Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still one of the favorite drinks in the world.Many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of coffee or several cups of coffee.They have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way.So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning.
Do you know what in the coffee makes our bodies and brains active? It is caffeine(咖啡因).Caffeine may increase a person’s mental and physical abilities(精力和体力).For example, two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and augment body temperature.All this makes your heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be a little dangerous.
Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate and some other foods.A little caffeine is probably not harmful.But too much caffeine can make people nervous and sleepless.
The underlined word “augment” means ___________ .
A.make more | B.drink | C.stop | D.make less |
From this passage, we may know that drinking a cup of coffee late at night might ______ .
A.give you a headache | B.make you fall asleep |
C.keep you awake | D.may be dangerous |
Caffeine is found in ___________ .
A.tea and water |
B.chocolate, meat and some other foods |
C.coffee and cream |
D.coffee, tea, chocolate and some other foods |
Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years |
B.Caffeine does no harm to our body. |
C.Two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and increase body temperature. |
D.Caffeine may increase human’s mental and physical abilites. |
A good title for this passage is ___________ .
A.Coffee Is Harmful | B.Coffee and Tea |
C.Caffeine and Health | D.Caffeine Is Useful |
The Turners are American. They are now in Beijing. This is their first visit to China.
They are going to stay in China for three months. They want to visit some big cities and villages. They hope to learn some Chinese, too.
Mr Turner is a driver. He likes to drive in Beijing. Mrs Turner is a school teacher. She is visiting a city school and a village school. Their daughter is a middle-school student. She meets some Chinese students.
They take a lot of pictures in China. When they are back in America, they are going to show the pictures to their friends. They want the American people to know more about China.
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
Where are the Turners from?
What is Mr. Turner?
Is Mrs. Turner's daughter a middle-school student?
How many people are there in Mr. Turner's family?
Why do they take a lot of pictures in China?
Do you want to be the most popular person in the class? You don ' t need to change your character (性格) ; you just need to improve your personality (人格), the most popular people are trusted (信任) and loved because they stay normal but still have something that makes them different from the rest of us. Here are some pieces of advice on how to become the most popular person in the class.
If you want others to like and respect (尊重) you, you have to start by liking yourself. Do not change yourself in order to please (讨好,取悦) others.
Be helpful to everyone and do it happily. Being nice to people is almost like helping them, too, because by being nice you make others happy.
Be active and have a positive attitude towards life. Develop confidence in yourself.
Stay clean and wear fresh clothes. Do not try to follow fashion to please others.
Respect cannot be bought with big words or money. You have to get it by being honest. It also helps your personal growth. You must be a person that can be trusted to get respect.
How can we become popular in our class?
A. To change our character.
B.To trust and love others.
C. To improve our personality.
How can you get respect from your classmates according to the passage? '
A. By being honest.
B.By trusting others.
C. By using money.
What does the underlined(下划线的) sentence (句子) show?
A. You should be nice to others.
b. You should be polite when you help others.
C. We can help others just by being nice.
What kind of people will be liked by the whole class?
a. positive b. confident c. good-looking d. fashionable e. helpful
A. a, b, e. b. b, c, d. C. a,b, c.
What's the best title (标题) for the passage?
A. How to please others.
B. How to be the favorite.
C. How to be trusted by others.
Many students ask for advice about improving their English. There are three basic questions.
The first question is about real English. Li Hao from Hubei wrote, “I enjoy watching English films and listening to real English songs. But it takes a long time. What do you think?” This is a great way to learn English! Talk about the film or song with your friends, and guess the meaning of the new words. Just enjoy yourself!
The second question is about speaking. Sam, from Suzhou wrote, “Our school has a foreign teacher. But I’m shy and can’t speak to her. What should I do?” When I visit China, lots of people in the street say, “Hello! How are you? Where are you from? Do you like China?” These are good questions to start a conversation. Many people are shy when they speak English, so before you begin, take a deep breath and smile! Smiling always helps.
The third question is about vocabulary. Oliver, from Anhui wrote, “I want to remember all the new words. I wrote them down, but I forget them quickly. What should I do?” Try to remember eight or nine words a day. Write them on pieces of paper and place them in your bedroom. Say the words when you see them, and change them every day. And when you’re shopping, how about counting the English words, or saying the English names for everything you see?
How many basic questions do the students often ask?
