Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his  holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper.

“Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at west hill farm. good food., fresh air, horse riding,Walking,fishing, cheap and interesting.”

“This sounds a good idea,” He thought. “I’ll spend a month at west hill farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for west hill farm.But four days later, he returned home.

“What was wrong with west hill farm?” His best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”

“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”

“Oh. what?”

“Well,” he said, “The first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”

“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”

“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”

“Lucky you!”

“You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”

“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “ And you are complaining!”

“Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and i didn't dare (敢)  stay for dinner!”

1.How did henry find out about the farm?

A．He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.

B．His best friend told him.

C．He wrote to the farmer.

D．Maybe he learned it from the radio.

2.Henry came back home several days later because ________.

A．He didn't like the country life at all

B．The farmer wasn’t friendly to him

C．His holiday was over

D．He thought he might have to eat the farmer

3.“…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means ______.

A．夸獎(jiǎng)             B．解釋             C．抱怨             D．故弄玄虛

4.Which of the following sentences is true?

A．Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.

B．Henry thought he could enjoy a change.

C．Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.

D．The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A．What a beautiful farm!                   B．Have a good time.

C．A short holiday                         D．Henry and the farmer.

 

My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed (移民入境檢查) at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria (自助餐廳) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.

“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end he’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”

1.Where do you think the old man came from?

A．Poland.

B．Australia.

C．Canada.

D．Japan

2.From the passage, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ___________.

A．get help form your friends

B．try to get it by yourself

C．know how a cafeteria works

D．get up again if you fail

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order.

B．The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him.

C．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria.

D．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him.

4.What does the word “it” in the third paragraph (段落) refer to?

A．The food served in the cafeteria.

B．The success one wants to get.

C．The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria.

D．The plate used in the cafeteria.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?

A．From Eastern Europe to America

B．Eating in an American Cafeteria

C．How to Eat in a Cafeteria

D．Life Is Like a Cafeteria in America

 

Henry was an office worker in a big city. He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his  holidays. He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper.
“Enjoy country life. Spend a few weeks at west hill farm. good food., fresh air, horse riding,Walking,fishing, cheap and interesting.”
“This sounds a good idea,” He thought. “I’ll spend a month at west hill farm. I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing. They’ll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming.” He wrote to the farmer. In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there. Then on the first of July, he left for west hill farm.But four days later, he returned home.
“What was wrong with west hill farm?” His best friend, Ed, asked him. “Didn’t you enjoy country life?”
“Country life was very good,” Henry said. “But there was another problem.”
“Oh. what?”
“Well,” he said, “The first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton for dinner.”
“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked. “Fresh meat is the best.”
“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner.”
“Lucky you!”
“You don't understand,” Henry said. “On the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner.”
“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “ And you are complaining!”
“Let me finish,” Henry said. “On the fourth day the farmer died, and i didn't dare (敢)  stay for dinner!”
【小題1】How did henry find out about the farm?

A．He saw it in a newspaper advertisement.

B．His best friend told him.

C．He wrote to the farmer.

D．Maybe he learned it from the radio.

【小題2】Henry came back home several days later because ________.

A．He didn't like the country life at all

B．The farmer wasn’t friendly to him

C．His holiday was over

D．He thought he might have to eat the farmer

【小題3】“…and you are complaining!”, the word “complain” means ______.

A．夸獎(jiǎng)

B．解釋

C．抱怨

D．故弄玄虛

【小題4】Which of the following sentences is true?

A．Ed could eat a different kind of meat every day.

B．Henry thought he could enjoy a change.

C．Henry couldn't think of anything else to do, so he went to the farm.

D．The farmer died because of the bad meat he ate.

【小題5】Which is the best title for the passage?

A．What a beautiful farm!	B．Have a good time.
C．A short holiday	D．Henry and the farmer.

 

China's first moon rover (月球車), Yutu, set off from the lander early on December 15, several hours after the Chang'e-3 probe (探測(cè)器) soft-landed on the moon surface.

The 140 kg six-wheeled rover touched the moon surface at 4:35 a.m., leaving deep lines on the loose moon land. This was recorded by the camera on the lander and the images were sent to the earth, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. After that, the rover and lander will take photos of each other and start their own science explorations.

    Earlier this morning, engineers made final checks of the environment of the landing area and the situation of the probe. Yutu, reached its solar panel (光板) and started to drive slowly to the moon at 3:10 a.m.. It took Yutu nearly a whole hour to complete the simple task.

Chang'e-3 landed at the Bay of Rainbows on the moon, at 9:11 p.m. on December 14, making China the

third country in the world to carry out such a mission (執(zhí)行此類任務(wù)) after the United States and Russia.

In old Chinese tales, Yutu was the white pet rabbit of Chang'e’s. The name for the rover was selected following an online survey that collected several million votes from people around the world.

The rover, 1.5 meters long with its two wings folded (折疊), 1 m in width and 1.1 m in height, is a perfect robot controlled by the command center from the earth. It will face challenges including temperature differences of more than 300℃ on the moon.

Yutu will do some research and look for natural resources (資源) for three months, while the lander will conduct an exploration at the landing place for one year. Then they will have a good rest on the moon and will not be used for a long time until China’s next probe visits the moon again.

1. Which is the best title for the passage above?

A. The first rover on the moon                  B. The tale of Chang’e

C. The journey to the moon                     D. Yutu explores the moon

2.Which is the correct order of the following events?

a. The 140 kg six-wheeled rover touched the moon surface.

b. The rover and lander will take photos of each other.

c. Yutu started to drive slowly to the moon.

d. Chang'e-3 landed at the Bay of Rainbows on the moon.

A. a-b-c-d                     B. c-d-a-b                        C. d-c-a-b                       D. c-a-b-d

3.What does the underlined word width mean in Chinese?

A. 智力                        B. 寬度                 C. 重量                          D. 長(zhǎng)度

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The moon had been visited by only two countries before 2013.

B. Yutu is a perfect robot under the control of its own computer.

C. Yutu and Chang’e will return to the earth after the one-year mission.

D. Chang’e-3 is 140 kg in weight.

5.There will soon be a second moon rover to explore the moon. Which is its proper name?

A. Chang’e-4                  B. Yutu-2                 C. Shenzhou-11              D.Tiangong-2

 

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called "the youngest writer in the world". He has written 3 books so far. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu Province in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi'an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about.

When Dou Kou was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one he could say five to six hundred words. At 3, he could look up words in the dictionary. At 4, his father taught him to learn something. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales.

His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother's hand. So he thought, "If we give mice the stomachs ( 胃 ) of cows, they'll eat grass and it'll be helpful to people. ” This was his first fairy tale "Change Stomachs for Mice". At 6, he wrote a novel about his own life in different cities with his parents.

Now, he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called "Eyes of Childhood". He says, "I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books,

1.How many books has Dou Kou already finished writing?

A．3.               B．6.                C．9.               D．12

2.Dou Kou began to use a dictionary________,

A．when he wrote fairy tales                 B．before his father taught him to study

C．a(chǎn)fter he went to school                   D．when he kept a diary

3.Which of the following is Not true?

A． Change Stomachs for Mice was Dou Kou’ s first fairy tale

B．Dou Kou likes writing and reading as well.

C．Dou Kou’s novels make him different from other children of his age.

D．Dou Kou’s parents don’t allow Dou Kou to write at his early age.

4.Which is the best title (標(biāo)題) of this passage?

A．Three books by a child                   B．How to write fairy tales

C．Dou Kou, the youngest writer              D．How to be a writer