“Am I my brother’s keeper?” The question comes from the Bible(圣经). In the Bible, Cain kills his brother Abel. When God asks Cain where Abel is, he replies, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” by which he means, “Am I responsible (有责任心的) for my brother—his safety and health?” The answer, of course, is “Yes, you are.”
This sense of responsibility for others is basic to all good societies. And also it is basic to what we call “civil(文明的) society”. China is now working on building a civil society and the high schools in Shanghai want students to take part in that through volunteering. They are supposed to do sixty class hours of volunteer work before graduation. This is something new in China, but it is not new in other countries.
In the Canadian province of Ontario, high school students are required to do forty hours of volunteering. In some American states, the volunteering requirement is one hundred hours. These students spend about an hour a week during the school year and summer vacations, helping the poor, the sick and the old. They also teach young children to read and help to clean up the environment. And studies have shown that this volunteering experience influences students a lot after graduation.
Some of you may be thinking, “Gee, sixty class hours is a lot. How can I find the time?” In fact, if you finish it in three years, you only need to do the work about three class hours a month. And the time is well spent if it helps you realize that “being your brother’s keeper” makes you a better person and makes society a better place for everyone.
A Shanghai high school student should finish class hours of volunteer work before graduation.
| A．thirty | B．forty | C．sixty | D．one hundred |
The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refers to “ ”.
| A．building a civil society | B．reading the Bible |
| C．doing the volunteer work | D．playing more sports |
According to the writer, “being your brother’s keeper” means “ ”.
| A．being a good school student |
| B．being responsible for others |
| C．taking good care of your brother |
| D．doing volunteer work with your brother |
The main purpose of the writing is to .
| A．tell students where to do volunteer work |
| B．give advice on how to be a good volunteer |
| C．encourage students to do more volunteer work |
| D．introduce volunteer work in different countries |
短文填空。 根据短文大意完成下列短文，每空一词。（每空2分，共16分）
Scientists are studying dreams and they think that the more we understand our dreams, the we can understand ourselves. Dreams may carry much interesting information so they are very important to us.
Sometimes we arebusy that we can’t remember everything at work or home, but dreams can remind(提醒)us of what we don’t think of in the daytime. For
, many people may dream of their teeth falling out (掉落)because they’re starting to think they are getting older and older.When people dream of being ready for a very important thing, probably the
is trying to tell you that you have to write down the coming date.
On the other hand, dreams can show us how we really about our relationships(关系). There was once a young woman who thought she had a good husband（丈夫）, but then at
she dreamed of fighting with him. This dream was telling she needed to
with her husband and tell him __
___her problem to him. Her husband believed she shouldn’t have a job, and this made her angry.
任务型阅读。(每小题2分，共6分)阅读下面短文并回答问题。
John Brown had a shop. He sold different kinds of meat in his shop. One day, a woman came into the shop at 6:00 p.m. “Sorry to be late!” she said, “I need some more meat for my dinner tonight.”
John had only one piece of meat in his shop. He took it out of the fridge and said. “This is 6.5 dollars.” “That piece is too small,” the woman said, “Don’t you have anything bigger?”
John went into the room behind the shop, put the piece of meat into the fridge, took it out again and closed the door with a loud noise. Then he brought the piece of meat to the woman and said, “This piece of meat is bigger and more expensive. It’s 8.5 dollars. ” “Good! ” The woman said with a smile, “Give me both of them, please.”How many pieces of meat did John have when the woman came to the shop?
____________________________________________________________________________Why didn’t the woman want the meat John gave her at first?
___________________________________________________________________________Could the woman buy two pieces of the meat?
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Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports．It is because they have no interest in sports? It may not be the fact．They often say they have other more important things to do．
What are these important things? Examination! They have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations and tests at school，so many of them almost become bookworm(书呆子)．In the summer holidays of the last year，they had to put all the time to their study．So books stopped them from enjoying sports．
Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers，they have to work harder and spend most of their time on books．As for the students themselves，they want to get good results so that they can go to famous high schools．So it seems necessary to stop their school sports for saving more time to study．
In fact，education cannot go without physical exercise，because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body．If you don’t have a strong body, you can never achieve anything，let alone(更不用说)a great success in your life．_______ the greatest problem，so the school students don’t pay attention to sports now．
| A．Examinations are | B．No interest is |
| C．Books are | D．studies are |
We agree to _______ according to the passage．
| A．work hard all day and all night |
| B．do sports after enough rest |
| C．do all kinds of sports after working hard |
| D．drop the sports |
According to the passage，students’ pressure come from the following except(除了) _______．
| A．parents | B．teachers |
| C．themselves | D．brothers and sisters |
“Because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body.” means _______．
| A．They’re weak because they hardly have sports in the day． |
| B．They won’t think things quickly if they don’t have a strong body． |
| C．They don’t want to get into the higher school if they are weak in their studies． |
| D．They can run fast when they have strong body． |
To stay healthy sometimes isn’t difficult.
Have a healthy lifestyle. It’s the best way to have a good lifestyle with family. When your family do the same activity, you can encourage each other to keep going. If you make your family enjoy doing exercise and eating healthily, you can also be healthy.
When you go shopping, buy healthy food. Buy more vegetables and fruit. Try different kinds of healthy food and try to eat at home every day. But many people like eating out for fun. If you are eating out, try to eat healthy food.
Don’t think of having food as a fun activity. It’s good for us to do many fun activities around food. For example, we may often meet our friends for lunch. In fact, there are many other activities you can do with friends. How about meeting friends for a sports game? You can eat, but the activity doesn’t have to focus on food.
Looking after your health should not be boring. Start now!According to the passage, the best way to have a healthy lifestyle is to have a good lifestyle with .
| A．family | B．friends |
| C．students | D．teachers |
The underlined word “encourage” means in Chinese.
| A．表达 | B．总结 | C．鼓励 | D．打击 |
According to the passage, many people often for fun.
| A．play games | B．go out to eat |
| C．do sports | D．make calls |
From the passage we learn it’s good for us to .
| A．go out to eat fast food with friends |
| B．do many fun activities around food |
| C．eat different kinds of healthy food often |
| D．invite friends to eat out often |
Mr. Green asked a lot of questions about the buses. But Sam couldn’t answer them. Here’s a timetable. Friends, after you read it, can you answer Mr. Green’s questions?
| Timetable |
||||
| STOP |
BUS 1 |
BUS 2 |
BUS 3 |
BUS 4 |
| Ferry |
6:00 |
6:30 |
7:00 |
7:30 |
| Old street |
6:10 |
6:40 |
7:10 |
7:40 |
| Park |
6:25 |
6:55 |
7:25 |
7:55 |
| New Street |
6:30 |
7:00 |
7:30 |
8:00 |
| Hotel |
6:35 |
7:05 |
7:35 |
- |
| Playground |
6:40 |
7:10 |
7:40 |
8:05 |
| Hospital |
7:00 |
- |
8:00 |
8:25 |
| Market |
7:00 |
7:30 |
8:10 |
8:35 |
How many stops are there between the Ferry and the Market?
| A．Five | B．Six |
| C．Seven | D．Eight |
How often does the bus get to the New Street?
| A．Every half an hour. | B．No answer. |
| C．Every ten minutes. | D．Every twenty minutes. |
I work in the hospital. I must reach the hospital at eight o’clock. Which bus should I take?
| A．The first bus | B．The second bus |
| C．The third bus | D．The fourth bus |