Welcome to our school. This booklet has some useful information about your new school. Read it carefully.
Times of the School Day
Students should arrive at school at 8:00 am. On most school days the school closes at 5:00 pm. Students must leave the site before 4:00 pm.
Uniform
Students must wear the school uniform (校服). All items of clothing must be clearly marked with the student’s name.
— white shirt (boys), blue /white blouse (girls);
— grey suit (boys), grey skirt and navy-blue pullover (girls);
— blue and white tie (boys), ties not necessary (girls);
— dark grey socks (boys), white/navy socks (girls);
— black shoes (no trainers or boots).
School Lunches
We have a popular cafeteria which serves hot and cold meals. For a good midday meal you need to spend about £1.85. Students who bring their sandwiches/packed lunches can eat them in the dining hall. Students must not leave the school during the lunch hour.
Library
The library is on the 1st floor. It is open Monday to Friday from 8:30 am — 1:15 pm and 1:25 pm — 4:00 pm for students, teachers and parents.
Absence from School
When a child can’t come to school,we ask parents to phone the school on the first day of absence. When the student returns to school, he/she should bring a letter from their parents to explain their absence.
1. What is a proper time for students to get to school?| A．7:30 am. | B．8:00 am. | C．4:00 pm. | D．5:00 pm. |
| A．£2.05. | B．£1.85. | C．£3.85. | D．£1.08. |
| A．Students must put their name on the uniforms. | B．All students must wear ties to school. |
| C．Girls must wear dark grey socks. | D．Boys must wear boots. |
| A．The library is open only for students. |
| B．Lunch in the school is free for students. |
| C．Students can be absent from school as they like. |
| D．Students must stay at school during lunch hour. |
2 . When you're eating dinner with your family, do your parents ever remind you to finish all the food on your plate? If so, you should know it's not just because they want you to be healthy.
They also want to stop food waste.Every year, 1.3 billion tons of food was wasted around the world, according to the UN.That was about one-third of all food produced each year. We made a survey in 34 countries to see how much food was wasted in different countries. For example, the UAE(阿联酋)wasted the most food, with each person wasting about 1,000 kilos every year on average. However, some countries have worked hard to use their food resources wisely. France wasted the least amount of food, according to the survey. France was the first country to pass laws that banned food waste. It was not allowed to throwaway fresh food. Another law forced French restaurants to provide bags for people's leftovers(剩饭菜) .
China was the 23rd for food waste in the survey. China's food waste was around 18millon tons every year, enough to feed up to 50 million people for one year. Facing this situation，China has been working hard to reduce food waste. In early 2013, a movement to prevent food waste called“empty plate”began. It has become popular among both government officials and general public.
1. How much food was wasted every year around the world according to the passage?| A．1.3 billion tons. | B．5 billion tons. |
| C．2 million tons. | D．4 million tons. |
| A．China. | B．France. | C．The UAE. | D．Japan. |
| A．wasted the most food | B．threw away fresh food |
| C．bought some food from other countries | D．started a movement called“empty plate” |
| A．Stopping food waste | B．Eating up fresh food |
| C．Collecting food waste | D．Providing fresh food |
3 . Scientists have designed a new machine - a robot which looks exactly like the famous scientist Albert Einstein.It can recognize and respond to human emotions(情感).The robot is made of special material that allows it to change facial expressions.The material that makes up the robot's face is so detailed that it looks like real human skin.
The robot's designers chose Einstein, the Nobel Prize winner, because he was one of the greatest scientists of all time.They also chose Einstein because his face is very well known and he appear 'loveable'.
Dr.Hanson,who designed the robot, explained that it was important to develop machines that know what human beings are feeling.
The robot uses computer software that helps it to understand hundreds of human expressions such as sadness, anger, fear and happiness.It can also recognize a person's age, and whether they are male or female.Mr.Movellan, who designed the software, said that in the future the robot could be in museums to help people from different cultures to understand one another.
