1 . Everyone needs to know how to prevent a fire. It is also important to know what to do when it breaks out.
Every year, over 11,000 people are killed or injured in house fires. Smokers who are careless cause about 200 deaths and over 6,000 fires. More than half of those who die in fires are suffocated (窒息死亡) by smoke.
Be aware of how quickly a spark or flame can become deadly. It can take away the air you need to breathe. It can make so much smoke that it can kill someone in seconds. If fire breaks out, do not attempt to fight the fire unless it is small. Try putting out a small fire with water. If the fire has spread, shut the door on it. Alert everyone else in the building and tell them to get out. You should leave and dial 911 for the fire department.
Before going into a room, check the door. If the handle or the door is hot, don’t open it! Instead, put clothing or a wet towel at the bottom of it to keep smoke out. If there’s a rush of smoke or heat, close it again and shout to alert others inside.
Now open the window and shout Fire! See whether you can drop safely to the ground. Use this as your escape route if you can. If you are not on ground level, break your fall by pushing a mattress out first. Lower yourself at arm’s length before dropping. Once outside, stay outside and make sure the fire department is called.
1. More than half of those who die from fires _________.| A．are burned by fires | B．are careless |
| C．are suffocated by smoke | D．are killed by the flame |
| A．it can take away the air we are breathing | B．its temperature is too high to go near it |
| C．it can kill people | D．it can burn quickly |
| A．people | B．water | C．fire | D．buildings |
| A．we don’t touch it |
| B．we don’t cross through the door |
| C．we should open the door quickly with it |
| D．we had better put a wet towel at the bottom of it |
2 . Millions of years ago, there were many strange animals on the earth. There were huge monsters (怪物) that could fly. The monsters could fly like a bird, but they were not birds because they had no feathers. There were elephants with long and woolly hair. There were also very small horses which were not bigger than dogs. Weren’t they strange animals?
We cannot see these strange animals any more because they disappeared from the earth. These strange animals have become extinct. How do we know that they once lived on this earth?
Some of these animals got frozen in very cold lands. The ice preserved them perfectly so that they could be dug out.
Not all the animals got frozen. In other places, the animals fell into mud when they died and the mud covered them. Their bodies rotted away (腐烂), but the bones remained. As time went by, the mud turned to stone little by little. So the bones of the animals were preserved in stone. Scientists dug out the stone and studied the bones to get to know what the animals looked like.
Thanks to the scientific research, we have got a chance to learn about the strange animals which once lived on the earth.
1. How did scientists know what such strange animals looked like?| A．By digging out the stone. | B．By studying their bones. |
| C．By melting the ice. | D．By cutting off the stone. |
| A．the cold weather | B．the scientists |
| C．only the mud | D．the ice and the stone |
| A．some animals which were frozen in cold lands |
| B．some animals which were dug out from the mud |
| C．some strange animals which are living with us |
| D．some strange animals which once lived on the earth |
| A．Western Culture | B．News Report | C．Science Discovery | D．Fashion World |
3 . ①Recently, experts are studying how language could influence children’s lives recently. The study carries out a survey of 2, 001 parents with children under the age of 18, along with another survey of more than 500 business leaders.
②According to the study, we discover that children who speak different languages become more aware (意识到) of different cultures, other people and other points of view. This might help them better understand the world around them and then for sure increase their chances of finding better jobs when they grow up. The future job markets are in need of space tour guides, robot coaches, e-commerce (电商) workers, etc. No matter what a child chooses to be, multilinguals (多种语言的人) and cross-culture talents will probably stand a good chance to take the lead.
③But which languages top the list? Results show that children should be learning French, German, and/or Chinese if they want to be successful in the next ten years. Being able to speak one of these languages opens the door to new markets for businesses and allows them to create new relationships with future business partners.
④In the survey, however, we have also found that not all parents are aware of the importance of their children learning a second language, which is quite shocking. While around 85% of the parents believe that it is important for their children to learn a second language, more than 45% of parents admit (承认) that their child or children cannot speak a second language and even 15% of the parents consider learning a second language a waste of time.
