1 . "I will think of it." It is easy to say this, but do you know what great things have come from thinking? Though we can not see, or hear, or feel our thoughts, they have great power!
Isaac Newton was seated in his garden on a summer evening when he saw an apple fall from a tree. He began to think, and tried to find out why the apple fell. Then he discovered how the earth, sun, moon, and stars are kept in their places.
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fireside, watching the lid of the tea kettle as it moved up and down. He began to think. He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the heavy lid. From that time he went on thinking and thinking, and when he became a man, he improved the steam engine so much that it could, with the greatest ease, do the work of many horses.
James Ferguson was a poor Scotch shepherd boy. Once seeing the inside of his father's watch and he wondered, "Why should I not make a watch? But how was he to get the materials out of which to make the wheels and the mainspring(钟表等的主发条)? He soon found how to get them. He made the mainspring out of a piece whalebone. He then made a wooden clock which kept good time. He began, also, to copy pictures with a pen, and portraits(肖像)with oil colors. In a few years, while still a small boy, he earned money enough to support his father. When he became a man, he went to London to live. Some of the wisest men in England, and the king himself, used to attend his lecture. His motto was," I will think of it. "And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world.
When you meet with any difficulty, don't lose heart. Try to think of it before asking someone to help you. Think, and by thinking you will learn how to think creatively.
1. Newton wanted to find out_________.| A．when the apple hit him | B．why the apple fell | C．who made the apple fall | D．where the apple fell |
| A．He was born in a rich family. | B．His wooden clock seldom worked well. |
| C．He was a painter from England. | D．His mind greatly influenced the world. |
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A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Why Should Not I Have a try? | B．Nothing is Impossible to a Willing Heart. |
| C．Thinking Helps to Get New Ideas. | D．Great Scientists Make a Great World. |
2 . Mr. Hunt's family is very poor. Because of that, he is in school for only three years and he has to stop to help his parents though (尽管) he is good at his lessons. When he is sixteen, he comes to the city and begins to work in a small factory. He learns from an old worker and six years later, he becomes a good worker. The old worker likes him and marries (嫁) his daughter to him. The young man does not have a house so he has to live with his parents-in-law (岳父母). His mother-in-law always thinks he is poor and often chatters (唠叨).
It is one fine Sunday. The old woman wants to have a trip on the top of the hill. She tells Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she tells him to turn left (左转) and sometimes to turn right. The young man has to listen to her. At a crossing the lights turn red but she makes him turn left. The policeman stops them.
"If I did wrong, sir," says Mr. Hunt, "It is my mother-in-law's fault(过错). She is driving the car though she sits behind me."
1. Mr. Hunt is in school for 3 years because ________.| A．he is not good at his lessons | B．his family is poor |
| C．he isn't clever | D．he wants to stay at home |
| A．Mr. Hunt is a good worker | B．Mr. Hunt is good to his daughter |
| C．Mr. Hunt can live with him | D．Mr. Hunt works six years there |
①Mr. Hunt and his mother-in-law go to a hill.
②Mr. Hunt comes to the city.
③Mr. Hunt becomes a good worker.
④The policeman stops Mr. Hunt's car.
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| A．It is the old woman's fault. |
| B．Mr. Hunt doesn't like his mother-in-law. |
| C．The old woman drives the car that day. |
| D．The old woman told Mr. Hunt to turn left when the lights are red. |
3 . The relationship (关系) between teachers and students is an important part of school life. An Indian movie called Hichki tells the story of a teacher who helps some bad students and makes them better people. It is popular with lots of students now.
In Hichki, the main character is Naina Mathur. She has an illness (疾病) that makes her hiccup (打嗝) often. With her hard work, she gets her dream job as a teacher. But she has to teach a class of rebellious students. They laugh at Mathur in her first class.
However, Mathur doesn't get angry (生气) with them. She tries her best to help every student. When they cause a small explosion (爆炸) and the school asks them to leave, Mathur still help them a lot. Little by little, Mathur wins the students' hearts. Under her care, the students start to study harder and become better and better.
From the story, we know that good teacher doesn't simply pass on knowledge (知识), but shows students how to be a good person. It also shows us that anyone can be successful, even if they have some kind of illness.
