1 . Four Best National Parks For Kids

Yellowstone National Park

Here, the bears may walk in front of your car, and the herd of bison is so close to you that you can roll down the window and touch them. The Hayden Valley, in the center of the park, and the Lamar Valley, in the northeast corner, are among the best places for a drive-by spot of some of the park’s more than 400 animal species. Visiting here is a great chance to see wildlife.

Glacier National Park

Even naughty kids will be attracted as you drive on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, a 52-milehighway that passes by waterfalls, and the Jackson Glacier, where they can get a good view of the seventh-largest glacier in the park. The glaciers are disappearing fast, so share with the kids while you still can.

Acadia National Park

At more than 1,500 feet, Cadillac Mountain is the highest point along the North Atlantic seaboard. However, it is easy to get to by car. Standing on top of the mountain is always an extreme moment for the kids. On the way down, you may also keep your eyes open for the wild blueberry bush, which is really a different world, compared with the cities.

Badlands National Park

If you would prefer to take kids on a fossil hunt, this park is perfect for you, which is home to one of the world’s richest savings of fossils. Starting off on the Fossil Exhibit Trail a long boardwalk with copies of fossils found in the park and good signs, you can tell the kids what they're looking at. From there, take a scenic drive through the Badlands.

1. Which park is your best choice if your kids like wildlife?

A．Acadia National Park.

B．Yellowstone National Park.

C．Badlands National Park.

D．Glacier National Park.

2. What do Glacier National Park and Acadia National Park have in common?

A．Both have a long history.

B．Both have convenient public transport.

C．Both have traditional culture.

D．Both have fascinating view.

3. What can kids learn in Badlands National Park?

A．The knowledge about fossils.

B．The protection about wildlife.

C．The influence of nature on humans.

D．The reasons for the glacier’s disappearing.

2 . If you live in Shanghai, Beijing or many other cities, you may see many orange bicycles on the streets these days.

These bikes are owned by a company called Mobike. You can order a bike through an app on your phone. When you find a bike, you just scan a QR code(扫描二维码) on the bike so you can use it. You don’t need to return the bike to a station—you can park it anywhere.

China was known as “the kingdom of bicycles” about 30 years ago. But more people choose to drive cars and catch the subway these days. Bike rental(租赁的) services like Mobike are bringing bikes back.

“Back then, I got the feeling that Chinese people were trying to be modern and push away the past. So they did not want to be connected with bicycles,” said Ines Brunn, a German woman who runs a bike store in Beijing. “I do believe changes in people’s tastes will shape new thinking about bikes.”

Online rental services are making biking more convenient, but it’s still not easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities. Cars often take up bicycle lanes(道路). Bikers have to ride next to cars in car lanes, which can be very dangerous.

Beijing plans to build over 3,200 km of new bike lanes. Drivers who drive in bike lanes will be punished. Traffic signs will be put up to better protect bikers.

1. If you want to use a Mobike, ________.

A．you have to pay for an app

B．you don’t need to pay for it

C．you have to scan a QR code

D．you don’t have to return it

2. Which of the following is NOT true, according to Paragraph 3?

A．Bike rental services are becoming more popular.

B．China had the most bicycles in the world about 30 years ago.

C．More people are driving cars or taking the subway these days.

D．There are more bicyclists than motorists these days.

3. What does Ines Brunn mean when she says people’s tastes are changing?

A．Chinese people like modern things.

B．More people will start riding bikes.

C．People in Beijing are changing their tastes.

D．Chinese people like riding bicycles.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Bringing back bikes

B．Orange bikes will be fashionable

C．How to use a Mobike

D．Why is Beijing building new bike lanes?

7 . All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when “their” player or team wins.

Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many people love to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada. Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. They are about one hundred years old. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water－skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.

People from different countries often become good friends after a game together. Sports help them to understand each other. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace．

1. Why do people all over the world enjoy sports?

A．Because they want to keep healthy.	B．Because they are happy.
C．Because they want to live longer.	D．All the above.

2. Some people get excited when they watch a game because ________．

A．their favorite team wins	B．they win the game
C．they get the good news	D．they can’t help themselves

3. Which of the sports has a long history?

A．Water－skiing.	B．Basketball.
C．Volleyball.	D．Jumping.

4. People from different countries often become friends after a game together because ________．

A．they train their character in the game	B．they understand each other
C．they are friendly to each other	D．they help each other

8 . You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?

Jane Addams (1860-1935)

Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community (社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

Rachel Carson (1907-1964)

If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness(意识) of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.

Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)

When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator (参议员) and in 1981, the first woman to join the U. S. Supreme Court (最高法院). O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.

