Each year, the famous Oxford Dictionaries chooses its Word of the Year. The word is carefully chosen depending on how popular it is and how well it explains the year. However, this year they didn’t actually choose a word at all. Instead, they chose a “face with tears（眼泪） of joy” emoji (表情符号).
This was the world’s most used emoji in 2015, according to research done by the Oxford University Press. It made up 20 percent of all emojis used in the UK and 17 percent of those used in the US.
Emojis started from Japan in the 1990s. Through the years, the simple, small pictures have changed the way people communicate online. According to New Yorker magazine, a survey in 2013 showed that 74 percent of people in the US and 82 percent in China had used emojis. About 6, 000,000,000 emoji pictures are flying around the world every day through messages. Although some worry that emojis will make people’s language skills weak, fans say they are fun and help them express their feelings more easily.
“Emojis are no longer just for sending messages to teenagers. Instead, they have become a kind of expression, which can cross language barriers (障碍),” Oxford Dictionaries said in a statement, explaining their uncommon choice. “Emoji culture has become so popular that emojis have their own way and stories.”
Some even think emojis can take the place of words. Fred Benenson, an American data (数据) engineer, translated American novel Moby Dick into Emoji Dick. The book has even been kept by the US Library of Congress (美国国会图书馆).
1.The Word of the Year for 2015 is ________.
A. a common word B. a sad face
C. a boy’s name D. a happy face with tears
2. According to the passage, we know ____________.
A. Emojis started from the UK in the last century
B. A large number of Emoji pictures are used around the world
C. Learning Emojis is the best way to improve people’s language skills
D. Emojis has become the main ways to communicate online instead of words
3.The novel Moby Dick is mentioned in the last paragraph to show ________.
A. how popular and useful the Emojis are
B. words will become more important
C. Moby Dick is popular around the world
D. Emoji Dick is considered meaningless
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. The History of Emojis
B. How to Express Our Feelings
C. An Introduction to Oxford Dictionaries
D. A Popular Kind of Expression—Emojis
On the first evening, the three of us were tired after walking for about eight hours. We soon fell asleep. In the morning, I was surprised to find the bag of food had been open.
“Bears,” said Joe, “we should hang the food in a tree tonight.”
Later that day we stopped in a beautiful field by a river. We put up the tent and fell asleep. During the night the bears came again. This time they took the food from the tree.
“Bears can climb trees. They can smell food from a long way away,” said Ben.
“We must keep the camp clean. Bears must think our rubbish is food,” I said. “And we should make lots of noise, too. If they know where we are, they may not come any closer,” said Joe.
“But if you see a bear,” said Ben, “you mustn't make any sudden moves or make a sound, and you mustn’t run either. No one can run faster in the forest than a bear. And remember we don’t have a gun to keep us safe.” That night, we went to sleep ... or we tried to.
The next day, while the others were resting, I went for a walk in the forest. Suddenly, I saw a baby bear playing with some sticks and stones. He looked so soft and friendly, and I thought, “If I reach out, I can just touch him.”
There was a loud noise behind me.
I didn’t dare to move, not even turn my head. There was another loud noise. The baby bear looked up, and ran towards me. I turned pale and he ran past me into the woods.
I couldn’t turn round until a few minutes later. Then I saw the baby bear and his huge mother walking away.
I ran back to my friends. I have never run so fast.
For the next 10 days, every time there was sudden noise, my blood went cold.
1.Who moved the food bag on the first night?
A. Joe. B. Ben. C. The writer. D. A bear.
2.In Ben’s opinion, which is the right way to protect ourselves when we see a bear?
A. We mustn’t move suddenly.
B. We should make lots of noise.
C. We can touch him softly.
D. We should run as quickly as we can.
3.What was the loud noise behind the writer?
A. It was the wind. The weather changed in the forest.
B. It was another baby bear. He wanted to play with stones, too.
C. It was the baby bear’s mother. She was coming to find her baby.
D. It was the writer’s friends. They were ready to fight with the bear.
4.Why did the writer run back fast to his friends?
A. He was really scared.
B. He thought his friends were in danger.
C. A bear ran after him and wanted to catch him.
D. He had some good news to share with his friends.
Besides playing computer games, is there anything meaningful that kids want to do during the long holiday? Doing experiments (实验) can be interesting, and you may try the following experiments at home. Make sure that you’ll do them with an adult.
Experiment A: Make your own cloud
① Fill a bottle with hot water. Leave it for five minutes.
