China's Grand Canal
Most people have heard of the Great Wall of China，but not many people outside of China know about the Grand Canal.This man﹣made waterway﹣known in China as Da Yun he ﹣ is 1，700 kilometers long and some parts of it are more than 2，000 years old.It linksthe north of China with Hangzhou，a city in the southern part of the country.It's the longest man﹣ made waterway in the world.
It was built as a way to transport grain （谷物） from the rich agricultural land in China's south to cities in the north.In fact，it's not one canal，but a system of canals and rivers linked together.It's still an important part of the transport system in China.Thousands of boats use it every day to transport grain and many other types of cargo.
Now the Chinese government is doing new work on the Grand Canal，It is making parts of it deeper，so bigger ships can use it.The canal will also help to move water.There is a lot of rain in the south of China，but not as much in the north.The canal will carry millions of liters of water from the south to the north.
The Grand Canal is much less famous than the Great Wall，and not very many tourists visit it.But its possible to go on a cruise （乘船游览） along some of the oldest parts of the canal.Passengers on these cruises see beautiful parts of China that other visitors don't see.
（1）From the passage，we know that the Grand Canal is .
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more than two thousand years old |
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more famous than the Great Wall |
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the longest man﹣made waterway |
（2）What does the underlined word"'links" mean in paragraph 1？
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Connects. |
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Compares. |
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Competes. |
（3）What is the main idea of paragraph 2？
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The Grand Canal is helping to move water. |
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Why the canal was built and how it is used now. |
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The Grand Canal was used for transporting grain. |
（4）The writer wrote this passage to .
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describe how beautiful the Grand Canal is |
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introduce how important the Grand Canal is |
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explain why few people visit the Grand Canal |
（5）This passage is probably taken from a magazine.
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history |
| B． |
fashion |
| C． |
science |
信息归纳(本部分为5小题，每小题1分，共5分)
Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There were no modern machines, either. Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills fish and affects(影响) our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and louder. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It affects every living thing in the world.
The world is not only hungry, but it is also thirsty for water. Only if we take steps to deal with this problem now can we avoid(避免) a serious worldwide water shortage later on. We all have to learn how to stop wasting our valuable water. One of the first steps is to develop ways of reusing it. But even if we purified(净化) and reused the water, we still would not have enough. All we’d have to do is to make use of the vast reserves(储备) of sea water in the world is to remove the salt.
Paper comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs(手帕) and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.
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| Three kinds of main pollutions today |
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| A serious worldwide problem we’re going to face |
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| How many ways are mentioned(提到) to save paper? |
配对阅读。左栏是学生们的五种不妥行为或危险的情形，右边是老师所给出的七条建议。请搭配左右两栏。
| You should press the cut with a piece of cloth to stop the blood, then go to hospital as quickly as possible. Don’t use earphones when walking outside. It’s dangerous to do so because you can’t notice those cars, buses or trucks back and forth. Your bag should be put within your reach, or it is easy enough for the thieves to steal the things in your bag. If you are followed by a stranger, cross the street and go in the other direction. Next, go and get help from others if it is necessary. Don’t go home directly. Your are safer on the street than you are in your home alone. You can’t leave school by yourself. Don’t forget it’s safer in school yard than the outside world. Don’t sleep on buses, or you may miss the right stop. If your house catches fire and you have to escape through smoke, move on your hands and knees with your head 30 to 60 centimeters above the floor. Please remember there is cleaner and cooler air near the floor during the fire. |
It’s duty of every man to work. The life of a lazy man is of no use to himself and to others. If the man is too lazy to work, he will usually become a not useful man. Everyone, when he is young, should learn some useful work.
But it’s not enough for a man to learn some kind of work. He should put his heart and soul (精力) into his work, and not waste his free time. “Work while you work and play while you play” is as good rule for young people as old.
