1 . The olive (橄榄) tree probably first grew in southern Asia. And then it spread to Mediterranean countries about 6,000 years ago. Since then, it has been important in Mediterranean people’s lives.

The olive tree grows in rocky places and it doesn’t need much water. Its fruit can be made into olive oil. People have used olive oil to cook dishes for centuries. But they haven’t only used it for cooking. Some ancient cultures believed that it was useful as medicine. In modern times, people still use olive oil both for its taste and its health advantages.

Olive oil has also been an important product in the business and culture of Mediterranean countries. In ancient Greece, for example, anyone who cut down an olive tree was heavily punished. Winners at the Olympic Games wore wreaths (花环). They were made of olive branches (树枝). Sometimes winners were also given a prize of olive oil. People from Greece built ships so that they could use olive oil for trade. But it was the Romans who grew the olive tree in the rest of southern Europe and northern Africa.

Today, olive oil is still a very valuable product, and many different kinds of olive oil are sold in countries all over the world.

1. Where did the olive tree probably first grow?

A．In Asia.

B．In Africa.

C．In Europe.

D．In America.

2. What can we learn about olive oil?

A．People started to cook with it recently.	B．It is made from olive branches.
C．People used it to build ships in Greece.	D．It can be good for health.

3. In ancient Greece, people who cut down an olive tree ________.

A．wore wreaths	B．were heavily punished
C．got a prize of olive oil	D．were regarded as heroes

4. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the method of cooking	B．the trade of Greece
C．the history of the Olympic Games	D．the story of olive oil

2 . How to keep a good friendship

It’s not easy for everyone to make friends. Once you have friends, it takes contributions and work on both sides to keep the friendship going. In order to keep a good friendship, you will have to take time to develop your friendship.

Work at keeping a two-way street with your friends. If only one person is attempting to be a good friend, the friendship isn’t going to work. It has to be a partnership where both contribute equally.     1     If you only take and never give, the friendship will fall apart.

    2     Don’t stand by and watch your friend make mistakes. If you think your friends is making a mistake, express your concerns. Be honest about how you feel, but be careful not to criticize your friend.

Try to avoid fighting and arguing. Naturally there will be times when you disagree with each other, but don’t blow things out of proportion(小题大做).     3     Most situations people argue over aren’t worth ending a good friendship.

Never date each other’s boyfriend or girlfriend. This is something that can tear a friendship apart. Friends should have enough love and respect for each other not to do things to hurt each other.     4    

Be there for each other through good times and bad times.     5     Give each other room to grow, and give the friendship room to grow.

A．Communicate with one another.

B．Speak up in order to protect your friend.

C．A good friendship is both give and take.

D．Instead, try to talk things over and put the situation to rest.

E．If you realize that, your friendship will greatly improve.

F．This includes not dating anyone your friend has dated.

G．Celebrate each other’s success, and help each other get through failures often.

3 . In China, tea is a traditional drink, which is not only good for your health but can also enrich your mind. The following are some information of teahouses.

Guozijian Yicheng Teahouse

Run by two beautiful girls who play the seven-stringed guqin, this place is elegant and classic. Guests here not only enjoy fragrant tea but also the beautiful music of guqin.

Address: No. 8, Guozijian Avenue, Dongcheng District

Minghui Teahouse

Located in an old temple, this teahouse will provide you a place of serenity. The teahouses here are divided into six private rooms so guests can be fully relaxed in the comfortable environment. The workers are all dressed in traditional clothes of the Qing Dynasty. When enjoying a cup of tea, you may feel your troubles have disappeared.

Address: Inside Dajue Temple, Haidian District

Peng Chacha

Besides fragrant tea, this place is also famous for its entertainment equipment as it offers playing cards, chess and many other games. Guests here can enjoy tea while chatting and playing games. On the first floor, there are many kinds of nuts and snacks to try. And the second floor has many small rooms, which offer more privacy for conversation.

