkets (小饰品) from students. Should we say thanks to our teachers only on Teachers' Day? No. We should thank our teachers all the time. Always show your love to your teachers. It helps them do a good job.
1. In the US, Teacher Appreciate Day is ________.| A．on Sept 10th | B．on Tuesday every week | C．in September | D．in May |
| A．have parties | B．have a meeting | C．give gifts | D．put up signs |
| A．A mobile phone. | B．A paper rabbit. | C．A watch. | D．Some money. |
| A．感谢 | B．奖励 | C．慰问 | D．尊敬 |
| A．we should thank teachers all the time | B．we should have parties on Teachers' Day |
| C．we should give gifts to teachers on Teachers' Day | D．showing love to teachers can't help them do a good job |
We are very pleased to welcome President William Taylor and Manager James Rogers to Beijing and Shanghai in April for about a week. We offer the following itinerary (行程表) for your consideration.
Monday, April 18
4:00 pm Arrive in Beijing and be met at the airport by President of Asia
Trading Co. (亚洲贸易公司)
4:15 pm Leave for Great Wall Hotel
7:30 pm Dinner
Tuesday, April 19
9:30 am Discussion at Asia Trading Co. Building
2:00 pm ~ 7:00 pm Group discussions
8:00 pm Cocktail (鸡尾酒) party
Wednesday, April 20
9:00 am Discussion
12:00 noon Sign the Letter of Intent (签订意向书)
1:30 pm Beijing Duck Dinner
3:30 pm Visit the Summer Palace
6:00 pm Take a plane for Shanghai
Yours faithfully
1. William Taylor and James Rogers will arrive in Beijing on ________.
| A．Sunday | B．Monday | C．Tuesday | D．Wednesday |
| A．arrive at Great Wall Hotel | B．have a cocktail party |
| C．visit the Summer Palace | D．have a discussion |
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
| A．by car | B．by train | C．by air | D．by ship |
| A．a plan of a journey | B．a business meeting |
| C．an important discussion | D．a business between two companies |
One day, I’m on my way to work. Then I saw a little girl carrying a small Cambridge schoolbag. Businessmen(商人) in Britain make the bag for students. It can hold a lot of things, such as textbooks, pens, snacks and water! So it is very popular among students in the UK.
My first bag was a green cloth bag. It was a present from my mum. My mum made it for me by herself. It wasn’t that pretty, but strong. At that time I was short, so my mum made the rope shorter. After eating all the meals prepared by my mum, I ran to school with my classmates. At that time, this schoolbag was so light. When I jumped, it jumped. All things in this bag had a collision(碰撞). They gave out many sounds all the way along. At that time I was so happy.
As I grew older, my green schoolbag became heavier and older. The mouth of the bag was opened, and it came to an end. My mum bought me another bag. The bag was big and pretty. I was happy to go out every day with the new bag. The long trip to school seemed quite close. That year I was 12 years old. Though my first schoolbag wasn't made in the UK, it was still a real Cambridge schoolbag in my mind.
1. One day, _______ make the writer think back to his schooldays.| A．a beautiful girl | B．a businessman | C．a Cambridge schoolbag | D．a student |
| A．gave out many sounds | B．was quite pretty. |
| C．was a real Cambridge schoolbag | D．was a present from his mother |
| A．the writer’s classmates | B．all the things in the schoolbag |
| C．the meals prepared by Mom | D．the ropes of the schoolbag |
| A．it was too old to use | B．the family got rich |
| C．he wanted a new schoolbag | D．it wasn’t a Cambridge bag. |
| A．clever businessmen make the best schoolbags in the world |
| B．the schoolbag brought the writer happiness(幸福) when he was little |
| C．Cambridge schoolbags are very popular among the children |
| D．the writer’s mother is good at making schoolbags |
How are things with you? It was great talking to you yesterday by phone. As I told you yesterday, I am in Rome today. Tomorrow we are getting the train down to the south of Italy（意大利） and then a ship to Greece.（希腊）
Let me tell you something about where we have visited. I know you want to come here one day, too. We started in England and spent two days in London. We visited many places and enjoyed its history. And the only bad thing was the weather --- it rained the whole time we were there. Can you believe it? When we got to Paris, the sun was shining! We only stayed for one afternoon there because my friends really wanted to visit Euro Disney. It is to the east of Paris. Well, I have to say I like the American Disneyland better. We met some nice people from Canada and spent two great days with them. One of them, Clive, is going to your school next year. What a coincidence! Clive and his wife left us when we took a train to Germany. They went up into Denmark but we continued to Munich (慕尼黑). Wow, what a great city! I bought you a surprise gift there. I hope you like it.
