Our new foreign students are going to arrive very soon, and here are some ways to communicate with them politely.
How close do you stand when you talk to a friend? You can stand close to people in the Middle East but don’t stand too close to North Americans! Give them more personal space.
Do you know How to touch people correctly? Chinese girls often walk arm in arm with their friends. South Americans sometimes hold your arm when they talk to you, so you can’t move away! But in Britain many people don’t like other people to touch them at all.
Do you look at people when you talk? In some places, it isn’t polite to look at people when you talk, but in other countries it isn’t polite to look somewhere else. In Britain and the US, people usually look at each other when they talk.
And how do you say goodbye? That’s easy, wave（挥手） to say goodbye. But be careful! In Greece, it’s not at all polite! In fact, it’s very rude!
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。From the passage, we should give more personal space.
| A．people in the Middle East | B．people in North America |
| C．people in the South America | D．people in North China |
The underlined word “touch” means in Chinese.
| A．触碰 | B．打击 | C．感动 | D．震撼 |
We can’t wave to say goodbye in .
| A．America | B．Japan | C．Britain | D．Greece |
How many ways are given to communicate with foreign students?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
What’s the best title of this passage?
| A．Saying goodbye | B．Touching people |
| C．Looking at people | D．communicating politely |
Do you know the reason why we feel tired in the middle of a class？Maybe you would say it is because the teacher's class is boring. （1） Perhaps this is something you have not paid enough attention to or not yet noticed.
Purpose of sleep
（2） Sleep helps our body heal（修复），grow，and stay healthy.It also gives us energy，so we can be active all day.Doctors and health scientists say：When you close your eyes and need t rest，sleep is just the very best!This is more than advice.
Sleep time
Enough sleep is important to us.How much sleep do we need？New﹣born babies sleep most of the time.They can sleep 20﹣22 hours a day.Children need 10﹣12 hours of sleep a day.Teenagers need 8﹣ 10 hours of sleep a day because they need lots of energy to grow into their adult（成人的）bodies.Grown﹣ups usually need 6﹣8 hours of sleep to keep active.
（3） That is why old people sleep less than young people.
Interesting facts
Almost everyone has their dreams while they sleep，but not all of them can tell their dreams clearly when they wake up. （4） More surprisingly，some may even get up in their dreams and walk around.This is called "sleepwalking".Are you a sleepwalker？Or，is there a sleepwalker around you？
（5）
It's not just people that love to snooze（打盹）.In fact，many animals have unusual or surprising sleeping habits.Some animals，such as bears and hedgehogs，sleep all through winter.The swift is a very fast bird that can sleep while it flies!Cute koalas sleep around 18 hours a day.Giraffes don't need much sleep at all.They usually sleep standing up.
A.Sleepy animals B.Why do we need sleep？ C.Some people talk in their dreams. D.However，the real reason is probably that we don't have enough sleep. E.The older you get，the less sleep you will need. F.Some people never dream while they sleep. G.Clever animals |
INTRODUCTION It's hard to believe that I wrote Number the Stars more than twenty years ago.It seems like yesterday that I answered the phone on a snowy January morning and received the news that it had won the 1990 Newbery Medal（美国纽伯瑞儿童文学奖）. I think readers of every age may match themselves with the important persons in the books they love and ask themselves：Would I have done that？What choice would I have made？ And ten﹣the age of Annemarie in Number the Stars﹣is an age when young people are beginning to develop a strong set of personal ethics（道德观；价值观）.They are beginning to realize that the world they live in is not always good and safe. So they follow a story about a ten﹣year﹣old girl who is caught in a dangerous situation，and she must make decisions.Young readers become cheerful when Annemarie takes a deep breath，enters the woods，faces the danger，stands up to the enemy and wins her victory. Today，the book has been published in many countries and translated into many languages.It found its way into the hands and hearts of children who had read about but never experienced war. . . .Books do change lives，I know；and many readers have told me that Number the Stars changed theirs when they were young，that it made them think about both.cruelty（残酷；残忍） and courage. "It was something that shaped my idea of how people should be treated， "wrote a young woman recently，telling me.about her own fourth﹣grade experience with the book. The Danish friend who first told me the story of her childhood，and who became the Annemarie in my book，is an old woman now.So am I.We both love thinking of the children reading the story today，coming to it for the first time and realizing that once，for a short time and in a small place，a group of prejudice﹣free（不存偏见的）people created a touching story of love.and kindness towards others. Lois Lowry |
（1）What is the name of the book and who is the writer？
A.Number the Stars；Lois Lowry.
B.Newbery Medal；Lois Lowry.
C.Number the Stars；Annemarie.
D.Newbery Medal；Annemarie.
（2）Which of the following is TRUE about Annemarie？
A.She called a writer on a snowy January morning.
B.She became cheerful after she read the book.
C.She was a good friend of a Danish woman.
D.She experienced many difficulties in a war.
