1 . Parents always want the best for their kids. But everyone has their own way to educate their kids. Here are four popular education styles. Which one do you like best?
Tiger parents They are strict with their children. They want them to get the best grades in their class. They love their kids in their hearts. | Dolphin parents They just want their kids to be happy and healthy. They make sure their kids get enough sleep and exercise. |
Helicopter（直升机） parents They worry too much about their children and “fly” over them like helicopters. Many people think these parents should give their children more free time. | Lawnmower（割草机） parents Like a lawnmower that cuts grass, they clear up all difficulties for their children. Their kids never learn to work out problems on their own. |
1. Tiger parents treat their kids in a ________ way.
| A．free | B．kind | C．strict | D．lazy |
| A．best grades | B．little sleep | C．enough food | D．enough exercise |
| A．get less free time | B．face more difficulties |
| C．worry about your parents | D．“fly” over your parents |
| A．cut grass before their kids | B．clear up all difficulties for their kids |
| C．make kids happy and healthy | D．let kids work out problems on their own |
| A．Different ways of educating | B．How parents get on with kids |
| C．Everyone has their own parents | D．Relations between kids and parents |
2 . New York is a very large city with eight million people. How do so many people move on their way to work or school? Let’s know something about its transportation(交通).
You can travel by subway, bus, taxi and car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. Traveling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city. The second way to travel around the city is by public bus. It is a slower way to travel. This is because the traffic is very heavy.
You can also travel around the city by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to the very place you want to. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way to get around New York is using your own car. It’s not easy for you to drive because you will perhaps be driving during the “rush hour”.
The best time to travel around the city is from 9:00 a.m., to 4:00 p.m., because it isn’t the “rush hour”. Traffic will be less heavy because most people are already at school or at work.
1. The fastest way to travel in New York is by ________.| A．subway | B．bus | C．car | D．bike |
| A．taxi | B．bus | C．subway | D．plane |
| A．一小时的路程 | B．迅速的一小时 | C．冲刺的时刻 | D．交通繁忙的时刻 |
| A．from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. | B．from 3:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. |
| C．from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | D．from 4:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. |
| A．The Transportation in New York | B．Travel in New York |
| C．People in New York | D．Subways in New York |
3 . John and Sylvia were quite rich. They had a large, beautiful house full of expensive paintings. They had many friends and were not surprised when they received two free tickets for the theater. They were surprised, however, when they could not find out who had sent them the tickets. There was no letter in the envelope with the tickets.
“They’ve forgotten to put in a letter,” John said. “How strange. We don’t know who to thank.” They phoned many of their friends and asked, “Did you send us theater tickets?”
“No,” their friends said, “We didn’t send them.”
“It’s strange,” Sylvia told her husband, “but we won’t waste the tickets. Everyone says that the play is very good.” So they went to the theater. They did not really enjoy the play, however, because they were worrying all the time. The play started at eight o’clock and finished at half past ten. When they got home it was after eleven. There was a note on their front door.
It said, “We hope you enjoyed the play.”
Inside the house there was not a single painting. They had all been stolen.
1. Why couldn’t John and Sylvia find out who sent them the tickets?| A．There was no letter with the tickets. |
| B．Their friends wanted to keep it a secret. |
| C．Everyone thought the play was good. |
| D．The letter with the tickets wasn’t signed. |
| A．They wasted the tickets. |
| B．They gave the tickets to their friends. |
| C．They thanked the people who had sent them the tickets. |
| D．They went to see the play they had tickets for. |
| A．half an hour |
| B．a few hours |
| C．two hours and a half |
| D．one hour |
| A．They didn’t find out. |
| B．Their friends. |
| C．The people in the play. |
| D．The people who stole their paintings. |
| A．A Wonderful Play |
| B．Two Free Tickets |
| C．A Thief’s Notes |
| D．Trust Nobody |
4 . One day, a big red hen is playing with her chickens in the garden. After some time, she wants to eat something and she takes her chickens out to look for food.
When they are eating, she finds a grain of wheat(小麦). So she asks her chickens to plant it in the back garden. But no one wants to do it. The big red hen has to do it herself.
After a few months, they get a lot of wheat. She says to her chickens, "who will take the wheat to the store and get some flour?" But they don't want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home.
