Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?
| A．A Small and Quiet Town |
| B．Strange Happening in My Town |
| C．Animals in Our Neighborhood |
2 . China is the home of tea, which has more than 4000 years of history. Among the three main drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the world. Tea from China, along with silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago.
The words for “tea” in different languages came from the Chinese character “cha”. The English word, “tea”, sounds similar to the pronunciation of it in Xiamen. The Russians call it “chai’i”, which sounds like “chaye”(tea leaves). The Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.
Tea leaves are produced mainly in the south of China because of the mild climate and rich soil there. Longiing, Pu’ er, Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture. Tea is also a popular topic in dances, songs, poems and novels.
1. What kind of drink is drunk by the largest number of people in the world?| A．Coffee. | B．Cocoa. | C．Tea. | D．Milk. |
| A．4000 | B．3000 | C．2000 | D．1000 |
| A．America. | B．Russia. | C．Japan. | D．Britain. |
| A．The Chinese and Japanese characters for tea are the same. | B．Three kinds of tea are mentioned in the passage. |
| C．Tea leaves are produced mainly in the north of China. | D．Tea isn’t a popular topic in poems and novels. |
| A．The History of Tea | B．China’s Tea Culture | C．Tea Drinking in China | D．All Kinds of Tea in China |
3 . Last week was Road Safety Week at Jason’s school. All the students had to take part in a talk on road safety, which was given by a police officer. The following is what the police officer said:
“Most traffic accidents are because of the drivers’ carelessness. A frequent cause of traffic accidents is speed. Some people drive too fast. This means that it is difficult for them to stop quickly. You need to remember this when you are crossing the street or walking along the sidewalk.”
“It’s not only drivers to cause accidents, however, people on foot-pedestrians, and bicycle riders often cause accidents, too. Pedestrians sometimes walk out into the street without looking. You should always look on both sides before stepping into the street.”
“Do any of you ride a bike? Bicycle riders can cause accidents by changing directions suddenly or without warning other road users. Before you turn left, for example, you should make sure there aren’t any cars or trucks behind you. You should not turn until the street is clear.”
“The rules of the road are very simple. If we learn them and obey them, we should not have accidents any more.”
1. The main idea of the story is ______.| A．obeying the rules of the road can keep you from having accidents |
| B．it was Road Safety Week at Jason’s school |
| C．it’s not only drivers who cause traffic accidents |
| D．some people have accidents because they drive too quickly |
| A．Because people stop their cars suddenly. | B．Because people don’t know the rules. |
| C．Because people are careless. | D．Because people don’t care if they have an accident. |
| A．By crossing the road without warning other road users. | B．By turning suddenly without warning other road users. |
| C．By making sure there aren’t any cars coming. | D．By showing suddenly or without warning other road users. |
| A．频繁的 | B．偶尔的 | C．所有的 | D．罕见的 |
| A．Road Safety Week | B．A Talk on Safety | C．Safety First | D．Safety and Accidents |
4 . Every year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people often get hurt or die because they can’t see or hear very well. Children usually meet with accidents because of their carelessness. They forgot to look and listen before they cross the road.
How can we lessen(减少) traffic accidents? All of us must obey the traffic rules. For the drivers, they shouldn’t drive too fast. If they drive too fast, it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very short time. For the pedestrians(行人), it’s very important to be careful when they are walking on the road. Therefore, when we walk across the road, we must try to walk along the pavements. We must stop and look both ways before crossing the road. Look left first, next look right, then look left again. Only when we are sure that the road is clear, we can cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. It’s not safe to run. If people run across the road, they may fall down. Teens should try to help children, old people or blind people to cross the road, and never play in the street.
1. Which of the following is NOT the right way to cross the road?| A．Stop and look both ways. |
| B．Run quickly. |
| C．Make sure that the road is clear. |
| D．Walk quickly. |
| A．Because they are not careful. |
| B．Because they forget to look and listen. |
| C．Because they can’t see or hear very well. |
| D．Because they often run across the road. |
| A．How to Lessen Traffic Accidents |
| B．How to Cross the Road |
| C．Please Obey the Traffic Rules |
| D．Meeting with Traffic Accidents |
| A．let drivers drive slowly | B．play in the street carefully |
| C．run across the road quickly | D．help children to cross the road |
5 . When you go to a fast food restaurant, you may see many fat young people. Today, more and more young people are overweight. Many of them are too fat because of their bad eating habits. Most young people love food with a lot of oil, sugar and fat. We call this kind of food "junk food".
