Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But watching too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists find that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on their work.
Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people “couch potatoes”.
Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely to fight. Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will .
| A．learn language skills more easily |
| B．be healthier |
| C．find it hard to learn to read |
| D．eat less food |
Kids learn language skills best by .
| A．reading | B．talking |
| C．playing with others | D．all of the above |
While watching TV, what DON’T people do?
| A．Eat a lot of food. | B．Have less time for reading. |
| C．Hardly move. | D．Focus on their work. |
Which of the following is true?
| A．An American child will watch 12,000 fighting acts on TV a year. |
| B．It’s good for kids to learn from fighting acts on TV. |
| C．Too much TV is good for people’s health. |
| D．It’s easy for kids who watch a lot of fighting shows to fight. |
“Couch potatoes” are people who watch too much TV and become .
| A．thin | B．fit |
| C．fat | D．strong |
Mip
Mip, a playful robot, was developed by a Canadian toy maker named Wowwee. It stands 19 cm tall. You can control it simply with your gestures(手势) or a smart phone. Mip can run, balance and dance on two wheels. It can also bring you a bottle of water.
Android Wear
Google is developing a smart watch called Android Wear. The watch uses a touchscreen and voice control. Simply say “OK, Google” to ask what ever you want to know. For example, say “OK, Goodgle. Where’s the nearest toy store?” Your answer will tell you the answer on Google Maps.
Le Pen
Do you like listening to music while doing homework? If you do, you will like Le Pen. With a music player planted inside, Le Pen plays music while you write on paper. The music stops when you stop writing. So if you want to enjoy more of your favourite songs, keep on writing.
One wheel
In the near future you may find a new way to escape traffic: a self-balancing skateboard called Onewheel. It can go as fast as 19km an hour. On a single charge(充电), it can take you as far as 7-10km. If you want to enjoy music while writing, you can choose________.
According to the passage, Android Wear can_________.
| A．go as fast as 19km an hour |
| B．tell you how to get to some places |
| C．run, balance, dance and even serve you |
| D．play music while you writing on paper |
In which part of a newspaper can you find in the passage?
| A．Culture. | B．Literature. |
| C．Science. | D．History |
The students were having their chemistry class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students, “What is water?” No one answered for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don’t you answer my question? Didn’t I tell you what water is like?”
Just then, a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.
“I’m sorry, children,” said the teacher, “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a serious problem.”
Answer the questions according to the passage. Why didn’t the children answer the teacher’s question at first?
Please use a sentence to describe what water is.
Why does the water in the river have color and smell?
Do you think the boy who answered the teacher’s question is stupid?
Is water important for us? Why?
I have always loved cars. After graduating from college, I got one, which I regarded as my favourite friend. I called it Victor. For the next three years, everything I did was connected with (与……有关) Victor.I lived a happy life. But because of money problems, I had to sell Victor. Then my life broke down. Without Victor, I was like a fish out of water. Three months later, with the encouragement of my friends, I decided to start a new life. I tried and made it. Everything went well again. Losing my car made me grow up. I have learned that life won’t always go our way, but we can choose to be positive(积极)and make the best of it.
Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.
| VV Victor |
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| Time of getting the car |
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| Reason for |
B Because of money problems |
| Feelings of losing the car |
Li Like a fish out of |
| Improvement from the experience |
Tom arrived at the bus station quite early for Paris bus. The bus for Paris would not leave until five to twelve. He saw a lot of people waiting in the station. Some were standing in line, others were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying to keep them in line. Tom looked around but there was no place for him to sit.
He walked into the station cafe. he looked up at the clock there. It was only twenty to twelve. He found a seat and sat down before a large mirror on the wall. Just then, Mike, one of Tom’s workmates came in and sat with Tom.
“What time is your bus?” asked Mike.
“There’s plenty of time yet,” answered Tom.
“Well, I’ll get you some more tea then,” said Mike.
They talked while drinking. Then Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It’s going backward(倒行)!” he cried. “A few minutes ago it was twenty to twelve and now it’s half past eleven.”
