I remember a time I went shopping on my first visit to Hongkong． Coming from cold and cloudy England， I prepared for the sun and dressed in a T﹣shirt and a short skirt． Not having many chances to enjoy the sun in the UK， my legs were very white．In the UK，this is not a fashionablelook at all．Most women spend every sunny day out in the sun trying to get darker skin．The darker the skin is，the better the look is．I have tried to get darker but nothing works for me!
As I walked around one shop， two shop girls didn't take their eyes off me the whole time， talking quietly to each other in Chinese． I began to feel uncomfortable and asked my friend if we could leave．After we left the shop， she asked me what was wrong． I complained（抱怨） about the shop girls being very rude and always looking at my legs． I was embarrassed that they were talking about my white skin．My friend laughed，" they weren't laughing at you． They were saying how nice your legs are． Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours． In fact， there are many beauty products in the shops to make skin white and a lot of money is spent on them．"
It just goes to show that we are never happy with what we have． The grass is always greener on other side． If the woman of the west and east thought the same way， western women wouldn't spend so much money on cream that makes skin darker and women from the east wouldn't need to use cream that makes skin whiter．
（1）The writer had white legs because ．
| A． |
She spent so much money on her legs |
| B． |
She lived in a cold and cloudy country |
| C． |
She wanted them to be white |
| D． |
She didn't like dark skin |
（2）What does the underlined （划线的） word in the first paragraph mean in Chinese？
| A． |
时尚的 |
| B． |
和谐的 |
| C． |
好玩的 |
| D． |
有气质的 |
（3）How do you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph？
| A． |
People are always happy with what they have． |
| B． |
The grass on both sides is green． |
| C． |
People in the west have the best skin． |
| D． |
People are always unhappy with what they have． |
The purpose of this notice is____________．
| A．to ask people to visit the springs |
| B．to make visitors know the area |
| C．to tell visitors what not to do |
| D．to tell the visitors to have a rest |
The notice is written for____________.
| A．visitors | B．children | C．workers | D．managers |
____________is NOT mentioned in the notice．
| A．How long visitors can stay in the area |
| B．What visitors cannot bring to the area |
| C．Who looks after the visitors’ things |
| D．Whether smoking is allowed in the area |
根据短文内容，从短文后的A-E选择中，选出适当的选项补全短文，并将代表句子的字母填写在答题卡相应的题号位置上。
There are two days we shouldn't worry about in our life. One is yesterday, . Yesterday is gone forever.
. So it is useless to worry about it.
We cannot control tomorrow. , maybe something good or bad. No matter tomorrow is sunny or cloudy, the sun will rise as usual.
So we have only one day left. What is it? . Today is the most important for everyone. It is the only day for us to fight for ourselves. We can control it. We can choose what to do and what not to do. We can choose how to do it. Treasure Today,
.
| A. We cannot change what you said or what you did yesterday B. We don't know what will happen next day C. Yes, it is Today D. because it is our wealth财富 in our hand E. and the other one is tomorrow |
Look at the center circles of Diagram (图)A and Diagram B. 
Which of the centre circles looks larger?
Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact , they are exactly the same size.
Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase花瓶? Or two faces？Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time.
“What’s happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?” You may wonder at what you see. Don’t worry. Here is how it goes:
When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains大脑 and then our brains interpret（解读） the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it “Visual illusion（视觉错误）.
Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B.
That’s because.
A. something is wrong with our eyes
B. the two circles are not the same size
C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way
D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the otherWhat’s the right order according to the passage?
a. We look at things with our eyes.
b. Our brains interpret the messages.
c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.
d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.
| A．adbc | B．cabd | C．acdb | D．bcad |
Movie makers make use of visual illusions to .
| A．help the actors look better |
| B．make the actors much braver |
| C．help the actors become stronger |
| D．make the actors seem different in size |
In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph段 can explain what has happened to our eyes?
A. The second one. B. The third one.
C. The fifth one. D. The sixth one.The text is probably taken from .
| A．an advertisement | B．a science book |
| C．a movie magazine | D．a story book |
Ted, my little brother, is in Grade One. Last Friday he came back from school with a letter. The letter was from his teacher. "I got a red flower today. Could you please sign签字 this note?" he said to Mum. The note showed that he had been talking in class.
Ted hardly gets top scores in his school work. The best he gets is "OK", but often he gets "You can do better than this." Mum knows what it means. She tells me "You can do better than this" means "Extremely bad" in China.
In the USA, teachers never say anything too bad about their students, even if the students are making trouble in class or not working hard enough. The worst they might say is "Please be nicer tomorrow". Many parents are satisfied with对---满意 a B-grade for each subject.
But things in Chinese schools are quite different. Parents have high expectations for their children. I sometimes felt that my second-grade cousin spent more time on homework than I did when I was a 6th grader in the USA! Yet his parents and teachers didn't think he worked hard enough.
Is it too strict in China? Or is it not strict enough in the USA? Maybe both are true.Why did Ted come home with .a letter last Friday ?
| A．Because the teacher wanted to visit his mother. |
| B．Because he did something wrong. |
| C．Because the teacher was happy with his progress. |
| D．Because the teacher thought he was too lazy. |
If a student in the USA gets "OK" in his school work, it means .
| A．he gets top scores |
| B．he gets medium scores |
| C．he gets extremely bad scores |
| D．he gets the worst scores |
American parents will be when their children get a B-grade in their school.
| A．excited | B．sad | C．angry | D．happy |
The underlined words "high expectations" in this passage means .
| A．很高的待遇 | B．很多的自由 | C．很高的期望 | D．很多的关爱 |
The writer mainly wants to tell us .
| A．the differences between Chinese education and American education |
| B．Chinese students are better than American students |
| C．American parents are not strict enough with their children |
| D．what the best way to educate children is |
Many students have already had clear ideas about what jobs they would like to have in the future. We believe boys’ choices are different from girls’. To find out how different their choices are, we made a survey in Green High School. The following diagram shows the results of the survey. 
About 45% of the girls would like to be ________ in the future.
| A．bank clerks | B．reporters | C．scientists | D．teachers |
About ________ of the boys want to be teachers as well.
| A．5% | B．15% | C．28% | D．38% |
Which job do the girls like least?
| A．Bank clerks | B．Reporters | C．Managers | D．Scientists |
What does the diagram show us?
| A．Boys’ abilities of jobs are the same as girls’. |
| B．Boys’ abilities of jobs are different from girls’. |
| C．Boys’ choices of jobs are the same as girls’. |
| D．Boys’ choices of jobs are different from girls’. |
Which of the following statements is RIGHT?
| A．More girls would like to be reporters than boys. |
| B．More boys would like to be bank clerks than girls. |
| C．Boys would like to be reporters most. |
| D．Girls would like to be managers most. |