Suzy---I’m really good at selling things and communicating with others. I also love helping people. I hope to work for the sales department in a big company. I think I can be a good saleswoman or a manager.
Daniel---I really like making things with my hands. I also enjoy searching for something better or different. I don’t enjoy working in the same place every day, and I hate being in noisy places. I think I’d like to be an artist or a computer engineer.
Billy---I’m good at talking and I really like children. I also want to keep people healthy. I’m patient and I’m willing to work extra hours. I think I can make a good doctor or a teacher.
Maria---I’m really interested in meeting people, and I enjoy wearing different clothes every day. I’m not so good at organizing time and computers. I am going to be a model or a social worker.
Millie---I enjoy helping people, but I can’t stand working at nights or weekends, I think it’s the time for me to relax. I want to be an accountant or a shopkeeper.
Suzy wants to be .
| A．a worker or a teacher |
| B．a nurse or a doctor |
| C．a saleswoman or a manager |
| D．a model or a driver |
Daniel doesn’t enjoy working in .
| A．quiet places |
| B．different places |
| C．noisy places |
| D．the office |
wants to be a teacher or a doctor.
| A．Suzy |
| B．Billy |
| C．Maria |
| D．Millie |
Maria likes .
| A．meeting people |
| B．wearing different clothes |
| C．working at nights and weekends |
| D．both A and B |
What do the underlined words “can’t stand” mean in Chinese?
| A．不能忍受 |
| B．不能站立 |
| C．不能坚持 |
| D．不能代表 |
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People use the words “ mouse” and “ rat” when talking about small animals with round ears, a pointy(尖的)nose, and a long tail. However, there are many different kinds of rats and mice, such as the Norway rat, black rat, house mouse, and deer mouse. The most common(常见的)rat that people see is the Norway rat, while the house mouse is the most common mouse that people find in their homes.
If you can’t tell the difference between a rat and a mouse, you are not alone. The Norway rat and the house mouse both come from an animal, which lived millions of years ago. As a result, they have much in common. Both Norway rats and house mice have long tails, whiskers(须), and round ears.
However, there are many differences between Norway rats and house mice. The Norway rat is much bigger than the mouse. A Norway rat can weigh over ten times(倍) as much as a house mouse and is usually three times as large. Also , a Norway rat has big feet and small ears compared to the size of its body. And its tail is longer than its body, while a Norway rat’ s tail is shorter.
| The Norway rat and the house mouse |
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| Similarities |
They both come from the same animal. They both have They have similar |
| Differences |
The Norway rat is _ The Norway rat is usually three times as The Norway rat has big feet and small ears compared to its body, while the house mouse has small feet and big ears compared to its body. The Norway rat’s tail is shorter than |
| Dear Spring, I’m sorry I spoke so impolitely to you on the phone last nights. As you know, I’m a morning person and I had been asleep for about fifteen minutes when you called. I’m not sure I was completely awake. You are my friend, and I don’t want to hurt your feelings. Please accept my apoploy and let me made it up (补偿)to you by taking you to lunch on Friday. It’s been a while since we had a good talk last time. Yours, Claudia |
| Dear Stuart, I know we are planning to watch the football game together this Saturday, but my uncle is coming for a visit this weekend so I will have to cancel(取消)it this time. I do look forward to seeing the homecoming(校友返校节)game with you the following week. Yours, Robin |
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| Dear Lucia, I’m terrible sorry that I got the book you lent me very dirty. I know you care about your book collection very much. I shouldn’t have been so careless. I will try to replace (代替)it if it is still sold in the bookstore. If there isn’t one, I will pay you for it. Yours, Neil |
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When Spring called Claudia last night, Claudia was_________.
| A．reading | B．sleeping |
| C．having dinner | D．making a phone call |
The underlined word “apology” means_____________.
| A．行为 | B．关怀 | C．捐赠 | D．道歉 |
Robin can’t watch the football game with Stuart this Saturday because__
| A．his uncle is coming over |
| B．he is going to play football |
| C．he has to pay a visit to his uncle |
| D．he will prepare for the homecoming game |
Lucia may be interested in _________.
| A．Playing sports | B．going shopping |
| C．collecting books | D．watching TV |
What can we learn from the letters?
| A．Claudia usually gets up late |
| B．Neil will try to buy a new book for Lucia |
| C．Stuart and Robin watched a football game last week |
| D．Claudia is going to have lunch with Spring this Saturday. |
Diwali is perhaps the most well—known of the Hindu (印度人) festivals. It is celebrated by Hindus in India and abroad. It is often called the Festival of Lights. For Hindus, Diwli is very important and it is also very exciting time for them. Normally , this holiday is celebrated in October or November and it falls on a different date each year. This year , it will be celebrated on October23.