After that, we went south into Switzerland. It was very expensive and we couldn’t stay as long as we wanted, so that's why we're in Italy now!
OK. I want to post this letter now so you can get it by the weekend.
See you soon
Mike
1. Mike will go to Greece from Italy by ___________.| A．train | B．ship | C．plane | D．car |
| A．one day | B．two days | C．three days | D．four days |
| A．history | B．drinks | C．food | D．weather |
| A．is from America | B．took a train to Germany |
| C．is going to Linda’s school | D．continued to Munich. |
| A．Mike’s trip to Europe（欧洲） | B．the nice people in Italy |
| C．Mike’s good friends | D．Mike’s gift to Linda |
8 . Rivers are one of our most important natural resources (自然资源). Many of the world’s great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river flowing through it that plays an important part in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of history, people have used rivers for transportation (交通). The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi. The lifeline of Egypt is Nile. To the people of India, the Ganges is great, but it is also important for transportation; ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in southeast Asia. The greatest of all for navigation (航海), however, is the Amazon in Brazil. It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles upon it.
Besides transportation, rivers give food, water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people who live along their bands. In order to increase the supply of water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (大坝) across a river and let a lake form behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate (灌溉) their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries. However, large cities and industries that are located upon rivers often cause problems. As the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers become polluted with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits (利益) of this natural resource.
1. The greatest river for navigation is ________ .| A．the Nile | B．the Mississippi | C．the Amazon | D．the Mekong |
| A．200 metres | B．2000 miles | C．2000 metres | D．20000 miles |
| A．transportation | B．food, water to drink, water for crops |
| C．chances for fun and recreation | D．all of the above |
| A．The Nile is in India. |
| B．Many cities are located on rivers. |
| C．Almost every country has at least one important river. |
| D．Rivers play an important part in the lives of people. |
| A．keeping the rivers clean | B．only making electricity |
| C．washing clothes | D．irrigating and making electricity |
| A．Rivers in Cities | B．The importance of Rivers |
| C．Transportation | D．Natural Resources |
In our daily life, we often use things once and then throw them away. This is such a big problem that it causes huge mountains of rubbish. We do not know what to do with the rubbish. And some people feel terribly sorry because they also do the same thing.
Today our environment is in danger. We pollute air, water and land while we enjoy our modern(现代的) life.
We should try our best to save our environment from now on. The basic way is to become a green consumer. We should only buy and use things that do not damage the environment. Besides, the following ways can help us to protect our environment:
Stop wasting water.
Pick up rubbish in the park or on the ground.
Stop cutting down trees.
Plant more and more trees
1. How many times do we often use things?| A．Three times. | B．Twice. | C．Once. | D．Never. |
| A．Because they do nothing to save the environment. | B．Because they often use things only once. |
| C．Because of the bad environment. | D．Because of enjoying their modern life. |
| A．Very good. | B．In danger. | C．Quite clean. | D．All green. |
| A．To be a green consumer. | B．Pick up rubbish. |
| C．Plant more trees. | D．Stop wasting water. |
| A．We should use things twice. | B．There is much rubbish in the world. |
| C．We should save our environment. | D．I feel terribly sick about the rubbish. |
