When I crossed a small road on my first day in Kolkata, I was surprised because I heard a bell-not a horn (喇叭), It was a tiny man pulling a rickshaw, He stopped and picked up two children from the front door of their house and pulled them to school. For many people, the rickshaw in Kolkata has many advantages, When the traffic is bad, rickshaws find a way through the traffic. If your miss your bus and there aren't any taxis, you can always find a rickshaw in Kolkata. Rickshaws are from your house to the market and waits for you. Then he loads (装载)all your things, drops you off outside your home and helps you unload, No other type of public transport offers this kind of service.
From June to September, Kolkata gets heavy rain. Sometimes it rains for 48 hours without a break. In some parts of the city, the roads flood (水淹), and anything with an engine(发动机) is useless, But the rickshaw drivers never stop working, even with water all around them.
But not everyone thinks rickshaws are a good thing. The local government want to ban rickshaws. They believe it is wrong for one man to pull another person when there is modern transport in the city. However, there is a problem with this plan. Many of the rickshaw drivers come from the countryside. The only job they can find in Kolkata is pulling a rickshaw, If the city bans rickshaws, these men won't have a job. So for the moment, the people of Kolkata still go by rickshaw.What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?
| A．The rickshaw drivers carry things for local people in Kolkata. |
| B．Parents need rickshaws for taking children to school in Kolkata. |
| C．Rickshaws can find a way through the bad traffic in Kolkata. |
| D．Rickshaws are very useful for the people' s daily life in Kolkata. |
What does the underlined word "ban" mean?
| A．make | B．increase | C．forbid | D．collect |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．The rickshaws in Kolkata have loud horns. |
| B．The rickshaw is still a part of public transport in Kolkata. |
| C．The local government offer many other jobs to the rickshaw driven. |
| D．The people in Kolkata are supposed to take rickshaws instead of cars. |
Your Junior 3 year will finish soon. Do you want to say something about your junior school life? What were the rewards（收获）of the three years? Teen readers have their stories to share.
Lin Yijian, 14, Xiamen, Fujian
I got through a hard time in Junior 2 when my grades suddenly dropped（下降）a lot. I faced great pressure. In the following summer vacation, I worked really hard by studying from 7:30 am to 9:30 pm every day. It was crazy, but when I got back to the front seat of the class, I felt everything had been worthwhile (值得的).
Luo Shu’er, 14, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
I lived in a dorm during junior school. It was a great challenge since I had never left my parents before that. I had to take care of everything myself. I learned to make my bed and get along with roommates. I also learned to make a schedule to arrange（安排）my time. I’ve done a good job and I feel proud.
Yin Donghui, 13, Beijing
I won first place in the rope skipping（跳绳）competition at our school’s sports meeting in my first year in junior school. The sports meeting is a big thing at our school. To prepare for it, I practiced hard and skipped rope 500 times every day. Finally I skipped over 210 times in one minute. You don’t know how excited I was then!Where can you probably read the passage?
| A．In an ad. | B．In a story book. | C．In a newspaper. | D．In a textbook. |
Why did Lin Yijian face great pressure in Junior 2?
| A．Because his grades were not so good as before. |
| B．Because he felt everything had been worthwhile. |
| C．Because he studied too hard. |
| D．Because he wanted to drop his study. |
What does the underlined word “dorm” mean in the passage?
| A．旅馆 | B．宿舍 | C．会堂 | D．走廊 |
How many times can Yin Donghui skip in one minute at last?
| A．150 times. | B．200 times. | C．210 times. | D．500 times. |
How does the writer show the teen readers’ junior school life?
| A．By comparing different places. | B．By describing people’s looks. |
| C．By giving figures（数据）. | D．By using students’ words. |
A little girl walked to and from school every day. Though it was not fine and clouds appeared in the sky that morning, the little girl made her daily trip to school as usual. When school was over, winds became stronger and it began to rain.
The mother of the little girl felt worried that her daughter would be afraid when she walked home from school and that lightning might frighten(受惊吓) her child. Following the bright light of lightning, the mother quickly got into her car and drove to her child's school.
As the mother drove along the road, she saw her little girl walking alone in the rain.To her great surprise, she found that when a lightning came, her daughter stopped, looked up and smiled. Another lightning came and then another followed. With each lightning, the little girl stopped, looked up and smiled.
