My name is Chen Lan. My home is in Gulangyu. Do you know Gulangyu? It is in Xiamen. It is near the sea. Gulangyu is a small place, but it is very nice and clean. There are no cars, no buses, and no bikes. People only walk. So it isn’t very noisy.
Our house is in the middle of Gulangyu. Behind our house there is a big tree. My grandfather tells me that the tree is very, very old. There are many birds in the tree. We call it “bird tree”. Our house is near the sea. After school, I go there and catch（抓） fish with my friends. It’s very interesting. I like fish and I like catching fish. If you want to go on a trip（旅行）. Welcome to Gulangyu. I am going to show you around it. You can have fun here.
Chen Lan is from .
A. Jiangsu B. Fujian C. Hunan
What’s not in the passage?
A. Her house B. Her friends C. Her parents
In Chinese the word “noisy” means .
A. 安静的 B. 喧闹的 C. 繁忙的
What does the writer（作者） like to do?
A. Catch fish B. Catch birds C. Go on a trip
Is Gulangyu a good place to travel?
A. Yes, it is.
B. No, it isn’t.
C. I don’t know.
When shopping in a store, I met a boy. When I saw him waving his hands excitedly in the air and shouting in a loud voice, “ Mommy, I’m here,” I knew he was mentally challenged.
I asked his name and he said proudly, “ My name is Denny and I’m shopping with my mother.” “Wow,” I said, “ That’s a cool name. How old are you, Denny?”
“ How old am I now, Mommy?” he asked his mother. “ You’re fifteen years old, Denny; now be a good boy and let the man pass by.” I continued to talk to Denny for several more minutes about summer, bicycles and school. I watched his brown eyes dance with excitement because he was the center of someone’s attention.
Denny’s mom thanked me for talking with her son. She told me that most people wouldn’t even look at him, let alone talk to him. I told her that it was my pleasure and then I said, “ There are plenty of red, yellow, and pink roses in the garden, however, ‘Blue roses’are very rare and should be appreciated for their beauty and distinctiveness（独特性）. Denny is a ‘Blue ses’and if someone doesn’t stop and smell that rose with their heart and kindness, then they’ve missed a chance to appreciate the beauty.”
She was silent for a second, and then went away with tears in her eyes.Where did the writer meet the boy?
| A．In the street | B．In a store |
| C．In a garden | D．In a school |
What’s wrong with the boy?
| A．He didn’t know his name and age |
| B．There was something wrong with his mind |
| C．He lost his way |
| D．He couldn’t find his mother. |
What do you think of the writer?
| A．Kind | B．Brave | C．Clever | D．Honest |
What does the underlined word “ rare” mean?
| A．Beautiful | B．Not seen very often |
| C．Not done very often | D．Not waited very long |
What can we learn from the underlined sentence?
| A．He was so excited that his eyes could dance |
| B．He was excited because his eyes caught someone’s attention. |
| C．He was excited because someone was talking with him |
| D．He was excited because someone paid attention to his eyes. |
Everyone has his own birthday. People in different countries celebrate （庆祝）their birthdays in different ways. Here are four people from different countries. They will tell us how they celebrate their birthdays in their countries.
Sandy Morrison comes from Madrid(马德里). He says happily, "My twenty-first birthday is on a Saturday, and I'm going to go out with some friends. To wish me a happy birthday, they are going to pull（拉，扯）on my ear, once for each year. It is an old custom（风俗）. Some people pull on the ear just once, but my friends are very traditional(传统的)."
Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be sixty tomorrow. In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called Kanreki---it's the beginning of a new life. The colour red is for a new life, so they always give something red for a sixtieth birthday. Mrs Sato says, "What am I going to give my husband? I can't say. It's a surprise（惊喜）."
Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us. "Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It's a special birthday. So we're going to have a family party. I'm probably going to get some money in 'lucky' envelopes（信封） from my relatives. My mother is going to cook noodles --- noodles are for a long life."