Address: No. 549, Jianhe Road, Changning District

Taihe Teahouse

Showing a lot of special furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this place attracts many people who appreciate traditional Chinese culture. As for the tea, its selection and quality may be beyond your imagination. Even the water for making tea is transported from the famous Hupao Spring in Hangzhou.

Address: No. 569, Pudong Avenue, Pudong New District

1. If you want to enjoy the music of guqin while drinking tea, you must go to_______.

A．Taihe Teahouse	B．Guozijian Yicheng Teahouse
C．Peng Chacha	D．Minghui Teahouse

2. The underlined word “serenity” probably means _______.

A．calm and peace	B．anxiety and tiredness
C．noise and sorrow	D．joy and happiness

3. Which of the following is the one that the guests can NOT do in Peng Chacha?

A．Enjoying tea.	B．Playing games.
C．Watching plays.	D．Chatting.

4. We know from the text that ________.

A．drinking tea is not good for your health but can enrich your mind

B．the workers in Peng Chacha are all dressed in traditional clothes of the Qing Dynasty

C．there are many kinds of nuts and snacks to try on the second floor in Peng Chacha

D．the water for making tea in Taihe Teahouse is transported from the famous Hupao Spring in Hangzhou

4 . For some people charm (吸引力) is a natural gift, but for others being charming is a skill that they need to acquire in order to survive. If you want to charm someone, here are some ways on how to do it.

1.     1     In order to charm someone, you must learn some facts about that person. Determine what his likes and dislikes are. Then try to find the person’s soft spots. In this way, you can easily avoid the things that he doesn’t like and put an effort to show that you are interested in the things he likes.     2    

2.     3     Eye contact is one of the best ways to connect to a person. It helps you create an image that you are confident with yourself and show that you are interested in him. By establishing eye contact with the person you want to charm, you are actually starting a conversation with him.

3. Show respect. By showing respect, you are expressing sincerity to that person. Learn how to politely introduce yourself. You don’t want to create an impression that you are overconfident. A handshake may be the most common way to do it. However, other traditions involve other forms of introductory gestures.     4    

4. Always smile. Smiling is one of the basic ways to charm a person. By smiling a lot, you are creating a positive image for the person you wish to charm. Smiling is also a way of showing that person how glad you are to meet him. Remember to show a sincere and honest smile.     5     Faking a smile can make the person you want to charm think that you are not really interested in meeting him.

A．Establish eye contact.

B．Avoid pretending to smile.

C．Show interest and enthusiasm.

D．Learn something about the person you wish to charm.

E．Try to find out his tradition and follow it accordingly.

F．When the person sees that you have the same interests, you can easily charm him.

G．When you are having a conversation, make him feel that he is in control of the conversation.

5 . Darwin was not a bright boy. He was much slower than his younger sister, and he was in many ways a naughty boy. However, at the age of eight he was trying to make out the names of all plants he saw, and he was busy collecting all sorts of things and he even imagined producing coloured roses by watering them with certain coloured liquids. Once he read the book Wonders of the World, he wished to work wonders himself some day.

One summer vacation Darwin became a great collector of beetles (甲虫). At that time he only collected them but made no scientific study of them. One day on tearing off the bark (树皮) he saw some unusual beetles, and seized one in each hand, then he saw a third and new kind, which he didn’t want to lose, so he put the one that he held in his right hand into his mouth. But it sent out some gas, which burned his tongue. He was forced to spit it out. It was lost, so was the third one.

Darwin accepted the offer by the navy (海军) to go on a voyage to explore the Southern Sea in the name of the government on a warship at the age of twenty-two. He was on board for five years. And during the long voyage he collected a great many of facts in Natural Science.

1. In his early years, Darwin was _________ in producing coloured roses.

A．successful

B．helped

C．interested

D．not interested

2. In the first paragraph “to work wonders” means ________.

A．to have a wonderful job

B．to work with surprising results

C．to make something difficult to understand

D．to produce beautiful things

3. Darwin put one beetle into his mouth in order to _________.

A．taste the gas it sent out	B．spare his right hand to catch the third one
C．save the life of the beetle	D．eat it as he was hungry

4. According to the passage, which statement of the following is true?

A．“Wonders of the world” was his famous work.

