Mary picked up a pencil and a piece of paper, saying, “Now, you want to earn money for the autumn camping trip, right?” Tom, her brother, nodded. He wasn’t able to go last year because he hadn’t earned enough money during the summer. This year he came up with a plan.
He made a necklace(项链) for his mother that everyone admired. They were surprised to learn that Tom had made it for her. Why not make more necklaces and sell them?
“OK,” said Mary, “The first thing you need to do is to work out how much you have now.”
“I have $20. 00 in the bank, and $7.25 in my room,” explained Tom.
“That gives you a total of $27. 25,” said Mary, “That is called your capital（本金）. The next thing you need to know is how much it will cost you to make each necklace.”
“Well, the pet shop will give me all the feathers the birds lose. I’ll have to buy the beads (小珠子)and string,” said Tom.
Mary wrote on the piece of paper:
| CAPITAL $27.25 EXPENSES Feathers no cost String for 10 necklaces $2.50 Beads for 10 necklaces + $15.00  Total $17.50 |
“How much do you think you can sell such a necklace for?” asked Mary.
“Hmm,” Tom looked thoughtful and said, “There’s a shop in town that sells almost the same kind of necklace for $7.50. If I charge(要价）$6. 00, people will think that’s a bargain.”
“OK. If you sell each necklace for $6, you’ll make a good profit(利润)on each then,” said Mary.
“Hurray!” Tom cried, “If I sell 20 necklaces, I’ll have enough from the profit for the camping trip and $10. 00 left over.”Which word best describes Mary?
| A．hard-working. | B．Generous. |
| C．Helpful. | D．honest. |
The underlined word “bargain” in this story means _____________.
| A．something sold cheap |
| B．something sold expensive |
| C．something made at home |
| D．something made by children |
How much would Tom have to spend on the camping trip?
| A．$47.45. | B．$75. |
| C．$85. | D．$102.25. |
What’s the best title for this story?
| A．How to Make Necklaces |
| B．How to Sell Necklaces |
| C．How to Make a Plan |
| D．How to Make Money for a Trip |
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. |
Skin Diving Interesting & Useful
Skin-diving, a new sport today, takes you into a wonderful new world! It is like a visit to the moon!
When under water, it is easy for you to climb big rocks because you are no longer heavy, much lighter than on land!
Here, under water, everything is green and blue. During the day, there is plenty of light. When fish swim nearby, you can catch them with your hands!
With a tank of air on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time, but you must be careful when you dive in deep water.
To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of the sports. Besides, there’re more uses for skin diving. You can clean and repair ships without taking them out of water. You can get many things from the deep sea. The underlined sentence “takes you into a wonderful new world” in the first paragraph means ____________.
| A．the moon is a wonderful place to visit. |
| B．climbing big rocks under water is wonderful. |
| C．skin-diving is a wonderful way for traveling. |
| D．you can see many things you’ve never seen and enjoy yourself. |
With a tank of air on your back, you can _______.
| A．swim like a fish | B．have more fun |
| C．go deeper under water and stay longer | D．catch fish more easily |
What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
| A．Skin diving is a new sport today. |
| B．Skin diving is interesting as well as useful. |
| C．How to catch fish. |
| D．What you can see under water. |
We can probably find this article in a ________.
| A．newspaper | B．text book | C．sport magazine | D．guidebook |
Which of the following is Not True about skin-diving according to the passage?
| A．You feel lighter when you go under water. |
| B．You can clean and fix ships without taking them out of water at skin diving. |
| C．There’s enough light under water all the time. |
| D．You can see fish and catch them at skin-diving. |
Albert was an ordinary worker in an oil company in America. His workmates gave a nickname (绰号)“Four dollars a bucket of oil” below his name whenever and wherever he wrote down his name. As time went by, people forgot his real name. Later, when Rockefeller, the board chairman(董事长)of the oil company heard of it, he was very surprised, so he invited Albert to his office.
“Some people give you a nickname. Why aren’t you angry?” asked Rockefeller with some puzzlement in his eyes.
“Mr. Rockefeller, I like this nickname very much, because it is our company’s advertisement. When someone calls me ‘Four dollars a bucket’, I think it’s free advertisement for our company. It’s not necessary for me to get angry. Don’t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?”
“What a wonderful man!” Rockfeller said excitedly when hearing Albert’s words. “Young man, work harder, you must be successful in the future! I believe in you!”
Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller. Later Albert said in one of his reports, “I don’t think we should feel upset when we have no way to do the world—shaking things.” We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin from a small thing!”Albert was ___________in the oil company at the beginning.
| A．a worker | B．an assistant |
| C．a manager | D．the second board chairman |
Albert wasn’t angry about his nickname because ____________.
| A．he liked to have a nickname |
| B．it could make his workmates happy |
| C．he could become famous |
| D．it was a free advertisement for his company |
What is the main idea of this passage?
| A．Rockefeller asked young people to work harder. |
| B．It’s very important to do small things well. |
| C．You can’t get angry when someone calls your nickname. |
| D．You should make more advertisements for your company. |
What did Rockefeller mean when he said “the world-shaking things”?
| A．The big things | B．The interesting things |
| C．The small things | D．The frightening things |
What would be the best title for this passage?
| A．I Believe in You | B．Albert and Rockefeller |
| C．Four Dollars a Bucket | D．The Second Board Chairman |