1 . In Hong Kong, most schools are very strict about what students wear to school. For example, they do not allow students to wear any kind of accessories, such as necklaces or earrings. Some people argue that small items, like simple earrings, should be acceptable. However, I feel that students should not be allowed to wear any kind of accessories to school.
Firstly, if students are allowed to wear accessories to school, they will be less focused on their studies. Instead of discussing schoolwork, they will spend time talking about accessories. For example, things like the latest trends or where to find them. Besides, if students are allowed to wear accessories to school, they will probably spend a lot of time reading fashion magazines and shopping. As result, they will spend far less time on homework and revision.
Another reason why I think accessories should not be allowed in school is that they can be very costly. Even if students choose not to buy designer accessories, they may still spend a lot of their pocket money on them. This is because there are many types of accessories available and they would probably want several items of each.
All in all, if students are allowed to wear accessories to school, it will distract(分散) them from their studies. In addition, it will cost them a lot of money. Therefore, I believe that students should not be allowed to wear accessories to school.
1. Which of the following things are accessories?| A．Rings | B．Sweaters | C．Shoes | D．Uniforms. |
| A．By discussing schoolwork with friends. | B．By chatting with some designers online. |
| C．By reading fashion magazines and shopping. | D．By entering a school for only designers. |
| A．To show different opinions towards whether students can wear accessories to school. |
| B．To argue why he thinks students should not be allowed to wear accessories to school. |
| C．To describe what accessories students are wearing to school in Hong Kong these days. |
| D．To advise more and more students in Hong Kong to wear simple accessories to school. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
2 . Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it’s easy to answer. The 29-year-old vlogger’s videos about her country life recently went viral (走红). Her fans call her “the goddess of nature”.
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming ... she practises and is master of many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears hanfu that she made herself. She also rears silkworms in order to sew quilts. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.
“She performs the work of a farmer with the grace (优雅) of a fairy (仙子),” the South China Morning Post said.
Li was raised by her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her sick grandmother.
To make a living, Li runs an online store. At first, she just used her videos to advertise her products. But the simple pleasures she presented quickly won her many fans. “In such a tech-driven age, where everything comes so quickly, it’s beautiful to watch such a slow process unfold (展现) without her getting stressed,” one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li’s deep knowledge of food, nature and Chinese culture. “I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving (保存) meat like that!” one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.
As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she has spread Chinese culture to the world.
1. What does the underlined word “silkworm” in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．蝉 | B．蚕 | C．蝗虫 | D．萤火虫 |
| A．why Li made the videos. | B．why Li runs an online store. |
| C．how fans got less stressed | D．why fans liked Li and her videos. |
① Li came back to the village to look after her sick grandmother.
② Li made videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③ Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④ Li became famous at home and abroad because of the videos.
⑤ Li practised all kinds of skills, such as cooking, painting, designing, farming.
| A．③⑤①②④ | B．③①⑤②④ | C．⑤③①②④ | D．⑤②③①④ |
| A．an advertisement. | B．a science book | C．a newspaper | D．a storybook |
3 . Most people enjoy hiking(徒步旅行). Hiking is not only a healthy but also a relaxing activity. Why do people like to go hiking? The answers are different. Here are some of the most popular reasons(原因).
First of all, hiking is good exercise. It can make your body strong and it can make you become smart.
Secondly, hiking is simple and cheap. All you need is to wear a pair of hiking shoes and take your smile to start.
Also, it is a good way to learn new things during the hiking. Maybe you can never know them in your classes.
Finally, hiking is the best way to get away from your everyday life. You can hike alone or go with your friends. After hiking, you may have a clear mind. So why not plan your hiking route(路线) right away?
1. Hiking can make us _________.| A．popular | B．tired | C．relaxed | D．bored |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Hiking is very cheap. | B．Why people like hiking. |
| C．How to plan a hiking. | D．The best way to get away from your everyday life. |
4 . ①" Beep, beep," goes the car horn(喇叭). You've got dressed, but you've not had time to eat breakfast. You run out of the front door swinging your school backpack, and jump into the waiting car. Inside, your friends say "hey" as one of their parents drives you to school. This is the daily car pooling(拼车)to school.
② Car pools are a common way of transportation for many students in the US. You, along with many of your friends can fit in the car, and share the journey to school each day. Parents may take turns to drive you all to school. Here are some good points that may catch your eyes.
③ What do you do in the car? If you have no time for breakfast, you can have it in the car. If you’re behind on your homework, this is your last chance to finish it before class. Some students simply add their sleep time before classes begin.
④Besides walking or cycling to class, car pools are energy efficient(节能的), if you can't take the school bus. Instead of four cars taking four students to school each day, they can all squeeze into one. Think of how much _____▲______that you can save!
⑤ More importantly, car pooling teaches students valuable life lessons not taught in class. It can teach students about the social responsibility of being on time. If you’re late, then all of your friends will be late, too.
