1 . Just like Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty is a famous cartoon character. You can see her on many
44 years ago, a Japanese company Sanrio made Hello Kitty. It first
Hello Kitty is in the third
The artist said 44 years ago, many Japanese worked and
| A．shapes | B．kinds | C．colors | D．prices |
| A．cute | B．careless | C．angry | D．possible |
| A．wrote | B．brought | C．appeared | D．turned |
| A．hope | B．surprise | C．answer | D．dream |
| A．girl | B．boy | C．cat | D．dog |
| A．laughing | B．talking | C．standing | D．eating |
| A．floor | B．grade | C．name | D．place |
| A．drink | B．person | C．restaurant | D．food |
| A．inside | B．from | C．near | D．far |
| A．bike | B．car | C．horse | D．bus |
| A．friends | B．teachers | C．grandparents | D．classmates |
| A．interesting | B．important | C．different | D．normal |
| A．played | B．lived | C．solves | D．invited |
| A．Australia | B．British | C．Chinese | D．American |
| A．difficult | B．meaningless | C．happy | D．unlucky |
2 . Vienna is a beautiful old city on the river Danube. It's the capital city of Austria and the centre of European classical music. From 1750 a lot of composers and musicians came to study and work in Vienna. Strauss and Mozart were two of the most important composers.
John Strauss, the younger was born in 1825. He made his first appearance conducting his own orchestra at the age of 19. He was even more successful and popular than his father. After the death of the elder Strauss, he united his group with the orchestra his father had made famous. Between 1871 and 1897 he composed 16 stage works for Viennese theatres. He wrote more than 400 waltzes and his most famous one was The Blue danube.
Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1756. Before he was six he played not only the piano, but also the violin and the organ. His father started training him so early that by age six, Mozart was performing for the Kings and Queens of Europe. By eight, Mozart was writing his own symphonies. He wrote his first opera at the age of 12 and hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra. Mozart completed over 600 works in all. Mozart was very famous and successful. He died in 1791.
1. Which is right according to this passage?| A．Vienna is the centre of European music. |
| B．From 1750 a lot of singers came to study and work in Vienna. |
| C．John Strauss wrote over 400 waltzes. |
| D．Mozart began to play the piano at the age of 6. |
| A．In 1867. | B．In 1844. | C．In 1762. | D．In 1873. |
| A．Yes, he was. | B．Yes, he did. |
| C．No, he didn't. | D．No, he wasn't. |
| A．35. | B．53. | C．39. | D．26. |
| A．Mozart was writing his own symphonies at the age of 12 |
| B．Mozart was even more successful and popular than his father |
| C．Mozart wrote hundreds of beautiful pieces of music for the classical orchestra |
| D．Strauss and Mozart were the most important singers in Vienna |
How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy.
About 5, 500 years ago, the Egyptians invented the sun clock. This was a tall stone building. Its shadow (影子) showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday. The Egyptians made a sundial about 3,500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could let people know the time for half a day. On cloudy days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial. Water clocks were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows (流动) from one bottle to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3,400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China. But they failed to make people know the exact time.
In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs(发条) were added. This enabled people to get the correct time and allowed clocks to be smaller. In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build. It's also cheaper for ordinary people to own a clock. People began depending on them more and more to run businesses, markets and so on. More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And
nowadays satellites send our mobile phones the time to the exact second.
There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change.
1. What does the word "ordinary" in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?| A．现代的 | B．特殊的 | C．普通的 |
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. |
A．  |
B． |
C．  |
| A．The importance of time. |
| B．The inventions of clocks. |
| C．The development of timekeeping. |
4 . New York City isn’t the biggest city in the world, but it is the biggest city in the USA. Most American live in much smaller cities and towns, but almost 8 million people live in New York. Why did so many people come to live in one place?
A look at the city shows us that New York City has a very good port (港口). The Dutch (荷兰) settlers (new comers.) wanted to use it for business. In 1926, the Dutch paid (付钱) the Indians twenty-four dollars for the island of Manhattan. Its Dutch name was New Amsterdam. Then the British took the land in 1664 and changed its name to New York.
The United States became an independent (独立的) country in 1776, and New York was its capital for a short time. The city became so crowded that some people moved out to other areas (places). But more people from everywhere went on coming into the city every day.
1. Which of them is the biggest city in the United States?| A．New York. | B．Washington. |
| C．New Amsterdam. | D．Chicago. |
| A．New York has the largest population in the United States |
| B．New York is as beautiful as a picture |
| C．New York is a developing city |
| D．they think it is a good place for business |
| A．花费 | B．耕耘 |
| C．占领 | D．测量 |
| A．the sixteenth century | B．the seventeenth century |
| C．the eighteenth century | D．the nineteenth century |
| A．much about Dutch |
| B．how the Dutch took New Amsterdam |
| C．some of the history of New York |
| D．how the people from different countries come to the USA |
The king and the rice
A long time ago, there was a king in
Great inventions
Thomas Edison
6 . These days, girls of all ages wear miniskirts. Miniskirts make female feel free, young, and beautiful. But they were thought to be horrible and in bad taste only about fifty years ago.
Miniskirts were made popular by English maker Mary Quant in the 1960s, and soon became an important part of most girls’ wardrobes.
But it wasn’t an easy process for miniskirts. In the 1970s, before women’s liberation movement(女权运动) became popular, some high schools had rules about the 1eogth of the skirt. If it did not touch the floor when the girl kneeled on the ground, the skirt was not long enough. Miniskirts were so short that people at that time didn’t see them as ladies’ clothes. They were thought to be the fashion choice of bad girls and not allowed in business places.
