Some Advice on Travel
1) Forget fashion(时尚)! Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long journeys.
2) Traveling on trains and buses can be boring, so take a good book to read.
3) If you’re going somewhere cold, remember to put on your warm clothes!
4) If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to bring your sun-block(防晒霜) and sun glasses.
5) Always take a camera with you to capture those special moments.
6) Be careful with your things whenever you go to a busy place, like a train station. There are many thieves there!
7) Most countries have lower prices for students, so if you are a student, take your student card with you.
8) Always leave room in your bag for buying presents on the way home.
9) Bus tours often stop at expensive shops along the way, save your money by buying presents at local shops.
10) If you travel abroad, remember to take your passport. Whatever you do, don’t lose it!
If you go to Hainan Island for a trip in summer, you should take ____ with you.
A.warm clothes and sports shoes |
B.sunglasses and sun-block |
C.fashionable clothes and a big bag |
D.some fruit and drinks |
According to the passage, ____ is a good way to keep away from boredom(单调) while you’re on a train or a bus.
A.taking a camera |
B.reading a good book |
C.listening to music |
D.sleeping for some time |
You must always ____ while you are at busy places because there are often thieves there.
A.put your things away |
B.look after your things well |
C.give your things away |
D.get your things ready |
If a student wants to buy some presents at lower prices while traveling, he should show
____ to the shop assistant.
A.prices | B.his things | C.his passport | D.his student card |
The underlined word “capture” in this passage means ____.
A.想象 | B.感受 | C.抓住 | D.控制 |
美国加利福尼亚州Bellcrest学校的学生创办了一本名叫School Bell的校刊。阅读下面制作校刊的六个步骤,完成制作流程的正确排序。
A → ______ →
______ →
______ →
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For many years scientists have said that the earth is getting warmer. Now they have found something new-hot cities! In the southern US, they have found that cities become very hot in summer. For example, the city of Atlanta in Georgia has roof(屋顶) temperature of up to 50oC while it is 27℃ in the streets! At night, the outside of buildings stays so hot that the heat of the city causes storms over the city!
China also has the same kind of problems. Every year more farmland is used for factories or offices. More housing is needed, too. As people become richer, they buy more cars. New roads are needed and new car parks are built in the city centers. This all makes cities hotter.
It isn’t easy to change the situation. City planners say that we should plant more trees in the middle of cities. Every new street should have trees on both sides, they say. Trees make the temperature lower, so we should have more trees in our parks and squares. We should also paint our roofs white. If we do this, they do not become so hot. Every roof in a hot and sunny country should have solar(太阳的) roof panels. The electricity from these can be used to run the air conditioners (空调)in the buildings.
People continue to cut down forests around the cities. This makes the problem worse. Cities are growing faster and faster. By the year 2025, four fifths(五分之四) of the population will be living in cities. If we go on like this, there will not be enough farmland to feed everyone in the world
The scientists have found .
A.cities become very hot in summer |
B.Atlanta is the hottest city in America |
C.there are not as many storms as before |
D.it is not as hot on the roof as in the street |
The way to make the city cooler is to .
A.plant more trees |
B.try to use air conditioners more |
C.build more parks and squares |
D.paint the roofs of all the white buildings |
What will probably happen in the future according to the fourth paragraph(段落)?
A.Cities won’t grow very fast |
B.We will not have enough food |
C.Most people will move to the countryside |
D.People will plant more trees outside the cities |
What is the best title(题目)for the passage?
A.More Farmland Is Needed |
B.Trees Make Cities Cooler |
C.Cities Are Getting Hotter |
D.Scientists Are Worried About Storms |
Travel information
Place of interest |
Beihai Park |
Dongting Lake |
Mount Mang |
Location (位置) |
Beihai District |
Yue yang City |
Yizhang County (县) |
Phone Number |
3886699 |
3329666 |
3726868 |
Price of Ticket |
¥150 |
Free |
¥120 |
Description |
An amusement park with a lake |
A lake with plenty of fresh fish |
A famous forest park |
Beihai Park Dongting Lake Mount Mang
You can visit a famous forest park in .
