1 . One Monday morning, Ryan played in the garden with his ball. An old woman walked towards him and asked for some food. She was hungry. Ryan gave her a dirty look (给了她一个白眼) and said, “No! Go away!” After hearing this, the old woman began to curse (诅咒) Ryan. “Every time the little boy isn’t polite (礼貌的), a scar (伤疤) will be on his face,” she said. In the next few days, Ryan was sad to see that her curse worked!
It was Sunday afternoon. Ryan went to the park. A dog saw him and ran after him. Ryan was afraid of dogs and ran fast. He fell down and hurt his nose. He ran home crying. His mum asked him what happened. Ryan shouted at her. Then he found a new scar on his face. What’s more, he fell down again and hurt his teeth.
Ryan’s mum worried about him and came to him. Ryan said, “Please leave me alone.” The moment he used the word “Please”, a scar on his face disappeared. Ryan got to know that when he used polite words, a scar would disappear.
The next morning, Ryan saw the same old woman again. He apologized (道歉) for his rudeness on Monday. The old woman said, “Good boy! I hope you will remember this lesson well.”
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．Ryan didn’t have any food for the old woman. | B．Ryan played his ball with the old woman. |
| C．Ryan didn’t want to help the old woman. | D．Ryan knew a lot about the old woman. |
| A．A dog ran after him. | B．He hurt his nose. | C．His mum shouted at him. | D．He hurt his teeth. |
| A．Discuss. | B．Develop. | C．Was gone. | D．Decide. |
| A．A nice old woman | B．So many scars | C．Ryan’s bad luck | D．A big lesson |
2 . Michelle Bartman is a teacher in the US. She likes history best and has a master’s degree (硕士学位) in it. She once wanted to be a history teacher.
But there were enough history teachers in her school. So she took the job as a special education teacher and taught English.
Michelle didn’t do well in her teaching at first. She taught 10th-grade students English. Her students learned many interesting things such as geography, arts, and science. She didn’t know how to make her English lessons interesting.
Michelle wanted to make a change. She thought that she didn’t have much experience in teaching English, but she knew history well. So, she wanted to tell her students the historical backgrounds (历史背景) of some lessons. This could help them learn more about their lessons and the world they live in.
At first, some students were not sure about her teaching. They said this was an English class, not a history class. But later, the students learned a lot.
Now, Michelle’s lessons are popular with the students. She is happy. But she doesn’t want to stop there. Next, she wants to get a master’s degree in English so she can help her students learn more.
1. What is Michelle’s favourite subject?| A．Arts. | B．History. | C．Science. | D．Geography. |
| A．She didn’t like the job. | B．The students didn’t like her. |
| C．The students weren’t interested in English. | D．She didn’t know how to make her lessons interesting. |
| A．They were a little difficult. | B．Her students learned a lot from them. |
| C．Her students loved them from the start. | D．She got the idea for them from her students. |
| A．To help other teachers. | B．To be a history teacher. |
| C．To start a new lesson in her school. | D．To get a master’s degree in English. |
| A．Think before you speak. | B．Be happy with what you have. |
| C．Always try new things and learn new things. | D．When you help others, you’re helping yourself. |
3 . Do you have a problem? Write to Tina!
| Dear Tina, I have two children. My son is 13 and my daughter is 16. When I get home from work, I need to sit down and relax for half an hour. I’m interested in hearing about their day or helping them with their homework. But they always make a mess (弄得一团糟) in the living room when I get home. I have no place to sit, so I have to tidy up the mess and then cook. I’m really tired. I want them to help me with the housework. How can I tell them so they are happy to help? Joanna |
| Dear Tina, My brother and I were always together. We liked singing, dancing and doing sports. But he went to university last year, and now he lives at the university on weekdays. I really want to play with him at weekends, but he often decides to do something different with his new friends and isn’t interested in seeing me. I’m really sad. What can I do? Martin |
1. What does Joanna want her children to do?
| A．Talk more with her. | B．Eat more healthy food. |
| C．Do their homework quickly. | D．Help her with the housework. |
| A．Because he has to stay at home at weekends. | B．Because he can’t play with his brother often. |
| C．Because he doesn’t have new friends. | D．Because he has to go to university. |
| A．To say sorry. | B．To give advice. | C．To ask for help. | D．To say thank you. |
4 . In the US, summer camps are very popular with students. Here are some camps this summer.