Rosa Parks(1913-2005)

On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott (抵制). It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.

1. What is Jane Addams famous for in history?

A．Her social work.	B．Her teaching skills.
C．Her efforts to win a prize.	D．Her community background.

2. What was the reason for O’Connor’s being refused by the law firm?

A．Not having training in law.	B．Her little work experience in court.
C．Her identity as a woman.	D．Her poor financial conditions.

3. Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the U.S.?

A．Jane Addams.	B．Rachel Carson.
C．Sandra Day O’Connor.	D．Rosa Parks.

4. What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?

A．They are highly educated.	B．They are truly creative.
C．They are pioneers.	D．They are peace-lovers.

9 . Smart phones are greatly changing the way we walk down the street. Office workers and young people are walking like the old as they check emails and messages.

Scientists have found mobile phones make us walk more slowly, with modest steps, to avoid falling over. The leader of the study said the walk is just like someone in their eighties. Researchers found people writing a text message walk more than twice as slowly as those without a phone, finding it harder to stay in a straight line.

The scientists examined 252 people walking while reading a text message, writing one, speaking on their phones or without their phones at all. Writing a text is the hardest activity, causing people to look down at their phone 46 percent more, and 45 percent longer, than when reading a message. This led people to walk 118 per cent more slowly than when they were without their phones. People walked almost a third more slowly while reading a text and 19 per cent while talking on the phone.

Smart phones were found to stop people from walking in a straight line, putting them at greater risk of running into other people, cars or street lamps. This increased the need to slow down and take more careful steps.

John Timmis said the idea for this study came from following someone walking down the street in the afternoon, who was walking as if he had had several drinks. I thought it was a bit early for that, then walked up alongside him and saw that he was on his phone. Simply being on the phone changes the way people walk.

1. What does the underlined word “modest” mean in the second paragraph?

A．Young.	B．Straight.
C．Low.	D．Small.

2. Based on the text, who walk the most slowly?

A．Those not carrying phones.

B．Those writing a text message.

C．Those reading a text message.

D．Those speaking on their phones.

3. What made people with phones take more careful steps?

A．The need to walk straight.

B．The desire to use their phones.

C．The chance of possible accidents.

D．The traffic jams during rush hours.

4. What made John Timmis decide to do the research?

A．Seeing office workers walking like the elderly.

B．Seeing people walking in the street hurriedly.

C．Watching young people who were walking normally.

D．watching a person who was walking in the street in a strange way .

10 . John Michael Thomas, 14, Florida

When John Michael Thomas decided to honor his friend and classmate Elizabeth Buckley, who died from cancer, he remembered how much she loved peacocks (孔雀).

He wanted to build a life-sized peacock fountain in Elizabeth’s favorite park in the city. He thought it could be a place for people to relax and be inspired.

John Michael raised $52,000 to build the fountain.

Barrett England, 13, Utah

The wheels began to turn for Barrett England when he heard about Karma Bike shop, a place where young people can earn free bike by reading and performing community service.

Barrett visited Karma’s owner with his idea: He would collect and repair used bikes and donate them to the shop.

He expected to get about 10 donated bikes. In the end, Barrett received 39.

Zachary Blohm, 15, Wisconsin

The 25-yearold playground at an elementary school near Milwaukee, Wis, was so smal that only 70 of its 575 students could play on it at a time.

That’s when Zachary Blohm saved the day. He and some volunteers build a huge playground. To raise money, Zac planned T-shirt and bake sales, sold tickets and more. He held monthly money-raising events for more than a year. Overall, he collected $130,000—enough to finish his project.

Jack Zimmerman, 16, New Jersey

For some people, finding a meal is as simple as opening the refrigerator. For more than 366,000 hungry kids in New Jersey, it’s not that easy.

That fact didn’t sit well with Jack Zimmerman, who organized a drive to lessen childhood hunger in his state. His goal: create 40,000 packaged meals that could be donated to those in need.

On game day, Jack and his volunteers started their work. After the final count, the team had packaged 47,124 meal—well above Jack’ goal.

1. The peacock fountain was built in a park ________.

A．to encourage people

B．for the love of animals

C．in memory of a teenager

D．to cure a cancer sufferer

2. What did Barrett do for Karma Bike Shop?

A．He donated bikes to it.	B．He repaired bikes there.
C．He helped it win customers.	D．He offered a reading service there.

3. Who improved a place for children to play?

A．Jack

B．John

C．Barrett

D．Zachary

4. What do the four people have in common?

A．They’re top students.	B．They care about others.
C．They like various public activities.	D．They’re money raisers for the poor.