1 . Hi! My name is Carlos. There are five people in my family. There’s my dad, Lucas, my mum Diana, my brother Paulo, my sister Sonia and me. We live in a house in London.
My father is forty-five years old. He works as a teacher. He’s tall, has short brown hair and black eyes. He is very helpful.
My mother Jeccia is forty and she is a doctor. She has beautiful blue eyes. She works in a hospital near our house. She is also tall and slim(苗条的). I think she is lovely.
My sister, Sonia, is twelve. She is a student. My younger brother, Paulo is eight years old. He is also a student and he is a kind boy.
Now I want to tell you about me. I am fifteen years old. I am tall, and my hair is brown. I am not very pretty but my friends say I am a nice person. My favourite subject is English.
I am very happy to have a wonderful family.
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
任务一：用完整的句子回答下面问题。
1. How many people are there in Carlos’s family?
2. What color are Jeccia’s eyes?
3. What can we know about Paulo?
任务二：将划线句子翻译成中文。
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With the development of economics (经济), the problem of the left-behind children has become a serious social problem. More and more people have realized we should do something to help them.
The biggest problem is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years. So some children can’t remember what their parents look like. When they meet their own troubles, they have no one to talk with. Nobody gives them enough care.
Because of being too far away from their parents, the left-behind children’s study is the second biggest problem. From a survey about their study, only two percent of the children get good results while ten percent of them are common and eighty-eight percent of them are poor. What a pity!
There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and too much time on the Internet and so on.
In a word, to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the government, families and schools to try their best together.
1. What is the most serious problem of the left-behind children according to the passage?2. What does “left- behind children” mean in Chinese?
3. According to the passage, list at least two problems the left-behind children have.
4. Find the sentence with the similar meaning as “The left-behind children are far from their parents, so their study is the second most serious trouble” from the passage.
I went cycling one day and saw a man in front of me, for about 250 meters. I could tell, he was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to catch up with（赶上） him. So I started cycling faster and faster. After a few minutes I was only about 100 meters behind him, so I rode my bike really fast and pushed myself.
Finally, I caught up with him and passed him. I felt so good. “I win.” I thought. “Although he didn’t even know.” However, after I passed him, I found that I missed my turn. I went too far and had to turn around and go back. It was not so good.
Isn’t it just like life? We often focus on （集中注意力于） competing（竞争） with others, trying to show that we are better than them. We spend our time running after them and we miss out on our own paths（ 道路） in life.
The problem with unhealthy competition is that it never ends. There will always be somebody in front of you. So don’t worry too much and live a healthy life. Run your own life and wish others well.
1. What did the writer decide to do when he saw the man?2. What happened to the writer when he passed the man?
3. How did the writer feel after he passed the man by?
4. What can you learn from the story?
5. 请将文中划线句子翻译成中文。
Have you ever asked yourself this question, “Which books I need to read? Fiction or Non-Fiction?” To help you answer this question, I would like to explain the differences between the two kinds of books.
A fiction book is something not happened in real life. It can be a novel, a fairy tale, a short story or a play. Fiction writers are usually good at imagining. For example, they always try to tell you something through a story; they make readers think about their ideas. They usually write about love, family or life in their books. When you read fiction, you see the world through a character’s eyes. Looking at the world from a different way helps you get opinions about things around you.
Non-fiction books usually talk about a truth or an opinion about real things. It mainly includes informational books, biographies (传记), research, or history. Non-fiction helps readers get knowledge (知识) about the world. This knowledge is helpful for reading fiction books. Also, reading non-fiction helps readers understand problems and find ways to solve them. You can also learn useful lessons from successful people in the book.
①Reading is a very good habit. ②Both kinds of books help you learn more about yourself and the world. They bring you a lot of happiness.
1. What do fiction writers usually write about in their books?2. What else can we know from the passage?
3. Which books do you want to read, fiction books or non-fiction books? Give your reasons.
4. 请将文中下划线句子①翻译成中文。
5. 请将文中下划线句子②翻译成中文。
5 . Hi! I’m Tina Smith and I’m thirteen years old. I live in Quebec with my parents, two little brothers, Peter and Mike, and a clever dog Blacky.
The city we live in is really beautiful. In winter it often snows and you can see the snow in the streets and on the houses. When the temperature（气温）is lower than thirty-five degrees（度数）below zero we don’t go to school but stay at home. It is very, very cold! Sometimes there are heavy snowstorms and you can’t see anything. There are often very cold winds and it is difficult to stay in the streets for a long time. That’s why we wear warm coats, hats and scarves not to freeze（冻结）.
I like winter when the weather isn’t very cold. Then we go outdoors, make snowmen, play snowballs, skate or ski. But sometimes I hope to live in a warm country.
