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| Best-sellers in Xinhua Bookstore This notice will offer you some information about the best-sellers in our bookstore. You can use this guide to help you to choose. |
| The Thing About Thugs（暴徒） Published on July 23rd. Written by Tabish Khair. Price: $25. When a series of beheadings terrorize Victorian London, it falls on a confessed former member of a bloodthirsty Indian “Thuggee” cult and his friends to find the real killer. |
| The Spark of Life Published on Sept. 17th. Written by Frances Ashcroft. Price: $29. This book explains the meaning of life. Jerry is a young engineer who falls in love with a nurse. Before he can hit on her, he is hit by a lightning. He is thought dead, but recovers. |
| Familiar Published on Sept.24th. Written by J.Robert Lennon. Price: $15. It is a series books of five novels, six collections of essays, seven volumes of poetry（诗歌）, and several children’s books. The books have been translated into more than two dozen languages. |
| Dear Life Published on Nov. 6th. Written by Alice Munro. Price: $26. This book collects short stories. A wealthy young woman had an affair with the married lawyer. She was hired by her father and came up with a surprising way to deal with the blackmailer who finds them out. |
The Thing About Thugs was published______.
| A．on July 23rd | B．on September 17th |
| C．on September 24th | D．on November 6th |
Lin Hua wants to buy Familiar and Dear Life for her mother on Mother’s Day. She should pay _________.
| A．$44. | B．$50 | C．$41 | D．$43 |
According to the above notice, the cheapest book is ________.
| A．The Thing About Thugs | B．The Spark of Life |
| C．Familiar | D．Dear Life |
If Lucy only has 40 dollars, whose book can she buy?
| A．Tabish Khair’s and Frances Ashcroft’s. |
| B．Frances Ashcroft’s and Alice Munro’s |
| C．J. Robert Lennon’s and Alice Munro’s |
| D．Tabish Khair’s and J. Robert Lennon’s. |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．If you want to read poetry you can buy The Thing About Thugs. |
| B．If you want to read love stories you can buy The Spark of Life. |
| C．Familiar has been translated into more than two dozen languages. |
| D．If you want to read short stories you can buy Dear Life. |
Do you have a vegetable garden? Have you ever watched a seed (种子) sprout (发芽), grow and fruit until it became the tomato on your plate? If you go to school in the US, there’s a good chance you have.
At the moment, nearly 20 percent of schools in the US have their own vegetable gardens that are planted and cared for by students. Next year, even more schools will have gardens and more US kids will know the pleasure of growing their own food.
Much of the growing interest in planting comes from First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” project, which started last year. The First Lady wants to improve children’s nutrition (营养) in the US — and she began her project by planting a garden at the White House with the help of some local kids. The kids were more interested in eating the vegetables from their garden than in eating fast food. This gave the First Lady an idea.
Because so many US kids eat breakfast and lunch at school, the food should be healthy and good. Why not let kids grow the food for their own cafeterias (食堂)? Mrs .Obama’s plan gives money to schools to start their own gardens, and more school gardens are sprouting up every day.
Students also use the information from their gardens to study science and math, and they paint pictures of their gardens in art class. Many students choose to work in the garden instead of playing on the playground during their noon break. Sound like fun? Ask your teacher if there’s room for a garden at your school, too.
Much of the growing interest in planting comes from ___________.
| A．The First Lady’s “Our Garden” project |
| B．The First Lady’s money |
| C．The First Lady’s ideas |
| D．The First Lady’s “Let’s Move” project |
. Why should the food be healthy and good?
| A．Because so many US kids aren’t healthy. |
| B．Because so many US kids eat breakfast and lunch at school. |
| C．Because so many US kids’ nutrition is good enough. |
| D．Because so many US kids grow vegetables. |
According to the story, which statement is NOT true?
| A．The “Let’s Move” project started last month. |
| B．The First Lady began planting a garden with the help of some local school kids. |
| C．Next year, more US kids will have the pleasure of growing their own food. |
| D．Students use the information from their gardens to study science and math. |
According to the story, we learn that ___________.
| A．Every school in the US has its own vegetable garden |
| B．All kids in the US grow the food for their own cafeterias |
| C．First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” project was unsuccessful |
| D．Students can learn a lot from their gardens |
Suggestions to help you be happier
The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life. Too often, we spend so much time thinking about the future---for example, getting into a college or getting a good job--that we fail to enjoy the present. You should enjoy life’s simple pleasures, such as reading a good book, listening to your favorite music, or spending time with close friends. People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.
Another secret to living a happy life is to be active, and have hobbies where you forget your problems and time. Many people experience this dancing, or playing a sport, such as swimming. You can forget about your problems, and only think about the activity. Finally, many people find happiness in helping others. Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others. If you want to feel happier, do good things for someone. You can help a friend with his or her studies, go shopping to buy food for an elderly person, or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes.The best title of the passage is ___________ .
| A．Money Makes You Happy |
| B．Good Friends Makes You Happy |
| C．Ideas for Helping Other People to Be Happy |
| D．The Secrets of Happiness |
The second paragraph tells us that _____________ .
| A．the more friends you have, the happier you will be |
| B．we shouldn’t think about our future |
| C．happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life |
| D．some people fail to live a happy life |
The passage gives us ______pieces of advice on happiness.
| A．one |
| B．two |
| C．three |
| D．four |
The writer thinks that______.
| A．everyone knows how to live a happier life |
| B．it's wrong to spend time on work |
| C．hobbies take up too much time |
| D．doing good things for someone can make you happier |
Which of the following is not mentioned（提及）in the passage?
| A．Reading a good book. |
| B．Traveling to a foreign country. |
| C．Playing a sport. |
| D．Spending time with close friends. |
Mary didn’t understand such sentences as “She is blue today”, “You are yellow”, “He has a green thumb(拇指）”, “He has told a white lie” and so on. And she went to the teacher Mrs. James for help.
