1 . Hi，Jack，
Today I will share(分享)with you some of my family's habits in the morning.
My father gets up very early at around 4 o'clock.Then he goes jogging(去慢跑)．He does it every day.After that he has a bowl of noodles in a small restaurant.
My mother gets up early，too.She goes to the morning market(市场)to buy fruit and vegetables，then she goes home and has breakfast with me.
My sister often gets up at 6：00 a．m.She makes breakfast，has breakfast，and then puts some food into a lunch box.She goes to work at 7：00 a．m.
I often get up at around 6：30 a．m.While my sister is having breakfast，I take out the rubbish(垃圾)，and put the dirty clothes into the washing machine.When my mother comes home，I eat with her.I often leave at 7：30 a．m.to go to school.
What about your family？Write to me.
Yours，
Tim
1. Tim is talking about his family's ________．| A．jobs | B．habits | C．ages | D．dreams |
| A．noodles | B．rice | C．dumplings | D．pancakes |
| A．at the market | B．in a restaurant |
| C．at home | D．in a school |
| A．goes to work | B．has breakfast |
| C．makes breakfast | D．gets up |
| A．6：30 a．m. | B．7：00 a．m. |
| C．7：30 a．m. | D．8：00 a．m. |
2 . A man sat at an underground station in Washington, D. C. and stared to play the violin. It was a cold day in January. He played Bach（巴赫）pieces for about 45 minutes. Thousands of people went through the station in a hurry, most of them on her way to work.
Three minutes went by and the first person, a middle-aged man, noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed down and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to go to work.
After a minute, received his first dollar, a young woman threw the money in the box and continued to walk. Then another few minutes went by and someone stood against the wall to listen to him, but he young man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
During the musician's performance, only a few people gave response （反应） to him：six people stopped and stayed for a while, twenty gave him money but continued to walk. When he finished playing, no one applauded （鼓掌）：No one knew the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing in the underground station was organized by The Washington Post （《华盛顿邮报》） as part of a social experiment （实验）. What we learn from this experiment could be：If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music, how many other nice things are we missing?
1. When did the story take place?| A．On a cold morning. | B．On a warm afternoon. |
| C．On a rainy evening. | D．On a windy weekend. |
| A．A young woman. | B．A small girl. |
| C．A young man. | D．A middle﹣aged man. |
| A．6. | B．20. | C．26. | D．45. |
| A．A well﹣known reporter. | B．A poor artist. |
| C．An excellent violinist. | D．A famous pianist. |
| A．To let us know the importance of saving time. |
| B．To make us pay more attention to nice things around. |
| C．To find out what people usually did in the underground. |
| D．To do a survey on how many people were interested in music. |
Monday, January 21st
I'm a virus (病毒) for the common cold. It has been a long time since I infected (感染) humans last time. Today I tried to infect a boy in a primary school all day.
His name is Sam. I waited on his desktop, and when he touched the desk I jumped on his finger. Unluckily, Sam didn't touch his eyes, mouth or nose. Then, right after class, he washed his hands. Now I'm full of soap and sitting in a sink!
Tuesday, January 22nd
This morning I jumped into the nose of Sam's best friend, Bill. Unluckily, the mucus (粘液) in his nose caught me. I thought it was over for me, when suddenly Bill sneezed while he was talking to Sam.
I knew that would send me right into Sam's face! However, Sam quickly gave Bill a tissue, and Bill sneezed into that instead! Infecting people is harder than I imagined.
Wednesday, January 23rd
I'm feeling very unhappy today. Some scientists caught my friend Harry and put him under a microscope. Harry is a flu virus and he's a dangerous little guy. Besides, Sam at all his vegetables today. He's exercising, and he's getting eight hours of sleep every night. His body is too strong for me!
Thursday, January 24th
I tried to infect Sam again today, but he washed his hands five times and never touched his face! He also gave tissues to every student in his class who was sneezing. It's impossible to give him a cold! So I have to give up and I'm moving to another school.
1. According to the passage, life of the virus for the common cold could be ________.| A．easy | B．lucky | C．dangerous | D．difficult |
| A．Sam's | B．Bill's | C．Harry's | D．Bill's friend's |
| A．viruses feel happy, sad and angry just as people do |
| B．we should be friendly when other people around you are sick |
| C．it's important to protect your own body against viruses |
| D．many viruses around us like to infect boys in primary schools |
| A．Danger of a Virus | B．Habit of a Virus | C．Diary of a Virus | D．Letter of a Virus |
4 . "Miss Smith! What rough (粗糙的) hands Mary Jessup has! "said Daisy Marvin, as she walked home from school with her teacher.
"In my opinion, Daisy, Mary's hands are the prettiest in our class."
"Why? Miss Smith, they are as red and hard as they can be. How they would look if she tried to play on a piano!" Daisy said.
