Great Lakes in China
A. The largest lake is Qinghai Lake in Qinghai Province, covering 4, 583 square kilometers. It is also the largest saltwater lake in China. The main scenery is： Bird Island.
B. The largest freshwater lake is Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province, covering 3, 583 square kilometers.The lake area is one of the main commodity grain production bases (商品粮基地) in the country, and the lake has many kinds of fish in it.The area is called “ the land of rice and fish”.
C. The deepest lake is Tianchi Lake in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province, reaching as high as 2, 194 metres above sea level. The deepest spot is 373 metres.
D. Namtso Lake is considered as one of Tibetan Buddhism’s (西藏佛教) three holy lakes. The lake is a pilgrimage site (朝圣地). It’s 4, 270 metres above sea level, China’s highest saltwater lake. Natural wildlife — animals, birds and fish — is a summer attraction.
E. The largest barrier lake is Jingbo Lake in southern Heilongjing Province. It is 45 kilometres from north to south and 1 to 6 kilometres from east to west, covering 90 square kilometres. The deepest spot is 50 metres.
F. Not a city like Hangzhou has the most beautiful lake. West Lake is known for its beautiful bridges and its surrounding hills.
G. China’s deepest fresh water (184 metres at one spot), Kannas Lake was formed 200,000 years ago. The area is the home of 798 kinds of plants and 117 kinds of birds.
请根据上面的内容，选择与问题要求相匹配的段落(只填段落前的序号)。将答案写在答题纸的相应位置上。Mr.Smith studies biology, especially plants and birds.Which lake do you think he will go to?
Jim is from the South, and his favorite food is rice and fish.Which is the best lake he will stay at?
Mr. Johnson is a good swimmer. He decides to swim in the deepest lake in China. Which lake should you introduce to him?
Eric is an American girl.She is interested in Tibetan cultures.Which lake does she have to see first?
Emma has visited a lake in China. She says she loses herself in the beautiful bridges and hills.It is the most beautiful lake she has ever seen. Which lake has she visited?
How would you help African people? Here are some children’s ideas.
| I think being healthy is the most important thing. We should give money to help the people there get clean water and better health care. ——Toby, aged 16, Australia |
People seem to give more money to charity (慈善机构) when there is a big disaster like the earthquake. It’s good for people to do so, but I also think that people should get into the habit of giving money to charity all the time. ——Ava, aged 15, America |
| Giving money to charity can help, but it’s not the answer. I think what these countries need is good education (教育). Knowledge can make people’s life better and better. ——Neil, aged 14, England |
The best thing we can do is to send professionals (专业人士) like doctors and teachers there. They can teach the people how to help themselves. ——Edwin, aged 16, Canada |
The children are giving suggestions to help _________ people.
A. Canadian B. African C. AustralianToby thinks _________ is the most important thing.
A. health B. food C. water The underlined word “disaster” means “_________” in Chinese.
A. 组织 B. 惩罚 C. 灾难 _________ think knowledge can make the life better.
A. Toby and Ava
B. Ava and Neil
C. Neil and EdwinFrom the passage, we know the four children _________.
A. are of the same age
B. come from different countries
C. give much money to help the poor people
Energy from the wind
Wind is a kind of clean energy, and there is lots of it, But, if there's no wind, there is no wind energy. Energy from the water
When water moves from a high place to a lower place, it can make electricity(电）without pollution. However, people have to build dams(水坝) to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.
Energy from the earth
There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal(地热的)energy. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is only possible in a few places in the world.
Energy from the sun
Solar panels (太阳电池板) on the roofs of houses can turn energy from the sun into electricity. Solar power is clean and plentiful(丰富的), but when the weather is bad, It doesn't work.
根据阅读填空，每空一词。
| New Energy in Twenty-first Century |
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| Energy |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Wind Energy |
Clean |
There is a lot. It needs |
| Water Energy |
It is |
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| Geothermal Energy |
only possible in a few places |
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| Solar Energy |
Clean and plentiful |
It depends too much on good |
When we talk about music, we can think of different kinds of it. Some people like pop music very much, but it often comes and goes so quickly. It shows our deep feelings of love, hate, joy and sadness in daily life, so it is quite popular among young people.
