3 . 阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一个词或短语，每个词或短语限填一次。

movie, or, answer, worry about, they, how, for example, careful, many, change

About 30 years ago, parents started to     1     their kids. This was because their kids were asking for more things—toys,     2     and other things they loved. But how could parents satisfy their kids without spoiling（溺爱）them? The     3     to the question was simple—the allowance（零用钱）.

Today, things haven’t     4     too much. Some younger kids can get weekly allowances by doing chores（杂务）around the house. There are also some job chances for older kids. They can do chores for     5     neighbors. They might clean houses     6     walk the dog for them. Weekly allowances help kids learn that money is made through work. It’s something they should think about     7    .

Of course, as a child, you can make money in     8     ways, but how do you manage it?

One idea is to save most of it and spend a little.     9    , if you get $5 a week, you could spend $2 and save $3. Then you can decide     10     to spend the $2. You could spend it on the pizza you want. You could also save it until you have enough to buy something that costs more.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，单词的首字母已给出（每空一词）。

My name is Mason. I was born into a musical family. I have three sisters and three brothers. We all like to l    1     to music. And all of u    2     play musical instruments. I became interested in playing the violin and started to play it when I was six years old. My teachers also encouraged my love for music. In 2016, I won the Young Musician Competition.

After that, I played at bigger events（公开活动）and even released（发行）music.

I’m r    3     excited to tell you about my new album（专辑）called Song. I named it that because I think the violin sounds like a beautiful singing voice. The album has d    4     kinds of music, like classical music, country music and even a pop song.

In my o    5    , we should be given the chance to study music, because it is a wonderful way to express ourselves and make our lives more colorful!

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式（每空一词）。

Got pets? If so, lucky you! If not, maybe you’d like to. According to many     1     (doctor), spending time with animal friends has a lot of advantages.

Pets make people happier. Feelings of happiness often rise when people are with pets.     2     fact, studies show that being around animals helps people feel less alone.

Pets make people healthier. Staying with a pet can be good for     3     (you) health, too. Just watching fish swim can make people     4     (feel) more peaceful. Some pets need to spend time outdoors walking or     5     (run). Who take them? Their human friends! Getting exercise is healthy for both pets     6     people.

Pets teach important life lessons. Having a bird around—or any other animal—can teach you a lot. Pets     7     (usual) depend on their human friends to take care of them. Looking after animals teaches responsibility（责任）. It also     8     (help) people to develop life skills and gives them a sense of achievement.

Pets help you. Having a pet can be helpful. One study found that having pets in the classroom helped students get along well with each other. It helped them build up much     9     (good) relationships with their teachers and other students.

    10     a smart choice it is to keep pets!

6 . Imagine a tiny robot crawling（爬）through your body, helping doctors with their work. It’s not from a science novel. Doctors are now using robots to do operations（手术）. This is because robots can do some work that doctors can’t. The robots carry small cameras, which allow doctors to look inside patients’ bodies. The robots also have tiny scissors and other tools. “It’s like having little hands inside the patients,” said Dr. Wang from a hospital in Beijing.

Here’s how they work: The doctor makes a small cut in a patient. Then, the doctor puts the robot through the cut. Next, the doctor controls the robot to reach where it needs to go. Finally, with the help of the robot, the doctor looks inside the patient’s body and begins to work.

The robots have many advantages for doctors and patients. They help cut medical costs and make difficult operations quicker and easier. They allow doctors to operate with less damage（伤害）to patients’ bodies, too. This helps them to heal（治愈）faster.

However, the robots aren’t perfect. They can be expensive. What’s more, they are just tools to help humans, and they must be used by skilled doctors. Even the best robots can’t do everything that humans can do.

Scientists are working to make robots, smarter. Someday, robots may do even more than expected for humans.

1. The robots carry ________ to help doctors look inside patients’ bodies.

A．small cameras

B．little hands

C．common tools

D．tiny scissors

2. In what order does the doctor do operations with the help of the robot?
a. Look inside the patient’s body and begin to work.
b. Control the robot to reach where it needs to go.
c. Put the robot into the patient’s body through the cut.
d. Make a small cut.

A．d→b→c→a

B．d→c→a→b

C．d→a→c→b

D．d→c→b→a

3. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The size of the robots.

B．The future of the robots.

C．The costs of the robots.

D．The advantages of the robots.

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A．Doctors Cut Medical Costs

B．Scientists Make Robots Smarter

C．Robots Help Doctors with Operations

D．Patients Do More than Expected

7 . Dear editor（编辑）,

Your magazines are wonderful! I love them so much! I have a lot of fun reading them. I think a good book can change a life!

Thanks for introducing so many interesting reading programs. After reading them, I can’t wait to tell you a good one in my town Book Hide-and-Seek（捉迷藏）.

“How does it work?” you might ask. Well, it’s quite simple. We put our books in clear plastic bags and hide them around the town—in the store windows, on the streets or in the parks. Each book comes with instructions like this:

“You are the lucky finder of this book. Read it, enjoy it, and then hide it again for someone else to enjoy. Please reuse this bag. Add your name inside the cover（封面）and let’s see how many can find it!”

Isn’t it a wonderful idea? I must tell you the woman behind it—Carla. She is a mother of five children. With so many young readers at home, she has a bookcase（书柜）full of already-read books.

