1 . How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.

About 5,500 years ago, the Egyptians invented the sun clock. This was a tall stone building. Its shadow (影子) showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday. The Egyptians made a sundial about 3,500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could measure the time for half a day. On cloudy days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial. Water clocks were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows from one container to another, When the water reaches a certain level, it moves a lever (控制杆) and this shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China. But they failed to make people know the exact time.

In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries, it was developed. For example, springs (发条) were added around 1,500. This enabled people to get the correct time and allowed clocks to be smaller. In 1936 the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build. It’s easy for ordinary people to own a clock, People began depending on then more and more to ran business, markets and so on. More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites send our mobile phones the time to the exact second.

There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change. Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not missing appointments.

1. Which of the following statement is true?

A．The Egyptians spent 100 years, more or less, inventing water clocks.

B．With a sun clock people were able to know midday and midnight clearly.

C．3500 years ago, people used water clocks instead of sundials on rainy days.

D．A sundial was not as big as a sun clock, but it could measure a longer time.

2. How many kinds of clocks are mentioned in the passage?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

3. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?(①=para 1 ②=para 2,....)

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The importance of time.

B．The history of digital clocks.

C．The inventions of clocks.

D．The development of timekeeping.

2 . We all want to live in good neighborhoods, but not everyone lives in a good neighborhood. How can you build a better community for yourself and your family? There are many things you can do.

Paint your intersection (十字路口). A street intersection is not something you think of as interesting. However, In Portland, people in some neighborhoods have made them really worth stopping for. Some paint, creative people and a bright design are all it takes to bring neighbors together and produce something the whole community can be proud of.

Make a poetry box. The idea is simple, really-create a box with a glass or clear plastic front. Put this box on a post. Write your own poem or print out your favorite classic and display it in the box for all your neighbors to see. You can also set up a drop box and encourage neighbors to write their own poems and drop them in the box. Display the poems from your neighbors as the poems come in.

Set up a tool library. How often do you need a leaf blower? Or a chain saw? And how often do you use that electric cake mixer? Too libraries have space where neighbors can drop their hardly used tools to share. Check with a local business, community center or church group about space that can house a tool library.

Turn your front yard into your backyard. How often do you meet your neighbors in your backyard? Probably never. Moving your typical (典型的) backyard activities to the front immediately makes you more visible (可见的). You can create front-yard gardens, build community benches and even just barbecue in your front yard. They are all great ways to connect with your community.

With effort, you’ll make your neighborhood a much better place.

1. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Writing poems is a good way to connect with your neighbours.

B．Each family may have hardly used tools for others to share.

C．In Portland, the intersections in some neighborhoods are very attractive.

D．Move your backyard activities to the front yard and you’ll have chances to meet your neighbors.

2. Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the whole passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

3 .

Look at the center circles(中心圆) of picture A and picture B. Which of the center circles looks larger? Take a first look and you probably think that the center circle in picture A is smaller than that in picture B. In fact, they are exactly the same size.

Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase? Or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.

“What's happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may ask yourself. Don't worry. Here is how it goes: When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret(解读) the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it visual illusion(视觉错误).

Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the things around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park(《侏罗纪公园》)and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids(《亲爱的，我把孩子变小了》) just make use of illusions.

1. The center circle in picture A looks smaller than that in picture B. That's because ________.

A．something is wrong with our eyes

B．the two circles are not the same size

C．the two pictures change quickly from one to the other

D．our brains interpret the information in a wrong way

2. What's the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes.          b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.        d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

A．adbc

B．cabd

C．bcad

D．cabd

3. In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?

A．Paragraph 1

B．Paragraph 2

C．Paragraph 3

D．Paragraph 4

4. Why does the writer mention Jurassic Park and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids?

A．Because he loves movies.

B．Because readers love movies.

C．Because he wants to make the text funny.

D．Because he wants to give readers some examples.