⑤If you want your child to stand out from the crowd, follow the habits of parents of successful people—give children chores, set high but realistic (现实的) expectations, get yourself educated, spend time together—and, of course, make sure they learn a second language, especially one of the three languages!
1. According to the study, how might learning different languages help children?| A．It might make children develop an interest in culture. |
| B．It might help children to look for good work when they grow up. |
| C．It might allow children to meet the standards of strict teachers. |
| D．It might increase children’s chances of creating new relationships at school. |
| A．By listing some predictions. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By making comparisons. | D．By explaining reasons. |
| A．To introduce ways of learning foreign languages. |
| B．To share the secret of becoming successful parents. |
| C．To describe the advantages of learning different languages. |
| D．To advise parents to make their kids learn a second language. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
4 . Astronauts have already visited the moon and lived on space stations. They’ve never been to another planet so far, but by the year 2100, they might live on the planet—Mars (火星). The astronauts will spend about six months traveling to the planet, then about two years on the planet and about six months traveling back to the earth. They’ll be away from the earth for about three years, so they’ll need a lot of food! It’s very expensive to take food into space. It costs about 120, 000 dollars to carry something that weighs one kilogram. So an apple on Mars could cost 20, 000 dollars. Of course, they will need to take quite a lot of food with them to feed the astronaut s for three years. This amount of fresh food can not stay fresh, and is very expensive to take, so they need to find food that is not very heavy.
At the moment, astronauts on space stations eat dried food. It’s very light, so it doesn’t cost a lot of money to carry it into pace. But astronauts stay healthier and happier if they eat fresh food. In the future, astronauts on Mars may grow vegetables like lettuce (生菜) and carrots.
Astronauts an Mars will probably have special machines. They’ll use these machines to change beans into foods that taste like meat or cheese because it won’t be possible to keep animals in space.
Life on Mars will be better than that on Earth in many ways. People will have more space. Living in a large building with only 10 bedrooms is highly possible. Many people believe that robot will do most of our work, so we have more time for our hobbies.
1. According to the text, by the year 2100, some of us will possibly live ________.| A．on the moon | B．on Mars | C．in the sun | D．under the sea |
| A．Because it is cheap to buy. | B．Because it is delicious. |
| C．Because it makes them happy. | D．Because it is cheap to carry. |
| A．Astronaut s will get food that taste like meat or cheese from beans on Mars. |
| B．If we take two kilograms of apples into space, it could cost 40, 000 dollars. |
| C．It will take the astronauts about three months to get to a planet. |
| D．Dried food is as healthy as fresh food for astronauts in space. |
| A．Because only a few people will live there. |
| B．Because there will be much delicious food. |
| C．Because there will be more space and less work to do. |
| D．Because people don’t need to do any work. |
| A．Food in Space | B．An Important Planet | C．Astronauts in the Future | D．Vegetables in Space |
5 . My best friend Bill is always trying to find out ways to give the environment a helping hand. One day, Bill brought some green cakes to school. At lunch, he shared his cakes with us. “Delicious!” “Wonderful!” Everyone liked the cakes and wondered how he made them.
The story goes back a few weeks. Bill’s family likes fruit very much. His father especially loves watermelons. He eats a lot of them in summer. They always throw away the skins.
After seeing the cleaner working hard to pick up the heavy rubbish pail (桶), Bill said. “There must be a good way to use all the watermelon skins.”
After a lot of thinking, he decided to make something with the skins. First, he made the skins into juice. Then he carefully made his delicious GREEN cakes.
Once he tasted the cake, he knew his cakes were a great by-product (副产品) of the watermelon eating. And it was nature friendly too.
From now on, he doesn’t need to worry about the heavy waste from eating watermelons. And everyone always wants more of his special cakes.
