The Chang’e-3, named after a Chinese goddess, is China’s first spacecraft(航天器)to make a soft landing on the moon. It includes a lander and a moon rover(月球车) called Yutu. The Chang’e-3 spacecraft is the second phase(阶段) China’s lunar programme, which includes orbiting, landing and returning to Earth. It follows the success of the Chang’e-1 and Chang’e-2 spacecraft in 2007 and 2010. The launch of Chang’e-3 was successful.
The Chang’e-3 is one of the most difficult tasks in China’s space programme, the news says. The news adds that exploring the universe(宇宙) and seeking peaceful use of space are dreams of Chinese for thousands of years.
With a lander and the moon rover Yutu, Chang’e-3 soft-landed(软着陆) on the moon at 9:11 p.m. Saturday. Yutu later separated(分离) from the lander and ran to the moon surface earlier Sunday.
China has chosen the name Yutu for its first moon rover, after a worldwide online vote(投票) attracted people to come up with names.
In Chinese folk tale, Yutu is the white pet rabbit of Chang’e, the moon goddess. Chang’e took her pet and flew towards the moon. She became a goddess and has lived there with the white animal ever since.Which is the first spacecraft landed softly on the moon in China?
| A．Chang’e-1 | B．Chang’e-2 |
| C．Chang’e-3 | D．Yutu |
From this passage, how many spacecraft have flown to the moon successfully.
| A．Three | B．Two | C． One | D．None |
Who did the moon rover name after?
Which of the following is Not true?
| A．Chang’e-2 was set up in 2010. |
| B．Yutu isn’t the first rover of China. |
| C．Many people voted for Yutu online. |
| D．Yutu separated after Chang’e-3 landed on the moon. |
The article may be found in __________.
| A．a history book | B．a fashion magazine |
| C．a geography book | D． a newspaper |
| J&M Music Store • Rock, pop and country music • Buy CDs new or used • Listen before you buy • Guitar lessons offered |
Peth Market • Fresh fruit and vegetables • Open Friday to Sunday mornings • Free ice cream for children under 12 |
| Times Coffee Shop • The best coffee in town • Sandwiches, cakes, pies •Open 10:00a.m__11:00 p.m.daily •Jazz music( Wednesday to Sunday) |
Macon's B&B • Feel like home when you're away from • We have different kinds of rooms • Delicious homemade breakfast |
You can________ at J&M Music Store.
| A．receive guitar lessons | B．borrow new or used CDs |
| C．learn pop music history | D．buy all kinds of music books |
You can go to Times Coffee Shop to have coffee and pies at_______.
| A．8:30 a.m. | B．9:30 a.m. |
| C．10:30 p.m. | D．11:30 p.m. |
If your friend is coming for a visit, where will he stay for a night?
A. In J&M Music Store. B. In Peth Market
C. At Times Coffee Shop. D. At Macon's B&B.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．There is no breakfast at Macon's B& |
| B．You can't listen to the CD before you buy it. |
| C．Times Coffee Shop offers Jazz music every day. |
| D．Kids under 12 can get free ice cream in Peth Market |
Where is the passage probably from?
| A．dictionary. | B．A newspaper. |
| C．A story book. | D．A science report. |
The young turtle has been swimming for three months now in the same warm shallow bay, dreaming of calm water and plenty of food. But as the days begin to shorten and the night comes earlier and earlier, the water grows colder. It drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit(华氏). Swimming is harder. Its heartbeat slows—and almost stops. The young turtle is in danger of losing its life.
Ten days before Thanksgiving, Max Nolan, a ten-year-old boy, and his mother begin their patrol. The Nolans are among volunteers who walk Cape Cod’s beaches during November and December to search for turtles who are often cold and trapped and seem dead—turtles whose lives they may be able to save.
Max and his mother and the other volunteers do an important job. All sea turtles are threatened or endangered. Among them Kemp’s ridleys are the most endangered. Right now on our planet there are fewer than eight thousand Kemp’s ridley turtles left.
Max is far in front of his mother when he sees a turtle washed up by the surf. He runs up to it and shouts to his mom, “Got one!” The turtle is cold. Its eyes are open, but the turtle is not moving at all. It might be dead or still alive.
