Chris recently completed a very unusual journey.Our reporter Mary met him at his home in south London and he told her all about the trip.
Reporter：What gave you the idea to travel around India on an elephant，Chris？
Chris：Well，it all started two years ago when I was planning a trip to India.I visited a photographic （摄影的） exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only way to travel around India was on an elephant.
Reporter：What did you do next？
Chris：I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant.I needed an elephant trained to carry people.I didn't know anything about elephants，so I asked an expert for help.He taught me how to ride an elephant.He also helped me find an elephant.
Reporter：How long did it take to find a suitable elephant？
Chris：Not too long.I bought a female elephant called Tara for about USD 6，000.
Reporter：Can you tell me about the journey？
Chris：Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later.We were heading to Sonepur in northern India where there is a big elephant market and I could sell Tara easily.And what a ride!Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur was more than 1，200 km away.It took us 64 days to complete the journey.
Reporter：Did you have any problems on your journey？
Chris：Yes，a few.But nothing serious.On the third day，Tara hurt her foot.But that got better quickly.Also，there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!
Reporter：What happened when you reached Sonepur？
Chris：My plan was to sell Tara.But by now I was very fond of her.I couldn't take her back to Britain and I didn't want to sell her at the market.By chance，I met some people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern India.I knew that Tara would be safe with them，so I gave her to them.I was very sad to say goodbye.
（1）Chris got the idea to travel around India on an elephant from .
A.a visit to an Indian zoo
B.an elephant expert from India
C.an old friend who lived in India
D.a photographic exhibition of elephants
（2）The elephant expert told Chris .
A.the price of elephants
B.how to ride an elephant
C.where to sell his elephant
D.how to feed an elephant
（3）Chris decided to travel to Sonepur because .
A.it is a very interesting place
B.elephants can t be sold anywhere else
C.he would be able to sell Tera there easily
D.it would only take 64 days to travel there
（4）When Chris arrived at Sonepur market，he .
A.sold Tara to a national park
B.visited a national park
C.realized that he didn't really want to sell Tara
D.decided to take Tara home with him
（5）The best title for the passage is .
A.Selling an Elephant
B.An Unusual Journey
C.An Exhibition of Elephants
D.How to Ride an Elephant
A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling (四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, what the mother has done is repeated again and again. The struggle (挣扎) to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again. Why? She wants it to remember how it can get up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying great people, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something unusual about these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out (着手) to do.”The expression “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ______.
| A．a happy thing | B．a difficult thing |
| C．a big dream | D．a beautiful place |
A View from the Zoo is a book written by .
| A．Gary Richmond | B．Charles Darwin |
| C．Irving Stone | D．Vincent van Gogh |
The mother giraffe puts herself over her child and throws her long leg and kicks her baby because she .
| A．is an unkind mother |
| B．likes watching her bay sprawling |
| C．doesn’t want her baby to live with her |
| D．wants to train her baby to get up in this way |
The writer mainly wants to tell the readers that
| A．the giraffe is an unusual animal |
| B．we should learn to be a careful writer |
| C．learning to get up leads to success |
| D．A View from the Zoo is a good book to read |
Going to a friend’s house is very exciting. You may spend time with a friend and get to see where he lives. So remember to be polite.
★ When to arrive
The first thing to remember is that when a friend invites you to his/her house, you need to arrive on time. If your friend tells you to come “around 3:00”, that means you can arrive a few minutes after 3:00, but it is also a good idea to arrive at the right time.
★ What to bring
Often it is also nice to bring something to your friend’s house. This could be a box of chocolates for you two to share(分享), or maybe a movie that you can watch together. You can also bring some flowers. A little gift is a nice way to show your friend that you are excited to be at his house.
★ How to greet (问候)
When you visit your friend’s house, you may also meet his parents. You should tell them who you are and they may tell you their names. As a child, I went to visit my friend Paul. I called his parents by their first names John and Mary. But now I know it is more polite to call them Mr or Mrs Smith. This will show them more respect(尊重).
