1 . China’s famous museums include ancient buildings and world class modern museums with big collections. They are excellent places for sightseeing and learning about China.

Sanxingdui Museum

The museum is on the path less beaten by tourists, but it makes one of the top museums for the 3,400-year-old artworks. If you’re an ancient history fan, this place will attract you. If you love art, its style will surprise you a lot.

The Palace Museum

The museum is one of the largest old building kept in the country with a history of 600 years old. Built at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty between 1406 and 1420, it was the home of 24 rulers and their courts. It is one of the fines buildings in China and a good place to study Chinese history.

The Shanghai Museum

The big modern museum is popular with foreign tourists. It is probably the most modern museum with the focus on creative art displays about the history of the whole area. Most famous for its huge collection of china, it is in People’s Square which is also a popular tourist attraction.

The Shaanxi History Museum

Since 14 historical dynasties founded their capitals and developed in Shaanxi Province, the museum may have the oldest treasure of all museums in Chins. The artworks show the greatness of the museum, and the displays are modern and well laid out.

1. Which of the following is on the less-frequently-visited road?

A．Sanxingdui Museum.	B．The Palace Museum.
C．The Shanghai Museum.	D．The Shaanxi History Museum.

2. What is the Shanghai Museum best known for?

A．Its founder.	B．Its building style.
C．Its collection of china.	D．Its home of rulers.

3. What do the four museums focus on?

A．Modern art.	B．Ancient science.
C．Chinese historical culture.	D．Chinese modern building.

2 . The swan is a large, beautiful bird with a long neck, big white wings and wide feet. It is a great flyer because of its strong wings. It is also a good swimmer, swimming quickly and nicely through the water. But on dry land, it’s a different story—the swan’s heavy body and slow walk make it look a bit funny!

Swans live anywhere there is fresh water, like lakes and slow-moving rivers. They eat water plants and small fish. Swans are very territorial (地盘性的), which means that they protect their homes against any strangers. When swans want to look strong, they stand up tall, show their long necks and open their big wings while letting out big noises.

In spring, swans make a nest (巢) of tree leaves near the water. They often use the same nest year after year, repairing it when egg laying time comes round. The mother swan lays between five and eight eggs in the nest, and then sits on them to keep them warm and safe until about a month later, cygnets are born. Sometimes the father swan will take the first—born cygnets out onto the water while the mother stays to look after the other eggs. The cygnets are looked after by both parents, who will fight other animals, people or even boats if they think their cygnets are in danger!

1. To make them look strong, swans ________.

A．swim quickly	B．stand on one leg
C．move their necks often	D．open their wings

2. About swans’ nests, we know that ________.

A．they build their nests after spring	B．they often use the same nest every year
C．they use the nests just for laying eggs	D．they build their nests under the water

3. After laying eggs, mother swans ________.

A．cover the eggs with tree leaves	B．stay away and watch the eggs
C．stay to sit on top of the eggs	D．have the father look after the eggs

4. The underline word “cygnets” in this passage means ________.

A．the swan nests	B．the father swans
C．the baby swans	D．the mother swans

3 . A young man went to a farm and asked for a job. When the old farmer asked what the young man could do to help the farm, he just said, “I can sleep when the wind blows.”

This short answer puzzled(迷惑)the farmer. But he liked the young man and said OK anyway. Everything went well until one night when there was a heavy storm. The old farmer and his wife quickly woke up and started checking to see if everything was safe.

The farmer and his wife checked their things. They found that the farm tools had been put away safely in the house. The truck was parked in the garage. They found that the doors of the farmhouse were closed. The barn(谷仓)was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. All was well.

After checking everything, they went to the young man’s room and found that he was sleeping. The farmer and his wife then understood the meaning of the young man’s words—“I can sleep when the wind blows. ”

Because the young man finished all of his work while the skies were clear, he was prepared for the storm before it came.

So when the wind blew, he was not afraid. He could sleep in peace.

1. The farmer let the man stay on the farm because ________.

A．he was interested in the man	B．he was puzzled
C．he was kind	D．he wanted to teach the man a lesson

2. What happened one night?

A．The farmer lost his tools.	B．The man failed to do his duty.
C．The farmhouse was broken.	D．A storm visited the farm.

3. How did the farmer feel in the end?

A．Satisfied.

B．Worried.

C．Excited.

D．Angry.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Be prepared for the future.	B．Work for an old farmer.
C．Work hard all the time.	D．Be brave and sleep in peace.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在 空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

I believe there are many things that we can do to make life in our town a lot better for teenagers.

First of all, I think more bike lanes should     1    (build). A lot of teenagers in my town bike everywhere,     2    it’s very dangerous because there is a lot of traffic. If there are more bike lanes in the future, it will be much    3    (safe) for us.

    4    (two), I believe that we need more places for teenagers to go to.     5    my opinion, teenagers won’t cause problems in the street if there are more places for us to go to. So we need more     6    (club) and other places where we can meet.