Inside the car, the mother asked her daughter, "What were you doing? Why did you look up and smile when the lightning came?" The little girl answered with a smile, “Mum, you know, God was looking at me. Each time I felt a little afraid walking in the rain, God would take a picture of me. I knew he was playing a game with me.”How did the little girl go to school every day?
| A．By car. | B．On foot. | C．By bus. | D．By bike. |
What was the weather like before school was over?
| A．It was rainy. | B．It was fine. | C．It was just windy. | D．It was cloudy. |
At first, the mother felt worried because.
| A．she couldn't help her daughter |
| B．her daughter hadn't taken her umbrella |
| C．she had something more important to do |
| D．her daughter might be afraid of the lightning |
According to the article, we can know that the little girl was .
| A．proud | B．shy | C．brave | D．nervous |
This passage is possibly from .
| A．a menu | B．a magazine | C．a dictionary | D．a report |
Strong Museum
Hours
Monday---Thursday: 10:00 am---5:00 pm Friday: 10:00 am---8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am -- -5:00 pm Sunday: 11:00 am---5:00 pm
Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
The Museum Shop is open during regular museum hours.
The Museum Library is open during Monday---Friday: 10:00 am---5:00 pm.
The Skyliner Restaurant is open during regular museum hours from Monday to Saturday, and from 11:30 am to 5:00 pm on Sunday.
Admission(入场费)
Adults: $7.00 The aged and students with ID: $6.00
Strong Museum offers a 50% discount(折扣) to groups of 20 or more.Strong Museum usually opens________ except on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
| A．Monday to Thursday | B．every day |
| C．every weekday | D．at weekends |
If a group of 30 students with ID visit strong Museum, how much should they pay for the admission?
| A．$105 | B．$ 90 | C．$ 210 | D．$ 180 |
You can borrow books from the Museum Library _________.
| A．on weekdays | B．at weekends |
| C．from Monday to Saturday | D．At 9:00 am every day |
If you want to invite your friends to dinner on Friday near the museum, you have to reach the Skyliner Restaurant _________.
| A．after 8.00 pm | B．at 6.00 am | C．after 10:00 pm | D．before 8:00 pm |
Which is the best title for the ad?
| A．Strong Museum---an Exciting Place for Adults |
| B．Welcome to Strong Museum for a long Holiday |
| C．Strong Museum---the Best Place to Spend Your Day |
| D．A wonderful Tourist Place |
阅读短文, 根据短文内容完成句子。每空一词，并将单词写在相应的横线上。（满分10分）
Two famous cartoons
The Lion Kings
Mufasa , the king of the lions , has a baby son called Simba .Mufasa has a brother , Scar , who hates Simba and his father because he wants to be king . With the help of some hyenas Simba（土狼）.Scar kills Mufasa , but very cleverly makes Simba believe that he killed his father .
Simba leaves and goes far away and Scar becomes king . But as Simba becomes older , he understands what really happened , and returns home with his friends . He fights Scar and becomes king of the lions .
Shrek
Farquaad , the ruler of a country called Duloc , decides that all the characters from fantasy stories must leave the country . There is a a very big , ugly monster called Shrek who lives in a forest and all the fantasy characters hide in his home , although Shrek doesn’t want them to .
Shrek visits Farquaad . Farquaad agrees that the fantasy characters can come back if Shrek can find the beautiful princess (公主)that Farquad wants to marry .Shrek goes to look for the princess called Fiona . He finds her and discovers that at night she becomes as ugly as him .When Farquaad discovers that Fiona is ugly , he doesn’t want to marry her . The monster and the princess marry , and the princess（公主）decides to stay ugly all the time for love !
阅读短文，根据短文内容完成句子。(每空一词，共10分)Mufasa’s son is called ______________.
Scar ________ Simba and his father because he wants to be __________ of the lions.
Simba goes back home and fights Scar when he _______ _________.
Shrek ,a very big, ugly _______, visits Farquaad because he wants to help all the ________ _____.
Farquaad wants to ________ the beautiful princess called Fiona.
At last the princess and Shrek gets married for _______.
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even eat it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problems was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollutions. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving there will be less air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.
选择合适的选项填空：________, our world is becoming much smaller.
| A．Because of the rise in pollution. |
| B．Thanks to the development of traffic and communication |
| C．Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year. |
| D．Because the earth is being polluted day and night. |
Hundreds of years ago, life was ________ it is today.
| A．much easier than | B．as easy as | C．much harder than | D．as hard as |
Pollution comes in may ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means _________.
| A．rubbish | B．noise pollution | C．air pollution | D．water pollution |
Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _________.
| A．it makes much noise |
| B．it makes us angry more easily |
| C．it makes our rivers and lakes dirty |
| D．it’s bad for all living things in the world. |
Which of the following in NOT true?
| A．Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. |
| B．The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world population does. |
| C．The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth. |
| D．If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2. |