The coldest and most difficult place in the world in which to live is Antarctica. Antarctica is the land of snow and ice near the South Pole. Most people do not think there is much life in the icy waters around it. They are wrong.
Antarctica's seas are full of life. There are many kinds of fishes, water birds, seals and whales. They eat the thick plant life in the sea and the smaller water animals. Some whales, for example, eat more than a ton of food every day.
The most famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin. It struts around the icy as if it were a movie star walking down the street.
| A．Thick Plant Life | B．Life Around Antarctica |
| C．Tons of Food | D．Penguins |
| A．whale | B．seal | C．penguin | D．fox |
| A．much ice | B．warm weather | C．flocks of geese | D．warm water |
| A．are many people | B．is little plant life | C．are many animals | D．is little snow |
| A．swims gracefully | B．walks proudly | C．runs swiftly | D．jumps happily |
Kate lives in London with her parents. She is a schoolgirl. Today is Kate’s birthday and she’s fifteen years old. Her father’s name is Smith. He works in a hospital. People think he is a good doctor. Kate’s mother is a nurse. She is a very good nurse. Kate has two brothers and a sister, and they study in China. Her elder(大) brother speaks Chinese very well and has many friends there. He is a college (大学) student. But her younger brother and sister are middle-school students. Both of them are studying Chinese very hard and want to be teachers of Chinese in their country(国家). Today Kate is _________________.
| A．fifteen | B．sixteen |
| C．seventeen | D．eighteen |
What is her father? ___________ .
| A．A teacher | B．A nurse | C．A doctor | D．A worker |
What do her younger brother and sister want to be?
| A．Teachers of English | B．Teachers of Chinese |
| C．Teachers of maths | D．Teachers of art |
Where does her elder brother have many friends? ____________.
A. In his country B. In the hospital
C. In ChinaD. In the USA.Her younger brother and sister want to teach _______ people Chinese.
| A．English | B．American |
| C．Chinese | D．China |
阅读下面内容, 然后从所给四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项, 填涂在答题卡相应位置。
Li Yong’s phone number is ________.
| A．1380100831 | B．1381858943 |
| C．6637558-969 | D．6853772-368 |
Dong Qing likes ___________.
| A．running | B．reading and racing cars |
| C．running and swimming | D．swimming |
Where is Zhou Tao from?
| A．Shanghai | B．Anji | C．Anhui | D．Hunan |
__________ is the host(主持人) of Art Life.
| A．Dong Qing | B．Li Yong | C．Zhu Jun | D．Zhou Tao |
From this passage, we know ___________.
| A．Dong Qing likes sport |
| B．Zhu Jun is the oldest |
| C．Zhou Tao doesn’t have many books |
| D．Li Yong is from the east of China |
Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning; others read newspapers when they have free time during the day ,because they can learn what is happening in the world. Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines(标题) of the passages.
We can find newspapers in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers. Some newspapers come out once a week, but most of the papers come out once a day with many pages, some even twice a day. You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news and others like short stories better. They just choose what they are interested in.
Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.People read newspapers in order to _____________.
| A．only learn the latest news |
| B．meet their own different needs |
| C．read the short stories |
| D．find the morning news |
From the passage we can see that ______when people get newspapers.
| A．they read them very carefully |
| B．they just read the headlines |
| C．not everyone reads all the pages |
| D．they have no time to read them |
Newspapers have so many pages because _______________.
| A．more and more people like to read them |
| B．people enjoy reading something different |
| C．newspaper become cheaper |
| D．more pages mean more money |
The most popular in the world are newspaper ____________.
| A．in English | B．in Chinese |
| C．in other language | D．with many pages |
Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying，“Friends are God’s way of taking care of us．”But how do you find real friendship and keep it．
The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends．Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree．You plant the seed(种子)and take care of it to make it grow．
First，you should choose a friend．What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks．A good friend should be kind and patient(耐心的)．For example，if you have a bad day，a good friend should listen to your complaints(抱怨)and do his or her best to help．To make a friend，you cannot be too shy．You should make each other happy and share your lives．
But things cannot always be happy．Even the best friends have fights．What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her．When there is no one around have an honest talk．If he or she doesn’t want to talk，you could write a letter．
There are three steps to being friends again：
Tell him or her how you are feeling；say what your friend has done wrong，and explain why you did this or that．Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life。Sally wants to tell students the ways to__________．
| A．find friends | B．plant trees |
| C．get happy | D．keep fit |
What makes good friends? A good friend should__________．
| A．be lovely and cool | B．be kind and patient |
| C．have lots of money | D．have good looks |
According to the text，you can_________your friend after a fight．
| A．buy a present for | B．never say a word to |
| C．have dinner with | D．write a letter to |
What is the best title of the text?
| A．Teenagers and Friendship |
| B．The Good Friends Around You |
| C．The Trouble of Growing Up |
| D．The Care and Keeping of Friends |
Sam was a-fifteen-year-old boy living with his little sister, Julie. Their parents had passed away long ago. Sam had taken care of Julie by himself.
One day, Sam woke up at three in the morning as usual. When Julie was sleeping alone, Sam left their little house to send newspapers. When he found an old man sitting in front of their house, Sam was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. It was an icy(冰冷的) morning and he looked very cold.
The poor old man didn’t have anything to cover himself with. Sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket. However, there were no extra blankets, so Sam thought hard and took his father’s coat. It was the only thing of his father’s that he had left. Sam wrote a short note. “Sir, I found you sleeping in front of my house. This is my father’s coat. I hope it fits you well.” He put the note in a pocket of the coat, and covered the old man with the coat. Then he went to work. When he came back three hours later, both the man and the coat were gone. Sam thought that it was the best thing he could have done with his father’s coat.
That afternoon, Sam hurried home after school because Julie was at home alone. However, Julie and the old man were standing in front of the house, and Julie shouted to Sam, “Brother! He’s our grandfather!”
The grandfather smiled and said, “Sam. Thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know how good my grandson is. This coat was the one that I gave my son a long time ago!” How was the weather when Sam saw an old man in front of his house?
| A．Hot and sunny | B．Rainy |
| C．Icy and cold | D．Windy |
Sam’s morning job was to_______________.
| A．take care of his sister | B．go to school |
| C．send newspapers | D．look for his grandfather |
“Their parents passed away long ago” means “Their parents ___long ago”.
| A．died | B．went on | C．left home | D．passed by |
Sam covered the old man with his father’s coat because_____________.
| A．his father’s coat fitted the old man well |
| B．the coat was the only thing that his father had left |
| C．he knew the old man was his grandfather then |
| D．he had no extra blanket |