1. What did Bill share with his classmates one day?| A．Something he bought. | B．Something he made. |
| C．Something he planted. | D．Something he picked. |
| A．They work very hard. | B．They like fruit very much. |
| C．They help pick up the rubbish. | D．They enjoy making green cakes. |
| A．瓜皮 | B．毛皮 | C．皮肤 | D．垃圾 |
| A．I made very good cakes and everyone enjoyed them. |
| B．I worked with the cleaner and my parents praised me. |
| C．I made some fruit juice but my classmates needed more. |
| D．I tried to help others but I worried about the heavy waste. |
6 . Some rich and beautiful ladies were sitting on the bank of a river, enjoying their picnic. When they were washing their hands and feet in the clean water, they saw their reflections (倒影).
Seeing their reflections in the water, they started to praise their own beauty. One of them said, “How beautiful my hands are!”
Another woman said her hands were even more beautiful. A third one said the same thing. Soon, an argument (争吵) broke out among them.
They saw an old woman passing by. She was walking with the help of a stick and her clothes were dirty. Seeing her, one lady suggested asking the old woman about whose hands were the most beautiful. They all agreed. When the old woman came near, they showed her their hands and asked, “Who has the most beautiful hands?”
The old woman said, “I am hungry and thirsty. Give me something to eat and then answer you.”
They refused and asked her to go away.
A poor woman saw all this. She went to the old woman and made her sit comfortably. She opened her lunch box and shared her food and water. Then she helped wash the old woman’s hands and feet, while giving great comfort to her.
After the old woman felt a little better, she went back to those rich ladies. Pointing to that poor woman, she said, “She has the most beautiful hands.”
All the ladies laughed. “What do you know about beauty?” Hearing this, the old woman replied, “Beautiful hands belong to those who do good and serve the people who need help.”
1. Why did the rich ladies go to the river bank?| A．For a picnic. | B．For a praise. | C．For a discussion. | D．For an argument. |
| A．Dirty clothes of the old woman. | B．Reflections of the bank of the river. |
| C．Relationship among these rich ladies. | D．Disagreement on the most beautiful hands. |
| A．Good-looking. | B．Hard-working. | C．Kind-hearted. | D．Polite. |
| A．To share some fun of the ladies. | B．To stop the ladies’ argument. |
| C．To praise the did woman’s action. | D．To show the true meaning of beauty. |
7 . Here are three back covers of the books.
Daily Life in China in the Ming Dynasty Learn all about the daily lives of people in China in the Ming Dynasty. Find out what they wore, what they ate, where they lived and how they travelled. Read letters and poems about their lives in this book. |
Buildings in Old China Do you ever wonder where Chinese people lived and worked in the past? How many rooms were there in their homes? Where did they sleep or work? This book tells you all about people’s homes and workplaces in old China. You can see photos and drawings of furniture and tools in the past. |
Games Children Played 500 Years Ago The games children played in the past were very different from the ones children play now. Today children have computers and radio cars. Children in the past only had sticks and stones but they had a lot of fun playing with them. Find out more from the pictures and other records in this book. | |
1. What does “they” refer to in Book 1?
| A．The Ming Dynasty. | B．The people. | C．The daily lives. | D．The letters and poems. |
| A．building | B．computer | C．radio car | D．bed |
| A．They all share something in the past. | B．They all talk about the lifestyles. |
| C．They all talk about the old China. | D．They are all filled with poems and pictures. |
Do you know the sun’s warmth is a kind of useful energy? Want to try using it yourself ? Let’s do a cool project-making a solar (太阳能的) tower!
You can try this project at home. You just need some tape, a pin (别针), paper, three cans and two big thick books. Now, we’re going to build the solar tower. First, make a pinwheel (纸风车) with a piece of square paper. Second, cut off the tops and bottoms of the cans, place the cans on top of each other and tape them together. Next, use a pin to connect the pinwheel with the tower. Finally, put the can tower on top of the books, which are 5 cm apart from each other. So there’s a gap (间隔) at the bottom, allowing the air to enter the tower.
Now, all we have to do is set the whole thing near a window, where there’s sunlight. When the sun shines on the tower, it gets hot and warms the air in it. The warmer air moves upward (向上的) through the tower and makes the pinwheel turn around as it passes by. Then cooler air comes in through the gap from the bottom of the tower, gets heated up, and rises, so the cycle goes on. This is how it works. How amazing!
