| From: Wendy and Jack Brown Date: September 22, 2014 To: 8th and 9th graders at R.L.S. Junior School Subject: Bonjour! Bonjour! (That means hello in French.) We hope you all had a great summer. Ours was a lot of fun. We have seen so many new things and met so many wonderful people. The French gave us a warm welcome and helped us get used to living here soon. We have so many things to share with all of you. We are going to send you more emails, but here are the best parts of our holiday in France so far. We had a fantastic time seeing the Tour de France this summer. It is the most famous bicycle race in the world. The riders travel more than two thousand miles in about a month! We got a quick look at the riders as they sped past! After the race, our family rented bikes, and rode along part of the route that the cyclists used. A few of you asked whether the French really eat snails(蜗牛). The answer is yes. We went out to dinner the other day, and our parents ordered some. We each tried one and it didn’t taste too bad. The snails, called escargots, are served with lots of butter. They feel a little rubbery when you bite into them, but they don’t really have much taste. Mum’s favourite food here is the French pastries. Dad loves the red wine. Our favourite is the fresh bread from the shop down the street. We went to visit the Eiffel Tower a few weeks ago. We went all the way to the top. It was a sunny day, so we could see for miles and miles into the distance. Dad doesn’t like heights, so he stayed at the bottom of the tower and took pictures from the ground. We miss all of you a lot. Write back to us and let us know what is new at home. Au revoir! (Can you guess what that means in French?) Wendy and Jack Brown |
What do the Browns think of French people?
| A．Friendly. | B．Funny. | C．Welcome. | D．Popular. |
Jack’s favourite food in France is .
| A．tasty snails | B．French pastries |
| C．fresh bread | D．red wine |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the email?
| A．Wendy and Jack got used to the life in France soon. |
| B．Tour de France is the best-known bicycle race in the world. |
| C．The Browns have seen many wonderful things in France. |
| D．The Browns went to the top of the Eiffel Tower together. |
Wendy and Jack wrote this email to .
| A．tell a story about riding bicycles in France |
| B．tell a story about their experiences in France |
| C．advise the readers to try escargots in France |
| D．advise the readers to visit France in summer |
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“T”，错误的用“F”。（每小题1分，共5分）
Today more and more people are using refrigerators. Some are big, others are small. Big ones have two or three doors. Such refrigerators can not only keep the food cold and fresh, but also make ice and freeze the food. However, small ones usually have one door and can only keep things cold and fresh.
There are also refrigerators that are friendly to the environment. In the 1970s, the world was in energy crisis(危机). Refrigerators use too much energy. So people began to think of ways to improve it . At last a kind of new refrigerator was made. They use very little energy, but they’re too expensive. They cost twice or three times more than the ones that we use at home. However, people believe they will be cheaper and cheaper. As a result, they will be more and more popular.
In the future, there will be refrigerators that can do more than we can imagine. They are called smart refrigerators(智能冰箱) . They have tiny computers inside, with their screens on the door. They can show us what food is inside. They can also tell us what food to buy.They can even let us know what food to eat when we input the necessary health information. The more surprising thing is that they can do shopping for us when they are connected(连接) to the supermarket.Small refrigerators can not only keep the food cold but also freeze the food.
Refrigerators that use very little energy are more expensive.
Friendly refrigerators will be popular some day.
Refrigerators that keep the food fresh are smart refrigerators.
We can have a “talk ” with smart refrigerators.
Ann likes sports. She often goes cycling on Sundays. She does exercise in the gym for one hour on Wednesday morning. On Friday afternoon, she often goes swimming from 4:00 to 5:30.She goes hiking from 1:00 to 2:30 on Saturday afternoon. Tomorrow morning, she is going to fly a kite in the park. She thinks that it’s good for our health to do much exercise.
根据短文内容，填写正确的答案（每小题2分，共10分）
| Time |
Activity |
| Sundays |
66． |
| 8:30-9:30 Wednesday morning |
67． |
| 4:00-5:30 Friday afternoon |
68． |
| 1:00-2:30 Saturday afternoon |
69． |
| tomorrow morning |
70． |
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草).
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly(苍蝇) touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!
根据短文内容，选择正确的答案（每小题2分，共10分）The Venus flytrap is a kind of .
| A．plant | B．animal | C．food | D．meat |
The Venus flytrap grows in .
| A．most parts of the world | B．some parts of Africa |
| C．dry parts of the United States | D．wet parts of England |
From the passage, we learn that .
| A．all plants can eat people | B．all plants can eat animals |
| C．some plants can eat people | D．many plants can eat animals |
The underlined word “presses” probably means in Chinese.
| A．挤压 | B．关上 | C．打开 | D．松开 |
Why do some plants eat animal meat? Because .
| A．plants are dangerous to animals |
| B．animals are dangerous to plants |
| C．plants want to get what they need from animal meat |
| D．Plants want to protect themselves against animals |
Stop. Listen! What do you hear? You may hear many different sounds. Some of those sounds may be noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound.
Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, such as motorcycles, jet planes, farm tractors(拖拉机), rock music is also noise.
What happens to people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have found that these people have trouble in sleeping. But, most important, constant(不断的) loud noise can cause a loss of hearing.
Scientists use a unit of measure called decibel(分贝) to measure the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures between 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level(层次) causes the great hearing loss.
根据短文内容，选择正确的答案（每小题1分，共5分）According to the passage, noise is .
| A．any kind of sound | B．a loud or unwanted sound |
| C．all sounds that you can hear | D．terrible sound |
A decibel is a .
| A．unit that measures sound | B．kind of noise |
| C．machine that makes loud noise | D．person who hates sound |
According to the passage, loud noise can .
| A．help people to sleep better | B．stop machines |
| C．cause a loss of hearing | D．kill people |
We can conclude（推断） from the passage that .
| A．noise is a serious problem | B．rock music isn’t noisy |
| C．noise is only from traffic | D．some people hate any sound |
Study that diagram below. would be the quietest.
| Room Noise Level A 40~65 decibels B 35 decibels C 120 decibels D 130 decibels |
A. Room A B. Room B C. Room C D. Room D
阅读理解
Tom , an 11-year-old boy, was ill. He had got a cough. His mother was worried and took him to see a doctor. The doctor looked over Tom carefully and said," Tom, nothing serious." Then he gave him some medicine. These are the words on the instruction(说明）of the cough medicine.
Instruction
Take three times a day after meals.
Dose(剂量）：Grown-ups: 2 spoons each time.
Children: 8-14yrs. one spoon, 4-7yrs. 1/2 spoon
Not fit for children below the age of 4 years
Notes: 1.Store in a cold place 2.Using before Oct.2006
根据短文内容，判断正误，正确的写“T”，错的写“F”（每小题1分，共5分）Tom should take three spoons in a day.
Tom had better have his meals before he takes the medicine.
The medicine can be kept in a fridge.
Children aged five can't take this medicine.
From this instruction we know Tom can go on using the left
medicine after Oct.2006
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