What will life be like in the future? Let’s just close our eyes and think. Computers will be able to show their feelings. The computer may think better than the human mind. We will spend more time in front of computers and forget what our real needs are. Many of us may become overweight (超重)!
We will have very small robots and we can use them when we are sick. For example, when you have a stomachache, you will swallow (吞服) a very small robot and it will travel through your stomach, taking video of what’s happening there. The video will help the doctor to find out your problems quickly. Genetic engineering (基因工程) will probably make the human perfect. Babies may grow up to be as tall as Yao Ming or as beautiful as Liu Yifei. Do you agree?
1. The computer can’t think better than the human mind.2. We can use small robots when we are sick.
3. When you have a stomachache, a small robot can’t help you.
4. Doctors will be out of work (失业) in the future.
5. Although babies may grow up to be taller, they won’t be good-looking.
2 . It was a cold night. A taxi driver, Peter, didn’t take even one passenger all day. When he went by the railway station, he saw a young man coming out with two bags in his hands. So he drove to him and asked, “Where are you going, sir?”
“To the Red Hotel.” the young man answered. When the taxi driver heard this, he didn’t feel happy any more. The young man would give him only three dollars because the hotel was near the railway station. But suddenly, he had an idea. He took the young man through many streets of the big city.
After a long time, they arrived at the hotel. “Here we are! You should pay me fifteen dollars, please.” The taxi driver said to the young man. “What? Fifteen dollars! Do you think I’m a fool? Only last week, I took a taxi from the railway station to this hotel and only gave the driver thirteen dollars. I know how much I have to pay for the trip.”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误。
1. The driver was busy because many passengers took his taxi that day.
2. It was very far from the railway station to the Red Hotel.
3. The driver cheated (欺骗) the young man.
4. The two taxi drivers were both honest.
5. Maybe the taxi driver, Peter, got thirteen dollars at last.
Do you like the Monkey King, the great hero (英雄) of the Chinese novel Journey to the West (《西游记》)?
In the novel, the Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng beat all kinds of demons (恶魔). They protect Tang Seng as they travel to the Western Paradise (西天). The Monkey King was born from a stone. He can change (改变) himself into a tree, a bird, or an animal. With one somersault (翻筋斗). He can travel 108,000 li.
The Monkey King is clever, brave (勇敢的) and always makes fun magic tricks. Chinese people love him very much.
The Monkey King is also popular in other countries. After Western kids learn about him, they fall in love with him at once and start to learn kung fu because of him. To them, he is a superhero (超级英雄), just like Superman (超人) and Spider Man (蜘蛛侠).
1. There are four characters in the Chinese novel Journey to the West.2. The Monkey King is lazy.
3. The Monkey King is only popular in other countries.
4. Western kids see the Monkey King as a superhero.
5. Many Western kids start to learn kung fu because of the Monkey King.
4 . Flu easily spreads from one person to another. This is especially true to people who are weak. If you are weak, you are more likely to catch flu easily. Do you know how you can avoid flu?
Keep in good health
The best treatment (疗法) to illness is a good health. You can eat everything you want but make sure that your diet is healthy. The healthier you are, the better it is for you to avoid any type of illness around. Most doctors suggest plenty of fresh fruit juice and water in order for one to avoid flu.
Stay away from people with flu
If a member of the family or a friend has flu, stay away from him/her until he/she is well. Flu is very communicable (传染的) and you can catch it by going with the person with flu. Wear a mask and avoid using things that the person with flu using.
Exercise
Exercising will make you stronger, which means a stronger immune (免疫的) system too. Exercise often so that your body will keep healthy. It doesn’t matter what kind of exercise it is. What is important is you are making your body stronger to prevent illness from attacking you.
Be happy
Happy people are healthy people. Their life is stress-free, so they are more likely to be safe from illness. If you are unhappy, which affects your immune system, you will easily get sick.
Avoiding the flu is easy. Just boost (增强) your immune system and it will take care of the rest.
根据短文内容判断所给句子正（T）误（F）。
1. The weak people may catch flu easily.2. We should eat the right food to keep in good health.
3. We needn’t wear a mask to keep away from people with flu.
4. Happy people are healthy people. If you are unhappy, you will easily get sick.
5. It’s not important for us to exercise and boost our immune system.
5 . In China, there are 24 solar terms（节气）in a year. And there are six of them in winter. They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice（冬至）, lesser cold(小寒）and greater cold.
Beginning of winter usually falls on November 7th or 8th. After beginning of winter, most parts of the country can start to expect cold weather. On this day, after a year of hard work, people are happy to have a rest and spend time with family. The northern China celebrates beginning of winter as the “Small Spring Festival”. People usually have dumplings and mutton soup on that day.
Light snow usually falls on November 22nd or 23rd and heavy snow usually falls on December 7th or 8th. When winter solstice comes, it brings the shortest days of the year and the longest nights. Many places around the country can expect the coldest weather yet. People often start counting “nine cold periods” starting from winter solstice. Every cold period has nine days. People believe that after 81 cold days, spring will come.
