Good morning, class!
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet is popular and it makes our lives colorful. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and get more information from the Internet. We can learn English. We can read some good newspapers and magazines. It can make us clever in playing computer games. We can send E-mails to our friends quickly. We can chat(聊天) freely online with our friends. It can help us get in touch with people from all over the world.
But some students spend too much time in playing computer game and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Teenagers even get to have boyfriends or girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. We should get online with adults(成人)--our teacher or parents.
At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some out-of-class activities at school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. We have different kinds of activities. If you are interested in sports, you can play basketball or football. We can go to the English Corner. We can practice talking in English there. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.
Thank you for listening to me. That’s all.
| A．going online |
| B．how to communicate with others |
| C．how to spend our free time |
| D．different kinds of activities |
| A．helpful and important |
| B．enjoyable and interesting |
| C．enjoyable but expensive |
| D．different kinds of activities |
| A．Sending E-mails |
| B．Reading newspapers and magazines online |
| C．going online with adults |
| D．Spending all day in the net bars |
| A．gives us lots of information |
| B．makes our studies worse |
| C．makes us more clever |
| D．is harmful to our health |
| A．There are too many net bars in the cities. |
| B．We can learn English from the Internet. |
| C．We mustn’t get online when we are studying at school. |
| D．We cannot do out-of-class activities from 4:50 to 5:50 p.m. |
My name’s Woof. Do you think we have a great life? Wrong! I’ll tell you why.
First of all，we are bored, very bored, because our owners (主人) are busy. You know, they go to work or school, so they are out all day. What could we do? Watch the house? Sure. But that’s boring. That’s why we get so excited when our owners come home. We bark and run around and look as if (貌似)we are very happy. But we only do this because we’re bored. If we are lucky, our owner will take us for a walk.
The second thing is the food. We eat the same food, meal after meal, day after day, week after week, month after month. Help! Would you like to eat the same thing all the time(一直)? No, we don’t. We hate it.
Another thing is TV. Dogs hate television. Our owners watch these stupid(傻) shows, hour after hour. Are there any shows for dogs on television? No.
So what can we do? What else can we do but sleep? So we sleep. We dogs are not lazy, we are bored.Woof may be a ______.
| A．boy | B．girl | C．dog | D．cat |
Woof doesn’t like ______.
| A．to be happy | B．to go for a walk |
| C．eat different food | D．watching television |
Woof complains(抱怨) about______ thing(s).
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
The underlined word bark means ______ in Chinese.
| A．吠叫 | B．哭泣 | C．发怒 | D．离开 |
Dear Tim,
Today is Saturday. It’s 7:00 in the evening in Beijing. I’m writing to tell you something about my life. My father is watching CCTV news. That’s his favorite show. My brother is playing computer games. My dog Dick is taking the hat to me. He wants me to put it on and go out for a walk with him. What a clever dog!
Outside, I can hear cars and buses coming and going quickly. Also there are some boys playing ball games. It’s really a noisy but happy evening. Do you think so?
What are your family doing? I know the time here is thirteen hours ahead of(提前)the time in New York. Please write to me soon. Best wishes!
Yours,
DanielWhat time is it in Beijing?
| A．6:00 a.m. | B．7:00 a.m. |
| C．5:00 p.m. | D．7:00 p.m. |
Daniel’s father is _____.
| A．watching news | B．listening to the news |
| C．watching movies | D．listening to some music |
The dog wants to _____.
| A．play with the hat | B．put the hat on its head |
| C．eat lunch | D．go out for a walk |
Get a Life is a website that helps middle school students answer the question —What do you want to be when you grow up?
"It encourages teenagers to have a big dream; it tries to find out what is possible; it makes a plan for children to get where they want to go," said Combs, one of the persons who set up the website.
Get a Life suggests teenagers let their hobbies and interests decide what to do in the future. It encourages them to look for activities that help them try to do some jobs and get important knowledge and skills. It also offers information about fast-growing and well-paid jobs, and provides job training for teenagers.
"Middle school is the perfect time for students to find out their interests, to have many different experiences and do something for their future jobs," a middle school teacher said. "Our world will become a better place if we make our horizons wide and try new things. Our students can’t wait until high school or university to begin building their dreams. Right now is the right time to get a life."