1. What do we know about the robot?| A．It can recognize and respond to human emotions. |
| B．It can develop new machines for children. |
| C．Its color can be changed easily. |
| D．Its material is very common. |
| A．Albert Einstein. | B．Dr.Hanson. | C．Mr.Nobel. | D．A tour manager. |
| A．Robot copy of Albert Einstein | B．New type of museum |
| C．How to design a museum | D．How to express feelings |
| A．Albert Einstein designed the software. |
| B．In the future the robot will take the place of human beings to do everything . |
| C．Mr.Movellan can recognize all people’s facial expressions. |
| D．The material that makes up the robot's face looks like real human skin. |
4 . No one knows for sure when advertising first started. It is possible that it grew out of the discovery that some people did certain kinds of work better than others did them. That led to the concept of specialization, which means that people would specialize, or focus, on doing one specific job.
Let's take a man we'll call Mr. Fielder, for example. He did everything connected with farming. He planted seeds, tended the fields, and harvested and sold his crops. At the same time, he did many other jobs on the farm. However, he didn't make the bricks for his house, cut his trees into boards, make the plows, or any of the other hundreds of things a farm needs. Instead, he got them from people who specialized in doing each of those things.
Suppose there was another man we shall call Mr. Plowright. Using what he knew about farming and working with iron, Mr. Plowright invented a plow that made farming easier. Mr. Plowright did not really like farming himself and wanted to specialize in making really good plows. Perhaps, he thought, other farmers will trade what they grow for one of my plows.
How did Mr. Plowright let people know what he was doing? Why, he advertised, of course. First he opened a shop and then he put up a sign outside the shop to attract customers. That sign may have been no more than a plow carved into a piece of wood and a simple arrow pointing to the shop door. It was probably all the information people needed to find Mr. Plowright and his really good plows.
Many historians believe that the first outdoor signs were used about five thousand years ago. Even before most people could read, they understood such signs. Shopkeepers would carve into stone, clay, or wood symbols for the products they had for sale.
A medium, in advertising talk, is the way you communicate your message. You might say that the first medium used in advertising was signs with symbols. The second medium was audio, or sound, although that term is not used exactly in the way we use it today. Originally, just the human voice and maybe some kind of simple instrument, such as a bell, were used to get people's attention.
A crier, in the historical sense, is not someone who weeps easily. It is someone, probably a man, with a voice loud enough to be heard over the other noises of a city. In ancient Egypt, shopkeepers might hire such a person to spread the news about their products. Often this earliest form of advertising involved a newly arrived ship loaded with goods. Perhaps the crier described the goods, explained where they came from, and praised their quality. His job was, in other words, not too different from a TV or radio commercial in today's world.
1. What probably led to the start of advertising?| A．The discovery of iron. | B．The specialization of labor. |
| C．The appearance of new jobs. | D．The development of farming techniques. |
| A．explain the origin of advertising | B．predict the future of advertising |
| C．expose problems in advertising | D．provide suggestions for advertising |
| A．owned a ship | B．had the loudest voice |
| C．ran a shop selling goods to farmers | D．functioned like today's TV or radio commercial |
5 . Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route—through the boot(行李箱).
Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”
Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.
Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”
It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench(扳子) and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”
His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.
1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?| A．The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman |
| B．Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route |
| C．Driver Escapes Through Car Boot |
| D．The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident |
| A．The hammer | B．The coin. |
| C．The screw. | D．The horn. |
| A．Luckily the door was torn away in the end |
| B．At last the wrench went broken |
| C．The lock came open after all his efforts |
| D．The chance was lost at the last minute |
| A．the ditch was along a quiet country road |
| B．the accident happened on a clear warm day |
| C．the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch |
| D．Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended |
6 . Everyone wants to be happy every day, but sometimes we come across some problems which make us feel bad. There are a few ways that we can use to help ourselves to be happier every day.
Measure your progress not your distance to the goal.
When looking at your goals, remember to look at how far you have come towards achieving them.
