In Europe many people died during World WarⅡ. As a result, at the end of the war there were many orphans(孤儿) there. A man called Hermann Gmeiner wanted to help these children. His idea was simple. He wanted the orphans to have a home, and to have the care and kindness of parents. Gmeiner asked people to raise some money. With the money he built the first SOS Children’s Village at Imst, in Australia. It opened in 1949. This is how the SOS Children’s Village started. The letters SOS stand for “Save Our Sols(灵魂)”. This means “please help us!” The SOS Children’s Village gives help to orphans.
Hermann Gmeiner’s idea of helping orphans soon spread all over the world. By 1983, there were 170 SOS Children’s Villages in the world. People in many countries give money to help the villages. Today the children from the first Children’s Village have grown up. Now some of them work in other SOS Children’s Villages. In SOS Villages orphans live in family groups. There are several houses in each village. The biggest villages have 40 or 50 houses! From seven to ten children live in a house. A woman lives with each group of children and looks after them. She gives the children a lot of love and kindness. She cooks for them and makes a comfortable and happy home for them.
Of course, the children don’t spend all their time in the village. They go to school, go out with their friends and also go to town. But the village gives them a home—for the first time in their lives.What do we call a child who has no parents?
What do the letters “SOS” stand for?
How many SOS Children’s Villages in the world were there by 1983?
Can the woman who lives with the orphans do some cooking for the children?
The children don’t spent all their time in the village, do they?
Can you make a telephone call? Of course you make it in Chinese. But the call in English is quite different from the one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you cannot say, “ Please ask Mr/Mrs/Miss… to answer the telephone.” Instead, you must say, “ May I speak to Mr/Mrs/Miss…, please?” If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you should say “ Who is that?” or “ Is that …( somebody ) speaking?” instead of “ Who are you ?”. If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say, “ This is …( somebody ) speaking.”The call in English is __________ from the one in Chinese.
| A．hard | B．difficult | C．same | D．different |
If you want to ask Mr. Li to answer the telephone, you should say, “________”
| A．Who are you ? |
| B．Ask Mr. Li to answer the telephone, please. |
| C．May I speak to Mr. Li, please? |
| D．Where is Mr. Li, please? |
If you want to ask who is answering the telephone, you can’t say, “________”
| A．Who is that? |
| B．Is that Mr…? |
| C．Is that Mr… speaking? |
| D．Who are you ? |
If you want to tell the other one you are Jim Green, you can’t say, “_________”
A. I am Jim Green.
B. This is Jim Green.
C. This is Jim Green speaking.
D. Both B and C.The title for this passage should be __________.
| A．A Story about Mr. Li and Jim Green |
| B．How to Make a Call in English |
| C．A Story about Telephone |
| D．A Call in Chinese |
All over the world, people enjoy sports. Sports are good for people’s health. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV sets or may be online to watch.
Sports change with the seasons. People play different games in different seasons. Sometimes they play inside the room. Sometimes they play outside. We can find sports here and there. Some sports them. Football, for example, is very popular in the world. People from different countries cannot understand each other, but after a game they often become very friendly to each other.Sports are good for ________.
| A．the players | B．people’s health |
| C．the coaches | D．people who like sports |
If you like sports, you can _________.
| A．buy tickets to watch the games |
| B．watch the games on TV |
| C．watch the games on the Internet |
| D．A, B and C |
People play _________in different seasons.
| A．the same game | B．different games |
| C．any games | D．all kinds of games |
_________ is very popular in the world.
| A．Table tennis | B．Baseball |
| C．Football | D．Skating |
From this passage we can see that ________can become very friendly.
| A．people from different countries all |
| B．people from the same country |
| C．people who do the same sports |
| D．after a game, people from different countries |
Oxford（牛津）is a city in the UK. It’s in the west of the UK and it’s famous for the University of Oxford. It’s an old university — about 900 years old. It has a longer history than Cambridge University. It’s the oldest university in the English speaking world.
There are about 20,000 students and they are from all over the world. Many students go to school by bike. There are 38 colleges in the University of Oxford, but Cambridge University has only 31 colleges. There are 104 libraries in the University of Oxford. Bodleian Library（博德莱安图书馆）is the second largest library in the UK. Stephen Hawking was a student of the University of Oxford. He’s a great scientist. Clinton（克林顿）, the 42nd American president was also a student of the University.How old is the University of Oxford?
| A．About 800 years old. | B．About 900 years old. |
| C．About 700 years old. | D．About 600 years old. |
Many students go to school by _________.
| A．car | B．train | C．bike | D．plane |
There are ________ libraries in the University of Oxford.
| A．104 | B．114 | C．140 | D．31 |
The underlined word “ president ” means _______ in Chinese.
| A．总理 | B．总统 | C．学者 | D．教授 |
From the passage we can learn ________.
| A．the University of Oxford is in the east of the UK |
| B．there are 31 colleges in Cambridge University |
| C．Bodleian Library is the largest library in the UK |
| D．Clinton wasn’t a student of the University of Oxford. |
阅读表达（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
Mr Smith is a teacher．Yesterday he did a survey（调查）of what his students did on their
last day off and this is what he learned.
Linda went to see her grandparents．Her grandparents live in the countryside．They are very old．But they don’t like to live in the city．They want to have a quiet life．（83）Tom helped his parents do some housework．He cleaned the room，washed all the clothes．At noon，he helped his mother cook the lunch．Mary babysat（照顾）her little brother because her mother was ill. （84）Her father had to look after her mother in the hospital．Mike studied history at home．He isn't good at history. He thinks it is too difficult for him．His father helped him．Both his father and his mother hope that Mike Can be good at all his subjects．They want him to study in a famous（著名的）university（大学）．
（一）根据短文内容简要回答问题。Where do Linda’s grandparents live?
__________________________________Why did Mary babysit her little brother?
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（二）将短文中画线的句子译成汉语。__________________________________
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（三）请给短文拟一个适当的标题。__________________________________
I have four good friends．They are Bob，Helen，Dale and Cindy．Bob is very tall．He is of medium build．He has short straight hair．He likes playing soccer and he is the captain of our school soccer team．He is very popular．Helen is thin and she is of medium height．She is very beautiful．She has two big eyes and long black hair．She likes music and she often sings and dances．She can sing well．Dale is a good student．He is of medium height and build．He studies hard and he is good at his schoolwork．He likes reading and playing chess．Cindy is a little bit short．She often wears a red skirt and white shoes．She likes to tell jokes．She never stops talking．I like my good friends．We help each other．
Bob's hair is _________．
| A．long and curly | B．short and curly |
| C．short and straight | D．long and straight |
Helen has two _______ eyes and ________ black hair．
| A．big；long | B．big；short |
| C．small；long | D．small；short |
____________ is good at schoolwork．
| A．Bob | B．Dale | C．Helen | D．Cindy |
_______ is the shortest of the four students．
| A．Bob | B．Dale |
| C．Helen | D．Cindy |
Cindy likes ___________.
| A．telling jokes | B．talking |
| C．studying | D．both A and B |