1 . All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online to watch.
Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports are rather interesting and people everywhere like them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other.
1. Sports are good for ________.| A．the players | B．people’s health |
| C．the coaches | D．people who like sports |
| A．buy tickets to watch the games | B．watch the games on TV |
| C．watch the games on the Internet | D．A, B and C |
| A．the same game | B．different games |
| C．any games | D．all kinds of games |
| A．Table tennis | B．Baseball | C．Football | D．Skating |
| A．people from different countries all | B．people from the same country |
| C．people who do the same sports | D．after a game, people from different countries |
2 . People often ask me for suggestions about how to learn English. As for it, everyone is different. I’ll share some of my experience. I once took a school year English course in Wuhan University, but I mostly learned English on my own.
One thing I can tell you is that, once you’ve started learning, you should try to think in English as much as you can. If you see something when you’re riding your bike or walking down the street, just think about “How would I say them in English?” At first, it might be with simple words or phrases, but later you should think about longer phrases and sentences. Now I’m in America, and for most of the time, I would think in English and speak it directly. It’s amazing how much this helps.
For several years after I started learning, I was often afraid of talking with others in English because I didn’t want to make mistakes. Finally I got it over. And while traveling in America, I’d try to hang out with friends who couldn’t speak Chinese, so that I’d have no choice but to speak English. And I also decided that if I said something stupid and other people laughed at me, then so be it. After that, my English started improving much more quickly.
Besides, it may be a good idea to ask your American friends to look at the way you’re writing, and give you some suggestions for improvement.
1. The writer learned English in Wuhan University for about_________.| A．a week | B．a month | C．a term | D．a year |
| A．thinking in English | B．learning English grammar |
| C．watching English films | D．reading English book |
| A．stick to it | B．depend on it | C．overcome it | D．understand it |
| A．in the university | B．in the middle school |
| C．in China | D．in America |
| A．The Importance of English | B．My English Learning Experience |
| C．My University Life | D．My American Friends |
3 . In the eyes of many foreigners, Chinese are the best hosts（主人）and the worst guests in the world. They’re not really bad guests, but because the guest-host relationship in China is much different than in some western countries, it appears they are not nice guests. And western host sometimes look rude（粗鲁的）in the eyes of Chinese guests.
In China, guests are almost like gods. Whenever I enter a Chinese person’s home, there is always fruit on the table for me, and someone is quick to bring me a cup of tea or water. In the west, generally the guest is not a god. Acting according to the host’s way of doing things is usual behavior for a guest.
My wife’s mother, a very kind elderly Chinese lady, doesn’t smoke. When I see some of her guests smoking in her house, as a non-smoker, I feel unhappy. Usually I want to stop them directly, but I must realize that in China, to be a good host, she must not do that. In most North American homes, if you are a guest, and the hosts are not smokers, you should not smoke in their house. At the very least, you could ask. “Is it OK if I smoke?” But, don’t be surprised if they say “No, you can’t smoke.” In our culture, if you smoke in their home, you are a bad guest, but if they do not allow you to smoke in their house, they are not a rude host.
Guests in China also have special habits. Some western people may not adapt to these habits very soon. Thankfully my wife is Chinese, so whenever we visit a Chinese family she tells me to buy them a gift. However, giving a gift to a host is not always necessary in my country. So, if you invite international guests to your house, don’t be too surprised if they don’t bring you a gift.
In China, you probably won’t need to change the guest-host relationship very much because you will probably only be the host, and Chinese are naturally very good hosts. If western hosts invite you to their house, try not to be too surprised if their style of treating you is not what you have expected.
1. Many foreigners think that Chinese hosts are the ________ in the world| A．best | B．worst | C．most natural | D．most different |
| A．buys some fruit | B．feels like a god |
| C．wants some gifts | D．takes a cup of tea |
| A．It’s OK if you smoke here. | B．Let’s smoke together. |
| C．Sorry, you can’t smoke here. | D．Smoking is a bad habit. |
| A．think back to | B．get used to | C．look forward to | D．keep close to |
| A．Foreigners should learn from Chinese. |
| B．Hosts must do things in the guests’ way. |
| C．Western hosts are always nice to guests. |
| D．People should understand cultural differences. |
4 . You are what you eat
Keeping better eating habits can help you reduce (减少) disease. A healthy eating plan means choosing the right foods to eat and preparing foods in a healthy way.
___________
Do you often change your toothbrush? Maybe you think it is not necessary. A study shows old toothbrushes bring disease. You should often change your toothbrush.
