What is your favorite English letter? Many of you may say QQ. Why? Because so many of you chat with your friends on QQ. What do you like about QQ? What do you talk about? The CCTV reporter Miss Wang interviews three kids. Let's listen to what they say.
When do you chat on QQ? What do you talk about?
Lin Yuhan, Xi’an: On weekends. We talk about homework and chat with each other.
Tang Xuting, Shanghai: At weekends and when I don’t have much homework. We exchange test answers and chat.
Yang Yuhang, Dalian: Our class goes online together at 4-6 pm on weekends. We complain about homework, chat and talk about computer games.
What do you put on your QQ blog ?
Lin: I put good articles I have found online on my blog. I also write articles myself. They are about funny things that have happened in my class.
Tang: I put pictures on my blog. Not my own photos, but pictures from my favorite Japanese cartoons like Tennis Prince and Conan.
Yang: I put DV films on my blog. I shoot them during sports meetings and school parties. The most popular one is about a dancing teacher. It is so funny that everyone watches it.
How do you like QQ?
Lin: It’s a good space for us to make a record of our lives, of both good times and sad times.
Tang: My friends and I may not have time to chat at school. But we can do it on QQ. It’s very helpful to our friendships.
Yang: If you chat with friends on the telephone, your parents sometimes listen to your conversation. There’s no such problem with QQ. You can relax and talk freely.How many kids are interviewed about QQ?
| A．Nine. | B．Six. | C．Three. | D．Two. |
________ comes from Shanghai.
| A．Miss Wang | B．Lin Yuhan | C．Yang Yuhang | D．Tang Xuting |
What does Lin Yuhan put on her QQ blog?
| A．Some pictures. | B．Good articles. | C．DV films. | D．Japanese cartoons. |
Which one is TRUE according to this article?
| A．Lin says QQ is very helpful to their friendships. |
| B．Yang says he can chat freely with many friends and relax on QQ. |
| C．Tang says QQ is a good space for them to make a record of their lives. |
| D．Tang says he chats on QQ on weekdays though he has lots of homework. |
My name’s Woof. Do you think we have a great life? Wrong! I’ll tell you why.
First of all，we are bored, very bored, because our owners (主人) are busy. You know, they go to work or school, so they are out all day. What could we do? Watch the house? Sure. But that’s boring. That’s why we get so excited when our owners come home. We bark and run around and look as if (貌似)we are very happy. But we only do this because we’re bored. If we are lucky, our owner will take us for a walk.
The second thing is the food. We eat the same food, meal after meal, day after day, week after week, month after month. Help! Would you like to eat the same thing all the time(一直)? No, we don’t. We hate it.
Another thing is TV. Dogs hate television. Our owners watch these stupid(傻) shows, hour after hour. Are there any shows for dogs on television? No.
So what can we do? What else can we do but sleep? So we sleep. We dogs are not lazy, we are bored.Woof may be a ______.
| A．boy | B．girl | C．dog | D．cat |
Woof doesn’t like ______.
| A．to be happy | B．to go for a walk |
| C．eat different food | D．watching television |
Woof complains(抱怨) about______ thing(s).
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
The underlined word bark means ______ in Chinese.
| A．吠叫 | B．哭泣 | C．发怒 | D．离开 |
Dear Tim,
Today is Saturday. It’s 7:00 in the evening in Beijing. I’m writing to tell you something about my life. My father is watching CCTV news. That’s his favorite show. My brother is playing computer games. My dog Dick is taking the hat to me. He wants me to put it on and go out for a walk with him. What a clever dog!
Outside, I can hear cars and buses coming and going quickly. Also there are some boys playing ball games. It’s really a noisy but happy evening. Do you think so?
What are your family doing? I know the time here is thirteen hours ahead of(提前)the time in New York. Please write to me soon. Best wishes!
Yours,
DanielWhat time is it in Beijing?
| A．6:00 a.m. | B．7:00 a.m. |
| C．5:00 p.m. | D．7:00 p.m. |
Daniel’s father is _____.
| A．watching news | B．listening to the news |
| C．watching movies | D．listening to some music |
The dog wants to _____.
| A．play with the hat | B．put the hat on its head |
| C．eat lunch | D．go out for a walk |
Get a Life is a website that helps middle school students answer the question —What do you want to be when you grow up?
"It encourages teenagers to have a big dream; it tries to find out what is possible; it makes a plan for children to get where they want to go," said Combs, one of the persons who set up the website.
Get a Life suggests teenagers let their hobbies and interests decide what to do in the future. It encourages them to look for activities that help them try to do some jobs and get important knowledge and skills. It also offers information about fast-growing and well-paid jobs, and provides job training for teenagers.
"Middle school is the perfect time for students to find out their interests, to have many different experiences and do something for their future jobs," a middle school teacher said. "Our world will become a better place if we make our horizons wide and try new things. Our students can’t wait until high school or university to begin building their dreams. Right now is the right time to get a life."