One day, she decided to recycle them in a fun way—hiding them around the town. Soon, other people in the town started joining it, and hiding their own books. With Book Hide-and-Seek, our town has turned into an open-air library!

Book Hide-and-Seek is so interesting. I hope there will be more programs like this for people to join.

That’s all for now!

Sophia

1. What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refer to（指代）?

A．Plastic bags.

B．Magazines.

C．Streets.

D．Bookcases.

2. What should you do if you find a book with instructions in Sophia’s town?

A．Read, enjoy and hide it again.

B．Send it to the editor.

C．Return it to the library.

D．Give it to Carla.

3. Why does Sophia write to the editor?

A．To ask for help.

B．To describe how lucky she is.

C．To learn more about the magazines.

D．To introduce an interesting reading program.

4. What is the passage?

A．A story.

B．A novel.

C．A letter.

D．A diary.

8 .
①

Whether you’re turning on lights, watching TV or cooking dinner, your home needs a lot of energy. There are lots of good reasons to save energy. First, you will be helping to save money for your family. Second, it can help to protect the environment by using less electricity. Finding ways to save energy can be fun. Why not try the following ways and become your family’s energy superhero?

②

Turn it off If a light stays on in your house every night, it can cost around ¥44 a year with a modern LED bulb（灯泡）. If your home has older kinds of bulbs, it can cost as much as V 220. Try to check your home for lights that are on but not needed.

③

Hunt for “energy eaters” Some devices（设备）, such as the fridge, need to remain on. However, computers, washing machines and the TV still eat energy even if they are on stand by（待机）. How many electronic devices like this can you find in your home?

④

Jump around If you sit still for a while, you may start to feel cool. To warm up, instead of turning on the heating（暖气）, try doing some jumps. Your body will quickly get warm. How many jumps does it take for you to get warm?

1. How many pieces of advice does the passage give to save energy at home?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. What does the underlined phrase “Hunt for” mean in Chinese in Paragraph 3?

A．购买

B．捐赠

C．寻找

D．安装

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Finding ways to save energy can be fun.

B．You’d better use older kinds of bulbs at home.

C．Computers don’t eat any energy if they are on standby.

D．You must turn on the heating when you start to feel cool.

4. Which of the following best shows the structure（结构）of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

9 . In a school garden in Ningxia, the roles of students are not the same as before. Here, students do the teaching.

“This is our vegetable area,” a student from Grade 8 tells a visitor, “we have grown many kinds of vegetables.”

“Look! These are tomatoes” another student adds, “and those are carrots. . .”

The two students have been working in the garden since 2021. They are part of their school’s gardening program. Actually（事实上）, most schools in Ningxia have their own gardens, where students harvest（收获）their special “schoolwork”.

In the gardens, students work in teams with the help of their teachers. They finish all the important steps by themselves. For example, team members study what to grow. Then they discuss and plan their gardens. They plant seeds（种子）, pull grass and water their plants. Some students also grow oranges and apples by themselves. In autumn, they harvest their “schoolwork”—all kinds of fruits and vegetables!

School gardens provide ideas for classes, too. For example, students study the plants they grow in science classes. Math becomes a tool for planning the garden. Studies have shown that schools gardening programs help students do better in school.

Schools’ gardening programs offer learning experiences as well as fun. Young gardeners can practice skills that are useful for all their lives. They’ve had fun working together as a team and learned how to work together.

1. Who do the teaching in the school garden?

A．Visitors.

B．Teachers.

C．Students.

D．Farmers.

2. Students do the following work in the school gardens EXCEPT _________.

A．studying what to grow

B．discussing and planning the gardens

C．pulling grass and watering plants

D．asking their parents to grow oranges and apples

3. Which of the following subjects can help students plan the garden?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. From schools’ gardening programs, students can _________.
①learn how to work together
②practice skills that are useful
③ work alone without any help
④get learning experiences and fun

A．①③④

B．①②④

C．①②③

D．②③④

10 .

A Star Woman—Wang Zhenyi
Wang Zhenyi, born in 1768, was a great woman scientist in Qing Dynasty（朝代）. At that time, girls couldn’t get good education, but her father encouraged her to read books and educate herself. She became interested in astronomy（天文学）, math, geography, medicine and poems. In 1786, she decided to give much attention to astronomy, math and poems. After years of hard work, she achieved a lot.
Wang Zhenyi（1768—1797）	Her achievements ·Found out when the eclipses（日蚀；月蚀）of the sun and the moon would happen ·Learned a lot about how the sun, the moon and the earth move in space ·Made some new rules in math ·Wrote many books and poems
Sadly, Wang Zhenyi died when she was only 29 years old. Even though her life was short, her thoughts and discoveries live on. In 2000, a planet was named after her. Her spirit and hard work continue to inspire（激励）people today.

1. When was Wang Zhenyi born?

A．In 1768.

B．In 1786.

C．In 1797.

D．In 2000.

2. According to the passage, what did Wang Zhenyi decide to give much attention to?

A．Math, geography and medicine.

B．Astronomy, math and poems.

C．Astronomy, medicine and poems.

D．Astronomy, medicine and geography.

3. What can we learn from Wang Zhenyi?

A．It is easy to become successful.

B．Nothing is impossible if we work hard.

C．Women are always wiser than men.

D．It’s impossible for a woman to be a scientist in ancient times.

4. In which part of a magazine can you probably read the passage?

A．Health.

B．Business.

C．Sports.

D．People.