I have an American friend．Her name is Lily．This is a picture of her new school．Look! There are six floors（层）in the teaching building．There are fifteen classrooms on every floor．In the school，there are 3,200 students and 300 teachers．The teachers’ offices are behind the classrooms．The dining hall is next to the teaching building．Lily often has lunch there．After lunch she often has a talk with her friends．In front of the dining hall is a library．It’s a good place to read books．
Lily gets to school at 7:40 a.m．The first class begins at 8:00 a.m．She has four lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon．There is a big gym behind the dining hall．After school，Lily likes going swimming there．
The school is big and nice，and Lily likes it very much．How many classrooms are there in the teaching building?
| A．Sixty． | B．Seventy． | C．Eighty． | D．Ninety． |
What does Lily like doing after school?
| A．Playing basketball． | B．Going swimming． |
| C．Talking with her friends． | D．Reading books． |
Where is the school library?
| A．It’s behind the classrooms． | B．It’s next to the offices． |
| C．It’s in front of the dining hall． | D．It’s behind the dining hall． |
What does the word“begin”mean in Chinese?
| A．开始 | B．结束 | C．休息 | D．计划 |
What’s the best title（标题）of the passage?
| A．My American Friend | B．Lily’s Good Friends |
| C．My Favorite School | D．Lily’s New School |
When the final bell rang I left the school. But 45 minutes later, I didn't know where I was. I couldn't call Thomas became he was at work, and my mom wouldn't be any help. I finally decided to knock (敲) at a door.
"How may I help you, dear?" an old woman asked.
"I'm new to town and I was walking home and I got lost. Could you please tell me the right direction? I live on Shay Street."
"Oh, you went the wrong way. Shay Street is about five miles in the other direction."
"Thank you very much." I turned to leave, but the old woman called out to me.
"You aren't planning on walking home, are you? Let me get my grandson to drive you home." She turned to call into the house. A few minutes later, a boy appeared at the door.
"Kale, bring this sweet girl home. She lives on Shay Street. And bring back some bread and cheese."
"Sure," he smiled.
The boy drove me home and left before I said "thank you". When I opened the door, Thomas was singing and making dinner in the kitchen. He was never home for dinner because of work.
"Hey, Thomas," I said happily, "what's the occasion (场合)?"
"Well, I wanted to hear all about your first day of the school."
Why did the writer knock at the door?
A. To ask for some food.
B. To ask for the direction.
C. To meet her new friend.
How did the writer go home at last?
A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car.
Who might Thomas probably be?
A. The writer's brother.
B. The writer's teacher.
C. The writer's father.
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Kale was the old woman's son.
B. It was the writer's first day at school.
C. Thomas was usually busy at his work.
Which is the best title for the passage?
A. An Old Woman and a Nice Boy
B. My First Day at School
C. A Great Day for Me
In China, more and more villagers have left their villages to work in big cities. As a result, their
children have become left-behind children and they need more care. The survey below was done in
villages in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Three hundred left-behind children were chosen to answer the questions.
| What do you need most? |
Love |
Money |
Freedom （自由） |
Control |
Something else |
| 40% |
18% |
28% |
10% |
4% |
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| Whom do you communicate with? |
Oneself |
Family members |
No one |
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| 27% |
55% |
18% |
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| Can you communicate with your parents freely? |
Yes |
A little difficult |
No |
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| 46% |
44% |
10% |
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| Do you want to live with your parents or alone? |
Living with parents |
Living alone |
No idea |
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| 58% |
14% |
28% |
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| What do you think of your parents' working in cities? |
Bad |
Good |
No idea |
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| 20% |
39% |
41% |
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| What's your happiest place? |
School |
Home |
Friends' homes |
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| 48% |
34% |
18% |
The survey was done to 。
A. make left-behind children go to school
B. know how to make children happy
C. care about left-behind children
Of all the four things, the children need most.
A. love B. money C. freedom
58% of the children like to
A. live with their grandparents
B. live in big cities
C. live with their parents
How many children think their happiest place is their school?
A. 48. B. 102. C. 144.
We can learn from the survey that __________.
A. over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to their parents freely
B. about 1/3 of the children think their parents' working in cities is bad
C. about half of the children have no one to talk with
While we are still children ,most of us live at home with our parents, more or less peacefully . But as we become teenagers , things change ,and we begin to grow apart from our parents . This means we are almost ready to leave the house where we grew up and make a new home of our own .
All humans must do this ,but they don’t all do it in the same way . If ,for instance ,you belong to a primitive tribe (原始部落) ，then as you grew up ,you’d learn the skills you needed as an adult---how to catch fish ,how to keep the house and look after children . You would be ready to marry in your early teens and you would build a house and live near your family in the village.
This seems a very old way of life , but it is what humans have been used to through hundreds of years. And it is what we are still used to in the 21st century ,for man hasn’t changed in the short time since he became civilized(文明的). But could you leave home and look after yourself during the teen years ? Most people would not do very well . Why ? Because although man hasn’t changed very much , the society he lives in has changed greatly ,which means that we have to learn more and more before we are ready to leave our parents’ shelter( 居所 ) and live alone .
