1 . For millions of years, the water we use today has been recycled (再循环) over and over by natural cycles that clean the water after we use it. But those natural cycles are no longer enough to clean all the waste that humans put into it, and our water has become polluted.
Man is polluting all water systems and the greatest concern is the pollution of our oceans (海洋). We are polluting the ocean in a number of ways. In fact, about 80 percent of ocean pollution has been caused by people on land. Besides the pollution from land, another 20 percent of pollution is from ocean-based activities.
First of all, large boats carrying oil cause much waste. In one recent year, our oceans had 1 serious oil spill and 7 medium-sized oil spills. Cruise ships are also big polluters. It has been found that an average-sized cruise ship produces around 1 million gallons of wastewater in one week.
What’s more, the waste from ships and land, is another major cause of ocean pollution. One type of the waste is a big problem: studies have shown that 80 percent of ocean waste is plastic (塑料). Plastic waste can easily make fish and other sea animals die, such as whales, seals, dolphins, and penguins.
Finally, other human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels (燃料), are also polluting our oceans. The CO2 produced not only pollutes the air but finally enters the ocean’s ecosystem. The world’s oceans have taken in 40 percent of the CO2 emissions produced by humans.
Changes clearly need to be made as soon as possible to help make the ocean pollution less and less.
1. The underlined word “concern” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.| A．reason | B．resolution | C．worry | D．preparation |
| A．The natural cycles now can’t deal with all the waste. |
| B．The CO2 made by fuels only pollutes the air of the earth. |
| C．The large boats carrying plastics cause much of the waste. |
| D．Nearly all the ocean pollution comes from people on land. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．the causes of the water pollution | B．the future of the water environment |
| C．the ways to solve the water pollution | D．the natural cycles for the water environment |
2 . Do you love to eat blueberries? They grow on bushes (灌木丛). Each blueberry is small and round. Many blueberries grow on one bush. At first, the blueberries aren't blue. They are green. You can't eat the green berries. They need a lot of sun and rain to help them become fat and sweet. When the berries turn blue, they are ready for us to eat.
Some farmers grow blueberries in big fields. The people nearby can make money by helping to pick the blueberries. Each one takes a pail (桶) out to the field and fills it with blueberries. They work fast so that they can fill many pails. They want to make as much money as they can. When they finish picking, their hands are blue from the juice of the berries!
After farmers pick the blueberries, they put them into boxes and send them to stores. People buy the blueberries and take them home to eat. Some people like to wash the berries and eat them one by one. Other people like to cook with blueberries. They make blueberry pies and pancakes with them. No matter how you eat them, blueberries taste great!
1. What does a blueberry look like?| A．It looks like a bush. | B．It is big and long. |
| C．It is small and round. | D．It looks like a strawberry. |
| A．Blue | B．Green. | C．Red | D．Orange |
a. Farmers grow blueberries.
b. People buy blueberries.
c. People wash blueberries.
d. Blueberries become blue.
e. People eat blueberries one by one
| A．a-b-c-d-e | B．c-d-a-e-b | C．a-d-b-c-e | D．e-b-c-d-a |
3 . "Attention, everyone!" Miss Dalrymple looked at her class of ten-year-olds. "Today we are going to create a special card for Father's Day, which falls on this weekend." Then she busied herself with handing out the paper and art materials to her noisy pupils.
They were a mixed punch. Some came from the rich side of the town, but the majorities were from parents who struggled to get jobs. So she had not been eager to carry out this activity.
"Think about all the things that your dad does to make him special," she said loudly as she approached the last table. “You can write a poem or short story thinking of the positive characteristics that make your dad special. The written part of this activity should be completed before you start to decorate your card."
Andrew looked at the blank page. He had never met, spoken to, or been hugged by his dad, so how could he write about him? Once when he was looking at his grandma’s photo box, he had seen an old black and white photo but it was badly creased (弄皱) and difficult to recognize any clear features. She had quickly taken it from him and buried it deeply among the rest, never to be found again. After thinking for a while, he wrote:
Dear Dad,
You are a person I do not know and would probably not recognize as I only saw an old photo or you a long time ago. I think and wonder about you often, especially when I have no one to talk to about the Saturday fixtures (体育比赛). One day when I grow up I will do an Internet search to find you, but I am not sure whether I will be successful as several attempts by the Child Support Agency have not been successful. Happy Father's Day. Dad.
