阅读下列材料，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
What is your dream job, a pilot or a policeman? What do you hope your job is like? Read the following stories and find more at www.cambridge.org/aw/cambridgeenglish.
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The sweetest job Harry is only 12, but he is working for a sweet company. His job is probably the best in the company—the sweet tester. When a new sweet is invented, Harry eats it, writes a report about it and sends his report to the factory. And then a decision is made about whether to make the sweet or not. As a child, he’s too young to work for money. But he gets free sweets! |
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Desert Island Blogger Do you wish to live on an island and get paid? Ben got such a job, but it was hard work! He had to live alone in a house（with a swimming pool）on Hamilton Island and spend every day swimming, exploring and relaxing. Then he had to write a blog to show his findings and feelings. |
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Sleeping on the job Usually, sleeping on the job is a big problem—if you fall asleep, you’ll lose the job! But Roisin was paid to sleep on the job. She slept in designer beds eight hours a day, every day for a month, and tested them to see what makes “a good night’s sleep”. In the end, Roisin had to write a report about the beds. |
（1）What is the passage mainly about?
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Interesting jobs. |
B． |
Wonderful places. |
C． |
Kinds of factories. |
D． |
Life on an island. |
（2）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A． |
The writer wishes to be a pilot. |
B． |
Harry gets paid for testing sweets. |
| C． |
Ben lived alone on Hamilton Island. |
D． |
Roisin swims eight hours every day. |
（3）Where can we most probably read the passage?
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At a website. |
B． |
In a diary. |
C． |
On a postcard. |
D． |
In a story book. |
Do you think of white when someone talks about a polar (北极)bear? In fact, the polar bear does not have white fur. It just appears to be white. Polar bears have a very good sense of smell. It helps them to find food. During summer, polar bears sleep longer, because they are able to find their food more easily at night. Usually, after a meal, polar bears have a short sleep. A polar bear can have 2-3 babies at a time. They live with their mothers until they are about two and a half years old.
However, polar bears will die out soon because of people. There are only 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears in the world. The ones that are left are trying to survive today. The number of polar bears is becoming smaller and smaller because of the loss of sea ice— polar bears mostly inhabit (居住于) the sea ice, not the land ice. This is happening because of global warming (全球气候变暖), pollution, hunting and so on.
Ordinary people don't care, but great people have the power and want to save tigers, fight for giant pandas and save polar bears. Ordinary people will wait, but great people will find a new world. For me, I will not wait. I will take the bus more often from now on. Join me and save the polar bears, and of course, the tigers, the giant pandas and...
| A．Global warming. | B．Pollution. |
| C．Hunting. | D．Travelling. |
| A．勤劳的 | B．聪慧的 | C．普通的 | D．坚强的 |
| A．To show that the number of polar bears is getting smaller. |
| B．To tell people that polar bears will soon have nowhere to live. |
| C．To let people know why polar bears are in danger. |
| D．To talk about polar bears and suggest that people protect animals. |
| A．A magazine about animals. |
| B．A book about greetings. |
| C．A poster about working plans. |
| D．An instruction book. |
Animals, including insects, don't have a "language" like ours. They do not "talk" to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways of communicating with each other.
Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of "language". When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look fierce. This warns other animals. When a bee has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot "tell" the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals "say" things by making sound. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sound like "Oh" or "Ah" when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.
| A．warn other rabbits when they are in danger |
| B．tell other rabbits where food is |
| C．make itself look fierce |
| D．help it to run fast |
| A．makes a loud noise | B．raises its head |
| C．moves up and down | D．does a little dance |
| A．rabbit | B．bee | C．bird | D．fish |
| A．all living things | B．all animals |
| C．some birds | D．human beings |
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin, a young writer in Beijing.
Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
Many Chinese Internet users like Wang have got the fun of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use products（产品）are the most popular online.
It was reported that more than 1,260 billion（十亿）yuan was spent on online shopping in 2012, and about 80% through Taobao.
Taobao means “looking for good things” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD, from flowers to mobile phones. You may wonder if it’s safe to shop on the Internet. However, Wang Lin said, “It’s very safe and easy. Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the products.”What is Taobao?
What are the most popular products产品 online?
Who often shop online?
How much money was spent on Taobao in 2012?
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Li Siyi, a student from Jinan Foreign Language School, takes up a new habit. She refuses to believe everything that she reads. “Not everything in books is true,” she said.
Many other students in her school think the same thing as Li. They learned this through finding a mistake错误 in their Chinese textbook. They learned a Tang poem唐诗, Ci Beigu Shanxia, last year. There was a picture that showed a boat in full sail（船帆）on a river. “But according to（根据）the famous line from the poem, feng zheng yifan xuan, the sail shouldn’t be spread（展开）,” said Zhang Jiayi, Li’s classmate.
To get the right answer, the students turned to their Chinese teacher, Liu Yan. Liu and the students looked up books, searched on the Internet and made sure that the People’s Education Press（人民教育出版社）had really made a mistake about the picture.
The students wrote a letter to them about the mistake. “I think my students did a right thing but I never expected a reply,” said Liu. “I took it as a way of letting them know the importance of spirit（精神）of questioning.”
To their surprise, one month later, they got the reply from Gu Zhenbiao, the expert of Chinese textbooks in middle schools. Gu said sorry for the mistake and he also said he really thinks the students are very great.
When Liu read the letter loudly to all the students, everyone was excited. “We are very happy we have our own ideas!” said Li.What new habit does Li Siyi take up?
| A．Refusing to read. |
| B．Reading more poems. |
| C．Writing letters to experts. |
| D．Making sure if what she reads is true. |
Where did the students from Jinan Foreign Language School find a mistake?
| A．In their Chinese textbook. |
| B．In a Tang poem. |
| C．On the Internet. |
| D．In their Chinese class. |
Who replied to the students?
| A．Liu Yan. | B．Gu Zhenbiao. |
| C．Zhang Jiayi. | D．The People Education Press. |
Which of the following is true?
| A．Li Siyi doesn’t believe anything in her textbooks now. |
| B．The students were upset when their teacher read the letter to them. |
| C．Liu helped the students find out if the picture was wrong. |
| D．The teacher knew the expert would reply. |
What can we learn from Li Siyi and her classmates?
| A．It’s important to find mistakes. |
| B．It’s important to have the spirit of questioning. |
| C．It’s important not to believe anything you read. |
| D．It’s important to share your own ideas with others. |
In most parts of the world, many students help their schools make less pollution. They join an “environment club”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean. Here are some things students often do.
No–garbage（垃圾）lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch? Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage and report them to the whole school.
No–car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car---not the students and not the teachers. Cars give pollution to our air, so remember: walk, jump, run, or bike! Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!
Turn off the water! Did you know that toilets厕所 can waste twenty to forty tons（吨）of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small river! In the environment clubs, students fix（修理）those broken toilets.
We love our environment. Let’s work together to make it clean.Environment clubs ask students .
| A．to run to school every day |
| B．to fill a river every day |
| C．not to forget to take cars |
| D．not to throw away lunch bags |
From the passage we know the students usually have lunch .
| A．in clubs | B．in shops |
| C．at school | D．at home |
On a no–car day students can’t .
| A．go bike riding | B．go to school in a taxi |
| C．take a walk | D．build a car |
After students fix toilets, they save .
| A．a small river | B．a club |
| C．a lot of water | D．a toilet |
What’s the passage mainly about?
| A．How students help make less pollution. |
| B．How students clean their school. |
| C．Asking students to join the environment club. |
| D．How students help teachers. |
