In China， many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities， because the countryside is much poorer than the city， and often there isn’t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris， people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and the dirt of the city， and they are tired of the crowded streets， crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside， and breathe the fresh air there.
So they move out of the cities. Some don’t go very far， just a little way out of the city， to the towns near the cities; other people move to the real countryside with sheep， cows and green fields. There， they start new lives and try to make new friends.
Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years， many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don’t make so much money and there isn’t much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren’t always very friendly.
As a result， quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. “It’s wonderful to see crowds in the streets and cinema lights.” they say.
1.Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?
A. The countryside is much poorer than the city.
B. People in the countryside have nothing to eat.
C. People in the countryside don’t have much work to do there.
D. Services in cities are usually much better than those in the countryside.
2.Why do some rich families in Europe move to the countryside?
A. Because they will find good jobs.
B. Because they are tired of living in the city.
C. Because they can make more money there.
D. Because they like feeding sheep and cows in the green fields.
3.What’s right about the people who move to the countryside？
A. All of them feel happy.
B. None of them feel happy.
C. Only a few of them stay at the countryside at last.
D. Some people in the countryside always fight with them， so they hate the countryside.
4.What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph show?
A. They are happy to move back to the city.
B. They miss their friends in the countryside.
C. They still want to move to the countryside.
D. They are tired of the noise and the crowded streets in the city.
Why do you study? Many students would simply reply： "To get good result in the college entrance examination (高考)." For several years， many have spoken out against the exams. Some say they have turned children into studying machines. Others think that one exam cannot possibly demonstrate a student's true level of knowledge. So， should the exams be canceled?
Minister of Education Yuan Guiren doesn't think so. "Officials and the rich might take advantage(受益) if the college entrance examination were called off(取消). And life would be more difficult for poor children. However， we do need to change the exams，" Yuan said on March 7. He has put an exam reforms at the center of his fourth year in office. "I think the exam is a fair way to choose talented people. But it should pay more attention to all-around(全面的) personal qualities， not just grades，" said Cui Shangyu， a Senior 3 student in Sichuan. The college entrance examination was restored(恢复) in 1977. From then to 2007， 46.85 million people have entered higher education through the exam. According to survey by the Ministry of Education， 90 percent of people who participate(参加) believed the college entrance examination could in some way change a person's life， especially for poor students in the countryside. The college entrance examination is not the only way to become a successful person. However， the process of preparing for the exam is a good experience， said Shen Hui， a Math teacher at Gaoyou Middle School in Jiangsu.
"Through it students can learn many things， such as how to deal with stress(压力) and how to arrange a learning plan." Shen said.
1.What does “demonstrate” mean in the first paragraph?
A. 隐瞒 B. 证明 C. 提高 D. 揭露
2.If the college entrance exam were called off， it would be unfair for_______.
A. the poor B. the officials
C. the rich D. the old
3.Cui Shangyu said the college entrance examination should pay more attention to________.
A. interests B. personal qualities
C. talent D. grades
4.The writer wrote the passage mainly to________.
A. criticize(批评) the college entrance exam
B. discuss whether we should cancel the college entrance examination
C. encourage the improvement of the college entrance examination
D. introduce the history of the college entrance examination
In summer everybody needs to be careful with the sun. Do you know how to spend time in the sun without burning or damaging your skin? Read the ten rules below. Some of them are RIGHT and the others are WRONG.
• Always wear a baseball cap. It protects you from the sun and looks cool， too.
WRONG You need to wear a hat， but choose your hat carefully. Baseball caps protect your eyes， but they don't protect your ears or your neck. Use a proper sun hat.
• Use sun cream. You need to put it on at least twenty minutes before you go out.
RIGHT Sun cream starts to work twenty minutes after you put it on.
• Put sun cream around your eyes and on your eyelids(眼睑；眼皮) to protect them from the sun.
WRONG Sun cream hurts the eyes. Wear sunglasses instead.
• You only need a little sun cream. Too much sun cream is bad for your skin.
WRONG You need to use a lot of sun cream. The sun makes your skin dry. Sun cream moisturizes(滋润) and protects it.
• Put more sun cream on every two hours.
RIGHT You need to put sun cream on often， especially when you're swimming.
• You need to use sun cream even on a cloudy day in summer.
RIGHT The sun can damage your skin even on a cloudy day.
