Is it difficult for you to get up in the morning? Hiroyuki’s bed will solve your problem! Here is how it works.
The bed is connected to an alarm clock. First, the alarm clock rings. You have a few minutes to wake up. Next, a tape recorder in the bed plays soft music. The tape recorder in Hiroyuki’s bed plays a recording of his girlfriend. She whispered in a soft voice, “Wake up, darling, please.” After minutes later, Hiroyuki hears a recording of his boss. His boss shouts, “Wake up at once , or you’ll be late !”
If you don’t get up after the second recording, a mechanical “foot” in the bed will kick you in the head. The bed waits a few more minutes. What! You’re still in bed! Slowly the top of the bed rises higher and higher. The foot of the bed goes lower and lower. Finally you slide off the bed and onto the floor. You are out of bed awake!
Hiroyuki’s bed is not in stores. There is only one bed--- the bed Hiroyuki made for a contest. Maybe someday a company will make Hiroyuki’s bed and sell it in stores. Maybe people will buy millions of beds. Then Hiroyuki will be rich. If the bed makes Hiroyuki rich, he won’t need to work, and he won’t need to get up early! The bed is useful to the people _______.
| A．who can’t sleep well | B．who can’t get up early |
| C．who go to bed early | D．who go to bed late |
The bed is not connected to _______ .
| A．an alarm clock | B．a tape recorder | C．a TV | D．a mechanical “foot” |
What will finally happen to Hiroyuki if he doesn’t get up ?
| A． He will slide onto the floor . |
| B． A tape recorder will play a recording of his boss . |
| C． A mechanical “foot” will kick him in the head . |
| D． The bed will rise higher and higher |
Which is TRUE of the following sentences ?
| A． Hiroyuki’s company has made many such beds . |
| B． Hiroyuki’s bed is the only one made for a contest . |
| C． Hiroyuki has made a lot of money . |
| D． Hiroyuki needn’t get up early now . |
Summer vacations should be relaxed for students. However, many of them use the opportunity to take part in summer project. 
Xu Dan,a 15-year-old girl , loves vacations because it means she can spend more time volunteering. She believes that volunteering has cts instead. changed her life and made her a better person.
Two years ago, Xu was a shy girl. One day, she saw a group of volunteers picking up trash in the street. Since she had no plans for the summer vacation and wanted to make some friends, she decided to join them.
“I used to think volunteering was nothing more than picking up trash. Now I know that the aim of volunteer work is helping others and gaining self-esteem(自尊),”Xu says. Her volunteering schedule is full: teaching migration workers’(外来务工人员) children English from Mondays to Fridays, picking up trash on Saturdays, and visiting old people on Sundays.
For Xu, visiting old people is the most meanful activity. “I help them clean their homes and cut their hair. I talk to them and listen to their life stories. These are just small things, but every time I help others I feel more confident about myself,” Xu says.
According to Xu, the positive energy(正能量) from volunteering influences the way she deals with people and sees the world. “I can see things from other people’s point of view and look at things more positively. I think I’m going to hold on to it all my life.” she says.Xu Dan loves to spend more time_______ during vacations.
| A．studying | B．reading | C．traveling | D．volunteering |
When did Xu Dan start volunteering?
| A．When she was 14 years old. | B．When she was 15 years old. |
| C．Two years ago | D．Three years ago. |
Why did Xu Dan decide to join volunteers at first?
A. She didn’t have any plans for the summer vacation
B. She wanted to make some friends
C. She wanted to get more experiences.
D. Both A and B.What does Xu Dan do on Sundays according to her volunteering schedule?
| A．She visits sick people. |
| B．She visits old people |
| C．She picks up trash . |
| D．She teaches migration workers’ children English . |
Which of the following is NOT ture according to the passage?
| A．Xu Dan believes that volunteering has changed her life. |
| B．Xu Dan used to think volunteering was just picking up trash. |
| C．Xu Dan thinks teaching English is the most meanful activity. |
| D．Xu Dan will continue volunteering. |
One day, Allan and his friend Henry went swimming in a river. It was very hot. How happy they were in the river! After they got out of the water, they played games in the sun for a while.
On their way back, Henry saw some flowers. He liked flowers very much and ran into the green field to look at them. Now Allan was walking by himself.
Then he heard Henry calling out, "A snake（蛇）! Help!..."
"What's wrong with you?" asked Allan.
"A snake bit（咬）me in the leg. Come here!"
Allan ran over and saw a small red wound（伤口）on Henry' s leg.
"The snake was in the grass. I didn't see it."
"Sit down quickly"! Allan told Henry.
