1 . I have returned to my hometown of Wilson Creek after an absence of 10 years. So many things have changed around here. When I left Wilson Creek, there was a small lake in the south-east of the town. They have filled in the lake and built a large shopping mall and a swimming pool there. They have also built a new post office just across from my old school.

The baseball stadium (体育场) in the north-east of Wilson Creek has also changed completely. They have now added a new stand (看台) where probably a few thousand people could sit. It looks really great.

The biggest changes have taken place in the town center. It has become a pedestrianised area (步行区) and you can't drive there anymore. They have built a large square and a cinema. There is also a new street café and a grassy area.

My street looks just the same as it always has been, but a public library has appeared on the next street. There used to be a park there but they have cut down all the trees, which is a pity. The library now has a large green area in front of it but it's not the same as when the park was there.

Another change is the new restaurants that have opened in Wilson Creek. A Chinese restaurant and an Italian restaurant have opened in the town center, and a Mexican restaurant has opened near my home, which is where I am going tonight!

1. The shopping mall is where a _______ used to be.

A．lake

B．school

C．post office

D．swimming pool

2. Where is the baseball stadium in Wilson Creek?

A．In the south-east.	B．In the north-east.
C．In the town center.	D．Near the writer's home.

3. The writer thinks it is a pity that _______.

A．his street hasn't changed	B．the park isn't there anymore
C．his street doesn't have a library	D．the library doesn't have a green area

4. What will the writer do tonight?

A．Watch a movie in the town center cinema.	B．Watch a baseball match at the stadium.
C．Go shopping in the shopping mall.	D．Go to a Mexican restaurant.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Great changes in my hometown	B．Great buildings in my hometown
C．My favorite restaurants in town	D．My favorite things to do in town

2 . Peggy was a good girl, but she didn't like talking to others. It changed when she and her family moved to a new place.

At the new place, Peggy found an old house near theirs. There were many old things in it. She found an old book. It could shine. Then Peggy took the book to her room. That night, she sat with her dog and started reading it. It was a storybook.

Then her dog suddenly started speaking to her, "What an interesting book!"

Peggy couldn't believe it, but the dog continued. It told her many things and asked her questions. Peggy was surprised and asked, "How can you speak?"

"I don't know," answered the dog. "Maybe it was the book that did it. "

Peggy showed the book to some other animals. They all started talking, too. Soon Peggy talked with a dog, three cats, two doves(鸽子）,a parrot and five lizards(蛛蜴). She found it was fun to talk to others. Then she began to talk with other children, trying to know more about their lives. Finally she had more friends and became happier.

1. What kind of girl was Peggy before?

A．Lively.

B．Bad.

C．Quiet.

D．Deaf.

2. The underlined word "believe" means "         " in Chinese.

A．相信

B．描述

C．找到

D．阅读

3. How many kinds of animals did Peggy talk with?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Seven.

D．Twelve.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Peggy found the old book at school.

B．The dog knew why it could talk.

C．At last Peggy still wouldn't like to talk with others.

D．Peggy started reading the book with her dog that night.

5. Which is the best title(标题) for this passage?

A．The Importance of Reading	B．The Way to Talk to Animals
C．Peggy's Talking Pets	D．How to Communicate with Your Friends

3 . The weekend is here! You can sleep longer(更长) and get up later(更晚) than usual(比平时). But is it a good idea to sleep longer during weekends?
Scientists(科学家) from the United States said this habit(习惯) is bad for your health and can make you gain weight(增加体重).
According to sleep expert(专家) Vsevolod Polotsky, sleeping longer during weekends isn’t good for you. You might feel like you’re catching up on sleep. But if you still sleep poorly during weekdays, you will feel hungry more(更加;更多) often. You might eat more and gain some weight.
Also, sleeping more during weekends can change your biological clock(生物钟). If you get up late on the weekend, you might eat breakfast, lunch and dinner later than usual. Eating later in the day can also cause you to gain weight.
1. The article tells us that it _______ sleep longer and get up later than usual at the weekend.