After she gets home, she says, "who will make some bread with the flour?" They all say they are too busy and don't want to do it.
When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, "who wants to eat the bread."
"I will," they say.
"No, you can't. You don't want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know "No pains, no gains." She doesn't give any bread to her chickens and she eats the bread herself.
1. The big red hen wants to plant the grain of wheat because ______.| A．she has nothing to do | B．she doesn't want her chickens to help her |
| C．she wants to get lots of wheat | D．she doesn’t want to play with her chickens |
| A．The chickens | B．The big red hen | C．The big red hen and her chickens | D．No one |
| A．面粉 | B．大米 | C．面包 | D．食品 |
| A．Because they aren't at home. | B．Because they don't like them. |
| C．Because they don't do anything | D．Because they don't want to eat it. |
| A．The big red hen and her chickens. | B．No pains, no gains. |
| C．From wheat to bread. | D．Look for food. |
5 . Do you often run outdoors to keep healthy? Have you ever thought about how running helps to clean up the earth? Sometimes a creative mind can bring us a win-win(双赢) situation.
Plogging, a new way to exercise, began in Sweden(h), The name "plogging" comes from two words—the Swedish(瑞典的) word "plocka", which means "to pick up(捡起), and the word Jouging"", which means" to run slowly". A Swedish man called Erik started the movement, He saw rubbish here and there when riding to work each day. He became worried about the dirty environment and decided not to go to work by bike anymore. Instead, he began to run to work and pick up the rubbish at the same time. To his joy, more and more people followed him and soon plogging became popular.
Many people choose plogging instead of just jogging because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth. Sometimes rubbish is difficult to collect because it may scatter all around. But if the runners pick up the rubbish on the way, it is quite different. Because many hands make light work. Another reason is that plogging burns more calories(卡路里). According to a research, plogging for 10 minutes burns 48 calories, while usual jogging for 10 minutes burns about 39 calories.
Everyone on the earth should play a part in cleaning it up! It's time for us to take action together. So ready? Let's plog tomorrow!
1. After Erik saw much rubbish, ________.| A．he became worried | B．he kept riding to work every day |
| C．he didn't care and did nothing about it | D．he asked the government for help |
| A．爆炸 | B．集中 | C．散落 | D．职业 |
| A．there are too many bikes in the city | B．riding bikes is harmful to their health |
| C．it can help clean up the earth and burn more calories | D．they don't like driving anymore |
| A．Plogging started in Sweden. | B．Plogging for 10 minutes burns about 84 calories. |
| C．The name "plogging "comes from two English words. | D．Plogging is accepted by only a few people. |
| A．A Bad Habit—Riding bikes | B．The Best Sport—Jogging |
| C．A New Way to Exercise—Plogging | D．A Swedish man—Erik |
6 . Clothes are traditionally made of natural materials, such as cotton, leather and wool. They are all from plants or animals, but that doesn't mean they're friendly to the earth. For example, farmers have to use a lot of chemicals to grow cotton plants.
Scientists are now looking for new ways to make clothing materials. They hope the new materials are both comfortable and good for the earth. Scientists have worked out how to make materials out of corn husks(玉米皮), chicken feathers and rice straws.
"They used to be useless things. We always have a problem of how to deal with them," Yang, a scientist says, "Now, we can turn them into beautiful materials. Chicken feathers are better than other things. They have small air pockets like honeycombs. That means it will be very warm if you use them to make a jacket or sweater, and I think more and more people will like to buy these kinds of clothes."
1. Clothes are traditionally made of _________.| A．natural materials | B．chicken feather | C．rice straws | D．corn husks |
| A．Leather and corn husks. | B．Leather and rice straws. |
| C．Corn husks and rice straws. | D．Rice and chicken feathers. |
| A．鸟巢 | B．蜂窝 | C．渔网 | D．梳子 |
| A．light | B．cheap | C．clean | D．warm |
| A．New Clothing Materials | B．New Clothes | C．Natural Materials | D．Clothes |
7 . Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing plants. Sometimes, the word “green” means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it means something that is not yet finished. For example, a greenhorn is someone who has little experience as he is new to a situation. In the 15th century, a greenhorn was a young cow whose horns(角) had not yet developed. A century later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had no experience in war. By the 18th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today — a person who is new in a job.
