You don’t have much time for you diary, but you really want to remember your best or worst moments in life. Nine Square Diary(九宫格日记) is coming to help you. This new type of diary has nine squares which represent nine different areas in life, such as plans, feelings and health. Writing this diary is just like filling blanks. It is so convenient that you can finish it in only a few minutes.
Here is a page of Nine Square Diary from Sun Ning. a middle school student.
Sun Ning went to ________ birthday party on Sunday.
A. his dad’s B. his cousin’s C. his friend’sSun Ning felt_________when his parents talked with him about their jobs.
A. busy B. glad C. tiredSun Ning __________ on June 12, 2011.
A. had a conversation with the headmaster
B. gave advice about building a space station
C. helped his cousin to get ready for the singing competitionThe underlined word “select” probably means “__________”
A. 挑选 B. 清洗 C.烹饪 According to the passage, the Nine Square Diary is convenient because _________.
A. it is a new type of diary
B. it includes nine different areas in life
C. it can be finished only in a few minutes
You are watching a film in which two men are having a fight. They hit one another hard. At the start they only fight with their hands. But soon they begin hitting one another over the heads with chairs. And so it goes on until one of the men crashes (撞击) through a window and falls thirty feet to the ground below. He is dead！Of course he isn't really dead. With any luck he isn't even hurt. Why? Because the men who fall out of high windows or jump from fast moving trains, who crash cars of even catch fire, are well trained. They do this for a living. These men are called stuntmen. That is to say, they perform tricks (花招，手段). Here are two sides to their work. They do most of the things you see on the screen. For example, they fall from a high building. However, they do not fall on to hard ground but on to empty cardboard boxes covered with a mattress (床垫). Again, when they hit one another with chairs, the chairs are made of soft wood and when they crash through windows, the glass is made of sugar! But although their work depends on trick of this sort, it also requires a high degree of skill and training. Often a stuntmen’s success depends on careful timing. For example, when he is "blown up" in a battle scene, he has to jump out of the way of the explosion just at the right moment.
Naturally stuntmen are well paid for their work, but they lead dangerous lives. They often get seriously hurt, and sometimes killed. A Norwegian stuntman, for example, flew over the edge of a cliff (悬崖) a thousand feet high. His parachute (降落伞) failed to open, and he was killed. Although it is full of deadly dangers, this is no longer the work for men only. Men no longer dress up as women when actresses have to perform some dangerous actions. For nowadays there are stuntwomen too！ (357)
| A．often dress up as famous actors |
| B．prefer to lead dangerous lives |
| C．often perform dangerous actions |
| D．often fight each other for their lives |
A stuntman should _______.
| A．crash bravely though a window made of sugar |
| B．do the well-planned activity at a very moment |
| C．open his parachute when he jumps down the cliff |
| D．have got a high degree of skill and training |
| A．Fights in the Movies. | B．Crashing Out of the Window. |
| C．Exciting Films Today. | D．Most Dangerous Work. |
In the big cities of Europe and America — London, Paris, New York, people are moving out of the city. They are usually rich families with much money, and they want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noises and the dirty air of the city, tired of the crowded streets, crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to sit in traffic any more. They want a house with a garden, and clean air that is not polluted.
So they move out. Some don’t move very far, just a little way out of the city, to the towns near the cities. Other people move to real countryside, with sheep, cows and horses, and green fields! There, they start new lives and try to make new friends.
Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years, many people feel that it was a big mistake. There isn’t much to do. Country people are very different and aren’t always friendly.
