Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes(雪花)falling.Ever wanted to hold them in your hands?They are always lost when they meet your hands.
Well,this isn’t just a problem for you.It was a problem for Wilson Bentley,too.In the 1870s,Wilson Bentley was just a teenager.His family lived in a small town in northeast America.Winters there were long and hard.Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books.But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope.The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all.
How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera.
The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was
a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming.
But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than
a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later.
For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known
as “Snowflake” Bentley.
根据短文，选择最佳答案：
( )1. The best title for this passage is ____.
A. Snowflake Photos
B. Snowflake Boy
C. Long and Hard Winters
D. Teenage Photographer
( )2. We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was ____.
A. a farmer
B. a funny man
C. an athletic man
D. a school teacher
( )3. Which of the following statements about Bentley
is true?
A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child.
B. He was born into a rich family.
C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes.
D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes.
( )4. What kind of person do you think Bentley was?
A. He was outgoing.
B. He was too serious.
C. He was interested in learning.
D. He was very warm-hearted.
( )5. The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to “____”.
A. water drops
B. rain drops
C. flowers
D. snowflakes
答案：B A C C D
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The sun is always shining. But it can only shine on one side of the earth at one time. When the sun is shining on one side of the earth, it is night on the other side.
At night, you can see the stars(星星). The stars are in the sky all day. But the light from the sun is so bright that you can’t see them. When night come, there is no light, and the stars are bright enough to see. The stars
look very small. But some of them are even bigger than the sun. They look small because they are so far away from you. Big things look much smaller when they are far away. The sun is closer(近)to the earth than other stars, so it looks bigger.
( )1．When it is night, the sun ________ .
A. doesn’t shine
B. shines for a short time
C. disappears(消失)
D. shines on the other side of the earth
( )2．We can’t see the stars in the sky at daytime(白天)because ________ .
A. there are no stars there
B. the stars are much smaller than the sun
C. the bright light from the sun makes them not seen(被看见)
D. the stars come out only at night
( )3．The stars look small because ________ .
A. they are far away
B. they are small
C. they have no light
D. they are in the sky
( )4．Small things may look ________ when they are close.
A. bigger
B. small
C. near
D. far away
( )5．The sun looks bigger than other stars because ________ .
A. it’s bigger
B. it’s far away in the sky
C. it gives much bright light
D. it’s closer to the earth than other stars
答案：D.C.A.A.D
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The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you’ll get your words mixed up(混合) and people won’t understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldn’t understand them. But if you sense of humor (幽默感), you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes. It’s better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don’t understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is :” Don’t be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes.”( )1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to
learn a language is _____
A. writing it
B. using it
C. listening
D. learning grammar
( )2. What should you do in learning English?
A. Be careful not to make any mistakes
B. Write as quickly as you can
C. Speak English as much as you can
D. Laugh more often ( )3. When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _____
A. not care
B. be happy
C. feel worried
D. be unhappy
( )4. When you make s mistake, you should ______
A. keep quiet
B. get angry
C. be kind
D. keep your sense of humor
( )5. The story tells us :“______”.
Only foolish(愚蠢) people make mistakes
Few people make mistakes C.People never make mistakes D.There is no one who doesn’t make mistakes
答案：B.C.A.D.D
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Once an old man went to see a doctor. The doctor looked him over carefully and said,“ Medicine won’t help you.
You must have a good rest. Go to bed early, drink milk, walk a lot and smoke one cigar(雪茄烟) a day. Go to the country place for a month.”
After a month the man came to the doctor again,“ How are you?” said the doctor. “ I’m glad to see you again. You look much younger”“Oh, doctor! I feel quite well now,” said the man “ I had a good rest. I went to bed early, drank a lot of milk and walk a lot. Your advice certainly helped me, but that you told me to smoke one cigar a day almost killed me first.”
( )1. The doctor told the man _____
A. to go to bed early
B. to drink milk
C. to walk a lot
D. all above
( )2. Which of the following sentences is true?
The doctor told the man to visit a beautiful city of the country for a month.
The doctor didn’t tell him what to do.
After a month, the old man felt better.
