1 . Have you ever learned the poem Farewell to Perfect Du? This is a farewell (送别) poem that was written by poet Wang Bo who was born in 650. He wrote it to say goodbye to his friend who went to Sichuan province to work. The third sentence is so famous that people will say it when they say goodbye to each other.
Usually, it is sad to say goodbye to friends. But Wang Bo was an optimist (乐观主义者) about saying goodbye. He believed that long way didn’t matter to friends as long as they kept each other in their thoughts. He was famous for his talent when he was a child. His poems didn’t only show feelings, but his great mind. So he, along with Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin and Luo Binwang, was one of the four great poets of the early Tang Dynasty. Unluckily, he was killed in the water at the age of 26.
1. Which sentence of the poem will people use when they say goodbye to each other?| A．The first. | B．The second. | C．The third. | D．The fourth. |
| A．He was optimistic. | B．He was very sad. |
| C．He was outgoing. | D．He was really quiet. |
| A．In 26. | B．In 624. | C．In 650. | D．In 676. |
| A．《送元二使安西》 | B．《渡荆门送别》 |
| C．《送杜少府之任蜀州》 | D．《黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵》 |
| A．The poems of Wang Bo only showed his great mind. |
| B．Wang Bo was famous for his talent when he was very young. |
| C．Wang Bo wrote Farewell to Perfect Du because of his families. |
| D．Du Mu is one of the four great poets of the early Tang Dynasty. |
2 . There are many different kinds of wolves, the gray wolf, the red wolf, the Arctic wolf and so on.
Wolves are social animals. They like to live in groups. There are usually six or eight wolves in a group. They eat, sleep, play and run together. Each group has an alpha wolf. The alpha wolf is the leader of the group and the other wolves must follow him. The beta wolf is the second leader of the group. If something happens to the alpha wolf, the group will follow the beta wolf. The gamma wolf is the cleverest wolf of the group and all the wolves respect him.
Wolves are smart animals. They have their own languages to communicate. They “talk” in a lot of ways. They use their tails, heads, faces, ears and teeth. The alpha wolf howls (长嚎) to “talk” to his group. Every wolf has its own howl. When wolves are angry, they show their teeth and growl (低吼) .
(—from ____________)
1. How many wolves usually live in a group according to the passage?| A．1. | B．3. | C．6. | D．12. |
| A．follow | B．love | C．beat | D．respect |
| A．独居动物 | B．凶猛动物 | C．食肉动物 | D．群居动物 |
| A．Just alpha wolves can howl. | B．Wolves use body parts to talk. |
| C．Beta wolf is the cleverest wolf. | D．There are only three kinds of wolves. |
| A．Treasure Island. | B．The Vikings. |
| C．The Great Adventure at Yellowstone. | D．David Copperfield. |
3 . Bad breath (口气) usually brings problems when you talk to others in life. It will make people around you feel bad and stay away from you.
What causes bad breath? If you don’t brush your teeth often, germs (细菌) will live in your mouth and between your teeth. It may make your breath smell terrible. Smoking (吸烟) and drinking can also make breath become bad. When there’s something wrong with your body, you may find that you talk with bad breath.
How can you stop bad breath? Here is some advice. It’s necessary for you to use some mouthwash (漱口水) or clean your mouth with water after meals. It can stop germs from staying in your mouth and between your teeth. Brushing your teeth at least twice a day is also a good way. You should brush your teeth for more than two minutes each time. Never stay up late at night, or you may get a sore throat and it may cause bad breath. You’d better not eat food like onions or anything with special smells before meeting others.
If you don’t want to have bad breath, make sure to have good habits in life. You’d better keep away from drinking and smoking. Looking after your teeth and mouth well can help you keep fresh breath all the time.
阅读以上材料，根据其内容回答其后各个小题。1. When you talk with bad breath, it may make people around you feel ________.
| A．angry | B．terrible | C．excited | D．afraid |
| A．Causes of bad teeth. | B．Causes of bad breath. |
| C．Ways to make your teeth clean. | D．The importance of fresh breath. |
①If you have some health problems. ②If you have a delicious meal.
③If there are germs inside your mouth. ④If you make your teeth clean.
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．Going to bed early. |
| B．Stopping smoking. |
| C．Brushing teeth for more than two minutes each time. |
| D．Never having anything with special smells. |
| A．Advice on Keeping Fresh Breath |
| B．Advice on Brushing Teeth |
| C．Ways to Give Up Drinking and Smoking |
| D．Reasons for Keeping Fresh Breath |
4 . Nowadays, Chinese people live around the world, like Canada, Australia and America. Wherever they go, they always take their customs with them.
Many Chinese people live together in Chinatowns (唐人街), such as Ottawa, Sydney, or New York. Walking down the streets of any Chinatown makes you think you are truly in China. There are Chinese restaurants where friends enjoy eating dishes such as Peking duck and dumplings. On Chinese New Year, Chinese people in these cities celebrate the festival just as they do in China so that they will not forget the customs of their hometowns.