As people’s mind changed in the 1980s, office ladies were finally able to wear miniskirts at work. So when you are wearing your miniskirts this summer, remember it is not just a fashion sign, but also a part of women’s liberation history.
1. What did people think of miniskirts about fifty years ago?| A．Miniskirts could make people young and free. |
| B．Miniskirts made people like ladies. |
| C．Miniskirts were thought to be in bad taste. |
| D．Miniskirts were important in girls’ lives. |
| A．most girls had wardrobes for putting their miniskirts. |
| B．many girls liked wearing miniskirts. |
| C．there were special wardrobes made for miniskirts. |
| D．wardrobes were full of miniskirts. |
| A．the fashion choice of bad girls | B．ladies clothes |
| C．right for business places | D．long enough |
| A．In the 1960s. | B．In the 1970s. | C．In the 1980s. | D．In the 1990s. |
| A．still not popular among office ladies | B．only for summer |
| C．just the women’s liberation history | D．not only a fashion sign |
7 . Canberra is the capital of Australia.
Canberra is the eighth largest city in Australia. It is 238 kilometers from Sydney and 507 kilometers from Melbourne. Melbourne was once the capital of Australia. Sydney people also wished to make their city capital. It was difficult for the government to make the decision.
The new capital was between Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest cities in Australia. It took more than 12 years to build the city. In 1927, the city was set up completely.
With the development of Canberra, even though it is not the oldest city or the most famous city in Australia, more and more young people are going to live, work and study in Canberra.
| A．Canberra is well-known for its universities. |
| B．Became the capital and was named Canberra. |
| C．You can buy lots of traditional things in Canberra. |
| D．People like to ride bikes, walk or run around the lake. |
| E．Then in 1911, the government chose to build the new Capital. |
| F．Canberra is a beautiful city with trees and flowers everywhere. |
| G．It is a modern and lively city with a population of over 410, 300. |
8 . The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road covered almost 6500 kilometers. It spread from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.
Traders travelling along the Silk Road carried silk, of course. They also carried and traded spices（香料）,cloth, valuable stones and gold.
There is a famous old story along the old road. It is said that Roman soldiers（士兵）travelled through central Asia. They started to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese village of Liqian. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the story of blue-eyed villages of China was started.
During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable goods and new ideas. These included people and trading goods from the Mediterranean, Persian, Magyar, Armenian, Bactrian, Indian and Chinese areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.
In modern times, the old Silk Road routes（路线）are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.
1. How many kilometers did the Silk Road cover?| A．About 3000. | B．Nearly 6500. | C．Almost 2000 | D．Over 35,000 |
| A．Silk | B．Cloth. | C．Gold. | D．Tea. |
| A．Asian soldiers. | B．African soldiers. | C．European soldiers. | D．American soldiers. |
| A．Valuable things could not be sold along the Silk Road. |
| B．The Silk Road allowed people from different countries to mix. |
| C．Ancient Chinese along the Slik Road may be able to speak different languages. |
| D．The objects in the museum in Jiuquan in China are from all along the Silk Road. |
| A．History and Geography. | B．Sports World. | C．Man and Animals. | D．Popular Science. |
When were restaurants invented? Do you know about that? Actually, the first restaurants were invented thousands of years ago. However, they were very different from restaurants today.
The first restaurants were in ancient Greece and ancient Rome. These restaurants served food in large stone bowls. People didn’t order food from a menu. Everyone used to share the food from big bowls. People believe that these places were very popular because most homes in ancient Greece and Rome did not have kitchens. Also, people didn’t have to store food at home if they ate at these restaurants.
Later, restaurants began to open in China. In the early 1100s, more than one million people lived in the city of Hangzhou, China. It was a very busy city, and people had money. All of these people had to eat. Smart cooks started cooking and selling food along the Imperial Way, a very big street in the city. Unlike in ancient Greece and Rome, people in China could choose food from a menu. They didn’t have to eat the same food as everyone else.
For the next several centuries, there were restaurants all over the world. People could buy food on the street or at inns—small hotels. Then in the middle of the 1700s, restaurants started opening in Paris. These restaurants were more similar to restaurants we know today. There was a bigger variety of food, and eating in these restaurants was a more enjoyable experience. In the 19th century, trains made travel much faster and simpler. In the end, this kind of restaurants began to appear all over Europe and in other parts of the world.
Now, restaurants are everywhere. You can buy a variety of different kinds of food. You can have food sent to your door. But remember it wasn’t always like that.
1. How did the writer start the passage?The writer did it by asking a
2. Why were the first restaurants popular?
Because in ancient Greece and Rome
3. How were the restaurants in Hangzhou different from the first restaurants in ancient Greece and Rome?
Restaurants in Hangzhou
4. What does the underlined phrase “these restaurants” refer to in the fourth paragraph?
It refers to “the restaurants
5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
It mainly talks about the
Children’s Games in Ancient China During ancient times, children didn’t have much to enjoy themselves. However, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood. | ||
 Playing Hide-and-Seek Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to tease (戏弄) him or, more commonly, others hide and one child must try to find them. |  Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. The three most famous kites are the Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own feature. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings is a special kind of the Beijing kite. |  Watching Shadow Plays (皮影戏) The closest thing to watching a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists control puppets(木偶) behind the screen and tell stories to the music. |
1. There are ________ ways to play hide-and-seek.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．many |
| A．ancient | B．modern | C．traditional | D．big |
| A．metal | B．wood | C．paper | D．wool |
| A．Four | B．Three | C．Two | D．One |
| A．film | B．game | C．picture | D．match |
