Thousands of people have been killed in a massive(大规模的) earthquake in Japan. The quake -- the most powerful to hit Japan in more than 100 years -- caused massive damage and many people are missing and feared dead.
The 8.9 magnitude quake struck Friday(March 11) off Japan's eastern coast, and prompted(引发) tsunami warnings（海啸警报）across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. Several days after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and resulting 10-meter-high tsunami devastated the coastline. The United States Geological Survey says it was the fifth largest earthquake since 1900. The largest, with a 9.5 magnitude, shook Chile(智利) in 1960.
In Japan, the tsunami swept away boats, cars and hundreds of houses in coastal areas north of Tokyo. The quake shook buildings in the Japanese capital and caused several fires. All train and subway traffic in Tokyo has been stopped, and thousands of people there were unable to get back home. People are just trying to find clean water. Food supplies are running out. In the convenience stores, there are no rice balls left. There is no bottled water left. People are facing a really serious situation in the days ahead for these people that are living in areas that were only moderately（普通的） damaged. The final death toll could range from the thousands to tens of thousands, depending on how many of these communities are gone.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the government would do everything it can to minimize（使降到最低） the effects of the disaster. And in Washington, President Obama said the United States is ready to help the people of Japan.The underline word damage means_____________ in the article.
| A．illness | B．disaster | C．terror | D．danger |
Which is true according to the passage?
| A．Thousands of people have been killed in a massive earthquake in Japan. |
| B．Only people in areas that were only moderately damaged are facing a really serious situation in the days. |
| C．The tsunami devastatednot only the coastline in Japan, but also the areas across the Pacific as far away as South America and the U.S. West Coast. |
| D．The massive earthquake caused the tsunami. |
According to the passage, which earthquake is the largest one since 1990 ?
| A．the one happened in Japan on March 11, 2011 |
| B．the one in Chile in 1960 |
| C．the fifth largest earthquake since 1900 |
| D．We don't know. |
If you're in Tokyo these days, what you can't get from the convenience store?
| A．newspapers and magazines |
| B．some medicine |
| C．paper napkins and toothpastes |
| D．rice balls and bottled water |
The passage can't be in/on __________.
| A．March 10th newspapers | B．TV | C． Internet | D． Radios |
We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe he can’t speak English.
If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football. So, you see, you can learn by using it. You must listen to your teacher carefully in class. You must speak English to your classmates every day and also you must write something in English. Then one day you may find your English is very good.You know a lot about English, but maybe ___it.
| A．you can speak | B．you can study |
| C．you can’t speak | D．you can’t study |
You must get into the water _____.
| A．to learn how to swim | B．to skate | C．to jump | D．to play |
If you want to be a football player, please.
| A．buy a football | B．play football |
| C．have some lessons | D．read some books |
The best title(标题)for the passage is“”．
| A．How to swim | B．To be a good player |
| C．How to study English well | D．To learn English well is important |
Welcome to the zoo
| Tickets |
Opening time |
| Adults:＄2.00 Children:＄1.00 Under 12: Free |
9:00a.m----4:00p.m. |
| Keep the zoo clean! Do not touch (触摸), give food to or go near the animals. |
How many kinds of animals are talked about in the passage？
| A．Four | B．Five | C．Six | D．Seven |
Now Mr. Smith is in the zoo with his two sons, one aged 14 and the other is 10.How
much are the tickets altogether(总共)?
| A．＄4.00 | B．＄2.00 | C．＄3.00 | D．＄1.00 |
Which of the following can we do in the zoo?
| A．Take a few nice photos. | B．Give some food to the fish. |
| C．Touch the monkey on the head. | D．Throw things everywhere. |
“A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” Sometimes in life, you find a special friend: someone who changes you life just by being part of it; someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop; someone who convinces( 使相信 ) you that there really is an open door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship.
When you're sad, and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirits and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full; Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times, and the confused times.If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows; If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on; Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be ok.
