The widespread number of food scandals ( 丑闻) in China is making many people pause before they put their chopsticks in their mouth. They are wondering if the food they are eating is clean, healthy and nutritious or does it contain something harmful that will cause disease?
Most of the food we eat today is processed food( 加工食品). That means the foods we buy in stores and supermarkets, especially packaged foods, are prepared in factories. Chemicals are added to the foods in these factories to make them look better, taste better and last longer on the shelf. The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and there are laws that regulate which chemicals can and cannot be used. Unfortunately, some producers do not obey the laws.
A producer of steamed buns (馒头) in Zhejiang Province was recently discovered to be breaking the law. He was adding yellow dye and other banned chemicals to the buns. He was also taking old buns and using them to make new buns. Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students. . . like you’
Why did he do it? Why did he break the law and endanger people’s health? The answer is simple: he wanted to make more money. It was a moral failing, and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China. Too many people focus on making money and not on the effects their actions can have on others. Chemicals are added to the foods in the factories because _____.
| A．they want to make the foods look better, taste better and last longer |
| B．they want to make the foods contain something harmful |
| C．chemicals will cause disease |
| D．chemicals are harmless |
According to the passage, which is NOT true?
| A．Most of the food we eat today is prepared in factories. |
| B．There are laws that regulate which chemicals can and cannot be used. |
| C．The food scandals in China are making many people worry about the food safety. |
| D．Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten, by students in Zhejiang Province. |
It was a moral failing, and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China. Here what’s
the Chinese meaning of "moral failing"?
| A．精神崩溃 | B．道德滑坡 | C．质量下降 | D．心理失衡 |
What is the main reason of the food scandals in China?
| A．Some producers do not obey the laws. |
| B．The processed food is clean, healthy and nutritious. |
| C．Too many people pay much attention to making money. |
| D．The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and can be used. |
On her second or third day behind the counter, Cynthia received a phone call from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He needed a baseball glove for Little League. She explained that as a single mother, money was very tight, and her first check would have to go for paying bills. Perhaps she could buy his baseball glove with her second or third check. When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Patricia, the store manager, asked her to come to the small room in the back of the store that served as an office. Cynthia wondered if she had done something wrong or left some part of her job incomplete from the day before. She was concerned and confused.
Patricia handed her a box. “I overheard（无意中听到）you talking to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is hard to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie because he may not understand how important he is, even though you have to pay bills before you can buy gloves. You know we can’t pay good people like you as much as we would like to, but we do care, and I want you to know you are important to us.”
The selflessness（无私）and love of this convenience store manager proves that people remember more how much an employer cares than how much the employer pays.
根据短文内容判断正、误。
(注意：考生将答题卡相应位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”)Jessie needed a baseball glove for Little League.
Patricia, the store manager and her employer began to talk in the small room in the back of the store that served as an office.
Jessie was going to take part in Little League，but his father didn’t have enough money to buy things like a baseball glove.
When Cynthia was asked to go to the office, she was happy and moved.
From the story we know sometimes people cares one another more important than many things even wealth.
Word box ultimate 首要的 cuisine 菜肴 nirvana （印度教）生命之火的熄灭
Vancouver 温哥华The above reading is most probably ________.
A. a menu
B. a food report
C. an advertisementIt’s clear that the restaurant ________.
A. offers Chinese food
B. was set up 22 years ago
C. gets no awards at allAt 12:00 a.m., customers can ________.
A. find the restaurant closed
B. have a good meal in the restaurant
C. enjoy the awards in the restaurantThe reading doesn’t tell us ________.
A. the address of the restaurant
B. the price of food
C. the way to order foodWhich country does the restaurant belong to?
A. China. B. India. C. Canada
It was a rainy evening. A man didn’t take his umbrella, so he wanted to call his wife to tell her he would go home late. Then he called home, however, the maid(女仆) answered the phone instead of his wife.
He said, “Can I speak to my wife?”
