Now, more and more cities are facing problems, such as high housing costs, pollution and crime. Let’s see what people in Hyderabad, India and in Sao Paulo, Brazil do to solve (解决) the problems.
Hyderabad, India
To improve people’s lives, Hyderabad is planting more and more trees. The city is even creating greener buildings that use less water and less electricity for power. Adding green to a city has a number of advantages. For example, trees make the air cleaner. In Hyderabad, streets were grey and dirty in the past. However, today they are filled with trees and flowers, making the city cleaner and more colourful. Green areas also give people places to relax or exercise. A study in the USA shows an interesting thing: the greener a neighborhood is, the less crime there is.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Many people work in the centre of Sao Paulo, but they don’t live there. They’ve spread out to neighborhoods outside the city because housing is cheaper. Every day, these people travel into the city, and traffic is very heavy. City planners are using different ways to deal with (处理) the problem. First, they are building better subways. Another goal is to make it cheaper for people to live in the downtown area (中心区). Doing this will reduce traffic and pollution in the city.What does the underlined word “greener” mean?
| A．Taller. |
| B．Easier. |
| C．Better for the environment. |
| D．More brightly coloured. |
Which advantage of making Hyderabad greener is NOT talked about in the passage?
| A．It helps people work better. |
| B．It makes the city cleaner. |
| C．It reduces crime. |
| D．It makes it easier to exercise. |
According to the passage, what problem does Sao Paulo have?
| A．A lot of people don’t have jobs. |
| B．Too many people live in the city centre. |
| C．A lot of people are moving out of the city. |
| D．Too many people travel into the city every day. |
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| The full marks of a P.E. test for Junior 3 students |
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| The month for the P.E. test for students in Nanjing |
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| The two sports all the boy students in Nanjing must do in the P.E. test |
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| The result of a research on children health |
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| The reason for students’ good performance in the P.E. test |
配对阅读 左栏是五个人对电视节目偏好的描述，右栏是七个热门节目的介绍。请根据每个人的需求，为他们选择合适的节目，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。As a science fan, Sun Lei is fond of programs showing and explaining the secret of people’s “super” abilities.
Lily is interested in playing the guitar and writing songs and she is excited to see singers performing their own songs in a singing show.
Li Wen is out of work and she wants to watch something that helps her know more about the needs of company bosses.
Yang Sen wants to spend time with his five-year-old son watching programs popular with kids.
Du Xing likes reading about history and culture. He thinks it a shame that young people these days know so little about our own culture.
| A．Happy Camp It is a weekly show on Saturdays, purposely created for young people to watch. The show is so popular that many singers and actors would like to advertise their movies, books or songs on the show. |
| B．Only You In this TV show, job searchers have a chance to explain the type of job they are looking for in a face-to-face interview with 12 CEOs from big companies. They all try their best to show their abilities and knowledge. |
| C．Where Are We Going, Dad? It is very popular among children and their parents. On the show, five star fathers take care of their kids alone during a three-day stay in a village. It even has some fathers wondering if they are spending enough time with their children. |
| D．Dream Star Partner |
Groups of famous singers take part in this singing competition show to collect money for programs on the health of children, child safety and children's education. Different from most music shows, each group has two singers as partners.
E. Sing My Song
It is a TV music competition made by the same team that produced the The Voice of China. However, a big difference is that singers in this show must perform songs that are written by themselves rather than covering songs by other artists.
F. The Brain
It is a scientific reality, talent and game show to find the people whose brainpower are beyond the ordinary people. The show invites a great number of famous people and scientists to be the judges.
G. China’s Riddle Guessing Competition
This show is seen as another effort to reconnect young people with Chinese traditional culture. It also shows just how fun guessing riddles can be because it requires a lot of knowledge and involves the latest news from home and abroad.
Jeans have become one piece of clothing worn by the most people in the world. Everybody wears them, from the farmer to the lawyer and from models to housewives. But why have jeans become so popular？You’ll get many answers. For some people they look cool, for others jeans are just comfortable.