5. The text is probably taken from ________.

A．an ICT book	B．a science book
C．a movie magazine	D．a story book

4 . Imagine you are watching a movie you've been waiting months to see at a movie theater. All of a sudden, a man's cell phone rings. Not only does the man answer it, he keeps talking on the phone for a long time. Situations like this make many people need cell blocking equipment (屏蔽设备). While this is quite understandable, it's much fairer and safer to allow people to use their cell phones in movie theaters.

Using cell phones in movie theaters is a matter of culture. If you look around a theater, most people there are not using phones and are enjoying the film they paid to see. The few bad apples are those that are rude (粗鲁的) in almost all situations, and those who shout at waiters and cut in line. Putting in the blocking equipment would cause trouble for everyone, not just the impolite, but the polite people as well.

There are also some people who disagree to put in cell phone blocking equipment because of emergency situations (紧急情况). There are times when people might be getting a message that needs them to leave the theater. Some of these might be car accidents, births, deaths, or someone getting locked out etc. All of these are situations that would just need someone to leave the theater at once.

Putting in cell phone blocking equipment would be unfair to those who know how to use their phones politely. The answer to this problem is to make sure rules are followed, not to stop everyone in the theater from using their cell phones.

1. The man mentioned in Paragraph 1 can be described as ________.

A．shy

B．impolite

C．friendly

D．strict

2. According to the text, the bad apples ________.

A．are rude not just in movie theaters	B．show no interest in the movies at all
C．welcome the blocking equipment	D．like to spend money on the newest phone

3. How does the writer explain that cell blocking equipment is bad for emergency situations?

A．By giving examples.	B．By comparing two situations.
C．By giving advice.	D．By sharing a saying.

4. Which of the following shows the structure of the text? (P=Paragraph)

A．

B．

C．

D．

5 . Jose Condori is a Peruvian（秘鲁的）boy. When he was just seven years old, he started the Bartselana Student Bank. The bank is very special. It not only helps students save money, but also helps them save the earth.

He thought of the idea after seeing his classmates spend all their pocket money on toys. And they throw away many old toys every year. Condori thought this was a big waste. After talk with his teachers about it, he knew something could be done. So he started his bank.

Here is how the bank works: Students bring in plastic waste. They sold the waste to a recycling company. The company turns some of the waste into new products. Condori’s bank makes money from this process（过程）. The bank put part of the money into the students’ accounts（账户）. The students can take the money out when they reach their saving goal.

At first, the bank had only 20 members. Now, there are 2,000 members. That number is still rising. Condori is bringing his bank to more cities. He wants to help more people save money while saving the environment. Will you become a member of the bank when it comes to your city one day?

1. Why did Jose Condori want to start the bank?

A．Because he thought if was a waste to spend all pocket money on toys.

B．Because his teachers asked him to do.

C．Because the bank turned waste into new products.

D．Because he thought his bank could make money for him.

2. Which is the right order of how the bank makes money?
①There cycling company recycles the waste.     ②The bank gets money from their process.
③Students bring in plastic waste.     ④The waste is turned into new products.

A．③④②①

B．①③④②

C．③①④②

D．①④③②

3. Who can get the money the bank makes?

A．The recycling company.	B．The students.
C．Condori’s teachers.	D．The students’ parents.

4. What can we infer（推断）according to the passage?

A．The Bartselana Student Bank isn’t different from other bank.

B．Condori likes throwing away old toys.

C．The Bartselana Student Bank is becoming more and more popular.

D．Condori helps people save money to save the environment.

6 . Do you live in a city? You’ve probably noticed how noisy and crowded cities can be. What if you could live next to a calm lake or river? As it turns out, living near water, such as oceans, lakes, rivers or ponds, can help us feel both happier and healthier. Those who live less than a kilometer from the coast are around 22 percent less likely (可能的) to have mental problems than those who live 50 km or more away, according to a study by researchers from the University of Exeter. People who visit the coast at least twice a week tend to (趋向于) experience better physical and mental health as well.