Greater cold comes after lesser cold. The field is covered with snow. And all Chinese are ready to welcome the Spring Festival after it. Of course, a new round of solar terms will start.
1. From the passage, we know that there are six solar terms in winter.2. People in northern China usually have dumplings and mutton soup on beginning of winter.
3. Heavy snow comes before light snow.
4. All Chinese are ready to celebrate the Spring Festival after greater cold.
5. The passage tells us how people celebrate the Spring Festival.
How are you? Do you enjoy your summer holiday? I’m sure you do.
It’s been two weeks since I returned to New Zealand, but I’m still thinking of the exciting city life in Hong Kong. In New Zealand, life is totally different. I miss the delicious sweet soup so much.
The weather has been bad these days. Yesterday I got a cold and didn’t go to school today. I hate taking medicine but I have to take it. I must get well soon because I will have tests on science and geography next week. I must prepare for the tests this time so that I won’t fail again.
I remember that you like our local hand cream (护手霜), but it is quite expensive in Hong Kong. I bought you some last weekend and I am sending it to you. It’s much cheaper here than in Hong Kong.
It’s almost the end of August. It’s time to pack (收拾) your school bag and get ready for the new school term. Take good care.
With love,
Judy
1. Judy thinks that life in Hong Kong is ________.| A．boring | B．exciting | C．useful | D．powerful |
| A．The stadium. | B．The zoo. | C．The sweet soup. | D．The school. |
| A．She will go to hospital. |
| B．She will go shopping. |
| C．She will have a picnic. |
| D．She will have tests on science and geography. |
| A．$70 | B．$45 | C．$40 | D．$30 |
| A．In May. | B．In June. | C．In July. | D．In August. |
7 . We know the mosquito very well. Mosquitoes fly everywhere. They can be found almost all over the world, and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them.
No one likes the mosquito. But the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite(咬)and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs. She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if she doesn’ t like your blood, she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood. Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen. You’re different from the others!
If the mosquito likes you, she lands on your body without letting you know. She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different. After she bites, you will have an itch(痒) on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood. By the time the itching begins, and she has flown away.
And then what happens? Well, after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired. She just wants to find a place to have a good rest. There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs.
1. “Mosquito” means________in Chinese.| A．苍蝇 | B．蜻蜓 | C．跳蚤 | D．蚊子 |
| A．they fly here and there | B．they bite us |
| C．there are many kinds of them | D．they can fly |
| A．get angry with you | B．be afraid of you | C．make a lot of noise | D．choose another one |
| A．when you’re asleep | B．because you have choose it |
| C．too quickly to let you know | D．but doesn’t like you |
| A．The itching begins after the mosquito bites you. |
| B．You feel terrible when the mosquito bites you. |
| C．Mosquitoes use blood to lay eggs. |
| D．Not all the mosquitoes like to bite people for blood. |
8 . Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived in a small town near London with their children. Sometimes Mr. Brown came back home from work very late, when his wife and the children were asleep, and then he opened the front door of this house with his key and came in very quietly. But one night when he was coming home very late, he lost his key, so when he reached his house, he rang the bell. Nothing happened. He rang it again. Again nothing happened. Nobody moved inside the house. Mr. Brown knocked at(敲) the bedroom window, he spoke to his wife, he shouted, but she didn’t wake up. At last he stopped and thought for a moment. Then he began to speak like a small child. “Mother!” he said. “I want to go to the toilet!” He spoke quite quietly but at once Mrs. Brown woke up. Then he spoke to her, and she opened the door for him.
判断正误，正确T，错误F。
1. The Browns lived in a small town near London.
2. Mr. Brown’s wife and his children went to sleep after he came back from work.
3. One night Mr. Brown lost his key to the door, so he knocked at the front door and the bedroom window.
4. Mr. Brown said “Mother” like a small child because he wanted his wife to wake up.
5. Mrs. Brown woke up at once when she heard the bell rang. She opened the door for her husband.
9 . We know music is very important in our daily life. Do you notice music playing at any of those places when you go somewhere? Today most stores, stations, restaurants and other places play music. You might even hear music in an office or on a farm.
Scientists believe that music influences（影响） the way people behave（表现）. They think that the sound of western classical(古典) music makes people feel richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend more money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays modern music, people spend less money. Without music, people spend even less.
Scientists also believe that loud, fast music makes people eat faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their busy hours. This makes people eat faster and leave quickly. Restaurants can make more money in this way.
Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say that music helps students to be more active. It is true that people learn better when they are relaxed. And listening to music can help you relax.
The next time you hear music somewhere, be careful. It might influence the way you do things.
1. According to the text, scientists believe that music can .| A．create different feelings for us |
| B．help us to develop good habits |
| C．develop our interest in money |
| D．influence natural environments |
| A．a sign of being slower | B．something about manners |
| C．a sign of being richer | D．something with new styles |
| A．Light music. | B．Rock music. | C．Sweet music. | D．Soft music. |
| A．slow in action | B．care about manners |
| C．fresh in mind | D．worry about studies |
| A．Music in Restaurants | B．Good and Bad Music |
| C．Types of Music | D．Music and Behavior |
