1 . “How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the U. S. A greet each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual question. It’s a question that often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.
Sometimes, people also don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?”, the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re wrong...” But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.
People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says “I’ve to go now”. Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.
1. What do we know about “How are you?” from Paragraph 1?| A．A real question to ask your friends. | B．A usual question without answers. |
| C．Another way of saying “Goodbye”. | D．A friendly way to greet each other. |
| A．I disagree. | B．You are wrong. |
| C．I’m not sure. | D．Of course not. |
| A．举起 | B．缠绕 | C．挂断 | D．悬吊 |
| A．Don’t show your disagreement too strongly. | B．Give a real answer to any kind of questions. |
| C．Think twice when you want to say exactly. | D．Please try to give a suitable excuse instead. |
| A．Just say truly what you’re thinking. | B．Try to be polite to each other. |
| C．Talking is to play games with others. | D．Finish a talk with no excuse. |
2 . As more information comes out about 10-year-old Cindy Smith’s death(死亡), worries about amusement park safety(游乐场安全性) grow.
Cindy is not the first child who died on an amusement park ride. 25 years ago, the mother of a 14-year-old girl waited to pick up her daughter outside Worlds of Fun. Laura Barry never saw her daughter Rosie alive again.
“My heart goes out to the Smith family more than they can ever possibly know,” said Barry. She is one of the few people who truly know the hurt that family is feeling.
In 1995, Rosie’s mom said that something went wrong on the Timber Wolf the night Rosie died. Police found no evidence(证据). Two men told the police that they saw Rosie standing before she fell out of the car.
“I couldn’t believe that such a thing could happen still and again,” said Barry. She believes Rosie’s death should have been a wakeup call for amusement park safety.
She finds that not much has changed in the past years. Amusement parks race to build bigger, taller, faster rides. In her opinion, amusement parks just try to bring in visitors and give them the idea that riding is good, safe and fun. She believes that parks should have put safety first.
There is no exact number of amusement park deaths each year. It is quite low according to some websites. But Barry doesn’t accept that. “My daughter was the only person that had ever been killed at Worlds of Fun in all of the years, among all of the thousands and thousands of people that went there. The number doesn’t mean anything, you know, because when your child is the one, that’s one too many,” she said.
1. What does the underlined phrase “goes out to” mean in Chinese?| A．制止 | B．同情 | C．想念 | D．忍受 |
| A．Something went wrong with her car. |
| B．Rosie didn’t arrive home on time. |
| C．She got to know the Smith family. |
| D．Rosie fell off an amusement park ride. |
| A．Afraid. | B．Angry. | C．Hopeful. | D．Interested. |
| A．They are building more rides. |
| B．Most of them put safety first. |
| C．They cause a large number of deaths. |
| D．They paid Barry a lot for Rosie’s death. |
| A．The story of the Smith family. |
| B．The death of a 10-year-old girl. |
| C．The safety of amusement parks. |
| D．The future of amusement parks. |
3 . Teenagers are known for being creative and full of new ideas. Let's have a look at these teenage inventions that might change the world.
 Banana leaves usually go bad in three days. Tenith Adithyaa, a teenager from India, used UV to make the leaves stay fresh for a year. Tenith thinks that one day the leaves will be used for making plates, cups and other things. |
 David Cohen, an American teenager, built an earthworm (蚯蚓) robot. It is able to go into the smallest places, where humans or dogs can't go. It will be used for finding people in a fire or an earthquake. |
 Remya Jose, a 14-year-old from India, found it tiring and boring to handwash clothes in the nearby river. She reused some bicycle parts and created a washing machine that saves time, energy and keeps people fit at the same time. |
 Kenneth Shinozuku, a 15-year-old from New York, noticed that his grandfather who got Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆) would often leave home and get lost. So he invented the wearable sensors (感应器) to help people find their family members like his grandfather. |
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．7 |
| A．Tenith Adithyaa | B．David Cohen | C．Remya Jose | D．Kenneth Shinozuku |
| A．Popular ads. | B．Useful machines. | C．Strange pictures. | D．Teenage inventions. |
| A．make things stay fresh | B．help people wash clothes |
| C．go into the smallest places | D．take care of the old people |
| A．Plates and cups are made of fresh banana leaves. |
| B．Remya's washing machine can also keep people fit. |
| C．David Cohen is a middle school student from India. |
| D．Kenneth's wearable sensors will keep old people at home. |
4 . Do you know a saying about the swan feather (天鹅羽毛)?