Max remembers the instructions given to all the volunteers. He picks up the turtle, which weighs about five pounds, and moves it above the high-tide mark to keep it from washing out to sea. Then he runs to find seaweed to protect it from the wind. He finds a stick to mark where it is, and next, he and his mother go to the nearest telephone and call the sea-turtle hot line for help.The young turtle is in danger of losing its life because ________.
| A．it has been swimming for three months |
| B．it dreams of calm water and plenty of food |
| C．the water drops to fifty degrees Fahrenheit |
| D．the days get longer and the nights come earlier |
The underlined word “Patrol” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
| A．swimming in the sea |
| B．travelling to the seaside |
| C．enjoying Thanksgiving with others |
| D．walking along the beaches for turtles |
In order to prevent the turtle from washing out to sea, Max ________.
| A．runs to find seaweed |
| B．calls the sea-turtle hot line |
| C．finds a stick to mark where it is |
| D．moves it above the high-tide mark |
I met the old man at a café. “Did you hear the radio news yesterday?” he asked me. “No,” I replied. “Anything exciting?” “Exciting? No! Something very sad. A group of hungry dogs killed and ate my best friend.”
“Oh, dear!” I cried. “How did it happen?” “He was working on the hillside when the dogs attacked him. When he didn’t return, I went to the hillside and found…” “His body?” I asked. The old man drank half of his coffee. “No. I told you they were hungry dogs, didn’t I? The big bones were lying everywhere. But they found this.” He pushed open a match box he was holding in his hand. In it was a man’s thumb, lying on some white bloody material.
“This is my friend’s right thumb. The dogs ate the rest of him”. The old man began to cry. He finished his coffee quickly and left the café. I drank mine and called the waiter. “I’ll pay the gentleman’s bill. His poor friend-how terrible!” “You’ve heard the news?” The waiter laughed. “Sure. There’s a hole in the bottom of the match box. He puts his own thumb through the hole. The blood is red ink, I believe. Is the story worth a cup of coffee, sir?” “But he holds the box in his right hand.” “Yes, but listeners look into the box. They just can’t take their sight off that terrible thing. ” “And when he tells the story, he gets free cups of coffee!” I said, laughing. “Yes, sir, but only from strangers who come to this town, and, of course, he does us no harm!”We can learn from this passage .
| A．the writer came to the café for the first time |
| B．the old man made a living by telling jokes in the café |
| C．the writer had known about the old man before |
| D．what had happened to his best friend made the old man mad |
The waiter hadn’t let out the truth of the old man’s story earlier because .
| A．he was nobody but the best friend of the old man |
| B．the old man wouldn’t pay for his coffee if he did |
| C．the waiter hadn’t seen through the old man’s trick |
| D．the old man helped the cafe in some way |
As suggested by the passage, what might happen in the end?
| A．The writer refused to pay the old man’s bill. |
| B．The writer decided to make the trick known to the public. |
| C．More strangers would hear the old man’s story. |
| D．The old man wouldn’t visit the café any more. |
Many students in China are learning English. Some of these students are small
children. Others are teenagers(十几岁的青少年). Many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn English language (语言)over the radio, on television, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and maths and English ... Some people learn English because it is useful for their work. Many people often learn English for their higher sutdies, because at college or university(大学) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspaper and magazines in English. Many students in China are learning English, aren't they? ____.
| A．No, they aren't | B．No, they are |
| C．Yes, they are | D．Yes, they aren't |
If one wants to learn another language well, he must ____.
| A．learn at school | B．study by himself |
| C．work hard | D．study hard |
The sentence "It is difficult to answer that question" means ____.
| A．that question is not difficult to answer |
| B．that question is difficult to answer it |
| C．it is difficultly to answer that question |
| D．it is hard to answer that question |
"Their own language" means ____.
| A．Chinese | B．English | C．French | D．Japanese |
What's the Chinese of "study by themselves"?
| A．和他们一起学习 | B．自学 |
| C．向他们学习 | D．通过学习 |
Many people say that laughter is the best medicine. Scientists begin to agree with this. They are studying laughter seriously and finding it is really good. One minute of laughter is the same as forty-five minutes of relaxation(放松). Many doctors around the world believe that laughter helps us get better when we are sick.
Of course, there are many kinds of laughter. We may change the way we laugh in different situations(情形). But we all have a laugh that is special to us. How do you usually laugh?What do many people think of laughter?
A. They think it’s bad for our health
B. They think it’s the best medicine
C. They think it’s not the best medicineLaughter is good because________.
A. scientists think so
B. everybody says so
C. everyone is happyOne minute of laughter equals(等于) forty-five minutes of_____
A. rest B. exercise C. playingMany doctors believe that laughter can help us____ when we are ill.
A. feel worse B. get better C. get sad According to(根据) the passage,______.
A. people laugh in the same way
B. we need to laugh forty-five minutes every day
C. everyone has his own way of laughing
Miss Wang will be twenty-three years old next week. She is an English teacher and she likes children very much. From Monday to Friday she stays at school and has classes for students. She does a lot of work. After that, she plays games with children on the playground. The children like her very much. On Saturday she goes to her parents' home and stays with them. On Sunday sometimes, she goes to visit her friends. They go to see movies happily. She comes back to school on Sunday afternoon. She likes singing, dancing, swimming, playing tennis and watching movies. She is a very nice and kind girl.We can know from the reading ____________.
