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What is the hottest English word these years? “Selfie" may be one of them. It was even named Word of the Year by Oxford Dictionaries in 2013. The word was first used in an Australian online forum in 2002. Now, almost everybody knows it.
Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself. People usually take selfies with a smart phone and send them to a social media website. Nowadays, more and more people are taking selfies. From your best friend to your favorite pop star, selfies are taking over Renren and Sina Weibo.
What makes people love selfies? Selfies can help to remember what's going on in their personal life. "Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Ozone. These photos record my happy and sad moments." said Huang Xu, 16, from Hunan. Another usual reason for taking a selfie is to share online. They hope to make friends and share their feelings with others. "During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Through these photos, we got to know each other's holidays and feelings," said Wang Lin, 15, from Henan. "I'm too shy to ask someone to take pictures of me, but it's easier to do it by myself."
Although taking selfies is popular among young people around the world, they should be careful at the places where they take selfies. People are warned（警告）not to take light-hearted selfies in serious places, such as in some traffic accidents. In order to protect art works, selfie is banned in some museums and galleries, too.
The word "selfie" has a history of about .

A．12 years

B．13 years

C．15 years

D．20 years

In Paragraph 3, the writer mentioned (提到) 2 young people to .

A．talk about their school lives

B．introduce the development of selfie

C．help people take a clear and beautiful selfie

D．explain the different reasons why people love selfies

The underlined word "banned" means .

A．not visited	B．not stopped
C．not allowed	D．not watched

The 2014 FIFA World Cup, the twentieth World Cup football match, will be held in Brazil from June 12^th, 2014 to July 13^th, 2014. Thirty-two teams from different countries will bring us sixty-four wonderful games during the World Cup. This is the second time the World Cup is held in this country and the fifth in South America. Thousands of football fans are looking forward to watching the games.
A Bite of China(舌尖上的中国), a mouth-watering documentary TV program featuring delicious Chinese food, has interested a large number of people. The program has become very popular since it was shown on TV. The documentary provides not only Chinese delicious food but also the relations between people and food. “We made this documentary with our respect and love for food. I hope it will help people learn more about Chinese food as well as Chinese culture.” said the director Mr. Chen.
Lu Jialei, a school girl from Hangzhou, China, won the championship of the first Chinese Character Dictation Contest, which made her become famous overnight. Lu is a hard-working girl and always comes top at school. “I like reading and I’m crazy about learning Chinese characters. I enjoy the contest and hope more and morepeople become interested in learning Chinese characters.” said Lu Jialei after winning the contest.

How long will the 2014 FIFA World Cup last?

A．About a week.	B．About two weeks.
C．About a month.	D．About two months.

What kind of TV program is A Bite of China?

A．A documentary.	B．A comedy.
C．A thriller.	D．An action movie.

Which is NOT true according to the articles?

A．Lu Jialei always gets good grades at school.

B．The World Cup has been held in South America twice.

C．Many people like watching the TV program A Bite of China.

D．Lu Jialei hopes more people can take much interest in Chinese characters.

Where may the articles probably come from?

A．A story book.	B．A science report.
C．A sports magazine.	D．The Internet.

Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to go to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his clock. It was twelve o'clock. "Who can it be at this time of night?” He thought. He decided to go and find out. So he got up, put on his dressing gown(长袍) and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was nobody there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his dressing gown, got back into bed, turned off the light and tried to go to sleep.
A few minutes later he heard the bell ring again. Mr. Lee jumped out of bed very quickly and rushed to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel angry. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. He picked it up. There were some words on it: “It is now after midnight, so it is April Fool's Day. April fool to you!”
“Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr. Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and fell asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.
When did Mr. Lee go to bed? He went to bed__________.

A．before twelve o'clock

B．when the bell rang

C．when he saw the boy

D．after twelve o'clock

From this passage, we learn that we can _________on April Fool’s Day.

A．dance and sing at night

B．send presents to children

C．play tricks on others

D．give others a piece of paper

How many times did the bell ring?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

“How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way for Americans to greet each other. But “ How are you？”is also a very unusual question. It often doesn’t need an answer. The person who asks” How are you?” hopes to hear the answer“Fine”even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. In fact, they are not really a question or an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello”or“Hi”.
Sometimes people also don’t say exactly what they mean, For example, when someone asks “ Do you agree？”the other person might think，“No，I disagree. I think you’re wrong.” But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say,“ I’m afraid …”It’s a nicer way to disagree.
People also don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they finish talking with other people. For example, many phone talks finish when one person says” I have to go now.” Often, the person who wants to finish the phone call gives an excuse,” Someone’s at the door.” The excuse might be real, or not. Perhaps the person who wants to finish the phone call simply doesn’t want to talk anymore, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.
When they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, thinking of finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking about. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it is part of the game of language.
“How are you？”is another way of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.
It is polite to say” No，I disagree. I think you are wrong” if you don’t agree with others.
When someone says” I have to go now” on the phone, it means he wants to go on talking.
“Someone is at the door ”may be an excuse for finishing a phone call.
Sometimes, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking about just because they try to be nice to each other.

阅读与回答问题（共5小题，每小题2分，计10分）
Returning a Father’s Love
He was a single father， raising a 5-year-old boy by himself. He often worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.
One day， he went away on business， leaving the child alone. He worried about his child all the way， not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He ran home as soon as possible after he finished his work.
When he got home， the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. He was about to sleep when he was surprised to find an overturned (翻到的) bowl of noodles under the quilt (被子). He hit his sleeping son angrily， “Why are you so careless， making the quilt dirty？ Who will wash it？” It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife’s death.
“Sorry， but…” the child explained with tears in his eyes， “This is your supper， Daddy.” In order to let his father eat dinner when he arrived home， the child prepared two bowls of noodles: one for himself， the other for his father. He was afraid that his father’s noodles would get cold， so he placed them under the quilt!
Hearing this， the father felt deeply moved and felt sorry about what he did to his son — he hugged his son tightly without saying a word.
Where was the boy’s mother？
What did the father worry about his son？
How many bowls of noodles did the son prepared？
Why did the father hugged his son tightly without saying a word after hearing his son？
What do you think of the little boy？ (no more than 6 words)

Homer is the father of the family. He likes sweeping the floor. He often weeds（除杂草）in the garden and washes the car. He never feeds their dog or cooks the meals for his family.
Marge is the mother of the family and she is very busy. She always cooks the meals, does the laundry and cleans the house. She never washes the car and changes light bulbs（灯泡）.
Lisa is the daughter of the family. She likes making her bed. She cleans the table and does the dishes every day. She can't cook the meals but she is a good helper for her mother.
Bart is the son of the family. He only likes feeding the dog and walking it outside. He never cleans his bedroom.

A．Sweeping the floor.	B．Feeding the dog.
C．Making her bed.	D．Weeding in the garden.

A．Feed his dog .	B．Walk the dog .
C．Clean his room .	D．Talk to his father .