So how does “blue space” make us feel better? For one thing,water makes us feel close to nature, which is good for our health. For another thing, aquatic (与水相关的) environments tend to have less pollution and more sunlight, both of which can lead to better mental and physical health. People who get more sun tend to be happier than those who do not.

There’s also the air above the sea. After spending time near the ocean, you might find that you feel more relaxed than usual. This is because sea air is charged (带电的) with negative ions (负离子). These ions balance our levels of serotonin (血清素), a body chemical that has an influence on our mood. With balanced serotonin levels, we feel more calm and relaxed, according to Daily Mail.

Finally, people who live near water tend to be more physically active, according to the Guardian. Water sports like swimming and rowing can help us stay in shape, which in turn keeps us healthy.

1. In Paragraph 1, the writer supports his idea by ________.

A．asking questions

B．comparing differences

C．offering opinions

D．showing research ways

2. The underlined words “blue space” refer to “ ________”.

A．beaches far from cities

B．aquatic environments

C．places near lakes or rivers

D．water pollution

3. According to the article, the levels of serotonin can be balanced by ________.

A．water sports

B．water itself

C．the air above the sea

D．sunlight

4. Which is the correct structure of the article?

A．	B．
C．	D．

5. In which part of a newspaper can we probably find the article?

A．SPORTS

B．GEOGRAPHY

C．HEALTH

D．TRAVEL

7 . The Diary of a Young Girl was written by a girl named Anne Frank. It is a true experience of a teenager in wartime (World War II, 1939-1945) and it has also become a symbol of the victory of the human spirit.

Here's one of Anne's diaries.

Friday, 10 September, 1943

Dear Kitty,

Mostly whenever I write to you, there are only pleasant things to report. Actually, they are more often unpleasant than pleasant things. However, now there is something wonderful going on. Last Wednesday evening, 8 September, we sat around listening to the seven o'clock news and the first thing we heard was: "Here follows the best news of the whole war. Italy has capitulated (屈服，停止反抗)!" Italy's unconditional surrender (投降)!! "Listeners, an hour ago, I had just finished writing when the wonderful news of Italy's capitulation came in. I can tell you that I have never deposited (放下) my notes in the waste paper basket with such joy!"

Still we have troubles, too, it's about Mr. Koophuis. As you know, we are all very fond of him, he is always cheerful and amazingly brave, although he is never well, has a lot of pain, and is not allowed to eat much or do much walking. "When Mr. Koophuis enters, the sun begins to shine." Mommy said just recently, and she is quite right. Now he has had to go into the hospital for a very unpleasant operation and will have to stay there for at least four weeks. You really should have seen how he said good-bye to us just as usual—he might have simply been going out to do a bit of shopping.

Yours,

Anne

1. The underlined phrase "something wonderful" in Paragraph One refers to (指代) that              .

A．Anne's family could listen to news	B．Italy capitulated
C．Anne's family needn't go into hiding	D．Mr. Koophuis was cheerful

2. What is the most probable date that Mr. Koophuis returned from hospital?

A．10 September

B．24 September

C．3 October

D．10 October

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

A．Anne always faced pleasant things.

B．Anne's family got news in the newspaper.

C．Mr. Koophuis was welcome in Anne's family.

D．Mr. Kooghnis was afraid of his operation.

4. Which is the right order of the things below?
①Mr. Koophuis would stay in hospital for weeks.
②Italy contulated.
③Anne wrote the exciting news in her diary.
④Anne and her family sat around and listened to the news.

A．②④③①

B．②④①③

C．④②③①

D．④②①③

5. The passage is mainly about              .

A．Anne's family and their nice friend

B．The victory of World War II

C．Anne's worries about their present life

D．Italy capitulated and Anne's worries about Mr. Koophuis

8 .

It was a week before I saw Captain Nemo again. Every morning, I noticed fresh air coming into the rooms and I knew that the Nautilus had surfaced(浮出水面). I would go out and see the sunrise.