A.Miss Wang is an old and kind teacher
B.Miss Wang is a young P.E teacher
C.Miss Wang is a young, kind English teacherMiss Wang is ____________ now.
A.twenty-two
B.twenty-three
C.twenty-four She plays games with students ____________.
A.because she has nothing to do
B.on the playground because she likes her students
C.because it's her workMiss Wang stays at school ____________.
A.on weekends
B.on Friday
C.from Monday to FridayWhat does Miss Wang like doing?
A.She likes playing computer games.
B.She likes playing tennis and swimming.
C.She likes eating vegetables.
“Early to bed，early to rise”makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. It's good for the body.
This is an old saying. Have you heard of it before? It means that we must go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. Then we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever.
That is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have enough sleep，or they can't do their work very well. They will not be wise and they may not become wealthy!
The body also needs exercise: walking, running, jumping, swimming, playing games and all other exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong. Exercise also helps the blood to move around inside the body. This is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood. Exercise helps us to think better.
根据短文内容，回答问题。What does“early to bed, early to rise”mean?
What must the body have to be healthy?
What will happen to Children of young age who don't have enough sleep?
What keeps the body strong?
What takes food to all parts of our body?
This is a picture of a family. The father's name is Rex. He is forty-eight. The mother's name is Linda. She is forty-five. They have a son of fifteen and a daughter of sixteen. They are Ned and Rose. They are students in No. 1 Middle School. Linda is a teacher. Rex is a doctor.
What picture is it? It's a picture of a______.
| A．father | B．bedroom |
| C．classroom | D．family |
How old is the mother?
| A．Forty-five. | B．Forty-six. |
| C．Forty-seven. | D．Forty-eight. |
What's the father? He's a .
| A．worker | B．student |
| C．doctor | D．teacher |
How old is Rose?
| A．Fifteen. | B．Sixteen. |
| C．Seventeen. | D．Eighteen. |
How many people are there in the family?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
Welcome to Franklin Hotel. To make your stay enjoyable, we hope you will use our facilities（设施）to the full.
Dining Room： You can have three meals in the dining room. (breakfast 8-9 a.m.； lunch 12-2：30 p.m.；dinner 7：30-9 p.m.)
Room Service： You can dial 0 for Reception(接待处) to make a phone call while you are on bed. There are also pay telephones near the reception desk.
Shop： You can buy presents, gifts and goods from 9 a.m. to 5：30 p.m. here.
Laundry：We have a laundry in the building, and will wash and return your clothes within 24 hours.
You can ask the room staff to collect them.
Bar： The hotel bar is open from 12 to 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 a.m.
Banking： We can cash cheques (兑现支票)& exchange any foreign money for you.You would see the notice _____________________________.
| A．in a restaurant | B．in a supermarket |
| C．in a big hotel | D．in a library |
There are ________ kinds of service according to the notice.
| A．twelve | B．ten | C．five | D．six |
You can have a quick meal in the ________ if you arrive at the hotel at 2 a.m.
| A．shop | B．bar |
| C．dining room | D．room |
The underlined word “laundry” means __________ in Chinese.
| A．洗手间 | B．浴室 |
| C．洗衣房 | D．茶水间 |
What can you do if you want to make a phone call to your friend in your room?
| A．Phone the reception desk. | B．Go to the reception desk. |
| C．Phone the room staff. | D．Go to the public phones. |
Jessy
The flight was tiring, but here I am at last, in Sydney! look! Here we are at last! The Sydney Opera House! It looks like shells! It’s wonderful and amazing! And I’m taking the plane to New Zealand on Tuesday. I’ll post again from there.
Paris is beautiful! We went on a great city tour. We also took a boat ride on the River Seine. And it’s nicer to just sit at a street cafe and watch the world go by. But to tell you a secret. Frank’s disappointed because no one can understand his French!
We’re staying at a farm in Utah. There is nearly nothing! It’s too quiet. Every morning, we get up really early, and we ride the horses. Then it’s breakfast and more riding—not my idea of fun! So, today I walked to a little town near the farm where they actually have Internet! Next week, we’re shopping in New York. I can’t wait!Where is Jessy writing from?
| A．Sydney. | B．New Zealand. | C．Paris. | D．Utah. |
What did Donna and Frank do during their travelling?
| A．They visited museums. |
| B．They took a boat ride． |
| C．They sat at a street park. |
| D．They watched movies in the cinema. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to Anna's Moments（朋友圈）？
| A．It is too noisy around the farm. |
| B．Her idea of fun is horse riding. |
| C．She is going to London next week． |
| D．She cannot use Internet at the farm. |
“Am I my brother’s keeper?” The question comes from the Bible(圣经). In the Bible, Cain kills his brother Abel. When God asks Cain where Abel is, he replies, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” by which he means, “Am I responsible (有责任心的) for my brother—his safety and health?” The answer, of course, is “Yes, you are.”