Phillip Evans, from Paris, smiles to us, "I'm going to be thirty next week, so I'm going to invite three very good friends out to dinner. In France, when you have birthday, you often invite people out. In some countries, I know it's the opposite---- people take you out."How many times do Sandy’s friends pull on his ear this year?
| A．Just once. | B．twenty-one times. |
| C．Ten times. | D．It’s a secret. |
Japanese people think the sixtieth birthday is _________.
| A．very old. | B．something red. |
| C．a surprise | D．the beginning of a new life. |
Which of the following is not true?
| A．Li Xiaomei gets some money on her birthday. |
| B．Mrs. Sato will give something red to her husband tomorrow. |
| C．People in Madrid celebrate their birthdays by pulling on the ear. |
| D．In France, when someone has birthday, his friends often ask him to have dinner. |
Forget about Super Junior. We now have TFBOYS. TFBOYS is a popular Chinese boy band made up of three members. They are Wang Junkai, 14, Wang Yuan, 13, and Yi Yangqianxi, 13. The boys are all junior middle school students. The band name TFBOYS means The Fighting Boys.
TFBOYS started in 2013, but has become popular in just one year. Fans love their sweet looks and cute voices. Their songs are full of positive energy. In their latest single Magic Castle(<魔法城堡>), they call on teenagers to not be afraid of dreaming big.
The three boys are all top students in school. Wang Junkai, the eldest, has recently taken the senior middle entrance exam(中考). We hope he’s done well.The band name TFBOYS stands for_________.
| A．The Fighting Boys | B．The Famous Boys |
| C．The Friendly Boys | D．The Fat Boys |
The band was founded in _________?
| A．2015 | B．2014 | C．2013 | D．2012 |
The band has become popular because_________?
| A．Fans love their sweet voices |
| B．Fans love their cute looks. |
| C．Their songs are full of positive energy. |
| D．All the above |
You can visit Ocean Museum _________.
| A．on Wednesday | B．on Monday |
| C．on Saturday | D．anytime |
You can get free examinations in Subei Hospital if you are______.
| A．73 | B．17 | C．67 | D．9 |
If Millie is free at 17:30 on Saturday, she can go to _________.
| A．Ocean Museum | B．Sunny English Club |
| C．Subei Hospital | D．Funny English Club |
Mr Read with his wife and his 8-year-old son go to the Ocean Museum, how much will they pay?
A. ￥75 B ￥50 C￥ 125 D ￥150
Mike’s father, Mr. Lee, is a farmer. He lives on the farm. He is happy to see his son move to a new flat in the city. One day, Mr. Lee comes to visit his son with a big orange pumpkin, about 10 kg. He grows it all by himself. “I’ll let my son share it with his neighbours (邻居). Everyone likes pumpkin. Then Mike and his neighbours will become good friends,” Mr. Lee thinks.
At noon, Mr. Lee gets to the community centre（社区）. The building is so tall. There are twenty floors. Mike lives on the sixteenth floor. But he is not at home.
Mr. Lee thinks, “I’ll give the pumpkin to Mike’s neighbours. They will be glad too see the gift.” And he does it. But to his surprise, the neighbour on the left says coldly, “Thank you, but I don’t like it at all.”The woman on the right says nothing and closes the door quickly.
The old man feels sad. At last, he goes to the market, sells it and goes back home. “Are they really neighbours? ” he says to himself. He doesn’t know why.Where does Mr. Lee live?
| A．On the farm. |
| B．In the city. |
| C．On the sixteenth floor of a flat. |
| D．On the right of a woman. |
Who grows the big pumpkin?
| A．Mike. | B．Mike’s neighbour. |
| C．Mike’s mother. | D．Mike’s father. |
What does Mr. Lee want Mike to do with the pumpkin?
| A．He wants Mike to share it with his neighbours. |
| B．He wants Mike to make a pumpkin lantern. |
| C．He wants Mike to cook it and eat it by himself. |
| D．He wants Mike to sell it at the market. |
Where does the pumpkin go at last?
| A．The woman on the right gets it. |
| B．Mr. Lee sells it at the market. |
| C．Mr. Lee takes it back home. |
| D．Mike gets it when he comes back. |
Which is RIGHT？
| A．Mike’s neighbours are polite to his father. |
| B．Mike’s neighbours don’t want the pumpkin because it is too small. |
| C．Mr. Lee thinks neighbours are always friendly and kind. |
| D．Mr. Lee will bring some pumpkins to Mike’s neighbours again. |