1 . “Tom?” Mom says. But no one answers.
Mom comes to Tom’s room. He is not on the bed. But his model plane is on the desk. “He is not in his room.” Mom thinks. Mom comes to his grandparents’ room. Tom likes（喜欢）Grandpa’s tape player. But he is not in their room.
Mom can’t find Tom. But where is Tom? She wants（想要）to call Dad. She comes to the living room for the phone.“What’s that?” Mom sees a black thing under the sofa. Oh, it’s Paul, Tom’s dog. But what is next to（挨着）Paul? It’s Tom!
1. The underlined word “answers” means ______.| A．回应 | B．吵闹 | C．隐藏 | D．疑惑 |
| A．It’s on the chair. | B．It’s on the desk. | C．It’s on the bed. | D．It’s under the sofa. |
| A．bookcase | B．watch | C．computer | D．tape player |
| A．on his bed | B．under his bed | C．under the sofa | D．on the sofa |
| A．Paul is lost. | B．Tom’s mother. | C．Where is Tom? | D．Tom and Paul |
2 . Frank is my good friend. We are in the same class. He is a good student. His English is very good but I’m not good at it so he always helps me with it.
Frank and I have the same interest. Frank likes sports. And I like sports, too. After school in the afternoon, we often play sports. We play soccer and volleyball. I have a volleyball and the soccer ball is Frank’s. Frank gets the soccer ball from his father. His father is a great soccer player. Frank often watches his father play soccer on TV. Frank wants（想要）to be a soccer player like his father.
1. Frank and I often ________ after school.| A．watch TV | B．play computer games | C．read books | D．play sports |
| A．Frank wants to be a basketball player. | B．Frank has a soccer ball. |
| C．Frank doesn’t like watching TV. | D．Frank always helps me with my math. |
| A．Frank’s Soccer Ball | B．Frank’s Dream（梦想） |
| C．My Good Friend Frank | D．Frank’s Father |
3 . Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us get in touch with others. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive(《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or competitions. It’s just one person walking up to a microphone(麦克风) and reading a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one period, they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.
“Every letter opens another world for us,” according to Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show. “We can also touch the heart of the writers’.” Since its first period on Dec. 5, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences(观众) said that it had provided a kind of fresh air to today’s TV shows.
Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences. Chinese Poetry Conference is a traditional Chinese poetry competition. And Readers invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.
1. Letter Alive, a TV show invites famous people to ________.| A．tell audiences jokes | B．read and share letters |
| C．walk up to a microphone to sing | D．take part in different competition |
| A．Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hopes for his future. |
| B．The heart of the writers' can be touched by reading letters. |
| C．Letters Alive is not popular enough to audiences. |
| D．Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems. |
| A．like | B．dislike | C．show no interest in | D．doubt about |
| A．Phones Have Taken the Place of Letters | B．Welcome to Our Cultural TV Show |
| C．Letters Make Us Communicate | D．Cultural TV Show Are Becoming Popular |
4 . Now many young people are traveling around the world on their own, not because they have no one to travel with, but because they prefer to go alone.
Kristina Wegscheider from California first traveled alone when she was at college. She believes that it is something everyone should do at least once in their life. "It opens up your mind to new things." Wegscheider has visited 46 countries.
In foreign countries, with no one to help you read a map, look after you if you get ill, or lend you money if your wallet is stolen, it is challenging. This is what makes young people travel alone. It is seen as character building and a chance to prove（证明）that they can make it on their own.
Chris Rihardson decided to leave his sales job in Australia to go traveling last year. He set up a website, "The Aussie Nomad", to record the people he met, the places he visited, and the things he did. He said he wished he had traveled alone earlier. "Everything is up to you and it forces you to grow as a person", said the 30-year-old man.
Richardson describes traveling alone like "a shot in the arm". "It makes you a more confident person that is ready to deal with anything. I walk around with my head up because I know deep down inside that nothing is impossible if you try." he said.
1. Which of the following will Kristina Wegscheider agree with?| A．Traveling alone is a necessary experience for everyone. |
| B．It is more meaningful to travel to foreign countries. |
| C．It is comfortable to travel around without a friend. |
| D．Traveling abroad helps people to find new things. |
| A．you have to cook things on your own |
| B．it is hard for you to prove yourself to others |
| C．you can only depend on yourself whatever happens |
| D．it will finally build your character |
| A．show his photos | B．ask others to join the journey |
| C．prove that he can do everything | D．keep a record of his trips |
| A．He started traveling alone at an early age. |
| B．He was once shot in the arm. |
| C．He used to work as a salesman. |
| D．He is humorous and brave. |
| A．Travel Abroad | B．Travel Alone |
| C．Travel Light | D．Travel Far and Wide |
5 . No matter what happened in the past and what may or may not happen in the future, the present moment is where you are. Generally speaking, our happiness depends on how much we are able to live in the present moment.
