Hello, boys and girls! My name is Paul. I’m 14. Tommy is my brother. He is 15. I have two good friends, Peter and Barry. Peter is 13 and Barry is 12. We all like playing sports. Peter’s favorite sport is baseball. He plays baseball every day. He has 9 baseballs and 6 baseball bats. Barry likes ping-pong. He has 10 ping-pong balls and 5 ping-pong bats. I like basketball and I have 3 basketballs. The four of us all like soccer and we play soccer at school after class. Tommy and I like watching TV, but our parents don’t let us watch TV every day._________ is the oldest（年纪最大的） of the four boys.
| A．Paul | B．Peter | C．Barry | D．Tommy |
Tommy is Paul’s ___________.
| A．friend | B．brother | C．cousin | D．sister |
The four boys all like __________.
| A．playing soccer | B．playing basketball |
| C．watching | D．playing baseball |
What is the Chinese meaning of “favorite”?
| A．最讨厌的 | B．最有趣的 | C．最喜欢的 | D．最无聊的 |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Peter only likes baseball. |
| B．Barry has five ping-pong bats. |
| C．Tommy can not watch TV every day. |
| D．Paul likes playing sports. |
What will the future be like? What do you think of it? Here are some answers from some students.
Roy Burns: I think life in the future will be better.Most people in the world will use “green cars” by 2020, so there will be less pollution and people will live to be 200 years old.As for space travel, I would say, we will travel to Mars(火星) and some other stars in about fifty years.
Helen Lester: If we don’t take good care of the earth now, our children and grandchildren will be born into a world with too much pollution.There will be fewer trees and more buildings, because there will be more people.
Kitty Smith: I agree with Helen Lester.Things will be worse.The weather in the future will be much hotter.Human beings will have to look for another planet to live on.What are the students doing?
| A．They are talking about space travel. |
| B．They are predicting the future. |
| C．They are talking about pollution.. |
| D．They are predicting the weather in the future. |
How many things does Roy Burns predict?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Five | D．Six |
What does Helen Lester think life will be like in the future?
| A．People will live much longer. |
| B．People will have to live on the moon. |
| C．Everybody will drive a green car. |
| D．There will be more buildings and fewer trees. |
What does the underlined word “planet” mean in Chinese?
| A．太空站 | B．宇宙 | C．星球 | D．南极 |
Why does Kitty Smith think human beings will have to live on another planet?
| A．The earth will be too crowded for human beings to live on. |
| B．There will be too much pollution everywhere. |
| C．There will be too many people. |
| D．The earth will be too hot to live on. |
| UFO Reports |
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| Date |
Time |
Places |
Description(描述) |
| January 14,2007 |
00:24 |
Leeds |
There were two bright lights (发光体).They were round and orange in color. |
| February 4,2007 |
20:00 |
Bridlington North Bay |
A group of lights in the sky were moving to the west.They seemed to move slowly. |
| February 15,2007 |
01:00 |
Selby |
A white light was moving slowly in the direction(方向) of Hull.It looked like it was floating(漂浮). |
| February 23,2007 |
19:45 |
Eastleigh |
The light was bright green in color, and it looked like a rocket.It was high in the sky and was traveling fast. |
| December 24,2007 |
21:20 |
Whitstable |
There were three bright, orange lights in the sky, and then a fourth orange light came out and followed the other three. |
Someone saw a group of lights in the sky moving to the west at ____.
| A．12:24 am on January 14 |
| B．1:00 am on February 15 |
| C．8:00 pm on February 4 |
| D．9:20 pm on December 24 |
There were more reports about UFOs in _____ than in other months.
| A．January | B．February |
| C．December | D．January and December |
What happened on February 23?
| A．Three bright lights were seen in the sky. |
| B．The person saw something that looked like a rocket. |
| C．Something strange happened in Selby. |
| D．A white light was moving slowly. |
Where would you probably read the reports?
| A．On the radio. |
| B．On a TV show. |
| C．On the Internet. |
| D．In a clothes store. |
We can learn from the passage that UFOs ________.
| A．all have the same shape |
| B．always have the same color |
| C．all have the same speed(速度) |
| D．usually have bright lights |
Many people think that we will do more work if we spend more time.So students have to spend the whole day doing their schoolwork except during the 61 .We can often see that students are busy with their schoolwork 62 at school and at home.
Students today usually have many 63 .They love music and sports.They like 64 TV.A two-day weekend can get them away from too much schoolwork, and they can have a 65 time.But because of too much schoolwork, they have no time to enjoy 66 .Students really don’t like their weekend homework, so they usually don’t like doing their weekend homework 67 Sunday night.And because there is not 68 time for so much work, students usually finish it in a hurry.The poor weekend homework often makes teachers 69 .Too much schoolwork also 70 students lose interest in learning.
A horse runs faster after a rest.We should give students less homework and more free time.
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Dear Zhang Qian,
Thanks for your letter. You want to know about my favorite sport and instrument(乐器). Now let me tell you. I like swimming very much, and I like volleyball, basketball, and ping-pang, too. Swimming is my favorite sport. I am good at playing the guitar and the violin, too. My favorite instrument is the violin. I often play the violin on weekends. What about you? What’s your favorite sport? Do you like to play the violin or the guitar? Please write to me soon.
Yours,
Li PingThis is ____________.
| A．a message | B．an ad(广告) | C．an e-mail | D．story |
______ is Li Ping’s favorite sport.
| A．Swimming | B．Running | C．Jumping | D．the violin |
_______ is Li Ping’s favorite instrument.
| A．guitar and Piano | B．guitar and violin |
| C．piano and violin | D．the violin |
Li Ping often plays the violin on ________.
| A．Monday | B．Friday | C．Saturday and Sunday | D．weekdays |
Li Ping doesn’t like ________.
| A．basketball | B．soccer | C．volleyball | D．Ping-Pong |
People go to work in different ways. They work from Monday to Friday.Some people go to work on foot because they live near their workplaces. Some people go to work by bike because they live far from their workplaces,or they like riding bikes. They think it's good for their health. Today more people have own cars,so they can go to work in their cars. In the south of China,many people even go to work by boat because water is around their houses. Will people go to work by plane? I think so，if necessary.Some people walk to go to work because _________.
| A．they don’t have any cars. |
| B．they live near their workplaces. |
| C．they live far from their workplaces. |
| D．they like walking. |
Some people go to work by bike because _________.
| A．they live far away from their workplaces. |
| B．they are busy. |
| C．they are tired.(累的) |
| D．they like their bikes. |
Today more people go to work _______.
| A．by car | B．by bus |
| C．by subway | D．on foot |
In the south of China,many people go to work ______.
| A．by plane | B．on foot |
| C．by boat | D．by ropeway |
They work on __________.
| A．weekends | B．Friday |
| C．Sundays | D．weekdays |