Then I received a note from Captain Nemo. He invited me and my friends to go hunting with him in the forests of Crespo Island. Ned was excited because he thought there he could find a chance to escape. When I saw Captain Nemo the next day, I asked him why he was so interested in Crespo Island. "I thought you preferred the sea to being on land."

"I do," replied the Captain. "But these forests are under the sea." During breakfast, he explained that he had made diving suits(潜水服)that used special air tanks. These tanks would allow us to stay under the water for ten hours. He had also made lights that worked in electric batteries. When Ned realized that we were not going onto land for our hunting trip, he decided not to come at all.

Conseil and I put on our diving suits, and so did Captain Nemo and one of his men. We stepped into a room and closed the door. The room was filled with water, and another door opened. We must go through it, and we were in the sea floor. It was an amazing experience.

We were about ten meters under the water. The light from the sun reached us. Everything looked very colorful. We walked over the fine sand and enjoyed the colors of the shells, fish and seaweed. Conseil and I followed Captain Nemo and his man as they crossed a large grassy area. We were going deeper and deeper. Two hours later, we were a hundred meters under the water. The suits worked very well, and it was easy to walk and breathe.

At one hundred meters deep, we could still see quite well, and Captain Nemo stopped and pointed to some dark shapes. This was the forest. The "trees" in the forest were giant seaweed, and all their branches were vertical(垂直的). We could not stop looking at them. Fish swam around the branches like birds in a forest. Small shrubs(灌木) grew under the large seaweed trees. Some of them had flowers.

We walked through this forest for about an hour, and then we lay down to rest. I was not hungry, but I was very sleepy. We all slept, and when we woke up, we walked further.

(Adapted from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea)

1. What do you think the Nautilus is?

A．A kind of ship under the sea.	B．A kind of fish in the sea.
C．A kind of plane in the sky.	D．A kind of transport on land.

2. ________ didn't go hunting with others in the forests of Crespo Island under the water.

A．Captain Nemo	B．Captain Nemo's man
C．Ned	D．Conseil

3. What's the order of the following events?
①They visited the forest.
②They crossed the large grassy area.
③They felt sleepy and lay down to rest.
④Captain Nemo made diving suits and lights.
⑤Captain Nemo invited some people to go hunting.

A．④⑤①②③

B．⑤④①②③

C．③⑤④②①

D．⑤④②①③

4. From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A．Ned and Nemo were close friends

B．Captain Nemo enjoyed the hunting trip

C．there were three people visiting the forest

D．it took them 30 minutes to walk through the forest

5. The passage is probably taken from ________.

A．a sports magazine

B．a book review

C．a science fiction

D．a travel report

9 .

"Well, I'll eat the cake," Alice said. "If I get taller, I can reach the key on the table. And if get smaller, I can go under the door into the garden. "Then she finished the cake very soon.

"I shall be as tall as a house in a minute," she said. She tried to look down at her feet, and could only just see them.

Just then her head hit the ceiling （天花板） of the room. She was now about three meters tall quickly, she took the key from the table and hurried to the garden door. But she was too tall to go through the door. She began to cry. The tears （泪水） ran down her face, and soon there was   large pool of salt water all around her on the floor. Suddenly she heard a voice, and she stopped crying to listen.

"Oh, the Duchess （公爵夫人）, the Duchess! She'll be very angry! I'm late, and she's waiting for me. Oh dear, oh dear!"

It was the White Rabbit again. He was hurrying down the long room, with a pair of white gloves in one hand and a fan in the other hand.

Alice was afraid, but she needed help. So she said in a low voice, "Oh, please, sir."

Her voice frightened （使惊恐） the Rabbit. He dropped the gloves and the fan, and ran away quickly.

Alice picked up the gloves and the fan. The room was very hot, so she cooled down with the fan. She said, "Oh dear! How strange everything is today! Shall I get smaller during the night?"

She began to feel very unhappy again, but then she looked down at her hand. She was wearing one of the Rabbit's white gloves. "How did I get it on my hand?" she thought." Oh, I'm getting smaller again! I'm already less than a meter tall and getting smaller every second! How can I stop it?" She saw the fan in her other hand. "It must be the fan!" she thought, and quickly she dropped it.

