What is your zodiac（生肖） animal? According to the Chinese lunar calendar（农历）, 12 animals mark 12 different years. It is the basis of the Chinese zodiac. Nowadays, Chinese zodiac animals have worldwide fame and are increasingly popular among western people.
The zodiac is an important part of Chinese culture. People believe that the characteristics of a zodiac animal influence the personality of every person born in that year. For example, people born in the Year of the Tiger are considered powerful and brave.
Zodiac animals also have some social functions. When people think it is not proper to ask: “How old are you”, they may change their question to “What is your zodiac animal?” With this question, you can figure out roughly which year someone was born and the person’s age.
Zodiac animals are not special to China. Many countries share a similar zodiac culture with China. For example, in the Japanese Zodiac, a wild boar（野猪）takes the place of a pig and the Vietnamese（越南的）zodiac has a cat instead of a rabbit.
But have you ever wondered how these 12 animals were chosen to represent each year? According to legend, the Jade Emperor（玉皇大帝）invited all the animals to join him for Chinese New Year. Only 12 animals went to see him. As a reward he named a year after each one in the order they arrived. The ox would have been the first to arrive, but the rat sat on his back and jumped off just before they arrived to come in first place.The characteristics of a zodiac animal may influence the _____ of every person born in that year.
| A．appearance | B．personality | C．hobby | D．education |
“What is your zodiac animal?” is a question used to find out a person’s______.
| A．age | B．name | C．job | D．weight |
In the Japanese zodiac, we don’t see the zodiac animal：_______
| A．wild boar | B．rabbit | C．dragon | D．pig |
According to the last paragraph, we know that ____ was the first animal to arrive.
| A．ox | B．rat | C．pig | D．cat |
Ma Yan is not really a writer. But this 15-year-old girl has written a book that has moved many people around the world. “Ma Yan’s Diary” tells us about Ma’s life. She lives in a poor village called Zhangjiashu in Tongxin, Ningxia, and she has no money to go to school. But she is brave and has a strong desire（欲望）to go to school.
Her mother gave her diary to a French reporter, Pierre Haski when he went to Zhangjisshu in 2001. Now, it has been published（出版） in France Italy, Germany, Japan and China.
Ma is now a Junior Three student at Yuwang Middle School in Tongxin. Before this, she had to leave school twice. When she had to stop going to school the first time, her mum told her there was no money for her to go to school. She worked for 21 days and saved 13 yuan. With this money, she went back to school. The second time, her family told her she had to leave school but her two brothers could stay.
“I want to study,” Ma wrote in her diary. “Why can boys study but girls can’t? It would be wonderful if I could stay at school forever.”
Ma loves school so much because she wants to have a better life.
“My parents work hard in the fields but they are still poor. They have no knowledge. Most girls in my village leave school early and get married young. I don’t want that kind of life,” Ma said.
After her story became known, many French student sent money to her. Ma’s dream is the same as ever. She hopes to go to Tsinghua University and become a reporter. “Then , I can find poor kids like me and help them, ” she said.Which of the following can describe Ma Yan’s character（性格）best?
| A．Brave. | B．Pretty. | C．Lucky. | D．Poor. |
Now you can find “Ma Yan’s Diary” in all the following countries except (除了)_____.
| A．Germany | B．Britain | C．Japan | D．France |
Which of the following is the main（主要的） reason for Ma Yan’s Diary to be published?
| A．Her mother gave her enough money to publish the book. |
| B．She wrote about the poor life in her village. |
| C．She is very good at writing. |
| D．Her diary was read by a French reporter. |
Which is the reason for her leaving school for the second time?
| A．She had to help her mother do some housework. |
| B．Her brothers studied better than she did. |
| C．Girls were not equally treated（平等对待）in their village. |
| D．She didn’t study hard. |
Ma Yan wants to study because she wants to __________.
| A．teach her parents knowledge |
| B．get more money for her study in Tsinghua University |
| C．become more famous |
| D．get more knowledge to change her own life |
Happy Middle School is a bilingual (双语) school for children of 6-15. Now we want a cook, library assistant(助理), a PE teacher and a language(语言) teacher.
