1 . Everyone needs help sometimes. People depend on one another. That's why communities have special people ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs it.
For example, what would we do without a community fire station？ If a home catches on fire,as the Jackson place did last week, it might be burned down and people get hurt…or worse. We're so lucky to have firemen to come to save people and put out the fire, safely. If the fire station hadn't come so fast, the Jacksons might have lost everything.
And what about our local police who protect our families, our homes and valuable things?The police have helped so many families this past year, especially saving people and pets and protecting our houses and other things after the heavy rains.
Think about all the other service workers we have in this community, We have people who collect waste and rubbish and keep our community sanitary, We have road workers who put up and repair traffic signs and fix holes in the streets to protect not just us, but our cars! And where would this community be without the teachers in our school and the doctors, and nurses in our community hospitals?
Think again about what we eat every day; think again about what we wear every day. We cannot produce them, but we use them all the time. We get a lot from all these tireless workers who keep our community running. We need these people in the community. We depend on each other. Let's support each other and help each other. Only in this way can we make our community a better place.
1. What happened to the Jacksons last week？| A．Their pets were lost. | B．Their car was badly burnt. |
| C．Their house caught on fire. | D．Their valuable things were stolen. |
| A．Firemen | B．Doctors | C．Road workers | D．Local police |
| A．Clean | B．Safe | C．Quiet | D．Busy |
| A．Did the writer make us laugh? |
| B．Did the writer want us to do something？ |
| C．Did the writer tell us about how to become a teacher? |
| D．Did the writer teach us what to do when a fire breaks out? |
| A．Policemen Save People's Lives | B．People Depend on Each Other. |
| C．Service Workers Do Important Jobs | D．Workers Keep Community Running |
2 . "Are you listening, Simon?" Simon's teacher asked. It was a pretty usual question.
Simon shook his head, smiling. He hardly listened or tried hard in class. Talking was so much fun. He wanted to be heard rather than listen.
"Listen, and you'll learn something." Mrs. Jacobs tried every day, but Simon never paid attention.
That evening, his throat really hurt. The next morning, when he opened his mouth to say "Good morning", nothing came out but a croak.
Simon's mother looked at him. "Honey, you've lost your voice."
"Can I stay home?" He tried to ask, but words didn't come out. Instead, his mother checked him for a fever and decided it was good for him to go to school, even if he couldn't talk.
When he got to school, Mrs. Jacobs said "Hello" to him, and he just nodded. When his friends asked him what TV shows he watched last night, he just shrugged. By the time the bell rang for class, almost everyone was looking at him as if he'd grown a third eye.
Penny raised her hand. "Mrs. Jacobs, why isn't Simon talking?"
"He never stops talking." Richard said worriedly.
Everyone started talking at once. They were excited, worried, and surprised.
Simon sat in class bored. He watched them talk to each other as if the teacher wasn't there, but he couldn't even do that. In math class he could hold up fingers if the answer was less than 10, but that wasn't fun. He decided to try to pay attention.
He could do his homework that night. It gave him TV and game time with his work all done.
The next day, even though his voice was coming back, he stayed quiet again. The third day, he could talk fine, but he listened and raised his hand to speak.
What a difference that one day made!
| Word Bank throat 喉咙 croak 低哑声 shrug 耸肩 |
| A．To talk. | B．To listen. | C．To sit up. | D．To stay awake. |
| A．He got a cough. | B．He was late for school. |
| C．He lost his voice. | D．He lost interests in school. |
| A．Because he grew a third eye. | B．Because Mrs. Jacobs praised him. |
| C．Because he talked with nobody. | D．Because Mrs. Jacobs nodded to him. |
| A．Because he already got his voice back. |
| B．Because he paid much attention in class. |
| C．Because he was given easier homework. |
| D．Because he learnt to use fingers in class. |
| A．Are you talking? | B．Are you listening? |
| C．Is your voice OK? | D．Is your school fun? |
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 |
4 . When learning English, reading can help you a lot. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also learn how to use them. When you read, you can find a good example for your writing.
Good reading tips:
Try to read at the right level. Read something that you can more or less understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.
Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. But you don’t have to write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read, and mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.
Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep doing that. For example, you could read for fifteen minutes before you go to bed, or in the morning or at lunchtime.
Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like. Because you are going to spend time and money to read it, choose an interesting one. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers for teenagers in China. You can always find something interesting in them.
1. How many reading tips does the writer give us?| A．Six. | B．Three. | C．Five. | D．Four. |
| A．When you read, you can only learn some new words. |
| B．It is interesting for you to stop every three words to use a dictionary. |
| C．Reading a lot can help you write better. |
| D．Try to read something that you can’t understand to make your English better. |
| A．write them down at once | B．guess the meaning at first |
| C．give up reading | D．copy them in a notebook |
| A．Reading is Very Helpful | B．When and Where to Read |
| C．What to Choose to Read | D．How to Make Reading Better |
5 . It was last January, when I’d just finished a charity(慈善) and was on the train back home, that I put down my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had helped.
