—Could you please tell me ______? —Bus No.22 will take you there.

A. which bus will take me to the Cinema

B. where I can watch a movie

C. how will I get to the Cinema

—Remember to turn off the lights before leaving the classroom, children. —___________

A. OK, we will B. You’re right. C. It doesn’t matter.

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special ______. For example, in the United States people give gifts for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and ______. And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the right gift?

It’s not always ______ to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another ______. In many Western countries watches and clocks are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are ______ to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift may bring bad ______.

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a ______ gift. But even flowers can also be a/an ______! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1, 3, 5, etc.) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2, 4, 6, etc.) is not okay. It’s only for funerals! People in China ______ gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don’t ______ red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

1.A. opinions B. purpose C. places

2.A. person B. place C. winter

3.A. hard B. easy C. polite

4.A. country B. city C. village

5.A. possible B. similar C. meaningful

6.A. luck B. notice C. information

7.A. fun B. true C. safe

8.A. solution B. problem C. idea

9.A. understand B. dislike C. accept

10.A. show B. return C. bring

Smith had to drive across the Sahara. It was a journey across hundreds of miles of an empty and dry area. After he had been driving for a few hours, there was a sandstorm came. Then his car left the road and broke down.

Smith began walking across the hot sand under the sun. He hoped he would soon reach the road again.

Soon, his tongue (舌頭) was thick with thirst. He needed water, but everywhere he looked there was nothing except sand.

Smith kept walking. Then, about an hour later, a man riding a camel came into sight. Smith waved to him. The man on the camel rode up to him and stopped.

“Please,” Smith said, “I am dying of thirst. Let me have some of your water.”

The man slowly shook his head. “You can’t have any water,” he said, “but I’ll sell you a beautiful tie.”

“I don’t want a tie.” Smith shouted at him furiously. “I need water.”

But the man turned away quickly and rode off.

Smith continued walking. Two hours later, he met another man riding a camel. This time he asked if he could buy some water, but the man refused, saying, “No, but I’ll sell you a tie.”

Angrily, Smith turned away from him and continued walking.

Three hours later, by which time he was near death, Smith saw a large hotel in the distance. It stood alone in the middle of the desert, surrounded by palm trees. Smith managed to reach the main entrance. He was about to enter the hotel when the doorman stopped him.

“Hey!” he said. “This is a first-class hotel. You can’t come in here without a tie.”

1.Picture _____ shows the right place where the story happened.

A.  B.  C.  D.

2.The man on the camel offered Smith _______.

A. some water to drink B. a ride on his camel

C. the name of a hotel D. a beautiful tie

3.The underlined word “furiously” in the passage probably means “_________”.

A. angrily B. worriedly C. nervously D. sadly

4.Smith met _______ person (s) in the story.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

5.According to the passage, Smith will be allowed to enter the hotel if _______.

A. he drives a car B. he tips the doorman

C. he has enough water D. he wears a tie

Many young people want to be pop stars. Pop stars are rich. Many people think they are leading a happy and easy life. In fact, they have very hard lives. They spend much of their time on travel. Sometimes the travel is interesting, but in most time it is boring to pop stars. The following chart is a day’s life of a pop star.

1.According to the chart, the pop star was a ______.

A. singer B. dancer C. player D. pianist

2.According to his plan, his plane should have taken off at _____.

A. 6:30 B. 7:00 C. 7:30 D. 8:00

3.At the radio station, the pop star _______.

A. talked with reporters B. gave a performance on the air

C. met fans and signed for them D. told people how he lived his life

4.The show in the theater lasted about _____ that day.

A. an hour B. two hours C. three hours D. four hours

5.From this passage we get to know that ______.

A. not all people like pop stars B. pop stars have their own bands

C. fans cause trouble for pop stars D. to be a pop star is not all fun

Jeans have become one piece of clothing worn by the most people in the world. Everybody wears them, from the farmer to the lawyer and from models to housewives. But why have jeans become so popular? You’ll get many answers. For some people they look cool, for others jeans are just comfortable.

Jeans were first stronger trousers made for farm workers in the states of the American west. In the eastern part of the US, jeans were hardly worn at all. They were connected with farm people and the workers. So the rich wouldn’t like to wear them.

It was James Dean and Marlon Brando that made them popular in movies and everyone started to wear them. They were a symbol of the rebellion of young people during the 1950s and 1960s. So these new trousers were not allowed in American schools and sometimes in theaters and cinemas. As time went on, jeans became more acceptable. American people in Europe and Japan often wore them when they were not on duty to show that they were Americans. The trousers showed the world a happier way of life, something that people needed, especially after what they had gone through in World War II.

Jeans had other advantages as well. They didn’t need to be washed as often as other trousers and women didn’t need to iron them. This became more important as more and more women started working and had less time for housework.

Today jeans are an important part of our lives. They are always washed a few times before they are sold to give them a faded look.

1.Jeans first appeared _________.

A. in eastern America B. in western America

C. in Middle America D. all over America

2.From the passage, we can know that James Dean and Marlon Brando were ________.

A. famous stars B. Jeans makers C. young students D. farmers or workers

3.What is the possible meaning of the underlined “rebellion” in this passage?

A. 奢侈. B. 活力. C. 清純. D. 叛逆.

4.Which of the following was a possible advantage of jeans to housewives?

