Big Issue Produced by Pupils Big Issue has launched (发行) a special 24-page edition (版本) created by school children recently. Big Issue is a weekly magazine launched in 1992 to help homeless people. Pupils in 13 schools across the country have started selling the special edition and will give the money they raise to charities (慈善) |
| ? The Richardson Primary School has created a classroom in a train carriage (车厢), marking 300 years since it was opened. The SUN EXPRESS carriage, which is no longer moving, includes a library, a place to eat, and another learning space. The carriage will help the school to teach STEM subjects (science technology, engineering and math). Students describe it as “magical”. |
| Celebrating the Daily Mile On 28 April, the Daily Mile had its 10th birthday. It’s an international movement designed to get children exercising every day. To mark the event, more than 320,000 students from 1,340 schools around the world completed a mile. One kid said, “Running a mile every day with my friends builds up my fitness.” |
1. We can probably read the information above in the “HI! KIDS!” section (版) in a newspaper.
2. We can infer (推断) that students can buy a copy of Big Issue every month.
3. The heading for the second piece of news could be “Magical STEM Subjects”.
4. To celebrate the 10th Daily Mile, kids ran a mile that day.
5. The activities in the news above were organized to call on more people for charities.
2 . Do you know that you are not outgoing enough? Do you want to make friends, but are you too shy? Read the following rules. They will help you.
★Feel comfortable.
Always be clean, shower, brush your teeth, and try to look nice. Dress in clean clothes. They must make you feel good and comfortable. Those make you feel more confident.
★Smile more often.
Try to smile more often at people. It will get them to think that you are friendly. Then they'll talk to you more even if they don't know you.
★Just talk.
Some people worry about talking because they think, "what am I going to talk about with that person?" Outgoing people don't even think about it. They just up to people and say what they think.
★Listen to people.
You can't just talk. People will think that you're self-centered (以自我为中心的). You have to listen to others and give your opinions. Let them know your care.
★Read the news.
Don't just stay at home and do nothing. Surf the net for news and information, and talk about them when you're with friends.
1. The above rules will help you ________.| A．study better | B．make more friends |
| C．stay healthier | D．change yourself |
| A．沮丧的 | B．压抑的 | C．自信的 | D．害羞的 |
| A．it's easier to meet them | B．they'll think you're friendly |
| C．it shows that you are too shy | D．they'll think you're crazy |
| A．you should be friendly | B．you should say what you are thinking |
| C．you should talk much and never think | D．you should think more |
| A．Learn to Listen to People | B．How to Cook Nice |
| C．How to Be Outgoing | D．How to Make More Friends |
Passage A Yuan Longping was born in Beijing in 1930. He developed a new kind of rice in 1974, which helped many countries grow more rice than ever before. So he is called “the Father of Rice”. | Passage B Dear Diana, Last week, we had a history exam but I didn't study for it. I was really worried. In the exam, Tom sat next to me and I copied his answers. Will the teacher give me a poor mark if I tell her the truth? Should I tell her? Yours, Maria |
Passage C An Italian marathon runner, Dorando Pietri, entered the stadium and took a wrong turn during the race. He fell down. He was treated by a doctor and he was helped to cross the finishing line. | Passage D Sometimes a birthday party can be a surprise party. It is planned by friends but it is a secret. One friend of the birthday boy/girl invites him/her to do something at their house. All their friends arrive early and hide until he/she arrives, and then jump out and shout “Surprise!” |
| Passage E | Ways of traveling | Cost | Time |
| New York—Los Angeles | coach | $20 | 10 hours |
| plane | $80 | 2 hours | |
| train | $60 | 3 hours | |
| car | $230 | 8 hours |
1. According to Passage A, which sentence is right?
| A．Yuan Longping is “the Grandfather of Rice”. |
| B．Yuan Longping was born in 1932. |
| C．Yuan Longping helped only one country grow more rice. |
| D．A new kind of rice was developed by Yuan Longping. |
| A．Passage A | B．Passage B | C．Passage C | D．Passage D |
| A．A Birthday Boy/Girl | B．A Birthday Party | C．A Secret | D．An Invitation |
| A．By coach. | B．By plane. | C．By train. | D．By car. |
| A．Maria is good at history. | B．Diana is Maria’s friend. |
| C．Maria is worried about her exam. | D．In the exam, Maria copied Tom’s answers. |
4 . It was wonderful to travel around Taiwan. First, I visited the National Palace Museum in Taiwan. This museum holds and takes care of one of the biggest collections of Chinese artworks in the whole world. It keeps around 300,000 artworks. Yinke was the second place I visited. The town is like 19 century European houses and has a lot of small streets as in old England.