A. Beihai District B. Yue yang City C. Yizhang County
If you do not know how to go to Beihai Park , you can call to get information .
A. 3886699 B. 3329666 C. 3726868
Dongting Lake is famous for .
A. birds B. fresh fish C. flowers.
If you and your parents visit Mount Mang , you need to pay .
A. ¥120 B. ¥150 C. ¥360.
Which is true according to the travel information ?
A . You can go to Dongting Lake for free .
B . Mount Mang is in Yue yang City.
C . The price of the ticket for Beihai Park is the lowest .
At school many things happen to us. We may feel excited when we have success in a school play. We may feel sorry if we lose an important game. We want to remember all the important things in our lives.
How to keep the memory? Our English teacher, Miss Wang, taught us a good way of remembering things to make our own yearbook. What is a yearbook? A yearbook is a kind of book which is used to keep the memory of exciting moments. It’s usually made at the end of the year.
Last December, we began to make our yearbook. First we chose the persons who did something special, then some students interviewed (采访) them, some wrote down their stories, others took photos of them. Everyone in our class had something to do. Finally our teacher helped us to put the things together. We had our first yearbook.
All of us put a lot of love into making the yearbook. It is so wonderful that not only the students but also our parents and teachers will remember the special time for ever.
When we have success in a school play, we may feel ______.
A.sorry | B.angry | C.excited | D.interested |
Miss Wang’s good way of remembering things is to ______.
A.buy a new book | B.write down stories |
C.take a lot of photos | D.make a yearbook |
A yearbook is made to ______.
A.keep the memory | B.take notes |
C.do our homework | D.remember English words |
Usually a yearbook is made in ______.
A.January | B.February | C.May | D.December |
We made our first yearbook ______.
A.without any help |
B.without putting our love into it |
C.with the help of our teacher |
D.with the help of our parents |
Dear David,
How are you? I’m fine. I’m in London(伦敦), at a school of English. I’m in Class Seven. It has eight students. They are from different countries(不同的国家)----Spain, Japan(日本), Argentina, Switzerland and Thailand. Our teacher’s name is Henry Briscall. He’s very nice. He’s a good teacher.
I live(居住) with an English family, Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They have two sons and a daughter. Thomas is fourteen, Catherine is twelve, and Andrew is seven. They are all very friendly to me, and we are good friends.
London is very big and very interesting. The weather (天气) is good and the parks are nice! Hyde Park, Green Park and St. James’ Park are all in the city center(市中心).
English food is OK, but the coffee is not good!
Are you all right at home in Shanghai? Is everything OK? Write to me.
Love,
Paul
The letter is from_______________.
A.David | B.Paul’s friend |
C.Shanghai | D.London |
The writer (作者) lives _________ now.
A.at school |
B.at home in China |
C.with his classmates |
D.at Mr. Brown’s home |
Hyde Park is _________.
A.in a school | B.in London |
C.in Japan | D.in Shanghai |
The writer’s class has ________.
A.many students | B.7 boys |
C.8 students | D.8 girls |
The letter is NOT about _________.
A.the writer’s classmates |
B.the writer’s teacher |
C.the writer’s dinner |
D.London |
LOST A white cat with two big blue eyes. If you find it, please call Sam at 385-0926. Many thanks. |
Titanic 3D Saturday and Sunday Showtime Cinema $20 ( half for children under 12 ) Call David at 332-5147. |
BOOK SALE A Christmas Carol —by Charles Diukans A story of Christmas The true meaning of Christmas was $59.60 now $29.60 |
HOUSE FOR RENT 2 sunny bedrooms with a kitchen. $500 a month Call Mary at 591-3127 for more information. |
Who lost a white cat with two big blue eyes?
A.Sam. | B.David. | C.Mary. | D.Charles. |
You need to pay _________ if you buy the book A Christmas Carol now .
