Cinyee Chiu， an artist from Taiwan， is always happy to try something new． Her amazing works won lots of prizes． Among them， "24 Solar Terms（节气）" is the most popular．
Ancient Chinese divided a year into 24 parts according to the changes of the weather． It's the 24 solar terms． But not everyone knows them well． Cinyee Chiu put the 24 solar terns in pictures to help people understand them better．
Cinyee turned each solar term into an animal． But these animals are not just animals． You can also find seasonal fruits， vegetables or beautiful flowers on them．
When spring comes， water gets warm and fish start to swim around． So Cinyee chose fish as a symbol of Start of Spring． Also， she drew spring vegetables， Chinese chives on the back of the fish．
White Dew falls on about Sept． 8． It shows the beginning of the cool autumn． There are colorful leaves and cooler nights at this time of year． As the temperature falls， white dew（露珠） is often seen on the grass and trees at night． For White Dew， Cinyee chose a raccoon﹣a small animal with thick hair． She drew white spots（小圆点） on the raccoon to show dew． And she used the dragon fruit to show the rich colors in autumn．
The young artist really gave the ancient Chinese culture a new look．
（1）The writer gave examples to show Cinyee's "24 Solar Terms"．
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（2）From Paragraph 5， we know that ．
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a raccoon likes fish |
| B． |
Start of Spring falls on about Dec． 8 |
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White Dew shows the end of the autumn |
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Cinyee used white spots to show dew |
（3）According to the passage， Picture can't be from Cinyee's "24 Solar Terms"．
（4）The writer mainly wants to talk about ．
A． why Cinyee made herself known
B． who divided a year into 24 parts
C． how Cinyee showed the 24 solar terms
D． what Start of Spring and White Dew mean
Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives. But the ability to make friends changes from person to person. To some people, making friends is easy, and to others it’s very difficult.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get along with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
★Realize your own good points. You have skills and talents that others will like.
★Believe that you are a good person and have something nice to share with others.
★Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself and your weakness. Remember to smile to others.
★Respect the others. Everyone has his own idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas without trying to make them accept yours.
★Be kind. If you are kind to others, they will usually be kind to you. There are hundreds of little things you can do to show kindness. Open the door for someone. Wave to a friend and so on.
★Don’t complain(抱怨). Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can. No one is willing to hear your complaining all the time.
★Never give up. Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you. Why do we need friends according to the passage?
| A．Friends can do everything for us. |
| B．Friends can bring us happiness. |
| C．Friends accept our ideas all the time. |
| D．Without friends we could not live. |
What’s the first thing we should learn in order to make friends?
| A．To help others. | B．To smile to others. |
| C．To get along with others. | D．To listen to others’ complaints. |
Which of the following shows a sense of humor?
| A．Opening the door for someone. |
| B．Complaining to others all the time. |
| C．Laughing at ourselves and our weakness. |
| D．Finding someone who will understand us. |
A SCHOOL REPORT
| Name: Edward Scott School: Kelvin Grove State High School Grade: 7 Term ending: 6, May |
 An English boy |
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Assessment(评价) |
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| Mathematics |
He is a little weak in this, but he has tried his best to catch up with others. |
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| Science |
He can work out many difficulties. Well done! |
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| English |
He is the best in the class. Keep it up. |
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| French |
His reading is very good, he can remember many words. |
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| History |
He is not so good at this, but has done better than before. |
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| Geography |
He is familiar (熟悉的) with the names of many places in the world. |
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| Music |
He doesn't like pop songs, though sings very well. |
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| Remarks(评语): Edward has the ability to do a lot better. More work is needed next term. |
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| Class teacher: Ivy Principal: M . L . Martin School reopens: 11, September |
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Edward's best subject is .
| A．science | B．French |
| C．geography | D．English |
Edward is not so good at .
| A．science and geography | B．mathematics and history |
| C．history and French | D．music and English |
According to the form, which of the following sentences is TRUE?
| A．Edward can't sing songs very well. |
| B．Edward doesn't do well in science. |
| C．Edward learns two foreign languages in school |
| D．Edward can do better if he works harder in school. |
People have used pigeons to carry messages to one another for hundreds of years. In the 12th century, the royal palaces of Iraq and Syria included pigeon houses so the kings could be kept informed of their generals’ victories and defeats on the battlefield. In fact, pigeons were a common way to send messages right up through World War II.
Many countries, such as the United States, England, France, Germany, and Italy, in both World War I and World War II, used carrier pigeons. Not only were the birds often the fastest, most reliable way to send messages, they could also be used to reach soldiers far behind enemy lines, where radios and field telephone lines were useless. Since they could easily be released (释放) from airplanes or ships, every branch of the armed services used the birds. In World War II, more than 3,000 soldiers and 150 officers were needed to care for and train the tens of thousands of birds in the U.S. Pigeon Service.
