The Millennial Trains Project is a non﹣profit （非营利性的） organization that makes it possible for young people to take part in creative projects． The organization leads crowdfunded（众筹的） train journeys．These journeys provide young people with the chance to help different communities． The organization has already completed two journeys． Twenty﹣four people are now getting ready to be a part of the third．
To get a place on the train， each person has to raise﹩5，000 and have an idea for a project． At each stop， they get off the train to explore a different town， city， or wherever their projects take them．
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Amy is planning to visit bookshops and libraries． She wants to find out what they are doing to encourage more people to read， and what technology they are using．She also wants to know if they are using social media （媒体） to connect with people．
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Tom wants to make a difference to the education system． He knows that universities are becoming more and more expensive each year， and that many people think higher education is no longer affordable． Over the next 10 days he is visiting seven universities． He wants to see what they are doing to meet these challenges．
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Jenny's project is natural disasters．At each stop，she is going to interview local leaders， workers， and computer game designers．She then plans to create a game that will help people prepare for disasters．She believes people are more likely to remember something important when the information is fun．
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These 24 people are strangers now， but not for long． The next week is going to be a life﹣changing learning experience for many．
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词．
（1）Who can get the chance to take part in the projects？
（2）How many journeys are mentioned in Paragraph 1？
（3）Where is Amy going to visit？
（4）How will Jenny help people prepare for disasters？
（5）What do you think of the Millennial Trains Project？
Many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language because they don’t want them to lose their mother language.
In the city of Portland in the USA, there is a weekend Chinese school in a church. In the school, there are Chinese kids and American kids. They study Chinese on Saturdays and Sundays. Teachers at the school are usually some overseas Chinese women. Miss Tian is one of them. She is from Beijing. She teaches her students many Chinese characters, sentences and Chinese songs.
Most of these kids speak English better than Chinese, because they spend most of their time at the local school, and their classmates are American.Their teachers teach them in English.
When the overseas Chinese children get home after school, their parents often speak Chinese to them. Only at that time do they think they are at home.Why do many overseas Chinese make their kids learn the Chinese language?
| A．Because they want them to speak Chinese. |
| B．Because they don’t want them to lose their mother language. |
| C．Because they live in China. |
| D．Because they can’t speak English. |
Where do the kids learn Chinese?
| A．In their school. |
| B．At home. |
| C．In a park |
| D．In a weekend Chinese school in a church. |
.Who teaches them?
| A．Some overseas Chinese women. |
| B．Their classmates. |
| C．Their parents. |
| D．Their friends. |
Which one is true?
| A．Most kids speak Chinese better than English. |
| B．Most kids speak English better than Chinese. |
| C．Most kids speak Chinese as well as English. |
| D．Most kids can’t speak Chinese at all. |
What is the best title of this passage?
| A．How to learn Chinese? |
| B．How to learn English? |
| C．Never forget your mother language |
| D．Learning Chinese is important |
阅读下面的短文，从A，B，C，中选出能回答问题或完成句子的最佳选项。（共5小题，计10分）
Mr and Mrs Jackson bought a big farm and they were always busy working on it .They had a good harvest every year.One of their sons Victor studied at a high school.The boy studied hard and did well in his lessons.It made them happy.
Last month Victor finished high school and passed the university entrance examination.Mrs Jackson was very happy and told almost all her friends about it .
Yesterday morning she went to the town to buy something for her son.On the bus she met one of her friends and they hadn’t seen each other for fifteen years.She told her friend how clever her son was.She spoke very loudly.All the people on the bus could hear her.
“Which university will your son study in?”a man next to her asked.
“Oxford University,”said Mrs Jackson happily.
Most of the people on the bus looked at her.Some of them said to her, “Congratulations!”
A woman sitting opposite her said, “I’m sure he’ll meet Jim White.”
“Who’s Jim White?”
“He’s my son,”said the woman with smile.
“Does he study in the same university?”
“No.He is one of the professors(教授）.”The underlined word “harvest”probably means “_______”in Chinese.
A.庄稼 B.收成 C.成就Mr and Mrs Jackson were happy because________.
A.their son did well in his lessons
B.they bought a big farm
C.they had a good time on the farmMrs Jackson wanted everyone to know_________.