The old man was younger than before after a month.
( )3. The doctor’s words were _____ for the old man’s health.
A. useless
B. good
C. well
D.
strong
( )4. The doctor wanted the old man ______.
A. to get worse
B. to smoke less than before
C. to help him
D. to start smoking
( )5. From what the old man said at last, we think ______
one cigar a day was really helpful to him
one cigar a day was better than before
he didn’t understand the doctor’s advice
smoking made him feel better than before
答案：D.C.B.B.C
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TV Programs
Channel 1 Channel 2
18:00 Around China 17:45 computer today
18:30 Children’s programs 18:10 Foreign arts
19:00 News 18:30 English classroom
19:30 Weather report 19:00 Animal world
19:40 Around the world 19:25 China 99
20:10 TV play: sisters 20:20 Sports
21:00 English for today 21:00 TV play: Guo
Lanying
21:15 Popular music 21:45 English news 21:55 Talk show 22:05 On TV next week ( ) 1. If you want to watch a football game the best program for you would be _____
A. TV play
B. Sports
C. Around the world
D. Talk show ( )2. The program of _____ will let you know much about western(西方的) countries.
A. Sisters
B. Around China
C. Around the world
D. On TV next week
( )3. If you want to know something about tigers, elephants and monkeys, the best program for you is _____
A. Around China
B. Animal world
C. TV play
D. Foreign arts
( )4. English classroom is a program that ______
A.let you know something about classroom
B.tells you something about students
C.let you know something about school life
D.teaches you English
( )5. The program at the end of Channel 2 means ____ on TV next week
news B. program C. people D. Places
答案：B.C.B.D.B
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There is a red hen. She lives in a small house. On the hill near the house there is an old fox. The old fox wants to catch the hen very much. But he can’t get her because she is very clever.
One day, the hen isn’t at home. The fox goes into her house. The hen goes back home and the fox catches hen and puts her in his bag. Then he runs back to his house. The hen has a good idea. She makes a hole in the bag and runs out. When the fox comes back for his supper. He finds an empty bag there.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Where does the old fox live?
2. What does the old fox want to do?
3. How does the hen run away?
4.What’s in the bag at last?
5. What does the fox have for supper that day?
答案： On the hill near the hen’s house.
He wants to have chicken for supper.
She makes a hole in the bag and runs out
Nothing.
He can have nothing for supper.
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Korean culture is really exciting right now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series “Winter Sonata”. This love story is still popular. People, especially girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).The Korean Wave has also made young people want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars don’t make plastic surgery
look shameful (丢面子的).Are all the faces of beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.
( )1.What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to (指）____.
A. Korean TV dramas
B. Korean culture
C. Korean language
D. Korean actors
( )2.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with
____.
A. the Korean pop songs
B. Taekwondo
C. the TV series “Winter Sonata”
D. the Korean food
( )3.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas?
A. Bae Yong Jun
B. Baby Vox
C. S. E. S
D. Finkle
( )4. Korean stars often change their looks by ____.
A. singing pop songs
B. acting in TV dramas
C. trying different food
D. having plastic surgery
( )5. Which of the following is NOT true according to
the passage?
A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.
B. Young people like Korean pop stars’ clothes and hairstyles.
C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.
D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful.
答案：B C A D D
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Do you remember when your grandma told you the story of Snow White? Ah, the happy days of childhood!
But did you know that Snow White comes from Germany? It’s just one story from the 209 in Grimm’s Fairy Tales (《格林童话》). The Grimm brothers started to collect fairy tales in 1806. Their first book came out in 1812.
Why are German fairy tales so interesting? Maybe it’s because they come from a great place famous for its stories – the Black Forest.
The Black Forest is in southwest Germany. It’s the largest forest in the country – and one of the most beautiful. It’s famous for its trees and lovely views. There are valleys and waterfalls (瀑布) there. It’s a good place to start a story.
Don’t forget to bring something back if you visit. People there are good at making clocks, musical instruments and watches.
根据短文，选择最佳答案：
From the story, we know that ____ is the hometown of Snow White.