A.$59.60 | B.$49.60 | C.$39.60 | D.$29.60 |
On what day can we see Titanic 3D in the Showtime Cinema?
A.Every day. | B.Friday and Saturday. |
C.Saturday and Sunday. | D.Thursday and Sunday. |
If you want to rent a house, you can call ___________.
A.385-0926 | B.591-3127 | C.332-5147 | D.592-5147 |
Those ads above are most probably from a ___________.
A.map | B.dictionary | C.newspaper | D.guidebook |
Anger(愤怒) is a kind of feeling.(66) B When your teacher gives you too much homework,when your team loses an important game,when a friend borrows your favourite thing and then breaks it, you may get angry.
(67) G .For example,you breathe(呼吸)faster.Your face turns red,and may want to break something or hit someone.But sometimes you may keep it inside.If you do it like this,the result is that you will face a greater danger of getting a headache or your stomach may hurt.So it's healthy for you to let your anger out sometimes.(68) F And you will find the problems you're facing are not serious as you expect.
There are a lot you can do when you get angry.You can ask for help from others.You can talk about it with adults, such as parents,teachers and so on.Also,you can do the following things by
yourself.count from 1to 100; give someone a hug; go for a bike ride.Another good way to deal with anger is to find something humorous in the situation that has made you angry.(69) D .
So remember that when you are angry,how you act can make everything better or worse.(70) A Be sure that you can control it!
根据短文内容,从下列七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将具字母标号涂黑
A. |
Don't let your anger control you. |
B. |
Many hings can make you angry. |
C. |
A humorous person is popular with others. |
D. |
Making yourself laugh is much healthier than getting angry. |
E. |
Maybe you get angry more often or more easily than other kids. |
F. |
After doing that,you will find those bad feelings start to go away. |
G. |
It is easy to find something wrong with your body when you become angry. |
Jilin is a good place. It is in the north-east of China. On the north of it is Heilongjiang, the south is Liaoning, the west is Inner Mongolia and the east is North Korea(朝鲜).
It has a long and snowy winter. Usually the winter here starts from October and lasts(持续) for six months. Every year people come here for the Ice Lantern Festival and the winter sports.
Changbai Shan is the first mountain in the north-east of China. There is a lot of snow on the main mountain-"Baitou Shan" all the year, so it is named "Changbai Shan". It has great forests on it. There are tigers, deer, black bears and many other animals in the forests and there are a lot of hot springs (泉) and more than l,500 kinds of plants. On the very top of the mountain is Tianchi. If you come to the lake, you might see the monster(水怪) in it.There is also a great waterfall(瀑布) where the Songhua River comes from.
Another place in Jilin is Xianghai in Tongyu County(县). There are more than 100 pieces of wetlands here. And they are of different sizes. There are 170 kinds of birds, some fish that we can't often see and over 250 different herbal(草药) plants and trees here.
Which is the right map?
Winter in Jilin is from _______ to _______.
A.January; April | B.September; December |
C.October; April | D.November; May. |
The writer doesn't tell us _______ in the passage.
A.the neighbors of Jilin |
B.the temperature in winter in Jilin |
C.the famous mountain in Jilin |
D.where there are herbal plants in Jilin |
Answer the questions (根据短文内容回答下列问题)
Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called mall rats.
People like malls for many reasons. They don’t feel any danger around them because malls have police stations or private security guards. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest area with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4.2 million square feet. It has 350 stores, eight night clubs, and a seven-acre park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina, Minnesota. People loved doing all their shopping in one place. More malls were built all over the country. Now, malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course. They also eat in food houses that have food from all over the world. They see movies at theatres. Some people even get their daily exercise by doing the new sport mall walking. Others go to malls to meet friends. In some malls, people can see a doctor or a dentist and even attend church. In other words, people can do just everything in malls. Now residents can actually live in their favorite shopping centre.
Why are some people in America called mall rats?
_________________________________________________________.
What is the purpose of having police stations inside the malls?
