2 . Many animals hide (隐藏) to stay alive. They hide in many different kinds of ways.     1     Usually their colors help them stay alive. Chameleons (变色龙) can hide by changing colors.     2     Some chameleons can change colors in five minutes. Wild rabbits always have the same color as the things around them, so it’s hard to find them. Other animals can’t eat them easily.

    3     Some animals can make other animals think they are very big. If they look very big, other animals will stay away from them. Lions look very, very big and scary.     4     Some animals try to stay around other animals.     5     Some birds stay in a circle, each toward a different direction (朝不同的方向). In this way, they can also help each other stay alive.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整，

A．Lots of animals try to look big to stay alive.

B．Some animals hide in trees; some animals hide in snow.

C．Some animals will run away from them.

D．This helps them stay alive.

E．Their body can change into the same color as what is around them.

3 . ①Winter comes after autumn and before spring. It brings snow and ice. Here are different ways to know it’s winter:

②The days are short and the nights are cold. The winter solstice (冬至) is the start of the coldest days in winter, and it is the shortest day of the year!

③The sun isn’t warm in winter. There is lots of snow in winter. People and animals don’t like to go outside.

④In winter, when you look outside, you’ll see a lot of brown things, not the green ones. There are no leaves on most of the trees.

⑤Some animals hibernate. They sleep in winter. But others keep food in autumn to eat in winter, because it is difficult to find food. Many birds fly from the north (北方) to warm places for the winter. They will come back when spring comes.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What does the word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to (指代)?

A．The warm day.

B．The snowy day.

C．The coldest day.

D．The winter solstice.

2. Which of the following can tell us that it’s winter?

A．The days are long and the nights are warm.

B．When you look outside, you can see green trees.

C．Many birds fly from the north to warm places.

D．There isn’t lots of rain and people like to go outside.

3. What does the word “hibernate” mean in Chinese?

A．冬眠

B．备粮

C．捕食

D．迁徙

4. What is the structure (结构) of the text?

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. What is the best title for the text?

A．What can people do in winter?	B．What do animals do in winter?
C．How do we know it’s winter?	D．How is the weather in winter?

4 . Every day some people are killed (被害) when they are crossing the roads. Most of them are old people and children. Why? Because old people can’t see or hear very well. Children are killed because they are not careful. They forget (忘记) to look and listen before they cross the roads.

A car or a bus can’t stop quickly. If a car goes very fast, it will go some more meters (米) before it stops. Some people don’t understand this. They think a car can stop in a few meters. It’s difficult to know how fast a car is moving. The only way to cross the roads safely is to look both ways, left and right. Then if the road is empty (空的), you can cross.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. What kind of people are often killed when crossing the road?

A．Young people.

B．Old people.

C．The old and children.

D．Children.

2. Old people are often killed in traffic accidents because ________.

A．they can’t see	B．they can’t hear
C．they can’t walk	D．they can’t see or hear very well

3. If a car goes very fast, it ________.

A．will not stop	B．will move some more meters before it stops
C．will move a few meters after it stops	D．will not see anymore

4. Children are killed in traffic accidents because ________.

A．they like to cross the road	B．they are careless
C．They are careful	D．they are young

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．All people know a moving car can’t stop in a few meters.

B．The only way to cross the roads safely is to look left and right before we cross.

C．If the road is busy, you can’t cross it.

D．People should obey traffic rules.

5 . Do you know time differences (时差)?

Now it’s seven o’clock in the morning in Beijing.     1     . At the same time, it’s eight o’clock in the morning in Japan and Anna is at school.     2     . Jack is Bob’s friend. And Bob is at Jack’s home now. They do their homework together (一起). It’s seven o’clock in the evening in Canada. Sam is in a shop with his mother.     3     . Now it’s seven o’clock in the evening in Cuba, too. Maria is at home. She has dinner with her parents.     4     . Now it’s one o’clock at night in the UK.     5     . He goes to bed at ten o’clock in the evening every day.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．After dinner, she will play games with them.

B．His mother wants to buy a new coat for him.

C．Charlie is in bed.

D．In the USA, it’s seven o’clock in the evening.

E．Li Lei has breakfast in the restaurant.

6 . After the Christmas party ends, it’s time for the Christmas tree to take a break. People all over the world buy lots of real trees for Christmas. In 2023, in the US alone, people bought about 25-30 million trees!     1    

Some countries recycle (回收) Christmas trees.     2     Then workers take the trees to power stations (发电站). There they burn them to make electricity (电) and heat (热), enough for 500 families for a whole year.

    3     There, they cut the trees into small pieces, and these wood pieces help keep plants warm and healthy.

    4     Once a year in Austria, elephants enjoy eating Christmas trees because they taste sweet and are full of vitamins (维生素).

Today, many people choose to buy plastic (塑料的) Christmas trees. While they might be more expensive, they can last for many years and come in different shapes and colors. Fun fact:     5    

A．Some trees even end up in zoos.

B．In New York, people send their trees to parks.

C．What happens to these trees after the holiday?

D．Do you know that most plastic trees in the world are made in China?