It was a great adventure to visit Keelung.The Keelung coasts are very famous because of their wonderful scenes. There is also a seafood market. You can buy fresh product there. Then I arrived at Danshui. The most interesting place of Danshui is the Lovers Bridge. The bridge links one side of the river with the other side and is about 40 meters long.
However, only one person can cross it at a time.
I like Taiwan and I want to visit Taiwan again if I have time.
1. How many places did the author visit in Taiwan?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．lots of small streets | B．beautiful scenes |
| C．19 century European houses | D．a seafood market |
| A．At Yinke. | B．At Danshui. | C．At National Palace Museum. | D．At Keelung. |
| A．Taiwan and Keelung | B．Lovers Bridge |
| C．A Visit to Yinke | D．Traveling in Taiwan |
| A．The most interesting place of Danshui is the Lovers Bridge. |
| B．The bridge links one side of the river with the other side. |
| C．It is about 40 meters wide. |
| D．Only one person can cross it at a time. |
5 . Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences. He always told me, “You should have goals like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountainclimbing that we both enjoyed, we couldn't have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy. I really got a lot from mountain climbing. It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience(耐力)．
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds' singing, but as time passed, I got a pain in both of my legs. I wanted to quit climbing. In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me，“You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can't see it before you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like in life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But later after that, I got new hope and confidence. I found myself standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal(水晶)．
1. The passage tells us that mountainclimbing was ________ for father and son.| A．hard | B．enjoyable | C．painful | D．comfortable |
| A．carry on | B．put off | C．give up | D．pick up |
| A．You will get all you need at the top of the mountain. |
| B．The sky is always as clear as crystal. |
| C．You can find life is full of nice things. |
| D．Never give up halfway. |
| A．the writer was successful in his life |
| B．the writer didn't reach the top of the mountain |
| C．though the writer was young, he could understand his father |
| D．the writer used to stop halfway when he climbed the mountain |
| A．Reaching the Top of the Mountain | B．Enjoy the Beautiful Views |
| C．Conversations Between Father and Son | D．Father and I |
6 . Wu Minxia is a great girl in Chinese diving(跳水). She is from Shanghai and she is thirty-two years old now. She likes dancing and diving very much. Her home is near the gym(体育馆). So her father asks her to dive. She does very well in diving.
Wu Minxia has very short hair, so she looks like(看起来像) a boy. Her mother has short hair, too. But her mother wants her to have long hair.
Now her family has a new house in Shanghai and she has new room herself(她自己). But she seldom(很少) lives in it because she is too busy.
1. Wu Minxia is ________.| A．a teacher | B．a worker | C．a player |
| A．Beijing | B．Shanghai | C．the house |
| A．play with her | B．live with her | C．have long hair |
| A．Because she doesn’t like it. | B．Because she is very busy. | C．Because she likes dancing. |
| A．Wu Minxia | B．Wu Minxia’s family | C．Wu Minxia’s hair |
7 . Once there was the boy. He was addicted to sweet. He always asked his father for sweets.
The boy’s father thought hard about how to stop the child from asking for so many sweets. A great man lived nearby. The boy’s father decided to take the boy to him. He might be able to make the child give up sweets.
So they went to the great man. The father asked the great man to help him. But the great man liked sweets himself. He told the father to bring his son back after a month.
During the month, the great man tried to give up eating sweets. At last he did it. When the boy and his father returned after a month, the great man had a talk with the boy. From then on, the boy did not ask for sweets anymore.
The boy’s father felt surprised, “Why didn’t you ask my son to give up sweets when we came to you a month ago?” The man answered, “How could I ask a boy to give up sweets when I loved sweets myself? In the last month, I gave up eating sweets.”
A person’s example is always stronger than words. We should not ask others to do what we can’t do ourselves.
1. What does the underline phrase “be addicted to” mean? It means_______.| A．need something | B．like something very much | C．don’t mind something |
| A．The man lived close to his house. |
| B．The man liked sweets. |
| C．The man might give him some help. |
| A．Why the great man liked sweets. |
| B．Why the great man didn’t stop the boy from eating sweets a month ago. |
| C．Why the great man met him again. |
| A．The great man learnt something from the boy and stopped eating sweets. |
| B．The great man gave up eating sweets in a month. |
| C．The boy failed to stop eating sweets at last. |
| A．Examples Speak Louder Than Words |
| B．A Good Way to Give Up Eating Sweets |
| C．Giving Up Sweets is not Difficult |
8 . Robert was a boy of eight years old. One day, when he was doing cleaning at home, he thought he should move the box out of the house. The box was very heavy. And it was much bigger than he. He tried, but he could not move it. After resting for a short time, the boy started once more, but failed again. He couldn’t even move it a bit. He felt very tired and hopeless.