Expressing your appreciation for what you have is an important happiness strategy. It’s one that is worth doing on a daily basis. If you’re having trouble thinking of things, you may be thinking too small. You need to widen your view. You can think about nature: the trees, the sun and the sound of a running stream. You can also think about people: family and friends with whom you are grateful to have a relationship.
Help other people.
There are many benefits that come from helping others, whether helping someone you know or volunteering for a community.
| A．Express your thanks. |
| B．You’ve probably heard this before. |
| C．We all have much to be grateful for. |
| D．Use these tips in all areas of your life. |
| E．When you measure yourself against your goals. |
| F．Be sure to make it a daily practice to celebrate your achievements. |
| G．Volunteering proves to be good for your health and your happiness. |
7 . There are so many rabbits across Australia that it may be surprising to learn that they are a non-native species. A few rabbits arrived with British settlers in 1788, but it was not until 1859, when a British-born farmer named Thomas Austin brought 24 European rabbits to his land for hunting, that they began to live there. They are an excellent example of an invasive (侵入的) species, a non-native species that does harm to its new environment.
Rabbits have lived well in many different environments within Australia, such as grasslands, coastal areas, farmland, and even in towns or cities. Their activities have destroyed crops and plants. They compete directly with other wildlife for food and shelter, including taking over burrows (地洞) of other animals. They have led to dangerously reduced populations of many plant and animal species.
Efforts to control the rabbit population have had mixed success. The first main effort was the Rabbit-Proof Fence. In 1901, the government started building a knee in the state of Western Australia to protect farmland from rabbits. By the time it was finished in 1907, the Rabbit-Proof Fence ran some 2,000 miles from north to south. The Acting Chief Inspector of Rabbits, Alexander Crawford, headed a team whose job was to go around keeping the fence in working order. But over time, the fence proved to be no match for the rabbits.
Other main efforts have included programs to destroy rabbit burrows or use viruses that sicken and kill rabbits. Again, these efforts have been less than successful. The big problem to any efforts to control the rabbit population is simply that their population grows so quickly. One female can have 30 young in a year.
If Thomas Austin had known the damage that the rabbits would cause across the country, he might have had second thoughts about bringing rabbits to Australia.
1. Why did rabbits begin to live in Australia?| A．They travelled there by chance. |
| B．They were brought in by Thomas Austin. |
| C．They were introduced by the government. |
| D．They moved there to escape bad environment. |
| A．Some activities of rabbits. |
| B．Rabbits’ ability to live in the wild. |
| C．How fast the population of rabbits grows. |
| D．The damage rabbits have caused to Australia. |
| A．It failed in the beginning. |
| B．It didn’t live up to expectations. |
| C．It was unfinished for lack of money. |
| D．It failed later for nobody protected it. |
8 . Three lifeguards were hailed as (被誉为) heroes last night after they rescued dozens of teenagers from the sea. The quick action and bravery of the lifeguards saved several of the youngsters from certain death.
The group of thirty-six youngsters were on an outdoor activity holiday in West Wales. On Saturday afternoon, the group, accompanied by four adults, went down to the sea. Some of them did not know how to swim and had never seen the sea before the trip. They were taking part in an exercise to help build confidence and teamwork. As part of the exercise they were walking backwards into the sea. At the time the tide (海潮) was out and the water was not deep. The tide began to come in and the group started walking back to dry land. Suddenly the sandbank underneath them collapsed (坍塌) and the sea flooded in. Some of the teenagers were soon in dangerous waters.
Fortunately, three lifeguards were nearby and came to the rescue. David Miller, manager for the local coastguard, said that although the sea was fairly shallow, it was still very dangerous in that sea. “It is just fortunate that the brave lifeguards were quickly on the scene and lucky that lives were not lost,” he added.