Love,
Andrew
1. What did Miss Dalrymple ask her students to do?| A．To hand out the paper and art materials. |
| B．To make a special card for their fathers. |
| C．To make a celebration plan for Father’s Day. |
| D．To carry out a school activity on the weekend. |
| A．The students were not willing to finish the task |
| B．The students were eager to carry out the activity. |
| C．The students didn’t get along well with each other. |
| D．The students’ family conditions were quite different |
| A．He had never seen his father | B．He had a bad relationship with his father. |
| C．His father didn’t have any special features | D．He forgot what his father looked like |
| A．Andrew's father has been dead. | B．Andrew's father can't recognize him. |
| C．Andrew is eager to meet his father. | D．Andrew is sure of finding his father |
| A．By stating opinions and giving examples. |
| B．By analyzing facts and giving comments. |
| C．By describing an event and its characters. |
| D．By explaining a phenomenon and reasons. |
4 . Humans are so creative that hundreds of inventions are coming up every day. However, do you know that there are many unknown stories behind these inventions?
One of the most famous logos in the world is the Nike logo. It was designed by an American student, Carolyn Davidson, in 1971. Ms. Davidson got the idea from the wing of a swan in her dream, but she was only paid $35 dollars for her design.
Tinned(罐装的)food was invented in 1810 in Britain by Peter Durand. Unluckily, he did not also invent a tin opener, so tins were opened with a great difficulty by using a knife or a hammer (锤子). It wasn’t until nearly 50 years later that the American Ezra Warner invented the tin opener.
The modern game of golf was invented in Scotland in the 18thcentury. It was first played only by men, and was called “golf” because of the rule “Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden”. This is how the word “golf” entered into the English language.
When people at toy company “Parker Brothers” were first shown the board game “Monopoly”, they were not interested. They said the game took too long to play. However, a few days later, the company president saw the game and took it home to try it. He stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it, and the next day he wrote to the inventor, Charles Darrow, and offered to buy it!
1. What is the structure of the passage?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Ms. Davidson made a lot of money because of her design. |
| B．Peter Duran was known for tinned food and tin openers. |
| C．Women were not allowed to play golf at the beginning. |
| D．No one liked Monopoly because it was a long-time game. |
| A．Parker Brothers | B．workers at Parker Brothers |
| C．the president of Parker Brothers | D．Charles Darrow |
| A．making comparisons. | B．giving examples. |
| C．explaining reasons. | D．following time order. |
5 . Hundreds of foreigners got together in a small neighborhood in Qingdao on the afternoon of April 20 because of the Neighbor Day, an 18-day event celebrated across Qingdao. They learned the arts of Chinese handwriting, dumpling making, paper cutting and discovered the culture of Chinese family trees.
The festival started 12 years ago after a 10-year-old girl called Sun Ruihan was refused when paying a New Year's visit to her neighbor. Upset by this incident, she wrote to the Shibei district government of Qingdao, suggesting that they should introduce a "Neighbor Day" to encourage greater spirit.
As the birthplace of the festival, Shibei hosted the opening ceremony of this year's Neighbor Day on April 19. With the theme of "___________" people from across the city got together to share their homemade food and discuss the family stories. They also set up a mobile neighbors’ library to share books.
Sarah from the United States said she had a great time with her neighbors as she experienced the art of Chinese paper cutting for the first time. Masha from Russia, who is studying Chinese at the Ocean University of China, described the event as a great chance to make friends with her Chinese neighbors and learn about the local culture with them. She tried her best at Chinese handwriting and also had great fun learning how to make dumplings. "I love eating dumplings but I never knew how to make them before," she said. "Now I can come to my neighbors' homes and learn in their kitchens."
Neighbor Day grew from the needs of the people. With the big support from the government, it has become another culture symbol of Qingdao.
1. Neighbor Day in Qingdao is a festival to _________.| A．welcome foreigners to Qingdao |
| B．learn different western cultures |
| C．make friends with neighbors |
| D．help neighbors out of trouble |
| A．事件 | B．行动 | C．过程 | D．意外 |
| A．Foreigners as friends |
| B．Neighbors as family |
| C．Living with foreigners |
| D．Working with neighbors |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
6 . Before people knew much about the ways of birds, it was thought that they didn’t have to be taught like children, but that they knew everything they needed to know straight from the eggs. That is, they were said to act from instinct（本能）alone and not at all from thinking, as we do.
Another belief that people had was that birds of a kind were carbon copies: that they looked exactly like each other, all acted in the same way, and all sang the same song.
But since we began to study birds more closely, we have found these things are not true. We find that birds learn things by being taught, as we do. Also, they find out how to do things themselves, and they are not all alike, as so many machines.
More than this, we see that they don’t look or act exactly like each other. For when we know one robin well, we can tell him from any other robin. And no two of a kind sing exactly the same song.