About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression in the west of America. People used it to describe a man if he came from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn’t have the skills to live in the hard country. Someone who is good at growing plants is said to have a green thumb(大拇指). This comes from the early 20th century. A person with a green thumb can make plants grow quickly and well. The Green Revolution is the name given to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains some years ago. It was the result of hard work by scientists who had green thumbs. Green is also the color used to describe the feeling — Jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster(怪兽) is not a dangerous animal from outer space. It is an expression used about 400 years ago by the British writer William Shakespeare in his play Othello. It means the unpleasant feeling when someone has something he wants to get. In most places in the world, the color green is one of the traffic lights. Green has so many different meanings that we should know more to understand it better.
1. A new soldier was called a greenhorn in the _________ century.| A．15th | B．16th | C．18th | D．20th |
| A．is good at growing plants | B．really has a green thumb |
| C．has no experience in war | D．is new in a job |
| A．he sees a dangerous animal | B．he can’t buy something |
| C．he reads a sad story | D．his friend gets a gift that he wants |
| A．a green job | B．a greenhorn | C．a green thumb | D．a green-eyed monster |
| A．Green, the Color of Grass and Trees | B．Green, Making Plants Grow Quickly |
| C．Green, One of Traffic Lights | D．Green, with Different Meanings |
8 . On July 1, Shanghai introduced a new garbage sorting policy(垃圾分类政策). Now let's learn the garbage sorting and recycling in other countries.
Germany: There are big machines in supermarkets. You can put bottles in the machines and get money back. You can get one or two yuan per bottle. People like this because they can get money and protect the environment at the same time.
Japan: A trash truck comes to people's doors to pick up their garbage. It plays music when it's coming. There are eight or more kinds of garbage. If you sort any of them wrong, you will get a notice on your door.
Indonesia: People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations. An hour-long bus ride costs(花费) three large bottles, five small bottles or 10 plastic cups. But the bottles must be clean.
1. In which country, you can get money back if you put bottles in the machines?| A．China. | B．Japan. | C．Germany. | D．Indonesia. |
| A．Some money. | B．Plastic bottles. | C．A notice. | D．Music. |
| A．空闲的 | B．免费的 | C．有趣的 | D．昂贵的 |
| A．A New Garbage Sorting Policy in China. | B．How to Sort Garbage? |
| C．Garbage Sorting and Recycling around the World. | D．The Importance of Garbage Sorting. |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a story book. | C．In a geography magazine. | D．In a history book. |
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1. How far is it from Happy English Center to the school?
| A．8-minute walk. | B．10-minute walk. | C．l2-minute walk. | D．15-minute walk. |
| A．88992023 | B．88993123 | C．88992126 | D．88993231 |
| A．Happy English Center | B．International House of English |
| C．Modern Language School | D．New Century English Training Center |
| A．700 yuan | B．900 yuan | C．1050 yuan | D．600 yuan |
| A．The Importance of Leaning English | B．How to Improve Listening Skills |
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In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture.
Drawn to the ancient language, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.
In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese characters online. Then, in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology(汉字字源)website. "My website did not get much attention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention.
I got a few thousand emails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me 'Uncle Hanzi', " Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96, 000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website. "When I study each character, I wonder what the ancient Chinese thought, " said Sears.
After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture, He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good English "However, you can hear English in many places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious and not known by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine and so on, "Sears added.
At present, the 70-year-old American has made his home in China. "When I die, I hope my website will live on, and I'm planning to write a book about my research. This will be my gift to China, " he said.
1. What does "Drawn to the ancient language" mean in Paragraph1?| A．Sears was interested in ancient Chinese. | B．Sears had to study Chinese characters. |
| C．Sears could draw Chinese characters well. | D．Sears could speak ancient Chinese very well. |
| A．1972 | B．1994 | C．2002 | D．2011 |
| A．Chinese history. | B．Ancient Chinese characters. |
| C．The daily life of Richard Sears | D．Traditional Chinese medicine. |
| A．become famous | B．get the nick name "Uncle Hanzi" |
| C．write a book about his research | D．make more people know about ancient Chinese characters |
| A．Great Changes in China | B．Mysterious Chinese Language and Culture |
| C．American "Uncle Hanzi" | D．A Young American and Traditional Chinese Culture |