“You’re looking at the clock in the mirror.” said Mike. Tom was so sad. The next bus was not to leave for another hour. Since then Tom has never liked mirrors.
Choose the best answer from A、B or C according to what you read.Tom went into the station cafe because ______.
A．it was quite early and he could find a seat there
B．he didn’t like to stay with the schoolgirls
C．he wanted to have a drink with his workmate thereWhat time was it in fact when Tom looked at the clock in the mirror?
A．Half past eleven.
B．Twenty to twelve.
C．Half past twelve.From the story we know that when we look at a clock in a mirror, we will find _________.
A．the time is right
B．it’s going backward
C．it’s going slowerWhich of the following is true?
A．Tom arrived in Paris on time.
B．The next bus would leave in half an hour
C．Tom looked at the clock in the mirror only once.Which of the following is the title of the story?
A．The Mirror of the Station
B．The Clock In The Mirror
C．Missing A Bus
1970 was World Conservation(保护) Year. The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger. They hoped that governments would act quickly to conserve nature(保护自然). Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland but now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air, the water and everything that grows and lives. We can’t live without these things. If things go like this, we shall destroy ourselves.
What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask, “What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, and so on. In a small town in the United States, a large number of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through a record called “No one is going to change our world.” It was made by the Beatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve animals.
Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F)。The United Nations wanted everybody to know that the world is in danger.
There are fewer plants, trees and flowers in Holland because many kinds of plants, trees and flowers can’t grow there any more.
The most important thing for us to do is to clean the banks of our rivers.
“No one is going to change our world” is a name of a song.
From this passage we know that we must conserve nature.
Have you ever had an embarrassing experience? Last week we asked readers to tell us about embarrassing experiences. We received thousands of letters! Here is a selection.
Tony:
My most embarrassing experience happened when I had just left university. I had just started teaching in a Liverpool middle school. One morning my alarm clock didn’t ring. I woke up at half past eight and school began at nine. I quickly washed, dressed, jumped into my car and rushed to school. When I arrived, the students had already gone into class. I didn’t go to the office, but went straight into class. After two or three minutes the students began laughing, and I couldn’t understand why! Suddenly I looked down and understood. I had put on one black shoe and one brown shoe!
Henry:
The most embarrassing experience I’ve ever had happened two years ago. After seeing a film, my wife and I had lunch in our favorite restaurant in town. Then we decided to take a walk along the street. The street was very busy and we started holding hands. Suddenly my wife saw a dress that she liked in a shop window, and stopped. I started looking at some watches in the next window. After a minute or two I reached for my wife’s hand. There was a loud scream, and a woman slapped my face. I hadn’t taken my wife’s hand. I’d taken the hand of a complete stranger（陌生人）!Tony arrived at school late that morning because .
| A．he couldn’t find hid shoes |
| B．his alarm clock didn’t ring |
| C．he washed and dressed slowly |
| D．his car went wrong on the way |
The students began laughing when they saw Tony .
| A．wearing a wrong shoe |
| B．his alarm clock didn’t ring |
| C．looking down suddenly |
| D．rushing into the classroom |
Henry and his wife held hands .
| A．at the cinema | B．in the shop |
| C．at the restaurant | D．along the street |
What does the underlined word “scream” mean in Chinese?
| A．尖叫声 | B．笑声 | C．哭声 | D．呼救声 |
Henry was embarrassed because he .
