1 . My name is Jack. It was a sunny morning. My mother asked me to visit my grandparents with some presents. My grandparents lived in the other end of our city.
I took the bag with the presents and went to the bus station. There I took the direct bus to my grandparents’ home. The bus moved at a slow speed and I fell asleep. When I woke up suddenly, I found my bag was gone. I was so sad. I got off at my bus stop and walked to my grandparents’ home. My grandparents were excited to see me. I explained (解释) that I had lost (丢失) the presents for them. They said it wasn’t a big deal (大事). They cooked me a big meal. When I left, they gave me a lot of presents. On my way home, I didn’t sleep. Instead, I paid special attention to my bag. I got off at my bus stop and ran home. Unluckily, I fell over in the hallway and hurt my knee. “What a bad day!” I thought.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
1. Jack’s grandparents lived in another city.
2. Jack lost his bag on the bus.
3. Jack’s grandparents gave him a lot of presents when he left.
4. Jack fell over on the bus and hurt his knee.
5. The passage mainly talks about Jack’s bad day.
2 . Song Lian was a famous litterateur (文学家), historian and thinker in the late Yuan Dynasty (朝代) and early Ming Dynasty.
Song Lian loved reading. But he was from a poor family, he could not afford to buy books. He borrowed books from others and returned them on time. He never broke his promise. One day, Song Lian went to borrow books from Mr. Liu who was a rich man. But he never lent books to strangers easily. Mr. Liu thought Song Lian was a hard-working man so he agreed to lend Song Lian a book. Song Lian told Mr. Liu he would return it in three days. Mr. Liu thought for a while and said nothing. Finally, Song Lian borrowed the book home.
After he returned home, Song Lian couldn’t wait to start reading. He didn’t go out to play and stayed up to read.
Finally, on the third morning, Song Lian left early and returned the book to Mr. Liu. Mr. Liu was very happy and praised Song Lian for his integrity (诚信). It’s great to be a person with knowledge, but it’s more important to be a person who keeps his promise.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. Song Lian’s family was too poor to afford books.
2. Mr. Liu would like to lend his books to strangers.
3. Song Lian could keep the book more than three days.
4. Song Lian gave the book back to Mr. Liu as he promised.
5. The passage tells us that keeping promises is more important.
The supermarket near my house is always busy. I found a great place to park my car, just then I saw a woman in a blue car also needed it. Because I was happy, I let her have it and I found another place to park my car.
I went out of the supermarket soon. Feeling good, I gave some money to a poor man and helped an old man with heavy things.
When I went back into my car, I saw the same woman looking at me. “Hello,” she said. “Maybe you don’t believe it, but I wanted to give you one of my mother’s things. You are like her. You helped those people, and you seemed so happy.” She looked at me and gave me a box. “I think she would like you to have it.” I took it from her. She smiled and walked away.
It was a beautiful necklace （项链） in the box. I thought it was the nicest gift, and it was from a person I didn’t know. I wore it from that day on. It was a gift of kindness.
1. I gave the parking place to a woman in a white car.2. I helped the woman with heavy things.
3. The woman gave me her mother’s necklace.
4. I know the woman well.
5. The story tells us that we should help more people.
Watching TV is an interesting and fun activity.
The first public TV broadcast was made in the USA in 1925. Back then, the pictures on a TV were black and white only. TV has changed a lot since then.
On TV, you can watch many different programs about many things. Some examples of TV programs are news, sitcoms, cartoons, dramas, reality shows, sports, documentaries and soap operas.
There are many channels（频道）on TV. They show different TV programs. TV guides tell people what programs are showing on different channels at different time.
Many programs on TV are TV series. Each of them has many episodes（集）. These episodes usually last for either 30 minutes or a full hour. There are movie channels on TV. So you can watch movies at home instead of going to the cinema on the weekend.
You can learn a lot from watching TV, but you’d better not watch too much, or it’ll hurt your eyes.
1. The first public TV broadcast was made in 1925.2. You can watch news, sports and movies on TV.
3. The episodes on TV usually last for over an hour.
4. Watching TV too much is bad for your eyes.
5. The passage mainly talks about the history of TV programs.
5 . There was a flower and a tree by the river. The flower was small but the tree was big. One day, the flower asked, “Can I be your friend?”. “Friend? I’m tall and big, so I don’t want you to be my friend!” said the tree. The flower heard what the tree said, she didn’t feel very happy,
Summer came, the flower was more and more beautiful, and many butterflies came here and played with flower. The big tree said to the butterflies, “Why do you play with her but not me? I am tall and big.”The butterflies said, “Sure, the flower is thin and short, but she is beautiful and friendly. Don’t look down on (轻视) others.” The tree knew his mistake (错误) and said sorry to the flower.