On the one hand, our present moments are often controlled by the past problems and future focus, so that we become anxious and helpless. On the other hand, we also put off our satisfaction, our important things, and our happiness. We often convince (说服) ourselves future will be better than today. John Lennon once said, “Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans.” When we’re busy making other plans, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. In short, we miss our life.
Many people believe that their life will be better in the future. In fact, no one can be sure what he or she will achieve tomorrow. When our attention is in the present moment, we push fear from our minds. Fear is the worry about events that might happen in the future — we won’t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get older and weaker, whatever.
To overcome fear, the best way is bringing your attention back to enjoy the present.
Mark Twain said, “I have experienced some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” I don’t think I can say it any better. Keeping your attention on the here and now, and your efforts will pay off.
1. People who focus more on ________ can probably live a happier life.| A．the past | B．the present | C．the future | D．the experience |
| A．we think more about the past and future |
| B．we spend more time dreaming of the future |
| C．we have no confidence in ourselves |
| D．we worry about getting older and weaker |
| A．looking away | B．putting away | C．going away | D．giving away |
| A．past problems hidden in our heart | B．attention on the present |
| C．worry about the future | D．efforts to take action |
| A．Dreams Turn into Realities |
| B．Hard Work Pays Off |
| C．Prepare for the Future |
| D．Live in the Moment |
6 . Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand's symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck.
Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that "an elephant never forgets". Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live.
But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory (象牙). Today there are only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before).We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.
1. There is a _______ on Thailand's first flag.| A．tiger | B．white elephant | C．panda | D．dog |
| A．They can play soccer or music. | B．They can also draw very well. |
| C．They can dance. | D．A and B. |
| A．Because elephants are in great danger. |
| B．People kill elephants for meat. |
| C．People kill elephants for their ivory. |
| D．People hate elephants. |
| A．100,000 | B．3,000 | C．10,000 | D．1,000 |
| A．Elephants are good pets | B．Let’s save the elephants |
| C．Come to Thailand | D．Let’s kill the elephants |
7 . The toucan (巨嘴鸟) is a colourful bird. Take a look at these facts about the toucan, and you may learn something you didn't know before!
·Where do they live?
Toucans can be found in the tropical (热带) forests of South America. Their home is in danger. It is advised to avoid buying rainforest wood and to protect the habitat (栖息地) of toucans.
·What do they look like?
Toucans have a black body and white throat. The colourful beak (鸟喙) is about 8 inches long and makes up 1/3 of the bird's total length. It may look pretty big, but thankfully for the toucan, their beaks are not too heavy. It is composed of keratin (角蛋白), which makes it much lighter than you would think just by looking.
·What do they eat and drink?
Toucans use their beak to peel and eat different kinds of fruits, which happens to be the kind of food they eat most often. Sometimes toucans will choose to snack on insects, frogs, or the eggs of other birds. Toucans get most of their watch from the fruits they eat, so they don't need too much extra water.
·Believe it or not!
Toucans don't have very big wings. They have to flag their wings vigorously (强力地) to travel short distance. So you will often find them hopping rather than lying through the air. Toucans can be rather lazy birds and they like to stay in one place generally. They don't fly high up in the sky or very far away from home, and enjoy staying in trees with their delicious fruit to eat. Wild cats are a predator of toucans in the rainforest. Other predators include large birds. Same snakes may attack smaller toucans but typically are more interested in the toucan's eggs instead.
