Dear editor,
I am not a good-looking boy and I'm not good at studying, either. Some people don't even want to talk to me. So I usually feel lonely. Sometimes I think that if I wanted to leave home, nobody would care. How can I stop feeling like this?
Peter
Dear Peter,
Without knowing more about you, it is hard for me to give you some good advice.
But first, I am sure that you are wrong that nobody would care if you left home. What about your parents? And other family members? It seems that you are very sad. You'd better go to see a doctor or talk to your parents. They will be able to help you.
Second, I'm sure there is someone in your class who feels lonely, too. You never know how other people feel inside. Try to make friends with them.
Or you may join a club to meet new people and to keep yourself busy.
You need to find happiness in yourself. Write a list of all the good things about yourself, learn to like yourself, and then others will see your confidence and like you, too.
EditorWhat's the trouble with Peter?
| A．He doesn't like his parents. |
| B．He doesn't like others. |
| C．His parents don't like him. |
| D．He isn't good at studying and feels lonely. |
Why does Peter write to the editor?
| A．Because he wants to make friends with him. |
| B．Because he wants to ask the editor to help him. |
| C．Because he wants the editor to know about him. |
| D．Because he wants to give the editor some advice . |
If Peter joins a club, he can .
| A．meet new people and make friends with them |
| B．keep his friends busy |
| C．study hard but never think about others |
| D．be a good-looking boy |
Peter will probably feel when he reads the letter from the editor.
| A．sad | B．lonely |
| C．glad | D．afraid |
How many pieces of advice did the editor give to Peter?
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.
When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.
He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.___________ was the real name of the famous American writer.
| A．O. Henry | B．William Sydney Porter | C．Carolina | D．Texas |
O. Henry was sent to prison because _________________.
| A．People thought he had stolen money from the newspaper. |
| B．People thought he had stolen money from the bank. |
| C．he wanted to write stories about prisoners. |
| D．he broke the law (法律) by not using his own name |
Which of the following is true?
| A．O. Henry was from a rich family |
| B．O. Henry was in school for a long time. |
| C．O. Henry learned everything he needed by himself. |
| D．O. Henry liked writing stories when he was a little boy. |
O. Henry got most materials for his stories from ______________.
| A．his happy life as a boy | B．New York and the poor of the city |
| C．the newspaper | D．his life in prison |
People enjoyed reading O. Henry’s stories because _________________
| A．they had surprising endings | B．they were easy to understand |
| C．they showed love for the poor | D．they were about New York |
Peter didn’t know why he didn’t have many friends. The reason was he was always taking, never giving.
One day Peter told Bill, “I’d like to give a party on Saturday, I’d like you to come and bring Martha, too.” “Thanks, Peter. We’d be happy to come.” “Perhaps you’d like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I’m sure everyone will want you to sing for us.” That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. “You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery.” Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn’t forget to ask something from each one of them. He even asked Jim and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed. The party was a big success.
However, as the guests(客人) were leaving, they said “Thank you ” to Bill and Martha
for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, “ Thanks for the invitation.”The party was held ________ .
| A．at Peter’s house | B．in a large hall |
| C．at Peter’s friend’s house | D．in a secret place |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．Betty made the best cake. |
| B．Mary Jackson sang well. |
| C．Bill played the violin well. |
| D．The Jacksons did hard work for the party. |
________ liked Peter.
| A．Many of his friends | B．Few people |
| C．Everyone | D．All his friends |
Peter ________ to give the party.
| A．tried his best | B．did nothing |
| C．only invited some friends | D．did everything |
From the story, we can see Peter was ________ .
| A．a warm-hearted man | B．good at making friends |
| C．a selfish man | D．a welcomed friend |
What do you think our life will be like in 2050? Some people are talking about it on QQ.
 Blue Sky |
I think there won’t be any TV channels (频道) in 2050. People will be able to choose (选择) a programme from a “menu” and a computer will send the programme to the television. In 2050, we will be able to feel the things we see on TV with our hands. |
 Julia |
In 2050, there won’t be enough water. Some places will be drier and people will not be able to have enough food. There may be serious water shortage (缺乏). |
 Ashley |
Don’t be so pessimistic about that, Julia! People will solve this problem. And I think there will be less water pollution. Water will be much cleaner than it is now. |
 Linkin |
I quite agree with Ashley. And I believe in 2050 doctors will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again. All people will be healthy because they will take a kind of special medicine when they are born. |
Blue Sky thinks the computer will send the to the television.
| A．channels | B．Pictures | C．menus | D．programmes |
Julia thinks in 2050.
| A．the water will be much cleaner | B．there will be more water pollution |
| C．people will have less food | D．some places will have more water |
The underlined word “pessimistic” means in Chinese.
| A．悲观的 | B．尴尬的 | C．暴力的 | D．绝对的 |
Ashley thinks people will have in the future.
| A．more healthy food | B．less healthy food | C．cleaner water | D．dirtier water |
Linkin predicted that a kind of medicine would be able to make people .
| A．rich | B．keep healthy | C．live happily | D．Serious |
Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap（捕蝇草）.
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen（氮）.Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!The Venus flytrap is a kind of.
| A．plant | B．animal | C．food | D．meat |
The Venus flytrap grows in.
| A．most parts of the world | B．some parts of Africa |
| C．dry parts of the United States | D．wet parts of England |
From the passage, we learn that.
| A．all plants can eat people | B．all plants can eat animals |
| C．some plants can eat people | D．some plants can eat animals |
he underlined word “presses” probably meansin Chinese.
| A．挤压 | B．关上 | C．打开 | D．松开 |
Some plants eat animal meat because __________.
| A．plants are dangerous to animals |
| B．animals are dangerous to plants |
| C．plants want to get what they need from animal meat |
| D．plants want to protect themselves against animals |
Travel Information
| Place of interest |
 Water Cube |
 West Lake |
 Disneyland |
 Drangon Tower |
| Location |
Beijing |
Hangzhou |
Hong Kong |
Harbin |
| Phone Number |
010-28135589 |
0571-68345576 |
00852-28029822 |
0451-82187899 |
| Price of Ticket |
￥60 |
￥50 |
￥300 |
￥150 |
| Feature |
Special bubbly (气泡状的)design |
The Broken Bridge |
Cartoon characters |
Skywalk |
根据表格所提供的信息选择最佳答案。It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on __________.
| A．Dragon Tower | B．West Lake | C．Water Cube | D．Drangon Tower |
If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube, he should call __________ to get information.
| A．0451-82187899 | B．0571-68345576 | C．010-28135589 | D．00852-28089822 |
Disneyland, which attracts a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year, is in __________ according to the travel information.
| A．Beijing | B．Harbin | C．Hong Kong | D．Hangzhou |
Two travelers plan to have a bird’s eye view(俯视) of Harbin, and they need to pay __________ from the information above.
| A．￥150 | B．￥300 | C．￥450 | D．￥120 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the travel information?
| A．Water Cube is special in design. |
| B．The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest. |
| C．In Disneyland, you can’t see any cartoon characters. |
| D．Dragon Tower is in Beijing. |