根据短文内容判断正、误。（注意考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”, 错误的涂“B”）
1. The flower and the tree were by the lake.
2. The flower wanted to be friends with the tree.
3. A lot of butterflies came and played with the flower in summer.
4. The butterflies didn’t play with the tree because he was tall and big.
5. The story tells us that we should look down on others.
Many students take the school bus to school every day. Toby is one of them. Parents usually think taking the school bus is safe. But sometimes it is dangerous when some students don’t follow the school bus rules. What are the school bus rules? Let Toby tell you.
Go to the bus stop early.
Wait for the school bus at the bus stop (汽车站) .
Don’t play around the bus stop.
Don’t run here and there at the bus stop.
Don’t walk or fight on the bus if it is going.
Don’t get off the bus if it doesn’t stop.
These rules are important. Toby remembers them and follows them.
1. Parents usually think it is safe to take the school bus.2. Toby can run around at the bus stop.
3. Toby can’t fight on the school bus when it is going, but he can walk.
4. Toby tells us six school rules.
5. The passage (段落) tells us the school bus rules are difficult to follow.
7 . What is a fruit, and what is a vegetable? Scientists say a fruit develops from the flower of a plant. Fruits have seeds. A food from other parts of a plant is a vegetable. A carrot is a root (根), so it’s a vegetable. Cabbage is leaves, so it’s a vegetable.
For cooking and eating, we tell fruits and vegetables by taste. Fruits are sweet. We often eat them for dessert or a snack. Vegetables are not usually sweet. We usually eat them as part of a meal.
Many of our vegetables have seeds. But we call them vegetables because of their taste. We think of squash (南瓜), cucumbers (黄瓜) and peppers as vegetables. Everyone agrees about that. But people disagree about tomatoes. Are they a fruit or a vegetable? That question went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court! People wanted the Court to decide. And they did. They said tomatoes should be vegetables. But even today, not everyone agrees!
根据材料内容判断下列句子正(T)、误(F)。
1. A vegetable is from the flower of a plant.
2. A carrot is a root.
3. Fruits and vegetables are sweet.
4. Tomatoes can be fruits or vegetables.
5. It is about how to tell fruits from vegetables.
8 . As early as 5000 or 6000 years ago, Chinese people started to dance and made it a part of their life activities. In the Xia dynasty, dance became a main part of activities. Court (宫廷) dance started at that time. Court dance was the best in the Tang dynasty, because the Tang dynasty dance spread as far as Korea, Japan and Persia. Even today people can find the charm (魅力) of the Tang dynasty dance in the dances of those countries.
Chinese dance has both martial (军事的) and civil (平民的) dances, dancing with weapons and dancing with empty hands.
Folk dance is sometimes special to a place: the lion dance in Hebei Province and Guangdong Province, the tea-picking dance in Yunnan Province, the great yangko in the north-east of China and so on.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写(A)，错误的写(B)。
1. According to the passage, Chinese people dance for about 5000 years at least.
2. Court dance began in the Tang dynasty.
3. Court dance in the Tang dynasty spread to Korea, Japan and Persia.
4. The lion dance is famous in Guangdong Province and Yunnan Province.
5. The main idea of the passage is folk dance.
9 . American people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.
You should say “Thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table; when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you; when someone says you have done your work well; or you have bought a nice thing; or your city is very beautiful. Americans use “Thank you” not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters.
“Excuse me” is another short sentence they use very often. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to break others when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first and then begin talking. You should also do so when you begin to cough or make any noise before others.
Let’s learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”
阅读上面短文，根据内容判断正(T)误(F)。
1. You should say “Thank you” when you need others to help you.
2. From the passage we know people use “Thank you” in every country.
3. You should say “Excuse me” if you want to speak to others.
4. When you are going to ask someone for the way, you should say “Excuse me”.
5. This passage mainly tells us how to learn from Americans.
Mo Yan is one of the writers today. All of his books are bestsellers (畅销书). And his three books, including Red Sorghum, have been made into films.
Mo Yan was born in Gaomi, Shandong Province in 1955. There are six people in his family. They are his parents, his two brothers and his sister. As a child, he went to the primary school in his village, and because of some reasons, he left school and worked on the farm. In 1976 he joined the army and worked for the army. Five years later, he started writing and finished his first three novels. Later, he wrote more than thirty famous books. His novel, Red Sorghum, came out in 1986, and it was made into a film by Zhang Yimou. It was his first big success.
Mo Yan won Nobel Prize for Literature in 2012, and he is the first one who won this prize of China.
1. Mo Yan joined the army when he was young.2. Three books of Mo Yan’s have been made into films.
3. Mo Yan was a famous writer when he was 21 years old.
4. Mo Yan began to write his first book in 1986.
5. The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to let us know more about Mo Yan.