"This website is exactly what these children need for a better future. If our children can make better plans for their future, it is more possible for them to succeed," Combs said.The underlined word "horizons" most probably means _________.
| A．视野 | B．地平线 | C．国界 | D．时间 |
According to the passage, the website is _______________ for children.
| A．boring | B．helpful |
| C．colorful | D．serious |
Which of the following about Get a Life is NOT true?
| A．It helps teenagers to have a big dream. |
| B．It helps teenagers to prepare for their classes. |
| C．It provides information about jobs for teenagers. |
| D．It tells teenagers how to choose future jobs. |
We can’t learn that ___________ from the passage.
| A．Combs set up the website with other people |
| B．Get a Life is a website that helps teenagers to have a better future |
| C．middle school students don’t need to have big dreams |
| D．teenagers who have plans for their future are easier to be successful |
There was once a violinist who said he was not afraid of animals that are dangerous. He said in a proud way, “Even a bear would be as quiet as the friendliest cat when hearing my music.” But he had never played, and no one believed him.
A chance to show his words arrived just when a circus (马戏团) came to the town. The musician came to the ringmaster (领班) and told what he could do.
“Wow, that’s interesting.” The ringmaster said. “We just have three new lions and they haven’t worked with the lion tamer (驯兽师) yet. Let’s see what you can do with them.” The violinist agreed and the whole town crowded the hall to see what would happen.
The violinist was standing quietly in the center of the ring with a smile. Then the ringmaster opened the door of the cage (笼子) and jumped out angrily a huge lion, shouting and showing his teeth. Everyone was too nervous to breathe.
Still with the smile , the violinist began to play. The beautiful music rose , then the lion sat down and began to enjoy the music. Everyone lost themselves in the music. The lion did, too. For the second lion, ______________.
Then it’s the third lion’s turn to appear and everyone there was waiting for the lion to be quiet just like the other two . But the lion ran up to the man and ate him.
All the people were surprised. The other two lions asked angrily, “What have you done ! We were enjoying the music!” The third lion put his paw(爪子 ) to its ear and said, “Sorry, I can’t hear you. I have been deaf for 5 years.”The violinist said that he _________.
| A．was very friendly to the animals |
| B．could train wild animals in town |
| C．could make dangerous animals quiet |
| D．was not good at playing the violin at all |
The people felt so ________ that they couldn’t breathe when seeing the first lion.
| A．angry | B．scared | C．nervous | D．bored |
Which of the following is the missing sentence in Paragraph 5?
| A．the lion came out and ate the violinist |
| B．the same story happened again |
| C．the people felt bored and left |
| D．the lion ran to the people |
Why did the third lion run to the man and eat him?
| A．Because he hated the violinist. |
| B．Because he didn’t think the music was beautiful. |
| C．Because he couldn’t hear the music at all. |
| D．Because he was very hungry. |
YOU might go to a museum to look at old cars or something about an ancient civilization (文明). Would you like to see ice cream?
Believe it or not, there is a museum of ice cream in Iowa in the United States. Visitors can see a video that tells all about the history of the delicious snack.
It seems that ice cream goes back to about 2000 years ago , when the Chinese mixed together ice, milk and sugar. Spending an afternoon looking at how to make ice cream can make you a little hungry. No problem, the museum has its own ice cream store, where you can taste some of them.
In Edinburgh, Scotland, there is a museum of childhood. The museum shows objects about the lives of children in Scotland, past and present. You can expect toys, dolls, teddy bears and train sets. But there are also videos which tell you what it was like to be a kid in Scotland in old times.
You can hear children reading their multiplication tables (乘法表): "Seven sevens are 49, eight sevens are 56." You can also watch documentary movies of the games kids played in Edinburgh in the 1950s, look at the clothes they wore and get to know what their schools were like.
It will be wonderful to visit the Children's Discovery Museum in Bangkok (曼谷), Thailand. The museum has parts of nature, environment, technology and kids' activities. In this museum, you get to take part in the kids’ activities. You can dress up to be a fireman in a fire truck. It is interesting.The museum of ice cream is in _____________.
| A．Scotland | B．Bangkok | C．America | D．China |
We can’t know about _______________ in the museum of childhood.
| A．the games kids played |
| B．the clothes kids wore |
| C．the food kids ate |
| D．the schools kids studied in |
It is interesting that _______________ in the Children's Discovery Museum.
| A．you can taste the ice cream |
| B．you can become a kid in old times |
| C．you can be a fireman in a fire truck |
| D．you can wear old clothes |
Which of the following is NOT right?
| A．Chinese people invented ice cream first about 2000 years ago. |
| B．The Children's Discovery Museum in Thailand is about childhood. |
| C．You can learn about the children’s lives in the old times from the museum in Edinburgh. |
| D．There is an ice cream store in the ice cream museum where you can taste one. |