A.her som finished high school
B.her son was brave
C.her son was going to study in a famous universityMrs Jackson spoke so loudly on the bus that________.
A.her friend could hear her
B.all the people could hear her
C.all the people looked at her Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Mrs Jackson met some of her friends on the bus.
B.The woman was Mrs Jackson’s friend.
C.The woman wanted to stop Mrs Jackson from talking about her son.
阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容判断文后句子的正误。正确的用（T），错误的用（F）。（共5小题，计10分）
He was a single father of a 5-year-old boy.He was often worried about his son growing up without a mother.
One day he went away on business and left the child alone.He was worried about the child all the way.He went home quickly after finishing his work.
When he got home,the child was asleep.He was very tired.Before going to bed,he was surprised to find an overturned(翻倒的）bowl of noodles under the quilt(床罩).
He beat his sleeping son angrily, “Why are you so naughty（淘气的）,making the quilt dirty?Who will wash it?”It was the first time that he had hit his son after his wife’s death.
“I haven’t,”the child explained with tears in his eyes. “This is your supper,Daddy.”In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home,the child cooked two bowls of noodles:one for himself,the other for his father.He put his father’s noodles under the quilt to keep them hot.
Hearing this,the father hugged(拥抱）his boy tightly without saying a word.The father worried about his son when he was on business.
The child was sleeping when his father got home.
The father often hit his son after his wife’s death.
The child cooked noodles for himself and his father.
The child put the noodles on the table.
Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them behind a pair of black glasses.
One day, though, I nearly ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were sitting in class. The teacher was giving us our results for a Chinese test. I had done badly. I felt so sad that I wouldn’t talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a voice. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What’s wrong?” I looked up at her, but said nothing. I knew Vanilla had got a good mark in the test. I thought she was making fun of me. I stayed silent, but Vanilla didn’t go away. She kept asking me questions: “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to show you the right answers?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn’t know what to do. I looked everywhere for me paper, but couldn’t find it.
In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big surprise. Vanilla had written the right answer next to every one of my mistakes. My face went red. Vanilla had been trying to help me all along. How mean I had been to her when she was being so nice. I wanted to hug her, but all I did was to hold her hands and say, “Thank you.” That afternoon, Vanilla and I walked home together. I felt so happy that I had to thank her again. We were still best friends.The writer felt sad because ________ in the Chinese test.
| A．she got a bad mark |
| B．Vanilla had done better than her |
| C．she didn’t have a high mark |
| D．the teacher was angry with her |
Vanilla really came to the writer to _______.
| A．make fun of her |
| B．find out what had happened to her |
| C．help her |
| D．show her the right answers |
Vanilla left the writer because she __________.
| A．wanted to write the right answers for the writer |
| B．didn’t know what to do to help her friend |
| C．was angry with the writer |
| D．wanted to go home for lunch |
Which of the following phrases has the same meaning as “make fun of”?
| A．Saying “hello” to. | B．Seeing me off. |
| C．Laughing at. | D．Looking after. |
When it rains, do your shoes get wet? Of course they do! But you can buy these pretty red and white “Umbrella for Shoes”. They keep the rain off wet.
Who sweeps the floor at your home? Do you do it yourself? Perhaps your mother does it. Well, now you just need a cat. Get a cat and buy these four “Dusters (抹布)for Cats ”.
You talk too long on the phone, don’t you? Most teenagers do! Save time – buy the “Telephone Dumb–bell (哑铃)”! It weighs five kilos. Then your calls will be less than five minutes.
Do your friends sometimes come up behind you and make you jump? Do cars come around the corner when you try to cross the road? Well, you can solve that problem with these modern “Forward – backward Glasses.” Look forward with the right eye and back with the left. Which of the following pictures is the right order to match the text?
| A．d; a; b; c | B．b; a; c; d | C．d; a; c; b | D．b; d; a; c |
From the text, we know that cats can help mother to _________.
| A．do some housework | B．keep the rain off |
| C．speak on the phone | D．look for something |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．The “Telephone Dumb–bell” weighs about five kilos. |
| B．“Forward – backward Glasses” can help us look forward with the left eye and back with the right. |
| C．A cat with four “Dusters (抹布)for Cats” can sweep the floor for us. |
| D．The pretty red and white “Umbrella for Shoes” will keep the shoes from getting wet |
