February 29th comes up on the calendar only every four years．A year with a February 29th might be good news if you are paid by the day or the week．But it might be bad news if you were born on a February 29th．You have to wait three years in between birthdays!
American English has an expression for the unusual situation． February 29th is called a leap day． And the year with a February 29th in it is called a leap year． This year， 2020， is such a year．
As a verb，the word "leap" means to jump， or to move quickly．"Leap" can also be a noun，meaning a jump， or a sudden move．
In a leap year， the dates jump over one day of the week． Let me explain． In 2017，the last day of the year， December 31st ， fell on a Sunday． In 2018， it fell on a Monday． In 2019， it fell on a Tuesday． But in 2020， December 31st will fall on a Thursday． It jumps right over Wednesday．
The reason for a leap day or a leap year is because our calendar does not follow the earth's orbit（轨道）around the sun exactly． Each year， we have a little time left over． So every four years，we put all that time together into an extra（额外的） day．
Some people choose to marry on February 29th because it is an unusual date．But some ancient peoples would likely tell couples not to do it． Leap years were believed to be difficult， and leap days were unlucky．To be honest， these have no scientific basis（依据）．
（1）A 20﹣year﹣old person has birthdays if he/she was born on a February 29th．
A．20
B．15
C．10
D．5
（2）A leap year means on more is added in the calendar of the year．
A． month
B． year
C．day
D． week
（3）The last day of 2021 will fall on according to this article．
A． Saturday
B． Friday
C． Sunday
D． Monday
（4）Some people choose to marry on February 29th because ．
A． it's quite a special date
B． it's quite an unlucky day
C． it can save more money
D． it's a traditional custom
（5）Which of the following sentences is not true according to this article？
A． Scientists tell couples not to marry on a leap day．
B． The leap year or leap day comes once every four years．
C． Some ancient peoples believed that leap days were unlucky．
D． We have a little time left each year before a leap year comes．
It is John’s birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many birthday presents from his family and one of them is a nice big drum .
“Who gives him that drum?” his father asks.
“His grandfather,” answers John’s mother.
John likes his drum very much. He makes a terrible noise with it, but his mother doesn’t say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn’t hear the noise. But one of the neighbors does not like the noise. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into John’s room. John is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, “Hello, John. Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here’s a knife. Open the drum and you can find it.” “OK.”
| A．5 | B．4 | C．15 | D．2 |
| A．His father. | B．His neighbour. |
| C．His mother. | D．His grandfather |
| A．The candy. | B．The present. |
| C．The drum. | D．The knife |
| A．A doctor. | B．A worker. |
| C．A teacher. | D．A engineer |
| A．John’s father. | B．John’s neighbour. |
| C．John’s mother. | D．John |
Mrs. Hunt is sixty years old. She lives in a farmhouse in the country with her dog Bill. Her son Sam is twenty-one years old. At first, he works in a shop in the country and lives with his mother. But now he finds new work in a town and lives there. It’s quite a long way from his mother’s house. She isn’t happy about this. Sam says, “There isn’t any good work for me in the country, mother, and I can get a lot of money in the town and give you some every week.”
One day Mrs. Hunt goes to see her son, and she goes there by train. Sam meets her at the train station. She asks her son, “Why don’t you phone me?”
“But mother, you haven’t a phone.” Sam says.
“No,” she answers, “I haven’t, but you have one!”
| A．shop | B．farmhouse |
| C．town | D．city |
| A．Mrs. Hunt | B．Sam |
| C．Bill | D．Sam’s father |
| A．from his mother | B．in the town |
| C．in the shop | D．in the country |
| A．in her car | B．by bus |
| C．on foot | D．by train |
| A．Yes, he does. | B．No, he doesn’t. |
| C．I think so. | D．Of course. |
请阅读以上广播节目后解答下列各题。
| A．15:30 | B．14:20 |
| C．18:00 | D．19;30 |
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in the evening | D．at noon |
| A．动漫世界 | B．人与自然 |
| C．动物世界 | D．环游世界 |
| A．three | B．four |
| C．five | D．six |
| A．FM 97.4 at 20:30 | B．FM 90.0 at 18:00 |
| C．AM 628 at 12:30 | D．FM 90.0 at 20:00 |
Two people sit down to play Go（围棋）. One of the players is an old man. He is now 89 years old. He has spent all of his life playing this game. The other person is a young woman. She has been playing Go for only three years. Before this, the woman was an expert at playing computer games. Now she plays Go the same way she played computer games---by becoming a machine herself.
They will play many games, until they know who the winner is. The woman shows no feelings but thinking about all the possible ways of placing her next stone. The old man, on the other hand, looks at the movements of her hands and of her face. This has always helped him to win.
He wins the first three games. She wins the next game, and the man is surprised. He has never lost to a woman. The old man worries about the way the young woman is playing the game. He can’t read her face, he does not understand her way of playing.
“The way I think about the game”, says the woman, “is that it is steps for getting what I want.” Again, the old man is surprised. For him, the game is a way of life itself, and not a model of life. “There is no more beauty any longer. Everything is science and rules. Everything is about winning. Nothing is about playing,” he says.
They cannot agree with each other, but it is not necessary. “Change is a necessary part of life”, thinks the man. “Playing is as important as winning”, thinks the woman.
They start to play their final game. According to the passage, the Go games are played by .
| A．Two Go beginners | B．two Go lovers |
| C．father and daughter | D．husband and wife |
. Before the woman plays Go, she was
| A．a computer game player | B．a computer science teacher |
| C．a computer engineer | D．a computer store owner |
. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．The old man loses the third game to the woman. |
| B．The old man wins all the games against the woman. |
| C．The woman has her own way of playing Go. |
| D．The woman is very slow in learning how to play Go. |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．An Old Go Player | B．A Strange Woman |
| C．A Boring Game | D．Winning or Playing |
Lots of kids hate school, a new study found. Usually this kind of feeling doesn’t last long. But what happens if you feel this way too much? School is a fact of life and getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life you want. So let’s talk about school and what to do when you don’t like it.
If you don’t like school, the first step is to find out why. You might not like school because you don’ have enough friends, or maybe you don’t get along with your teacher. Sometime it’s a big problem with your classes and school-work. You may be getting farther and farther behind, and it may seem like you’ll never catch up.
When you know why you don’t like school, you can start taking steps to make things better. It’s a good idea to talk to someone about your problems with school. Your mum, dad, teacher or school counselor(顾问) will be able to help you. Another good idea is to write down your feelings about school in a notebook. It’s a great way to let out emotions(情绪). Remember, you don’t have to share what you've written with others. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in the first paragraph?
| A．A good education. | B．School. |
| C．Future life. | D．Friendship. |
. If you don’t like school, the first step is to.
| A．find out why | B．go to see a doctor |
| C．ask your parents for help | D．leave school for a short time |
. How many reasons why you don’t like school are given by the writer?
| A．Two. | B．Three. |
| C．Four. | D．Five. |
When you start taking steps to make things better, one of the good ideas is to .
| A．keep silent about your problems | B．share what you’ve written with others |
| C．write down your feelings about school | D．get along well with your classmates |