_________________________________________________________.
Do people need to pay for parking in malls?
_________________________________________________________.
When and where was the first indoor mall set up in the United States?
_________________________________________________________.
Why were more malls built all over the country?
_________________________________________________________.
Do you prefer to have a one-day trip to such malls? Please give your reason.
_________________________________________________________.
No matter where the dads and their children go, that location immediately becomes a tourist destination. This has become a pattern for Hunan TV’s reality show Where Are We Going, Dad? And last week the show was heading overseas for a special international episode. The entry has taken place in New Zealand, which was expected to become a popular travel destination for Chinese fans of the show. If you don’t know much about New Zealand but would like to explore it, check out our travel guide to see what kinds of activities might interest you.
Nature and wildlife encounter
New Zealand was the last country on Earth to be settled by humans. As such, it’s a paradise for exotic birds. You’re also able to watch dolphins and whales on boat tours.
Possible itinerary (旅行指南)
1.Auckland: fly in and visit Tiritiri Matangi conservation project (bellbirds spotting); 2.Waipoua Forest: huge kauri trees; 3.Kaikoura: whale watching by boat or air seal watching, hike the Kaikoura Peninsula Walkway, join a dolphin encounter tour; 4.Wellington (Matiu/Somes Island): red-crowned parakeet, blue penguins, weta, skinks and tuatara; 5.Stewart Island: kiwi bird spotting; 6.Te Anau: takahe and kea; 7. Queenstown: fly to Auckland and finally ___43___.
Landscape lover
Landscape lovers may have heard that New Zealand is brimming with natural wonders like active volcanoes (火山), snowy mountaintops, glaciers perched near beaches and caves infested with glowworms. Indeed, you can’t see many of these wonders anywhere else in the world.
Possible itinerary
1.Auckland: fly in; 2.Whangamata: beach resorts and The Coromandel Forest Park (short walks, mountain bike trails); 3.Waitomo: underground caves and glowworm caverns; 4.Rotorua: geothermal areas; 5.Abel Tasman: golden sand beaches (taking water taxi, sea kayaking, hiking, and snorkeling); 6.Fox Glacier and Franz Josef: biggest glaciers in the country (hiking and guided glacier walks); 7.Queenstown: crystal clear Lake Wakatipu (bungee jumping, sky diving, horse trekking and cycling); 8. Milford Sound: fjord (boat cruises, sea kayaking, diving and flightseeing); 9.Christchurch: fly back.
New Zealand is ____ for Chinese fans after the show Where Are We Going, Dad?
A.more beautiful | B.more famous |
C. more popular | D.cleaner |
Which is the best expression to fill in the blank (空白处) in the passage?
A.have dinner | B.fly back |
C.go sightseeing | D.ride horses |
How is the passage organized? (Par = Paragraph)
A.Par 1→Pars 2~4→Par 5 ~9 |
B.Pars 1~3→Par 4 ~7 →Pars 8~9 |
C.Par 1→Pars 2~5→Pars 6~9 |
D.Pars 1~3→Pars 3~4→Par 5 ~ 9 |
From the passage, we know that New Zealand is a travel destination for ______.
A.landscape lovers | B.nature lovers |
C.wildlife lovers | D.different kinds of travel lover |
My name is James.
In my family there’s my mother—Anna, and my father—John, and my brother—Jeff. Jeff is the joker(滑稽的人) in the family, and we like him.
My mom’s parents will visit us this Sunday. They’re very cool. Tony, that’s my grandfather, He likes music very much, and Grace, my grandmother, can dance (跳舞).
Look at the photo. These are my mom’s brother and his wife, Uncle Peter and Aunt Emma, and their son, Bill. Bill likes to play computer games, and we have a good day this Sunday.
LONDON—Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is to send a few comets (彗星) in the direction of Earth, and its orbit (轨道)will be changed. Our world will then be sent moving into a safer older part of the solar system.
This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US NASA (美国航空航天局) engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—hopefully doubling its working life.