1. Paragraph 1 mainly talks about ____________·| A．what car pooling is like | B．how interesting car pooling is |
| C．where students get on the car | D．who drives students to school |
| A．get dressed and make breakfast | B．swing the school backpacks |
| C．finish the rest of homework | D．take turns to drive the car |
| A．room | B．time | C．money | D．homework |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
5 . Little Jack loves being the youngest boy, since everybody cares about him so much. However, the only problem for him is that Mum never lets him play on the street. So his favorite time of the day is when his friend Timmy comes to play.
One day when Little Jack was playing with a ball with Timmy, the ball rolled across the street. Before remembering Mum’s rules, his little legs were running as fast as they could. At that time, he heard a loud sound. As he looked to the left, he saw a big white car very close to him.
Uncle Joe came running from behind. “Little Jack, are you okay?" he shouted loudly, but little Jack could not speak and he could not move.
Just then his mum came out. “Little Jack, get out of the street RIGHT NOW!” she ordered. Little Jack felt his legs and body shaking, and he could not stop himself crying.
Uncle Joe said softly(温柔地), "Come on, Wee Man. Get up. You' re out of danger now.” Little Jack answered. “I know the rules, but I just don’t want to follow them.”
Uncle Joe’s face got serious and said, " Well, Wee Man. Nobody really wants to follow the rules at first. But when we understand that people make rules just to help us, we begin to see why we must follow them.”
Hearing this, little Jack looked up at Mum and said, “Mum, I’m very sorry. I know why you make the rules for me.”
1. Little Jack likes ______________ best.| A．playing with the toy car | B．talking with Uncle Joe |
| C．playing with a ball with his mum | D．playing with his friend Timmy |
①Little Jack ran after a ball on the street.
②Uncle Joe told the reasons seriously.
③Little Jack said sorry to Mum.
④Mum made the rules for Little Jack.
| A．④①②③ | B．②③①④ | C．④②①③ | D．②①③④ |
| A．Don’t be afraid of danger. | B．Remember to look to the left. |
| C．Never play outside by yourself. | D．Understand the people who love you. |
In the last century, differnet natural disasters have robbed several cultural heritage(遗产) from us. On WeChat, some people say, “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonders anymore.” But people can see them in a new way---through a video game. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like they are in reality, and see the wonders as they were before the fire.
Maybe digital technology(数字技术) could help protect cultural heritage better. This idea dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to develop since then. By scanning(扫 描) the ancient buildings, building 3D models, as well as measuring everything, engineers can make a copy exactly as the real one.
As computers and smart phones are popular, the digital copy has great value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural heritage without touching them, which helps protect them. The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes(敦煌石窟) is a good example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing near them.
Second, it can make the cultural heritage more famous by spreading information about them through the internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Dunhuang Grottoes became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting the site in the following years.
Last, it stores all the information of the cultural heritage. Even if the real ones are damaged one day, people can still know what they were like and can build a new one if wanted. Of course, however exact a model, it is not the real one.
Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to protect cultural heritage at the moment.
1. We can see the damaged parts of those wonders .| A．by entering the buildings | B．by creating another copy |
| C．by spreading information | D．through a video game |
① Build 3D models.
② Scan the ancient buildings.
③ Make a copy exactly as the real one.
④ Measure everything.
| A．②①④③ | B．③①②④ | C．①②④③ | D．②③①④ |
| A．show the writer is really interested in travelling to Dunhuang |
| B．prove people can build a new one if the real ones are damaged |
| C．show Dunhuang Grottoes are disappearing because of the disaster |
| D．prove computers and phones makes digital copies more valuable |
| A．Doubt. | B．Confident. | C．Critical | D．Unclear. |
| A．The cultural heritage. | B．Dunhuang Grottoes. |
| C．Digital technology could help. | D．How can we see the damaged parts? |
7 . Some children don’t like their schoolbags. A schoolbag makes them think of books and homework. My schoolbag is different. I love it because it holds(装着) everything I need.
I love books and my schoolbag keeps them with me. I don’t mean(意指) only schoolbags. I mean my reading books, too. Now I am reading Peter Rabbit. After that, I will read Harry Potter.
My schoolbag also holds my lunch box. Dad always puts a good lunch in my schoolbag. Sometimes he puts a note in it. That way, I feel happy all the afternoon.
Sometimes my schoolbag is very heavy, but I don’t mind(介意). It has everything I need. It’s like a home on my back.
1. What does the writer think of her schoolbag from the passage?| A．Boring | B．Tidy | C．Interesting | D．Useful |
| A．A map | B．A lunch box | C．A rabbit | D．Dad’s notebook |
| A．Because it has everything she needs | B．Because her schoolbag is very heavy |
| C．Because her schoolbag is lost | D．Because she can read her favorite books |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
8 . David was bankrupt(城产). He was trying to figure out how to make some money. "Maybe my insurance policy(险单)can save me," he thought. So he made a plan.