② Pour 3/4 of the water away.
③ Put some ice on the top of the bottle.
④ Wait and watch! In a few minutes, there is a cloud.
Experiment B: A magic balloon
① Put the balloon on a bottle.
② Put the bottle in the hot water, the air gets hot and rises into the balloon.
1.According to the passage, we should do the two experiments ________.
A. in the field B. all by ourselves
C. with an adult D. only in summer
2.According to Experiment A, which one is the right order?
a. 
b. 
c. 
d. 
A. a-c-d-b B. d-a-c-b C. d-c-a-b D. a-b-d-c
3.In Experiment B, the balloon will _________.
A. stay the same B. be smaller
C. be bigger D. fall into the bottle
完形填空
Stealing? Maybe, but in our minds we were just enjoying nature’s gift.
As teenage boys, we were not thinking about whose the strawberries were. We knew the Jordan family had the best strawberries in the neighborhood.
So on a Friday , we secretly went into the Jordans’ backyard and started picking their sweet strawberries. We thought there was that tasted better than the fresh strawberries. ________ we were enjoying the delicious strawberries, suddenly the Jordans’ backyard came on. It was terribly bright, so we hurried to cover our faces with hands. Then we saw ran outside.
“What are you boys doing out here?” he shouted ________ as my friends ran off in all directions. They were so ________ that the older gentleman couldn’t catch them. And at once all the boys ran away into the dark, except ________ .
Mr. Jordan shouted at me as he ran after me all the way to my house, which my mother was in. My mother said________ over and over again. I felt so embarrassed (尴尬的). My friends said they could hear ________ she said to Mr. Jordan from our backyard. My friends laughed at me about it for days later.
I was down and complained (抱怨) to my father. After hearing that, he said, “I don’t think it’s ________ unfair at all. You took strawberries without ________ , and you got exactly the punishment you should have.”
“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They weren’ t ________ at all!”
“That should not be what you are thinking about,” said Dad. “You can’t ________ what happens to other people, but you can do your own job well. You made a bad choice that night, and you were punished for it. ” That sounds completely fair to me.
1.A. 3-year-old B. 13-year-old C. 30-year-old D. 60-year-old
2.A. even B. just C. nearly D. hardly
3.A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. night
4.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
5.A. Before B. Since C. While D. Although
6.A. dog B. light C. TV D. door bell
7.A. our teacher B. my father C. Mr. Jordan D. my friend
8.A. politely B. angrily C. slowly D. happily
9.A. quick B. scared C. uneasy D. brave
10.A. me B. him C. her D. them
11.A. yes B. no C. goodbye D. sorry
12.A. what B. when C. why D. how
13.A. fighting B. discussing C. listening D. asking
14.A. fooled B. treated C. punished D. praised
15.A. realize B. doubt C. discover D. control
书面表达
根据下列提示，以A trip to Beijing 为题，用英语写一篇80字左右的短文。
1. 旅游很有乐趣。
2. 去年寒假，你和你的家人坐飞机去了北京。坐飞机花了两个半小时。
3. 你们在那儿呆了一个礼拜，游览了很多名胜，欣赏了自然风光，尝了好多美食。
4. 妈妈为亲戚们买了好多礼物，你买了几个钥匙扣。
5. 你们玩的很开心，并且希望某天再去一次。
任务型阅读 根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，在答题卷上相应的横线上填写答案，每空限填一个单词。
Climbing a mountain is hard work. But one step after another finally brings a person to the top. Along the way, he can stop and look around. And the higher he climbs, the more wonderful his view (视野) is. If he keeps climbing, he will have a new world before him. He will have a new way of seeing（watching） everything.
Now learning another language is something like climbing a mountain. This new language can give you a new view of life. And it is more than a look at the surface (表面) of things. It can open the way into people’s minds and hearts, into a culture (文化) very different from the one of your own. This will make you richer, richer in things that money can’t buy. Even though you never set foot on a ship or a plane, you can be an armchair traveller through books.
Like the mountain climber who stops now and then to enjoy the scenery around him, everyone who is interested in reading will find pleasure(fun) in books as he fights on to learn more and more of that new language
Hard work | |
Climbing a mountain | Learning a new__1.__ |
Get to the top step by step. The higher we climb, the __2._ view we will see. Every __3.__we stop, we can enjoy the scenery around us. | Open people’s minds and hearts. Learn about a different ___4.___. Feel __5.__while reading if we are interested in the book. |