China has also shown its great arts to the world. Beautiful Chinese paintings and porcelain (陶瓷) can be seen in many museums. You might have classes about Chinese calligraphy (书法) and learn to write Chinese characters. You can find books about Chinese poetry and art. If you can’t get to China, China can come to you!
China has changed faster than almost any other country in the world. The new technology has improved the lives of millions of Chinese people, China has sent rockets (火箭) into space. We help more and more people around the world get to learn about China and Chinese culture. At the same time, we still carry on many valuable things and customs from the past like eating noodles and rice with chopsticks.
1. In paragraph 1, the underlined word “they” refers to (指) ________ around the world.| A．Canadians | B．Chinese |
| C．Australians | D．Americans |
| A．Because many Chinese people live together in Chinatowns. |
| B．Because they don’t want to forget the customs of their hometowns. |
| C．Because China has shown great arts to the world. |
| D．Because China has changed faster than almost any other country. |
| A．enjoy dishes like Peking duck and dumplings |
| B．celebrate Chinese New Year |
| C．learn to write Chinese characters |
| D．send rockets into space |
| A．Chinese people like to eat noodles and rice. |
| B．Chinese people like to use chopsticks. |
| C．Chinese people still carry on valuable customs from the past. |
| D．Chinese people are not used to using knives or forks. |
| A．Many Chinese people live together in Chinatowns. |
| B．China has shown great arts to the world. |
| C．China has changed faster than any other country. |
| D．Chinese people always take their customs with them wherever they go. |
Top 5 languages by number of native speakers Chinese 1,400 million Hindi 1,428 million English 681 million Arabic 328 million Spanish 478 million |
Top 5 languages by number of learners around the world English 1,500 million Chinese 300 million French 140 million Spanish 15 million German 15 million |
200 million 300 million 400 million |
1. Which language has the fewest native speakers?
| A．Spanish. | B．Arabic. | C．English. | D．Hindi. |
| A．Chinese. | B．French. | C．English. | D．German. |
| A．15 million. | B．300 million. | C．80 million. | D．1,500 million. |
| A．Chart 1 shows us the top five languages by number of learners around the world. |
| B．About 478 million people speak Arabic as their first language. |
| C．French has the largest number of learners around the world. |
| D．The number of English learners in China is increasing. |
| A．Human and society. | B．Human and nature. | C．Business. | D．Health. |
6 . What do American children think of thanksgiving? This is what some of them wrote.
| Many people have done things for me. I’m happy that people care about me. Most people I know give me money or gifts at thanks giving. Sometimes people take me on visits to places or ask me to their houses. I like to do nice things for other people, too. |
| Two years ago we were at my grandparents’ house at thanksgiving and we wanted to get a turkey in the store but they didn’t have any. So we had to buy a live (活的) one. When we went out to kill it, it had run away and we couldn’t find it. So my father bought some chicken for us and that year we had to eat chicken instead of turkey. |
| I am thankful for having a really good mum who looks after me so well. I am thankful for my grandparents who always take me to music class. I am thankful for having good teachers, especially Ms. Mcmillan because she helps me to try new things. |
| Thanksgiving is a wonderful day. It is great because I don’t have to go to school. I can stay at home. The most important reason is that I can have fun with my family. The first thanksgiving was in 1621. Since then, each year we celebrate thanksgiving on the first Thursday of November. |
| A．Linda. | B．Selina. |
| C．Ryan. | D．Joss. |
| A．Take her on visits to places. | B．Take her to the store. |
| C．Help her to try new things. | D．Ask her to stay at home. |
| A．Because they didn’t have money to buy a turkey. |
| B．Because they didn’t buy a turkey from the store. |
| C．Because they killed the chicken. |
| D．Because the turkey ran away and they couldn’t find it. |
| A．his classmates | B．his mother |
| C．his grandparents | D．his teachers |
| A．He doesn’t have to go to school. | B．He can stay at home. |
| C．He can have fun with his family. | D．He can eat turkey. |
7 . My name is Lucy. I am an English girl. Now I’m a middle school student in No. 8 Middle School in Beijing.
My favorite subject is Chinese at school. It’s interesting, but it’s not easy to learn. I can’t speak it well or write the Chinese characters (汉字) well. Luckily (幸运地), I have a lot of Chinese friends here. They often help me with my study (学习) and life. Miss Lin, my Chinese teacher, is a kind and beautiful woman, and she teaches well. I really like her and her classes.
