James likes sports, so he is tall and strong in his middle school. Now his father and mother work in London So he begins to study in a middle school there. He’s a member of the school Rugby team. He likes the game very much and plays it on Saturday and Sunday.
His grandma lives in a small village and one day she comes to see him. It’s Saturday and she doesn’t see the boy at home. So she goes to look for him in the school. She sees thirty boys are stealing only one ball. The old woman tells Tom to finish playing and going home with her.
“But, Grandma, I ……”
“Don’t play with them, my dear!” says the old woman. “I’m going to buy a ball for you!”
A. he’s tall B. he’s a student
C. he likes sports D.he likes his school James lives_________ now.
| A．in a village | B．with his grandma |
| C．in London | D．with his students |
James___________ on Saturday and Sunday.
| A．does housework | B．plays football |
| C．plays Rugby | D．has a rest |
________ , so the old woman doesn’t find him at home.
| A．James goes shopping | B．James leaves London |
| C．James is at school | D．James is not at home |
The old woman doesn’t know how to play Rugby, so she________
| A．watches the games for a long time |
| B．gives the team a new ball |
| C．tells the boy to go home with her |
| D．is angry |
Parking has been a problem for drivers for a long time in Zhengzhou. The Transportation Department is mapping out a new plan for the city’s parking system. There are about 100 thousand cars on the road in Zhengzhou but only enough parking space to provide room for 15 percent of these vehicles. It is no wonder that local drivers get so worried trying to find a place to park.
The number of the private car owners is becoming lager and larger. In March, the city sent out 1,000 private car licenses, the highest number of licenses ever sent out in a month. Industry experts say this suggests that local people have a strong, active interest in buying cars.
By the year 2020, the number of cars in Zhengzhou will probably reach 200 thousand. If one parking lot is for each car, then a lot of parking space should be built for these vehicles. The center of Zhengzhou is most short of parking space. However, experts point out that simply building more parking lots in these areas is not practical and doesn’t solve the problem. The idea of “ Park & Ride” system has been suggested. This means that underground train and city train should be developed quickly. Drivers can leave their vehicles in car parks nearby subway and bus stations and then they can ride public transport to go to the city center. Based on this idea, the city will cut down the number of parking lots in the city center and need higher parking fees(费用). But it will build more parking areas near main subway and bus stops.The underlined phrase “ mapping out ” in the first paragraph means _____.
| A．making | B．arguing |
| C．replying | D．comparing |
About _____ drivers can find places to park their cars in Zhengzhou now.
| A．8,500 | B．10,000 |
| C．15,000 | D．20,000 |
What can we infer from the second paragraph?
| A．The city sent out more private licenses in February. |
| B．Less and less people bought cars in March. |
| C．The city sent out less private licenses in March. |
| D．More and more people are going to buy cars. |
According to the idea of a “ Park & Ride ” system, the city will _____.
| A．send out more private car licenses |
| B．build more parking lots near bus stops |
| C．encourage people to buy more cars |
| D．build more parking areas in the city center |
This passage is mainly about_____.
| A．parking problems in Zhengzhou |
| B．heavy traffic in Zhengzhou |
| C．pollution in Zhengzhou |
| D．building more parking lots in Zhengzhou |
A group of old classmates, who have succeeded in their work, got together to visit their old university professor. The conversation soon turned to complaining about the stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and many cups-china(瓷), plastic and glass, some plain(朴素的) looking, some expensive and some lovely. The professor told them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “Can you notice all the nice looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones? While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source(根源) of your problems and stress.”
“What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you went for the best cups and were eyeing each other’s cups.”
“Now think about this: life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and do not change the quality of life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cups, we fail to enjoy the coffee. So don’t let the cups drive you, enjoy the coffee instead.” What did the group of old classmates get together for?
| A．Visiting their old university professor. |
| B．Seeing each other. |
| C．Complaining about their stress in work and life |
| D．Showing each other’s success. |
What cups did the old professor give to his students?
| A．All china cups. |
| B．Plastic and glass ups. |
| C．Beautiful cups. |
| D．Cups which are different in price, material and appearance. |
According to the old professor, why did they have so much stress?
| A．Because they paid too much attention on things that were not important. |
| B．Because they caught the main point of the meaning of life. |
| C．Because they concentrated on life and enjoyed it. |
| D．Because they drank too much coffee which was bad for them. |
What is the best title of this passage?
| A．Life Is the Coffee |
| B．An Old University Professor |
| C．Stress in Your Life |
| D．Coffee and Coffee Cups |
What can we learn from the old professor’s words?
| A．We should use the plain and cheap cups to drink coffee. |
| B．We should concentrate on the appearance of cups. |
| C．We should concentrate on life itself but not other unimportant things |
| D．We should learn how to work out problems in our work and life. |
Can you make a telephone call? Of course you can make it in Chinese. But a call in English is quite different from one from one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you can not say,“Please ask Mr. XX to answer the telephone.” Instead（代替），you must say,“May I speak to Mr. XX?” If you want to ask who is answering the phone, you should say,“Who is that?”“Is that Mr. XX ( speaking)?”Instead of “Who are you?” If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say,“This is XX (speaking)”instead of(而不是)“I am XX”.An English telephone is ____________ a Chinese one.
| A．as good as | B．better than |
| C．the same as | D．not the same as (与) |
If you want to tell the people who you are, you should say, " _____
| A．This is XX | B．I am XX |
| C．That is XX | D．He is XX |
If you want to ask who is answering the phone , you should say, " _______ .
| A．Who am I? | B．Who is he? |
| C．Who are you? | D．Who is that? |
If you want to ask someone to answer the call, you can say, " _______ ".
| A．May I speak to Mr. XX |
| B．Please tell Mr. XX to answer the call. |
| C．I want to talk to Mr. XX? |
| D．Are you Mr. XX? |
Which is right about the passage?
| A．It tells the difference between making a call in Chinese and one in English. |
| B．We know how we call in English. |
| C．We don't understand how we call in English. |
| D．It's easy to call in English. |
（Happy Children's Day!）
Come and see the Indian elephants and the tigers from America. The bears (熊)are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from Thailand are waiting to throw things at you. The lovely dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets: Adults: ￥60, Children: free
Time: June1-June2 9:00 a.m.-----7:00 p. m
Keep the park clean! Do not touch, give food or go near the animals. How many kinds of animals are talked about in the poster(海报)？
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
Mr. and Mrs. Brown will take their twins aged 6 to the park. How much will the tickets be together?
| A．￥60 | B．￥120 | C．￥180 | D．￥24 |
Visitors can’t _____.
| A．give some food to the tigers |
| B．watch the bears playing games |
| C．laugh at the dogs from Australia |
| D．take some pictures |
From the passage we can guess the animal "giraffe" must be _____.
| A．short | B．fat | C．tall | D．strong |
The poster may be made just _____.
| A．on New Year's Day | B．on Christmas Day |
| C．after Children's Day | D．before Children's Day |
Are people less happy or happier when they get older? If your answer is “happier”, then you are right, based on a study published five years ago. It found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen.
The findings came from a Gallup survey of more than three hundred and forty thousand adults in the United States in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that levels of stress were the highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. Stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.
Levels of happiness were the highest among the kids and those in their early seventies.
The survey also found that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men did.
So why would happiness increase with age? One theory is that, as people get older, they become more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
Title: Relationship Between Age and
| The elements of the survey |
Time: 2008 Place: in the United States Researcher: Arthur Stone and his Targets: 340,000 adults |
| The |
Generally people become happier and feel The kids and those in their early Men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older. However, women feel sadder, more |
| Conclusion |
Happiness |