The plan put forward by Dr. Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid (小行星) so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy (重力势能) to Earth.
“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the sun,” Laughlin said.
Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter(木星) or Saturn (土星). The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.
In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to worldwide warming, although the team was actually worried about a much greater danger. The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere (生物圈)—by cooking us.
That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.
The plan has one or two worrying sides, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation (误算)in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly results.
There is also the question of the moon. As the present issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its present location, it is “most likely the moon would be stripped (剥离)away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?
A.A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth. |
B.Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon. |
C.Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive. |
D.The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth. |
If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of ________ years.
A.12 billion | B.6 billion |
C.18 billion | D.24 billion |
What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?
A.The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon. |
B.Earth might be moved too far away and man might die because of the coldness. |
C.The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth. |
D.Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened. |
What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?
A.provide | B.benefit (收益) |
C.share | D.Endanger |
Our factories and homes burn coal and oil. Every year we have forest fires somewhere. Many scientists believe that the climate is changing.
The earth will perhaps be warmer by about 7 degrees centigrade. At the South Pole and the North Pole, the ice will melt (融化). The sea level (海平面) will rise by about 7meters. As a result, water will cover cities like London, Tokyo and New York. Some ports and towns along the coasts will disappear under water.
Some other scientists think that the dust, smoke and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will block out the sunrays(紫外线). Then the earth will become colder and great sheets of ice will cover Europe and North America.
When chemicals in the air mix with rain, we have acid (酸) rain. Acid rain can bring us great harm. It destroys forests and kills life in lakes and rivers.
People are beginning to see how serious the problem is. They find it important to work with nature instead of against it. They are trying to save the earth in many different ways. But one of the most important things to do is to make people understand that saving the earth is saving ourselves.
Some scientists believe that .
A. the earth is growing warmer
B. we can find oil in our forests
C. we have to burn down the forests every year
Ice at the poles will if the earth gets warmer.
A. cover cities like London and Tokyo
B. raise the sea level by 7 degrees
C. become water and make the sea level rise
Acid rain .
A. brings great changes in our climate
B. kills pests in lakes and forests
C. kills the fish in rivers and lakes
What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A. The dust together with pollution from coal, wood and oil fires will bring us more heat from the sun.
B. The sunrays will come more because of the dust and pollution from fires.
C. As a result of the dust and pollution from coal, wood and oil fires, the earth will become colder.
Which statement is TRUE?
A. People have come to know the importance of working with nature.
B. All the scientists agree that our earth is sure to become warmer and warmer.
C. The sea level will rise if the earth gets colder.
Space travel is nothing new. The first spacecraft with a human was sent up into space in 1961. Since then, people have not only traveled to space, but also many of them have lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union(前苏联) sent the first space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Salyut 1. Salyut 1 was designed as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments. The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations. At about the same time, the United States built its own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts visited and often lived in these space stations for a short time. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s when The Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a longer time. Mir stayed in space from 1989 until 2001, when it was decided that the space station was too old and no longer safe to live in.
Living in space stations seems to be fun, but astronauts face many problems. One of them is food. All the meals on space station are put together on Earth and sent there by space shuttle. Because the food has to last a long time (sometimes up to three months), a lot of it has to be stored in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh. Astronauts also eat many other foods such as dried meat that do not need special care.
Without the help of gravity, sitting down to eat can be tough. Astronauts sometimes have to fix themselves to the wall while eating. They also have to be very careful to that food does not float away.
Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “observed” in Paragraph 2?
A.Discovered | B.Checked | C.Watched | D.Fixed |
What can we infer(推断)from the passage?
A.Astronauts can never have a chance to eat fresh food when they live in space station. |
B.The Soviet Union sent a total of 9 space stations into space in the 1970s and 1980s. |
C.Astronauts could live in the Mir space station for no more than three weeks. |
D.Space travel has quite a long history of more than 60 years. |
What is the best title of this passage?
A.Exploring Space | B.Space Travel | C.Living in Space | D.Space Stations |