A．is a good idea to	B．is a bad idea to
C．doesn’t matter(无所谓) if	D．is a good way to be healthy to

2. Polotsky ________ .

A．is a sleep expert	B．likes sleeping
C．sleeps when he works	D．doesn’t like sleeping

3. ________ can change your biological clock.

A．Sleeping during weekends	B．Sleeping during weekdays
C．Sleeping more during weekends	D．Sleeping the same during weekends

4. This passage gives us _______ reasons why we might gain some weight when we sleep more during the weekends..

A．One

B．two

C．three

D．four

5. The best title of the article is _______.

A．Sleep at the weekends is bad.	B．What is the right time to sleep?
C．Sleep at the weekend is good.	D．Too much sleep at the weekends is bad.

4 . We know health is important in everyone's life.Here are some ways to make them easy to get.
★Eat a balanced diet．Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables，some grains(谷物) and a little meat.
★Exercise twice or three times a week.
★Get enough sleep.It is best to get eight hours' sleep a day.
★Keep yourself busy.This is good because it stops you from having bad habits.To keep yourself busy，you can walk around the house，spend time with your pet，do sports，or have a hobby.
★Go out and make friends.Spend time and have fun with them.Talk with them，but try not to talk about anything bad.You should stay with the people who are healthy.
1. How often should you exercise if you want to get health?

A．Every day.	B．Twice a day.
C．Three times a month.	D．Twice or three times a week.

2. How many hours do you need to sleep every day?

A．Seven.

B．Eight.

C．Nine.

D．Ten.

3. The underlined word “it” refers to(指的是) ________.

A．eating a balanced diet	B．exercising more
C．keeping yourself busy	D．making friends

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．We can eat a lot of meat to keep healthy.	B．We need to exercise.
C．It's good to make some friends.	D．We can spend our free time doing sports.

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A．Eating habit

B．Playing sports

C．Making friends

D．How to get health

5 .        Last year, Bob visited Vancouver, Canada alone. He went there to give a talk on the environment. When it was over, he traveled to the Rocky Mountains and stayed in the Maple Leaf Hotel. He then took a short walk to look at the local (当地的) plants in the forest. After a few hours, he knew he took the wrong way, but was sure he could get back to the hotel.
       However, after walking for several hours the next day, Bob knew he was in trouble. “I had my mobile phone, but the battery (电池) was almost dead. I could probably make just one call. But I didn’t know the number of my hotel and I didn’t want to worry my family unless I really had to,” said Bob. He went on walking for three more days. He knew which plants he could eat and he had little trouble finding them.
       On the fourth day, he knew it was hopeless and decided to call his family. “He was quite calm when he spoke to me on the phone,” said Shirley, Bob’s wife (妻子). “He seemed to be in control of the situation.” Shirley called the Maple Leaf Hotel at once. “That week lots of visitors went to the city to watch basketball games, and we thought Mr. Rigsby went there too,” said the hotel owner. As soon as Shirley phoned, the hotel sent out some people to look for Bob. They found him about one hour later, and luckily he was quite unhurt.
“I will never go to the forest without a guide. I never want an experience like that again,” said Bob.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Bob went to Vancouver to _______.

A．watch football games

B．give a talk on traveling

C．watch basketball games

D．give a talk on the environment

2. What does the underlined word “calm” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?

A．兴奋的

B．惭愧的

C．镇静的

D．痛苦的

3. Who did Bob call in the end?

A．His mother.

B．His wife.

C．His sister.

D．His daughter.

4. What can we learn about Bob from the passage?

A．He knew what he could eat in the forest.

B．He stayed in the forest for seven days.

C．He didn’t like traveling with others.

D．He was seriously hurt in the forest.

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Traveling in the mountains

B．An early call

C．An enjoyable experience

D．Lost in the forest

6 . There was a farm, where lived Farmer John with his wife Molly. They raised a pig, a cow and many other animals on their farm. Also there lived a little mouse.

One day John came back with a bag. From the bag, John took out a mousetrap and set it. When the mouse saw this, it ran away in fear and decided to run around the farmyard to warn all its animal friends.