A A one-week camp for sports lovers. Here, you do sports every day. You’ll try some new sports for the first time. You’ll sleep in our tents (帐篷) in the beautiful mountains. |
B Want to ride horses? Our camp is for you! You’ll get your horse on our farm and learn all about horses for three weeks. At the end of the camp, you’ll be an excellent horse rider. |
C Stay with our musicians for two weeks. You’ll learn a lot in the day in classes with great teachers. Then you will relax at the party on one of the best beaches in Florida every evening. We have other activities like sports and games. |
1. Where will students stay in Camp A?
| A．On the farm. | B．On the beach. | C．In the mountains. | D．In the university. |
| A．For one week. | B．For 10 days. | C．For two weeks. | D．For 21 days. |
| A．Interesting riding camp. | B．Florida fun music camp. | C．Good summer sports camp. | D．Colorado technology camp. |
5 . On a summer day in 1948, a Swiss man named George de Mestral took his dog for a walk in the mountains. When they came home, George discovered that he and his dog were both covered with burrs (带芒刺的小果实).
As an engineer, George naturally began to wonder how the burrs stuck (刺入) to his dog and his clothes. Then he looked at them carefully. He found that the burrs had little hooks (钩子), which allowed them to catch on to things like clothes. George realized that he could use this finding to create a new way to fasten (扣紧) things.
It is a very long journey from the first idea to the final product. It was easy to find materials that could stick together, but finding materials that would continue to do so after years of use was difficult. George tested a very large number of different materials and production methods. After years of research and work, he invented what is known today as Velcro. In 1955, George started Velcro Industries to turn his idea into a product. In a few years, the product became popular around the world.
Today Velcro is used everywhere. It’s used in backpacks, jackets, wallets, children’s toys, etc. It even turns up in places you wouldn’t expect. For example, Velcro has been used by NASA for astronauts’ space suits. The product was also used to hold the heart together during the very first artificial heart transplant (人工心脏移植).
1. Where did George get the idea of inventing Velcro?| A．From little hooks of burrs. | B．From a science report. |
| C．From his dog’s discovery. | D．From the clothes he was wearing. |
| A．To find out why burrs could stick to clothes. |
| B．To find a factory to produce his product. |
| C．To find materials that could be used for a long time. |
| D．To find enough materials to produce his product. |
| A．The future of Velcro. | B．The wide use of Velcro. |
| C．The materials of Velcro. | D．The story behind Velcro. |
| A．Ways. | B．Secrets. | C．Customers. | D．Mistakes. |
| A．Hooks of Burrs | B．An Amazing Invention—Velcro |
| C．An Engineer and His Dog | D．A Life-changing Experience |
6 . Learn how to make a rainbow with this fun science experiment (实验) for kids. Use just a few simple daily things, and you can find out how rainbows work while enjoying a hands-on activity that’s perfect for kids. The experiment will help bring the exciting world of science to life.
| 1 What you’ll need ●A glass of water (about three-quarters full) ●White paper ●A sunny day
●Take the glass of water and paper to a part of the room with sunlight (better near a window). ●Hold the glass of water above (在……上面) the paper and watch as sunlight passes through the glass of water. The sunlight is refracted (折射) and forms a rainbow of colors on your piece of paper. ●Try holding the glass of water at different heights and angles (角度) to see what may happen. 3 What’s happening? ●Rainbows form in the sky when sunlight is refracted as it passes through raindrops; it acts in the same way when it passes through a glass of water. The sunlight is refracted, so we can see colors like red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. ●While you usually see a rainbow in the sky, it can also appear in other situations. You may have seen a rainbow in a water fountain or in the middle of a waterfall. |
1. How does the writer begin the text?
| A．By asking a question. | B．By telling a story. |
| C．By leading into the topic. | D．By showing a rainbow. |
| A．Start the experiment at late night. | B．Hold the glass and paper at the same height. |
| C．Use a glass full of water. | D．Put the paper below the glass of water. |
| A．The paper. | B．Sunlight. | C．The window. | D．The glass of water. |
| A．To teach us the way to make a rainbow. |
| B．To help us to write instructions for experiments. |
| C．To try to tell some facts in life. |
| D．To list the preparations for the experiment. |
7 . I bought a jasmine (茉莉花) plant for my office. When I bought it, I was told it would bloom (开花) and the sweet smell would fill my office. I had the plant for two months, and every day I looked at it, but there weren’t any flowers or a pleasant smell. I was not happy, so I gave the plant to my friend Linda.
