Most American families like to have a vacation in summer. Summer is a good season for vacation. It is often hot in July and August.
Children do not go to school in those two months. Some people like to stay at home, read books, or watch TV. Many families take their lunch to eat at a place with many trees or a nice lake.
Some people have enough time and money to travel to other countries like France, Japan and Australia. They usually fly to these countries. Many families travel by car or train to see interesting places in their own countries. Their favorite cities are New York, Chicago, Miami, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Not everyone likes to go to busy cities. Some families travel to mountains or beautiful valleys.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分） is a good season for vacation.
| A．Spring | B．Summer | C．Autumn | D．Winter |
Many people don’t during their vacation.
| A．read books | B．travel | C．watch TV | D．go to work |
Many families like to have their lunch during their vacation.
| A．in the office | B．near a cinema |
| C．near a big factory | D．near a nice lake |
If you have , you can travel to other countries.
| A．money and friends | B．friends and time |
| C．money and time | D．food |
Which of the following is NOT true ?
| A．Summer vacation is about two months long. |
| B．Some people usually go to other countries to travel. |
| C．Everyone likes to travel to busy cities. |
| D．It’s often hot in July and August in America. |
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma who lives downstairs is satisfied with (满意) him.
One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future (未来). They talked for a long time. “Have a look at your watch, please,” said the girl. “What time is it now?” “Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,” said Jack. “Where's yours?” “I left it at home.”Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!” The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, “It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?”Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
| A．sixteen | B．eighteen |
| C．twenty | D．fifteen |
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________.
| A．he's her grandson | B．he's clever |
| C．he can keep quiet | D．he gets home on time |
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack's ________.
| A．classmate | B．colleague (同事) |
| C．aunt | D．wife |
The word “stamp” in the story means ______ in Chinese.
| A．盖印 | B．跺 | C．贴邮票 | D．承认 |
Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.
| A．to wake his grandma up |
| B．to make his grandma angry |
| C．that his grandma was going to tell him the time |
| D．that his grandma was going to buy him a watch |
| Festivals |
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| Symbol |
Name |
Date |
Country |
 |
Spring Festival |
January or February |
China |
 |
Mother’s Day |
The second Sunday in May |
the USA |
 |
Boys’ Day |
May 5th |
Japan |
 |
Christmas Day |
December 25th |
Western countries |
Mother’s Day often comes on______.
| A．the second Saturday in January |
| B．the third Saturday in December |
| C．the second Sunday in May |
| D．the fifth Sunday in May |
Of all the festivals in the form(表格)，______ comes last in a year.
| A．Christmas Day | B．Boys’ Day |
| C．Mother’s Day | D．Spring Festival |
The symbol of Spring Festival is______.
| A．flowers | B．fish |
| C．trees | D．dumplings |
Americans may celebrate______ festival(s) in the form.
| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
The festival for boys is only celebrated in _______.
| A．China | B．the USA |
| C．Japan | D．Canada |
We all know who Benjamin Franklin was. He was a very famous American statesman. He was also the first man to discover electricity. Franklin liked to study and to learn about new things. One day he heard from a friend that something black in colour holds the heat better than something white in colour. Franklin wanted to find out if this was true or not.
There was snow on the ground at the time. So he put two large pieces of cloth over the snow. One piece of cloth was black in colour, the other piece was white. Then he waited until the sun began to shine. After several hours he looked under the pieces of cloth and saw that the snow under the black cloth melted(融化) much faster than the snow under the white cloth. This proved to him that the black cloth held the heat better than the white cloth.
Soon after this, people began to wear white hats and white clothes during the summer because they were cooler.
Judge the following statements True (T) or False (F)Benjamin Franklin was only a scientist.
One day a friend of his told him something about the relation(关系) between colour and heat.
Something black in colour holds heat better than something white in colour.
This story happened in summer.
People wear white clothes in summer because they know it is cooler.
1.Our school is in the south of New York City. It’s not big but it’s clean and beautiful.
2.As we go into the school ,we can see there is a playground to our left and a small garden to our right. In the center of the school is our teaching building. When we go into the teaching building, we can see the Head Teacher’s Room on the left and the offices on the right. There are thirty-five classrooms and library in our school. The library has books on every subject.
3.We have to wear uniforms to school. Boys wear white shirts,blue trousers,black shoesand white scoks.Girls in Grade1-3 wear white shirts and blue skirts and girls in Grades4-6 wear white shirts and brown skirts.
4.Our head teacher teaches us maths. He is a very strict man. If we don’t obey the school rules, _______. But he is also very friendly. When we have problems, he always tries to help us.
5. Our other teachetrs teach us English, history and science. They are friendly, too. They gave us interesting lessons, check our homework carefully and often help us.
6.I like our school very much.在文中找出与下面所给句子意思最相近的一句话。
Our teaching building is in the middle of the school._____________________________________将第2段中画线的句子译成汉语。______________________________________________
回答问题
If Mary is in Grade 5 in the school, what color is her uniform skirt?________________________在第四段空线处填入一个适当的句子，使全句完整。______________________________
回答问题：
What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?_____________________________________
Practising yoga is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility.(灵活性)
Harish, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free---- even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body doesn’t get tired quickly,” he said. ”Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem,” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”What is Harish?
| A．A teacher | B．A lawyer |
| C． A doctor | D．A swimmer |
The underline phrase for free in the passage means _____
| A．快乐地 | B．自由地 |
| C．免费地 | D．规律地 |
Why is water yoga more popular than others?
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time.
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat
D. Both A and B.There are more _____ than _____ in Harish’s yoga class.
| A．children; adults | B．adults; children |
| C．women; men | D．olds; adults |
What can be the best title of the passage?
| A． Ways to keep fit |
| B． Water yoga in India |
| C． Hot yoga in the world |
| D． Harish and his classes |