Jeans were first stronger trousers made for farm workers in the states of the American west. In the eastern part of the US jeans were hardly worn at all. They were connected with farm people and the workers. So the rich wouldn’t like to wear them.
It was James Dean and Marlon Brando that made them popular in movies and everyone started to wear them. They were a symbol of the rebellion of young people during the 1950s and 1960s. So these new trousers were not allowed in American schools and sometimes in theatres and cinemas. As time went on，jeans became more acceptable. American people in Europe and Japan often wore them when they were not on duty to show that they were Americans. The trousers showed the world a happier way of life, something that people needed, especially after what they had gone through in World War II.
Jeans had other advantages as well. They didn’t need to be washed as often as other trousers and women didn’t need to iron them. This became more important as more and more women started working and had less time for housework.
Today jeans are an important part of our lives. They are always washed a few times before they are sold to give them a faded look. Jeans first appeared ___________.
| A．in eastern America | B．in western America |
| C．in Middle America | D．all over America |
From the passage, we can know that James Dean and Marlon Brando were .
| A．film stars | B．Jeans makers |
| C．young students | D．farmers or workers |
What is the possible meaning of the underlined “rebellion” in this passage?
| A．奢侈 | B．活力 | C．清纯 | D．反叛 |
Which of the following was a possible advantage of jeans to women?
| A．They could easily be bought anywhere in the world. |
| B．They didn’t need to be washed often or ironed. |
| C．They had many different styles and colors. |
| D．They were comfortable and easy to wash. |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Jeans --- Symbol of Wealth |
| B．Jeans --- Working Women’s Best Choice |
| C．Jeans --- Popular Piece of Clothing in Our Daily Life |
| D．Jeans --- Part of the Lives of Farm People and Workers |
This is an advertisement ______________ on the Cats Day.
| A．for a talk on pet cats |
| B．for the prettiest cat show |
| C．to sell unwanted cats |
| D．to find owners for unwanted cats |
The Cats Day activities will last ______________.
| A．a whole day | B．half a day | C．four hours | D．a whole afternoon |
Taking a cat home from the center should be a family decision because __________.
| A．the cost has to be paid by the family |
| B．the cat will become trouble for the family |
| C．other family members may hurt the cat |
| D．it is the duty of each family member to care for the cat |
After listening to the talk by Dr. Smith, you may ___________.
| A．raise the prettiest cat in town |
| B．know more about your cat’s gestures |
| C．learn more about the cat supplies |
| D．be able to build a cat house by yourself |
You will NOT be able __________ on the Cats Day.
| A．to win 150 dollars on the show |
| B．to buy toys for your cat |
| C．to take a picture with your new cat |
| D．to take your child to the fun games |
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| Life in China Every day, News on TV, radio and online brings you stories from across China. Have you got a story about life in China? If you do, please put your story here. |
 Since the winter last year, the haze(雾霾) has happened a lot of times. It has done great harm(伤害) to our daily life. More and more people have to go to see the doctor because the serious disease caused by the haze. Many traffic accidents happened and quite a lot of flights have to be put off just because of the haze weather. On Oct.30, 2013, in 16-car chain collision (连环相撞) on the highway in Tangshan, many people were hurt and some even died. Beijing International Airport canceled or put off nearly 76 flights on Oct.6, 2013 as the result of the weather. (Wu Hai, Shantou) |
It’s reported that 293 pedestrians(行人)die of traffic accidents every day in China. I myself ever experienced a very terrible accident. Early last Thursday morning, I was walking on my way to school as usual. A little boy ran past me. He ran so fast when crossing the street that he didn’t notice a speeding car came round the corner. I was scared and shouted to him to stop, but it was too late. The boy was knocked down by the car. I hurried to the boy, crying for help. The boy was taken to the hospital as soon as the policemen and doctors arrived. Later, I learned the boy died because he lost too much blood.(Li Lan, Guangzhou) |
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| Main ideas of the two stories |
The first story is about air pollution, the second one is about |
| Harm that the haze does to our daily life |
It may cause Many flights have to |
| The number that pedestrians die of traffic accident every day |
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| The reason why the little boy died |
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