First it met the chicken. "There is a mousetrap on the farm!" The mouse said in fear. But the chicken answered peacefully, "There is nothing to do with me. This is a danger for you, not for me." Then the mouse rushed to the pig and the cow to tell them about mousetrap. But they showed no worry about it, either. Sad and depressed, the little mouse returned to the house.

On that night, Molly heard a sound of the mousetrap. She hurried to see what was in it, but because of the darkness, she did not see that it was a poisonous snake, caught in the trap by the tail. Unluckily the snake bit Molly. John drove her to the hospital at once. Later, when they returned home, Molly still had a fever. John remembered that chicken soup was good for a fever, so he went to his farmyard to bring the chicken. Molly's sickness continued and many friends came to visit her, the farmer killed the pig so he could treat all the visitors.

Unfortunately, Molly became weaker and weaker and one day she died. Many neighbors, relatives and friends arrived for the funeral . John had to kill the cow to treat all of them.

The mouse watched all that happened with great sadness.

1. How many kinds of animals are mentioned in this passage?

A．3

B．4

C．5

D．6

2. How did the mouse feel when he found the mousetrap?

A．Afraid

B．Excited

C．Sad

D．Peaceful.

3. In what order did the story happen?
a.The mouse went to warn his farm animal friends.
b.John made chicken soup for Molly.
c.Friends came to visit Molly.
d.Molly went to find out what was in the mousetrap.
e.The cow and pig showed no worry for the mousetrap.

A．a-d-e-b-c

B．a-e-d-b-c

C．c-b-d-e-a

D．c-a-b-d-e

4. What does the underlined word"funeral"(Paragragh 5)mean in Chinese?

A．聚会

B．田园

C．牛棚

D．葬礼

5. What can we learn from the story?

A．Don't tell anybody about your own trouble.

B．Sometimes helping others is helping yourself

C．When using a mousetrap, you must be careful.

D．It's better to leave your friends to their own trouble alone.

7 . The French have special meal etiquette(礼仪). If you plan to go on holiday in France, why not read the following tips? They can make you feel good when you visit a French restaurant or are invited to a French house.
Breakfast in France
French meals are quite similar to those in the rest of the western world. The breakfast is lighter than elsewhere. Milky coffee or hot chocolate are also classics. Contrarily (相反地) to what happens in British（英国的） families.
Lunch in France
Lunch was traditionally（传统地） the main meal of the day in France, this is why the French still usually take more than one hour to have lunch. In big cities, lunch looks more like those in the UK or in the USA, being a sandwich or fast-food meal.
Dinner in France
In France, the dinner has become the main meal of the day over the last couple of years, as the lunch is now often made of a simple sandwich or salad.
The French dinner is made up with the starter, main dish, cheese often with salad or fruit, dessert and coffee.
1. Breakfast is not very important in ____________.

A．France

B．the UK

C．the USA

2. Traditionally, __________ was the main meal of the day in France.

A．breakfast

B．lunch

C．dinner

3. Why has the dinner become the main meal of the day now?

A．Because the French want to have more food.

B．Because the French have enough time at noon.

C．Because the lunch is often simple.

4. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．French meals are similar to the rest of the western world.

B．Breakfast is more important in the UK than in France.

C．People eat fast-food meals in big cities in France.

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．How to make three meals

B．Three meals in France

C．Different kinds of food in France

8 . Tom lived in a town near New York. His father had a shop there and his mother was a doctor. He was seven ears old this year and began to go to school this September. It was a little far from their shop and his father drove a car to take him to school five days a week. So he was never lute for class and his teachers liked him very much.

It was Monday that day. Miss Green was teaching them to count from one to ten in the morning. Tom was studying hard. Soon he could count them. Green was happy and asked, “How many people are there in your family, Tom?”

Tom stood up and said, “Two, Miss.”

“Who are they?”

“My father and my mother.”

“Oh,”Miss Green was surprised. She then said,

“There' re three people in your family.”

“But now I'm not at home. I'm at school, you know!”