Thirdly, teenagers here need more sports facilities. There     7    (be) places to play ball games so far like tennis and basketball, but what about other sports,     8    skating and rollerblading?

Finally, I’m sure we’ll make the town better     9    we don’t drop litter(垃圾). If we all do something         10    (help) now, our town will be much better for everyone in the future.

5 . The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. With a ________of more than 2, 000 years, some parts of the Great Wall have disappeared. ________, it is still a very popular place of interest.

It is the ________wall ever built. It is about 8 meters high. The top is 8 meters wide and it ________even wider at the bottom. It is made ________stone and brick. People built it by ________and it took a long time to finish.

No one knows ________when the building of the Great Wall was started. It is believed that the wall was built to ________parts of the country in the old days. It also made people live a (n) ________life.

Today, many of the visitors go to see the Great Wall. ________they stand on top of a tower and look down on this wall, they can’t help saying, “Wow, that’s fantastic!”

1.

A．number

B．purpose

C．history

D．choice

2.

A．But

B．So

C．And

D．However

3.

A．longest

B．shortest

C．farthest

D．biggest

4.

A．needs

B．gets

C．spends

D．sounds

5.

A．from

B．into

C．by

D．of

6.

A．hand

B．accident

C．machine

D．mistake

7.

A．usually

B．normally

C．exactly

D．luckily

8.

A．provide

B．protect

C．search

D．produce

9.

A．smart

B．awful

C．terrible

D．peaceful

10.

A．Before

B．Unless

C．When

D．Though

6 . Tea is an important part of Chinese tradition. Tea has very close relationship to Chinese culture.

It is said that Chinese tea was discovered by King Shen Nong. People say that he lived 5,000 years ago. One summer day, while he was visiting a faraway part of his country, he felt very thirsty. The servants began to make water hot enough to turn into gas for him to drink. Dried leaves from a near plant fell into the water. The king drank some, and found it could make him feel less tried. Also as a scientist, Shen Nong was interested in the new drink. And so, tea was created in 2737 BC.

Drinking tea has many advantages. It makes people feel less tired, clears heat inside the human body and helps people lose weight. As you add a cup of tea to your daily life, please check the following helpful advice.

Drink it hot. Tea oxidizes(氧化) quickly, so it is suggested that you drink it hot.

Do not drink too much strong tea. It will probably be harmful to your stomach and make you feel sick if you make the tea too strong.The best time to drink tea is between meals. It may not make you have a strong wish to eat when your stomach is full.

Do not drink with medicine. It many change the medical result. You can drink tea two hours after you take medicine.

Green tea is the best choice for office workers. Why? Because green tea helps stop the bad result of the computer.

1. Paragraph 2 is mainly about __________.

A．when King Shen Nong lived

B．where Chinese tea was created

C．How Chinese tea was discovered

D．why King Shen Nong drank tea

2. Drinking tea has lots of advantages EXCEPT __________.

A．help you lose weight	B．letting you feel less tired
C．having a strong wish for food	D．clearing heat inside your body

3. Mr. Smith is a computer teacher. He’d better drink __________.

A．Green tea

B．black tea

C．strong tea

D．coffee with milk

4. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A．Don’t drink too much strong tea.

B．Not all office workers drink green tea

C．Tea is connected with Chinese culture closely.

D．King Shen Nong loved creating new things

5. The passage is mainly written to ______.

A．let us know tea was discovered

B．give some advice drinking tea

C．tell people the history of tea

D．advise people to drink green tea

7 . Summer holiday is coming, what do you like to do? Here are four students telling us what they will do in the coming summer holiday.

Mai hajui Baihetiya, 14.

I am from Xinjiang. I am studying at Tianjin No. 2 Middle School now. I will go on a trip to Beijing. I am going to the Great Wall, the Summer Palace and the Palace Museum. I will go to Wangfujing Street to buy a sweater for my mother, a scarf for my father and a T- shirt for my brother.

Wu Jun, 13.

I come from Shanghai. My favorite season is summer. I like going swimming with my friends in the swimming pool. It is very exciting.

Mike, 13.

I am studying at Nanjing No. 5 Middle School. I miss my parents very much. I will go back to America to see my family. Summer is a good season to go out. I will have a picnic with my friends in the countryside. I can also play football and baseball with my friends. How happy we will be.

Liu Shuyi, 14,

I am from Shanghai. I like summer best because I can eat ice cream and wear a dress. I am not good at English. I will join an English Club to learn English.

1. How many family members will Mai hajui Baihetiya buy presents for?

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

2. Who likes swimming according to the passage?

A．Wu Jun

B．Mike

C．Mai hajui Baihetiya

D．Both A and B.

3. Who likes playing baseball according to the passage?

A．Wu Jun.

