China is a large country of agriculture（農(nóng)業(yè)）.We all know that there are more than 800 million 44  in China. China starts to  45  the science of agriculture much earlier than other countries in the world. While people in Europe and America were trying to shoot wild animals and birds for food, farmers in China were  46  the science of agriculture. For example, Jia Sixie, who lived in the Northern Wei period（386-534 AD）,was one of the farming pioneers. After he finished his work in government, he 47  home and spent his time on research into agriculture. He 48  information, did experiments and learnt from the experience of farmers. He wrote a book called Qi Min Yao Shu. The book 49  has 110000 words is about both farming and gardening. This book is 50  to be an important summary（概要）of the knowledge of farming.

1.A、workers   B、farmers   C、pioneers   D、scientists

2.A、develop   B、grow   C、choose   D、interest

3.A、trying   B、working   C、studying   D、growing

4.A、left    B、built    C、destroyed    D、returned

5.A、advised   B、improved   C、collected   D、planted

6.A、who   B、whom   C、it   D、which

7.A、made   B、considered   C、kept   D、studied

Take a class at Dulangkou School, and you’ll see lots of things different from other schools, You can see the desks are not in rows（排）and students sit in groups. They put their desks together so they’re facing each other. How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the classroom!

The school calls the new way of learning “Tuantuanzuo”, meaning sitting in groups. Wei Liying, a Junior 3 teacher, said it was to give students more chances to communicate.

Each group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles（角色）.There is a team leader who takes care of the whole group. There is a “study leader”who makes sure that everyone finishes their homework. And there is a discipline（紀(jì)律）leader who makes sure that nobody chats in class.

Wang Lin is a team leader. The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring.

“I just looked after my own business before,”said Wang. “But now I have to think about my five group members.”

But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits（好處）now.

“I used to speak too little. But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot. You could even call me an excellent speaker today.”

Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English. She used to get about 70 in English tests. But in a recent test, Zhang got a grade of more than 80.

“I rarely（很少） asked others when I had problems with my English tests. But now I can ask the team leader or study leader. They are really helpful.”

1.What makes Dulangkou School different from others?          

A. The students desks are in rows.  

B. Students sit and study in groups.

C. There are three blackboards in the classroom. 

D. Both B and C.

2.A discipline leader is supposed to           .

A. take care of the whole group

B. make sure that everybody finishes homework

C. make sure that nobody chats in class

D. collect all the homework and hand it in to teachers

3.The new way of learning is said to give students more chances to           .

A. chat with each other       B. listen to the teacher

C. make friends               D. communicate

4.We can see from the story that some students       this new way of learning.

A. get benefits from    B. are tired of     C. cannot get used to     D. hate

5.How many leaders are there in one group?

A. Three.               B. Four.            C. Two.            D. Five or six.

Drinking water is good for your health. There are some scientific ways of drinking water.

1. It is the best medicine to drink two glasses of water in the morning.

2. Drink clean water.

3. Drink the water that has not been boiled.

Many people think boiled water is safe and good to people’s health. In fact, it is not true. The boiling point of water is 100℃. By boiling it, most bacteria（細(xì)菌）in water can be killed. In the past, the water was less polluted. So boiling was a good way to make clean water. But heavy metals and other dangerous things in today’s water are much more terrible than bacteria. Boiling doesn’t fix that problem. And boiling water may give us more of the dangerous things in our glass.

4. Never use soft drinks to take the place of water.

5. Water is also needed in winter.

6. Drink water at the right time.

1) After getting up in the morning, you have less water in your body, because you weren’t drinking for the whole night. So you should drink some water to keep your health after getting up in the morning. That can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages（腦溢血）and so on.

2) Drinking water at about 10 am helps your body keep enough water.

3) Drinking water at about 3 pm can clean out the wastes in your body.

4) About eight o’clock in the evening is the best time to drink water. Your blood gets thicker when you sleep. Water will make your blood less thick.

Besides, we should drink 2L of water every day. Water is so important for our life. We should drink water often.

1.According to the passage,           in the morning is the best           .

A. drinking some hot soup, medicine     B. drinking some porridge, breakfast

C. drinking some water, medicine        D. Drinking some soft drinks, medicine

2.          can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages and so on.

A. Drinking some water after getting up in the morning

B. Drinking some water before going to bed

C. Drinking some soft drinks after getting up

D. Drinking some milk before going to bed

3.At about 3 pm, drinking water can clean out the          in your body.

A. oil               B. food              C. wastes            D. fat

4.From the passage, we can see the best time to drink water is          .

A. about eight o’clock in the morning    B. about eight o’clock in the evening

C. before supper                          D. at night

5.The best title to this passage is          .

A. Drink clean water                      B. Don’t drink the boiled water

C. The use of water                       D. Scientific water drinking

There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles.

In the Second World War, some people didn’t use gas made from petroleum(石油) in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn’t go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can’t cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.

Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity(電) to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal(煤) and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines(渦輪機(jī)) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.