This sense of responsibility for others is basic to all good societies. And also it is basic to what we call “civil(文明的) society”. China is now working on building a civil society and the high schools in Shanghai want students to take part in that through volunteering. They are supposed to do sixty class hours of volunteer work before graduation. This is something new in China, but it is not new in other countries.
In the Canadian province of Ontario, high school students are required to do forty hours of volunteering. In some American states, the volunteering requirement is one hundred hours. These students spend about an hour a week during the school year and summer vacations, helping the poor, the sick and the old. They also teach young children to read and help to clean up the environment. And studies have shown that this volunteering experience influences students a lot after graduation.
Some of you may be thinking, “Gee, sixty class hours is a lot. How can I find the time?” In fact, if you finish it in three years, you only need to do the work about three class hours a month. And the time is well spent if it helps you realize that “being your brother’s keeper” makes you a better person and makes society a better place for everyone.
A Shanghai high school student should finish class hours of volunteer work before graduation.
| A．thirty | B．forty | C．sixty | D．one hundred |
The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refers to “ ”.
| A．building a civil society | B．reading the Bible |
| C．doing the volunteer work | D．playing more sports |
According to the writer, “being your brother’s keeper” means “ ”.
| A．being a good school student |
| B．being responsible for others |
| C．taking good care of your brother |
| D．doing volunteer work with your brother |
The main purpose of the writing is to .
| A．tell students where to do volunteer work |
| B．give advice on how to be a good volunteer |
| C．encourage students to do more volunteer work |
| D．introduce volunteer work in different countries |
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Are you good with children? We need two people to volunteer your time at Sunnyview Children’s Hospital. You need to be friendly and cheerful—the children are sick and you need to cheer them up. Your job is to set up a play group with fun games for the children. If you can spare an hour three times a week, come and join us! Please call Mrs Chan at 555-9879. Thanks! |
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Are you interested in repairing things? We have set up a group, Home Love, to help older people who need to fix up their homes. If you have repair skills, join us for eight hours a month. Call Home Love at 555-4663. |
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Do you love clean beaches? We need people who are strong and can help clean up Blue Water Beach. We don’t want to put off this job till summer. We need your help to collect and carry rubbish. If you are available for six hours this Saturday, call at 555-6668 or 555-6669. |
If you’re good with children, you can go to .
| A．Sunnyview Children’s Hospital | B．Home Love |
| C．Blue Water Beach | D．All the above |
You like repairing things, so you could call at .
| A．555-9879 | B．555-6669 |
| C．555-6668 | D．555-4663 |
What can you do on Blue Water Beach?
| A．Cheer up sick children. | B．Clean up the beach. |
| C．Play games with others. | D．Fix up old buildings. |
Notice
No better season than spring, so let’s enjoy ourselves in the best time of the year!
Grade Date Destination
Junior 1 May 5th Fantawild, Zhuzhou
Junior 2 May 6th Fantawild, Zhuzhou
Junior 3 May 5th Baile Land, Wangcheng（in the northwest of Changsha）
Price: RMB￥205(Baile Land) / RMB￥ 245 (Fantawild)
Parking Place: Coaches for Wangcheng Southern Gate
Coaches for Zhuzhou Northern Gate
Where should the students in Grade 8 gather?
A. Southern Gate
B. Northern Gate
C. Zhuzhou
It's true that ________.
A. the whole school will take a trip on different days.
B. Fantawild must be much more interesting than Baile Land.
C. the students in Grade 9 won’t go out of Changsha.
Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16, 2003, landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired, Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V, smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper, “For our motherland and me, this is a great moment.”
China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统） to protect the spaceman, but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.
Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news, he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch, Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.
A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16, 2003, making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.
| A．6 hours | B．90 minutes |
| C．2 days | D．21 hours |
How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?
| A．Quite tired. | B．A little scared. |
| C．Tired but excited. | D．A little nervous |
Which of the following statement is right?
| A．There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries. |
| B．Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before. |
| C．From the news, Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep. |
| D．Yang was proud of the flight. |
What does the underlined word “launch” mean?
| A．发射 | B．出发 | C．制造 | D．设计 |
China issued the stamps to _________.
| A．leave them in space |
| B．give them to Yang Liwei as a reward |
| C．celebrate the success |
| D．give them to Russian and American spacemen. |
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