1. Naina Mathur has an illness and she often ________.| A．hiccups | B．get angry | C．laughes at others | D．sleeps for a longtime |
| A．狡猾的 | B．搞笑的 | C．叛逆的 | D．乖巧的 |
| A．Naina Mathur's dream job is to be a teacher |
| B．the students doesn't like Naina Mathur at the very beginning |
| C．Under Naina Mathur's care, the students become better and better |
| D．Naina Mathur is a good teacher who only passes on lots of knowledge to her students |
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4 . With the development of science, more and more students don't like taking notes by hand. They use digital cameras to take notes in class. They think it is easier to take pictures of what their teachers write on the blackboard or record what their teachers say in class. The children might think there are too many notes to take. They are trying to find ways to make things easier, so they use digital cameras. In fact, children are very clever to make use of technology.
But do digital cameras really make taking notes easier?
Not really. You have a lot of things to do before you read notes from digital cameras. To begin with, you have to find a computer. Then you need to copy the pictures into the computer. Next, you have to find a printer to print the pictures. Another thing is that you can't hear the sound from digital cameras clearly because there is usually a lot of noise. You will have to listen to it slowly many times before you understand everything.
In fact, taking notes by hand is really the most effective way. It can help you remember and understand what you are learning. In order to save time, you can choose the most important things or the things you don't understand to write down. You don't have to write down everything.
1. Why do more and more students take notes with digital cameras but not by hand?| A．Because they want to take the right notes. | B．Because their teachers want them to do so. |
| C．Because they want to make taking notes easier. | D．Because they always want to try new things. |
a. print the pictures b. find a computer
c. copy the pictures into the computer d. take pictures
| A．b-c-d-a | B．b-c-a-d | C．d-a-b-c | D．d-b-c-a |
| A．The sound from the digital cameras. | B．The noise. |
| C．The digital camera. | D．The note. |
| A．By taking pictures of what teachers write on the blackboard in class. |
| B．By recording what teachers say in class. |
| C．By using a computer. |
| D．By taking notes with your hand. |
| A．You shouldn't be afraid to write down everything. |
| B．To save time, you should not take notes but memorize what the teachers say. |
| C．You should write down all the words that your teachers write on the blackboard. |
| D．You only need to write down what you don't understand or some key words. |
5 . If you cannot live without your car, Zurich might be the last city you would like to visit. In Zurich, people are welcome, but cars are not! Over the past 20 years, this city has used smart ways to make traffic lighter.
One is to keep the same number of parking spaces. For example, if 50 new parking spaces are built in one part of the city, then 50 old spaces in other parts are taken away for other uses. So the total number doesn't change. Some are unhappy that there are never enough spaces. That is just what the city has in mind: If people find parking more difficult, they will drive less.
Also, the number of cars in the city is counted (数). Over 3,500 little computers are put under Zurich roads to check the number of cars that come into the city. If the number is higher than the city can deal with (处理), the traffic lights on the roads that enter the city will be kept red. So drivers who are traveling into Zurich have to stop and wait until there are fewer cars in the city.
Now, you may ask why Zurich is doing this. This is simply because the city wants to make more spaces for its people.
1. The writer tells us how to keep the same number of parking spaces by _______.| A．giving a reason | B．giving an example |
| C．sharing a story | D．drawing a picture |
1. Zurich only welcomes people with mini cars
2. Zurich is a small city with a long history
3. it's difficult to find a parking space in Zurich
4. you can't drive into Zurich at any time you want
| A．1, 3 | B．2, 3 | C．3, 4 | D．1, 4 |
| A．People will build more parking spaces under Zurich roads. |
| B．All the computers under Zurich roads will stop working. |
| C．Drivers will stop and wait before traveling into Zurich. |
| D．The lights on the roads in Zurich will be always kept red. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
6 . A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow (乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain (鄙视).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a match. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show off his skills. He flew in circles performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life ...”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.
1. What’s the correct order of the following events?a. The crow showed off its flying skills.
b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.
d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it.
| A．e, c, d, a, b | B．a, e, c, d, b | C．c, e, a, d, b | D．e, a, d, c, b |
| A．It was showing another flying skill. |
| B．It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water. |
| C．It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water. |
| D．It was enjoying itself by doing so. |
| A．The crow didn’t know flying at all. |
| B．Flying skills were useless. |
| C．The swan saved the crow because they were good friends. |
| D．The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow. |
| A．No pains, no gains. | B．The early bird catches the worm. |
| C．Pride goes before a fall. | D．Practice makes perfect. |
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 |
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 |
| A．Paragraph 1 | B．Paragraph 2 | C．Paragraph 3 | D．Paragraph 4 |
| 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. |
| A．an ICT book | B．a science book |
| C．a movie magazine | D．a story book |
8 . Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it’s easy to answer. The 29-year-old blogger’s videos about her country life recently become well-known. Her fans call her “the goddess of nature.”