| Job |
Age |
Language |
Skill |
Other terms (条件) |
| cook |
25- 40 |
Chinese |
can cook Chinese and Western(西方的) food |
healthy |
| Library assistant |
20 - 35 |
Chinese and English |
read different kinds of books |
careful |
| PE teacher |
20- 40 |
Chinese and English |
major in(主修) PE |
healthy and strong |
| language teacher |
25-40 |
Chinese and English |
major in English |
healthy and kind |
Which of the following can go to Happy Middle School?
| A．A four-year-old child. | B．A ten-year-old child. |
| C．A sixteen-year-old child. | D．A five-year-old child. |
Happy Middle School doesn't want .
| A．a cook | B．a nurse | C．a library assistant | D．a PE teacher |
Which of the following may not speak English?
| A．The cook. | B．The library assistant. |
| C．The PE teacher. | D．The language teacher. |
The cook can cook .
| A．Chinese food | B．Western food |
| C．Chinese and Western food | D．everything |
Which of the following doesn't a PE teacher need?
| A．He majors in PE. | B．He must he healthy and strong. |
| C．It can speak Chinese and English. | D．He can cook Western food. |
Hello, my name is Sandy. My dream house is on a beach. It has two gardens. The front garden is large with many beautiful flowers and trees. We can take a walk and enjoy the beautiful flowers in it. There is a swimming pool in the back garden. We can swim there at any time.
On the ground floor, there is a big hall. You can see it after you walk past the front door. On the right of the big hall is a wonderful living room. There we can chat with friends, have a good rest, watch TV and enjoy different kinds of entertainments (娱乐). On the left, there is a computer room and a study. They are mine. I want to be a computer game designer, so the computer room is my favourite.
On the first floor, there are six bedrooms, and each has a modern bathroom. When my friends stay with me, they can have a bath in their own rooms. There is a big bed in each bedroom. So we can sleep comfortably.
Well, that is my dream house. Don't you think it's wonderful?Sandy has ____ in the front garden of her dream house.
| A．a swimming pool | B．a computer |
| C．many flowers and trees | D．a hall |
Sandy can _ in the back garden of her dream house.
| A．swim | B．sleep comfortably |
| C．cook delicious meals | D．watch TV |
Which room does Sandy like best?
| A．The kitchen. | B．Her bedroom. | C．The bathroom. | D．The computer room. |
Sandy and her friends can do the following things in the living room EXCEPT (除了 ).
| A．watching TV | B．having a good rest |
| C．playing ball games | D．chatting with each other |
How many bathrooms are there on the first floor?
| A．Six. | B．Eleven. | C．One. | D．Fifteen. |
I live in a small town near Xing'an in Guilin. You can't see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is fresh(清新的). There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are four hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school. In the front of the school, there is a playground. I often play basketball with my classmates on it. There is a little garden behind our school. And we can grow (种植) beautiful flowers and plant trees there. Next to the garden, there is an orange orchard(果园). You can hear birds singing everywhere. There is a river not far from our school. In summer, we usually go swimming with our teachers in it. We study Chinese, English, Maths and other subjects at school. The teachers are very nice. We love our school.The writer lives .
| A．in a small town | B．in the city of Guilin | C．Xing'an | D．in a tall building |
There is in the front of our school.
| A．a river | B．an orange orchard | C．a playground | D．a garden |
How many students are there in the school?
| A．4025. | B．425. | C．245. | D．400. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．There are many tall buildings in the town. |
| B．Behind the school there is a garden. |
| C．There is a river in the school. |
| D．People can hear students singing everywhere. |
What's the best title(标题) of the passage?
| A．The Garden | B．A Small Town | C．Our School | D．The Best Building |
Dear Jenny,
I’m sorry you’re sick(病了) and can’t come to school this week. Let me tell you what you have on Monday next week.
We have math at 8:00. How boring! Then we have English. That’s interesting. I know you love English. Next is P.E. The fourth lesson is art. That’s my favorite subject! In the afternoon, we have history with Mr Chen. He is fun but history isn’t. Then at 2:00 we have science with Miss Jones. You know how strict she is. I don’t like her. Our last class of the day is math. Again!
Yours,
Ben _____ is not at school this week.
A. Jenny B. Ben C. Miss JonesTheir first lesson is ______.
A. math B. English C. scienceJenny’s favorite subject is_______.
A. P.E. B. art C. EnglishHow many lessons do they have on Monday?
A. Four B. Six C. SevenTheir science teacher is _________.
A. friendly B. strict C. boring