Allan put his mouth at the little red wound and began to suck（吸）at it. In this way he saved （挽救）Henry's life. "Oh, Allan, it's very kind of you to help me."
"That's all right. We are friends and we must always help each other."It was________ when-Allan and Henry went out.
| A．hot | B．cold | C．raining | D．wet |
After swimming, they played in the sun________.
| A．the whole morning | B．for 2 hours |
| C．long | D．for a while |
On their way home,________ got something wrong with his________.
| A．Allan; leg | B．Allan; head |
| C．Henry; leg | D．Henry; head |
Henry and Allan are________.
| A．workers | B．good friends |
| C．brothers | D．farmers |
Which of the following（下面的）is true?
| A．Henry went to look at the flowers with Allan. |
| B．Allan saved Henry' s life. |
| C．Allan saw the snake. |
| D．They ran to the hospital at once. |
If we want to deal with the association (社交) between boys and girls properly, here are some "dos and don'ts" for you to follow.
Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. It is very nature for the boys and girls to make friends with each other. We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep touch with the other sex (性别) in public instead of in secret.
Don't be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friend with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.
Don't fall into the ditch of early love. The boys and girls at a adolescence (青春期) are rich in feeling. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion, early love is a green apple that can't be eaten. An apple won't taste sweet until it is full ripe. Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of early love.The main idea of the passage is to _______.
| A．tell students to keep away from early love |
| B．give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls |
| C．tell students how to make friends |
| D．teach boys how to talk with girls |
We should keep touch with the other sex in following ways EXCEPT _______.
| A．with a good state of mind | B．in real friendship |
| C．in public | D．in secret |
If you are a shy person, you can _______.
| A．find friends with the same interest and hobby first |
| B．only have a few friends of the same sex |
| C．not make friends with the other sex |
| D．not fall in love with other students easily |
What does the underlined word "ditch" mean?
| A．波浪 | B．泥潭 | C．圈套 | D．迷惑 |
A person at adolescence is _______.
| A．complicated (复杂的) in feelings |
| B．good at making friends with each other |
| C．old enough to fall in love |
| D．easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love |
What is the hottest English word of 2013? It’s “selfie”, according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smartphone(智能手机) and send them to a social media website.
The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 months, its frequency (出现频率) in the English language has increased by 17,000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. Now, almost everybody knows it.
“Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone (QQ空间),” said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.
Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. “She has used many selfies to tell us what’s going on in her personal life,” said Li.
What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自恋). “The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!” said US psychiatrist(精神科医生) Carole Lieberman.
Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian. “The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others,” wrote Freedland.
Huang Xu agrees with that. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.According to the story, a “selfie” is _____.
| A．a person with a smartphone | B．a smartphone which can take photos |
| C．a photo taken by oneself | D．an English dictionary |
When was the word “selfie” first used?
| A．More than ten years ago | B．In 2013 |
| C．When smartphones appeared | D．Nobody knows |
We can tell from the story that _____.
| A．only famous people enjoy taking selfies |
| B．all people love selfies because of narcissism |
| C．people love to share selfies online |
| D．US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies |
We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way” at the beginning of _______.
| A．Paragraph 4 | B．Paragraph 5 | C．Paragraph 6 | D．Paragraph 7 |
What is the best title of this passage ?
| A．Selfies and narcissism | B．Selfies and sharing |
| C．Selfies and smartphones | D．Selfies, the hottest word in 2013 |
He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy alone. He worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.
One day he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He was worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went home quickly after finishing his work.
When he got home, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. When he was about to sleep himself, he was surprised to find an overturned bowl of noodles under the quilt. He spanked his sleeping son angrily: "Why are you so naughty, making the quilt dirty? Who will wash it?" It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife's death.
"I haven't," the boy explained with tears in his eyes. "This is your supper, Daddy." In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home, the boy cooked two bowls of noodles: one for himself, the other one for his father. He was afraid his father's noodles would get cold, so he placed them under the quilt to keep them hot.
Hearing this, the father hugged his boy tightly without saying a word. According to the passage we know the boy only had _________.
| A．a grandfather | B．a mother | C．a father | D．a grandmother |
The single father was always worried about ______.
| A．his work | B．his money | C．his son | D．his quilt |
When the father got home , __________________________
| A．His son wasn't at home. | B．He was tired out |
| C．His son was doing his homework | D．He was very happy. |
When the father knew the truth, _________.
| A．He hit his son | B．He was very upset. |
| C．He hugged his son tightly. | D．He went outside. |
Which of the following is wrong?
| A．The father worried about his son when he was on business. |
| B．The child was sleeping when his father got home. |
| C．The father often hit his son after his wife’s death. |
| D．The child cooked noodles for himself and his father. |