If someone says to you: “ Give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person’s not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, “ give me five” or “ give me the high five” is a popular gesture ( 动作 ). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping ( 拍 ) of each other’s raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket ( 彩票 ). If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the king. This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword ( 剑 ) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?“ Give me five” is a gesture to ______________.
| A．ask for money | B．celebrate success |
| C．search one’s pocket | D．play |
The gesture “ give me five” is the clapping of _________.
| A．toes | B．hands | C．arms | D．legs |
When you ________, you give your friends high fives.
| A．lose your money | B．go back home |
| C．win a football game | D．do badly in exams |
The gesture started in _______ according to the story.
| A．Rome | B．America | C．China | D．Britain |
Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because ________.
| A．they were proud of their emperor |
| B．they were happy to see the emperor |
| C．they wanted to show there were no swords in their hands |
| D．We don’t know |
Long, long ago there was a very foolish(傻的) thief. Do you know what he did one day? When he wanted to steal(偷) the bell on his neighbor’s door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard（用力）. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home.
Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. “Ah, I’ll put some cotton in my ears. Then I won’t be able to hear the noise.” The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I’ll teach you a lesson(教训),”the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.
The foolish thief did not know how the neighbor found out he was stealing the bell. “Why did he come out just then?” he wondered(感到疑惑).The thief was trying to get______________.
| A．his neighbor | B．his neighbor’s doorbell |
| C．some cotton | D．a door with a bell on it |
The thief put some cotton in his ears. He thought it would be ___________ for him to steal the doorbell.
| A．safe | B．difficult | C．dangerous | D．easy |
The neighbor hit the thief to_____________________.
| A．give him lessons | B．punish (惩罚) him for stealing |
| C．help him with the bell | D．be his teacher |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The thief understood why he was hit on the nose. |
| B．The thief knew why the neighbor came out. |
| C．The thief thought the neighbor could not hear the bell. |
| D．The thief didn’t want to know why the neighbor ran out just at the time he stole the doorbell. |
Some students think it difficult to learn English well. That’s because they don’t find the right way. I think reading is very important for students. The more you read, the better you’ll understand. Reading is helpful to listening, speaking and writing.
If you often read English aloud, you’ll improve your listening. On the other hand, listening a lot can help you to read better. Reading English everywhere when you are free, if you wish. You can get a lot of knowledge when you read. Sometimes you need to express your ideas, you can either speak or write. That means you are using what you learned from reading. The same as Chinese, the more you read, the better you can write. If you want to remember something, you should read again and again. So from now on, you’d better do more reading. It’s a good way to learn English well.Some students think it difficult to learn English well because _________.
| A．they don’t work hard | B．they are afraid of English. |
| C．they don’t find the right way | D．they aren’t clever |
Reading is helpful to ________.
A. speaking B. listening
C. writing D. A. B & CThe writer thinks ________ is a good way to learn English well.
| A．the better you write | B．doing more reading |
| C．the more you remember | D．the more you write |
Here’s an advertisement from the newspaper. Read and choose the right answer to each question.
Which is not part of the job?
| A．Cooking for the child | B．Working at the child’s house |
| C．Reading books to the child | D．Taking care of the child |
Which of these sentences is true?
| A．Pay is more at weekends. |
| B．The babysitter must work six days a week. |
| C．The person must call Mr Smith first. |
| D．The child is less than nine years old. |
The babysitter must ___________
| A．go to the person’s office | B．drive a car to work |
| C．work every Saturday and Sunday. | D．play with the child |
阅读与回答问题( 共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
Spring Festival(春节) is the Chinese New Year’s Day. It usually comes in February. Everyone in China likes Spring Festival very much. When Spring Festival comes, Li Lei usually helps his parents clean their house and do some shopping and other housework. On that day, Chinese people usually eat dumplings, New Year’s cake and some other delicious(美味的) food. Li Lei likes New Year’s cake, but Han Mei thinks dumplings are nicer than New Year’s cake. Chinese people eat New Year’s cake and dumplings in their houses. How happy they are！When does Spring Festival usually come?
______________________________________________________________________What does Li Lei usually do when Spring Festival comes?
______________________________________________________________________What do Chinese people usually eat on that day?
_______________________________________________________________________Does Li Lei like New Year’s cake?
________________________________________________________________________Do you like Spring Festival? Why or why not?
________________________________________________________________________
Welcome to the zoo
Opening time； Price:
From Monday to Friday Adults：￥20
8:30 a.m.～5:30 p. m Chidren: ￥10
On Saturday ＆ Sunday
8:30 a.m. ～6:00 p.m.
Location: Xiaohe Street, Changchun District(区)， Binhai CityThe zoo opens _______ a week.
| A．two days | B．five days | C．six days | D．seven days |
On Tuesday, the zoo closes at _______.
| A．5：30 p.m. | B．6：00 p. m. |
| C．6：30 a. m. | D．8：30 a. m. |
On Thursday, the zoo is open for ______.
| A．8 hour | B．8.5 hours | C．9 hours | D．9.5 hours |
The zoo is in the city called ______.
| A．Xiaohe | B．Binhai | C．Changchun | D．Beibei |
Beibei is 11 years old, and this Sunday she wants to visit the zoo with her parents. How much should they pay for the tickets?
| A．¥20 | B．¥30 | C．¥40 | D．¥50 |