Hi, my name is Millie. I’m from New York. I’m living in a small town in the UK now. The name of the town is Ketton. It’s very far from the centre of the city. There is only one main(主要的)road in this town. You can see a shop ,a restaurant and a beer bar(酒吧）along the road. There is a church（教堂）in the centre of the town. Most of the people here go to the church on Sunday morning. There is a lake and a forest （森林）to the east of the town. People often go for picnics there.
My house is not very big. It has two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a glass room. I grow some flowers in the glass room, too. I often read books and drink tea there. I really like this room because I can enjoy the beautiful sunshine in it. I often talk with my friends there too.
I teach English in a local school. My life is quiet and happy. I love it. Millie lives in a small town in .
| A．the USA | B．the UK |
| C．Japan | D．France |
When do most of the people go to the church?
| A．On Friday afternoon | B．On Friday morning |
| C．On Sunday afternoon | D．On Sunday morning |
There are ___________ rooms in Millie’s house.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
Why does Millie like her glass room?
| A．Because she can cook meals there. |
| B．Because she can books and do her homework there. |
| C．Because she can enjoy the beautiful sunshine there. |
| D．Because she can talk with her parents there. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Millie is an English teacher. |
| B．Millie can go to the church in the centre of the town. |
| C．Millie’s house is very big. |
| D．Millie enjoys her life in Ketton. |
Do you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo? If you don’t, you are “out”! Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why?
Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2000 and it has developed very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese microbloggers grew to 300 million. For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, daily life, pictures, music and so on. Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans.
It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami (海啸) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like “Salt can protect people from radiation” were hot on microblogs.
Later people realized it was just a rumor (谣言).
In a word, microblog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people.
| A. It soon caused a crazy buying of salt. B. However, this can also lead to problems and even cause panic (恐慌). C. Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words. D. Now more and more people are interested in writing microblogs. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Writing a microblog needs much time.
B. Microblog appeared in China only one yerar ago but it has developed rapidly.
C. As a popular thing, microblog has its advantages and disadvantages.
D. More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA.
Started in 1636, Harvard (哈佛) University is the oldest of all the colleges and universities in the United States. Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Dartmouth were opened soon after Harvard.
In the earlier years these schools were nearly the same. Only young men went to college. All the students studied the same subjects, and everyone learned Latin and Greek. Little was known about science. And few people knew that one kind of school could teach everything that was known about the world. When the students graduated, most of them became ministers or teachers.
In 1782, Harvard started a medical school for young men who wanted to become doctors. Later, lawyers could study in Harvard’s law school. In 1825, besides Latin and Greek, Harvard began to teach modern languages, such as French and German. Soon it began to teach American history.
As knowledge increased, Harvard and other colleges began to teach many new subjects. Students were allowed to choose the subjects that interested them.
Today, there are many different kinds of colleges and universities. Most of them are made up of smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning. There’s so much to learn that one kind of school can’t offer all. In the early years, people learned ________ in colleges.
| A．science | B．medicine | C．law | D．Latin and Greek |
Most of college graduates became ________ in the early years.
| A．ministers and teachers | B．lawyers |
| C．doctors | D．workers |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．In the early years, everyone can go to college. |
| B．In 1782, Harvard began to teach Chinese. |
| C．In the early years, different colleges majored in different fields. |
| D．More and more courses were taught in colleges with the improvement of knowledge. |
Which of the following is the right order of the courses taught n Harvard?
a. law
b. French and German
c. Latin and Greek
d. medicine
e. American history
| A．d-b-e-c-a | B．a-d-b-c-e |
| C．c-d-a-b-e | D．c-d-b-e-a |
Nowadays college students ________.
| A．can learn everything they are interested in |
| B．go to different smaller schools that deal with special fields of learning |
| C．learn the same subjects |
| D．must learn Latin and Greek |
Feeling left out?
A reader wrote in to say that she was feeling lonely at break because her best friendwasn’t around．Here’s our advice to her—and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes． It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around—maybe because she moved to a differentschool or a different class．You may feel lonely at break or lunchtime．You want to have newfriends．but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has theirfriends．But remember, there’s always room for more friends．
Start by looking around your classroom—think about which kids you’d like to playwith at break．Look for chances to say hi to them，smile，and be friendly．Offer to sharesomething or express your appreciation(欣赏)to them．Invite someone to play with you orsay “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom．When you’re at break，walk over to kidsyou want to play with．act friendly，and say “Hi，can l play, too?” or just join in．
If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you makenew friends．Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends．The best way to makefriends is to be a friend．Be kind，be friendly，share，say nice things，offer to help—and pretty soon，you’ll have one，or two，or even more new friends.
You might still miss that special best friend．But when you see each other, you can share
something you didn’t have before she left：You can introduce her to your new friends!
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。This text is written for．
| A．teachers | B．parents |
| C．students | D．visitors |
According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they．
| A．have trouble with their studies |
| B．don’t have their best friends around |
| C．need their parents to be with them |
| D．are too young to look after themselves |
The underlined word this in Paragraph 4 refers to(指的是)．
| A．sharing your ideas | B．talking before many people |
| C．studying better at school | D．developing new friendship |
Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because·
| A．they miss their old friends a lot |
| B．they have no time to stay with others |
| C．teachers know who wants a new friend |
| D．they are shy or not good at making friends |
The expression “feeling left out'’ means“”in Chinese．
A．受冷落 8．被调侃 C．挨批评 D．遭攻击
How important is your appearance? Although everyone wants to be good-looking , are beautiful people always happier? For example, it must be a problem to be a really beautiful woman, because some people may be more interested in looking at you than talking to you. They think of you as a picture rather than a person. There are also some people who think that women who are exceptionally（格外地）pretty and men who are particularly handsome must be stupid. They believe that only unattractive people can be intelligent.
On the other hand, no one wants to be really ugly, and have a face that even your mother doesn’t want to look at; and no one wants to be plain, either-that is, to be neither attractive nor unattractive, and have a face that is easily forgotten.
Being attractive is like being rich it can help you find happiness, but it doesn’t always make you happy. So maybe the best thing is not to worry too much about how you look, but simply try to be a interesting person .For interesting people have interesting faces, and interesting faces are almost always attractive.
根据短文内容，判断正（T）、误（F）Everyone wants to be attractive.
No one likes to talk to a very pretty woman.
Some people think that handsome men are unintelligent.
A plain face is easily forgotten.
Not many interesting people are also attractive.
Reading is a very good hobby for all the students. You can know much about the world(1) ______ the help of all kinds of books. I’m sure everyone has a favorite subject. For example, some are interested in animals, some in history, and some are interested in literature. Mine is science. I like (2) it because it’s funny and educational. My favourte novel is Around the World in Eighty Days. It was written by Jules Verne, a French writer. Jules Verne was regarded as father of Modern Science Fiction because he devoted(奉献) himself to literature and wrote several ③well–known scientific romances（科幻小说）.The exciting story of Around the World in Eighty Days tells us about an English gentleman whose name is Mr. Phileas Fogg , He travels around the world in eighty days. From the story, we can see the writer’s love for the sea, traveling and adventure(冒险). ④In fact, they played an important part in his life.⑤多亏了the writer’s imagination, language skills and scientific and geographical(地理的) knowledge, we can feel as if we were there when we read the story.根据上下文写出①处所缺的单词。______________
写出②处单词it所指代的内容。_____________
写出③处划线单词well–known的同义词。______________
把④处划线的这个句子翻译成汉语。______________
将⑤处划线汉语“多亏了”翻译成英语。______________