So next time you feel the warm sun on your face, remember that it’s more than just a nice feeling-sunlight is a powerful and useful source of energy.
1. How does the writer introduce the topic?| A．By listing numbers. | B．By asking questions. |
| C．By stating opinions. | D．By giving examples. |
| A．To stop the tower from falling off. | B．To stop the books from heating up. |
| C．To allow the air enter the tower. | D．To allow the air get out of the tower. |
for warm air; 
for cold air.)A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．science. | B．Society. | C．Lifestyle. | D．Environment. |
9 . ①“A friend in need is a friend indeed.” Friends are important to us. Friends help us get through hard times. Friends also influence us a lot. Let’s enjoy two poems about friendship.
| ②
I, Li Bai, sit aboard a ship about to go. When suddenly onshore your farewell songs o’erflow. However deep the Lake of Peach Blossoms (桃花) may be. It is not so deep, Wang Lun! As your love for me. | ③ A Time to Talk (By Robert Frost) When a friend calls to me from the road, And slows his horse to a meaning walk, I don’t standstill and look around. On all the hills I haven’t hoed (锄地), And shout from where I am, what is it? No, not as there is a time to talk. I push my hoe in the ground, Blade (锄头)—end up and five feet tall, And I go up to the stonewall, For a friendly visit. |
④ Both poems are famous in their cultures, but they tell different stories. Li Bai described the scene (场景) of his friend seeing him off. US poet Robert Frost wrote about a friend’s visit when he was working. Li made a comparison. His poem shows the friendship between him and his friend is deeper than the deep water. Frost’s poem, on the other hand, tells the readers that we should stop what we are doing to talk with our friends. It tells us that nothing should get in the way of spending time with friends. The language is simple but sincere (真挚的).
1. What scene did Li Bai describe in the poem?| A．Ships on the lake. | B．Peach Blossoms. |
| C．Wang Lun seeing him off. | D．Songs sung by Wang Lun. |
| A．The ship | B．Love | C．The lake of Peach Blossoms | D．Li Bai |
| A．The end of the friendship. | B．The writers of the poems. |
| C．The comparison of people. | D．The analysis (分析) of the poems. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
10 . Recently cunchao has become a hot topic in China!
Rongjiang is a small county in Guizhou Province, with a population of 385, 000. However, it has welcomed over 1 million tourists since the village football tournament (联赛), or cunchao in Chinese, began on May 13.
The tournament is organized by the county’s football association (协会), with 20 teams competing The players include farmers, small business owners, construction workers and taxi drivers. Divided into two groups, the teams compete on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with the final scheduled for July 29.
The event has drawn the attention from all over the world. Football star Michael Owen from England recorded a video message expressing his support for the competition, while former Asian Footballer of the Year, Fan Zhiyi, led a team to play with the local players. Media, both in China and overseas, have been fascinated by the event.
The locals are really moved and feel proud about the attention from all over the world. Many villagers offer to help, distributing (分发) free bottled water and snacks. People here are united as one family. Yang, 49, is the headmaster of a local primary school. He is director of performances, and also plays for his village team. “I am really busy, but I don't feel tired. We are playing not for the prize but for the honor of our villages. I feel as if I were 20 years younger,” Yang said.
It’s reported that over the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday alone, the county received 350, 000 tourists and tourism income reached 444 million yuan about five times the amount for the same period last year.
1. The players in the 20 teams are ________.| A．all professional players | B．tourists to visit the county |
| C．famous football players in China | D．people with different jobs |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By raising a question. |
| C．By listing some numbers. | D．By explaining differences. |
| A．The honor of the villages. | B．The snacks sold in the county. |
| C．The ways to become younger. | D．The passion (热情) of the locals. |
| A．The village football tournament (联赛) |
| B．A famous county in Guizhou Province |
| C．The football association of Rongjian County |
| D．The sports development of Guizhou Province |