A. England
B. Japan
C. America
D. Germany
2. How long had the Grimm brothers been collecting stories?
A. Four years
B. Five years
C. Six years
D. Seven years
3. From the story, we cannot guess that the Black Forest is very ____.
A. large
B. beautiful
C. boring
D. famous
4. The story mainly tells us ____.
A. who wrote the story of Snow White
B. some things about Black Forest
C. people should visit Germany
D. Snow White is a very famous fairy tale.
答案：D C C B
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If you go to Russia, bring matryoshka or nesting dolls (套娃) back with you. They make great presents.
It looks like any other doll on the outside. But if you
open it, you will find a smaller doll inside. Then a smaller one inside that one, and on and on!
In a nesting doll, there are dolls inside one another, from large to small. The largest one can be half a meter high. The smallest is as small as a peanut. Usually, there are eight dolls. But there can be anything from three to 50.
The dolls are often pretty Russian girls in colourful dresses. They wear scarves (头巾).
They sometimes have other kinds of faces on them. There are cartoon people or men with white beards (胡子). They even have great men like President (总统) Vladimir Putin on some of them.
根据短文，判断正误：
（）1. There are dolls inside one another in a nesting doll.
（）2. The largest doll can be one meter high.
（）3. People often make dolls look like pretty Russian girls.
（）4. Usually, a nesting doll can be eight dolls in one.
（）5.People never make dolls look like the president.
答案：T F T T F
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The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favourite dish on this day is dumplings.
Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.
The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate (装饰) their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.
The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.
For instance, you’d better not say any bad words like
“death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.
Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.
根据短文，选择最佳答案：
（）1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?
A. Family members gather for a big meal.
B. Friends eat dumplings together.
C. They borrow money from friends.
D. They give each other hong bao.
（）2. Why do people clean their houses days before the Spring Festival?
A. Because they enjoy being clean.
B. Because it is believed that cleaning will sweep away bad luck.
C. Because they think it will bring happiness to others.
D. Because it is thought that cleaning brings in money. （）3. Which of the following things is not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?
A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.
B. Saying words that have to do with death.
C. Wearing red clothes.
D. Decorating houses with red paper.
（）4. The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “____”.
A. 跑出去
B. 打碎
C. 耗尽
D. 离开
（）5. We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.
A. a time of harvest and fun
B. celebrated for one whole month
C. only celebrated in China
D. a time for families to get together
答案：A B B C D
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Cold air. Snow. Shorter days. We are in winter now. Winter is the coldest season of the year. It comes between autumn and spring. For us, the winter months are usually November, December and January. But that is only because we live in the northern part of the Earth.
In China, winter is the time between the beginning of winter, and the beginning of spring. But, this is the time that the southern part of the Earth, has
its summer. Imagine when we are playing with snow, Australian kids are enjoying ice cream!
Winter isn’t always gray. It can also be bright. Here’s how.
Put on a holiday play and try acting. Ask your cousins or classmates to come to your house and make beautiful clothes and write a play. Act it out for your family.
Play around. Go outside and enjoy yourself. Make a snowman with your friends.
If you really have to stay indoors, give your room a clean and decorate (装饰) it. You’ll find it a lot of fun. （）1. What does this passage mainly talk bout?
A. The winter season and fun winter activities.
B. Ways to decorate houses.
C. The difference between China and Australia.
D. The colours linked to winter.
（）2. Why are Australian kids eating ice cream when it’s winter in China?
A. Because they are crazy about ice cream.
B. Because winter in Australia is not as cold as that in China.
C. Because it’s summer in Australia when it’s winter in China.
D. Because they don’t have much to do in winter.
（）3. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The northern and southern parts of the Earth have different winter months.
B. Winter can be fun if you find interesting things to do.
C. The writer thinks it’s great fun to clean your house and decorate it.
D. Australian kids enjoy having ice cream on winter days. 答案：1. A 2. C 3.D
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If you don’t keep yourself warm enough, winter can be a time of illness.
During the winter months, people easily get colds and flu (流感). Many think they are the same, but these two illnesses are different.
Colds can stay with you for up to a week. You will have a running nose, sore throat, headache, cough and a fever.