• On a hot sunny day， wear light-coloured clothes — white or yellow are best.
WRONG Light-colored clothes don't protect you from the sun. The best solution is to wear dark-coloured clothes.
• You need to spend time in the sun for healthy skin.
RIGHT You need to spend time in the sun to get enough vitamin D for healthy skin and bones(骨头)， but don't forget to use sun cream. Without sun cream， you have a bigger risk(danger) of skin cancer(癌症).
• You need to spend a lot of money to get a good sun cream.
WRONG There are many different kinds of sun cream. Find the one that is best for you. Expensive ones are not always better than cheap ones. Use a sun cream labeled(标明) SPF30+ and it should give you the same protection as one that is more expensive.
• In summer， people with dark skin can also get burnt.
RIGHT People with fair skin and blonde or red hair need to be extra careful and use a high factor sun cream(高效护肤霜). People with fair skin（白皙皮肤） do need to protect their skin from the sun， too.
1.What is the best to wear to protect your skin from the sun?
A. A baseball hat and light-coloured clothes.
B. A sun hat and light-coloured clothes.
C. A baseball hat and dark-coloured clothes.
D. A sun hat and dark-coloured clothes.
2.What is the right way to use sun cream?
A. Use a little and often.
B. Use a lot every two hours.
C. Use a lot twice a day.
D. Use a little every two hours.
3.Why is it important to spend time in the sun?
A. You can drink more water.
B. It's a chance to wear cool sunglasses.
C. It improves dark dry skin.
D. It helps keep your skin and bones healthy.
4.What is the purpose of the above passage?
A. To make people buy sun cream.
B. To tell the importance of healthy skin.
C. To give people advice on summer skin care.
D. To show people how to dress properly in summer.
| Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature(文学) in 2012. Mo， who was born in 1955 from a farmer’s family in Gaomi country in Shandong Province， is the first Chinese in China to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years， life was not easy and he experienced hunger(饥饿). These things have influence(影响) Mo Yan’s later writings. |
| 60-year-old Park Geun-hue(朴槿惠) was selected(当选) the new President of South Korea in December， 2012. She becomes the country’s first female head of state and her term will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else，” she told the cheering people in central Seoul as she accepted her win. “I will keep my promises.” |
| Barack Obama (born in Honolulu， Hawaii in 1961)， who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008， has been elected again to a second term. Obama is a graduate(毕业) of Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya. And his mother was born in Wichita， Kansas. |
1. When Mo Yan was young， his family might be .
A. big B. poor C. rich D. modern
2.Where was Barack Obama born?
A. In Kansas. B. In Kenya.
C. In Golumbia. D. In Hawaii.
3.Which of the following is NOT true about the passages?
A. The writer Mo Yan lived in a big city before he got the prize.
B. Park Geun-hue will lead South Korea till the year 2018.
C. Obama studied in Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
D. Among the three persons， Park Geun-hue is the oldest.
BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog.
On Saturday， heavy haze(霾) still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and couldn’t take off on time.
The smoggy weather the country’s land from north to south， including Beijing， Hebei， Shandong， and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly than 50 meters in some areas.
Cities Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear . In the Lukou airport in Nanjing， more than 60 flights were canceled(取消) on Saturday the haze， which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens stop on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.
The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several reasons behind the widespread haze： unpleasant weather conditions making difficult for smog to disappear， automobile exhaust(尾气)， and coal use for winter heating.
To fight pollution， the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use， some factories， and removing 6 million old cars from the roads.
“We must face up to the facts，” said Yan Naiqiang， a professor of environmental science at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. “The treatment of smog will be a long fight. From now on， if we use buses or cars less and do more riding， we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.”
1.A. coaches B. trains C. flights D. double-deckers
2.A. afforded B. affected C. admired D. announced
3.A. less B. more C. farther D. nearer
4.A. in B. like C. around D. outside
5.A. hats B. gloves C. sunglasses D. masks
6.A. besides B. except C. because of D. for
7.A. classes B. rest C. work D. shopping
8.A. mainly B. mostly C. main D. most
9.A. that B. this C. one D. it
10.A. close B. closing C. open D. opening
—I will miss my parents when I go abroad for further study this summer.
—Don’t worry . You can them by QQ.
A. come up with B. keep in touch with
C. make friends with D. get along with