A bird is a genius in many ways. One is by the way it acts when it can’t do as it is used to doing. I saw a robin once who wished to build a nest but couldn’t find mud（泥）to put into it. It was as dry as a desert, and there were no streams near. Now a robin’s nest must have mud, and the bird seemed having no idea for a while but at last thought of a way to get it. She went to a bathing dish that the people of the house kept filling with water for the birds, jumped into it, and got her legs very wet. Then she flew to the road, and walked around like a soldier. In a short time, her legs had a good coating of mud, which she careful picked off with her mouth, and took it to the nest she was building. She repeated this action many times until she had as much mud as she needed.
A bird often shows sense by the way she repairs a nest that has been thrown out of place. Sometimes she will add a new straw（稻草）. One bird, whose nest broke a little, put so many straws above that they made a little tent over it.
1. In the first paragraph, what does it mean that it was thought that “birds knew everything they needed to know straight from the egg”?| A．They know everything. |
| B．They learn how to hunt quickly. |
| C．They have to be taught like children. |
| D．They are born knowing everything. |
| A．What the ways of birds were in ancient times. |
| B．How different kinds of birds learn about the new world. |
| C．What people knew about birds before they began to study them. |
| D．What different kinds of birds look and act. |
| A．To show us how the bird builds its house. |
| B．To show us how the bird lives alone. |
| C．To show us how people take care of it. |
| D．To show us the bird can solve the problems by itself. |
①The robin got her legs wet. ②People filled a dish with water.
③The robin flew to the road. ④The robin flew back to its nest.
⑤The robin made its legs full of mud.
| A．②①③⑤④ | B．①②③④⑤ | C．②①⑤③④ | D．①②③⑤④ |
7 . What things are acceptable(可接受的) when you are at the dinner table and what things are serious breaches(违犯) of manners?
I will tell you some of the most important American rules of table manners. When you sit down to eat, you should place the napkin across your lap. You should never talk with your mouth full and should chew with your mouth closed. If someone asks you a question while you are chewing, you should finish chewing and then swallow(吞咽) the food before answering. You should never drop scraps on the table; instead place them on a spare plate. Salt and pepper(胡椒粉) will be at the table, but you should taste your food before adding any. Only put food on someone else’s plate if they ask for it and if they say they do not want anything else to eat or drink then you will not give them anything else. Do not use your knife or fork to point at others because it is considered rude.
In China I know it is rude to point with your chopsticks. It is common practice to place food into a friends bowl and to put drink in their glass even after they have said they do not want any more. It is fine to drop the scraps onto the table. Though salt and pepper are not always on the table, vinegar(醋) and soy sauce(酱油) usually are. Talking while you’re eating is not considered impolite.
Manners are different all over the world and can even change in different parts of a country. Have you ever seen a foreigner do something you thought was impolite? Is there something you have done that they might view as impolite?
1. The underlined word “scraps” in Paragraph 2 means “____” in Chinese.| A．残羹 | B．筷子 | C．米饭 | D．餐巾 |
| A．①②;③;④ | B．①;②③;④. | C．①;②;③④ | D．①②;③;④ |
| A．answer it right away. | B．ask him to repeat it. |
| C．be chewing while answering. | D．chew and swallow the food before answering. |
| A．American rules of table manners | B．Chinese rules of table manners |
| C．American and Chinese rules of table manners | D．Manners all over the world |
8 . ①If you are planning what you are going to do during the holidays, why not enjoy a visit to a theme park?
②Lots of theme parks have roller coasters. A roller coaster is anything that may appear dangerous while in fact, it's perfectly safe for family fun as long as you are over the height of 48 inches. If you like heart-stopping thrills, this "scream machine" is your best choice. For example, Kingda Ka is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in the United States. It is the world's tallest roller coaster and the world's second fastest roller coaster. Riding this roller coaster makes you feel like you are flying.
③Does this sound scary to you? If so, we will take you to other theme parks around the world. Ocean Park in Hong Kong is the first stop. You can walk through an underwater tunnel as sharks swim overhead or watch a dolphin swimming show. Besides, cable cars will carry you more than 200 meters to the top of the park.
④ Europa-Park is another good choice. If you think a few days are not enough to travel through Europe, this theme park in Germany will show you what other European countries are like. ________ You can first ride French bobsleds, then eat Greek sandwiches and then take a roller coaster based on the Russian space station — all in one day! Besides, Europa-Park is very real. The street lights in the Spanish part are from Spain and the small houses in the Swiss part come from Switzerland.
⑤Our last stop is Universal's Islands in the US, a world-famous dinosaur theme park. If you are a fan of dinosaurs, it is just the place for you. You can have an unforgettable experience and see dinosaurs in their natural homes.