B．He was forced to explore the Southern Sea by the government.

C．When he was young he showed interest in natural science.

D．He ran much slower than his younger sister.

6 . 假设你是Li Ming，以下是你的美国笔友Tina发给你的一封电子邮件，请你根据该邮件内容给Tina回一封邮件。
Dear Li Ming,

How is everything? I’m very happy that the holidays are coming. I want to go to your hometown to visit you in September. Is this good? What’s the weather like in your hometown? And what should I take with me?

I know Mid-autumn Festival comes in September, and it is a very important festival for you celebrate it? I’m looking forward to your reply.

Best wishes to your parents!

Yours,

Tina

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7 . Emma has just finished travelling alone in Europe. Are you interested in her journey? Let’s read some of her travel diaries.

1. Emma was looking forward to this travel because ________.

A．she had never taken a train ride before

B．she could do anything she liked on the journey

C．she hoped to keep herself away from the busy life

D．she could go with her parents

2. From the passage, we can know Salzburg is a great place for ________.

A．enjoying classical music	B．buying children’s books
C．visiting history museums	D．going to a movie

3. In Amsterdam, she ________.

A．climbed the beautiful mountains	B．traveled along the river in a boat
C．wrote some postcards in her hotel	D．enjoyed the sound of music

8 . Dear Dad,

Today I was at the shopping centre and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. But as I chose and read, and chose and read again, it seemed that not a single card said what I really wanted to say to you.

You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 56 Father’s Days together. I didn’t think that you were too old. But the sad thing happened last week. I watched as you turned at the corner in your car. I didn’t realize at once that it was you because the man who was driving looked so elderly.

Fifty years ago this spring, we planted carrots together in a garden in Charles City, Iowa. This week, we’ll plant carrots together again, perhaps for the last time but I hope not. I don’t understand why planting carrots with you is so important to me. Well, I don’t quite know how to tell you this, dad…I don’t like carrots…but I like planting them with you.

I guess what I am trying to say, Dad, is what every son and daughter wants to say to their dad today. Praising a father on Father’s Day is about more than a dad who brings home money or shares a dinner. It’s more about a dad deeply loving children who know everything and won’t listen to anyone. It’s about sharing. It’s about loving someone more than words can say, and I wish that it would never end.

Lover,

Jenny

1. Where did Jenny go today?

A．A garden.

B．A shopping center.

C．A cinema.

D．A hospital.

2. What does the underlined words “the man” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．An old man.

B．A car driver.

C．Jenny’s father.

D．Jenny’s husband.

3. What can we learn from paragraph 3?

A．It’s the last time for Jenny to plant carrots with her father.

B．Jenny and her father plant carrots together every year.

C．Both Jenny and her father like eating carrots.

D．Jenny would like to stay with her father.

4. What does Jenny talk about in the last paragraph?

A．Deep love for Dad.	B．Best wishes for Dad.
C．The importance of Dad.	D．The beginning of Father’s Day.

9 . It was an extremely busy day. I was so tired of my life that I was getting a little ________ with myself and everyone around me. On my way home, I ________ my old friend Paul in the street. He looked happy and ________ me to his home for dinner. We had not seen each other for many years, so ________ I was tired I accepted his invitation.

As we entered the door of his house, Paul started ________ “I have a dream, a song to sing, to help you ________ everything.” I felt ________ his behavior, but in no time I understood. Two ________ walked to Paul and hugged him. They couldn’t walk ________ or speak clearly, but their faces were full of ________ and sang the same song.

We talked about our ________ and work, and I learned from Paul that his daughters were born as “special children”. They were mentally changed. Their mother ________ years ago. Paul was both mother and father to his beautiful daughters. But Paul said he was ________ that the little angels were together with him and that ________ could stop him from living actively.

