Nowadays，phone calls and messages help us make regular contact（联系）with others．
It means that we seldom write letters now．But a TV show，Letters Alive （见字如面），is bringing back this old habit．
Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses，but there are no funny jokes or different competitions．Instead，it's just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter．
The letters were written by people from different times in history．For example，in one episode（集），they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941．The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future．
"Every letter opens another world for us，"according to Guan Zhangwen，the director of the TV show．"It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers．"Since its first episode on Dec 5，Letters Alive has been widely praised．Many audience（观众）said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows．
Besides Letters Alive，some other cultural TV shows have also been well received by Chinese audiences．They include Chinese Poetry Conference，a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers，a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote．It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest．
（1）Letters Alive，a TV show，invites famous people to ．
A．tell audiences jokes
B．read and share letters
C．walk up to a microphone to sing
D．enter different competitions
（2）According to the passage，which sentence is RIGHT？
A．We can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers by reading letters．
B．Xiao Hong missed her brother but had no hope for his future．
C．Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences．
D．Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles．
（3）How many cultural TV shows are mentioned in the passage？
A．One
B．Two
C．Three
D．Four
（4）Chinese audiences these cultural TV shows．
A．like
B．dislike
C．show no interest in
D．doubt about
（5）What is the best title for the passage？
A．Phones have taken the place of letters
B．Welcome to cultural TV shows
C．Letters encourage us to communicate
D．Letters become popular again．
Luke Dollar has spent many years in Madagascar studying lemurs (狐猴).
Reporter: What were you like as a kid?
Dollar: As a kid, I was an explorer. I lived with my grandparents on a farm in Alabama. It wasn’t unusual for me to go to the woods. And I enjoyed that. From the time I was 6 to 16 years old I was an actor. My mom asked me to audition
(试演) for a show in Birmingham. I asked my mom to buy me some video games and she promised (答应), so I got the part. Later, I became a professional actor. So for several years I went everywhere from the Alabama farm to many other cities — all over the USA doing stage productions.
Reporter: How did you get into your field of work?
Dollar: I grew up on a farm and I was really a wild child and came to love wild things. I did a lot of photography in high school. I became a photographer and did photography for the local paper. Then I became a student of Duke University. Duke has a primate (灵长类动物的) centre — Lemur Centre. I got a job there as a work study student and met lemurs there for the first time.
Later I had a chance to go to Madagascar and decided to study lemurs.
Reporter: What’s the one thing you can’t travel without?
Dollar: A sense of humour (幽默感) or a can-do attitude is necessary, but my first response (反应) was soy sauce. If we run out of soy sauce, the journey is over.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。What was Luke’s childhood like?
| A．Boring. | B．Enjoyable. |
| C．Peaceful. | D．Unhappy. |
Luke decided to audition for the show because .
| A．he was really interested in it |
| B．he wanted to help his friend |
| C．his mother allowed him to go to the farm |
| D．his mother promised to buy him some video games |
What was Luke interested in doing in high school?
A. Learning music.
B. Taking photos.
C. Travelling all over the USA.
D. Writing for the newspaper.Where did Luke meet lemurs for the first time?
| A．At Duke University. |
| B．In Birmingham. |
| C．On his grandparent’s farm. |
| D．In Madagascar. |
What do we know from the dialogue(对话)？
| A．Luke’s mother is a good photographer. |
| B．Luke come to love wild animals because of his mother . |
| C．Luke had been to Madagascar before he went to Duke University. |
| D．Luck doesn’t think he can travel without soy sauce. |
| Ivy and Bean Make the Rules |
Price: $14.99 Number of pages: 127 Storyline：Bean and her best friend, Ivy, decide to create their own camp. They come up with all the activities and, of course, they make the rules … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 10 because I love the characters. They are funny and creative. |
| White Fur Flying |
Price: $15.99 Number of pages:128 Storyline: Zoe and Alice’s mother might just have the coolest job ever. She saves great pyrenees dogs (大白熊犬) … Recommendation: I’d give this book an 8 because it is a little sad. I think kids who love animals and a good story will really like it. |
Stick Dog |
Price: $12.99 Number of pages: 192 Storyline: A dog lives in an empty pipe under Highway 16. He has four dog friends. One day, they decide to go on an adventure to steal (偷) the food from a human family … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. It is funny. I was laughing out loud at all the funny scenes. |
Gingersnap |
Price: $15.99 Number of pages: 160 Storyline: After their parents are killed in a car accident, Jayna and her elder brother Rob are each other’s only family. Soon, Rob goes off to serve in the Navy … Recommendation: I’d give this book a 9. I’m interested in romantic novels and science fiction, but not so much in historical fiction. Gingersnap really changed my opinion. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。. Which of the four novels has the largest number of pages?
| A．Ivy and Bean Make the Rules. |
| B．White Fur Flying. |
| C．Stick Dog. |
| D．Gingersnap. |
Gingersnap.
| A．is a book about saving dogs |
| B．is historical fiction |
| C．tells us about the life of four dogs |
| D．shows us the camp life |
If you read Stick Dog, you will .
| A．know how the homeless dogs steal food |
| B．know what rules the two girls have made |
| C．learn what happened to Jayna |
| D．know something about rescuing dogs |
Tom wants to buy a copy of Stick Dog and a copy of Gingersnap. He should pay for the two books.
| A．$14.99 | B．$15.99 |
| C．$12.99 | D．$28.98 |
. Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The characters of Stick Dog are creative. |
| B．White Fur Flying tells us a funny story. |
| C．The recommender is not interested in Gingersnap. |
| D．The recommender (推荐人) likes Ivy and Bean Make the Rules best. |
I’m John．My father is a factory manager．He comes from America．My mother is a teacher．She’s English．She can speak some Chinese．She is an English teacher at schoo1．I’m a student in my mother’s schoo1．At school I can play with my Chinese friends．We can play football，basketball and table tennis．My mother can play the piano and tennis．She can also sing well．John’s father is _______.
| A．in a school | B．in a factory |
| C．in a hotel | D．in a hospital |
John’s mother is from_______.
| A．America | B．China |
| C．England | D．Japan |
John can _______.
| A．sing | B．play the piano |
| C．play tennis | D．play table tennis |
John’s mother can _______.
| A．play football and sing |
| B．play basketball and the piano |
| C．play tennis and table tennis |
| D．play the piano and sing |
_______can speak some Chinese ．
| A．John | B．John’s mother |
| C．John’s father | D．John’s friends |
Look at this picture, it is Tony’s bedroom. It is small, but it is very nice. There is a desk and a bed in it. There is a computer and some books on the desk. His coat is on the bed. Where is his bag? It is on the wall. What’s that? Oh, it’s a cap! It looks like a cat.
根据短文判断句子正(T)误(F). This is Tony’s bedroom.
There is a desk and a chair in it.
His computer is on the desk.
His coat is on the chair.
Tim has got a cat.
Water is the "life blood" of our earth. It is in every living thing. It is in the air. It runs through mountains and valleys. It forms lakes and seas. Nature has a great water system（系统）.Rainwater finds its way to rivers and lakes. River water runs into the sea. At the mouths of the rivers, fresh water joins the salt water of the sea.
Here at the mouth of a river there is much important plant and animal life. But pollution destroys this life. We have to clean our rivers. Man has to work with nature, not against it.Water is like________.
A. cloudsB. bloodC. life ________ is in every living thing.
A. BloodB. WaterC. SaltThe mouth of a river is near _________.
A. the seaB. a lakeC. a mountain There is much plant and animal life at the _________ of a river.
A. headB. topC. mouthWe have to ________ our rivers.
A. findB. cleanC. pollute