If you are lucky enough, you may find the hummingbird (蜂鸟), the smallest bird of the animal world, in a south American forest.
Though the hummingbird is no bigger than a bee and weighs only 2 to 3 grams, it can fly as fast as 50 meters in a second. It can fly forwards (向前) as most birds do, and it can fly backwards as well. The strangest thing about it, however, is that it can stay still in the air, just like a helicopter.
Whenever a hummingbird needs food, it will fly slowly towards a flower. It won’t stand on the flower, as bees do, but just hangs to the flower and then begins to sunk (吸吮) the honey from inside the flower with its needle-like beak.
The hummingbird is very particular in building its nest (巢). It takes great trouble to choose materials. It likes soft ones better than hard ones. Its eggs are so small that a common match box can hold as many as one hundred of them.
Most of the hummingbirds live in a(n) __________ forest.
| A．north American | B．south Asian |
| C．north Asian | D．south American |
A hummingbird can fly as fast as _______ meters in a second.
| A．fifty | B．five hundred |
| C．fifteen | D．one hundred and fifty |
The underlined word “helicopter” most probably means _______.
| A．轮船 | B．公共汽车 | C．火车 | D．直升飞机 |
When a hummingbird builds a nest, it likes better.
| A．soft materials | B．hard materials |
| C．an material | D．both |
Which of the sentences is NOT true?
| A．A hummingbird can even fly backwards. |
| B．You cannot see the wings of a hummingbird move. |
| C．A hummingbird will fly quickly towards a flower when it’s hungry. |
| D．A common match box can hold as many as one hundred hummingbird eggs. |
When I was 16 years old, a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.
It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.
Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk about anyone with my problems. And I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy came into the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, without a word, only a smile.
Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.
One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!
It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
11. Why was the smile an important gift?
A. Because the writer’s old school was far away.
B. Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.
C. Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.
D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.
12.The writer didn’t talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because .
A. she was always unhappy
B. she didn’t have any friends there
C. she was in the first year at the junior high school
D. she didn’t want her parents to worry about her
13. How did the smile change her life?
A. She started to make friends.
B. She became the best friend with the boy.
C. Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.
D. She realized that she was lonely.
14. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?
A. From her old school B. From her parents.
C.. From herself. D. From her classmates at the new school.
15. Who has become the writer’s best friend now?
A. The writer herself B. The writer’s parents
C. The writer’s classmates D. The boy with the smile
He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn’t smile very often. However, if you talk to him about music, he’ll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou, the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king. His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his album(唱片), "Ye Huimei", and the album was released(发行) in July and was named after his mother.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many
school subjects.
His mother noticed the boy’s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. "He is really good at music, it makes him attractive(有魅力的) to me." said Liu Jiajun, a Junior 2 student in No. 101 Middle School in Beijing.
"He is true to himself. He never follows others." said Zhang Yujie, a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong, Jiangsu Province.
6. From this passage, we know that Jay Chou .
A. is very handsome B. has a bright smile
C. often makes too much noise D. is a pop music star
7. His fans are so excited because .
A. he released a new album in July
B. he will sing new songs in Beijing
C. he can play the piano very well
D. his new album was named after his mother
8. When he was a little child, he .
A. talked a lot every day B. did well in his study at school
C. started to like music D. had huge crowds of fans
9. According to one of his fans, Jay .
A. is a good student B. has long and beautiful hair
C. is a well-known pianist D. is very attractive to them
10. The sentence "He never follows others" in the last paragraph means .
A. he always has his own style
B. he likes to walk alone
C. he doesn’t like other people’s songs at all
D. no one can catch up with him
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information in the form?
| A．Australia isn’t English-speaking countries. |
| B．Rome is a city in Southern Europe. |
| C．Canberra is the capital of Italy. |
| D．London has a population of 56 million. |
Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.
One day, though, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were sitting in class. The teacher was giving us our results for a Chinese test. I had done badly. I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at her, but said nothing. I knew Vanilla had got a good mark in the test. I thought she was making fun of me. I stayed silent (安静), but Vanilla didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions: “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to show you the right answers?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn’t know what to do. I looked everywhere for my paper, but couldn’t find it.
In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big surprise. Vanilla had written the right answer next to every one of my mistakes（错误）. My face went red. Vanilla had been trying to help me all along. How mean (卑劣的) I had been to her when she was being so nice. I wanted to hug her, but all I did was to hold her hands and said, “Thank you.” That afternoon, Vanilla and I walked home together. I felt so happy that I had to thank her again. We were still best friends.
( ) 6. The sentences “ But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.” Really means _________.
A. she doesn’t want others to see her eyes
B. there is something wrong with her eyes
C. she likes to wear dark glasses
D. she is often shy
( ) 7. The writer felt sad because ________ in the Chinese test.
A. she got a good mark B. Vanilla had done better than her
C. she didn’t have a good mark D. the teacher was angry with her
( ) 8. Vanilla really came to the writer to _______.
A. make fun of her B. help her
C. find out what had happened to her D. show her the right answers
( ) 9. Vanilla left the writer because she __________.
A. wanted to write the right answers for the writer
B. didn’t know what to do to help her friend
C. was angry with the writer
D. wanted to go home for lunch
( )10. Which of the following phrases has the same meaning as “make fun of”?
A. Saying “hello” to. B. Seeing me off.
C. Looking after. D. Laughing at.
We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them know what to do with it.
There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east，the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman offered (给) them brown tea-leaves (茶叶). The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.
At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what have you done with the tea?”
“I boiled (煮) it，as you said.”
“And what did you do with the water?”
“I threw it away, of course.” answered the old woman.
“Now you may throw away the leaves, too.” said her son.
( ) 1. Most of the people in Europe ________.
A. drank tea every day 300 years ago B. drink tea every day
C. know nothing about tea D. like to eat the tea-leaves
( ) 2. One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ________.
A. countries in the west B. countries in the south
C. India or China D. a tea shop in England
( ) 3. The sailor’s mother asked her friends to her house, because ________.
A. the sailor told her to
B. she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea
C. she liked to show off (炫耀)
D. she wanted to sample (品尝) the tea together with her friends
( ) 4. At the “tea party”，________.
A. all the woman’s friends spoke highly of the tea
B. nobody knew what to do with the tea
C. the woman offered her friends some dried (干的) tea
D. the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water
( ) 5. What mistake did the old woman make? She ________.
A. boiled the tea B. did as the sailor said
C. poured away the water D. didn’t throw away the tea-leaves
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