Do you want to know something about children in Africa? What do they do for fun every day? Find out here:
Education
School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can’t afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don’t have to pay for school.
For those lucky enough to go to school, they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French, and their first languages. There is also math, science, history and geography. Chores take up much of children’s time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also there’s cleaning, washing and helping Mum with the meal.
Daily fun
It’s not all work and no play.Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs（嫩枝）and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string(绳子).They play in the country and the streets of old towns.There’re many football teams for teenagers in Africa.
Internet
It’s really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs 600yuan.This is more than the average（平均的） monthly pay per person.
Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet.
Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home.
| A．网上冲浪 | B．家务杂活 |
| C．体育活动 | D．家庭作业 |
| A．do not need money to play |
| B．can play all kinds of ball games |
| C．don’t like to go to school |
| D．don’t like to do their homework |
| A．20 hours | B． more than 240 hours |
| C．about 240 hours | D．about 20 hours |
Today we find that school students hardly spend much time on sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No, they often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Exams! They have to spend much time on all kinds of exams at school. So many of them almost become bookworms(书呆子). Books stop them from going out for sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports.
In fact, education can’t go without enough exercise, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything or any great success in your life.Because of , school students can’t spend much time on sports.
| A．no interest | B．exams |
| C．education | D．exercise |
The underlined word “pressure”means in Chinese.
| A．幸福 | B．压力 | C．好办法 | D．深深的爱 |
If you don’t have a , you can never get anything.
| A．good father | B．good face |
| C．weak body | D．strong body |
The writer thinks the students should .
| A．work all day and all night |
| B．not play sports |
| C．have enough sports after studying |
| D．spend the free time on the studies and give up the sports |
What can we infer (推断) from the passage ?
| A．If students want to get better grades in studies, they must not do sports. |
| B．If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies. |
| C．If you have a weak body, you will have a quick mind. |
| D．If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body. |
Mary is an American girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents. Mary doesn't know much Chinese, but she is studying it. She often speaks Chinese with her Chinese friends. Sometimes they can't understand her, because she can't speak Chinese very well.
It's Saturday morning. She goes out. She is walking in the street. She wants to go to the zoo to see the elephants and monkeys, but she doesn't know how to get there. She asks a Chinese boy the way. The boy can't understand her. Then she takes out a pen and a piece of paper. She draws an elephant on it, and shows the picture to the boy. The boy understands, and shows her the way to the zoo.Mary is__________ .
| A．Chinese | B．English |
| C．Japanese | D．American |
Mary is in__________ with her parents now.
| A．Shanghai | B．Beijing |
| C．London | D．New York |
Mary can't speak__________ very well.
| A．Chinese | B．England | C．China | D．English |
Mary doesn't know how to get to__________ .
| A．the zoo | B．the park |
| C．her home | D．her school |
At last the boy__________ .
| A．can understand Mary’s Chinese |
| B．takes her to the zoo |
| C．shows her the way to the zoo |
| D．draws a picture for Mary. |
Tom is a student in a middle school. He is busy studying. But in his free time, he often does some activities. Here is his timetable:
| Week |
Time |
Activities |
Place |
| Monday |
2:30pm-3:30pm |
play tennis |
sports hall |
| Tuesday |
3:40pm-4:40pm |
play basketball |
school playground |
| Wednesday |
3:40pm-4:40pm |
reading |
school library |
| Thursday |
4:30pm-5:30pm |
go skateboarding |
sports hall |
| Friday |
3:40pm-4:40pm |
play basketball |
school playground |
| Saturday |
9:00am-11:00am |
surf the net and play some e-games |
net bar(网吧) |
| Sunday |
9:30am-10:30am |
watch TV or DVDs |
at home |
At 3:00pm on Monday you can find Tom_____.
| A．at home | B．on the school playground |
| C．at sports hall | D．at the school library |
Tom plays basketball _______a week.
| A．once | B．twice |
| C．three times | D．four times |
Every week Tom plays in the net bar for_______.
| A．an hour | B．two hours |
| C．three hours | D．four hours |
On Sunday Tom________.
| A．goes skateboarding | B．watches TV or DVDs |
| C．reads books | D．plays tennis |
Which of the following is WRONG?
| A．Maybe Tom likes sports very much. |
| B．Tom goes to school library once a week |
| C．Tom spends most of his free time on computer. |
| D．Tom watches TV once a week |
任务型阅读：阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。（每题2分，共10分）
A young man couldn’t sleep well every night. He was very worried. One day he went to see the doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully. But nothing was wrong with him. The doctor told him to count from 1 to 10 again and again. “Keep doing it until you fall asleep,” the doctor said.
After a few days, the young man came to the doctor again. But to his surprise, the doctor found the young man was even worse(更糟糕) than before! “Didn’t you count as I told you?” the doctor asked. “Yes, I did,” the young man answered. “But every time when I reached eight, I couldn’t help jumping from bed.”
“But why?” the doctor wanted to know. The young man said, “I am a boxer.”(拳击运动员)The young man had to go to see a doctor because _______________________
Was there anything wrong with the young man? ________________________
The doctor told the young man to ____________________________________
The young man came to the doctor again because ________________________
What is the young man? ____________________________
It’s important for us to be healthy. But how can we keep healthy? First ,you should eat fruit andvegetables three or four times a week. Then eat some tofu every day because it’s good for people, both the young and the old. Milk is also necessary(必要的)，especially for women. So you should have milk twice a day. It can help you to be strong. Next, doing more exercise is better. You can do morning exercises or evening exercises. After supper you should take a walk.Tofu is good for ____
| A．young people | B．old people |
| C．young and old people | D．students |
Why do people have milk?
| A．It’s delicious. | B．It’s a kind of drink. |
| C．It’s bad for you. | D．It can help you keep strong. |
You should have milk .
| A．four times a day | B．five times a week |
| C．twice a day | D．twice a week |