A.Two. | B.Three. |
C.Four. | D.Five. |
What is Oliver’s problem?
A.He’s too shy to talk with others. |
B.He’s not able to count English words. |
C.He can’t remember new words. |
D.He doesn’t know what real English is. |
What’s the best title of this passage?
A.How to learn English |
B.Talking about English films |
C.Advice about English writing |
D.The way of beginning an English conversation |
阅读短文,判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写“A”,不符合的写“B”。
Water is the most important in our lives. Not Many people understand this but it’s quite true. The human body can go without food for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet two or three dayswithout water can usually make people die. Man can’t live without water.
Many people don’t understand how much water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough water, even in very hot weather. About two thirds of our body is water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. If we don’t drink some water, our body won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.
But at present we face water crisis(危机). Water is becoming less and less. So, we should protect water resources(资源) and try our best to save water in our daily life. Here are some tips for saving water:
1. Turn off the tap(水龙头) in lime.
2. Take shorter showers.
3. Don’t let water run while washing your face and reuse the water after we finish washing.
4. Encourage your friends and neighbors to join in the action of saving water.
Nobody can live without water.
About one third of our body is water
If one doesn't have enough water, he’ll feel tired and may get ill.
We’d better take longer showers and let water run while washing.
It’s our duty to protect water resources and save water.
When we talk of plants, most of us will think of things that grow from the ground and have green leaves, but there are plants that do not look or act like other plants. Some of these belong to a special class of plants called fungi.
Fungi may appear almost everywhere. ①They commonly grow in wet places where they can get food and water easily. Because fungi do not have green leaves to make their own food, fungi must take their food from animals, other plants or water. Some fungi live on dead or rotting wood, while others grow on living trees or in dirt or moss(苔藓). Mushrooms(蘑菇) are the best-known fungi.
②There are many kinds of mushrooms appearing in all shapes and sizes. For example, cauliflower mushrooms are found in forests from July to October. They can grow to be as heavy as fifty pounds! They grow at the foot of trees. Squirrel’s bread(松茸) is another kind of wild mushroom. Its appearance and use can explain its name. These fungi look like small golden cakes. Squirrels can easily eat them or carry them off to their hole to eat later.
③食品店里的蘑菇是人们精心种植的,可安全食用。People are warned never to touch or taste wild mushrooms, because some of them are deadly. Even less dangerous ones can still make a person very sick.
将①句译成中文。
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将②句译成中文。
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将③句译成英文。
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回答问题:
From what can fungi take food?
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What is squirrel’s bread? How to understand the name?
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Anger(愤怒) is a kind of feeling.(66) B When your teacher gives you too much homework,when your team loses an important game,when a friend borrows your favourite thing and then breaks it, you may get angry.
(67) G .For example,you breathe(呼吸)faster.Your face turns red,and may want to break something or hit someone.But sometimes you may keep it inside.If you do it like this,the result is that you will face a greater danger of getting a headache or your stomach may hurt.So it's healthy for you to let your anger out sometimes.(68) F And you will find the problems you're facing are not serious as you expect.
There are a lot you can do when you get angry.You can ask for help from others.You can talk about it with adults, such as parents,teachers and so on.Also,you can do the following things by
yourself.count from 1to 100; give someone a hug; go for a bike ride.Another good way to deal with anger is to find something humorous in the situation that has made you angry.(69) D .
So remember that when you are angry,how you act can make everything better or worse.(70) A Be sure that you can control it!
根据短文内容,从下列七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将具字母标号涂黑
A. |
Don't let your anger control you. |
B. |
Many hings can make you angry. |
C. |
A humorous person is popular with others. |
D. |
Making yourself laugh is much healthier than getting angry. |
E. |
Maybe you get angry more often or more easily than other kids. |
F. |
After doing that,you will find those bad feelings start to go away. |
G. |
It is easy to find something wrong with your body when you become angry. |
Jilin is a good place. It is in the north-east of China. On the north of it is Heilongjiang, the south is Liaoning, the west is Inner Mongolia and the east is North Korea(朝鲜).
It has a long and snowy winter. Usually the winter here starts from October and lasts(持续) for six months. Every year people come here for the Ice Lantern Festival and the winter sports.