Mary: Mrs. James, there is a colour in each of the sentences. What do they mean?
Mrs. James: In everyday English, Mary, blue sometimes means sad, yellow afraid. A person with a green thumb grows plants well and a white lie is not a bad one.”
Mary: I’m afraid I don’t understand them all. Would you give me an example for “a white lie”?
Mrs. James: Certainly. Now I just give you some cakes. In fact you don’t like it, but you don’t want to let me know it. Instead you say, “No, thanks. I’m not hungry.” That’s a white lie.
Mary: It sounds very interesting. Thanks very much.
Mrs. James: You are welcome. Colours are meaningful. I think you will meet more sentences like these in the future. Please come to me if you have any questions.I don’t have a green thumb, so all my plants ________________.
| A．die off | B．grow well |
| C．look nice | D．are good |
David is yellow and he is ___________ to climb the tall tree!
| A．happy | B．clever | C．brave | D．afraid |
.He didn’t like me to know ___________ of the accident. He told me a white lie at last.
| A．the reason | B．the true story |
| C．the meaning | D．the answer |
A new study finds that plants communicate with one another to warn of danger.
We often consider plants as the furniture of the natural world. They don’t move; they don’t make sounds；they don’t seem to act on anything. But as is often the case, plants talk to each other all the time. And the language is a chemical (化学物质).
Over the years, scientists have reported that different types of plants, from trees to tomatoes, give out chemicals into the air to help neighbouring plants. These chemical warnings can spread information about one plant’s disease or infestation (虫害)，so other plants can protect themselves. But how plants receive and act on the information exactly is still mysterious (神秘的）.
In this week’s Science Magazine, researchers in Japan offered some explanations. They have found out one chemical message and traced it all the way from beginning to end.
The scientists looked at tomato plants infested by a common pest (害虫）. To start out，they grew plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube (管子）. One plant was infested and placed upwind and the other was uninfested and placed downwind. The downwind plants were later exposed (暴露的）to the pest. The results showed that plants near sick neighbours before were able to protect themselves better against the pest.
They found one chemical appeared more often in the exposed plants. The chemical is called HexVic. The scientists discovered where HexVic came from, and put it over healthy plants. Those plants were then able to produce HexVic. Researchers made sure that uninfested plants could fight off bugs and diseases. How do they know when to protect themselves? They are warned first by their friendly plant neighbours.
It is not a simple story , and it may be happening in many other plants besides tomatoes. It may also be happening with more chemical signals that are still unknown to us. In a word, we know that plants not only communicate, but also look out for one another.The underlined word “traced” in the fourth paragraph probably means _______here.
| A．reported | B．followed | C．doubted | D．developed |
For scientists, which are the right steps to watch tomato plants infested by a pest?
① Place the infested plant upwind.
② Place the uninfested plant downwind.
③ Expose the downwind plants to the pest.
④ Grow plants in two separate plastic spaces connected by a tube.
| A．③①②④ | B．①④③② |
| C．④①②③ | D．④②①③ |
You can put the sentence “The researchers also studied leaves from exposed plants and unexposed plants. " at the beginning of Paragraph ____.
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
| A．Communicating Plants and Terrible Diseases |
| B．Talking Plants and Friendly Warnings |
| C．Protecting Plants and Clear Information |
| D． Growing Plants and Mysterious Chemicals |
Wang Bing’s father began smoking when he was in college. His friend passed him his first cigarette(香烟). He has now been smoking for more than 30 years. It’s an example of how young people are introduced to cigarettes，except that nowadays smokers develop their habit at an even younger age. It has become a main worry in China that many teenagers begin to smoke. A showed that 22. 5 % of the middle school students questioned had tried smoking and 15. 8% of them smoked regularly(经常). For many teenagers, smoking is a symbol of being an adult，maturity (成熟) and attractiveness because the images who they love best often smoke on screen.
The social environment also plays an important role in attracting(吸引）teenagers, to smoking. They are used to seeing their elders, especially male (男性）family members, smoking at home. Many of them imitate adult behavior and become new smokers.
To increase the price of cigarettes is a useful way to reduce the number of young smokers, as teenagers have no enough money to spend on them.
Another way is to teach the teenagers to refuse cigarettes. A survey shows that 92. 5% of the students know smoking will be bad for their health. If we tell them, in a proper way, most of them may give up smoking.
All in all, the society, the government, the school and the family should join together to take the responsibility(责任）for an anti-smoking(禁烟)act aimed at teenagers，not just to put empty words and warnings on cigarette packs.The writer uses the first paragraph to _______.
| A．tell the readers a story of a smoker |
| B．introduce the topic of the passage |
| C．introduce the college life of Wang Bing Js father |
| D．tell the difference between Wang Bing and his father |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
| A．The teenagers think smoking is a symbol of being an adult and maturity. |
| B．The social environment encourages the teenagers to smoke. |
| C．The teenagers should be taught to refuse to smoke. |
| D．The teenage smoking has become a serious problem in China. |
What does the word “imitate” in Paragraph5 mean in Chinese?
| A．指责 | B．忍受 | C．模仿 | D．支责 |
From the underlined part of the last sentence of this passage, we can infer 推断 that the writer thinks putting words and warnings on cigarette packs is ______ to solve the problem.
| A．not enough | B．of no use |
| C．of great help | D．of great importance |