I am an English girl. My name is Mary. I’m twelve. My dad and mom are English teachers. I have a brother（哥哥). His name is Tom and he is thirteen. We are in China now. We are in Beijing No. 4 Junior High School. Tom is in Class 4, Grade 7 and I am in Class 9, Grade 7. I have a dog. My dog is smart(聪明的). It has a small mouth and two big black ears. We have many(许多) Chinese friends here. We like them very much.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。Mary comes from the U.S.A.
Mary and Tom are in the same class, but they are in different grades.
Mary’s dog’s mouth and ears are big.
The dog’s ears are black.
Tom and Mary have many friends in China.
Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was thrown three meters into the air.
Tony woke up in a hospital room. When the doctor told him that both his legs were broken, he knew his college basketball dreams were over. Tony did what the doctors told him. But it didn’t work when he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a rehab center for physical treatment.
A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Sunny used to be a coach. His legs were hurt badly in a skating accident. Though he couldn’t move his legs, Sunny became a coach of a basketball team called The Sun. It was a wheelchair basketball team, because everybody on the team played on a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he stopped feeling sorry for himself.
After becoming a part of The Sun, Tony improved quickly. Playing basketball was like medicine for him. Tony was much better that before. When Tony became sad or angry, Sunny was there to help him. The day before Tony left the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny how he could be so happy, even with his broken legs.
Sunny smiled and said, “It’s really quite easy. When you keep your face to the sun, the shadow falls behind.”What happened to Tony one afternoon?
| A．He was ill. |
| B．His arms were broken. |
| C．His legs got hurt badly in a skating accident. |
| D．His legs got hurt badly in a car accident. |
What does the underlined work “rehab” mean in Chinese?
| A．戒毒 | B．篮球 | C．康复 | D．娱乐 |
What is The Sun?
| A．It is a wheelchair basketball team. |
| B．It is a normal basketball team. |
| C．It is a football team. |
| D．It is a volleyball team. |
After Tony joined The Sun, he.
| A．became sad and angry |
| B．play badly all the time |
| C．was much better than before |
| D．felt sorry for himself |
Events from Newspapers
| Children’s Ocean of Art The second children’s art exhibition in our city will be held in the Children’s Palace. It aims to improve children’s creativity. Dates: Aug. 30th－Sept. 10th Houses: 9:00a. m.－5:30p. m. |
| Food Festival The Coffee Garden will host a food festival. It will offer all kinds of delicious food. You can also enjoy traditional music and dancing at the same time. Price: 98yuan per person (buy five and get one free) Dates: Aug. 9th－Aug. 25th Places: The Coffee Garden at No. 152 Zhongshan Road |
| Disney Magic Shows Children’s favorite, Mouse, together with other Disney cartoon figures will come to our city for 12 magic shows from July 28th to August 1st. The magic shows will tour eight cities in the next two months, including Beijing, Changsha and Hangzhou. Tickets: 80－580 yuan Address: 5018 Huaying Road |
The advertisement for the second children’s art exhibition is most probably seen in the newspaper.
| A．on August 31 | B．on August 29 |
| C．on September 9 | D．on September 10 |
If you invite four people to go to the food festival with you, you will spend yuan.
| A．196 | B．294 | C．392 | D．490 |
Maybe you can enjoyon August l st.
| A．art exhibitions | B．dancing performance |
| C．singing contests | D．the magic shows |
Do you know why people look the way they look? What inside our bodies makes us grow in a certain way? The answer is DNA. It was first discovered by a young Swiss doctor in 1868.
DNA is like a computer program for your body. Almost every cell(细胞) in your body includes DNA. The way DNA in the cell decides why you are the way you are. For example your friend might have larger ears than you. This is because their DNA is different from yours.
DNA lives in the cell and is ordered in a structure called a “double helix(双螺旋)”. In each double helix there are links called as chromosomes(染色体). These chromosomes are made from four bases that arrange themselves in millions of different ways. The way these bases choose to line up is what makes the DNA code for that cell.
DNA is also called a “gene(基因)”. This is a very interesting thing. Genes are passed down from your parents. That is why you might have the same smile like your dad’s or mom’s!
In February, scientists found the skeleton(骨架) of Richard III, King of England from 1483-1485, under a car park in England. It seems unlikely that scientists could identify a 527-year-old skeleton. However, they matched the skeleton’s DNA to a sample from one of his direct descendants(后代). How amazing! _______ discovered DNA.
A. A Swiss scientist B. A Swiss doctor
C. A young student D. A Swiss worker Which of the following is Wrong?
A. DNA is a part of the cell.
B. Different people have different DNA.
C. The chromosomes are made up of four bases.
D. Scientists could not identify a 527-year-old skeleton. What is the main function of “genes”?
| A．They decide your children’s appearances or characters. |
| B．They make your children have the same smile as you. |
| C．They make your children stay healthy. |
| D．They’re good for scientific researches. |
What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. What decides DNA. B. How DNA is arranged.
C. What genes are like.D. How DNA works in our body.
In China，people born in and after the 1980s are called the post-80s generation(一代人)．Most of them come from single-child families．However，this generation is playing a more and more important part in China，and their image(形象) in people’s minds is changing．Han Han，a popular youth writer，is one of them．
Han Han was born in 1982 in Shanghai．His talent for writing was clear at an early age．When he was 17，he attracted the public’s attention with the article Viewing the People through the Glass．The article won first prize in the national New Concept Composition Competition．Later，Han Han again surprised the public by leaving high school．“I didn’t do well in Grade One of high school and failed to move up to the next grade．I tried my best to improve my studies，but failed，so I gave up．However，I am always learning，since learning and going to school are two different things,” Han Han said．
Han Han’s first novel Three Folded Gates sold very well in China．Later the book was translated(翻译)into several languages and sold abroad．
In the following years，Han Han wrote a lot of books．All of them were welcomed by the market．In 2006，he started blogging (写博客)and had great success．Today，Han Han’s blog has become one of the honest blogs on the Internet．The post-80s generation ．
| A．have changed China’s image |
| B．are playing an important role in China |
| C．are very good at writing |
| D．are people who are more than 80 years old |
When did Han Han begin to write a blog?
| A．When he was seventeen． | B．In 1982． |
| C．When he was twenty-four. | D．In 2008. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Three Folded Gates was only sold in China． |
| B．Nobody was surprised that Han Han left high school． |
| C．Han Han was not liked by the post-80s generation． |
| D．Han Han’s blog is very popular on the Internet． |
Can you swim? Swimming is one of the most popular activities in summer. It can be learned early in life. Little children can learn to swim as soon as they walk. In fact, you need the same skills in walking as in swimming. However, I believe that five is the best age to learn it. By five or six, a child knows fear of water, a very important thing to know. It’s wise to be afraid. The young understand that the water can sometimes be very dangerous.
When you swim, you should follow certain rules:
★Never swim alone! No matter how good you are in the water, don’t risk drowning by swimming alone. If you swim by yourself, you may get into trouble.
★Don’t go beyond your abilities. Most swimmers know it clearly not to swim too far from the bank or the beach.
★Don’t show off your skills by doing dangerous tricks.
★Don't smoke. Swimming depends on a healthy body.
★Work at any activity that builds muscles (肌肉). Little children can learn to swim as soon as _________.
| A．they can talk |
| B．they start walking |
| C．they have no fear of the water |
| D．they are five or six years old |
The writer believes it’s very __________for a child to know the fear of water.
| A．important | B．useful |
| C．dangerous | D．bad |
According to the passage, you should not swim alone because ____.
| A．the water is too cold |
| B．your parents would not be happy |
| C．something in the water might attack |
| D．you might drown |