Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his partents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.How many books has Dou Kou written?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five | D．Six |
Thanks to his ________, Dou Kou could write his books.
| A．mother | B．father | C．school life | D．life in different cities |
Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________.
| A．when he wrote fairy tales | B．before his father taught him how to learn something |
| C．after he went to school | D．after his mother taught him how to learn something |
The underlined(划线的) sentences show us that Dou Kou _________.
| A．is different from other children | B．doesn’t tell the truth. |
| C．is the same as other children | D．likes his books |
Which is the best title?
| A．Three Books by a child | B．How to Write a Fairy Tales |
| C．How Clever the Boy is | D．Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer |
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If it is 8:00 a.m. in western Canada, the time is _______ in eastern Canada.
| A．12:00 | B．2:00 p.m. | C．12:30 p.m. | D．4:00 a.m. |
While Canadian children are waking up, children in Scotland are ________.
| A．having lessons | B．sleeping | C．watching TV | D．playing games |
Who needn’t go to work on Fridays?
| A．Canadians. | B．Scots. | C．Japanese. | D．Egyptians. |
Which country will welcome Saturday first, Canada, Japan, UK or Egypt?
| A．UK | B．Japan | C．Egypt | D．Canada |
What does “ahead of” mean in English?
| A．earlier than | B．later than | C．after | D．until |
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never 36 the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures, 37 Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 38 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.
The day came when he was to have another 39 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he 40 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but 41 the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.
42 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the 43 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of 44 was extremely good, almost as great as that 45 view. The mountain below was surrounded by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the 46 . Peeper had engraved (镌刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses, 47 Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!
Bobby __48 that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing 49 when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his 50 was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.
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阅读并选择最佳选项。（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）
请阅读下面的短文，并从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选择最佳选项。
Alex，Nicole and Vickie are friends．They live in the same neighborhood．They want to make some money to buy Christmas presents．
“We need to print out fliers（传单）and pass them around to all the houses，”says Nicole．Alex’s dad helps them print out fliers．The three friends go to all the houses and put a flier in everyone’s mailbox．
“It’s winter,”says Vickie．“There is lots of snow on the ground．Maybe people will need us to sweep the snow for them．”
First，Mrs．Jones hires the children to sweep the snow from her driveway（车道）．She says，“I have twin baby girls．I am much too busy to sweep the snow myself．”
Then，Mrs．Smith calls them．She says，“I am very old，and the snow is much too heavy for me to move．”
Then，Mr．Lee visits them．He says，“My garden is much too big to sweep all by myself．Can you help me?”
The children work very hard sweeping the snow．It is cold，but they also have great fun．They make 30 dollars in all．Now they can buy nice Christmas presents for their friends and families．Whose idea is it to make money by sweeping the snow?
| A．Alex’s | B．Nicole’s． | C．Vickie’s． | D．Alex’s Dad’s． |
How does Alex’s dad help?
| A．He gives them some money． | B．He helps them sweep the snow． |
| C．He prints some fliers for them． | D．He puts the fliers in mailboxes． |
What does the word“hire”mean in Chinese?
| A．出租 | B．雇佣 | C．命令 | D．欺骗 |
Why does Mr. Lee ask the children for help?
| A．He is too busy with his babies． | B．He is too old to sweep snow． |
| C．His garden is much too big． | D．He wants to help the children． |
The passage is mainly about ________．
| A．helping others | B．making money |
| C．spending holiday | D．buying presents |
假设你和父母去纽约度假，阅读A、B、C三则房屋出租广告，完成阅读任务。
根据上述广告内容，填写信息表。
| Ads |
A |
B |
C |
| Price/week |
$650 |
$800 |
1. $________ |
| Location (位置) |
In the countryside |
2. _________ |
Near transportation |
| Bedrooms |
3. _________ |
One |
Two |
从A、B、C三则广告中选出最适合你们的房子，并写出一条理由。
We will choose _1._______ because __2.____________________________________
A woman repeated a bit of gossip (流言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole neighborhood knew the story. The neighbor was deeply hurt. Later the woman learned that it was completely untrue. She was very sorry and went to a wise old man to find out what she could do to repair the harm.
“Go to the market,” he said, “and buy a chicken, and have it killed, then on your way home, pick its feathers(毛) and drop them one by one along the road.” Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.
The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those feathers you dropped yesterday and bring them back to me.”
The woman followed the same road, but she was so discouraged when she found the wind had blown all the feathers away. After looking for hours, she returned with only three in her hand.
“You see,” said the old man, “it’s easy to drop them, but it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with gossip. It doesn’t take much to spread（散布） a gossip, but once you do, you can never completely undo（弥补） the wrong.”Why did the woman feel sorry?
| A．She didn’t know the story. |
| B．She hurt her neighbor deeply. |
| C．She was hurt deeply. |
| D．She was told an untrue story. |
The underlined word “discouraged” might mean .
| A．surprised | B．excited | C．upset | D．pleased |
Which of the following statements is true?
| A．The gossip didn’t hurt anyone at all. |
| B．The wise man is not kind enough. |
| C．All the feathers had been blown away.. |
| D．The woman was given a lesson. |
What the wise man said has nearly the same meaning as the Chinese phrase “_________”.
| A．覆水难收 | B．无中生有 | C．欲速不达 | D．得道多助 |