Sunshine School Picnic Notice
Dear Parents
The school is planning a picnic for Grade 9 students. They will have an exciting experience on a nearby farm at the foot of South Mountain. Six experienced teachers will be there to take care of the children. Parents need to pay 50 yuan for the picnic. Let us know if you want your children to go for the picnic by 21st June 2015.
Important information:
| Parents will drop and pick up the children from Sunshine School Date: Sunday, 21st June 2015 Time: 9:00 a.m.一5:00 pm Lunch: It will be offered by the schoo1 Dress: Comfortable dress and sports shoes Things to be carried: Water bottle & towel |
Where will they have the picnic?
| A．In a park. | B．At school. |
| C．On a farm. | D．On a mountain. |
How long will the picnic take?
| A．4 hours. | B．5 hours. |
| C．8 hours. | D．9 hours. |
What can we learn from the notice?
| A．No teacher will go for the picnic. |
| B．Parents don’t need to pay for the picnic. |
| C．Children will have a class after the picnic. |
| D．Water bottles can be taken during the picnic. |
Elena jogged (慢跑) with her dad in some empty lots (小块地). These out-of-the-way lots were good places to jog. But the lots were full of rocks and rubbish.
One day, Elena saw a sign on the lots. It said, “New City Park”. Elena was excited. Maybe the park would have a jogging trail (路径)! Elena told her parents about the sign.
“I read about the park in the newspaper,” said Elena’s father. “The city wants volunteers to help clean the area. Then the city will build a soccer field and a playground. But the paper didn’t mention a jogging trail.”
“Well, perhaps if I help clean up the lots, they’ll put in a jogging trail,” said Elena.
On Saturday Elena went to the lots. Many adults were working there. Some were picking up rubbish. Some were moving rocks. Elena looked around. She could carry rubbish, and she could move rocks. So she went to the area every week to do volunteer work. She told everyone she was glad to help build the park. She explained that she hoped the park would have a jogging trail. Then everyone knew her and her jogging trail.
Soon the volunteers cleared the lots. The city could start building. The mayor (市长) gave a speech. He showed a drawing of the new park. He told them about the soccer field. There would be picnic tables. There would be a playground. The park would even have basketball courts. But there was no sign of a jogging trail.
The mayor thanked the volunteers. Then he asked if they had any suggestions. The volunteers said they wanted to build a jogging trail around the park. They told the mayor how helpful Elena had been and how she wanted a jogging trail. The mayor then said, “A jogging trail won’t be hard to build. Let’s do it!”
Everyone clapped and cheered.How did Elena know the city needed volunteers to help clean the lots?
| A．She read it in the newspaper. | B．She learned it from a sign. |
| C．She was told by other volunteers. | D．Her father told her about it. |
Why did Elena want to help clean the lots?
| A．Because she wanted to play on the playground. |
| B．Because she wanted her name in the newspaper. |
| C．Because she wanted the city to build a jogging trail. |
| D．Because she wanted to work with other volunteers. |
Who suggested the mayor to build a jogging trail?
| A．The volunteers. | B．Elena herself. | C．Elena’s father. | D．Nobody. |
What can be the best title for the story?
| A．Elena and a Mayor | B．Elena and a Jogging Trail |
| C．Elena and Some Volunteers | D．Elena’s Family |
Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503. He was working on an important painting for a church at the time, but the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s second wife. This is the woman who can be seen in the Mona Lisa.
All in all, the Mona Lisa is a very good example of da Vinci’s work. Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.
Da Vinci loved science and math. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry (几何) in the Mona Lisa. The face of Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over again in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today.Who painted the Mona Lisa?
| A．A businessman. | B．The second wife. | C．A man in the church. | D．Da Vinci. |
The woman in the painting is .
| A．standing in a garden | B．sitting on a balcony |
| C．standing in front of her house | D．at the foot of a mountain |
Da Vinci loved to study all of the following things except .
| A．the way people sit | B．science and math | C．mountains | D．rocks |
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| A．Beijing Hotel | B．Changcheng Hotel | C．Haitian Hotel | D．Blue Sea Hotel |
Sally wants to have fun swimming and enjoying beautiful sunshine, she should call the travel agency at _________.