We also find many young people eat unhealthily. Some don’t have breakfast before they go to school. During the day, some don’t have a good meal for lunch. They don’t like eating vegetables, and many of them don’t like to eat fruit. They prefer to eat food with lots of meat and have drinks like cola or coffee instead of milk or juice.
If you are one of the fat young men, here is some advice from the doctors. They may give you some help.
☆Shouldn’t eat too much junk food.
☆Eat some fruit and vegetables every day.
☆Eat breakfast every day. It is good for your body and mind.
1. There is a lot of ________ in junk food.| A．vegetables and fruit | B．meat and milk |
| C．oil and fat | D．sugar and fruit |
| A．exercise too much | B．eat too much junk food |
| C．have too many fruit | D．drink too much water |
| A．the food with many vegetables | B．the food with much meat |
| C．drinks like milk or juice | D．fruit and vegetables |
| A．eat too much junk food | B．eat some vegetables and fruit |
| C．eat breakfast | D．drink any milk |
| A．Bad Habits | B．Junk Food |
| C．Unhealthy Food | D．Advice on Healthy Eating |
6 . Zheng Lin is a Junior 3 student in Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Earlier this month, Zheng and his classmates stood on the street with a box asking people for donations（捐款）. Later they gave the money they got to the poor students in their school.
Many Chinese students raise money to help people in need. Most of the time, they hold a box and ask for donations on the street or in the park. Or they sell things like old books and CDs. Those students have done a great job so far. The money helps the students in poor areas like Yunnan and Gansu with new clothes, pens and pencils.
Teenagers in the US make donations, too. But they raise money in a different way—they raise money by doing something for others. For example, they sell homemade food or play musical concerts in their neighbourhood to raise money.
“Chinese students like to wait for people to donate, or sell things that they buy with their parents’ money,” says Ge Daoshun, an expert. "While US kids get donations and give people something useful in return.”
Ge says Chinese teenagers should learn to raise money in the US kids’ways. “That way, they can show their talents and practice communication. More importantly, they can learn every coin counts（有价值）. They have to work hard to get a donation.”
1. How did Zheng Lin and his classmates raise money?| A．They asked for donations on the street. |
| B．They asked rich people for money. |
| C．They made some toys and sold them. |
| D．They worked for other people. |
| A．the poor people on the street |
| B．the poor students in their school |
| C．the homeless people in some areas |
| D．the students in the earthquake areas |
| A．standing on the street with a box |
| B．asking their parents for money |
| C．waiting for people to donate |
| D．doing something for others |
| A．can help them learn how to play music |
| B．are not fit for Chinese students |
| C．are good for practicing communication |
| D．take students more time to get a donation |
| A．Better Ways of Making Donations |
| B．Importance of Donations |
| C．Differences Between the Two Countries |
| D．Good Ways of Making Money |
7 . New York, London, Paris and other big cities are good places to live in. There are a lot of interesting things to see and to do. You can go to see different kinds of museums, plays (戏剧) and movies. You can also buy things from all over the world.
But there are serious problems in big cities, too. It’s expensive (昂贵的) to live there. And there are many people in big cities. Every year, many people move to the cities to find jobs (工作), to study at schools and to receive good medical care (接受良好的医疗服务). But sometimes, these people can’t find work or good places to live in. Also, it is hard to keep cities clean and safe (安全的).
Some people like living in big cities. But before they move to a big city, they should think about the problems of living there.
1. In big cities people can ________.| A．go to see different kinds of museums | B．see all kinds of plays and movies |
| C．buy things from all over the world | D．A, B and C |
| A．People can always find work in a big city. | B．Big cities are not clean and safe enough. |
| C．All the people like living in big cities. | D．In cities, people can easily (容易地) find good places to live in. |
| A．to move to big cities |
| B．not to live in big cities |
| C．not to move to big cities before they think about the problems of living there |
| D．to move to big cities without (不用) thinking about any problems |
| A．big cities are better than small cities | B．Paris is a good place for people to live in |
| C．people can receive good medical care in big cities | D．big cities have many serious problems |
| A．Big Cities | B．Good Schools in Big Cities |
| C．New York, London and Paris | D．Interesting Things in Big Cities |
8 . Several years ago, Ed’s teacher asked him to take part in a volunteer activity. It brought normal children and disabled children together. Each week Ed spent an hour in the special school helping the disabled children with their schoolwork, games and eating. Ed’s mother was a teacher, so he often met a lot of children. At first, Ed thought it would be scary to be with children who were so different, but later he found there was something special with those children.