Exercise
Swimming, running, skating, skiing, dancing, walking and some other activities can help you stay healthy. You should exercise at least three times a week and for twenty minutes or more each time. Do it.
Plan out your life
You should have breakfast before you go to school. Have a proper (合适的) meal for lunch. Follow a healthy diet.
1. What’s the passage mainly about?| A．Healthy food. | B．Healthy lifestyle (生活方式). | C．Junk food. | D．Healthy sports. |
| A．Man’s disease | B．Disease | C．Watch the toothbrush | D．Your bathroom |
| A．Twenty minutes. | B．Fifteen minutes. | C．Five minutes. | D．Ten minutes. |
| A．proper diet | B．exercise | C．sleep and exercise | D．proper diet and exercise |
| A．Choosing the right foods. | B．Cooking the foods in a healthy way. |
| C．Never eat meat or fresh vegetables. | D．Both A and B. |
5 . Mrs. White was very fat. She weighed (重) 100 kilos, so she went to see a doctor. The doctor said, “You need a diet (节食), Mrs. White, and I have a good way here.” He gave Mrs. White a small book and said, “Read this carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me in two weeks.”
Mrs. White came again two weeks later, but she wasn’t thinner. She was fatter than before. The doctor was surprised and asked, “Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book? ”Yes, doctor. “she answered.
The next day the doctor visited Mrs. White during her dinner. He was very surprised at what he saw. “Mrs. White,” he said, “why are you eating potatoes and bread? They aren’t in your diet.” “Doctor, ” Mrs. White answered, “I follow my diet at lunchtime. But this is my dinner.”
1. Why did Mrs. White go to see a doctor?| A．Because she had a bad cold. | B．Because she felt terrible. |
| C．Because the doctor was her friend. | D．Because she wanted to be thinner. |
| A．eat more food | B．eat less food |
| C．eat nothing | D．eat healthy food |
| A．fatter | B．thinner | C．healthier | D．stronger |
| A．Because she eat nothing. | B．Because she was eating meat. |
| C．Because she was eating potatoes and bread. | D．Because she wasn’t in. |
| A．She always followed the diet. |
| B．She didn’t follow the diet. |
| C．She didn’t like the diet. |
| D．She only followed the diet at lunchtime, and she didn’t follow the diet at dinner. |
6 . In almost every big university in the United States, football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.
Players sometimes kick (踢) the ball, but they also throw (扔) the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field; they have four chances to move the ball ten yards (码). They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points. This is called a touch-down (持球触地).
It’s difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.
Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell for their favorite team. They dance and jump while they yell. Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January the first. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on TV.
1. In America, football players can _______.| A．only kick the ball | B．only throw the ball | C．only carry the ball | D．kick, throw and carry the ball |
| A．ten players | B．eleven players | C．twelve players | D．thirteen players |
| A．go home | B．carry the ball ten yards | C．run with it | D．kick the ball to the other team |
| A．on Christmas | B．after the season ends | C．on New Year’s Day | D．on Sunday |
| A．shout(喊) loudly | B．jump | C．talk loudly | D．sing |
7 . One day a dentist was starting his morning work. Suddenly a man ran in. His face was red and he could only say “Quick! Quick!” The dentist thought he must be very ill. His assistant helped to make the poor man sit in a chair. The dentist gave the man some medicine to make him sleep. Then, he looked into the man’s mouth and pulled out all the bad teeth. As soon as the man woke up, he said in a low voice, “Quick, doctor, quick.”
“It’s all right now,” the dentist told him. “It’s over.”
“You don’t understand,” said the man, “I came to tell you your house is on fire.”
1. The story took place (发生) ________.| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon | C．in the evening | D．at night |
| A．over | B．ill | C．all right | D．rich |
| A．began to work | B．began to cry | C．went home | D．went to sleep |
| A．a tooth | B．a bad tooth | C．all the bad teeth | D．all the teeth |
| A．because he was ill |
| B．because he wanted to sleep |
| C．to tell the dentist that he was all right |
| D．to tell the dentist that his house was on fire |
8 . A little girl was born in a very poor family. Her name was Wilma Rudolph. When she was four years old, she had pneumonia(肺炎) and it left her with a paralyzed(瘫痪的) left leg. She had to wear an iron leg brace(支架). Her mother told her that she could do whatever she wanted to do.