A. They could easily be bought anywhere in the world.

B. They didn’t need to be washed often or ironed.

C. They had many different styles and colors.

D. They were comfortable and in style.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Jeans --- Symbol of Wealth

B. Jeans --- Working Women’s Best Choice

C. Jeans --- Popular Piece of Clothing in Our Life

D. Jeans --- Part of the Lives of Farmers and Workers

Have you ever heard of “a ball of energy”? People often use it to describe very active children. But today we tell about the soccket, something that is a real soccer ball of energy. Julia Silverman and Jessica Matthews developed the soccket as part of a group project for an engineering class at Harvard University.

There are mechanisms (裝置) in a soccket. When you kick, hit or throw it, energy is then kept in it by these mechanisms instead of disappearing into the environment. Then the user can put something directly into the ball, like a lamp, or a mobile phone charger so that they can get energy from it. For every fifteen minutes of the game play, the soccket can provide enough electricity for an LED lamp for three hours, and the ball can store (儲(chǔ)藏) up to 24 hour’ electricity.

The International Energy Association reported last year that nearly one and a half billion people in the world had no electricity to use, and most of them live in sub-Saharan Africa and in India and other countries in Asia.

Julia Silverman and Jessica Matthews both had experiences in developing countries before they began the project. They knew that power shortages are a serious problem in really areas. There’s an energy crisis in the world. One out of every five people in the world don’t have any electricity. And besides that, there are a lot of health problems because without electricity, people have to use something like kerosene (煤油) lamps, which produce a lot of smoke.

Julia Silverman says the soccket ball is one small solution to a big problem. Jessica Matthews and Julia Silverman hope their soccket ball will shine more light on the problem of power shortages. It offers people a chance to put their energy into the world’s most popular sport and get some energy in return.

1.From the passage, we know the soccket is _____.

A. a game B. an invention C. an energy D. a lamp

2.If you play the soccket for half an hour, it can provide an LED lamp with electricity for _____.

A. fifteen minutes B. half an hour C. six hours D. three hours

3.The underlined word “crisis” in the passage means _____.

A. a time of safety B. a time of difficulty C. a time of success D. a time of illness

4.We can infer (推斷) from the passage that _____.

A. Julia Silverman has never been to developing countries before

B. people all over the world will use the sOccket soon

C. kicking a soccket makes the energy disappear into the environment

D. people are expected to get some energy by playing soccket

5.The best title for the passage should be “________”.

A. How to Make Electricity B. How to Deal With Energy Crisis

C. A Soccer Ball That Gives Energy D. An Energy Shortage in the World

閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的五個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出能填入短文空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，使短文通暢、連貫，意思完整。

When you sleep somewhere else—like at a summer camp or a friend’s house you’re in for a fun time. It can be exciting to get away from the same old bed in the same old room in the same old house. 1. It’s called being homesick.

Homesick means you are upset, sad, and maybe scared. But don’t feel surprised. A lot of people get homesick, even grown-ups. When you’re used to having certain people around you, it can be scary when they are gone. 2. Some kids may feel more homesick than usual if their parents get divorced (離婚) or if someone they loved has recently did.

Here are some ideas to help you feel less homesick.

3. If you’re going away from home, bring your pillow or pictures of the people you will be apart from and look at them any time you want.

Keep busy. The more fun things you do, the less time you’ll have to feel homesick. 4.

Stay in touch. You can make a plan for when you will call your mum or dad. You can also send e-mails or text messages to keep in touch with family and friends. When you do get in touch with someone, make sure to talk about the fun things you’re doing!

Talk to someone where you are. 5. He or she might have some ideas to help you feel better.

A. So try to join in activities wherever you are.

B. Bring a little bit of home with you.

C. But fun as this is, for some kids being away from home can be scary and sad.

D. When you are dealing with other problems, you will feel homesick, too.

E. Maybe you can tell a friend that you feel homesick.

A. So try to join in activities wherever you are.

B. Bring a little bit of home with you.

C. But fun as this is, for some kids being away from home can be scary and sad.

D. When you are dealing with other problems, you will feel homesick, too.

E. Maybe you can tell a friend that you feel homesick.

情景交際。根據(jù)情景提示，完成下列各題。

你想知道你同學(xué)的哥哥的長相，你會(huì)這樣問你的同學(xué)：

1.__________________________________________________________________________?

老師問你每天晚上到家的具體時(shí)間，你會(huì)這樣回答：

2.__________________________________________________________________________.

在餐廳，你想要點(diǎn)一碗大碗的西紅柿牛肉面，你會(huì)這么對(duì)店員說：

3.__________________________________________________________________________.

你想知道目前的天氣狀況，你會(huì)這樣問媽媽：

4.Mum, ______________________________________________________________________ now?

你想知道你的媽媽是不是正在廚房做飯，你會(huì)這樣問你的爸爸：

5.__________________________________________________________________________?

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)語境、音標(biāo)或單詞等提示，在每個(gè)空格內(nèi)填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~，使短文意思完整、行文連貫。

I was in the1. (five) grade. One day, my dad’s car was broken into and all of the stuff inside was 2. (steal), including my schoolbag. I was really sad. The next day I had to go to school3. nothing. My teacher, Miss Taylor, was very kind to me. She gave me a new blinder (活頁夾) after I told her what had happened. She also handed me some crayons and asked 4. I’d like to color the front of the blinder. I really thanked her for her 5. (kind). But I never did color the new blinder, because something even 6. (good) happened later that same day. A couple found my bag on the side of the road and brought it to the school’s office because they found the 7. /?'dres/ in my blinder. I was so 8. (excite) that I rushed to the 9. /??f?s/ and got my backpack.

It turns out that there are lots of people10. are always kind and helpful. There is no need to lose faith (信心) just because of one bad apple.