Changbai Shan is the first mountain in the north-east of China. There is a lot of snow on the main mountain-"Baitou Shan" all the year, so it is named "Changbai Shan". It has great forests on it. There are tigers, deer, black bears and many other animals in the forests and there are a lot of hot springs (泉) and more than l,500 kinds of plants. On the very top of the mountain is Tianchi. If you come to the lake, you might see the monster(水怪) in it.There is also a great waterfall(瀑布) where the Songhua River comes from.
Another place in Jilin is Xianghai in Tongyu County(县). There are more than 100 pieces of wetlands here. And they are of different sizes. There are 170 kinds of birds, some fish that we can't often see and over 250 different herbal(草药) plants and trees here.
Which is the right map?
Winter in Jilin is from _______ to _______.
A.January; April | B.September; December |
C.October; April | D.November; May. |
The writer doesn't tell us _______ in the passage.
A.the neighbors of Jilin |
B.the temperature in winter in Jilin |
C.the famous mountain in Jilin |
D.where there are herbal plants in Jilin |
Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats.
People like malls for many reasons. They don’t feel any danger around them because malls have police stations or private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest area with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People loved doing all their shopping in one place. More malls were built all over the country. Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course. They also eat in food houses that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport mall walking. Others go to malls to meet friends. In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even attend church. In other words, people can do just everything in malls. Now residents can actually live in their favorite shopping centre.
Why are some people in America called mall rats?
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What is the purpose of having police stations inside the malls?
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Do people need to pay for parking in malls?
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When and where was the first indoor mall set up in the United States?
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Why were more malls built all over the country?
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Do you prefer to have a one-day trip to such malls? Please give your reason.
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No matter where the dads and their children go, that location immediately becomes a tourist destination. This has become a pattern for Hunan TV’s reality show Where Are We Going, Dad? And last week the show was heading overseas for a special international episode. The entry has taken place in New Zealand, which was expected to become a popular travel destination for Chinese fans of the show. If you don’t know much about New Zealand but would like to explore it, check out our travel guide to see what kinds of activities might interest you.
Nature and wildlife encounter
New Zealand was the last country on Earth to be settled by humans. As such, it’s a paradise for exotic birds. You’re also able to watch dolphins and whales on boat tours.
Possible itinerary (旅行指南)
1.Auckland: fly in and visit Tiritiri Matangi conservation project (bellbirds spotting); 2.Waipoua Forest: huge kauri trees; 3.Kaikoura: whale watching by boat or air seal watching, hike the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway, join a dolphin encounter tour; 4.Wellington (Matiu/Somes Island): red-crowned parakeet, blue penguins, weta, skinks and tuatara; 5.Stewart Island: kiwi bird spotting; 6.Te Anau: takahe and kea; 7. Queenstown: fly to Auckland and finally ___43___.
Landscape lover
Landscape lovers may have heard that New Zealand is brimming with natural wonders like active volcanoes (火山), snowy mountaintops, glaciers perched near beaches and caves infested with glowworms. Indeed, you can’t see many of these wonders anywhere else in the world.
Possible itinerary
1.Auckland: fly in; 2.Whangamata: beach resorts and The Coromandel Forest Park (short walks, mountain bike trails); 3.Waitomo: underground caves and glowworm caverns; 4.Rotorua: geothermal areas; 5.Abel Tasman: golden sand beaches (taking water taxi, sea kayaking, hiking, and snorkeling); 6.Fox Glacier and Franz Josef: biggest glaciers in the country (hiking and guided glacier walks); 7.Queenstown: crystal clear Lake Wakatipu (bungee jumping, sky diving, horse trekking and cycling); 8. Milford Sound: fjord (boat cruises, sea kayaking, diving and flightseeing); 9.Christchurch: fly back.
New Zealand is ____ for Chinese fans after the show Where Are We Going, Dad?
A.more beautiful | B.more famous |
C. more popular | D.cleaner |
Which is the best expression to fill in the blank (空白处) in the passage?
A.have dinner | B.fly back |
C.go sightseeing | D.ride horses |
How is the passage organized? (Par = Paragraph)
A.Par 1→Pars 2~4→Par 5 ~9 |
B.Pars 1~3→Par 4 ~7 →Pars 8~9 |
C.Par 1→Pars 2~5→Pars 6~9 |
D.Pars 1~3→Pars 3~4→Par 5 ~ 9 |
From the passage, we know that New Zealand is a travel destination for ______.
A.landscape lovers | B.nature lovers |
C.wildlife lovers | D.different kinds of travel lover |
My name is James.