When I got off the train, I felt amazingly good. The next day, I wrote more thank-yous and the same feeling of happiness hit me again. I suddenly had the idea: Why not keep on doing this for every day of the year?
To keep on task, I decided to pick out a different theme for each month. January was charity.
February would be neighbors, I decided. And I thought of a number of names right away: the owner of our local bookstore, who let me and my little son in before the store opened and offered to play his favorite songs; our babysitter, who dropped off a bag of old board games for our kids to play; …
While writing the notes, I realized how often I had spent my time on the phone moving from app to app, appreciating(欣赏) other people’s lives. Writing thank-you notes allowed me the time to do something different, paying more attention to my own life.
In the following months, I wrote to my friends, doctors, teachers and parenting role models. In July, my “food” month, I wrote to Julie, who used to cook at my favorite restaurant. It went like this:
Dear Julie,I’ve been finding myself missing you lately. Thank you for hosting and cooking beautiful and thoughtful food. Jake and I will never forget when you sent out biscuits shaped into the number VI for our sixth anniversary (周年纪念日）. We talk about it every year.
Thank you. We miss you.
Love,
Gina
I was happy to receive a note back from her. Julie replied, “I don’t think I’ve ever received such a touching letter before. I’m going through a hard time right now, and this helps.”
On December 31, I wrote my last card — to Jake, my husband, and our two kids. And I took a picture of us, so I could remember the feeling welling up inside me. Gratitude.
1. The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 means ________.| A．writing thank-you notes | B．putting the phone away |
| C．taking the train back home | D．raising money for charity |
| A．Shy and surprised. | B．Pleased and relaxed. |
| C．Nervous and excited. | D．Moved and encouraged. |
| A．photos | B．family | C．holidays | D．community |
| A．Many thanks from her neighbors. | B．More time to appreciate her own life. |
| C．More help from people around her. | D．Happy moments to be with her friends. |
| A．My Thank You Year | B．An Amazing Trip |
| C．Happiness inside Us | D．Important People in Our Life |
6 . My name is Jenny. George is one of my good friends. One day, we went on a trip to Washington by train. An old man sat next to us. One hour later, the old man went to the washing room. A young man came over and sat down. George looked at him and said, “Sir, you must be wrong. This is not your seat.” But the young man said nothing. Some minutes later, the old man came back and said, “Sir, this is my seat, not yours.” “No, it’s my seat, not yours.” The young man answered.
At that time George had a good idea. He stood up and said to the old man, “Please take my seat. The train is arriving at New York. I will get off the train soon.” The young man looked surprised. “What? The train is to New York? I think I take the wrong train.” Then he stood up and ran away at once. George smiled at the old man and said, “Please sit down, Sir. He will be back soon. He is on the right train, but just on the wrong seat.”
1. The train was to________according to the passage.| A．New York | B．Washington | C．Moscow | D．London |
| A．Some minutes later. | B．An hour later. |
| C．Before getting on the train. | D．After getting off the train. |
| A．Jenny. | B．George. | C．The old man. | D．The young man. |
| A．George was the son of the old man. |
| B．George would get off in New York. |
| C．Jenny went to Washington for a meeting. |
| D．The young man didn’t take the wrong train. |
| A．A Fantastic Trip | B．Traveling by Train |
| C．A Clever Boy | D．A Good Way to Travel |
7 . After Christmas, it is one of the biggest holidays in the western world. Easter, which fell on April 21 this year, is celebrated in many countries.
Easter is a religious (宗教的) holidays. Most adults celebrate it by going to church. But for children, it's way more fun.
Candy is a big part of Easter. Children receive big pieces of chocolate that are shaped like rabbits during the holiday. The Easter bunny is a symbol of the holiday.
Jelly beans are another common Easter candy. They come in all kinds of different colors and flavors, such as strawberry or cinnamon (肉桂). There's even a black jelly bean that tastes like licorice (甘草) -most kids don't like these because of their strong flavor, but some kids love them. The jelly beans, along with the chocolate Easter bunnies, are usually placed in a basket and given to kids on Easter morning.
Another fun Easter tradition is hunting for eggs. The night before Easter, parents and their children get together and decorate eggs with colorful paint and stickers. The next morning, parents will hide these eggs all over the house. Kids can't get their Easter baskets until they find all of the eggs. It's a fun tradition for children and parents to celebrate together.
1. The best title to describe the main idea of the text is "________".| A．Christmas Day is a big holiday | B．Kids on Easter morning |
| C．A fun tradition for children | D．Easter brings candy and egg hunts |
| A．kids | B．rabbits | C．eggs | D．baskets |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．the night before Easter | B．the next evening |
| C．on Easter morning | D．the morning before Easter |
8 . Do you have good friends? Do you sometimes feel so close to them that they are like family to you?
It turns out that this isn’t just an expression. A study by Yale University has found that you and your friends have more genes(基因) in common than strangers do. Researchers looked at the genes of 1, 932 people and compared them in pairs of unrelated friends and strangers. They found that friends have 1% of genes that match.