She was now very, very small, and the key was still lying on the table.

"Things are worse than ever," thought poor Alice. She turned away from the door, and fell into salt water, right up to her neck. At first, she thought it was the sea, but then she saw it was the pool of her own tears.

"Oh, why did I cry so much?" said Alice. She swam around and looked for a way out, but the pool was very big. Just then she saw an animal in the water near her. It looked like a large animal to Alice, but it was only a mouse.

"Shall I speak to it?" thought Alice. "Everything is very strange here, so perhaps a mouse can speak."

Then she began, "Oh, mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming."

But the mouse looked at her with its little eyes and said nothing.

"Perhaps it doesn't understand English," thought Alice. "Perhaps it's a French mouse." So she began again, and said in French, "Where is my cat?" （This was first sentence in her French book.）

The mouse jumped half out of the water and looked at her angrily.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" cried Alice quickly. "Of course, you don't like cats, do you?"

"No. I don't like cats," the mouse replied.

（Adapted from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland）

1. What did the White Rabbit drop when he heard Alice's voice?

A．The cake and the fan.

B．The cake and the key.

C．The gloves and the fan.

D．The gloves and the key.

2. How did Alice feel after the White Rabbit ran away?

A．Bored.

B．Excited.

C．Unhappy.

D．Curious.

3. What is the correct order of what happened to Alice in the story?
a. Alice fell into the salt water.
b. Alice ate up the whole cake.
c. Alice met a mouse and spoke to it.
d. Alice took the key and hurried to the door.

A．b﹣a﹣d﹣c

B．c﹣b﹣d﹣a

C．c﹣d﹣a﹣b

D．b﹣d﹣a﹣c

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．The key was taken away by a French cat.

B．The fan made Alice get smaller and smaller.

C．The mouse couldn't speak French or English.

D．The White Rabbit was waiting for the Duchess.

5. Which of the following is the best title for the story?

A．The White Rabbit's house

B．The ceiling of the room

C．A cute mouse and a lazy cat

D．Alice's strange experience

10 . Two months after returning to England, Gulliver sets sail on a ship, travelling to the Cape of

Good Hope(好望角). On the way a strong storm draws the ship off course(航向) and the ship finally arrives at an unknown land. Gulliver sees a giant(巨人) following the boat. He runs away, and when he stops, he is on a hill. He is greatly surprised to see that the grass around is about twenty feet high.

He walks down a path through a field but cannot see anything over a crop because it is forty feet high. He tries to climb a set of steps into the next field, but he cannot climb over them because they are too high. When he sees another giant, Gulliver hides from him, but the giant calls for more people to come, and they begin to cut the crop with scythes. Gulliver lies down and feels sad about his situation, thinking about how unimportant he must be to these giant men.

A giant finally notices him, and picks him up between his fingers to get a closer look. Finally the giant puts him in his pocket and begins to walk towards his master(主人).

The giant’s master, the farmer of these fields, takes Gulliver from his man and watches him more closely. He asks the other men if they have ever seen anything like Gulliver, then puts him onto the ground. They sit around him. Gulliver begins to speak as loudly as he can. He gives a lot of gold to the farmer but the farmer cannot understand what it is.

1. Gulliver can’t climb over the steps into the next field because he is _____.

A．too tired

B．too afraid

C．too sad

D．too short

2. What does the underlined word “scythes” mean?

A．knives

B．ropes

C．fingers

D．teeth

3. Which of the following can be the correct order of the story?
① A storm makes Gulliver get to a strange land.
② Gulliver tries his best to communicate with the giants.
③ Gulliver hides from the giant.
④ The farmer puts Gulliver onto the ground.
⑤ A giant catches Gulliver and puts him into his pocket.

A．③①⑤④②

B．③①⑤②④

C．①③⑤④②

D．①⑤③②④