B．Mike

C．Liu Shuyi

D．Mai hajui Baihetiya

4. Liu Shuyi likes summer best because she can _________.

A．eat ice cream

B．go boating

C．eat fish

D．go fishing

5. Which is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Mike is from America.

B．Liu Shuyi speaks English very well.

C．Mai hajui Baihetiya lives in Tianjing now

D．Wu jun and Mike are of the same age.

8 . A Computer Helps！

I just got a new laptop. It is very helpful. When Ms. Liu asked us to write a report about Easter, I decided to do all of my research on the Internet. I entered some key words into a search engine to find information on this topic.    1    

What is Easter?

Easter is an important festival in Western culture.    2    .

When is Easter?

Easter does not fall on the same day each year. The date depends on the moon.    3    .

How do people celebrate Easter?

People celebrate Easter with their family and friends.    4    . In this way, it is like the Chinese Spring Festival. On Easter Day, many children have egg hunts and eat chocolate rabbits.    5    . Children believe that the Easter Bunny comes and hides chocolate eggs for them to find.

A．But it is always in March or April.

B．They eat delicious food together.

C．It is one of the biggest holidays in many countries.

D．Do you often search for information on the Internet?

E．Rabbits and eggs are symbols of new life.

F．Here is what I found.

G．What do you know about Internet?

9 . Rhubarb was very friendly. Whenever someone came to the house, she was always happy. We had an older dog named Willie, and it was important that Rhubarb get along well with him. She wanted to play, but was very respectful to Willie and left him alone when he was tired. Willie was not well and died about a year later, but I believe Rhubarb helped him keep going for longer.

But the interesting thing about Rhubarb was that she never barked. She would sometimes get excited when she saw a chipmunk(花栗鼠) and make a little crying sound, One hot night when she was about 4 years old, we went to bed with the windows open and the doors unlocked. At about 3 a.m. ,1 woke up to the sound of Rhubarb barking. I woke Donald and we got out of the bed.

Rhubarb was coming toward us quickly. We turned on the lights and noticed the door to the kitchen was open. Then we saw the door leading into the house from the garage was also open. We locked all the doors immediately, and we did not get any sleep that night.

The next day we noticed there were cigarette ashes(烟灰) on the floor. I called the police to report a break-in. I told them nothing had been taken, but they sent a police officer over to talk with us anyway. While he was here, we found out some local homes had been burglarized over the weekend. Most people lost their wallets and purses.

My purse was right next to the door, but Rhubarb had scared the robber(盗贼) away before he could steal it. Rhubarb lived to be almost 12, but that night was the only time she barked. Fortunately, she never saw the need to warn us of any other danger. We loved her like a member of the family.

1. We can learn from the first paragraph that________

A．Willie was good at communicating	B．Rhubarb and Willie fought at times
C．Rhubarb treated Willie well	D．Willie was lonely before his death

2. Why did Rhubarb bark on the hot night?

A．There was a break-in.	B．She saw a chipmunk.
C．She got excited.	D．The doors were closed.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “burglarized” in Paragraph 4?

A．Found.

B．Refused.

C．Helped.

D．Stolen.

4. What made the author feel fortunate?

A．Rhubarb scared the robbers away.

B．Rhubarb saw no other danger needed to warn us.

C．Rhubarb became a member of her family.

D．Rhubarb barked once in her entire life.

5. According to the passage, which of the following cannot be used to describe Rhubarb?

A．Kind.

B．Brave.

C．Strong.

D．Friendly.

10 . Modern Olympics

In the modern Olympics, some things are the same no matter which country is hosting, and some things change. For example, the Olympic symbol is always the same. The five rings stand for the five continents united together. The blue ring stands for Europe, the red ring for America, the yellow ring for Asia, the green ring for Australia and the black ring for Africa.

The Olympic motto, “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” stays the same for every Olympics. And of course, the torch — a symbol of peace, light and friendship — is always there.

However, some things are different. The Olympic slogan, for example, is created by the host city, and it reflects the spirit of those Olympics. Do you remember the slogan for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games? It was “One world, One dream”.

Each host country creates its own mascot and song. The Olympic mascot is often an animal with a national feature. The Olympic songs are always popular around the world. Do you remember the song “You and Me”? It touched many people’s hearts.

Some things have stayed the same, and somethings have changed over the years. But one thing has always been the same — to do the best and to compete fairly.

1. What are the three words that show the mottos of the Olympic Games?

A．Peace, light, friendship.	B．Past, now, future.
C．Faster, higher, stronger.	D．Yesterday, today, tomorrow.

2. What do the five rings on the Olympic flag stand for?

A．The five rings stand for the five continents united together.

B．The five rings stand for Europe and Australia.

C．The five rings stand for America and Africa.

D．the five rings stand for Asia.

3. What is slogan for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

A．You and Me.	B．Five Friendlies.
C．Five Mascots	D．One World, One Dream