As a result, quite a lot of people move back to the city. “It’s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights,” they say. “I’m so glad I’m back in the city!” (203)
| A．crowds and pollution | B．friendly neighborhoods |
| C．making money | D．cows and sheep |
| A．they can breathe fresh and clean air |
| B．there are big shops and cinema lights |
| C．they still want to live their city life |
| D．they can make many new friends |
| A．Many people love their city’s colorful life. |
| B．They enjoy seeing animals in the country. |
| C．All the people move out far from the city. |
| D．Sometimes country people are not friendly. |
FLIGHT INFORMATION
| Date |
From |
To |
Departure |
Arrival |
Fight No. |
Price |
| July. 11 |
Beijing |
Hong Kong |
08:05 |
11:35 |
CA101 |
￥2400 |
| July. 11 |
Beijing |
Los Angeles |
15:40 |
06:51 |
CA985 |
￥7280 |
| July. 11 |
Beijing |
London |
14:10 |
00:45 |
CA937 |
￥3950 |
| July. 11 |
Beijing |
New York |
21:00 |
19:00 |
CA983 |
￥8750 |
| July. 11 |
Beijing |
Paris |
13:35 |
00:40 |
CA933 |
￥4840 |
| July. 11 |
Beijing |
Washington |
14:00 |
09:00 |
CA987 |
￥4200 |
| A．11:35. | B．19:00. | C．00:40 . | D．00:45. |
| A．CA987. | B．CA983. | C．CA937. | D．CA985. |
| A．￥7280. | B．￥3950. | C．￥8750. | D．￥4200. |
| A．nine hours and twenty-five minutes. |
| B．twelve hours and forty minutes. |
| C．eleven hours and thirty-five minutes. |
| D．ten hours and thirty-five minutes. |
Would you be surprised to learn that your eyes are like an eagle’s eyes in some ways? You and an eagle can see colors. And an eagle’s eyes and yours are about the same size. But therre are a lot more of a special type of cell in an eagle’s eyes than in your eyes. These cells send information to the eagle’s brain. Getting a lot of information helps an eagle see much better than you. In fact, eagle can spot a fish in the sea from a mile away.
You and an eagle have eyes that make tears. Your eyes make watery tears that clean your eyes. An eagle’s eyes for watery tears and oily tears. Eagles dive into the sea to catch fish. The oily tears guard their eyes from the saltwater.
Like you, eagles have eyelids. You have two eyelids, and you close your eyes by lowering the top lid. When eagles close their eyes, their bottom lids raise up. Eagles have a third eyelid that moves across the eye every few seconds. It wipes dust away from the eye. An eagle can see through this third eyelid. The eyelid guards the bird’s eyes when it swoops at 100 miles an hour after its prey(捕食).
A. You both have three eyelids. B. You bothe see colors.
C. Your eyes have the same number of special cells as an eagle’s eyes.
| A．catch its prey | B．fly fast |
| C．blink its eyelids | D．send information |
| A．have cells | B．can see colors |
| C．have an extra eyelid | D．form tears |
| A．An eagle moves both its top and bottom eyelids. |
| B．An eagle moves its bottom eyelid. |
| C．An eagle moves its top eyelid. |
| D．An eagle uses three eyelids to blink. |
| A．俯冲 | B．飞翔 | C．展翅 | D．冒险 |
Kara likes getting e-mail from Fumi. Kara is a third-grader in Arizona(亚利桑那), and Fumi is in third grade in Japan.They are e-pals who send e-mails every week. Fumi sent Kars photos and descriptions of her home.
The first room in Fumi’s house is a small entryway. People who enter the home remove their shoes. They put on different shoes with soft soles. That seemed odd ot Kara. She wears her street shoes in the house.
Kara likes the photo of Fumi and her family eating. They gather around a table, just like Kara and her family, Kara’s family sits on chairs, but Fumi’s family sits on cushions on a strau mat on the floor. The table is low to the ground. What seems to be a wall behind Fumi’s family is actually a door without knobs. Fumi explained that the door slides open. It is made from strong paper glued to thin strips of wood. “I could never play ball in that house!” thought Kara.
| A．to explain how to have an e-pal |
| B．to tell the history of e-mail |
| C．to compare homes in Japan and in Ameria |
| D．to show that homes in Arizona are better than homes in Japan |
| A．Take off the shoes. |
| B．Put on her street shoes |
| C．Wear her different shoes with high heels. |
| D．Have slippers on. |
| A．Fumi lives in the United States. |
| B．Fumi’s family sits on the floor to eat. |
| C．Fumi’s family eats around a table. |
| D．Fumi is in the third grade. |
| A．Families sit around a table to eat. |
| B．People wear soft-soled shoes inside. |
| C．The floors are covered with straw mats. |
| D．They are in the same country. |
| A．take their shoes on when they get home. |
| B．live in houses with doors made from paper |
| C．learn about a new place from their e-pal |
| D．sit on chairs during dinner |