1. How long is a toucan?| A．About 2.5 inches long. | B．About 8 inches long. |
| C．About 11 inches long. | D．About 24 inches long. |
| A．tree leaves, keratin of the air and fruits. |
| B．fruits, insects, frogs, or the eggs of other birds. |
| C．wild cats, snakes and other larger birds. |
| D．insects, fish and water from the river or the sea. |
| A．toucans live in North America. |
| B．toucans often fly here and there to look for food. |
| C．toucans aren't the best fliers in the tropical forests. |
| D．toucans' heavy beaks remake them become lazy. |
| A．the animal that kills and eats toucans. | B．the animal that is friendly to toucans. |
| C．the animal that is the food of toucans. | D．the animal that is similar to toucans. |
| A．The ways to protect toucans. |
| B．The surprising and interesting facts about toucans. |
| C．The appearance of toucans. |
| D．The habitat of toucans. |
8 . Mike was walking his dog, Paul, when the dog had to go. It was garbage day, looking around but seeing no public garbage bins (公共垃圾桶), so Mike put the bag of dog poop (狗屎) into someone else's bin. When Mike turned around, the irritated person who owned the bin was shouting at him. "Hey! This isn't your garbage bin. You can't put the bag in here!" Mike quickly walked away to stop things from getting worse. As he walked toward home, he kept thinking, "Was I in the wrong?" Then Mike posted his story online, and lots of people replied.
Mike said about 80 percent were OK with others using their garbage bins for bags of dog poop. Some would allow it anytime. Others would like the bags to be put in before the garage was picked up, so the bin wouldn't smell for days on end. The 20 percent, who didn't allow others to use their bins for dog poop, said that people had incorrectly used their bins.
"Having a dog and being a dog owner had something to do with it," Mike said. Mike has a good idea of working this out. "If you can have a piece of paper that says, 'Yes, you can put your dog's poop bags in my bin,' I think we can find the answer to the problem," Mike says.
1. What does the underlined word “irritated” mean?| A．Angry. | B．Sad. | C．Busy. | D．Surprised. |
| A．Very few agreed with Mike. |
| B．Most people let their bins smell for days. |
| C．Most people would let others use their bins. |
| D．Very few people answered Mike's question. |
| A．To have fewer dogs. | B．To put their bins inside. |
| C．To use public garbage bins. | D．To let others know what they think. |
| A．Why Is It Hard to Find Public Bins? |
| B．Where Should People Put Dog Poop? |
| C．Is It OK to Put Dog Poop in Others' Bins? |
| D．Is It Right to Shout at People in the Street? |
9 . Darrius was born with three fingers on his right hand and one on his left hand. He had to work. hard to do things that were easy for others. Every time his classmates tried to help, he would say, “Thanks,but I can do it myself.”He learned to use the four fingers to do different things.
When Darrius was 10, he told his father that he liked piano music very much. “It’s too hard, you can’t play,” his father said. But the boy took that as a challenge. “I will show people that I can,” he said to himself.
Months later, a neighbour gave him an old piano when she moved away. He taught himself to play the piano and practised for hours a day.
Darrius’favourite piano music is River Flows in You by Yiruma, a Korean musician. It took Darrius a year to learn it. “I have to come up with my own way with only 4 fingers,” he said. When he succeeded,he felt so proud. Later he was lucky enough to play the music together with Yiruma at a famous concert hall! Yiruma encouraged Darrius to follow his dream of playing his own music. Darrius has made it. And his music is popular today.
“I may have a disability," he says”, but I don’t let it hold me back from anything.
1. What did Darrius take as a challenge at the age of 10?| A．Writing his music. | B．Playing the piano. | C．Giving a concert. | D．Visiting a hall. |
| A．His classmate. | B．His father. | C．A neighbor. | D．A musician. |
| A．He has a strong will. | B．He bought himself a piano. |
| C．He gave up his dream. | D．He only plays others’ music. |
| A．A boy with four fingers | B．A gift from a kind neighborhood |
| C．Playing the piano with four fingers | D．Taking disability as a challenge |
10 . In the UK, most children have their lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner — a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.
Often parents know what their children want. Cathy, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches because they say they hate school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.”
However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, “My daughters have always had school dinners. I think they probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them.”
But are school dinners healthy? Katz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, “Fizzy drinks (汽水) were offered and I think there were lot of chips.”
Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews（炖汤） and curries（咖喱） for the children instead.
So Janie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country. And it seems that the changes have begun.
Anna, a pupil, told us, “we used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There’s salad restaurant, which is good, so it’s healthier than it was.”
1. _______ would like the children to have the school meals.| A．Katz | B．Jamie | C．Cathy | D．Susan |
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
| A．stews and curries | B．sandwiches and coke |
| C．chips and fizzy drinks | D．burgers and pizzas |
| A．There’s a salad restaurant in every school | B．salad is the only healthy food for students |
| C．schools have begun to cook healthier food | D．the government doesn’t care about school dinners |
| A．Healthy Food | B．Unhealthy Food |
| C．School Dinners | D．Packed Lunches |