I am very happy to study in China. But there is one thing I don’t like. Chinese students have too many rules at school. I think the students need more freedom. They need more time to do what they like.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
1. Where is Lucy now?| A．In Tianjin. | B．In Beijing. | C．In Guangzhou. | D．In Shanghai. |
| A．It’s interesting and easy. | B．It’s easy but boring. |
| C．It’s interesting but difficult. | D．It’s boring and difficult. |
| A．English. | B．Math. | C．Chinese. | D．Music. |
| A．知识 | B．压力 | C．纪律 | D．自由 |
| A．There are too many rules at school. | B．She has too much homework to do. |
| C．She has no friends here. | D．The teachers are too strict with her. |
8 . Dorothy lived with her uncle Henry and aunt Em who were both farmers. Their house had only four walls, a floor and a small space under the floor to protect them from powerful winds. The house was in the middle of poor land with strong sunlight and few plants. Aunt Em used to be young and cheerful, but the sun and wind had taken away her happiness. Uncle Henry also looked serious and strict. Only Toto, a little black dog with shiny hair and bright eyes, could bring laughter into Dorothy’s life.
One day, they heard low sounds of wind from both the north and the south. Uncle Henry realized a strong wind was coming. He rushed to protect the animals while Aunt Em hurried Dorothy to the basement. Suddenly, the house began to rock and rise to the air. In the center, the wind blew loudly, but Dorothy found herself riding safely on the rising house.
Frightened, Toto ran around the room until Dorothy caught him and protected him from falling through the open door. She closed it carefully to avoid further danger. As hours passed, Dorothy slowly got over her fear. She finally fell asleep on her bed with Toto by her side. The wind had set Dorothy’s house down gently in a beautiful country.
As she looked around, she saw green grass, fruitful trees, and colourful flowers.Birds with special feathers sang and flew around.As she stood enjoying the beautiful views, a group of strangely dressed people came near. They wore round hats that rose to a small point a foot above their heads. Three men were dressed in blue, and a little woman wore a white dress. They stopped and discussed in a low voice, as if afraid to come farther.
1. How does the writer begin the story?| A．By showing a saying. | B．By giving some numbers. |
| C．By introducing the family. | D．By describing the landscape. |
| A．Toto. | B．Uncle Henry. |
| C．Aunt Em. | D．Both her aunt and uncle. |
| A．Aunt Em quickly brought Toto to the basement. |
| B．Dorothy went to help Uncle Henry with the animals. |
| C．Toto noticed the wind and barked to tell Uncle Henry. |
| D．The house went up after Dorothy got into the basement. |
| A．Noticed. | B．Controlled. | C．Influenced. | D．Experienced. |
| A．There was no wind in the new place. |
| B．People lived happily in the new place. |
| C．Dorothy was unusual to the group of people. |
| D．Dorothy and the group of people dressed alike. |
9 . Alice is in a very strange (奇怪的) land! There are a lot of animals and they can speak, run and cook! Some of them always help her. So she makes friends with them. There are some mushrooms (蘑菇), too. When she eats a mushroom, she becomes very big or very small. There is a Queen. She is not so kind. She is often angry with other people and she often says, “Cut off his head!” Alice is so afraid of her. She doesn’t like this place. She wants to go home because she misses her family.
(——From Alice in Wonderland)
1. What CAN’T the animals do in the strange land?| A．Speak. | B．Run. | C．Cook. | D．Fly. |
| A．they help her | B．they give her food |
| C．they are strange | D．they can play games |
| A．Fruits. | B．Mushrooms. | C．Vegetables. | D．Friends. |
| A．剃头 | B．梳头 | C．砍头 | D．磕头 |
| A．This is a real land. | B．The Queen is always angry. |
| C．Alice loves the place very much. | D．Alice doesn’t miss her family. |
10 . Oil becomes more expensive and difficult to find. It’s becoming less and less, too. Scientists are looking for other energies, including solar (太阳能), wind and even nuclear (核能) power.
Solar boards (板) catch energy from the sun and turn it into electricity. One of the world’s largest solar power stations is in Germany. What’s more, solar energy produces no waste.
Wind, the fastest growing kind of energy, is another way of collecting energy from the sun. As we all know, Holland is famous for its wind electricity. And it’s also called Windmill Kingdom (风车之国).
Nuclear power produces electricity more cheaply with no carbon (碳) waste. And more countries join the nuclear group. China has built twenty-two nuclear power stations, too.
1. Which is NOT the reason for scientists to look for other energies?| A．Oil becomes more expensive. | B．There is less oil. |
| C．People don’t like using oil. | D．It’s difficult to find oil. |
| A．From the earth. | B．From the sun. | C．From the moon. | D．From the stars. |
| A．Germany | B．China | C．America | D．Holland |
| A．Solar. | B．Wind. | C．Ocean. | D．Nuclear. |
| A．Germany has one of the world’s largest solar power stations. |
| B．Nuclear power produces more carbon waste. |
| C．Wind is the slowest growing kind of energy. |
| D．There are 20 nuclear power stations in China. |