On a Saturday evening, as it got dark outside, he put on a pair of dirty boots and walked through his house. He left many dirty footprints. He went back the way he came while wearing socks. He cut the boots into pieces and flushed (冲走) them down the toilet.
At 1l p.m, he took a pistol (手枪) from his bedside table and went down his hallway without shoes. He fired three shots down the hallway. Then he walked to the other end of the hallway and fired two shots in the opposite direction.
His neighbors soon called the police. Three police officers came to David's house just minutes later.
I can t really tell you much. I was woken by a noise on the ground floor of my home.I took my pistol and went downstairs. Halfway down the stairs. I saw a shadow of a man. I shouted “Stop or I'll shoot."
“He shot at me three times and l shot back twice. The shadow disappeared into the kitchen. More than 15,000 pounds in cash have been stolen from my safe(保险柜)," David said.
After collecting the footprints and bullies （子弹）in the wall, the officers left. The next day. the police called,"Please get dressed. David,We have to bring you to the police station and ask you about the lies you told us yesterday."
Do you know how the police knew David was lying?.
1. According to the passage,we can learn that| A．David carried out his plan on a Sunday evening. | B．David fired five shots in total on that evening. |
| C．David himself called the police after shooting. | D．the thief stole over 15,000 pounds from David. |
| A．Boots | B．Socks | C．Pistols. | D．Bullies. |
a. David took a pistol and went down the hallway.
b. David wore dirty boots and left many footprints.
c. The police got a call and arrived soon.
d. David fired shots in different directions.
| A．acbd | B．abcd | C．badc | D．bdac |
| A．They found the dirty boots from David's bedside table. |
| B．They found there was no money in David's safe. |
| C．They found the bullies came from the same pistol. |
| D．They found David wore dirty socks on that evening. |
9 . Making good conversation with a stranger can be difficult. Here are some ways to try if you don’t know what to do Talk about a topic common to both of you. The topic can be the food or the weather. For example, “How do you like the food?” But keep it on the positive side! The first time you meet a person isn’t a good time to complain.
Ask open questions that can’t be answered with one word. “What’s keeping you busy these days?” is a good question if you are talking to a person who doesn’t have an office job.
Ask a follow-up (接下来的) question if you have asked a question that can be answered with one word. For example, if you ask, “Where are you from?”, an interesting follow-up question might be, “What would your life be like if you still lived there?”
Ask getting-to-know-you questions. You can ask, “What are your favourite newspapers and magazines? What websites do you often visit?” These questions often show a hidden interest, which can help you go on with a great conversation.
React (作出反应) to what a person is saying. If you are trying to make the conversation interesting, but the person never reacts, you will feel unhappy. So, if the person tells a joke, even if it’s not funny, try to laugh. And if he offers some surprising information, react with surprise.
1. How many ways of making good conversation with a stranger are mentioned in the passage?| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
| A．tell jokes | B．ask questions | C．complain about anything | D．talk about the weather |
| A．can be answered with a smile | B．can’t be answered with one word |
| C．people don’t know how to answer | D．people don’t want to answer |
| A．we should respect the listener | B．good reactions are important |
| C．we should try to offer surprising information | D．it is difficult to be a good speaker |
| A．Skills in asking questions | B．Communication is becoming difficult |
| C．How to make friends with strangers | D．Ways to make good conversation with strangers |
10 . Once upon a time, there was a farmer. He went to the town to sell fish every day. One day, he left home with a basket of fish very early. When he arrived, the town gate was still closed. So he lay down to take a rest. When he woke up, he saw nothing but some money in the basket. He was surprised but happy. So he went home quickly with the money.
The next day, the same thing happened again. When he went home, the farmer told his father what had happened. His father decided to follow his son to see who had left the money.
One day, the father quietly followed his son to the town. There he saw a snake eat the fish, and then some money came out of the snake’s mouth as payment. The farmer’s father quickly picked up a stone and cut the tail off its body.
The snake quickly ran into a hole with only its head and body. The father thought the snake had died and told his son to go inside to get more money. But when the farmer put his hand into the hole, the snake bit and killed him.
1. Where did the farmer have a rest?| A．At home. | B．In his field. |
| C．On his own farm. | D．Outside the town gate. |
| A．A snake bit him. | B．Someone stole his money. |
| C．A snake ate his fish. | D．A thief stole his fish. |
a. The snake bit the farmer and killed him.
b. The farmer’s father followed his son.
c. The father cut the tail off the snake with a stone.
d. The farmer had a rest outside the town gate.
e. The snake ate the fish and left some money.
| A．d, e, c, a, b | B．d, e, b, c, a | C．e, b, d, c, a | D．e, d, c, a, b |
| A．We should not ask for too much. | B．We should make sure the snake is dead. |
| C．We shouldn’t kill a snake by cutting its tail. | D．We should protect animals instead of killing them. |
| A．How to Kill a Snake | B．How to Get Money |
| C．The Farmer and the Snake | D．The Money and the Snake |