This saying comes from a historic book called Lu Shi. According to the story, a Tang Dynasty official(唐朝官员）in Yunnan wanted to show his respect to the emperor. He sent a man named Mian Bogao to bring some gifts to the emperor. One of the gifts was a beautiful swan, and it was a very valuable gift at the time.
Mian took good care of the swan on his way to the emperor. One day he passed by a lake and wanted to let the swan drink some water. But as soon as he set the swan free, the swan flew away, leaving only some feathers on the ground. Mian was very worried, but he didn't run away. He decided to tell the emperor what happened. He picked up a feather and kept going on his trip.
When Mian met the emperor, he told him what happened and said, "This swan feather is light, but it carries my deep respect for you. "The emperor was happy with Mian's honesty and sincerity (真诚). He forgave Mian. People now use the saying to show that a good gift doesn't have to be expensive. What matters is the sincerity it carries.
1. The saying about the swan feather is from ______________.| A．a famous poem | B．a historic book |
| C．a popular novel | D．a latest newspaper |
| A．he was afraid of the emperor |
| B．he wanted to show the emperor he was rich |
| C．he wanted to show his respect to the emperor |
| D．he wanted to make good friends with the emperor |
| A．Mian wanted the swan to fly away. |
| B．Mian killed the swan and got its feather. |
| C．Mian set the swan free to drink some water. |
| D．Mian tried to run away after the swan flew away. |
| A．careless | B．rude | C．honest | D．proud |
| A．礼轻情意重 | B．路遥知马力 | C．酒逢知己饮 | D．富贵险中 |
5 . Many people can’t get good and enough sleep because of the stress of working and studying. Do you often wake up in the night? Can you get up easily on time? Do you feel tired after getting up? Can you put your heart into the class? Do you feel sleepy during the daytime? If your answer is yes, that means you get a bad night’s sleep.
But how to get good and enough sleep?
First, never drink coffee before bedtime. Second, don’t eat too much. Third, you’d better take a shower before going to bed. Fourth, go to bed and get up at the same time every day.
Another way is to count numbers (数数) in your heart. It can give you fast sleep. Lying on the bed for long doesn’t mean you will have good sleep. It’s important for us students to get good and enough sleep. Less than eight hours is not enough. Let’s keep a good sleep habit.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. The passage shows us ways to get good and enough sleep.
| A．2 | B．3 | C．4 | D．5 |
| A．Staying up late | B．Eating before bedtime |
| C．Counting numbers | D．Drinking coffee |
| A．you are not interested in your lesson |
| B．you don’t like the teacher |
| C．you didn’t sleep well the night before |
| D．you have a bad cold |
| A．5 | B．6 | C．7 | D．8 |
| A．how to get good and enough sleep |
| B．when is the best time to go to bed |
| C．why don’t people have good sleep |
| D．we had better not drink coffee before bedtime |
Mobile phones are one of the most useful inventions of the last 50 years, but not everything that is said about them is good. Mobiles are often believed to be the cause of a number of things from poor eyesight and headaches to house fires. There's even one theory that mobile phones should be responsible for the disappearance of bees!
The theory is that the radiation (辐射) given off by mobile phones does great harm to bees' navigation systems (导航系统). Bees have built-in system a bit like GPS and this helps them find their way back to their hives. But recently, thousands of bees have failed to find their way home. It is believed they are dying far from their hives.
The problem was first noticed by beekeepers in America and is a lot more serious than it at first seems. The important thing about bees is that most of the crops in many countries of the world are pollinated by them. Without bees, the crops can't continue to grow. Many beekeepers in Europe have reported losing between 50 and 70 percent of their bees. Jim Piper, London beekeeper, said to the reporter, "My business is becoming worse. Twenty-nine of my forty hives are now empty."