| A．slapped the woman in the face |
| B．took the hand of a complete stranger |
| C．heard hid wife screaming in the street |
| D．knocked over some watches in the shops |
One Saturday morning, Apple Inc's iPad table computer(平板电脑) went on sale in the United States stores across the country. The iPad can be bought in more than 200 U.S. Apple stores from Apple. Many fans even waited overnight outside some Apple stores, hoping to be the first to get one. Dozens of the people were waiting before the door opened at 9:00 a.m. Hiro Kishimoto, a Japanese computer researcher who had a meeting in San Francisco, came as early as 5:00 a.m. He wanted to read books and magazines with the iPad. " It's much more comfortable than a laptop(手提电脑). Because the laptop is too heavy to carry all the time, when you are in the living rooms, maybe the iPad is the best one to use." He said. The iPad models that hit the U.S. Market on Saturday with price starting from 499 dollars, only have Wi Fi (无线宽带) link to the Internet. Apple models that have both Wi Fi and 3G will be on sale in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Swizland and the UK in late April. With a 9.7 -inch touch screen like books and magazines, iPad can let users finish many tasks including making the web, watching videos, playing games and reding e-books. Apple is trying to remake the tablet computer. The iPad doesn't support Adobe's Flash software(多媒体软件) that is used to watch many of the videos on the web. " It is short of a keyboard, a mouse, USB ports and mwlti-tasking." some researchers said.People waited outside Apple stores early, because _____.
| A．they could get a gift when the store opened |
| B．the price of the iPad was low at first |
| C．they were eager(渴望)to own the iPad |
| D．there were a few iPads on sale |
Hiro Kishimoto _____.
| A．is from San Francisco |
| B．came to an Apple store at 5:00 p.m. |
| C．wanted to buy an iPhone there |
| D．thought laptops were too heavy |
The iPad models that hit the US market on Saturday with price at least _____.
| A．￥299 | B．$299 | C．￥499 | D．$499 |
People can buy iPad computers in _____ in late April.
| A．Canad, France and Russia |
| B．China, Japan and France |
| C．Spain, Australia and Germany |
| D．Italy, the UK and Greek |
Which of the following is not true about the iPad?
| A．It has a keyboard and a mouse. |
| B．It has a 9.7-inch touch screen. |
| C．People can read e-books with it. |
| D．People can play games with it. |
We are in a world full of competition. Our parents compete（竞争）with others in their offices，our brothers and sisters compete with others in their colleges，and we compete with our classmates in school. Many of us give up in the face of competition and will never be successful. ①can‘t，others，why，we，do，better，than .One important reason is that we have no self-confidence（自信）。
In fact，everyone is born equal. You can do what others do. Although your classmates may be better than you in some ways，you may be better than them in other subjects. So everyone has his or her own advantages. Don‘t look at things from a single（单个的）point of view. Try to discover your own advantages，and believe that you can do better than others in those ways.
Competition is not so terrible. Don‘t be afraid of it. And don‘t be afraid of those classmates who are better than you. ②Remember that self-confidence is the first step to success. Believe in yourselves，and you will be successful one day.
任务一Are we living in a world full of competition?
任务二： How can you improve yourself-confidence according to the passage?
任务三：将①处画线部分单词连成一个完整的特殊疑问句。
任务四：将②处画线部分译成中文。
任务五： What‘s the main idea of this passage?
Open today’s newspaper. What do you see? Ads! Turn on the TV. Still more ads! Everywhere you look, someone has something to sell.
Here are some ways ads get us to buy.
Some ads use famous people. Stars are paid to sell a product. Think about it. Do they really know about medicine? Do they know about soft drinks? These people may be famous. But they may not know about what they are selling.
Some ads make you think you’re getting the words of experts(专家). A man in a white coat comes on TV. He looks nice. “I use White and Black, ” he says. This man looks like a doctor. But he is an actor. He has been paid to sell this product.
Does soap(肥皂) have anything to do with a pretty child? Not much. But ads may show their products with something nice, such as the sun, the flowers and so on. Such an ad is about feelings rather than fact.
Ads are full of strong words like “new” and “power”(力量). They can help a product sell. The soap may be called “Spring Rain”. A car may be called “Tiger”. Strong words work on our feelings.
Some ads make promises(承诺). But can they keep them? No. Some ads use our fear of being too late. “Buy now! ” they say, “Selling ends soon. ” Check to see if this is true. Don’t hurry. Take time to think.