“1% of genes may not sound like much to the layperson(外行), but to geneticists(遗传学家) it is a larger number,” Professor Nicholas Christakis of Yale University told Discovery News. In fact, this is the same amount of genes you share with your fourth cousins, those who have the same great-great-great grandparents as you.
So do you happen to become friends with people who share your genes? Not at all. In fact, it is evolution(进化) that brings you together.
People who share certain genes also share skills and have similar likes and dislikes, researchers said. In ancient times, it was important that people who were alike stayed together. For example, people who had a similar susceptibility(易感性) to the cold were more likely to help each other build a fire, giving them a better chance to stay alive.
Researchers also found that among all the genes studied, those producing a change in sense of smell were the most similar in friends. This is probably because people who smell things in the same way are more easily drawn to similar environments. For example, people who like the smell of coffee may hang out at cafes(咖啡馆) more often and as a result are more likely to meet and become friends with each other.
With their findings, the team has developed an interesting test called the “friendship score”. It can help tell how big the chances are that two people will be friends by studying their genes.
So, here is a question for you: would you like to take this test and know in advance(提前) who your friends are going to be, or would you still prefer to learn about it by yourself and let time be the judge?
1. From the passage, we know that friends ________.| A．look like our cousin | B．share 1% of genes with us | C．feel close to our family | D．can help us when we feel cold |
| A．we develop our friendship by chance | B．our genes decide who we can make friends with |
| C．everyone should take the test called “friendship score” | D．people sharing certain genes have skills and interests in common |
| A．study how ancient people dealt with the cold | B．predict that similar environments lead to friendship |
| C．prove that it is evolution that brings friends together | D．explain why ancient people gave each other chance to keep alive |
| A．Friendship: Its Influence on People and Behavior | B．Friendship: Its Benefits to Teens and Decision Making |
| C．Friendship: Is It Necessary to Be Judged by Time? | D．Friendship: Is It Possible to Be Influenced by Genes? |
9 . You probably see a lot of things made of plastic, like bottles and bags, every day. What happens when that plastic gets thrown away? Scientists say much of it ends up in oceans and causes problems for creatures（生物）like fish and birds.
“Plastic puts ocean creatures in danger," says Allison Schutes of the Ocean Conservancy. That's a group that works to protect the world's oceans.
A recent study shows that each minute, enough plastic reaches the ocean to fill up one garbage truck! That same study predicts that by the year 2050, our oceans will have more plastic than fish.
All that plastic is bad news for ocean life. Some ocean creatures die when they get tangled（使缠结）in pieces of plastic. Others accidentally eat it and die, too.
Most scientists say taking out all the plastic that's already in the ocean would be impossible. Instead, they say the best way is to prevent more plastic from getting there.
Many groups are already taking action. They organize cleanups on beaches to pick up litter before it reaches the ocean. ▲ , volunteers from the Ocean Conservancy collected more than 16 million pounds of it last year!
Experts also encourage people to use less plastic. Many cities and towns in America have banned plastic shopping bags. Experts also suggest that people drink out of reusable bottles and try reusable shopping bags.
“These seem like small things," says Schutes, "but they can help make a big difference.”
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1. It is predicted that in about 35 years, there will be_____________.
| A．no fish in the oceans | B．no plastic on the beaches |
| C．more plastic than fish in the oceans | D．more reusable shopping bags than plastic ones |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．At first. | B．All in all. |
| C．To be honest. | D．For example. |
| A．生产 | B．发明 | C．销售 | D．禁止 |
| A．A sea of plastic | B．Litter in towns and cities |
| C．Ocean creatures in danger | D．A group that protects oceans |
10 . Drones （无人机） can do a lot of things for us, taking photos, delivering things from packages to pizzas to beer and following wild animals. But they have other uses now.
Can you believe it? Drones can serve people coffee. US company IBM has made this kind of drone. It can deliver coffee to sleepy people. The drone can know when to bring a cup of coffee by studying a person's data. Then, the drone will fly to the person. There is a special device （设备） under the drone. It helps the drone to give people coffee. The drone can also learn about someone's coffee—drinking habits and predict when someone needs their next cup of coffee.
Drones can also save lives. One company in Africa use drones to deliver medicine and blood fast and save many people's lives. The drones are able to fly at speeds of up to 60 mph and when they are within a minute of the destination（目的地）,the doctors receive a text and wait nearby. The drones drops off the package and then returns to its home.
A 92—year—old hunter in Virginia was lost and had to spend a night in the woods .The police searched for him all night but failed to find him. Luckily, the drone tracked him down in 20 minutes .Also,drones helped the firefighters know about the fire in the wildfire fight.
1. The underlined word "predict" in the passage may mean_______.| A．计算 | B．预测 | C．感应 | D．测量 |
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
| A．doctors use drones to save animals' lives in Africa | B．drones can only deliver packages in the wild |
| C．the drone helped to find the lost 92—year—old man | D．the drones can help make coffee at home |
| A．travel guide | B．story book | C．science book | D．cooking book |
| A．drones have many uses | B．drones can save lives |
| C．drones can find the lost | D．drones can give people coffee |
