1 . 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?

2 . 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思 完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

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Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question: Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne     1     she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the     2     hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.

People have a lot of     3     for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other     4     people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have a special     5    . They chose the “new name” for     6     instead of the names their parents gave them.

Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have     7     to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at school and at his     8    . But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.

In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s     9     she gets married. But today, many women are     10     their own family name.

3 . 阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺，意思完整，每空限填一词。

Do you know Iceland? A small country in Europe. It used to     1     one of the richest countries in the world. Summer in Iceland is very short, which lasts from June to August. Its winter starts from September and ends next May.

In 1980, Iceland started to develop its tourist industry (旅游业). Forty years have passed     2     then. In summer, lots of people from around     3     world come here to have a visit. In winter, people in Iceland have to spend the long dark night. They usually have a lot of special activities, such as skating, riding motorbikes and having parties     4     have an exciting night.

Because     5     a long cold winter, Iceland has a short growing season. Food problem was always a headache for Iceland in the past. Now the problem being solved.

4 . You may see a smiling face in clouds, a shocked face on a wall, or an angry face in a car. Why do we see faces in almost everything?

According to a study by scientists from the University in Australia, this might be passed down from our ancestors (祖先). “It’s an important skill to run away from dangerous animals,” the scientist Peter told us.

For our ancestors, seeing different faces quickly could be a matter of life and death. It’s much safer to mistake a sun flower for a lion’s face than not see the lion’s face. So the brain chooses to make life-saving mistakes.

Scientists from Canada had another explanation, “Humans are social (社会的) animals. When we meet each other, we need to know if the other person is a friend or not.” That’s why we can not only see “faces”, but also know if the face is happy or sad.

People believed that when the eyes see things from the outside world, they will send that information to the brain (大脑). But it’s not true. Doctor Lee asked people to find faces from a group of pictures. About 34 percent of the time, people said they saw faces when there were no faces at all. It showed that when our brain expects to see something, it can tell our eyes to “see” it.

“The brain plays an important role in how we experience the world,” said Lee. “A lot of things we see aren’t coming from our sight (所见), but from inside our minds.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Why might we see faces in almost everything, according to Peter?

A．Because many things are similar to faces.

B．Because it is a way to pass important information.

C．Because it’s a way for our ancestors to protect themselves.

D．Because it is easy to mistake things for faces.

2. What does the underlined (划线的) phrases “pass down” mean in Chinese?

A．遗传

B．经过

C．递给

D．通过

3. Why can people see looks from the “faces” according to scientists from Canada?

A．To know their own feelings.	B．To understand happiness and sadness.
C．To care about the feelings of these “faces”.	D．To know the other person is a friend or not.

4. According to Lee, what is the reason that we mistake something for a face?

A．Because we saw too many faces.	B．Because the eyes send the information to the brain.
C．Because our brain tells our eyes to see the face.	D．Because blood runs down from our brain.

5. In which part of a magazine or newspaper can you read the text?

A．Health.

B．History.

C．Science.

D．Culture.

5 . 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.

8 . Do you know why different animals or insects (昆虫) have their own special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.

Some birds like eating locusts (煌虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other insects with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves during the day and appear only at night.

If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of color is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colors much like the trees.

Have you ever found an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of black liquid (液体) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, its enemies can’t find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.

1. From the passage we learn that locusts _______.

A．are small animals	B．are easily found by birds
C．are dangerous to their enemies	D．change their colors to protect themselves

2. How can insects with different colors from plants keep out of danger?

A．They have the colors much like their enemies.

B．They run away quickly.

C．They hide themselves during the day and appear at night.

D．They have to move quietly.

3. Bears and lions can keep safe because _______.

A．they have the colors much like the tree	B．they move quietly
C．they like brown and gray colors	D．they live in forests

4. Why can the kind of fish mentioned in this passage live up to now?

A．Because it is very big and strong.

B．Because the liquid that it sends out can keep it from its enemies.

C．Because it swims faster than any other fish.

D．Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.

5. What is the best title for this passage?

A．The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Insects

B．Colors of Different Animals and Insects

C．The Change of Colors for Animals and Insects

D．Some Animals and Insects