1 . As we know, in many countries, English is used as the second language. But English is used as the first language in America and Britain. Americans and Englishmen not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs.
For example, in both America and England, people will shake hands if they meet for the first time. Besides, most Englishmen will open the door for women. Both Englishmen and Americans like standing in line at the post office, the movies, the bank or anywhere. Arriving on time is important both in England and America. For example, if a dinner is for seven o'clock, people should arrive close to that time or call up to say that they are late. Of course, in the two countries, people have some different customs. For example, Americans have "coffee breaks" while Englishmen have "tea breaks". But there are many customs that they have in common.
1. According to passage, English is used as ______ in Britain and America.| A．the second language | B．a foreign language | C．mother tongue | D．the third language |
| A．kiss each other | B．shake hands | C．bow to each other | D．wave to each other |
| A．Being late | B．Being early | C．Arriving on time | D．Arriving earlier |
| A．open the door | B．close the door | C．take the coat | D．take the hat |
| A．English is spoken differently in Britain and in America |
| B．"coffee breaks" in America is different from "tea breaks" in Britain |
| C．Englishmen and Americans don't stand in line at the bank |
| D．people in America and Britain not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs |
2 . Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reasons.
First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. You will never feel bored or tired.
Next, you can read a book anywhere in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book!
Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. As your reading skills improve, you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on computers and the better you read, the better your computer skills will be.
Good readers may become writers, too. They always have more things to write about.
Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now?
1. Reading can always keep yourself ________.| A．bored | B．happy | C．tired | D．upset |
| A．anywhere | B．only on a plane |
| C．when you are driving a car | D．when you have lunch |
| A．after you read a book | B．if you are student |
| C．if you are not interested in it | D．if you read as a hobby |
| A．true | B．not true | C．sure | D．certain |
| A．Reading is a good hobby. | B．You can read on computers. |
| C．Good readers must be good writers. | D．Reading is fun. |
What is happening to ocean(海洋) fish? | ||
Item(项目) | Facts | Result |
Business fishing of ocean fish | The number of ocean fish has dropped by 90% in the past sixty years. | The number of fish is smaller and smaller. |
The size of ocean fish | Big ocean fish have already been much fewer since the 1950s | The size of ocean fish is not as big as that in the past. |
The way of fishing | Japanese usually use long-line fishing with sharp metal hooks(金属钩) to catch fish. | Business fishing destroys fish groups a lot faster than in the past. |
1. Big ocean fish have already been much fewer ______.
| A．About in 1950 | B．Since the 1950s | C．About in 1960 | D．Since the 1960s |
| A．the same | B．twice | C．smaller | D．bigger |
| A．Long-line fishing. | B．Big boat. | C．Fishing boat. | D．Short-line fishing. |
| A．Fishermen | B．Climate | C．Fishing boat | D．Business fishing |
| A．The way of fishing. | B．The size of ocean fish. | C．Business fishing of ocean fish. | D．Big ocean fish are in danger. |
4 . Mobile apps have been part of our life. The following apps are part of the most popular ones.
| Ctrip can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or plane tickets. You can buy tickets anywhere at any time on it. Next time when you want to go to another city or country, you may use it to get tickets. |
| Ximalaya FM has lots of books including poems, short stories and even fairy tales for children. What's special about it is that you can listen to all these books on it. It's so wonderful, isn't it? |
| Baby Bus is a very good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn to speak, know numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app. Do you have a little brother or sister under three? If so, use it to help him or her. |
| BaiCiZhan can help you learn more English words through pictures. So, if you have problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it! I'm sure you will make great progress in learning English. |
| A．BaiCiZhan | B．Ximalaya FM | C．Baby Bus | D．Ctrip |
| A．find short stories |
| B．find fairy tales |
| C．download films to watch |
| D．listen to many books |
| A．five years old | B．six years old |
| C．two years old | D．eight years old |
| A．buy tickets | B．remember English words |
| C．draw pictures | D．read lots of books |
| A．To introduce four English learning apps. |
| B．To introduce four useful mobile apps. |
| C．To introduce four types of mobile phones. |
| D．To introduce four computer games for children. |
5 . 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 |
6 . It is sunny and warm today. A dog is sleeping. Panda comes to the dog and says, “You are a lazy dog. You don’t do anything every day.”
“What do I need to do? "asks the dog. My owner gives me food to eat. My owner takes me out for a walk. My owner loves me. Ha! I eat, go out for a walk and sleep, I don’t have other things to do.
But don’t you have any ambitions（抱负）?” asks the panda.
“Ambitions? What do I need ambitions to do?I’m just a dog.”says the dog. "What ambitions do you have?”
" I often go to other countries and make friends with people there. So I can show the world that Chinese are friendly, " answers the panda.
"Oh, " says the dog, " maybe I should do something for others.”
1. What is the dog doing on the sunny day?| A．Walking | B．Playing games | C．Eating | D．Sleeping |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
| A．China has a long history | B．China has all kinds of animals |
| C．Chinese people love animals | D．Chinese people are friendly |
| A．we should relax a lot on sunny days | B．everyone should have ambitions |
| C．pandas are clever animals | D．animals are our friends |
7 . Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world? Then do you watch the popular program? "A Bite of China(舌尖上的中国)" is a documentary on Chinese delicious food which has been broadcasted by Chinese central television. Is there any holiday that isn't celebrated with a special festival food? Here are several traditional Chinese foods.
