Rachel Carson was born in the USA on May,1907. Her mother, Maria Carson, had been a schoolteacher. She also loved nature. She showed Rachel the beauty of nature. She also taught Rachel a deep love for books. As a quiet child, Rachel liked to read and write stories. At a very early age, she decided she wanted to be a writer some day. Her story first appeared in a children’s magazine when she was ten years old.
Her first books, Under the Sea Wind came out in 1941. In 1948, Miss Carson began working on another book, The Sea Around Us. She always remembered carefully when she wrote. She collected information from more than one thousand places to write The Sea Around Us. When the book came out in 1951, it won the National Book Award. It was No. 1 on the best-seller list for more than a year. The Sea Around Us made Rachel Carson famous.
Rachel Carson’s most famous book, Silent Spring came out in 1962. In this book, she pointed out that the use of some kinds of pesticides(杀虫剂) like DDT would cause the number of birds to decline because it would kill them as well. Finally, in November 1969, the United Sates government decided that the use of DDT must stop in two years.
Rachel Carson has been regarded as a great environmentalist(环保主义者) and writer. She will be remembered by the world.Rachel Carson had a deep love for nature and books because of ____________.
| A．her father | B．her mother | C．her schoolteacher | D．her brother |
Rachel decided that she wanted to be a writer when ___________.
| A．she was very young | B．she was in college |
| C．she became a teacher | D．she became famous |
The Chinese meaning of the word ”decline” in this passage is probably “___________”.
| A．增加 | B．减少 | C．维持 | D．翻番 |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Rachel Carson was a careful and serious writer. |
| B．The Sea Around Us won the National Book Award. |
| C．In Silent Spring Rachel said some pesticides were bad for the environment. |
| D．The use of DDT was stopped as soon as the book Silent Spring came out. |
I'm Alice. Today is Children's Day. I get many presents from my family. Do you want to have a look?
I like toy bears very much. I have five different bears in my room. My mother buys a new brown bear for me today. It's very beautiful.
My uncle gives me a new pencil box. It's so nice. There's an interesting picture on it. My uncle buys it in Canada.
My sister is so nice. She buys a red toy car for me. She knows red is my favourite colour. I like the car very much.
The diary book is from my grandmother. I like writing a diary in the evening. I want to be a writer when I grow up.What's Alice's favourite colour?
| A．Brown. | B．Red. | C．Green. | D．Yellow. |
Who gives Alice a pencil box?
| A．Her grandmother. | B．Her mother. |
| C．Her sister. | D．Her uncle. |
Alice doesn't get_______ from her family.
| A．a computer | B．a diary book |
| C．a toy bear | D．a toy car |
How many toy bears does Alice have now?
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．One. | D．Two. |
Alice likes writing, so she wants to be a_______ when she grows up.
| A．teacher | B．doctor | C．writer | D．nurse |
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_______ is the best for you if you have time from 3:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon.
| A．Club One | B．Club Two |
| C．Club Three | D．Club Four |
You can call _______ if you like Chinese music very much.
| A．88830401 | B．88930501 | C．88730401 | D．88940302 |
Jane can learn to _______ if she is 17 years old.
| A．make cards | B．play the lute |
| C．make cakes | D．draw pictures |
_______ is open for the longest (最长) time in a day.
| A．Club One | B．Club Two |
| C．Club Three | D．Club Four |
Where can you read the passage(文章)?
| A．In the school library. | B．In a storybook. |
| C．On clubs’ walls. | D．In an English book. |
Food is colorful. Some food is green, some food is red, and some is black. Now more and more people like to have black food—black rice, black beans, black grapes. Why do they like black food?
· Black food can make grey hair into black hair.
· Black food is good for the heart.(心脏)
· Black food can help children become smart.
· Black food can also help women look young.
Black food is very good, but we need food with different colors. Doctors say that it isn’t good to be choosy about food. So we had better eat all kinds of food.Now more and more people like to have _______.
| A．red food | B．green food | C．black food | D．rice |
Black food is good for________ .
| A．eyes | B．ears | C．nose | D．heart |
A seven-year-old boy often has black food, so he can become ________.
| A．smart | B．young | C．old | D．tall |
_______ is good for our health.
| A．red food | B．green food |
| C．black food | D．Food with different colors |
The underlined word ‘choosy’ means “_______ ” in Chinese.
| A．优选的 | B．挑剔的 | C．浪费的 | D．无色的 |
Four girls go to school every day by taxi. One day one of the girls says, “There is a test this morning. Let’s get to school late. Then we will not have the test.”
“What can we tell the teacher?” One of the girls says. “He will be angry. We will need a good excuse.”
The girls think for a moment, then one of them says, “Let’s tell him that our taxi has a flat tire(瘪胎).”
“That’s a good idea,” the other girls say. “We will tell him that.”
They get to school an hour later. The test is over. “Why are you late? You missed the test."
"Our taxi had a flat tire." One of the girls said.
The teacher thought for a moment, then he said, "sit down, One of you in each corner of the room." The four girls do this.
Then the teacher says, “Write down a piece of paper the answer to this question: Which tire is flat?”How do the girls go to school every day?
| A．By bus | B．By taxi | C．By bike | D．On foot |
Why do the girls want to go to school so late?
| A．They don’t like school. |
| B．They want to go shopping. |
| C．They don’t finish their homework |
| D．They don’t want to take a test. |
what is the girls’ excuse for being late?
| A．They get up late. |
| B．They can’t get a taxi. |
| C．Their taxi has a flat tire. |
| D．They forget(忘记) the time |
Can the girls answer the teacher’s question?
| A．No, they can’t. Because they can’t remember which tire is flat. |
| B．Yes, they can. Because there is a flat tire. |
| C．No, they can’t. Because they may give a different answer. |
| D．Yes, they can. Because all four tires are flat. |
What can we know from the text?
| A．They find a good excuse. |
| B．The teacher is very clever. |
| C．There is a flat tire. |
| D．They don’t like to go to school by bike. |
Henry is a naughty boy in Bayern, Germany. He has big eyes and a small mouth. One day, Henry is playing in front of a house. A woman comes up. She has small eyes. And she asks Henry, “Little boy, is your mother at home?”
“Yes, she is.” answers the boy. And Henry goes on playing happily.
Then the woman goes over to ring the bell. The bell rings and rings, but no one comes to open the door. The woman gets angry and calls out to him, “ You tell me your mother is at home, don’t you?”
“Yes,” the boy answers. “My mother is at home, but this isn’t my home.”
Then the woman stares at (睁大眼睛看) Henry. The boy says, “You have big eyes, too!”One day, Henry is playing __________ .
| A．in the park | B．in the street |
| C．in front of a house | D．in front of a shop |
The woman wants to see __________ .
| A．Henry himself | B．Henry’s father |
| C．Nobody | D．Henry’s mother |
The woman goes over to __________ after talking with Henry.
| A．knock at the door of the house |
| B．give a call to his mother |
| C．ring the bell of the house |
| D．ask his mother some questions |
The woman gets __________ because no one comes to open the door.
| A．pleased | B．happy | C．afraid | D．angry |
In the story the woman doesn’t find Henry’s mother because __________ .
| A．she doesn’t know Henry’s mother |
| B．Henry is not at home. |
| C．Henry doesn’t have a mother |
| D．she goes to the wrong house |
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