It is a cool thing to visit a friend’s house. Be polite to your friend’s parents, and you will be invited again!If your friend asks you to get to your friend’s house around 5:00 p.m, it is polite to arrive at ________ p.m.
| A．4:30 | B．4:50 | C．5:02 | D．5:30 |
The passage mainly(主要)tells us ____________.
| A．when to arrive at your friend’s house |
| B．how to greet people |
| C．what to bring to your friend |
| D．how to be a good visitor |
It’s not good to bring your friend ____________ when you go to his/her house.
| A．a box of chocolates | B．some flowers |
| C．a movie | D．some money |
The passage may be from ____________.
| A．a notice(通知) on a wall |
| B．a letter to a friend |
| C．an article in a magazine |
| D．a piece of news in a newspaper |
Film Times(13th June-23th June)
| Futailong Film: Harry Potter(3 hours) Date: Sunday Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm Price: ￥45(adults); ￥35(children under 18) Tele: 0579-83238858 |
| Yintai Film: Catch Me If You Can (2 hours and 35 minutes) Date: Saturday and Sunday Time: 4:00pm Price: ￥40(children under 12 are not allowed) Tele: 0579-83235585 |
| Jinhua Film: The Twins (1 hour and 40 minutes) Date: from Monday to Friday Time: 2:30pm Price: ￥35(free tickets for children under 10) Tele: 0579-83476678 |
| Binghong Film: I Spy (2 hours) Date: from Monday to Friday Time: 9:00am Price: ￥30 Tele: 0579-83222268 |
Which film lasts the longest?
| A．Harry Potter | B．Catch Me If You Can |
| C．The Twins | D．I Spy |
You can see Harry Potter on ________.
| A．Saturday | B．Sunday | C．Friday | D．Monday |
When Mr Wang and his 9-year-old son go to see The Twins, they should pay _______.
| A．￥45 | B．￥40 | C．￥35 | D．￥30 |
阅读下面短文，补全表格中所缺的信息。按编号把答案依次填在题后的横线上（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）
Dear Jim,
Thank you for the photo of your family. Here is a photo of my room.
Look at the photo. A bed, a desk, a chair, a bookcase and a computer are in my room. My bed is next to(挨着) the window. The desk is next to the bed, and the desk is red. The chair is next to the desk. The bookcase is behind the desk, and the bookcase is purple. An English dictionary and a Chinese dictionary are in the bookcase. My books and my computer are on the desk. My pencil box is in the desk. My pens and rulers are in the pencil box. My schoolbag is on the chair. My brother's white baseball is under my bed, but you can't see the baseball in the photo.
Yours,
Frank
| Title: A photo of my __ |
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| What’s in the room? |
A bed, __ |
| Where are they? |
● The bed is next to the __ ● The __ ● The pens and rulers are __ |
| What color are they? |
● The desk is ___ ● The bookcase is _ ● The baseball under the bed is __ |
Hi, my name’s Mike. This is my family tree. I have a big family. Many people are teachers in my family. I’m an English teacher. My wife(妻子) Danielle is an English teacher, too. We’re both(两者都) 40 years old. We have two kids. Jack is our son. And Sonia is our daughter. They’re in No.7 SHIYAN Middle School. My father is Jeff and my mother is Anna. They’re both teachers. Jeff is 67 and Anna is 64. Tony is my brother. He’s a math teacher. He has two boys, Martin and Ken. Nancy is my wife’s sister. She’s a Chinese teacher and she can speak Chinese very well. My wife’s parents are teachers, too. Can you see how many teachers there are in my family?How many teachers are there in Mike’s family？
A. Four B. Six C. EightHow old is Mike’s father? He’s _____________.
A. 40 B. 67 C. 64Is Sonia Martin’s sister?
A. Yes, she is.
B. No, she isn’t.
C. Sorry, I don’t know.What does Tony teach(教)?
A. English B. Chinese C. mathWhich one is TRUE(正确的)?
A. My parents and my wife’s parents are all teachers.
B. Ken and Martin aren’t brothers.
C. Nancy can’t speak Chinese very well.