If someone says to you “give me five”, don’t give five yuan to him! It will make others laugh! The person is not ask for your money, but your fingers.
In the USA, “give me five” or “give me the high five” is a good gesture. You can often see it in films or on TV. It means the slapping(拍打) of each other’s right hands together. People do it when something happy happens. For example, if a student get an “A” in the exam or gets No.1 in the school sports meeting, he will give the high five to his friends to celebrate.
Who did this gesture first? Why did he do that? It may come from the old Roman gesture of putting up the right arm for the emperor(皇帝). This showed that the person putting up his arm had nothing in his hand and he couldn’t hurt the emperor.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?When one of your friends asks you to give him five, you can .
A. give him five yuan
B. give him your hands
C. slap his right handWhat’s the Chinese meaning of the underl ined word “gesture” in the second paragraph?
A. 节奏 B. 场所 C. 手势Now you can do “give me five” to your friends because you will .
A celebrate your friends’ success
B. have the same idea with your friends
C. laugh at your friend’s bad mannersThe gesture started in .
A. Rome B. China C. AmericaThe Romans p ut up the right arms for the emperor to show that they .
A. liked him very much
B. were happy to see him
C. were safe for him
Mrs White has a son．His name is Sam white．The young man began to work in a post office(邮局) in a city this autumn．He asked his mother to visit the city．The old woman was happy and caught a train．Soon she got to the city, but she didn’t know where the post office was．She began to look for it，but she couldn’t find it．At a bus stop she asked an old man，“Excuse me，how can I get to the post office?”
“We have about forty post offices in our city,”said the old man．“Which one do you want?” Mrs White gave Sam’s letter to the old man and he said．“Walk along this street and take the fourth turning on the 1eft．His post office is just there．”
Mrs White thanked the old man and soon found her son．They were very happy．A week later she went to the zoo．She saw many kinds of animals．But after that she couldn’t find the way to the post office again．At the same bus stop she met the same old man and she asked the same question again．
“Oh dear!’’the old man called out．“Are you still looking for your Son?”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。Where did Sam White work?
How did Mrs White go to the city?
Did Mrs White know how to get to her son’s post office'?
How many post offices are there in this city'?
Did Mrs White know the way to the post office when she came out of the Zoo?
Peter is thirteen years old. He is in Grade Two this year. He likes to play football and watch football matches. And he often reads newspapers. He does his best to know where and when there is going to be a football match. Now Peter is having lunch. He is listening to the radio, too. He is very happy because there is going to be a nice football match on TV at four this afternoon. He wants to watch it very much. But he is going to have English and Chinese lessons. He thinks hard and finds a way.
“ Hello, Mrs. Black,” Peter says to his teacher on the telephone, “ Peter is ill in bed. He wants to ask for half a day’s leave ( 请半天假 ).”
“ Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” says Mrs. Black, “ But who’s that?”
“ It’s my father, Mrs. Black.”Peter is a ______.
| A．middle school student | B．Young Pioneer |
| C．worker | D．teacher |
Peter will be in ______ next year.
| A．Grade Two | B．Grade Three |
| C． Grade One | D．school |
Peter often reads news newspaper because _______.
| A．he likes to read news |
| B．he likes to read stories |
| C．he want to know when and where a football match will be |
| D．his father wants him to read them |
Peter wants to ask for half a day’s leave because _______.
| A．his father is ill in bed |
| B．he wants to watch the football match |
| C．he doesn’t like to have English or Chinese lessons |
| D．he is ill in bed |
Where sentence ( 句子 ) is right?
| A．Mrs. Black is going to take Peter to see a doctor |
| B．Peter likes to watch TV at four in the afternoon. |
| C．Peter is a stupid ( 笨的 ) boy. |
| D．Peter isn’t an honest ( 诚实的 ) boy. |
The diet and lifestyle is very important for our health. If we don't get the right kinds of food, we may have some health problems (问题).
Some people often eat too much meat and other food high in fat (脂肪), like hot dogs and
hamburgers. They do not have enough fruit and vegetables. They are usually too fat or too thin. They are all not good for us. The best way to keep fit is to eat different food to meet our different needs.
Water is very important for us, too. Some people dislike drinking water.They drink sports drinks because these drinks are cool and sweet. And they can give us much energy. But they have much sugar in them. We should not have too many sports drinks.
We should also do more sports. Everyone should spend about an hour exercising every day. For a lot of people, their diet is OK, They should not change what they eat. They will be fit if they do some sports.Which of the following food is high in fat?
| A．Carrots. | B．Cabbages |
| C．Hamburgers | D．Potatoes |
Why should people NOT have too many sports drinks?
| A．Because there is too much sugar in them. |
| B．Because they are sweet and give us energy. |
| C．Because people get thin after drinking them. |
| D．Because people feel cool after drinking them. |
According to the passage, the following lifestyle is good for our health EXCEPT (除了) _______.
| A．eating different food |
| B．sleeping for more than twelve hours |
| C．drinking more water |
| D．doing sports every day |
What's the passage mainly about?
| A．How to keep beautiful. | B．What we should drink. |
| C．What we should eat. | D．How to keep fit. |
Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. American children are the same. They usually celebrate with a party .They ask their friends to their parties. They don’t have the party on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. They may hold it at the weekend then.
Today many children like two kinds of parties. One is at home. Parents decorate (装饰) the house with balloons and coloured paper. They make a special birthday dinner. The children play games. The other kind is away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice cream. The waiters also sing and say “happy birthday” to the children. Other parties are at a park, or at a cinema, or in some other places.
There is a cake with candles at every birthday party. There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy’s or girl’s age. When the candles are lighted (点燃), everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
Birthday parties change. Many people don’t have them when they are not young. They say they would like to forget how old they are. But they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their childhood in mind.How many kinds of birthday parties are there in America?
| A．Only one | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
What does the underlined word “waiters” mean ?
| A．服务生 | B．老板 | C．等候的人 | D．亲戚 |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．Birthday parties in China |
| B．Birthday parties in the world |
| C．Birthday parties in America |
| D．Birthday presents for children |
A lot of people in the world eat fast food．When you go into a fast food shop, you can see many people are enjoying their meals there．But which country people like fast food best? Do you know?
A survery (调查) says : The English people are the biggest fans of fast food in the world, but the French people are the least interested in fast meals．
The survey of thirteen countries shows(表明)：45％ of the English people say they can’t live without fast food, because it’s delicious．44％ of Americans and 37％ of Canadians say the same．
The French people ,they have their own delicious and high-class cuisine, so thy don’t like fast food．81％ of them think it is not healthy, and 75％ of the Japanese think so too．
How about the Chinese? How often do you have hamburgers or fried chicken?Do you like Western fast food or Chinese food．The most important thing is to keep a healthy diet．From the survey we know ________ like fast food best．
| A．the Chinese | B．the French |
| C．the Japanese | D．the English |
The survey shows ________ of Americans like fast food．
| A．37％ | B．75％ | C．44％ | D．81％ |
Here the word cuisine means(意思是) ________．
| A．food | B．house | C．water | D．country |