Nobody knows for sure whether the theory is true or not, but it's a fact that bees are disappearing in very large numbers. And we can't manage without them. Einstein said that if all our bees disappeared, man would only live for four more years! If the mobile phone theory is correct, we need to do something about it right now—before it's too late.
1. What might be caused by mobiles according to Paragraph 1?| A．Poor listening. | B．The forest fires. | C．The disappearance of bees. | D．Terrible toothache. |
| A．Bees have GPS inside their bodies. | B．Mobiles have an influence on bees' hives. |
| C．The radiation makes bees unable to fly. | D．The radiation makes bees lose their way home. |
| A．授粉 | B．污染 | C．啃食 | D．催熟 |
| A．Crops will stop growing. | B．Beekeepers' business is getting worse. |
| C．Bees' disappearing is a serious problem. | D．Beekeepers in Europe found the problem first. |
| A．call on people to help beekeepers | B．show how a bee's built-in system works |
| C．ask people to stop using mobiles right away | D．warn people of the possible harm mobiles do to bees |
7 . “China is to promote (推广) e-tickets for high-speed trains in the whole country in 2019.” Lu Dongfu announced.
Passengers will be able to use their mobile phones or ID cards to enter or leave the railway station, without carrying paper tickets, said Lu.
Many people in China are already using mobile phones for subways and buses. The technology for high-speed rail, however, can only be used in some stations and lines crossing big cities. At stations in some areas far away, travelers still need the paper ticket to get on the train.
As early as the fourth season in 2018, trials (试验) for the e-ticket will begin at many pilot stations and the service will become useful all over the country in 2019, according to the Wuhan Railway Bureau.
Many netizens (网民) believed that paper train tickets couldbecome extinctsomeday. “As an environmentalist, I am very happy to see we’re moving into the times of paperless ticketing, as it will save a lot of trees.” user @blingblingsu said on China’s Twitter—like Weibo. “Finally, I don’t have to wait in line to get the paper ticket which is a waste of time and makes me afraid of missing the train,” another user said.
1. According to the text, e-tickets can’t be used________.| A．on the subway | B．in train stations of faraway areas |
| C．on the bus | D．in all the train stations |
| A．die out | B．live on | C．send away | D．come out |
| A．In autumn of 2019 | B．In spring of 2019 | C．In summer of 2018 | D．In winter of 2018 |
| A．The paperless ticketing is welcome. | B．The train won’t arrive late. |
| C．People don’t need to water trees. | D．You will never miss a train. |
| A．China Develops Its High Speed Trains. | B．China Says Goodbye to Paper Train Tickets. |
| C．China Decides to Save Paper for Tickets. | D．China Makes No Use of E-Tickets. |
8 . Hi, I’m Dale! There are many rules in our lives. Are rules all terrible? No.
I get up at half past six every morning, then I have a lot of time to eat breakfast. I wear a uniform at school. So I don’t need time to choose the clothes to wear. I don’t take my mobile phone to school. So I can’t play games on it, and I will study hard. I keep quiet in the library. So everyone can read books well. I play soccer one hour a day. In this way I keep strong and healthy. I help my mother do housework. She says I’m a good boy. I can only play computer games at the weekend. It’s good for my eyes. And I can do a lot of other meaningful things. I go to bed early in the evening, so I’m always active in class.
Rules are really helpful.
1. Dale gets up at________.| A．6:15 p.m. | B．6:30 a.m. | C．6:30 p.m. |
| A．购买 | B．选择 | C．整理 |
| A．mobile phone | B．soccer | C．books |
| A．he studies hard |
| B．he plays sports every day |
| C．he helps her do housework |
| A．We don’t need rules in our lives. |
| B．There are many rules in our lives |
| C．Rules help me have a good life |
9 . Most people in Britain live in small family groups. More than a quarter of homes in Britain have only one person living in them. Some of these persons are old but some are of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone. 35% of homes have two people living in them, and another 17% have three people. 15% have four people living in them, and the other homes have five or more.
The families in Britain are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents’ home, and they often go to other cities. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year.
根据短文内容，判断正(A)误( B)。
1. The passage is a report.
2. 35% of homes in Britain have 3 people living in them.
3. The families in Britain are large.
4. Some are people of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone.
5. The passage mainly tells us the population in American.