Miss Smith took Daisy's hands in hers, and said, "Your hands are very soft and white, just the hands to look beautiful on a piano: yet they don't have one beauty that Mary's hands do. Shall tell you what the difference is?"
"Yes, please, Miss Smith." Daisy looked at Miss Smith, with eyes wide open.
"Well, Daisy, Mary's hands are very busy. They wash dishes; they make fires; they hang out clothes, and help to wash them, too: they are always trying to help her poor, hard-working mother."
Miss Smith continued, "Besides, they wash and dress the children; they mend their toys and dress their dolls; yet, they find time to bathe the head of the little girl who is so sick in the next house to theirs."
"They do good deeds (行为) to every living thing. I have seen them patting the tired horse and the homeless dog in the street. They are always ready to help those who need help."
"I shall never think Mary's hands are ugly any more, Miss Smith." Daisy said that with tears in eyes.
"I am glad to hear you say that, Daisy; and I must tell you that they are beautiful because they help others gladly and cheerfully."
"Oh, Miss Smith! I feel so ashamed of myself and so sorry, "said Daisy, looking into her teacher's face with shining eyes.
"My dear, beauty doesn't lie in how one looks but what he does."
1. What did Daisy think of Mary's hand at first?| A．Warm | B．Ugly | C．Dirty | D．Soft |
| A．Being patient. | B．Being good-looking. |
| C．Being helpful. | D．Being hard-working. |
| A．Mary's mother was lazy. | B．Mary lived a comfortable life. |
| C．Miss Smith disliked Daisy. | D．Daisy understood beauty better. |
| A．Busy Days | B．Cheerful Tears |
| C．Shining Eyes | D．Beautiful Hands |
5 . Animals grow up in different ways. Some newborn animals are helpless but their mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo is very small. It is only a few centimeters(cm) long. It closes its eyes and doesn’t have hair. It stays safe in its mother’s pouch (育儿袋) for a long time. A newborn monkey can not walk. Its mother carries it everywhere.
Other baby animals can walk soon after they’re born. They learn to run with their mothers when danger is near. A baby zebra can run, an hour after it is born.
Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Baby wolves are usually born in big holes with little light. Other baby animals are born in the open. A baby elephant is often born on open land.
Animals that drink their mothers’ milk are called mammals. A mother bear’s milk is rich. Baby bears have milk for a few months. This is the same with baby zebras. As baby animals grow, they need solid (固体) food. Baby lions eat what their mother can catch!
1. According to the passage, many newborn animals need their mothers’ help because the babies can’t ________.| A．look after themselves | B．eat any food |
| C．walk by themselves | D．see anything |
| A．it is very small | B．it can’t walk | C．it close its eyes | D．it is lazy. |
| A．open | B．bright | C．safe | D．wet |
| A．mothers’ milk | B．solid food | C．smaller animals | D．grass |
| A．Six. | B．Seven. | C．Eight | D．five |
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don't pay overtime. Their workers don't get more pay for more work. Some people think it's their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don't work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
1. A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.
| A．513 | B．1,646 | C．2,159 | D．3,805 |
| A．正常的 | B．额外的 | C．有用的 | D．少量的 |
| A．France | B．Germany |
| C．the United States | D．Great Britain |
| A．No companies offer vacations to their workers. |
| B．Many people say they have enough time to relax. |
| C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work. |
| D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days. |
| A．Many workers have to work long hours. |
| B．Many people have vacations long enough. |
| C．Work hours are the same around the world. |
| D．There are a lot of dull people in the world. |
7 . The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel along the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. When the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6,500 kilometers. It spread from Rome to China, that is to say from the Western Europe to the Far East. Traders traveling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course, they also carried and traded spices（香料）, cloth, valuable stones, gold and so on.
There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war traveled through Central Asia. They decided to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue-eyed villages of China started.
During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed sharing valuable goods（货物）and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean（地中海的）, Persian（波斯的）, Magyar（马扎尔的）, Armenian（亚美尼亚的）, Bactrian（大夏的）, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples traveled along the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.
In modern times, the old Silk Road routes（路线）are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels（骆驼）and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.
根据文章内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. The Silk Road has a history of about 3,000 years.
2. Some Roman soldiers lost the war because they married local Chinese women.
3. Nowadays, the Silk Road routes are still crossed by camels and horses.
4. According to the passage, we can infer（推断）ancient Chinese along the Silk Road might be able to speak different languages.
5. All the objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from our country.
8 . Frank and his brother Jack lived near the ocean. Frank was outgoing while Jack was shy. They liked doing different things. Frank was famous for organizing games of beach volleyball, football, and any other sport imaginable. Jack preferred to draw, paint, or build sandcastles（沙堡）.
Frank didn't understand why Jack would rather do artistic things than play ball. He believed sports often allowed many kids to play together. That was when Jack's idea hatched. He would show Frank what doing things together looked like!
