Joe Read studied in this school for four years. When he finished school, he was already eighteen years old. And then his father said to him, “You finished school, and you are a good student. Now you may go to town and get a good job. They need some clever people to work in the office. The people there can get a lot of money now. If you stay at home, you can't get money from our family.” A few weeks later, Joe went to the office and asked for a job there. A man took him into a small room and gave him some questions on a piece of paper. Joe answered the questions quickly, and he gave the paper to the man. The man looked at the paper for a few minutes and then asked, “You were born on Sep. 23. But which year were you born in?” Joe answered, “Oh, every year.”How old was Joe when he went to this school?
| A．8. | B．18. | C．4. | D．14. |
What place did his father want him to work in?
| A．A school. | B．An office | C．A house. | D．A shop. |
Why did the man give Joe a piece of paper?
| A．Because he wanted to give Joe a job. |
| B．Because he wanted to know if Joe was clever. |
| C．Because he wanted Joe to answer some questions. |
| D．Because he wanted to know how old Joe was. |
The world is not only hungry, it will also be thirsty for water. About 97% of water on the earth is sea water, or salty(咸的) water. Man can only drink or use the other 3% of the fresh water(淡水) which comes from rivers, lakes and underground.
The sea is very big. Look at the map of the world, there is more sea than land. It covers(覆盖) quarters of the earth, it looks very beautiful when the sun is shinning on it. But it can be terrible when there is a strong wind. Some parts of the sea are very deep. There is one place near Japan. It's nearly 11 kilometers high. If we put that mountain into the sea at that place, there would be 2 kilometers of water above it!
The sea is salty. There is one "sea" called the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea is not a sea. It's a big lake in the Jordan Valley. It's the saltiest. It's near the city of Jericho. It's about 80.kilometres long, between 4.8 and 17.7 kilometers wide. The river Jordan runs into the Dead Sea. The sun is not there and the water is salty. Fish can't live in the Dead Sea and plants can't grow near it. People can't swim well in the Dead Sea, but they can float(漂浮) on the water. The water is very blue and the air is clean. In winter, people come to the Dead Sea to enjoy the sunshine.Does the fresh water come from rivers, lakes and underground?
| A．Yes, it does. | B．No, it doesn't. |
| C．Yes, it doesn't. | D．No, it does. |
The passage tells us the sea covers of the earth.
| A．3% | B．25% | C．75% | D．97% |
The Dead Sea is .
| A．80 kilometers long | B．2 kilometers wide |
| C．11 kilometers deep | D．17.7 kilometers high |
According to the passage, which of the following isn't true?
| A．The river Jordan runs into the Dead Sea. |
| B．The world will only be thirsty. |
| C．The sea looks beautiful when the sun-is shining on it. |
| D．The Dead Sea is the saltiest lake in the world. |
Almost every child in cities has the chance to go to school, but not all children in the countries are so lucky.
There is a girl called Xiao Fang. She is eight years old and lives in a small village in Guangxi. When she was young, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to afford the school fees for her, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Fang worked in the fields with her parents every day. Then Hope Project heard about Xiao Fang. It agreed to help Xiao Fang to go to school. Her wish of study came true, and now she is studying in a school.
Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope Project and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.
If you give Hope Project ￥300 each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. Let's help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life. can go to school.
| A．Almost every child in China |
| B．Almost every child in big cities |
| C．Almost every child in the world |
| D．Almost every child in small villages |
The words "school fees" in the second passage mean ______.
| A．交通费 | B．住宿费 | C．学费 | D．生活费 |
Hope Project helped Xiao Fang because______
| A．it heard about her |
| B．she knew someone working there |
| C．she went to ask for help |
| D．she wrote a letter to the newspaper |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Hope Project helps to build new schools |
| B．Hope Project helps the poor children to go to school |
| C．Hope Project helps schools to buy desks, chairs, books, etc. |
| D．All the above |
It was the first day of class. Two of Tara’s new ESL (English as a Second Language) classmates wanted to know where she was from. They were both from Korea. Because Tara looked like Korean, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Korea. Tara replied, “No, I’m not.” Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Japan, or Thailand, or China. To each question, Tara answered them a simple “no”. Laughing, one woman said to the other, “She’s not from anywhere!” The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Korean.
