Near the North Pole(北极)there are only two seasons：winter and summer．In winter，nights are long．For more than two months you can’t see the sun，even at noon．In summer，days are long．For more than two months the sun never sets and there is no night at a11．The temperature(温度)is very low near the North Pole．Even in summer the temperature is below 0℃．So people there wear warm clothes all year round．They make their clothing from the skins of animals．From the skins they also make coats，hats and even boots．
In the cold climate，plants cannot grow．So the people have to build their houses with skins，earth，stone or snow．When they go out to hunt something，they live in tents of skins．When they move，they take their tents with them．Sometimes，they build houses of snow．Now don’t think that these houses must be cold．In fact，they are very warm and safe．
The life near the North Pole is very interesting．There are no________near the North Pole．
| A．spring or summer | B．summer or autumn |
| C．autumn or winter | D．spring or autumn |
Near the North Pole the winter nights can last_______．
| A．more than a month | B．more than two months |
| C．more than half a year | D．more than four months |
The people near the North Pole wear warm clothes_________．
| A．only in winter | B．only in summer |
| C．only at night | D．all year round |
Near the North Pole you can’t see__________．
| A．animals | B．stone houses |
| C．plants | D．tents of skins |
Sometimes people there build houses of snow．It is__________．
| A．warm and safe | B．very cold inside |
| C．dangerous to live | D．cold and dangerous |
Dinner customs (习惯) are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana( 加纳), this information will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules (规则) about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else. But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末) of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw(锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew(咀嚼) fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________.
| A．the rules for dinner time are not strict |
| B．dinner is always at six in the evening |
| C．a family offers food only at four in the afternoon |
| D．people usually invite their guests to dinner late in the evening |
If you are a dinner guest in Ghana, the host (主人) always takes you to ________.
| A．the dining room first | B．the living room first |
| C．the kitchen first | D．the garden first |
People in Ghana usually eat ________.
| A．from one side of a dish to the other |
| B．from the other side of the dish |
| C．with their fingers |
| D．with their spoons |
In fact, most dishes in Ghana ________.
| A．are cooked with the powder of some plants |
| B．have fufu in them |
| C．are too hard to eat |
| D．are not very hard |
When you eat fufu, you’d better _________.
| A．cut it with a saw | B．use your right hand only |
| C．chew it well | D．all of the above |
阅读下面三则广告，回答问题。
| Come to Austria(奥地利)！ Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20 to 25 in the daytime, but much cooler by evening. |
| Enjoy Thailand(泰国)！ When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating(漂浮) just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40 at noon. |
| Visit Hawaii！ Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24 to 26 by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening. |
The advertisements above are about ______.
| A．shopping | B．food | C．travel | D．hotels |
If you go to Bangkok, you can．
| A．Climb Mountains |
| B．enjoy the scenery of the forests |
| C．live in the Post Hotel |
| D．buy fruits while sitting in your boat |
_____ is one better way to prevent the strong sunshine in Bangkok
| A．Going to the sandy beaches |
| B．wearing a hat |
| C．Climbing up the mountains |
| D．staying in the forests |
Which place will you choose if you want to visit both mountains and beaches?
| A．Soll in Austria. | B．Bangkok in Thailand. |
| C．the Floating Market. | D．Kauai in Hawaii. |
According to(根据) the advertisements, we know that _______.
| A．the hottest travel place is Soll |
| B．maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai |
| C．the Floating Market is in the middle of Bangkok |
| D．the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high |
配对阅读。左栏的五位母亲打算为各自的孩子选择一所学校，请在右栏信息中选出符合个人要求的最佳选项。
E. Kip McGrath Do you want your child to succeed at school? We have very good Math and English teachers. We are for children aged 6—16. |
Trains have long been an important form of transportation. Yet they have changed a lot since 1804, when the first train moved at 8 km/hr. Today’s high speed trains can go 300 km/hr or faster. Besides their speed, they have many advantages over other transportation types.
Japan built the world’s first high speed railway. In 1964, Japan’s “Shinkansen” trains started traveling between Osaka and Tokyo at 200 km/hr. Over time, more lines, as well as faster trains, were built.
Korea, England, and the USA, now have their own high speed systems. Taiwan Province’s started running in 2007. Its trains are based on two types of Shinkansen trains. They can carry 989 people and travel from Taipei to Kaohsiung in less than two hours.
These systems are expensive to build, but they have many advantages. For example, they are good for the environment. Trains on the London to Paris line create 1/10 the pollution that planes create. High speed trains are also safer and cleaner than cars.
Super fast trains can even help a country’s economy(经济). They make it easier to travel to faraway places. That helps businesses and land values in those areas. It’s no wonder so many countries are building their own high speed railways.The world’s first high speed trains started traveling at ______.
| A．8 km/hr | B．200 km/hr |
| C．300 km/hr | D．500 km/hr |
In Taiwan Province, the high speed trains are based on trains from ______.
| A．Japan | B．Korea | C．China | D．the USA |
According to the passage, high speed trains ______ than planes.
| A．are cheaper | B．are safer and cleaner |
| C．make traveling easier | D．cause less pollution |
One of the disadvantages of high speed trains mentioned in this passage is that ______.
| A．they are safer than some other transportation types |
| B．it costs a lot to build the whole high speed systems |
| C．they’re good for a country’s businesses and land values |
| D．super fast trains can help a country’s economy(经济) |
The main idea of this passage is that ______.
| A．trains are the most popular form of transportation in the world |
| B．Japan built the world’s first high speed railway |
| C．we should do everything that we can to help the environment |
| D．there are a lot of good reasons to build high speed railways |
Questionaire
Read the question and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.
1. When you don’t understand something, you ask questions.
2. You like listening to older people talk about the past.
3. You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.
4. You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don’t know. You enjoy reading books about famous people.
5. You always see and talk to different people.
6. You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.
7. You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.
8. You talk a lot about yourself.
9. Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.
10. You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology, whatever.
11. Your parents don’ understand you, so you don’t talk to them much.
SCORE NOW: Score 2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.
Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 questions, and 0 if you choose YES.
18-24 You are friendly and open-minded. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You’ll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things. Good for you!
10-16 Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will greatly make your life rich and colorful.
0-8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “ No man is an island”. This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.If you say “YES” to all these questions, you’ll get _____ points.
| A．12 | B．16 | C．20 | D．24 |
When you score 22 points, you are _____.
| A．shy and nervous | B．silent and serious |
| C．open and friendly | D．brave and strong |
The writer thinks you should_____.
| A．always see and talks to the same people |
| B．make your own decision whenever you want |
| C．enjoy teaching what you are good at |
| D．talk much about yourselves when possible |
“No man is an island” in the text probably means that______.
| A．the famous writer was very clever |
| B．everything is the same as 400 years ago |
| C．you will feel lonely if on an island |
| D．you can not live alone in the world |
The questions are used to test whether you are willing to _____.
| A．learn from others | B．help other people |
| C．do all by yourself | D．depend on others |