After Jack finished creating a special sandcastle with stairs, towers and walls, he took pictures of it. Then he painted colorful posters featuring（突出）his sandcastle and the question, "Can you top this?" He hung his posters everywhere in town, announcing his plan for a day of sandcastle artistry-all ages welcome.
When Frank saw poster, he not so nicely told Jack that no one would come. Still, shortly after sunrise on Saturday, Jack was on the beach digging in the sand. By mid-morning, four kids were sculpting（雕塑）the sand alongside him. By noon the number had increased a lot.
After Frank came back from his ball game, he went to check how his brother's plan turned out. He couldn't believe what he saw. At least 30 people were building a city of sandcastles, and everyone was chatting and laughing and working together! It was the most beautiful thing he had seen on the beach.
"I guess you've proved me wrong," Frank said. "You should make this sandcastle day a yearly tradition!" Handing Frank a shovel（铲子）with smile, Jack got started together with his brother on their super creation in the sand.
1. What does the underlined word "hatched" in Paragraph 2 probably mean in Chinese?| A．产生 | B．改变 | C．消失 | D．中断 |
| A．Beautiful towers. | B．Colorful posters. |
| C．A town building. | D．A sandcastle day. |
| A．doubtful | B．interested | C．satisfied | D．nervous |
| A．It came from picture. | B．It needed 30 people's support. |
| C．It proved Frank right. | D．It did work well. |
| A．Honest. | B．Creative. | C．Outgoing. | D．Caring. |
These days, teenagers are heavily influenced by the media. Many of them have watched thousands of hours of TV. That's more time than they spend with teachers at school. And we haven't yet considered the hours they spend using the Internet and reading newspapers.
However, several studies have shown a serious problem: today's teenagers lack media literacy (媒体素养). In other words, they have difficultly critically thinking about the information they see. One study that was done on middle school students showed that more than 80 percent of them couldn't tell the difference between real stories and ads that looked like news.
Standford professor Kevin John teaches a class called Media Effects. He tries to help his students learn media literacy. The professor gave an example that shows why media literacy is important. In the example, two news stations report a snowstorm. One focuses on (关注) the terrible road conditions. The other focuses on kids playing in the snow. "With a news story. news stations tell you what they feel are the important details (细节). These details mostly depend on the opinions of the news director." said John. "A person who has media literacy would realize that each story is about one side at this time. There is more going on."
Some experts think shoe is the best place to teach media literacy. Other believe everyone—form parents to reporters—should help teenagers learn the skills.
As for the best time to start learning media literacy, many experts suggest the age of 12. But some basic ideas can be taught even earlier. "It's never too early to start learning media literacy," John said.
1. From the first paragraph, we can learn that teenagers today spend more time ______.| A．using the Internet than watching TV |
| B．watching TV than studying at school |
| C．studying at school than reading newspapers |
| A．缺乏 | B．质疑 | C．误解 |
| A．should have the same opinions as others |
| B．could think about is good and bad sides |
| C．must know about all the important details |
| A．everyone is supposed to help children learn different skills |
| B．children should be taught media literacy as early as possible |
| C．news directors should report the news children are interested in |
| A．how to develop teenagers' media literacy |
| B．where teenagers should be taught media literacy |
| C．why teenagers are supposed to have media literacy |
10 . Elephants are the largest animals on land. For a long time, they are very helpful. They carry big trees, take people from place to place, and are even used in wars.
Some people think it’s not easy to hurt an elephant because its skin is thick and hard. In fact, that’s wrong. Sometimes, a needle can also be very dangerous for the elephant.
People say elephants are afraid of mice. This is wrong, too. In fact, elephants have very poor eyesight, so they usually cannot see a mouse even if one comes very close to them. If a person has a good memory, people will say that he has an elephant memory. However, up to now, no study shows that elephants have a better memory than any other animal.
People also believe that when it is time for elephants to die, they will hide themselves in a so-called “elephant graveyard”. Often, hunters try to find such places to get ivories（象牙）, but few people really find places like that. In fact, when elephants are old or get sick, they will stay in deep and secret caves until they get better or die.
1. What can’t elephants help people do?| A．Carry heavy trees. | B．Help people build houses. |
| C．Carry people to different places. | D．Help people fight in the war. |
| A．Elephants are afraid of mice. | B．Elephants have very poor memory. |
| C．Elephants cannot see very clearly. | D．Elephants never go to caves. |
| A．A place for hiding dead bodies. | B．A place for animals to play in. |
| C．A place with yards and flowers. | D．A place where elephants are safe. |
| A．They will go to see a doctor. |
| B．They will ask other animals for help. |
| C．They will ask humans for help. |
| D．They will stay in deep caves themselves. |
| A．Elephants are man’s best friends. |
| B．Different countries have different elephants. |
| C．Elephants are the world’s biggest animals on land. |
| D．Some of our ideas about elephants are not correct. |