Eggs hold a special meaning in many cultures. The Chinese believe eggs mean producing something new. After a baby is born, parents may hold a "red egg and ginger party," where they pass out eggs to announce the birth. In some areas of China the number of eggs represents(代表)the sex of the child, for example, an odd number(1,3,5,..) for a girl, and an even number(2,4,6…) for a boy .
Noodles are a symbol of long life in Chinese culture. They are a part of a Chinese birthday celebration as a birthday cake in many countries. Since noodles represent long life, it is considered very unlucky to cut it off.
In China a whole fish is a symbol of richness. In fact, at a party it is traditional to serve the whole fish last. Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish sounds like the word for richness or plenty, and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the year to come.
A very popular dish during the Dragon Boat Festival is Zongzi. This tasty dish is made of rice dumplings with meat, peanuts or other delicious food in bamboo leaves. Zongzi will remind us of the great man Qu Yuan.
The 50-minute program tries to bring something new by presenting more cultural elements(元素),such as eating habits and the quality of eating.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. A Bite of China is _______________.
| A．a book | B．a documentary | C．a magazine | D．a newspaper |
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．two eggs | B．none | C．three eggs | D．six eggs |
| A．We can cut birthday noodles off in China if we think they are too long. |
| B．It is impolite to serve a whole fish last at a party in China. |
| C．The program lasts for one hour. |
| D．There are many kinds of Zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival. |
| A．The writer thinks the program is too long. |
| B．The writer thinks there is Chinese culture in the program. |
| C．The writer thinks everyone can have a good eating habit after watching the program. |
| D．The writer thinks the program has only brought many kinds of delicious food to us. |
8 . A few years ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long week with our two little daughters. As we talked about what to do next, our daughters jumped in and told us exactly what they wanted to do. We agreed. As soon as we walked into the main area of the butterfly museum, we saw thousands of beautiful butterflies. They all flew with their colorful wings. My girls were jumping up and down, and I knew we had made the right decision to come to the museum. They were having so much fun. I turned to our guide and asked curiously (好奇地),"How long do butterflies live?" She said, "About ten days". "What can butterflies do in ten days?" The guide stopped, looked at me, and said, "They make the world a more beautiful place."
After we said goodbye, I couldn't stop thinking about what the guide had said. She was right. We all have something to offer the world with the time we have. If we spend the time doing what we can for others, we all can make the world a better place.
1. What did the girls want to do?| A．Go to visit an island. | B．Make the world beautiful. |
| C．Listen to the tour guide. | D．Visit the butterfly museum. |
| A．She knew how long butterflies live. |
| B．They were welcomed in the museum. |
| C．Their daughters were having a good time |
| D．She saw thousands of beautiful butterflies. |
| A．When they said goodbye to the guide. |
| B．Why they went to the butterfly museum. |
| C．What she learned from the guide's words. |
| D．How she would make her home a better place. |
9 . The pencil is a very simple object. However, it took hundreds of people over centuries to make it what it’s like today.
The story of the pencil starts with graphite(石墨). People cut it into small sticks and use them to write or draw. Around 1560, an Italian couple named Simoni and Lyndiana Bemacotti added wood holders to the graphite sticks. However, since the graphite is too soft, the pencils were easy to break. In 1795, in France, Nicolas-Jacques Conte worked out a method of mixing graphite powders with clay(黏土). In this way, people made strong pencil core(铅笔芯). To this day, the method is still used in making pencils.
It was Henry David Thoreau who came up with the grading scale(分级量表) for different hardnesses of pencils. It was graded one through four, and grade two is the proper hardness for general use. The softer the pencil is, the more graphite it has in it, and the darker the line is. The harder the pencil is, the more clay it has, and the lighter the line is. Nowadays, pencils marked 2B are usually used in exams to mark answers. Pencils marked HB are usually used in daily writing. People usually use pencils of different hardness and blackness to draw different parts of a picture.
When pencils were handmade, they were made round. Then an American Joseph Dixon developed machines to make pencils. Later people found out it was easier and less wasteful to make a pencil which has six sides.
There is a pencil for everyone and every pencil has a story. The Blackwing 602 is famous for being used by a lot of writers. And then, you have the Dixon pencil company. It’s what people think of when they think of a pencil and what they most probably will buy when their children are about to write.
In my opinion, there’s nothing that can be done to make the pencil better than it is.
1. Who improved the hardness of pencils?| A．Joseph Dixon. | B．Nicolas-Jacques. |
| C．Henry David Thoreau. | D．Simoni and Lyndiana Bemacotti. |
| A．Pencils of great hardness are less useful. |
| B．Their hardness and blackness decide their uses. |
| C．Round pencils were first made by machines. |
| D．Pencils with six sides are comfortable to use. |
| A．Pencils are the best writing tool. | B．There are many kinds of pencils. |
| C．The Blackwing 602 is very expensive. | D．Dixon pencils are popular with people. |
| A．The grading scale. | B．The story of the pencil. |
| C．To make the pencil round. | D．To make a pencil which has six sides. |
| A．The development of pencils. | B．The main inventors of pencils. |
| C．What pencils are made out of. | D．Why pencils are widely used. |
10 . 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 |
| A．85 | B．67 | C．84 | D．73 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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。 |