However, classical music is not so lucky among young people though it’s the symbol of high music level. We know that classical music is serious music, so some people can’t understand its real meaning. That’s why it’s not popular among youngsters.
In fact, folk music is different from other music forms.It’s more traditional than entertainment (娱乐). In American history, fork music began to show up when people needed it most.The earliest folk songs were those like “Down by the Riverside”, “We Shall over come” etc. Yhese are songs about hard life, but they are also full of hopes. Anyway(无论如何)， anybody can understand folk music and it also welcomes everyone to join.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。How many kind of music are mentioned （提及） in the passage?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Four |
. What kind of music is not popular among young people?
| A．Classical music | B．Country music |
| C．Pop music | D．Folk music |
.What can we know from the last paragraph （段）？
| A．Folk music has only one kind of music form. |
| B．American folk music began to show up before the people needed it most. |
| C．Some people can’t understand the real meaning of folk music. |
| D．“Down by the Riverside” is one of the earliest folk songs in America. |
What does the underlined word “ youngsters ” mean?
| A．音乐家 | B．儿童 |
| C．年轻人 | D．老年人 |
What is the best title for the passage ?
| A．Pop music | B．Classical music |
| C．Folk music | D．Some kinds of music |
Word box: website 网址 ， micro-video 微视频，platform 平台 ，edit 编辑
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。. If you want to watch micro-video, you’d better choose ______ .
| A．www.tudou.com | B．www.douban.com |
| C．www.youku.com | D．www.baidu.com |
Tudou was founded ________ mouths earliest than Youku.
A seven B. fourteen C. twenty-one D. ten. ________ founded Toudou in April,2005.
| A．Gu Yongqiang | B．Yang Bo |
| C． Wang Wei | D．Li Gang |
.If you are on Douban, you will have a chance to ________.
| A．Make friends with others |
| B．use the c2c service platform |
| C．Share videos with other people |
| D．talk with the workers there by QQ |
.Which is TRUE?
| A．Douban is the youngest of the three. |
| B．The idea of Youku is "Let the whole world watch us." |
| C．You can edit what you like on Tudou. |
| D．Douban was founded in 2006. |
May 5th is Japanese Children’s Day. In fact, it is usually called Boy’s Day because it is mainly celebrated ( 庆祝 ） by boys. The celebration of Boy’s Day has a long history. It is said that the festival comes from the Dragon Boat Festival in China.
On Boy’s Day, Japanese boys eat a special kind of rice cake. It is covered with a leaf and filled with bean paste ( 豆沙 ). Children love to eat it very much.
On this day, children don’t have to go to school. Each family with a boy hangs up huge carp-shaped flag ( 鲤鱼旗 ). The flags are usually three colors: black, red and blue. Black stands for the father, red stands for the mother and blue stands for the son. Japanese parents believe that the flags will bring their boys good luck and give them courage and power. When is Japanese Boy’s Day?
| A．It’s on June 1st. | B．It’s on May 5th. |
| C．It’s on March 8th. | D．It’s on June 6th. |
Japanese Boy’s Day is probably comes from ________.
| A．the Dragon Boat Festival | B．The Spring Festival |
| C．Thanksgiving Day | D．Children’s Day |
On Boy’s Day,__________.
| A．only boys don’t have to go to school. |
| B．each family with a child hangs up three flags. |
| C．Japanese boys eat a special kind of rice cake. |
| D．boys need to clean their rooms by themselves. |
Black of the carp-shaped flags stands for _______.
| A．the father | B．the mother |
| C．the son | D．the parents |
Japanese parents believe that the carp-shaped flags will ________.
| A．bring their boys good luck |
| B．give their boys courage. |
| C．give their boys power |
| D．All the above. |