1. Why were the three lifeguards hailed as heroes?| A．They worked hard in their holidays. | B．They won the first prize in a show. |
| C．They did well in their outdoor training. | D．They saved some youngsters from death. |
| A．To build confidence and teamwork. | B．To learn how to swim. |
| C．To fish in the sea. | D．To watch the tides. |
| A．Three lifeguards. | B．The local people. |
| C．Some teenagers. | D．David and his friends. |
| A．A speech. | B．A news report. | C．A letter. | D．A medical report. |
9 . It was five years ago that something unforgettable happened. My wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary that year. It was a lovely event hosted by our sons for us. My wonderful friends from the past surprised us with gifts and congratulations. Our gift to each other was a driving trip out west. We drove from Ontario into Alberta, then southward into Glacier National Park in Montana, and continued to Yellowstone National Park.
It was a cold spring day, and the Beartooth Highway had opened for the season just days before. Alongside the road, there was still a great amount of snow there. The scenery was so impressive that we made lots of stops to record memories with my camera. At the highest point of the highway, I stopped at a lookout to catch the amazing views, with my wife in the centre of my camera lens.
There were not many cars on the road. Sometimes, cars with energetic young tourists passed by. And then we heard a motorcycle in the distance. The driver of the motorcycle, who wore dirty clothes, parked behind our cars. As he approached us, his only words were, “Give me your camera and get over there with your wife.” I must admit I felt nervous that we might be robbed where we just created some beautiful memories. Surprisingly, he just took a picture of us, handed back my camera and rode off before we could express our gratitude. The photo he took is one of the most valuable and prized of our trip.
I learned my lesson somewhere I least expected it. We should never judge a man by his appearance. If the motorcycle driver reads this story and remembers the situation, we would like to say “Thank you” to him.
1. According to the passage, what do we know about the trip?| A．It was taken by train to the west. |
| B．It was a suggestion from their friends. |
| C．It was in the late autumn five years ago. |
| D．It was a gift for their wedding anniversary. |
| A．He could have lost the camera. |
| B．His wife might not be satisfied with the view there. |
| C．The motorcycle driver would borrow the camera. |
| D．The motorcycle driver might not be good at the taking pictures. |
| A．Kind and straightforward. | B．Rich and generous. |
| C．Creative and capable. | D．Careful and admirable. |
| A．No pains, no gains. |
| B．Seeing is believing. |
| C．Don’t judge a book by its cover. |
| D．The longest journey begins with the first step. |
10 . Best of British： Outdoor Cinemas
Luna Beach Cinema, Brighton
On the beaches of Brighton this summer, you can enjoy the lapping of waves as you take in Finding Dory, Moana and Sharknado over a month-long residency. This spot boasts the highest definition outdoor LED screen in the country. stretching to an impressive 33 feet!
Moonlight Flicks, Chester
The biggest outdoor cinema in the North West of England, Moonlight Flicks will be showing some serious blockbusters （大片）this summer, including A Star Is Born and singalong crowd-pleaser, The Greatest Showman. Cinephiles can gather on the lawn and plug into wireless headphones to ensure perfect sound quality.
Rooftop Film Club, London
Enjoy cult classics and family favorites while looking out on a view of London's skyline with the city's unique Rooftop Film Club. The current programme only runs until June 30 and our top picks include The Breakfast Club, Fargo and a special 65th anniversary showing of Rear Window.
Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North Wales
The 11th-century Chirk Castle was first built under the reign o£ Edward I, but now it's the destination for Silly Walk superfans, as they put on screenings of the cult classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Has there ever been a more perfect surrounding to enjoy the comedy capers of King Arthur and his dozy squire?
1. What can you enjoy in the biggest outdoor cinema in the North West of England?| A．Finding Dory | B．A Star Is Born |
| C．The Breakfast Club | D．Monty Python and the Holy Grail. |
| A．Luna Beach Cinema, Brighton. | B．Moonlight Flicks, Chester. |
| C．Rooftop Film Club, London. | D．Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North Wales |
| A．To encourage summer activities. | B．To advertise several cult classics. |
| C．To recommend some blockbusters. | D．To introduce outdoor cinemas. |