（3）Many young readers told the writer that the book made them think about .
A.ethics and friendship
B.enemy and victory
C.cruelty and courage
D.life and memories
（4）What can we know from this Introduction？
A.The book is about a story of the writer's own child experiences.
B.The book is well﹣received and popular around the world.
C.The Introduction is written in the voice of the third person.
D.The Introduction is complete and we can read all of it.
Look at the Earth from.space.Why does our planet look so blue？Its blue because water covers almost three quarters of the Earth's surface.Water is not just an important part of our planet.It is an important part of our body，too.More than half of our total body weight is water.
Our body loses water whenever we exercise or.go to the toilet.That's why we need to drink plenty of water every day.We drink water.We use it to cook，clean，and carry waste out of our homes.Farmers use it to grow vegetables and crops like rice and corn；factories use it to make products.
Since the 1950s，the amount（数量）of water people use has increased by three times.But the water supply（供应）hasn't.Scientists worry that soon there won't be enough water for us，as well as for the animals and plants that share our world.What can we do to help？Use water wisely.
Having enough water isn't our only problem. We also need it clean.
Right now，ships and factories are putting wastes into seas，rivers and so on.Even chemicals that farmers use are running into rivers and lakes.All this pollution can make the water dangerous to drink.It can also harm fish and other water﹣living lives.
We must do something to stop pollution.It's the best way to protect our world's most valuable natural resource（资源）.
（1）How many important areas of water are mentioned in Paragraph 1？
A.One.
B.Two.
C.Three.
D.Four.
（2）The underlined sentence "We also need it clean" in Paragraph 4 means" ."
A.We also need water to wash things
B.We also need water that looks clean
C.We also need to keep water clean
D.We also need to discover clean water
（3）This passage was written to .
A.ask people to value water
B.advise people to drink more water
C.introduce the uses of water
D.describe the situation of water supply
Cindy was eight years old and lived with her parents in California.One day，her parents told her that they would leave California in a week and move to Florida because her father found a new job there.
A week later，after they moved to Florida，Cindy's mother took her to meet her new teacher.The teacher said， "Welcome to our school，Cindy.Let me tell you what we do in our second﹣grade class.We start the day with reading and wring.After that，we do math.Then we go out to have a long rest for outdoor activities.We eat lunch at eleven o'clock.Then we have story time.After story time，we have science.Then we go to learning centers.There you can work on the computer，play a game，or read a book.Next，we have spelling（写字课）.Finally，we go to music and art classes for the last hour of the day.Here is a time list of the subjects and school activities for you.There is some other information in it.I'll be glad to see you tomorrow，Cindy!I'm sure your new classmates will be glad to see you，too. "
（1）What grade was Cindy in when she moved to Florida with her parents？
A.In Grade One.
B.In Grade Two.
C.In Grade Three.
D.In Grade Four.
（2）According to the passage，Cindy would at her new school.
A.have math before reading and writing
B.do outdoor activities after lunch
C.play games in learning centers
D.take music and art classes in the morning
（3）We can know from the passage that Cindy's new teacher was .
A.friendly
B.honest
C.humorous
D.quiet
As the saying goes， "Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles".In modern society，travelling is a very common thing. Almost everyone can go on a trip at any time as long as they want to. In fact，centuries ago，some famous people already travelled around China and they got a lot from exploration （探险）.
Xu Xiake，a geographer and writer in Ming dynasty，spend more than thirty years on the road four hundred years ago.With his mother's encouragement，Xu Xiake travelled around China.He met with many difficulties on the road.But he never stopped travelling and writing.
Xu Xiake was on the road all his life，and his travel notes covered as much as his knowledge.His 600，000﹣ word travel notes finally came out in 1776，about 135 years after his death.China Tourism Day is set on May 19th，the date when he started The Travels of Xu Xiake.Some of Xu Xiake's Footprints around China
Macro Polo's Journey to the East
Marco Polo，a businessman born in 1254 in Italy，is known as a travel king in the west.In 1271，Marco Polo with his father and uncle set foot on the road to China.It took him four years.Along the way，he met bad weathers，a shortage of food and water and so on.
They reached Shangdu in Inner Mongolia in 1275.Kublai Khan gave them a warm welcome there and took them to Dadu.
Macro Polo's hard journey created one of the world's first best sellers The Travels of Macro Polo.Medieval （中世纪的） readers fell in love with Polo's wonderful descriptions of faraway lands and got to know China and Middle Asia.
（1）Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
（2）Chart I shows some of Xu Xiake's footprints around China.Which provinces did he visit？
（3）According to the passage，Macro Polo journeyed east along .And Dadu refers to （指） now.
（4）Why did medieval readers like The Travels of Macro Polo？
（5）Please complete the facts about Xu Xiake and Macro Polo in Chart III.
（6）What have you learned from Xu Xiake and Macro Polo？How will you put what you have learned to good use in life？
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