All ads hope we will buy something, do something, or think in a certain way. Know what ads are doing. Ask questions to yourself. Don’t let their words and pictures fool you.
uld not always believe the ads.
C. We should thiWe can see ads ______.
| A．on TV | B．in magazines |
| C．in newspapers | D．all the above |
Some stars appear in the ads because ______.
| A．they know every product well |
| B．they are famous |
| C．they are all experts |
| D．they all like white coats |
According to the passage, we know that “Spring Rain” is the name of ______.
| A．a kind of soap | B．a kind of car |
| C．a kind of medicine | D．a kind of flower |
The writer thinks the words and pictures in the ads ______.
| A．tell us a story | B．always make us strong |
| C．sometimes fool us | D．keep promises |
What can we learn from the passage?
A. We should always believe the ads.
B. We sho nk about the ads after we buy something.
C. We can believe all the stars.
Once there was a man who had two children, a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking(看好) but the girl was not.
One day they found a mirror(镜子) for the first time and they saw what they looked like. The boy was very pleased(很高兴) and he said to his sister, "How handsome(英俊) I am! I look much nicer than you!" The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push(推). "Go away!" she said. Their father saw what was happening. He went up to them and said to the boy, "You must always BE good as well as LOOK good." Then to the girl he said, "My dear, if you help everyone and do your best to please him, everyone will love you. It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother."Once a man had ____.
| A．a good-looking boy |
| B．an ugly(难看的) girl |
| C．two good-looking children |
| D．a boy and a girl |
The boy saw what he looked like in the mirror and was pleased because he ____.
| A．found a mirror |
| B．knew he looked as nice as his sister |
| C．and his sister were good-looking |
| D．was handsome |
The girl gave the boy a hard push because ____.
| A．she was stronger |
| B．what he said was wrong |
| C．she was not pleased with what he said |
| D．her father loved her |
Father told the girl that ____.
| A．it was important to be good-looking |
| B．it was a good thing to be ugly |
| C．if she did her best to help people, she would enjoy people's love |
| D．she was as good-looking as her brother |
What can we learn from this story?
| A．To be good to people is more important than to be good-looking. |
| B．To be good-looking is very important. |
| C．If you want to make yourself good-looking, you must be good to people. |
| D．If you often help people, you will become more and more beautiful. |
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the 20th FIFA World Cup, an international association football tournament(比赛) that will take place in Brazil from June 12 to July 13, 2014.
This will be the second time the country has hosted the competition, the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup. Brazil will become the fifth country to have hosted the FIFA World Cup twice, after Mexico, Italy, France and Germany. It will be the first World Cup to be held in South America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina(阿根廷), the first time two consecutive(连贯的) World Cups are staged outside Europe and the first time two consecutive World Cups are staged in the Southern Hemisphere(南半球) (the 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa).
On March 7, 2003, FIFA announced that the tournament would be held in South America for the first time since Argentina hosted the competition in 1978, in line with its policy of rotating(循环) the right to host the World Cup among different confederations. On June 3, 2003, the South American Football Confederation CONMEBOL announced that Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia wanted to host the 2014 World Cup finals. And Brazil won the right to host the event on October 30, 2007, as the only country to enter the bidding process.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the ______ FIFA World Cup.
| A．first | B．second |
| C．fifteenth | D．twentieth |
Brazil once hosted the FIFA World Cup in ______.
| A．1950 | B．1978 | C．2003 | D．2010 |
______ once held the FIFA World Cup twice before Brazil.
| A．Mexico, Italy, France and Germany |
| B．Mexico, Italy, England and Canada |
| C．Korea, Italy, France and the USA |
| D．South Africa, Italy, France and Germany |
CONMEBOL is a confederation from ______.
| A．Europe | B．South America |
| C．North America | D．Asia |
Which of the following is NOT right?
| A．The 2014 FIFA World Cup will last more than 30 days. |
| B．Argentina held the 1978 FIFA World Cup. |
| C．The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be the first tournament held in South America. |
| D．Brazil didn’t become the only country to enter the bidding process until 2007. |
任务型阅读（本题有5小题，每小题1分；满分5分）
你对颜色了解多少呢？下面的五个段落将会帮助你进一步揭开颜色的奥秘！阅读五个段落，根据每段的中心内容将段前序号填入下面的表格中。
A. There are many colours in nature. Do you know that colours have weight? Let’s do a small test. First, put two objects of the same weight into two boxes. Then, cover one box with a red piece of paper, and the other with a piece of paper. Now hold the boxes in your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.