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming, she is good at practising many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears Hanfu, Chinese traditional clothes that she made herself. She also keeps silkworms in order to make quilt for winter. 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 of a fairy.” 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 grandmother who was not in good health.
To make a living, Li runs online store. At first, she just used her video to advertise her product. But the simple pleasure she presented quickly won her many fans and she was encouraged to make more videos to show her traditional lifestyle. “In such tech-drive age, where everything comes so quickly, it’s nice to watch such a slow process shown without getting stressed,” one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li’s deep understanding of food, nature and Chinese culture. “I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving 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. Why does the writer think Li Ziqi is worthy of the title “the goddess of nature”?| A．Because she knows many kinds of skills. |
| B．Because she has many fans all over the world. |
| C．Because she can make a living by making videos. |
| D．Because her country life become well-known recently. |
| A．why fans like Li and her videos. |
| B．what is special about Li’s videos. |
| C．how Li’s videos got popular on line. |
| D．why Li returned back to the countryside |
| A．She shows the simple pleasure of Chinese traditional life style. |
| B．She performs the work of a farmer with the grace of a fairy. |
| C．She has spread Chinese food and culture to the world. |
| D．She used her video to advertise her product on online. |
① Li came back to the village to look after her grandmother.
② Li began to make videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③ Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④ Li becomes famous at home and aboard because of the videos.
⑤ Li practises cooking, painting, designing and farming.
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9 . There is a new study on teenagers who are between 13 and 19 years old. The study shows that today’s teenagers are growing up more slowly than those before.
Scientists from San Diego State University have worked on a study on the behaviors（行为） of 8 million teenagers in seven different countries over the past 40 years. The results tell us that compared to the teenagers in the past, today’s teenagers are less responsible（负责任的）and that they take much more time to do things than their parents or grandparents did. They are also less likely to have a part-time job. What’s more, when they get older, they begin to realize that they should help their parents do housework, while their grandparents and parents helped do housework at a very early age, “This is a slow life strategy（策略）,” said Professor Jean Twenge.
“The development（发展）of today’s teenagers has slowed down. 18-year-olds are more like 15-year-olds in the past, ”added Professor Twenge.“ Teenagers are taking far fewer risks（风险）than those did in the past.” Scientists have also found that more teenagers spend longer time living with their parents instead of renting（租）their own room or apartment.
One of the reasons for these behaviors is that today’s teenagers would like to spend much time online. They keep on connecting with social media, watching videos or playing games on the Internet instead of living in the real world. Another one is that parents do much for their children and protect（保护）them too much. In fact, parents had better let their children do everything by themselves. They should try their best to make their children independent as soon as possible.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．The study began from 1966. | B．The study is based on 8 million teenagers from America. |
| C．Teenagers in the past took more risks. | D．Today’s teenagers don’t like slow life. |
a. Because their parents do too many things for them.
b. Because it’s difficult for them to find a job in society.
c. Because they dislike living in the real world greatly.
d. Because they spend too much time online.
| A．ab | B．bc | C．bd | D．ad |
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| A．Teenagers around the World | B．The Slow Development of Today’s Teenagers |
| C．A Study on Teenagers in the Past | D．Different Ideas about Today’s Teenagers |
10 . Everyone has a family name. In China, the family name is the first name, but in English countries the family name is the last name. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do they mean? English people usually get their family names in these ways（方式）.
Some family names come from the places of their homes. If a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be（可能是）Hill. In England, people's names may be Wood, Lake because they live near the wood（树林）or the lake.
Some family names come from a person's job. If a person is a cook, his family name may be Cook.
And many people get their family names from their fathers' family names. If you hear the name "Jackson", you can know that he is the son of Jack.
1. In the passage, English people usually have _________ ways to get their family names.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．Hill | B．Wood | C．Lake | D．Cook |
| A．place | B．hobby | C．job | D．country |
| A．Jack's father | B．Jack's best friend |
| C．the grandfather of Jack | D．the son of Jack |
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