E．In Berlin, people take off lights from the trees and leave them on the streets.

7 . Many people love to drink Coke (可乐). But they don’t know it has many other uses (用途).

You can use it to wash your hands and your clothes. When you wash something, you can put some Coke into the water. Then you can wash it well. Coke is also an easy way to clean your eyeglasses.

Put some Coke on the meat when you cook it. And you can cook chicken with Coke, too. It’s very delicious and it’s my favorite food.

Coke is good for girls. Use it on your hair and your face, and you will find they are very smooth (光滑的) with Coke’s help.

Your flowers may like to drink Coke, too. If you give some Coke to your flowers, they will be better and nicer.

Put Coke in a bowl and set (放置) it where the mice (老鼠) will find it easily. They love Coke, but the chemical (化学物质) in the drink kills (杀死) them.

So give Coke a try. If something can’t do it, Coke can.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. We can use Coke to wash ________.
①meat   ②hands   ③eyeglasses   ④mice   ⑤clothes   ⑥chicken   ⑦flowers

A．①②③

B．②③⑤

C．②④⑤

D．③⑤⑦

2. If we give some Coke to the flowers, they will be ________.

A．thin

B．nice

C．ill

D．bad

3. We can know ________ other uses of Coke in the passage

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

4. What’s the best structure (结构) of the passage?

A．①—②③④⑤⑥—⑦	B．①②—③④⑤⑥—⑦
C．①②—③④⑤—⑥⑦	D．①—②③④—⑤⑥—⑦

5. Where is the text probably from?

A．A sports book.

B．A picture book.

C．A math book.

D．A science book.

8 . Everyone has a family name. But do you know where family names come from? The English writer David McKee tells us in his new book—What is in a family name?

Some family names come from the place of their homes. If a man lives on or next to a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people’s names may be Wood, Lake, because they live next to the wood or lake.

Family names may come from people’s jobs. If a man is a cook, he may be Cook. “Butcher” is a man to sell meat. “Farmer” is a man who works on a farm.

Many people get their family names from their fathers’ given names. From the name “Jackson”, we can know that he is the son of Jack. So, when you meet a man with a strange family name, don’t be surprised.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. English people often have ________ ways to get their family names.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

2. Which of the family names comes from a place?

A．Farmer.

B．Cook.

C．Wood.

D．Butcher.

3. A butcher is a person to ________.

A．teach English

B．sell meat

C．have a farm

D．do sports

4. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “surprised” is ________.

A．惊慌的

B．惊讶的

C．害怕的

D．高兴的

5. The best title of the passage is ________.

A．Where do Family Names Come from?	B．How do People Get the Baby Name?
C．How Many Family Names do English People Have?	D．Who is David McKee?

9 . Everyone wants to be healthy. Do you know how to be healthy? You know food and vegetables are very important. There are lots of healthy food and many green vegetables around us. You can eat more apples, bananas, oranges, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, chicken and eggs. Fruits and vegetables are good for our health. But don’t eat too much chocolate. It’s not good healthy food. Too much chocolate can make you fatter and fatter. Healthy food can make you grow and make you strong and happy. Remember there is a saying, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Sports can also keep you healthy. Get up early and do some sports every day. Don’t be lazy! You will be healthy and happy.

1. Which statement (叙述) is right?

A．Food isn’t important for everyone.	B．Everyone is very healthy in the world.
C．An apple can make you healthy.	D．We want to be healthy.

2. What isn’t healthy food?

A．Fruit.

B．Vegetables.

C．Chocolate.

D．Milk.

3. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” means “________.”

A．The doctor goes away when they see the apple

B．If you eat an apple every day, you can be healthy

C．The doctor can eat an apple every day

D．The doctor is afraid of eating apples

4. What makes us healthy?

A．Tomatoes and meat.

B．Milk and rice.

C．Fruit and rice.

D．Healthy food and sports.

5. Which (哪一个) of the following is not right according to the passage?

A．Don’t eat too much chocolate.	B．Too much chocolate can make you fatter and fatter.
C．Sports can also keep you healthy.	D．Be lazy!

10 . Many people love to drink coke. But they don’t know it has many other uses (用途).

You can use it to wash your hands and your clothes. When you wash something, you can put some coke into the water. Then you can wash it well.

Put some coke on the meat when you cook it. And you can cook chicken with coke, too. It’s very delicious and it’s my favourite food.

Coke is good for girls. Use it on your hair and your face, and you will find they are very smooth with coke’s help.

Your flowers may like to drink coke, too. If you give some coke to your flowers, they will be better and nicer.

So give coke a try. If something can’t do it, coke can.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。

1. We can use coke to wash ________.

A．meat

B．vegetables

C．clothes

D．chicken

2. The underlined word “smooth” means ________ in Chinese.

A．光滑的

B．新鲜的

C．神奇的

D．柔软的

3. If we give some coke to the flowers, they will be ________.

A．thin

B．ill

C．strong

D．delicious

4. We can know ________ other uses of coke in the passage.

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

5. Where can we read this passage?

A．A story book.

B．A science book.

C．A map.

D．A picture book.