Carrying messages could be a dangerous job. Some pigeons performed with such bravery that they became famous and were even awarded medals, such as England’s Dicken Medal of Gallantry. In a few cases, pigeons even became prisoners of war. In 1918 American forces captured a pigeon named Kaiser, which had been trained to fly special missions for Germany during battle. He was taken to America, where he lived to the age of 32. The most famous pigeon of all may have been Cher Ami. Stationed in France during World War I, he carried twelve important messages for American forces. On his last mission, though wounded, he carried a message that saved the lives of 194 American soldiers. For his extraordinary service, he was awarded the French “Croix de Guerre.”
Carrier pigeons are a slightly different breed (品种) from the kind of pigeons you see on city streets. They are much thinner and taller, with longer legs. Many people find carrier pigeons ugly because of their big wattle, a bent buildup of skin on the beak（鸟嘴）; however, people who raise pigeons often enjoy this strange appearance and consider carriers the best of their breed.
Today, modern communication methods can carry information from one place to another hundreds of times faster than a pigeon could do. However, few people would argue with the fact that carrier pigeons—especially those that served in the military—have earned their place in history. Stories about brave pigeons such as Cher Ami, President Wilson, and Colonel’s Lady have the power to inspire us as no fax machine or high-speed Internet connection could ever do.Many countries used carrier pigeons in the war because_______.
| A．they could be believed in |
| B．they were easily raised |
| C．they could reach the enemy lines |
| D．they could hardly be found by airplanes |
Which is the best example to show the bravery of carrier pigeons?
| A．Carrier pigeons could fly to places where radios and telephone lines were useless. |
| B．For his extraordinary service, Cher Ami was awarded the French “Croix de Guerre”. |
| C．In World War II, more than 3,000 soldiers were needed to care for and train the pigeons. |
| D．In the 12th century, kings in Iraq were kept informed of the victories and defeats by pigeons. |
From the passage, we can learn _________.
| A．how carrier pigeons developed in history |
| B．how to train carrier pigeons to get victory |
| C．carrier pigeons played an important role in the wars in the old days |
| D．pigeons inspired soldiers to fight before high-speed Internet invented |
"Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.
To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds.
If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an "inner ear", for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over.
Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous "don’t think of a white bear" problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears’ Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works!According to the passage, earworms are ______.
| A．songs that keep going round in our mind |
| B．worms that live in a part of our brain |
| C．tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga |
| D．parasites clearly under our control |
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．Singing songs may get earworms out of your head. |
| B．Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory. |
| C．Humans do not have complete control over their mind. |
| D．You won’t suffer from earworms unless you hear the song. |
What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?
| A．The instruction to shut up your mind. |
| B．“Don’t think of the white bear” problem. |
| C．Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head. |
| D．Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．The causes and influences of earworms. |
| B．What earworms are and how to deal with them. |
| C．How to clear earworms out of your head. |
| D．The relation between earworms and popular songs. |
What would happen if you tried to blow a soap bubble in freezing weather? Would it freeze solid(固体) and fall to the ground? Would you have to hit it to break it? These questions happened to me on a cold winter day. It was too cold to play in the snow, but it was a perfect time to experiment with blowing frozen bubbles.
To blow frozen bubbles, I used dishwashing soap and a drop of glycerin（甘油） to make it even better. I chose a place out of the wind, and blew bubbles the same way I always do. I watched to see what would happen. Here’s what I learned.
If the temperature is low enough, the skin of the bubbles frosts over (结霜), becoming cloudy instead of clear. And what about those rainbow swirls（旋转） you see in soap bubbles? The rainbow colors stay even when the bubbles frost, but they don’t swirl anymore. The bubbles still stay in the air. They don’t fall to the ground any faster than they would on a warm summer day.
When these frozen bubbles break, they don’t turn into small water drops as summer bubbles do. They turn into flashing rainbow confetti（碎屑） and move slowly to the ground. Sometimes a frozen bubble will roll across the snow without breaking. If nothing disturbs the bubble, it may stay there for a long time. Sometimes I could catch a bubble and hold it until the heat of my hand made it pop.
I learned another thing about blowing frozen bubbles. It’s so interesting that I want to try it again next year. It is the perfect time to blow frozen bubbles on a ___________day.
| A．cold winter | B．warm spring | C．hot summer | D．sunny autumn |
When the frozen bubbles break, _________.
| A．they make a big sound | B．they turn into small drops |
| C．they fall to the ground like rain | D．they become rainbow confetti |
The purpose of the passage is _______.
| A．to learn how to do a science experiment |
| B．to show the experiment of blowing frozen bubbles |
| C．to discover games that are fun to play in the snow |
| D．to invent a new kind of soap that makes stronger bubbles |
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