There is no better to help to diligence than the habit of early rising, and this, just like all other good habits, is most easily formed in youth (青年). There is an English say “Lost time never returns.” This means that everybody must be diligent, and make good use of time. One must study hard when one is young so that one can make great progress, succeed in life and become useful to one’s country. So we can say that diligence is the mother of success.The underlined word “diligence” in the third paragraph means “ ________” in Chinese.
| A．惜时 | B．勤奋 | C．失败 | D．智慧 |
If a man wants to be of useful himself and to the people, he should __________.
| A．learn some useful work |
| B．do something in his free time |
| C．put his heart and soul in everything |
| D．try his best to work without rest |
In order to learn to be diligent, it’s very important for young people to learn to ________.
| A．work while you work and play while you play |
| B．work all the time without playing |
| C．form the habit of getting up early |
| D．learn some good subjects |
One will be successful in life if he _____________ when he is young.
| A．spend more time learning |
| B．is diligent in his study |
| C．loves his school |
| D．gets up early |
Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?
| A．Lazy boy can learn to be diligent |
| B．Young people should rise early |
| C．Diligence, the mother of success |
| D．Lost time never returns |
| SUMMERFIELD SCHOOL REPORT Term: Spring Name: Jane Elizabeth Pringle Age: 15 Form(年级): 4 Average Age: 14.9 No. in Form: 18 Position: 15 |
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| English |
She’s fond of writing notes to her friends, but she is not at all fond of writing composition. Her work is full of spelling mistakes. I believe she is able to do better. |
B- |
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| Math |
She is good at figures, but lazy. She doesn’t always pay attention and spends most of her time annoying the boy in front of her. She must concentrate. |
B |
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| Latin |
I don’t believe Jane is seriously interested in Latin(拉丁语). |
C |
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| Foreign language |
She will never succeed in learning foreign languages if she persists(坚持) in talking in English. |
B- |
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| Science |
If she persists in doing dangerous experiments, she will blow us all up! |
C |
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| History |
Getting better. |
B+ |
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| Geography |
Nice work |
A- |
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| Art |
Very good—like drawing picture of her teachers |
A- |
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| PE |
Excellent |
Games |
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| Music |
Fair |
Conduct |
Fair |
| General: Jane is still a bit of tomboy, and she often gets in trouble with her teachers. She is good at games and especially like playing football with the boys and climbing trees. She must take things seriously. S. Sweet B. Birth From Mistress Headmaster |
Jane draws pictures of __________ very well.
| A．people | B．fruits | C．cartoons | D．mountains |
The science teacher __________ Jane’s experiments.
| A．is interested in | B．is worried about | C．laughs at | D．takes part in |
The best way for Jane to learn foreign languages is __________.
| A．to show her interest on it |
| B．not to make spelling mistakes |
| C．to speak more English |
| D．not to speak much English |
The underline word “tomboy” means __________.
| A．a girl who has a boy’s name |
| B．a girl who looks like a boy |
| C．a girl who is like a boy |
| D．a girl who likes to play with boys |
Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the school report?
| A．Jane is near the average age. |
| B．Jane doesn’t listen to the teacher carefully in math lessons. |
| C．There are many mistakes in her writings because she’s written too many notes. |
| D．All the teachers are not pleased with her work. |
阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面各项任务
In the Charles E. Johnson Elementary School in New York, there is a special radio. It gives people warnings（警报）about bad weather.
One day, there came a sound from the radio. This sound brought the piece of news:a heavy storm was coming. William Tom, principal（校长）of the school, asked teachers to bring children indoors and put them in a safe place at once.
Minutes later, the storm came. However, because of the warning of the radio and the quick work of the principal, no one was hurt.
“The radio really did work very well. （我们对它的工作感到很高兴），”William Tom said. “The parents were as well.”
The U.S. government hopes there will be more such success stories. It plans to give this kind of radios to all 97,000 public schools in the country.
Every year, more than 10,000 big thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tornadoes（龙卷风）and some hurricanes（飓风）take place in the U.S., so the warning radios are very useful. They not only give people warnings about bad weather, but also give warnings about other dangerous things.请根据短文内容，简要回答下列问题.What does the special radio give people?
Why was no one hurt in the school in the storm?
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