The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each other. A student in Tara’s group asked her, “Where are you from?” Tara answered that she was from Korea. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara’s answer.
“Aha!” they both exclaimed, “You are from Korea!” Tara smiled and said yes. Then she apologized (道歉) to both of them for lying the day before. She told them that she had not wanted to get into a Korean conversation with them. It had been her experience that many ESL students continued to speak their mother languages in ESL class, and Tara had not come to ESL class to practice her Korean. In her opinion, ESL students should try to speak English only.
“I agree.” said Rose.
“You’re 100 percent right.” agreed Jenny, “Rose and I must stop speaking Korean to each other. Right, Rose?” Rose nodded, and then said something in Korean. All three women laughed.
The next half a year, Tara became friendly with both women, although she never spoke a word of Korean to them during class or break.Where does Tara come from?
| A．China. | B．Thailand. | C．Japan. | D．Korea. |
The underlined word “exclaimed” in Paragraph 3 means “_________”.
| A．cried in fear | B．shouted in surprise |
| C．screamed with joy | D．announced with excitement |
According to the passage, we can infer (推断) that _________.
| A．Tara said she was from Korea because she knew the student in her group was also from Korea. |
| B．Tara said she was from Korea because she wanted to make friends with the student in her group. |
| C．Tara said she wasn’t from Korea because she didn’t like Rose and Jenny and wasn’t willing to speak Korean with them. |
| D．Tara said she wasn’t from Korea because she didn’t want Rose and Jenny to speak Korean with her during the class. |
What can be the best title of this passage?
| A．Let’s Speak English | B．An ESL Class |
| C．Don’t Tell Lies | D．Let’s Practice Korean |
Recycling is a way to take trash and turn it into new products. There are a number of different recycling processes that allow materials to be used more than once.
All kinds of materials can be recycled. Some of the most common processes in use today involve（牵涉） recycling plastic, glass, metals , paper, electronics and so on. Items made of these materials include soda cans, plastic boxes, newspapers, old computers, and cardboard boxes.
There are many steps in recycling. It isn’t actually a simple process and is different for each type of material. For example, paper starts its recycling process by being mixed with water and other chemicals to break it down. This process finally turns the paper into a pulp(纸浆). Then remove the plastics and other useless materials from the pulp. After that, it gets cleaned. Now the pulp is ready to be made into new paper.
However, computers and batteries（电池） are usually recycled in order to remove harmful chemicals as well as to find again some valuable materials such as gold.
In general, we should follow different steps in the recycling process. These steps are:
•Collecting recyclable materials, like cans and plastic bottles.
•Processing(加工) the old materials and making new items.
•Buying items made from recycled materials.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。What is recycling?
| A．It makes your heart and body strong. |
| B．It is to reuse anything that can be used again. |
| C．It means keeping the land , air and water clean. |
| D．buying items made from recycled materials |
Paragraph 2 mainly tells us _____.
| A．recycling is very easy |
| B．recycling process is different |
| C．what materials can be recycled |
| D．throwing cans and plastic bottles away |
Which shows the recycling process of paper correctly?
a. cleaning it
b. removing useless materials
c. being mixed with water and other chemicals
d. turning the paper into a pulp
| A．c-d-b-a | B．b-a-d-c |
| C．c-a -b-d | D．a-b-d-a |
任务型阅读,Bill等五位同学即将升入高中，请你根据1~5五段材料中关于他们的兴趣爱好的描述，帮助他们选定各自感兴趣的高中选修课程。（有一项是多余的）Bill would like to go to the USA one day. He likes Lincoln, Washington and other presidents. He wants to know more about this country.
Linda enjoys delicious food. She often helps her mother with meals. She’d like to learn how to make dishes.
Tony’s hobby is to take photos. He hoped to do it better.
Mei Langfang is Chris’s favorite star. He likes Chinese traditional music. He often watches plays at the theater or on CCTV-11.
Maria is good at drawing. She wants to learn how to make films like Mickey Mouse.
A．Beijing Opera  |
B．American History |
C．English Film |
| D．Cooking |
E. Photography
F. Cartoon Making