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Here are some important events in August in Britain.

Great British Beer Festival Tue.3 Aug—Sat.7 Aug London Drink, music and other entertainments. This is held at Earls Court. http:// www.gbbf. org	Edinburgh International Festival Fri. 13 Aug – Sun. 5 Sep. Edinburgh A festival of classical music, operas and dances in Edinburgh http://www.eif.co.uk
Bristol International Balloon Festival Thur.12 Aug— Sun. 15 Aug. Europe’s largest hot-air balloon festival, with over 100 balloons taking part. http:// www. Bristolfiesta.co.uk	Summer Bank Holiday Mon. 30 Aug. A public holiday in English, Wales and Northern Ireland. People take trips or short vacations during the holiday. For more: travel/transport

How long does Great British Beer Festival last?

A．4 days.

B．5 days.

C．24 days.

D．1 day.

If you are in the UK at the end of August, you can probably take part in __________.

A．Summer Bank Holiday

B．Great British Beer Festival

C．Edinburgh International Festival

D．Bristol International Balloon Festival

What is Bristol International Balloon Festival about?

A．Food.

B．Music

C．Balloons.

D．Vacations.

Do you believe that you aren’t smarter than 3-year-old Alexis Martin, one of the youngest members of the high IQ club Mensa?
Preschooler (学龄前的) Alexis’ IQ is 159, which is only one point lower than Stephen Hawking’s. Doctors say the average IQ of a person is about 100.
She learned to read at the age of 2. She reads at a fifth grade level and has taught herself Spanish on her parents’ iPad!
Now, she is a member of the Mensa Club, which only accepts people with an IQ within the top two per cent of people in the world!
Alexis’ father, Ian Martin, said he first realized Alexis was special when she was 12 months old. She could recite (背诵) bedtime stories. “We’d be driving around in the car and she would recite her bedtime stories from the night before. She didn’t just recite them, and she recited them exactly.”
Alexis’ father would try to trick her and say that her story went a different way, but she always corrected him.
Most 12-month-old children take their first steps on their own and most 18-month-olds can only name a small number of objects and body parts, and follow simple two-step questions.
Even though Alexis is a genius (天才), her parents are faced with lots of challenges like how to teach her to make friends of her own age.
“Will she go into kindergarten early? We are kind of hesitant (迟疑的) because we do want her to get to that social world,” Ian said.
Alexis Martin is a girl who .

A．has many hobbies	B．has a high IQ
C．is good at telling stories	D．likes reading

According to the report, Stephen Hawking’s IQ is as high as .

A．158

B．159

C．160

D．101

Alexis Martin could recite bedtime stories at .

A．the age of 2	B．the age of 1
C．one and a half years old	D．the age of 3

What would Alexis do when her father said her bedtime stories went a different way?

A．She would refuse to listen.

B．She would try to recite it.

C．She would correct him.

D．She would laugh at it.

Which of the following statements about Alexis is NOT true?

A．She is accepted by the Mensa Club.

B．She has made a lot of friends.

C．She learned to read at the age of 2.

D．She learned a foreign language by herself.

Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He found it was strange.
‘I don’t know why, but I frightened your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Dongtai. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy. Do English people like spiders?
‘Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder. Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. Your grandmother came in and screamed!
‘Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left, I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn’t like them.’
I explained to Lu, ‘My grandmother follows the old customs. You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid.’
Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?

A．Because he could not speak English.

B．Because he did many unlucky things.

C．Because he understood British customs.

D．Because he went shopping in England.

What do many British people think of spiders?

A．They are afraid of them.

B．They keep spiders as pets.

C．They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses.

D．They think some kinds of spiders are lucky.

What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?

A．Excited.

B．Satisfied.

C．Afraid.

D．Happy.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Thirteen is an unlucky number in England.

B．It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England.

C．For most British people, breaking a mirror means bad luck.

D．People never give purses as presents in England.

How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?

A．5.

B．6.

C．8.

D．10.

Look at the notice from the Students’ Union. It’s a description of students’ activities for the coming winter vacation.

Winners of Super Boys will come to our school on January 30th, 2014. They are going to give a concert in the school hall at 2:00 pm. Please come to the Students’ Union to get a half-price ticket to the concert before this Friday.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could join us and go hiking around the West Hill for two days? We’ll start at 7:00 am on February 6th. Please come to the Students’ Union to sign your name and pay fifty yuan, 20 percent off for members of the Hiking Club.

Are you interested in being a volunteer? We’ll go to a mountain village to give away books to the children there. We’ll work and study with them for a whole day. Please come to the school gate at 6:00 am on February 13th, 2014. Free of charge(免费).

We’ll hold a party for the students who come from poor families and have to stay at school during the winter vacation. Would you like to join us? Please come to the reading room at 5:00 pm on January 28th.

The notice is about .

A．free tickets	B．students’ activities
C．the West Hill	D．poor children

Betty likes music and wants to go to the concert, so she must arrive at the school hall before on January 30th, 2014.

A．2:00 pm

B．7:00 am

C．6:00 am

D．5:00 pm

If you are a volunteer, you will go to a mountain village .

A．on January 30th	B．on February 6th
C．on February 13th	D．on January 28th

If you want to take part in a party for poor students, you should go to on January 28th.

A．the school hall

B．the West Hill

C．a mountain village

D．the reading room

How much will Tom, a member of the Hiking Club, pay if he wants to go hiking around the West Hill?

A．2 yuan.

B．50 yuan.

C．40 yuan.

D．Nothing.

Nearly every parent says that we never grow up．In fact, we are maybe 16 or 17 years old．In their eyes, we are always little ones and always do wrong things．For example, when I need to stay at home alone, they always worry about me and my life without them.
Most parents always think that they have offered the best things they can make their children live in a comfortable world．They buy their children pretty clothes, cool shoes, expensive school things, and often a thousand-Yuan-cost bike．They think that they have done everything that they can for their dear children．In return, they only want their children to get good results in the examinations.
But why their children still can’t understand them? Does it mean that they still want more material （物质的） things? No．In fact, what they want is a true family．What does a true family mean? I think it means a place where we can hide ourselves from the cold world outside．From here, we can get warmth, we can get consolation （安慰）, and we can get happiness．And one important thing is that we should be stronger and more confident in the outside world because we know that we have a family.
So I think that parents should sit down to talk with their children to let them know that they have a true family, so the children and their parents could understand each other more and more．Then, no children will be regarded as little ones.

Questions	Answers
What are we always like in our parents’ eyes?	In their eyes, we are always little children and always__________.
What do our parents expect us to do when they give us so much?	They only want us to ________________in the examinations.
Do children want a true family?	Yes, they do.
What does ___________________ mean?	It means a place where children can hide themselves from the cold world outside.
How can our parents no longer regard us as little children?	They can talk with us and we can _______________more and more.

A．Paul	B．Jeff
C．Peter	D．Allan

A．baseball	B．volleyball
C．basketball	D．painting

A．volleyball	B．baseball
C．basketball	D．Chinese painting

A．England	B．Canada
C．China	D．the US

A．360 yuan	B．560 yuan
C．760 yuan	D．960 yuan