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| A．at 9:00 pm on Sunday | B．at 7:00 am on Saturday |
| C．at 10:00 pm on Monday | D．at 9:30 pm on Friday |
Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
| A．You can book tickets online or make phone calls. |
| B．It takes you five minutes to the nearest beach by bus from Haitian Hotel. |
| C．You can go to the downtown on foot in Blue Sea Hotel and Changcheng Hotel. |
| D．Tian’anmen Square is far away from Beijing Hotel |
This passage is a/an ________
| A．story | B．newspaper report |
| C．advertisement | D．traveling diary |
On June 6th, 2012 Tiangong-1 welcomed its first guests, the Shenzhou Ⅸ manned spacecraft(载人飞船). The Shenzhou Ⅸ has two male astronauts and one female astronaut. At that time, Liu Yang, a thirty-three year-old woman, became the first Chinese woman in space.
Joining the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in 1997, Liu Yang became an experienced pilot after flying safely for 1,680 hours. In 2010, she became an astronaut because of her good job.
“When I was a pilot, I flew in the sky. Now that I am an astronaut, I will fly in space. This will be a much higher and farther flight. I always couldn’t help wondering: What would the Earth look like from outer space?” Liu said.
In June 2012, Liu took Shenzhou Ⅸ to the space as China’s first female astronaut. “I have full confidence,” Liu said before the task. “There are many foreign female astronauts that have been into space. Men and women have their own advantages in carrying out space tasks. They can encourage each other and better complete their task.
However, the difficulty of her training has not affected her life’s pleasure. “I love children and I love life. I love reading, especially novels and history books. I am also a great cook. To be with my family is one kind of happiness, but to fly is another kind that people can’t experience.”
“I am grateful to the motherland and the people. I feel honoured to fly into space on behalf of(代表) millions of female Chinese citizens. ” Liu said after coming back to the Earth safely.Liu Yang worked as an astronaut when she was ________ years old.
| A．18 | B．33 | C．31 | D．25 |
From the passage, we know Liu Yang is very________.
| A．quiet | B．confident | C．beautiful | D．safe |
The main idea of the fifth paragraph________.
| A．Liu Yang is a good wife and mother | B．Liu Yang enjoy reading novels and history books |
| C．Liu Yang loves her job as well as her family | D．Liu Yang has to work hard every day |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．There were three astronauts in the Shenzhou Ⅸ manned spacecraft |
| B．Liu Yang had been a pilot before becoming an astronaut. |
| C．Liu Yang was the first Chinese woman astronaut who had been into space. |
| D．Liu Yang thinks she can do better than the male astronauts in the space. |
The best title of the passage is _______.
| A．The Shenzhou Ⅸ Manned Spacecraft | B．The First Chinese Female Astronaut |
| C．Love Work and Family | D．How to Achieve Your Dream? |
As we all know, the ocean moves. But waves breaking on the beach make the ocean fun. When you stand on the shore and look at the waves, it seems like the water is moving towards you. But the water is not really moving forward. The moving you see is wave energy. And wave energy comes from the wind.
Let’s think about how this works. As wave energy passes through the water, the energy makes particles （粒子） of water move up and down. Just give you an example of a wave passing under a basketball. We put a basketball on the sea. When the wind blows, a wave comes from behind the basketball. The basketball moves up to the top with the wave. Then the wave continues and leaves the basketball behind. The basketball looks lower, but it doesn’t move forward. That’s because the wave energy just moves the water which is under the basketball.
So why can you see a wave knock you down on the shore？When a wave moves toward the shore, the bottom of the wave slows down because it meets the ocean floor. But the top, which is called crest(浪峰), keeps moving. The different action causes the wave to fall over or break onto the shore. If a wave is very large, it carries a lot of energy when it hits the land. As time goes by, waves can break up and carry away the rocks and other things on the shore. Shorelines are changing all the time because of wave action.______ is really moving forward when you look at the wave.
| A．Water | B．The basketball | C．Water and wave energy | D．Wave energy |
Match the sentences with the pictures and the right answer.
(1) The basketball moves up to the top with the wave.
(2) The basketball continues and leaves the basketball behind.
(3) When the wind blows, a wave comes from behind the basketball.
| A．a—(2) b—(1) c—(3) | B．a—(3) b—(1) c—(2) |
| C．a—(1) b—(3) c—(2) | D．a—(3) b—(2) c—(1) |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Wave energy comes from the water. |
| B．Large waves carry plenty of energy. |
| C．Wave action makes shorelines change all the time. |
| D．The bottom of the wave is easy to slow down. |
The underlined word “it” ( Paragraph 3) refers to “________”.
| A．particles of water | B．the shore | C．the wind | D．the bottom of the wave |
The main idea of this passage is ______.
| A．what makes particles of water move | B．how a basketball moves on the ocean |
| C．how wave energy causes wave action | D．why a wave can knock you down |