So at the age of nine, the little girl took off the leg brace, and she tried her best to walk. In four years, she could walk for some steps, which was a medical wonder. Then this girl had a dream that she would like to be the world’s greatest woman runner.
At the age of 13, she entered every race in high school, and in every race she came in last. Everyone asked her to stop! And then there came a day when she won a race. From then on, she won every race that she entered.
She went to university, where she met a coach. The coach trained her so well that she went to the Olympic Games. She went to her first Olympic Games when she was sixteen years old. There she was racing against the greatest woman runner of the day, a German girl named Jutta Heine. Nobody had ever beaten Jutta. But in the 100-meter race, she won. She beat Jutta again in the 200-meter race. She had two Olympic gold medals.
Finally came the 400-meter relay(接力赛). It would be Wilma against Jutta once again. When the third runner handed the baton(接力棒) to Wilma, she was so excited that she dropped it. It was impossible that anybody could catch Jutta. But Wilma did just that! Wilma had earned three Olympic gold medals.
They called her “the Black Pearl”. Wilma Rudolph received a lot of attention from the public, but she did not forget her teammates. She said that her favorite event was the relay, because she could shar the victory with her teammates.
1. What happened to Wilma Rudolph when she was four years old?| A．She had a bad cold. |
| B．She had a terrible illness and couldn’t walk. |
| C．An accident claimed his left leg. |
| D．She had pneumonia and it left her with a paralyzed left leg. |
| A．By taking her to many hospitals. |
| B．By telling her to do whatever she wanted to do. |
| C．By teaching her to walk carefully. |
| D．By talking to her a lot. |
| A．At the age of 9. |
| B．In high school. |
| C．At the age of 16. |
| D．In the university. |
| A．Yes, she did. |
| B．No, she did. |
| C．No,she didn’t. |
| D．Yes,she didn’t. |
| A．Without teammates she couldn’t get success. |
| B．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| C．Unable man must make success. |
| D．The reason why Wilma Rudolph was called “the Black Pearl”. |
9 . At the end of a writing class
I asked the students to share what they had written. We had a new student at the school, whose name was Johnson. Johnson had been with us for only a short while and was still trying to fit in, so I was a little surprised when he volunteered to read. I asked him to read, but inside I wished that the other students would not laugh at him.
Johnson began to read, “If I had one wish, it would be to meet my dad…” He started out loud and clear. He told how he had never seen his father. He told how he tried to be the only man in the house at such a young age.
I took a look at the students. I knew some kids liked to laugh at others. However, all of my students were listening. They were letting him do this I thought. They were allowing him to share something.
“If I had one wish, it would be to meet my dad, so I wouldn’t have to close my eyes every night just wondering what he looks like,” Johnson finished. The class stood up and applauded (鼓掌). They all ran to Johnson with hugs. My eyes got wet.
This is why I teach. I teach because I can watch kids grow and laugh and learn and love.
1. What does the writer do?| A．A student. |
| B．A writing teacher. |
| C．A writer. |
| D．A singer. |
| A．a new |
| B．the best |
| C．the worst |
| D．the youngest |
| A．Johnson lost his father when he was a baby |
| B．Johnson had never seen his father |
| C．Johnson knew what his father looked like |
| D．Johnson looked like his father |
| A．停靠 |
| B．拥抱 |
| C．缠紧 |
| D．紧靠 |
| A．surprised at |
| B．interested in |
| C．moved by |
| D．worried about |
10 . Look at the room! This is Jim and Tom’s room. It’s big but not tidy. A big bed, a desk and a bookcase are in it. Their shoes are under the bed. A computer is on the desk. Their books are in the bookcase. Their school things are everywhere. Their books are on the desk, on the bed and on the sofa. Tom’s keys are on the computer and Jim’s schoolbag is on the floor. Their pencil boxes are on the floor, too. They always ask their mother, “Where’s my pen? Where is my book? Where are my model cars?” Do you think they are tidy?
1. Jim and Tom’s room is ________.| A．tidy | B．big | C．untidy | D．B and C |
| A．in the bookcase | B．under the bed | C．on the bed | D．on the desk |
| A．On the desk. | B．On the computer. | C．On the floor. | D．On the bed. |
| A．There is a big bed, a desk and a bookcase in their room. |
| B．Their school things are here and there. |
| C．Tom’s keys are on the computer and the computer is on the desk. |
| D．They can always find their things easily(容易地). |
| A．A bookcase. | B．A computer game. | C．Books. | D．Pencil boxes. |