In my family there’s my mother—Anna, and my father—John, and my brother—Jeff. Jeff is the joker(滑稽的人) in the family, and we like him.
My mom’s parents will visit us this Sunday. They’re very cool. Tony, that’s my grandfather, He likes music very much, and Grace, my grandmother, can dance (跳舞).
Look at the photo. These are my mom’s brother and his wife, Uncle Peter and Aunt Emma, and their son, Bill. Bill likes to play computer games, and we have a good day this Sunday.
LONDON—Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is to send a few comets (彗星) in the direction of Earth, and its orbit (轨道)will be changed. Our world will then be sent moving into a safer older part of the solar system.
This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US NASA (美国航空航天局) engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—hopefully doubling its working life.
The plan put forward by Dr. Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid (小行星) so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy (重力势能) to Earth.
“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the sun,” Laughlin said.
Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter(木星) or Saturn (土星). The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.
In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to worldwide warming, although the team was actually worried about a much greater danger. The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere (生物圈)—by cooking us.
That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.
The plan has one or two worrying sides, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation (误算)in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly results.
There is also the question of the moon. As the present issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its present location, it is “most likely the moon would be stripped (剥离)away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?
A.A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth. |
B.Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon. |
C.Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive. |
D.The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth. |
If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of ________ years.
A.12 billion | B.6 billion |
C.18 billion | D.24 billion |
What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?
A.The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon. |
B.Earth might be moved too far away and man might die because of the coldness. |
C.The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth. |
D.Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened. |
What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?
A.provide | B.benefit (收益) |
C.share | D.Endanger |
Our factories and homes burn coal and oil. Every year we have forest fires somewhere. Many scientists believe that the climate is changing.
The earth will perhaps be warmer by about 7 degrees centigrade. At the South Pole and the North Pole, the ice will melt (融化). The sea level (海平面) will rise by about 7meters. As a result, water will cover cities like London, Tokyo and New York. Some ports and towns along the coasts will disappear under water.
Some other scientists think that the dust, smoke and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will block out the sunrays(紫外线). Then the earth will become colder and great sheets of ice will cover Europe and North America.
When chemicals in the air mix with rain, we have acid (酸) rain. Acid rain can bring us great harm. It destroys forests and kills life in lakes and rivers.
People are beginning to see how serious the problem is. They find it important to work with nature instead of against it. They are trying to save the earth in many different ways. But one of the most important things to do is to make people understand that saving the earth is saving ourselves.
Some scientists believe that .
A. the earth is growing warmer
B. we can find oil in our forests
C. we have to burn down the forests every year
Ice at the poles will if the earth gets warmer.
A. cover cities like London and Tokyo
B. raise the sea level by 7 degrees
C. become water and make the sea level rise
Acid rain .
A. brings great changes in our climate
B. kills pests in lakes and forests
C. kills the fish in rivers and lakes
What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A. The dust together with pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will bring us more heat from the sun.
B. The sunrays will come more because of the dust and pollution from fires.
C. As a result of the dust and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires, the earth will become colder.
Which statement is TRUE?
A. People have come to know the importance of working with nature.
B. All the scientists agree that our earth is sure to become warmer and warmer.
C. The sea level will rise if the earth gets colder.
Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only traveled to space, but also many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union(前苏联) sent the first space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Salyut 1. Salyut 1 was designed as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments. The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations. At about the same time, the United States built its own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a short time. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s when The Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a longer time. Mir stayed in space from 1989 until 2001, when it was decided that the space station was too old and no longer safe to live in.
Living in space stations seems to be fun, but astronauts face many problems. One of them is food. All the meals on space station are put together on Earth and sent there by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be stored in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh. Astronauts also eat many other foods such as dried meat that do not need special care.
Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tough. Astronauts sometimes have to fix themselves to the wall while eating. They also have to be very careful to that food does not float away.
Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 2?
A.Discovered | B.Checked | C.Watched | D.Fixed |
What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
A.Astronauts can never have a chance to eat fresh food when they live in space station. |
B.The Soviet Union sent a total of 9 space stations into space in the 1970s and 1980s. |
C.Astronauts could live in the Mir space station for no more than three weeks. |
D.Space travel has quite a long history of more than 60 years. |
What is the best title of this passage?
A.Exploring Space | B.Space Travel | C.Living in Space | D.Space Stations |
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