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Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy．He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam in 2014 instead of 2016．
On October 22，Beijing Municipal Commission of Education announced that，from 2016，the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced from 120 to 100．Of the 100 points，the listening scores will increase to 50．Meanwhile，the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150．
“The change won’t affect me．I feel so lucky becauseEnglish is my strongest subject，”said Wang．Why such a change?“It places the importance on Chinese in our study and reduces students’pressure，”said Li Yi，a spokesman of the commission．
“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage of English，”said Li．“Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones．”
There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change．But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams．
For example，Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its Gaokao．But，“being tested for less points doesn t mean the subject can be taken lightly，”Bai Ping wrote in China Daily．
English has long been the world’s most commonly used language．Wang Jiaming said he understood the change．
“Chinese，not English，is our mother tongue，”he said．“but still，I think English is both interesting and useful．”In the Beijing senior high school entrance exam of 2016，the English scores will be cut down to________．
| A．50 |
| B．100 |
| C．120 |
| D．150 |
Wang Jiaming feels lucky because________．
| A．the exam change from 2016 doesn’t affect him |
| B．he doesn’t need to take the important exam |
| C．Chinese is his strongest subject |
| D．he is not good at chemistry |
The sentence“being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly”in the passage means________．
| A．the students can spend less time on English |
| B．it’s harder for the students to get a high score |
| C．English is not as important and useful as before |
| D．studying English is still important for the students |
What is the main purpose of the change?
| A．To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English． |
| B．To make students learn to read English news on mobile phones． |
| C．To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam． |
| D．To make students pay more attention to learning Chinese． |
My name is Cathy. I’m English, but I’m in shandong with my family now. Look! This is a photo of my family. This is my father. He is a manager of a theatre. He likes running. My mother is a nurse. She likes listening to music. The boy is my brother, Sam. His favourite sport is basketball. Who is the girl next to him? It’s me. I like table tennis very much.Where is Cathy now?
| A．In Beijing. | B．In Shantou. |
| C．In Shandong. | D．In Wuhan. |
What’s Cathy’s father’s job?
| A．An actor. | B．A manager. |
| C．A teacher. | D．A driver. |
Who likes listening to music?
| A．Cathy. | B．Sam. |
| C．Cathy’s father. | D．Cathy’s mother. |
How many people are there in Cathy’s family?
| A．Two. | B．Three. |
| C．Five. | D．Four. |
The best title（最佳标题）is .
| A．My family. | B．A photo of my parents. |
| C．My favourite sport. | D．My parents’ jobs. |
My name is Sam. I joined a club called “Passing help” last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my way home my old car broke down. It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride in somebody else’s car, but it was dark and there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby.
After a while, a bus came ,but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came . At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.
“ When I reached the bus station. I got to know that the bus to your town couldn’t come, so I returned here. I just can’t leave you here,” she said .“Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.”
“It is a long way,” I said.
“Come on, sir,” she said.“Let’s go.”
On the way she told me a story. A few days ago. There wasn’t gas(汽油) in her car. An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.
When we got to my home ,I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn’t accept it. “ I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.” She said.What happened to Sam one evening this May?
| A．He lost his way. | B．His car broke down. |
| C．He was in danger. | D．He missed the bus |
The underlined word get a ride in the passage most probably means
| A．骑马 | B．骑车 |
| C．搭便车 | D．乘车 |
The young woman wanted Sam to __________
| A．give her some money |
| B．get on her bus |
| C．take her to her house |
| D．help other just as she did |
The best title (题目)of the passage is _________
| A．A kind woman | B．Getting a ride |
| C．Passing help | D．A broken car |
Friends are important in our lives, but how to keep our friendship is more important. Here are some ways for you.
Write letters
If your best friend moves to other cities, you could buy the same magazine, E-mail, phone or write each other about the articles in the magazine that make you laugh. This will make you have the same interest. Don’t forget to visit each other as often as you can.
Think of your friends first
What are your friends’ thoughts, dreams, hopes and fears? What are her past experiences(经历)? From these, you could think of ways to support your friends. You put your friend first, she or he feels special, and you both grow closer to each other.
Gifts from the heart
Take photos of a whole day or weekend together. Write a short story about your time you enjoyed. Save the movie tickets, restaurant stubs(票根) or special gifts you find every place you travel. Put everything in a box you’ll keep all the time.
Create your own fun ways to keep your friendship if you can.__________makes you and your friends have the same interest.
| A．Writing a letters in English |
| B．Talking about the same magazine |
| C．Visiting each other often |
| D．Thinking of your friends first. |
From Paragraph4, we can find _________kinds of gifts from the heart.
| A．two | B．three |
| C．four | D．five |
According to the passage ________is TRUE.
| A．Writing letters to each other can make you laugh. |
| B．Thinking of your friends first can make you grow closer to each other. |
| C．Taking photos for your friend is the best gift from the heart. |
| D．Sending your friend special gifts can make her/him feel special. |
The writer wrote this article to tell us how to ___________
| A．make friends | B．find good gifts |
| C．create our own fun | D．keep friendship |
When George was thirty-five, he bought a small plane and learned to fly it. He soon became very good and made his plane do all kinds of flying tricks.(飞行特技)
George had a friend. His name was Mark. One day, George took him up in his plane. Mark thought, "I travel(旅行)in a big plane many times, but I didn’t travel in a small one, so I'll go."
They went up, and George flew around for half an hour and did all kinds of tricks in the air.
When they came down again, Mark was very glad to be back safely, and he said to his friend in a shaking (抖动)voice, "Well, George, thank you very much for those two trips in your plane." George was very surprised and said,"Two trips?" "Yes, my first and my last," answered Mark.George was interested in _______.
| A．taking small planes |
| B．doing tricks in planes |
| C．reading books about planes |
| D．drawing pictures |
From the story, we can know_________..
| A．Mark never traveled in a small plane. |
| B．George and Mark were classmates. |
| C．Mark wanted to take George’s plane again. |
| D．Mark enjoyed all kinds of tricks. |
George’s friend was ______when they came down to the ground.
| A．happy | B．unlucky |
| C．relaxed | D．afraid |
In face，Mark had ______ trip(s) with George.
| A．one | B．two |
| C．three | D．Four |
The summer vacation is coming. Here are three great places for you and your family to enjoy the holiday.
You can ________ in Zhangjiajie, Hunan.
| A．go swimming | B．eat seafood |
| C．climb mountains | D．see plants |
Mark is five years old , If he goes to Sanya with his parents, he needs to pay _______RMB.
A. 180 B.240 C.300 D. 360Probably the article is from __________.
| A．A history book | B．an art book |
| C．a music book | D．a traveling book |