Every Wednesday, Tom, Susan and Anna couldn’t wait to see Ed. Tom had to sit on the wheelchair. He was only able to say some simple words like yes or no. Susan, a deaf girl, always welcomed Ed with a big smile. As for Anna she was born with an illness, and it made her really small for her age. In a normal classroom, it would be common to stop children playing with something, speaking loudly or making noises. However, in that school, the teachers didn’t mind noises. They were signs of the children’s feelings.
Working with those children made Ed learn to notice others’ needs. One of Ed’s teachers said, “We should be part of something bigger than ourselves.” Ed never understood that until he worked with those children.
1. What did Ed NOT help the disabled children do?| A．Have meals. | B．Do their homework. |
| C．Play games. | D．Repair broken things. |
| A．He was deaf. | B．He was blind. |
| C．He couldn’t walk. | D．He couldn’t say anything. |
| A．Because the teachers tried to make their classes interesting. |
| B．Because it was a special way for the teachers to give classes. |
| C．Because the children showed their feelings in that way. |
| D．Because the teachers didn’t want to be angry with those disabled children. |
| A．Anna, Tom and Susan didn’t like Ed. |
| B．Ed’s mother was a teacher in that special school. |
| C．Ed was excited to go to that special school at first. |
| D．Ed understood his teacher’s words through the activity. |
| A．Try to be kind in life |
| B．Volunteer in a special school |
| C．Learn to work with other people |
| D．Give disabled children more care |
9 . My grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. He changed, and he often says that life used to be better.
Families aren’t families the way they used to be. A lot of families have broke down. If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now everyone’s working. No one has time to look after children at home.
And the cars! No one walks any more: everyone drives. We used to walk five miles to school every day, even in winter. But now they don’t. And in schoo1, the children don’t have to think any more. In math class, for example, we used to add, subtract, multiply and divide in our heads. Kids don’t use their heads any more；instead, they use calculators(计算器).
Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have computers.We didn’t even have lights. My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen. But now nobody eats home-cooked food any more.
And people don’t talk to each other any more. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too, busy to think……
Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more.
1. My grandfather thinks the life ________.| A．is better than it used to be | B．is worse than it used to be | C．is as good as it used to be | D．is as bad as it used to be |
| A．生活 | B．工作 | C．婚姻 | D．家庭 |
①There are lights at home.
②People like to eat home.cooked food.
③Lots of families have computers.
④Lots of couples live apart because of some prob1ems.
| A．①②④ | B．②③④ | C．①②③ | D．①③④ |
| A．People have too much time to talk with each other. |
| B．Life now is very simple. |
| C．Many families have broken down because of problems between husbands and wives. |
| D．Mothers stay at home and look after their children. |
| A．How life used to be | B．The better life | C．The changes in our life | D．Hard-working students |
10 . The history of women in space began 60 years ago. Since then, 57 women astronauts from nine different countries have flown into space.
 | Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova made history by becoming the first woman in space. She flew into space on June 16, 1963, and stayed there for three days. |
 | Sally Ride became the first American woman astronaut to travel into space. She flew into space on June 18, 1983. She returned on June 25. |
 | US woman astronaut Karen Nyberg began to work on the International Space Station on May 29, 2013. She returned in November, 2013. |
 | Wang Yaping, the second Chinese woman astronaut, flew into space on June 11, 2013. She stayed in space for 15 days and became the first Chinese teacher in space. |
1. The first woman in space is from ________.
| A．Russia | B．America | C．France | D．China |
| A．June 11, 2013 | B．May 29, 2013 | C．June 18, 1983 | D．June 16, 1963 |
| A．Valentina Tereshkova | B．Sally Ride | C．Karen Nyberg | D．Wang Yaping |
| A．2nd | B．4th | C．50th | D．57th |
| A．The History of Women | B．The International Space Station | C．Women Teachers in Space | D．Women Astronauts |