Just then, his father came home from work and saw his son work hard. He didn’t help Robert. But he asked. “Dear son, have you done your best? And are you doing everything you can?”
“▲”the boy cried.
“ No, you’re not.” his father said quietly. “You did not ask me to help you. Asking for help is not bad. Sometimes, even the strongest of us needs help. It is important to know when to ask for help and understand why you need it. Never be afraid to ask others for help when you’re in trouble.”
Robert nodded(点头)with a big smile.
1. What did the boy want to move?_____| A．A stone. | B．A box. | C．A wood. |
| A．heavy | B．tall | C．low |
| A．He thought he could ask for help. | B．He felt very tired and hopeless. | C．He became very proud of himself. |
| A．I hardly did! | B．Yes,I am! | C．Of course I can! |
| A．How to move a heavy thing away. | B．Robert’s hard work. | C．Learn to ask for help when needed. |
9 . Parents always want the best for their kids. But everyone has their own way of parenting(养育). Here are some popular parenting styles. Which one do you like best?
Tiger parents（虎爸虎妈） 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（海豚式父母） They just want their kids to be happy and healthy. They make sure their kids get enough sleep and exercise. |
Helicopter parents（直升机式父母） They worry too much about their children and "fly" over them like helicopters. Many people think these parents should give their children more freedom(自由). | Lawnmower parents（割草机式父母） Like a lawnmower that cuts grass, they get rid of(去除) all difficulties for their children. Their kids never learn to work out problems on their own. |
| A．good | B．kind | C．strict | D．right |
| A．best grades | B．little sleep | C．enough love | D．enough exercise |
| A．get less freedom | B．face more difficulties |
| C．worry about your parents | D．"fly" over your parents like helicopters |
| A．cut grass before their kids |
| B．get rid of all difficulties for their kids |
| C．make sure their kids are happy and healthy |
| D．ask their kids to work out problems on their own |
| A．Kids and parents | B．How parents get on with kids |
| C．Everyone has their own parents | D．Different ways of parenting |
| Margaret Thatcher Thatcher had a big influence on the man's world-politics (政治). She was Britain's first leading lady and served as the UK's prime minister from 1979 to 1990-the first prime minister to do so in over 160 years. Thatcher managed to make her country stronger. She took a tough (强硬的) position against the Soviet Union (苏联) and led a war against Argentina. Although many people disliked her, she stuck to her rules and was successful in the end. Her toughness won her a name "The Iron Lady". | |
| Lived: 1925-2013 Country: UK Known as: Britain's first female prime minister "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman." |  |
| Billie Holiday Holiday is often described as a talent. Her voice not only moved listeners, but also shook American society. During her time, American society was still segregated (种族隔离的). As an African-American, Holiday lived a difficult life. But this also brought inspiration to her singing. Holiday worked with white bands in the 1930s, which was ground-breaking (开拓性的) at that time. She recorded a song calledStrange Fruitthat was about the great pain of African-Americans. Holiday taught Americans to question their segregated society. | |
 | Lived: 1915-1959 Country: US Known as: world-famous jazz singer "If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all." |
| Tu Youyou Tu is a chemist who studies traditional Chinese medicine. She started to look for something that can treat malaria (疟疾) in the 1960s. At that time, almost half of the world's population was at risk of having the illness. Getting inspiration from traditional Chinese medicine, Tu found artemisinin (青蒿素) in a plant in197l that could treat malaria. In 2015, Tu received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She is the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize. | |
| Lived: 1930-present Country: China Known as: Nobel Prize-winning chemist "Every scientist dreams of doing something that can help the world." |
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1. For the three women, what is in common?
| A．They all got their fame in the twentieth century. |
| B．They all have a great influence in their own fields. |
| C．They all tried their best to show women could do better than men. |
| A．She ruled her country cruelly. |
| B．She believed that action speaks louder than words. |
| C．At the age of 66, she was still the UK's prime minister. |
| A．showed she was different from white people |
| B．taught Americans to ask their society for help |
| C．described how hard African-Americans lived at that time |
| A．it took her 44 years to find artemisinin |
| B．she won a Nobel Prize as soon as she found artemisinin |
| C．traditional Chinese medicine played a great role in finding artemisinin |
| A．Women who make a difference |
| B．Women who won some great prizes |
| C．Women who are world-wide popular |