Diwali is usually celebrated for 5 days. To prepare for Diwali, Hindus spend several weeks cleaning their homes and preparing special food in order to welcome Laskhmi, the goodness of wealth(财富女神) into their lives. They will open the windows of their homes during this time to make sure that she can enter their home.
One of other traditions of Dawali is to light up oil lamp(灯) in the homes. The oil lamps are used to make the goddess of wealth enter the homes. Hindus believe that she will not enter a home that is not lit up.
During Diwali, the children in India do not have to go to school. They share gifts with one another and prepare special holiday meals to celebrate this event. Fireworks(烟火)are also a big part of the Diwali festival. They are used to scare away bad spirits.(神灵)Diwali _________.
| A．is celebrated for a week |
| B．is celebrated in India only |
| C．will fall on November 23 this year |
| D．falls on a different date every year. |
Hindus usually do the following EXCEPT _______ during Diwali to welcome the goddess of wealth.
| A．watching fireworks |
| B．cleaning their homes |
| C．preparing special food |
| D．opening the windows of their homes |
Hindus believe the goddess of wealth will enter a home with ____ during Diwali.
| A．bad spirits | B．young children |
| C．lots of gifts | D．oil lamps on |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Lakshmi is a kind of oil lamp. |
| B．Diwali is a very exciting time for Hindus. |
| C．Children don’t go to school during Diwali. |
| D．Fireworks are a popular activity during Diwali. |
The passage mainly tells about ____________.
| A．Hindus New Year | B．traditions of Diwali |
| C．the goddess of wealth | D．the history of Diwali |
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(A) The bus started. Now it was getting dark and the bus began to go up a hill. It was very steep（险峻的） and the bus stopped as usual.
(B) “Yellow ticket passengers,” the driver shouted, “Stay in the bus, please. Red ticket passengers, get out and walk. Green ticket passengers, get out, close the door and push the bus!”
(C) Summer vocation began. Jack left New York and went traveling in Africa. He lost his wallet in a hotel and he had little money left. He had to go to a city by bus. One of his friends worked in the city. Jack was going to borrow some money so that he could fly back to his country.
(D) It would take Jack two days to get to the city. He had to stay for a night when he was halfway. Jack had to pay five dollars for the hotel and food. He thought for a while and then said, “Green, please.”
(E) He got on a bus and the conductor showed him a yellow ticket. “You had better buy a yellow ticket,” said the conductor. “It’s ten dollars. I have another two kinds. The red one is five dollars and the green one is three dollars.”
The world’s longest high-speed rail line goes through half of China. It began on December 26, 2012.To celebrate the opening of the 2,298 kilometers line, two trains departed（出发） from stations in Beijing and Guangzhou at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m..
Running at an average（平均） speed of 300 kilometers an hour, the new route cuts travel time between Beijing and Guangzhou from over 20 hours to about eight . 155 pairs of trains run on the new line every day. And there will still be 183 pairs of trains running daily on the old Beijing—Guangzhou line. We know that the new line will increase passengers’(乘客) travel costs. If you go from Beijing to Guangzhou, a first-class seat on the new high-speed line will cost 1,383 yuan, and a second-class seat will cost 865 yuan.
Chen Yabing is one of the architects(设计师). He said that the new line is one of the four north-south lines, and it is important for the country’s high-speed railway network, which also features(起主要作用)four east-west lines. With the opening of the Beijing—Guangzhou high-speed line, China now has more than 9,300 kilometers of high-speed rails .
The new line is the world’s longest operation mileage(营运里程)high-speed railway. It is also one of the great wonders of China.
| A．December 26, 2012 | B．December 25, 2012 |
| C．November 26, 2012 | D．November 25, 2012 |
| A．2,595 | B．3,113 | C．3,631 | D．4,149 |
| A．8 | B．10 | C．12 | D．14 |
| A．To tell people the longest High-Speed Railway began operating. |
| B．To give us something about the ticket price of the longest High-Speed Railway. |
| C．To describe some rail lines. |
| D．To tell how the architect builds the new line. |
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