B. Why do you think that is? A scientist found that different colours have different weights in a man’s mind. That is to say, every colour has its own weight in our mind. The heaviest colour is red, then blue, green, orange, yellow and white.
C. Colours also have smell. Can you smell the colour? Of course not. Then why do the scientists say this? It is because the smell reaches our brain through sense organs (感觉器官).
D. Scientists say that people react (反应) differently to different colours. Colours you like will make you feel good, but colours you don’t like will make feel nervous or sick.
E. For example, if you sit in a room with red windows, walls and floors for two hours, you’ll you have been there for four fours. But if the room is blue, you’ll feel you have been there for only an hour. If a person goes out of a red room and into a blue room, his temperature will fall. So our bodies change, depending on what colour we see.
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| Colours can change our body temperature. |
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It?s always hard to say goodbye to someone you love. In Washington DC, US, local (当地的) zoo-goers are sad about the news that their superstar panda Tai Shan is going to leave the National Zoo.
At a morning meeting on December 4, zoo director（主管） Steven Montfort said that the black-eared bear would be going off to China sometime over the winter, under an agreement（协议）with the Chinese government.
Tai Shan, whose name means “peaceful mountain,” was born at the DC zoo on July 9, 2005. He has been loved by zoo-goers since his first public show in December of that year.
But under the agreement that brought his mother, Mei Xiang, and father, Tian Tian, to the zoo from China, all three belong to (属于) China.
Tai Shan should have been returned to China when he was 2. But China gave him two extensions (延期) to stay at the National Zoo. Tai is old enough to breed (繁殖). So it?s time for him to come back to China and join a program to try to increase the panda population.
The National Zoo has tried to breed Mei Xiang a few times since Tai Shan was born, without success. Montfort said the zoo would try again soon in the hope of producing another baby panda. “We?re hopeful every year,” he said.Where can the passage probably be taken from?
| A．A dictionary. | B．A science book. |
| C．A newspaper. | D．A novel. |
The word “zoo-goers” mean people who ______
| A．live at the zoo | B．love to visit the zoo |
| C．work at the zoo | D．leave the zoo |
According to the passage, who is going to leave the National Zoo?
| A．Steven Montfort. | B．Mei Xiang. |
| C．Tian Tian. | D．Tai Shan. |
We can tell from the passage that ______.
| A．Tai Shan and his parents belong to China |
| B．Tai Shan first appeared in public in 2006 |
| C．Tai Shan’s parents will be sent to China |
| D．Tai Shan belongs to the US because it’s born there |
What does the National Zoo try to do every year?
| A．To make Tai Shan stay there. |
| B．To make Mei Xiang give birth to new babies. |
| C．To attract more people to visit Tai Shan. |
| D．To send Tai Shan and his parents back to China. |
Have you heard about “Survival Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities. Now about 1,000 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.
The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.
Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own, without grown-ups around them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are designed by grown-ups, which brings many problems. Children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard trouble. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even the smallest danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.
Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay cool in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.The activities in “Survival Holidays” are ______.
| A．dangerous | B．comfortable |
| C．boring | D．exciting |
Which of the following is true according to (根据) the passage?
| A．Parents and children will join “Survival Holidays” together. |
| B．Children are not allowed to watch TV during “Survival Holidays”. |
| C．The skills children learn during “Survival Holidays” will be helpful. |
| D．Children play computer games together during the “Survival Holidays”. |
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