And if you find such a friend, you feel happy because you need not worry. You have a forever friend for life and forever has no end.
| Forever friendship |
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What’s a __ |
★ ___ ★ Make you laugh until you can’t stop. ★ Make you___ |
What’s forever friendship like in time of____ |
★ When you are not ___ ★ Your forever friend can help you turn the ___ ★ With the help of your forever friend, you can go through the difficult and sad times more ___ |
| ★ Wherever you go, he will follow you. ★ You can turn to him for help even when you lose your way. ★ Nothing can worry you if you find a ___ |
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| Conclusion(总结) |
It’s ___ |
I have known Ting for a long time. She was a friend of mine in high school. Ting used to see me as her best friend in my class because, as she said , it was easy to be friends with me . Therefore ,when we had time in school,she often came to me and we would talk about many things. Though I didn’t have special feelings about this friend, I was fine with this because I didn’t see the reason why I should say “no” to a friend I didn’t hate.
But there was a while when she came to me, and usually said nothing meaningful. I started to feel tired and then tried not to meet her. After that she never came to me. Though guilty, I started to feel free about my life and never thought of anything about her feeling.
After a month or two, I heard from other friends that Ting’s father had passed away six months before. I was so shocked! Then I suddenly realized why Ting had often come to me but said nothing special. She needed my company (陪伴). I felt so bad about myself that I went to find her the next day. But I only found that she had moved away to another place.
At that time, I found myself so selfish that I only thought of myself but didn’t even try to ask a friend what happened in her life.“I was fine with this because ….” What does “this” mean here?
| A．Ting’s coming to the writer. | B．The things Ting said. |
| C．The writer’s own feeling. | D．Ting is easy to be with. |
What did the writer think of Ting in the beginning?
| A．The writer didn’t like Ting. |
| B．The writer felt bored with Ting. |
| C．Ting was considered the best friend. |
| D．The writer had no special feelings about Ting. |
What is the story about?
| A．About happiness. | B．About friends. |
| C．About the meaning of life. | D．About how to be with friends. |
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Ting is not the writer’s best friend. |
| B．Ting told the writer that her father died. |
| C．The writer didn’t care enough about her friend. |
| D．The writer is sorry for what she has done to her friend. |
Though the ways of teaching have come a long way, the ways of communicating between teachers and students are almost the same. But now, a European country is trying to change that by building schools that have no classrooms, no subject lessons and best of all, no grades.
The idea behind the special school is that children are creative. And researchers also think that kids’ learning and ideas are as important as those of the CEO of Google, so why not give them a similar environment? Kids may be successful in such an environment.
To make kids more creative, the schools are built with special learning areas instead of traditional classrooms. And even the lessons are taught in a special way, with mobile phones and computers.
There is no “right” or “wrong” kind of education. The school believes that everything is a learning experience, whether it is about a serious science project or making a movie inside the school’s recording studio.
One of the special schools opened in August, 2011. It has five learning areas. The Cave is a secluded place where students fix their attention on individual (个人的) projects without being bothered (打扰). The Lab is a place where students can do all kinds of experiments and test their ideas. Kids can work in groups in the same projects in The Camp Fire. The Show Off is where kids can show their inventions. And if the kids need a rest, they can visit The Watering Hole, which has all kinds of fun activities.
Sounds great? And the coolest thing is that the school is free! I hope more schools like this will appear in the world!What is the idea behind the special school?
| A．The children are creative. |
| B．All the students need to be taught. |
| C．All the students must be successful. |
| D．All the students must have high grades. |
From the passage we can infer (推断) that in the special schools.
| A．students are bored | B．students are tired |
| C．students learn freely | D．students learn from their teachers |
“The Cave is a secluded place ….” The word “secluded” probably means “” in Chinese.
| A．清静的 | B．固定的 | C．吵闹的 | D．混合的 |
Paragraph 5 mainly tells us that .
| A．the school doesn’t have grades |
| B．the school has clever students |
| C．the school has five learning areas |
| D．the school doesn’t have classrooms |