"This website is exactly what these children need for a better future. If our children can make better plans for their future, it is more possible for them to succeed," Combs said.The underlined word "horizons" most probably means _________.
| A．视野 | B．地平线 | C．国界 | D．时间 |
According to the passage, the website is _______________ for children.
| A．boring | B．helpful |
| C．colorful | D．serious |
Which of the following about Get a Life is NOT true?
| A．It helps teenagers to have a big dream. |
| B．It helps teenagers to prepare for their classes. |
| C．It provides information about jobs for teenagers. |
| D．It tells teenagers how to choose future jobs. |
We can’t learn that ___________ from the passage.
| A．Combs set up the website with other people |
| B．Get a Life is a website that helps teenagers to have a better future |
| C．middle school students don’t need to have big dreams |
| D．teenagers who have plans for their future are easier to be successful |
There was once a violinist who said he was not afraid of animals that are dangerous. He said in a proud way, “Even a bear would be as quiet as the friendliest cat when hearing my music.” But he had never played, and no one believed him.
A chance to show his words arrived just when a circus (马戏团) came to the town. The musician came to the ringmaster (领班) and told what he could do.
“Wow, that’s interesting.” The ringmaster said. “We just have three new lions and they haven’t worked with the lion tamer (驯兽师) yet. Let’s see what you can do with them.” The violinist agreed and the whole town crowded the hall to see what would happen.
The violinist was standing quietly in the center of the ring with a smile. Then the ringmaster opened the door of the cage (笼子) and jumped out angrily a huge lion, shouting and showing his teeth. Everyone was too nervous to breathe.
Still with the smile , the violinist began to play. The beautiful music rose , then the lion sat down and began to enjoy the music. Everyone lost themselves in the music. The lion did, too. For the second lion, ______________.
Then it’s the third lion’s turn to appear and everyone there was waiting for the lion to be quiet just like the other two . But the lion ran up to the man and ate him.
All the people were surprised. The other two lions asked angrily, “What have you done ! We were enjoying the music!” The third lion put his paw(爪子 ) to its ear and said, “Sorry, I can’t hear you. I have been deaf for 5 years.”The violinist said that he _________.
| A．was very friendly to the animals |
| B．could train wild animals in town |
| C．could make dangerous animals quiet |
| D．was not good at playing the violin at all |
The people felt so ________ that they couldn’t breathe when seeing the first lion.
| A．angry | B．scared | C．nervous | D．bored |
Which of the following is the missing sentence in Paragraph 5?
| A．the lion came out and ate the violinist |
| B．the same story happened again |
| C．the people felt bored and left |
| D．the lion ran to the people |
Why did the third lion run to the man and eat him?
| A．Because he hated the violinist. |
| B．Because he didn’t think the music was beautiful. |
| C．Because he couldn’t hear the music at all. |
| D．Because he was very hungry. |
YOU might go to a museum to look at old cars or something about an ancient civilization (文明). Would you like to see ice cream?
Believe it or not, there is a museum of ice cream in Iowa in the United States. Visitors can see a video that tells all about the history of the delicious snack.
It seems that ice cream goes back to about 2000 years ago , when the Chinese mixed together ice, milk and sugar. Spending an afternoon looking at how to make ice cream can make you a little hungry. No problem, the museum has its own ice cream store, where you can taste some of them.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, there is a museum of childhood. The museum shows objects about the lives of children in Scotland, past and present. You can expect toys, dolls, teddy bears and train sets. But there are also videos which tell you what it was like to be a kid in Scotland in old times.
You can hear children reading their multiplication tables (乘法表): "Seven sevens are 49, eight sevens are 56." You can also watch documentary movies of the games kids played in Edinburgh in the 1950s, look at the clothes they wore and get to know what their schools were like.
It will be wonderful to visit the Children's Discovery Museum in Bangkok (曼谷), Thailand. The museum has parts of nature, environment, technology and kids' activities. In this museum, you get to take part in the kids’ activities. You can dress up to be a fireman in a fire truck. It is interesting.The museum of ice cream is in _____________.
| A．Scotland | B．Bangkok | C．America | D．China |
We can’t know about _______________ in the museum of childhood.
| A．the games kids played |
| B．the clothes kids wore |
| C．the food kids ate |
| D．the schools kids studied in |
It is interesting that _______________ in the Children's Discovery Museum.
| A．you can taste the ice cream |
| B．you can become a kid in old times |
| C．you can be a fireman in a fire truck |
| D．you can wear old clothes |
Which of the following is NOT right?
| A．Chinese people invented ice cream first about 2000 years ago. |
| B．The Children's Discovery Museum in Thailand is about childhood. |
| C．You can learn about the children’s lives in the old times from the museum in Edinburgh. |
| D．There is an ice cream store in the ice cream museum where you can taste one. |
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