1. Where did Tom's father work?

A．In a factory.	B．In a school.
C．In a shop.	D．In a hospital.

2. Tom was now a student of _____.

A．Grade One	B．Grade Two
C．Grade Three	D．Grade Four

3. Tom was never late for school because _____.

A．all his teachers liked him

B．he went to school in a car

C．his house was next to the school

D．he just began to school a month ago

4. Miss Green taught her children to count from one to ten _____.

A．every day

B．one Monday morning

C．in Tom's house

D．five days a week

5. Which is the best title(题目) for this story?

A．Two or three?

B．From one to ten

C．Tom and his family

D．Miss Green and her students

9 . When the bell rings, every student takes out an IPad. The light from the screens makes their young faces pretty and lively.
That’s what happens every day at my school in the US. We use IPad in class.
I felt surprised and excited when I got an IPad the first day I arrived at the school. But it was not free. I paid about $99 to rent it for three years.
Every IPad at my school has a special learning system called Focus. Teachers put their teaching materials like textbooks and PPTs on it. When we have classes, we enter the system and download the materials with our IPads.
It makes the classes interesting and efficient. For example, several weeks ago, we learned about former South African president Nelson Mandela. Our teacher prepared a video in which Mandela made an encouraging speech. We could not only watch the video, but also check the transcript (文字稿）at the same time. Because of the video, I know more about the great man.
We also do our homework with IPads. If the homework is made up of multiple choices(选择题），we can know our grades right away after we submit(提交)our homework. If it’s articles, teachers grade them online, without needing to look through so many papers.
However, there are still some bad points about learning with IPads. Some of my classmates play games or log on social networking websites (社交网站）in class.
I believe the key to use Ipads well is to have good self-control (自制力), isn’t it?
1. The writer paid about _____ dollars to rent an Ipad every year.

A．99

B．612

C．33

2. How is an IPad used in class?

A．We enter the system－Focus and download the materials with it.

B．We only turn it on.

C．We record what the teacher said in class with it.

3. The underlined word “efficient” means “______ in Chinese.

A．有影响的

B．高效的

C．有活力的

4. We can’t ______ with IPads

A．do our homework

B．play games

C．grade our essays

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．How to use an IPad

B．Have classes with an IPad

C．How to have good self-control

10 . On June 30， 2009， a Yemenia airplane from Paris to Comoros， Africa， crashed into(坠入) the Indian Ocean. There were 153 people on the plane， including some French officials. Though people have been searching since the plane went down， the result looked unpleasant， for most of the passengers might be in bad luck. But a 13-year-old girl called Bahia Bakari was discovered in the water， where she had been staying afloat(漂浮的) by holding a piece of wreckage( 骸 残 ) from the plane tightly for over 13 hours. When they found her， the girl was too weak to catch the lifebuoy( 救生圈) thrown to her， instead， a Comoran police officer jumped into the water to pull the child onto the boat. Bahia Bakari was injured， especially her collarbone( 锁 骨 ).Her father was pleased to see his daughter although his wife had gone away in this tragedy. He said that his daughter could hardly swim. It was really a miracle for her to escape in this way. In her daddy’s warm arms， the girl could soon remember what she had experienced. “I was thrown out of the plane and then I saw the plane fall into the water. Next I found myself in the water. I couldn’t swim very well and I caught something but I didn’t know what is was，” said the girl. “She is really a lucky young girl，” said Alain Joyandet， France’s minister for International Cooperation.
1. The Yemenia airplane took off in ____________.

A．Africa	B．Paris
C．Comoros	D．the Indian Ocean

2. What does the underlined word “tragedy” mean in the passage?

A．援助

B．悲惨之事

C．营救

D．活动

3. Bahia Bakari had been staying in the water for more than _________.

A．a day	B．half a day
C．a week	D．half a week

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Bahia Bakari was saved by the lifebuoy

B．Bahia Bakari’s father saved his daughter

C．Bahia Bakari’s mother died in the accident

D．Bahia Bakari could swim well， so se escaped

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．A lucky girl	B．A sad family
C．A broken plane	D．A brave police officer