There was a famous church in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. A platform （平台）was built so that the artist could put up the ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.
One day the artist was working hard and had nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant, who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was progressing. To have a better look at his painting, he stepped back again. Suddenly, his assistant shouted, picked up a small bowl of paint and started to paint the artist’s work on the top. The artist was very angry and rushed forwards to stop him.
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad?” His assistant replied, “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn’t notice that you had reached the very edge of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards, you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.The story happened in ______.
| A．America | B．France | C．German | D．England |
Why did the artist step back again?
| A．To see how his work was progressing. | B．To have a better look at his painting. |
| C．To paint a bow in his painting. | D．To pour some paint on his painting. |
What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?
| A．He painted a famous painting himself. | B．He ran forwards to stop him. |
| C．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting. | D．He stopped mixing the paints. |
Which picture shows the same situation as the underlined sentence in Paragraph2?
Note: a: artist b: assistant c: painting ←: the direction of the movement.
After reading the passage, what do you think the artist would probably do?
| A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done. |
| B．He would punish the assistant for having destroyed his painting. |
| C．He would be thankful to be the assistant for having saved his life. |
| D．He wouldn’t allow the assistant to work with him any more. |
Recently，a solar powered（太阳能动力的）plane took to the sky for the first time. It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world. The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland（瑞士）at 45km an hour. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.
“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.
During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6k above the countryside. Engineers plan to test a night flight before July. Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012.
The plane flies at 70 km an hour. That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time. We want to fly it day and night with no fuel (燃料),” Piccard saidHow long did the first flight of the solar powered plane last？
| A．45 minutes | B．60 minutes | C．70 minutes | D．90 minutes |
What’s the most special about the plane？
| A．It uses no fuel | B．It’s the fastest plane |
| C．It can fly highest | D．It’s the heaviest plane |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?
A The plane goes much faster than a car
B The plane took off at a speed of 45km an hour
C Engineers plan to test a night flight before July
D The plane will fly in the air or up to five days at a timeWhich column（栏目）of a newspaper may the passage come from？
| A．Food and Health | B．Scientist and Technology |
| C．Culture and Communication | D．Sports and Entertainment |
Birthdays are celebrated（庆祝）all over the world. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are rather similar from county to country: candles, cakes, and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few: 
In _________ flowers are put on the chair of the birthday child.
| A．Japan | B．Denmark | C．India | D．Holland |
In Japan, the birthday is more important for boys when they are ________.
| A．15 | B．7 | C．5 | D．3 |
The passage is mainly about __________.
| A．similar ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries |
| B．different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries |
| C．children’s birthdays in western countries |
| D．the importance of children’s birthdays |
Mr Smith is a teacher of English．He comes from America．He teaches English in China．He speaks Chinese quite well．
He reads a lot of books and his wife often writes books for the students at home．Mr Smith gets up at five in the morning．He leaves home at ten to six．He begins the first lesson at 8：00．He teaches English every day except Saturday and Sunday．At ten to twelve he finishes his lessons．Ten minutes later he has lunch．In the afternoon，he often plays games with his students．Sometimes he teaches his students in his office．Supper time is at about six．After that，he reads newspapers and watches TV．At about ten to eleven he goes to bed．Mr Smith is ．
| A．a Chinese | B．an Englishmans | C．a worker | D．an American |
He leaves home at．
| A．6：10 | B．5：50 | C．7：10 | D．6：50 |
He doesn’t have any English classes on．
| A．Saturday | B．Sunday | C．Friday | D．Saturday and Sunday |
He has lunch at．
| A．12：30 | B．12：00 | C．13：30 | D．13：00 |
He watches TV or reads newspapersupper．
| A．before | B．after | C．at | D．in |
Every year people celebrate the Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It’s the most important(重要的) festival in China. So before it comes, everyone buys many things, and they often make a special kind of food called dumplings. It means “come together”. Parents always buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents. On the Spring Festival eve(除夕), all the family members come back home. They sing, dance and play cards. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes(祝愿) for the coming year. They all have a good time.Which is the most important festival in China?
| A．the Mid-Autumn Festival | B．The Spring Festival |
| C．Children’s Day | D．May Day |
The Chinese usually have their Spring Festival in________ .
| A．January or February | B．February or march |
| C．September or October | D．December or January |
．What’s the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China?
| A．Fruit | B．Fish | C．Dumplings | D．chicken |
The food dumpling means “_________”
| A．be nice | B．be hungry | C．come together | D．come back |
When Chinese people are having dinner on the Spring Festival eve, they ____.
| A．sing, dance and play cards | B．buy each other presents |
| C．never drinks | D．never sings |
Do you know the girl in a hat with flowers on it? Her name is Yinzi. She is a nice Japanese girl, my new friend. She is in our class, studying Chinese.
I like Yinzi. I don’t know Japanese, and Yinzi doesn’t know Chinese. We know some English. We are the same age. In the same class we have the same interests (兴趣). We like to sing Chinese, Japanese and English songs. I help her to ride a bike and fly a kite. She helps me to swim and jump. We like playing football, but we can’t play in the school because the playground is small. Yinzi and the other girls in our class will go to the swimming pool on Monday, and I want to go with them.Yinzi likes to _________.
| A．wear a hat with flowers on it | B．play on the playground |
| C．speak Chinese | D．pick flowers in the garden |
Yinzi _________.
| A．is from England | B．comes from China |
| C．is from Japan | D．comes from America |
The Japanese girl knows _________.
| A．some Chinese | B．some English | C．little Japanese | D．A and B |
Yinzi is good at _________.
| A．swimming and jumping | B．riding a bike |
| C．flying a kite | D．Chinese |
Yinzi and the other girls want _________ on Monday.
| A．to play yo-yos | B．to swim | C．to play football | D．to fly kites |