However ,sometimes it is very frustrating to live at parents’ home . Parents can be very upset about late nights ,criticizing friends and always saying that we are noisy and dirty . But we still need our emotional (情感的) shelter till we finish our studies , and that is why we usually stay in our parents’ home until we feel grown up enough to deal with living alone .
When does the relationship with parents start changing ?
| A．When we are children . |
| B．When we become teenagers . |
| C．When we are alone . |
| D．When we get married . |
For most teenagers of the 21st century ,making a new home of their own may be ________.
| A．difficult | B．unimportant |
| C．impossible | D．quite easy |
Why must we know more to be able to live alone ?
| A．Because we are becoming less talented . |
| B．Because our society has changed a lot . |
| C．Because not enough is taught in our schools. |
| D．Because man has never really been civilized. |
From the passage ,we know living at parents’ home when we become teenagers _______ .
| A．is always pleasant |
| B．must be very exciting |
| C．makes us feel lonely |
| D．may be annoying |
Droughts (干旱)are common in Kenya . Before ,they came every 10 years ,but now they seem to be hitting us more often and for a longer time .
We gave the droughts names :“longoza”was the drought when many animals died ; there was the drought of the “planes” because food was dropped from the air by planes; and one particularly bad drought was called “ man who dies with his money in his fist (拳头)”，because ,even if there was money , there was simply no food to buy .
I was born in 1951 in Machakos. From what my mother tells me , when I was 7, there was a serious drought . I clearly remember the terrible weather and the hunger. I can’t tell you how many times I went to bed without eating . “ I slept like that ,” is how we described it . I can’t count the number of days when “ I slept like that,” or describe the feeling of going to sleep hungry ,knowing I’d wake up and there would still be no food for breakfast.
My father would leave early in the morning carrying a little basket to ask for food on credit (赊欠). Each night he would return home around 10:00p.m. My mother would try to encourage me by telling me to keep the water in our pot boiling so that when my father arrived we could quickly cook any food he brought in the already prepared water . I would keep the fire burning and the water boiling , along with the hopes that we would eat that night. But my father would arrive frustrated and empty -handed. And I would sleep like that.The best title for the text is ________.
| A．A Hungry Childhood Caused by Droughts |
| B．Food and Hunger |
| C．Protecting the Environment |
| D．Droughts and Their Names |
What does the drought of the “ longoza”refer to (指代)?
| A．Many animals needed food dropped by planes. |
| B．People had to eat animals because of hunger. |
| C．Many animals died because of the droughts. |
| D．People died of hunger even if they had money . |
Why would the author keep the fire burning and the water boiling?
| A．To wait for her father to come back to have supper . |
| B．To cook the food that her father would bring back . |
| C．To keep her house warm all night . |
| D．To make her hungry mother happy. |
The sentence “I slept like that ” means “ ________ .”
| A．I was disappointed when my father came back empty-handed |
| B．I felt sorry because my family got hungry again |
| C．I went to sleep with no food for breakfast. |
| D．I went to bed with nothing to eat |
Children laugh often and easily . But as we grow up , we laugh less and feel more stressed. Try laughing for no reason at all . That’s how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world , and doctors now think that having a good laugh may be one of the best ways to stay healthy. The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai ,India ,in June,1995 by Dr Madam Kataria. “ Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day , ”says Dr Kataria . “Everyone’s naturally good at laughing . We want people to feel happy with their lives .” There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 worldwide.
Place: 264 North Main Street , East Longmeadow. We’re in an office building near the entrance . Walk down the hall and we’re on the right .
When : Every Sunday afternoon from 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Cost : Free. Donation will be welcomed.
Ages : Adults from 18 to 75.
Parking (停车)：If you’re facing the building ,the car park is on the right of the building .
Teacher : Robert Rivest.
More information ,go to http:// www. robertrivest.com.
If you want to feel like a kid again ,try our Laughter Club . You will get used to it in five minutes and begin to laugh for real in ten minutes and sometimes you just can’t stop! You’ll experience deeper pleasure in half an hour. You’ll meet other people who want more fun and laughter. And you will feel so relaxed in about one hour !
Come and join us for laughter and a fun social experience!
The text is a ______ .
| A．note | B．report | C．story | D．poster |
How soon will you start laughing in the Laughter Club ?
| A．In five minutes. | B．In ten minutes. |
| C．In half an hour. | D．In about one hour. |
The main purpose of Paragraph 1 is to ________.
| A．tell people where the first Laughter Club is |
| B．explain how laugh makes people stay healthy |
| C．show Laughter Clubs are popular in the world |
| D．describe the reason why children laugh often and easily |
Which of the following is true ?
| A．When you go out of the Laughter Club ,you should turn left for the car park . |
| B．You may stay in the Laughter Club for more than one hour. |
| C．Children can go to the Laughter Club with their parents. |
| D．You have to donate to join the Laughter Club . |
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