We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.

Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?

1.When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?

A. When they are poor.  

B. When they run out of oil.

C. When they need more exercise.

D. When there aren’t any big trees in the world.

2.What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?

A. Water.                    B. Coal.

C. Wood and plants.          D. Tides.

3.How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?

A. 2.        B. 5.        C. 4.     D. 3.

4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. There is more petroleum than we can use now.

B. Trees are needed for some other things besides making gas.

C. We got electricity from ocean tides in the old days. 

D. Gas wasn’t used to run cars in the Second World War.

5.The passage is mainly about __________.

A. how to run our cars            B. what to do when oil runs out

C. different types of gas         D. the ways to make electricity

Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May.

The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.

The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former（前任的）teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary（中等的）school. The new teacher, Ms. Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen（再次打開）the school.

But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.

“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my child would not be going to school.”

The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.

1.The reading is about          .

A. the smallest school that was closed down

B. the only pupil in the smallest school

C. the new teacher and her teaching

D. the old teacher who just retired

2.“Turn up”in the reading means “         ”。

A．pass an exam           B. go to school

C. pay money              D. hand in homework

3.From the reading we can know that the school          .

A. is too far for the students

B. does not have enough teachers

C. does not have many pupils

D. is new but small

4.Before the school was closed down,          .

A. the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home

B. the only pupil had to move to a secondary school

C. a famous newspaper had written something about it

D. the girl’s mother had a talk with the former teacher

5.The reading does not say but we can infer          .

A. the girl’s mother had only one child

B. the new teacher was not kind to the girl

C. the old teacher was fit to teach the girl

D. the parents were unhappy with the school

1.Our Jingmen City has lots of wonderful           （風(fēng)景）.

2.He often makes            （錯誤）in his spelling.

3.The name was           （不熟悉的）to me.

4.The boy found his name _______(list) in the paper.

5._______(receive) a letter from my friend makes me happy.

6.Mike was made ______(clean) the room by his mother.

7.Ted w          why the police called him, so he went to the police station yesterday.

8.She s           us a delicious lunch.

9.It is bad manners to throw r           everywhere.

10.From s           studies, the color red makes people hungry.

A: Hi, Han Mei! What are you doing now?

B: I’m studying for tomorrow’s test. What about you?     

A: I’m learning English by l  81   to the tapes. Can you tell me how you learn English?

B: I learn by practicing conversations with my partner.

A: That’s a good idea. I think it can i  82   your speaking skills. Who’s your partner？

B: Liu Ying, one of your classmates at primary school.

A: Oh, wow! It’s her! I remember she u  83   to be short and be very quiet.

B: But now she’s much 84 than before and very outgoing.

A: By the way, do you have lots of rules at school?

B: Yes, we do. For example, we must w  84   uniform at school.

A: Should students be allowed to have part-time job?

B: No. But I think it is necessary for students to have s  85   rules at school.

A: That’s right.

People use money    86  food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they   87  .When they    88  ,they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money used today    89  metal or paper. But in ancient times people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells（貝殼）.

In ancient China, cloth and knives    90   money. Elephant tusks（象牙）,monkey tails（尾巴）and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people on some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money. too.

The first copper（銅）coins    91  China. They were round and had a square（正方的）hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later some countries    92  to make coins of gold and silver（銀）.But gold, silver and copper were heavy    93  when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first    94  paper money. The first paper money didn’t    95  like the paper money we use today.

For us students who are studying at school, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam times so bad that they become ill, because they

are afraid of failing; they are afraid of letting their parents and family down. If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings. Talk to someone about it. Maybe you can speak to a friend, or someone in your family, or teachers at your place of study. If one person doesn’t help you, ask someone else.

How to get through exams? Here are some①          （建議）：

Ask a teacher or tutor about how to review your lessons, and exam skills-how to work when you are in an exam.

Take short rests during your time of work. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well.

Plan your work: study at times when you know you will work at your best.

Get enough sleep, and eat ②          （健康）food.

You need exercise to work well. Walk, run, play sports-whatever you enjoy.

Stop thinking about the future and failing.

If you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed!③Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them.

If it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don’t do it! In fact, don’t even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done. ④ 你不能改變你已經(jīng)寫的東西！

To this advice, we could add:

If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed. Your mind will still be“going round and round”-thinking too much. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

1.Why do some students hate exams?

2.在①處和②處填上恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~。

①                                  ②                       

3.將文中劃線的句子③譯成漢語。

4.將短文中劃線的句子④譯成英語。（每空0.5分，共2分）

You                              what you                               .

5.請給短文擬一個適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題。（2分）

假如今天是1月16日，學(xué)校準(zhǔn)備今天晚上6點(diǎn)半在校禮堂(auditorium)舉行英語晚會，請你以學(xué)生會的名義給全體師生發(fā)一份通知，通知他們按時(shí)參加。（40詞左右）

NOTICE

January 16th, 2012

Dear teachers and students,                                                    

The Students’ Union