1. It's a good choice to ________ if you like heart-stopping thrills.| A．see dinosaurs | B．walk through an underwater tunnel |
| C．ride a roller coaster | D．watch the street lights in the Spanish part |
| A．Europa-Park is always crowded. | B．Europa-Park is famous for its food. |
| C．Europa-Park is suitable for living. | D．Europa-Park has 12 country-themed areas. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
9 . He was a poet known for the nostalgia he describes in his poems. Now, it’s time for us to express our nostalgia for this great writer.
On Dec 14, 2017, the famous Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong passed away in Taiwan.
Born in 1928 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Yu studied in Sichuan when he was young. At that time, he had showed great interest in Chinese poems and spent a lot of his free time trying writing poems himself. Then he managed to publish his first poem at the age of 20. A year later, Yu and his family moved to Taiwan. He lived and worked there until his death.
Nostalgia（《乡愁》）is Yu’s masterpiece in which he expresses his homesickness for the Chinese mainland when he was in Taiwan.
Published in 1971, the poem remains highly popular among Chinese speakers worldwide. Even those who know little about literature（文学）are familiar with lines from the poem. The poem is included in Chinese high school textbooks.
Besides his achievements in poetry, Yu was also a successful essay writer, critic and translator.
He once translated English poet Siegfried Sassoon’s poem In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet into Chinese. It is regarded as an accurate and powerful translation, in which the most famous line is “心有猛虎, 细嗅蔷薇” for “In me the tiger sniffs the rose”.
Yu spent his whole life writing. “The reason why I stick to writing till today comes down to my passion for the Chinese language,” he once said in a 2015 interview. He then added that this passion was strengthened by his love for his mother and his motherland.
Now, let’s appreciate the poem Nostalgia.
1. What is Yu Guangzhong?
| A．A poet, reporter and critic. | B．A translator and publisher. |
| C．A critic, poet and translator. | D．A translator and song writer. |
① Yu and his family moved to Taiwan.
② Yu told the reason why he stuck to writing.
③ Yu’s poem Nostalgia was published.
④ Yu passed away in Taiwan.
⑤ Yu wrote and published his first poem.
| A．①⑤②④③ | B．⑤②①③④ | C．①⑤④②③ | D．⑤①③②④ |
| A．He made a lot of money from writing. |
| B．He had great interest in English poems. |
| C．He loved his family and mainland a lot. |
| D．He had a lot of free time and was bored. |
| A．He missed his family and homeland a lot. |
| B．He didn’t want to come to his homeland. |
| C．He lived with his mother on the riverside. |
| D．His mother had died when he got married. |
10 . My mother is a teacher, and I grew up with the challenges a teacher faces. I often asked her, “Why do you teach? What keeps you teaching?” The answer was always the same, “There is always that one child, that one moment that is worth it.”
Now, I am a teacher, too. But different from my mother, I teach students challenging activities outdoors. And when my mother asked me the similar questions, my answer was, “It’s that one child, that one special moment.”
One of those moments happened recently. I was working with a group of girls in a four-week program. Everything went on well through the “Team” events and we were moving on to a “High” one called the Wire(钢索) Walk. In the Wire Walk, each girl had to climb up the pegs in a tree to a wire, 8 meters high and then walk across it. Of course, everything was safe for sure.
When I asked who would try, a few girls raised their hands, and they finished the Wire Wall with little difficulty. But when it was Susie’s turn, it seemed that she didn’t really want to. I asked Susie if she was ready. She answered softly, “I suppose.” Now, Susie was at the foot of the tree. She started to make the long reach for the first peg. The other girls cheered for her. Then I found Susie was becoming nervous with every step. I realized she would not go much further. Susie was halfway up. Then she stopped and held the tree tight, looking very afraid. Her eyes were closed. With her face against the tree, she cried, “I can’t.”
The other girls sat in silence. I talked quietly to Susie, trying to relax her. I talked for a long time till I ran out of words. “I will still be your friend no matter what, Susie!” Mary broke the silence. To my surprise, Susie lifted her head and looked up to the wire. Then she turned to look down at Mary and smiled. Mary smiled back. Finally, Susie made it all the way across that wire. When she returned to the ground, the first hug she looked for was from Mary. We all cheered.
Moments like this keep me doing what I do. The young hearts continue to fill me with courage.
1. Susie stopped halfway up to the wire because ________.| A．the teacher asked her to do it | B．something was wrong with it |
| C．she was too afraid to move on | D．it was too high for her to reach |
| A．encourage Susie | B．relax the writer | C．try again herself | D．draw Susie’s attention |
| A．helping others is helping ourselves | B．a word of encouragement matters a lot |
| C．outdoor activities bring people closer than ever | D．a good method plays an important role in teaching |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