任务—根据短文回答下面问题。
1. How many people are there in Tina’s family?
2. When do the students in Quebec have to stay at home?
3. Why can’t people sometimes see anything in winter?
任务二：划线句子翻译成中文。
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Hi! I’m Jack. I don’t like to get up early. In the morning, I get up at eight. Then I go to school at eight thirty. I don’t have much time for breakfast, so I usually eat very quickly. For lunch, I usually eat hamburgers. After school, I often play basketball for half an hour. When I get home, I always do my homework first. In the evening, I either watch TV or play computer games. At ten thirty, I brush my teeth and then I go to bed.
Mary is my sister. She usually gets up at six thirty. Then she always takes a shower and eats a good breakfast. After that, she goes to school at eight thirty. At twelve, she sometimes plays volleyball. She always eats ice cream after dinner. She knows it’s not good for her, but it tastes good! In the evening, she does her homework and usually swims or takes a walk. At nine thirty, she goes to bed.
1. Do Jack and Mary go to school at the same time?2. What does Jack usually have for lunch?
3. How long does Jack often play basketball after school?
4. What time does Mary go to bed?
7 . Amazing China(《厉害了，我的国》)is a 90-minute documentary. It records the country’s great developments over the past seven years. The film hit China’s big screen on March 2,2018 and it soon became the country’s most popular documentary.
Amazing China introduces some of the most important developments that China has made since 2012. In the documentary, we can see the world’s largest radio telescope FAST. It took China five years, from 2011 to 2016, to build the telescope in the mountains of Guizhou Province. People called it Tianyan, which means “the eye of heaven” in Chinese. The documentary also shows us the world’s largest maritime drilling rig Blue Whale 2, and the development of 5G mobile technology.
Amazing China also records the stories of normal people, such as engineers who do building work, grass-roots officials who help poor people become rich, and workers who try to make use of new technology in their factories.
“This documentary not only shows what China has achieved,but also tells us about the hard-working people who made these achievements,” said Li Jianwen, a moviegoer in Qingdao, Shandong Province.
1. What is Amazing China mainly about?| A．The changes of people’s life. |
| B．China’s great developments. |
| C．The development of documentaries. |
| D．A new film of China. |
| A．A radio telescope. | B．A maritime drilling rig. |
| C．A 5G mobile. | D．A spaceship. |
| A．Amazing China was the most popular documentary in China in2018. |
| B．Blue Whale 2 is in Guizhou Province. |
| C．The people in the film are not hard-working. |
| D．Li Jianwen is proud of our country’s achievements. |
Some boys like wearing the same kinds of clothes as girls, and some of them have long hair, so sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.
Today is Sunday. I have a walk with my grandmother in the park. My grandmother is 80 years old and she can’t see well. After some time, my grandmother is tired, so she sits down on a chair. There is another person sitting on the chair, too.
“Hello,” my grandmother says to the person with long hair next to her. “Can you see the person with long hair under the big tree? Is it a boy or a girl?”
“Which one?” asks the person.
“The one eating under the big tree,” says my grandmother.
“The boy!” says the person. “He’s my brother Mark.”
“Oh,” says my grandmother, “I don’t know you are his sister.”
“No, I’m not his sister. I’m his brother.”
1. What day is it today?2. How many people are sitting on the chair?
3. Why does the writer’s grandmother think the person next to her is a girl?
Most of middle school students always wear school uniforms when they are at school, but they also want to make themselves look fashionable（时髦的）and nice. They can’t make money now. Is it necessary for them to wear labels（品牌）? Some students show us their ideas.
Bill: get new clothes and shoes quite often. My parents buy them for me. I buy things because I like them. I get angry if I don’t get what I want. I think it’s important to wear labels. My favorite label is Nike because it’s the best maker I think.
Kate: My mum buys me clothes and shoes. On my birthdays I buy my own. I always go for labels because they make me look in fashion. But I don’t think it’s important to wear labels. I buy things because I like them, not because of the price or the labels.
Paul: My mother buys me clothes. I don’t think labels are important. But my favorite label is Li-Ning. And I sometimes can’t get the things I want, because my mother can’t afford（买得起）them. I will just wait until she has enough money.
1. What do most of students wear at school ?2. Who buys new clothes and shoes for Bill?
3. When can Kate buy her own clothes?
4. How many labels are mentioned(被提到) in the passage?
5. What will Paul do if his mother can’t afford the things?
10 . Xiao He is from Guangdong, China. He lives in Heyuan, a small city in Guangdong, with his grandparents and sister. His parents leave home and work in a factory (工厂).
There is a famous school in the city. Xiao He and his sister study there. Every day, they get up at 6:30 a.m. They have to eat quickly for breakfast in the morning, because they can’t be late for school. Then they ride a bike to school. The school is far from their home and it takes them about 45 minutes to walk there. There are many rules in their school. Students have to do morning exercises at 8:00 a.m., and they can’t bring music players to school. The teachers are strict there, too. But Xiao He loves his school and his head teacher, Mr. Bai. Mr. Bai teaches English, and he can speak English well. Xiao He thinks strict rules help him grow up (成长) better.
1. Who do Xiao He and his sister live with?2. How do they go to school?
3. What do they have to do at 8:00 a.m.?
4. What does Xiao He think of the school rules?