The maid replied, “Sorry，she’s upstairs with her boyfriend.”
He was surprised and at once very angry. He shouted, “Hurry up, go to the hall closet and take out my shotgun.”
The maid asked in surprise, “What do you need me to do?”
The man shouted crazily, “Go upstairs and kill them both.”
The maid said, “But I have never killed a man before.” Being the loyal maid, she says, “OK!”
Five minutes later, the maid picked up the phone and said, “OK，I follow your order. They are both dead now. ___________________” The man said, “Throw them into the pool, and I will take care of them when I get home. ”
“But we don’t have a pool.” the maid said.
The man asked nervously, “Is this 555—4532?”
Immediately, the terrible yells came from the house.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案The underlined word “loyal” in the passage most probably means______.
A.false to one’s master
B. true to one’s master
C.dishonest to one’s masterThe maid killed them because__________________.
A.she was afraid of his host.
B.she obeyed the orders of his host very much.
C.she loved his host. _________________ would happen at the end of the story.
A.Both the man and the maid would be punished by the law.
B.The man and the maid would be happy for what they have done.
C.The maid would marry the man. Which of the following is NOT true according to the story?
A.The man felt afraid when he asked the maid her host’s telephone number.
B. It was the man’s house, so the man felt happy after his wife was dead.
C. There wasn’t a pool in the house. “___________________” is the missing sentence in the passage .
A.You can go home now.
B.What should I do with their bodies?
C.You must be happy, right ?
In our school, we have early morning and afternoon self-study for 40
minutes every day. Here’s our school’s self-study class schedule. Read it and find out we spend________hours on exams from Monday to Friday every week.
| Self-study Class |
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| Early morning |
Afternoon |
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| Read aloud |
Exam |
Sing a song |
Radio |
Exam |
Sing a song |
| 5 minutes |
? |
5 minutes |
5 minutes |
? |
5 minutes |
A. 20 B.100 C. about 1.5
Have you thought of such questions as “Why do I have to study math?” or “I am not interested in history at all. My dream is to be an engineer.Should I give history up?”
Maybe you are right. After you leave school, it’s necessary for you to understand such things. Please remember that at school, besides getting knowledge, you should pay attention to some other important things.
First, try to find what you are most interested in. At school, you study many subjects. Try to find which you like and which you don’t like. This may be helpful to you in the future. Second, maybe you don’t like math and you want to drop it. But the logical thinking ability from math can help you solve some problems. At school, you should practice your brain by thinking. Third, you should believe in yourself. Maybe you learn English at school, but you don’t need to speak English in your daily life at all. You should think learning English can prove that you have the ability of learning languages. Suppose you go to France one day and find a job there. Then you can tell yourself, “I can do my job well. At school I learned English well, and now I must be able to learn French well, too.” But if you have no confidence, what will happen?
Try to challenge yourself as often as possible. I think many of us like playing computer games. When we fail in a game, we always want to try it again. Why? Because we want to get the highest marks, though it is hard for us to get it. If we want to challenge ourselves, we must face more difficult things and make greatest progress.At school you should _________.
| A．study math harder than any other subject |
| B．stop learning the subjects you don’t like |
| C．not only get knowledge but also improve your ability |
| D．pay mor e attention to math |
You should not drop math because it can help improve your ________.
| A．ability of learning languages |
| B．ability of finding a job |
| C．interest in other subjects |
| D．ability of logical thinking |
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．You’ll use everything you learn at school in the future |
| B．It’s not necessary to know what you like at school. |
| C．Everything you learn at school has some influence on you |
| D．Logical thinking ability is the most important ability |
Learning Engl ish well can help someone ________.
| A．have confidence in learning languages |
| B．go to France |
| C．study in a good school |
| D．get a good result in the exam. |
The last paragraph tells us that ______.
| A．everyone loves to play computer games |
| B．it is not easy to get high marks in computer games |
| C．we should do some very difficult things |
| D．we should challenge ourselves. |