That night, we ________ a lot, and his happy smiles made my anger and ________ fade. I forgot how many times I   ________ about my life and my work, but Paul’s life was a(n) ________ to me. The man smiled at his life and treated any trouble as a________of life. I owe my thanks to Paul, for he taught me to deal with life ________ and move on.

1.

A．delighted

B．angry

C．strict

D．concerned

2.

A．called

B．visited

C．contacted

D．met

3.

A．forced

B．begged

C．invited

D．ordered

4.

A．when

B．if

C．since

D．though

5.

A．saying

B．talking

C．singing

D．dancing

6.

A．with

B．across

C．through

D．to

7.

A．surprised at

B．crazy about

C．satisfied with

D．proud of

8.

A．girls

B．players

C．brothers

D．singers

9.

A．carefully

B．quietly

C．cautiously

D．steadily

10.

A．tears

B．smiles

C．love

D．worry

11.

A．relatives

B．friends

C．family

D．class

12.

A．came to

B．passed away

C．hung about

D．gave in

13.

A．sure

B．sorry

C．lucky

D．ashamed

14.

A．nothing

B．something

C．anything

D．everything

15.

A．argued

B．learned

C．recalled

D．talked

16.

A．weakness

B．carelessness

C．friendliness

D．tiredness

17.

A．complained

B．dreamed

C．asked

D．thought

18.

A．comfort

B．shock

C．inspiration

D．instruction

19.

A．loss

B．gift

C．stage

D．game

20.

A．cheerfully

B．flexibly

C．equally

D．separately

10 . Sometimes, animals act just as humans do. Officer Burgess found a mother duck pecking (啄) on his car. He figured she just wanted ________. But the pecking continued.

Officer Burgess grew ________when the duck ignored the food he threw out of the window. Instead, the duck________away just a bit, then stopped, looked back, and returned to the ________for some more pecking and screaming.

After the duck’s doing so for a second time, Officer Burgess ________got out of his car to follow the duck. But he wasn’t prepared for what he was about to ________!

“She led me about 100 yards away to this grassy________near a lake where I saw one of her ________all tangled up (缠住) in some string. His little feet were ________” the officer explained. “She led me straight to him.”

Officer Burgess thought the mother duck might ________him if he tried to touch her baby, so he________the animal rescue center for help. The rescue group didn’t have any staff readily_______to assist, but a policewoman, Officer Cecilia Charron, decided she’d lend a ________.

When Officer Charron arrived, she went straight to work on carefully ________the little one. “The mother duck just________，like she knew. It was amazing,” Officer Burgess recalled. Once freed, the baby ran to its mama, and they safely________away.

It was an unbelievable ________for the shocked officers, and Officer Charron ________ teared up a bit.

Officer Burgess said, “I honestly don’t know why I decided to _______her, but I did. It makes me wonder-do they know to ________humans when they need help?”

1.

A．water

B．peace

C．food

D．protection

2.

A．curious

B．stubborn

C．happy

D．grateful

3.

A．hid

B．walked

C．broke

D．floated

4.

A．lake

B．road

C．sidewalk

D．car

5.

A．finally

B．sincerely

C．actually

D．exactly

6.

A．believe

B．find

C．hear

D．regret

7.

A．hallway

B．house

C．garden

D．area

8.

A．neighbors

B．nests

C．babies

D．wings

9.

A．kicking

B．sinking

C．climbing

D．wandering

10.

A．help

B．attack

C．admit

D．trap

11.

A．encouraged

B．warned

C．refused

D．called

12.

A．available

B．willing

C．powerful

D．certain

13.

A．volunteer

B．vehicle

C．hand

D．tool

14.

A．fixing

B．comforting

C．freeing

D．curing

15.

A．glared

B．watched

C．cheered

D．screamed

16.

A．escaped

B．flew

C．swam

D．carried

17.

A．experiment

B．goal

C．chance

D．moment

18.

A．even

B．yet

C．still

D．ever

19.

A．stop

B．drive

C．ignore

D．follow

20.

A．suffer from

B．turn to

C．come across

D．concentrate on