These days picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some chosen from the Internet by Jack. Read on to find out which one you like best.
★ SPRING is coming, together with butterflies(蝴蝶)! On March 31,the Natural History Museum in London, UK, had a butterfly show. Children came over and played with these beautiful creatures. They also got to know how butterflies grow up. Colorful butterflies flew freely at the show. They sometimes landed on visitors. Look! A large blue butterfly sits on the nose of the girl.
★Earlier in April 2014, Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing. It hopes to encourage more people to read books.
“We welcome everyone who loves to read books at any time.” The general manager of the store told China Youth Daily.
Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.
★ This year, many children in the UK will have a new language to study: Chinese.
Starting in 2014, students aged 7-11 in the UK need to study one of seven foreign languages. They can choose from French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek(希腊语) and Chinese.
The British government is offering to train a group of Chinese-language teachers. They will teach Chinese to more than 3,000 primary school students.
China and the UK work together in many fields. So it’s important that the future generation(一代人) can speak Chinese.What could children get from visiting the butterfly show?
| A．Beautiful creatures. | B．Pleasure and knowledge. |
| C．Colorful butterflies. | D．Care by the visitors. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the second news?
| A．You can read in the bookstore only during the daytime. |
| B．Sanlian Taofen Bookstore opens 24 hours a day. |
| C．Reading online is more enjoyable than reading in bookstores. |
| D．Many people read in bookstores in order to save money. |
The best title for the third news should be __________.
| A．Primary schools in the UK | B．Chinese teachers in the UK |
| C．Chinese comes to the UK | D．Foreign languages in the UK |
Which of the following correctly matches the picture with the news?
a. 
b. 
c. 
d. 
| A．Picture a → Third news | B．Picture b → First news |
| C．Picture c → Second news | D．Picture d →Second news |
If you want to join in the Summer Camp，you can not choose .
| A．Classical Dance and Yoga |
| B．Aerobics and Computer proficicncy |
| C．Handball，Table Tennis and two picnics |
| D．Calligraphy and Personality development |
Who will probably join in the Summer Camp?
| A．Amy，who is 22 years old. |
| B．John，who has only ﹩500. |
| C．David，who is free from Jun.20 to Aug.10. |
| D．Tony，who has spare time in the afternoon. |
When you want to learn more about the courses，you should .
| A．contact Water Park or Star Cruise |
| B．email at princ@peoplesgroup，in |
| C．search www.peoplesgroup.in |
| D．call on 0755-4005451 or 9307672534 |
Fantastic zoo
Fantastic zoo was built and opened to the public in 2005. The zoo is in acres(英亩) of beautiful gardens. It has over 400 kinds of animals and 15 animal houses . The zoo is one of the most
Telephone: 4006604588
3Day Beautiful Chenzhou Tour
Come to Chenzhou for a few relaxing days. You can go to Dongjiang Lake, Wanhua Cave and Suxian Mountain. You can enjoy the river life, take it easy in the countryside or eat traditional local food.
Price: 1 person:170 dollars
2~4 persons: 130 dollars / person
More than 5 persons: 110 dollars / person
Telephone: 8006804526Till now, Fantastic Zoo has a history of .
A. abut 10 years
B. abut 30 years
C. abut 40 yearsIf you take the “3-Day Beautiful Chenzhou Tour”, you can .
A. enjoy the city life
B. go to the zoo
C. eat traditional local foodWhich sentence is TRUE according to the ads (广告)?
A. There are more than 500 kinds of animals in Fantastic Zoo.
B. If you take the “3-Day Beautiful Chenzhou Tour”, you can call 800-680-4526.
C. Mrs. Green and her two friends need to pay over 500 dollars for the “3-Day Beautiful Chenzhou Tour”.
阅读下面的图表，完成1～2小题。
| Cough Medicine Take it three times each day before |
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| Age |
Dose(用药量) |
| Adults |
3pills |
| 12~15 |
2 pills |
| 6~11 |
1 pills |
| Not right for children below the age of 5. Put it in a cool and dry place. Use it before Octoberlst, 2016 |
Tony is 13 years old. How many pills should he take each day?
A. 3 pills. B. 6 pills. C. 9 pills.The medicine should be kept in .
A. a cool and dry place
B. any place
C. hot water
阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。（共5 小题，计10 分）
There was once a king who had a great palace with a wonderful garden. In the garden, there lived all kinds of animals. All of them enjoyed living there.
There was only one thing in the garden that the king hated: an old tree in the center of the garden. It was so old and dry. This made the king so angry that he finally asked some people to cut it down and turned the place into a swimming pool. However, after the tree was cut down, the animals left the garden. Without the animals, the garden was not so beautiful as before. The king was sad, but he didn’t know what had happened.
A young man went to the king, and said he could explain what had happened. “This was because you cut the old tree down,” said the young man. “There were thousands of moths (飞蛾)which lived in the tree. Birds needed the moths to eat and then they produced wastes for plants to grow. The plants then attracted many other animals to your garden. So your garden became very beautiful. But as you cut the tree down, the animals had to leave.
“Excellent!” said the king, “I’ll make you rich and you will try to make my garden beautiful again.”
“I’m afraid it will take many years to finish. It will take many years for the natural balance(生态平衡) to get back again,” said the young man.
The king was sad, but all he could do was just to wait.
Why did the king cut down the old tree?
A. Because he hated the old and dry tree.
B. Because he wanted to plant a young tree there.
C. Because he didn’t want moths to live in the tree.What was the result after the tree was cut down?
A. The garden was more beautiful than before.
B. The animals left the garden.
C. The king was very happy.The underlined word “attracted” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ” in Chinese.
A. 驱赶 B. 利用 C. 吸引If the young man made the garden beautiful again, the king would .
A. be very angry
B. make him rich
C. order him to leaveThe story tells us that .
A. it will take many years for the natural balance to get back again
B. it’s easy for us to keep the balance of nature
C. old trees should be cut down
回答问题 阅读短文，然后根据短文内容简要回答问题。（共5小题，计10分）
On September 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Shock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business successfully. A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far, he has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.
Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could communicate with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years.The experience made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, Ma was shown to the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers. Four years later, Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But fifteen years later, Alibaba has developed into the world’s largest e-commerce (电子商务) company.What does Ma Yun look like?
What did Ma Yun use to be?
Where was Ma Yun born?
Was Ma Yun shown to the Internet for the first time in 1995?
When did Ma Yun set up Alibaba in Hangzhou?