One day, another friend Mary called and invited me to her office. When I walked in, her jasmine flowers surprised me. I reached out to touch the flowers. Mary cut some and gave them to me. I couldn’t help smelling them. Surrounded by the sweet smell of only a handful of these flowers, I suddenly understood something.
Mary bought her plant at the same time as I did. It took a year for her jasmine to bloom. I was so impatient for mine to bloom; regretfully, I gave it away.
In a way, my life is like the jasmine plant. I need to be patient and let things happen.
Last Sunday Linda told me that she was going abroad the next week. Before she left, she returned the plant to me. This time I am going to wait. I have learned that when we want something in our life, we have to be patient.
1. What did Mary give the writer?| A．A new plant. | B．Some jasmine flowers. |
| C．Her jasmine plant. | D．Linda’s jasmine flowers. |
| A．Serious and wise. | B．Honest and serious. |
| C．Patient and caring. | D．Busy and hard- working. |
| A．Jasmine is a wonderful plant. | B．Flowers can make life better. |
| C．Patience is needed in life. | D．Friendship is necessary for us. |
Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there’s too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills for you. | |
Preview (预览)—if it’s long and hard. Previewing is useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports. Here’s how to preview.●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully. ●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs. Previewing doesn’t give you all the details (细节). It keeps you from spending time on things you don’t really want or need to read. | Skim—if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get the main idea of light reading (轻松读物), like popular magazines and daily paper of sports. Here’s how to skim. ●Get your eyes to move fast. Sweep (扫视) them across each line. ●Pick up only a few key words in each line. Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we’ll get a similar idea of what it’s all about. |
1. We should use the skill of preview when reading ________.
| A．simple business reports | B．long and hard articles |
| C．popular magazines | D．daily paper of sports |
| A．Pick up some key words in each line. | B．Read slowly at each word in each line. |
| C．Read the first sentence of each paragraph. | D．Get the main idea from the first paragraph. |
| A．ww.fisu.net/sports | B．www.dailynews.com/books/ |
| C．ww.lovereading.com/skills/ | D．www.inventions.com/reports/ |
9 . There have been many great inventions, things that changed the way we live. The first great invention was one that is still very important today—the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to travel long ways.
For hundreds of years after that, there were few inventions that had as much influence as the wheel. Then in the early 1800s, the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn’t have to explore (探索) much any more. They began to work instead to make life better.
In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them were the camera, the light and the radio. These all became a big part of our life today.
The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions: the helicopter in 1909, movies with sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, and jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first made. Nylon came in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear.
By this time most people had a very good life. Man has a desire to explore again. The world was known to man but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their steps into space.
In 1969 man took his biggest step from the earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is certainly just a beginning thought. New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.
1. Man didn’t have a desire to explore a lot ________?| A．In the 1960s | B．Since the 1900s |
| C．From the 1800s to the 1960s | D．At the beginning of the 1800s |
| A．The radio. | B．The camera. | C．The jet plane. | D．The movie. |
| A．light-helicopter-computer | B．wheel-jet plane-helicopter |
| C．computer-radio-camera | D．movie with sound-wheel-nylon |
| A．A good way. | B．A strong wish. | C．A new invention. | D．A wonderful idea. |
| A．When light was invented. | B．Why cars were very important. |
| C．Which countries made steps into space. | D．What inventions were made in different ages. |
10 .
Cruise (游船) Service Opening Dates: Every Fri., Sat., Sun. and National HolidaysOpening Hours: 11: 00~18: 55 Single Trip Ticket Price: RMB 15 Free: Kids under the age of 3 Docks (码头): Blue Sky Road Dock, Shanghai Garden Village Dock |
Rules for Safe Travel ◇Guests should stay in the cabin (舱) and are not allowed to enter the driver’s cabin during the cruise.◇Please follow the orders of onboard staff during the cruise. ◇Guests mustn’t smoke in all areas of the ferry (渡船). ◇No metal, stone, glass, fuel or other dangerous materials to be brought on board. ◇Feeding animals is not allowed (including birds and fish). ◇Guests under age 16 must be with adults. Please take care of your children at all times. ◇The ferry will not start when there’s bad weather. ◇Pets are not allowed on the cruise. |
1. What time is the cruise service available on Friday?
| A．At 8: 55. | B．At 10: 55. | C．At 12: 00. | D．At 19: 00. |
| A．RMB 15. | B．RMB 30. | C．RMB 45. | D．RMB 60. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．To talk about some materials. | B．To introduce the service and rules. |
| C．To stop people from feeding animals. | D．To provide information of two docks. |
