Tim, 20
When I was a teenager, I went to Brittany with my parents. We lived in a lovely house, and the weather was great. But I was 17, and I didn’t want to be on holiday with my parents. I wanted to be with my friends. We went to the beach every day and we went to a wonderful seafood restaurant for my birthday. But I was not happy. What really made me angry was that my parents let my older sister, who was 19, go to Spain with her friends.
Gabriela, 28
I’m from Rome and the summer here is really hot. So last year my husband and I decided to go to Sweden. We booked (预订) a 10-day holiday in Stockholm, and the temperature there in the summer is normally about 20OC. But when we got to Stockholm, it was 35OC! We didn’t want to go shopping or visit museums or do anything — we were too hot. We just sat in hotels and argued all day. We didn’t need to go to Sweden to do that!
Olivia, 26
Three years ago, I went to the Seychelles alone. My travel agent told me that it was always sunny. But when I arrived there, the weather was terrible. It was cloudy and very windy. To pass the time, I decided to take a diving course (潜水课). But I got very upset when I went under the water. I spent two boring and expensive weeks there.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.Tim went to Brittany with his _______.
A. brother
B. sister
C. parents
D. friends
2.What did Gabriela and her husband do in Stockholm?
A. They went shopping.
B. They visited museums.
C. They dived in the ocean.
D. They argued in the hotel.
3.How long did Olivia stay in Seychelles?
A. One week. B. Two weeks.
C. Three weeks. D. Four weeks.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the material?
A. Tim spent his 17th birthday with his friends.
B. Olivia went to Seychelles with her husband.
C. The food in Stockholm is very expensive.
D. The summer in Rome is very hot.
5.The three people are talking about their _______.
A. first trips to a foreign country
B. trips with a little money
C. unsuccessful trips
D. family trips
Did you have a bad day yesterday? If you have one bad day after another, you need to learn the 90/10 secret (秘诀).
A bad start
Jack’s daughter, Emily, knocked over (打翻) a cup of milk and it fell on his trousers at breakfast yesterday. Jack got annoyed. He shouted at his daughter and she started to cry.
“Why did you shout at her?” asked his wife. “Why did you put the cup on the edge (边缘) of the table?” replied Jack. Then he went to change his trousers.
Because she was upset, Emily didn’t get ready for school in time and she missed her bus. Jack had to drive Emily to school. Because he didn’t have enough time, he forgot his bag. He was forty minutes late for work. As soon as he got there, he had to go home again to get his bag.
Did it have to be a bad start?
Again the milk fell on Jack’s trousers, but this time he didn’t shout. He smiled and said, “It’s OK. Don’t worry!” Then he went to change his trousers. When he came back, Emily said, “Bye, Daddy.” And she ran out to catch her bus. Jack went to work early, and he had a great day.
So, here’s the 90/10 secret.
Ten percent of life is what happens to us. We can’t control it. That’s life. Things happen and we have to deal with (应对) them.
Ninety percent of life, however, is how we deal with it. Remember that when something bad happens next time.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.What does the underlined word “annoyed” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Nervous.
B. Bored.
C. Angry.
D. Shocked.
2.How did Emily go to school yesterday?
A. By car.
B. By bus.
C. By bike.
D. On foot.
3.Jack returned home yesterday morning because _______.
A. he felt uncomfortable
B. he forgot to take his bag
C. his wife needed his help
D. his trousers were too dirty
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Emily is always late for school.
B. Emily doesn’t like drinking milk.
C. Jack was late for work yesterday.
D. Jack’s wife had a great day yesterday.
5.The passage mainly tells us _______.
A. how to be a good father
B. how to balance work and life
C. how to prepare breakfast for children
D. how to deal with unhappy things in life
Dear Parents,
Young People’s Day Camp (YPDC) has been providing wonderful summers for the children of Central New Jersey since 1972. Now we are preparing for a new summer and it will be our most exciting summer ever.
Our camp is in beautiful Roosevelt Park with a library and a museum. As a former (昔日的) baseball player, I feel the need to keep teenagers healthy. So we will offer a special training program. This program will cover different sports for each child through the summer camp.
Transportation (交通车辆)
We use 20-passenger buses. We will pick up (接) each child between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. with door to door transportation. Children will be home between 3:45 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Rates (费用)
No. | Weeks | Rates |
1 | 2 | $ 925 |
2 | 4 | $ 1,700 |
3 | 6 | $ 2,280 |
4 | 8 | $ 2,950 |
Every day my son came home happily. He talked about how much fun he had and what he did. Before the summer was even over, he said, “Mom, I want to go back next year. I would like to say thank you and I will see you all next summer.”
— Christina
Please feel free to call us with any questions. I will always make myself available for both you and your children throughout the year. Phone: 732-768-2279.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.What can we know about YPDC?
A. Its owner was once a basketball player.
B. It is for middle school children only.
C. It has a history of over 40 years.
D. It is near Roosevelt Park.
2.A child can catch the YPDC bus at _______.
A. 9:00 a.m.
B. 8:00 a.m.
C. 7:00 a.m.
D. 6:00 a.m.
3.If Peter’s mom chooses No. 2 for him and No. 3 for his brother, how much should she pay?
A. $4,560.
B. $3,980.
C. $3,400.
D. $3,205.
4.According to Christina, YPDC is _______.
A. dangerous
B. expensive
C. traditional
D. interesting
5.What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this material?
A. To tell people the development of YPDC.
B. To find drivers for YPDC buses.
C. To ask people to join YPDC.
D. To raise money for YPDC.
Kellie Lenamond is 16. She’s from the United States. She has many hobbies. She likes playing volleyball. She also likes playing the violin, and she loves singing. But Kellie has an unusual hobby: beekeeping (养蜂).
Kellie doesn’t work with her bees every day. She looks after her hives (蜂房) about twice a month in the spring, summer and autumn. She spends more time with her bees in winter. There aren’t many flowers for the bees to get food from at this time of year. So Kellie feeds the bees sugar water in winter.
This is a usual day for Kellie when she works with her bees:
8:00 She gets up and eats breakfast.
9:00 She makes sugar water for the bees.
10: 00 She does her homework.
11:00 She practices the violin.
12:00 She makes lunch for her brothers and sisters. Then they eat lunch together.
3:00 She goes to volleyball practice.
5:00 She and her mom make dinner.
7:00 After dinner, Kellie dresses herself in special clothes. She feeds the bees sugar water.
Every summer, Kellie takes honey from the hives. Her bees can make a lot of honey in a year. Kellie and her family sell some of the honey, cook with some of the honey and give friends honey, too.
Kellie’s friends don’t go near the hives. They are afraid. They don’t want the bees to sting (蜇) them. Kellie says they don’t understand that bees are safe. “I like standing safely in the middle of the bees. No one else is brave enough!” she says.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.How many hobbies does Kellie have?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.
2.Kellie spends more time with the bees in winter because ______.
A. she likes winter best
B. her parents ask her to do so
C. she doesn’t need to go to school
D. bees can’t get enough food from flowers
3.What’s the right order of the things in Kellie’s one usual day?
①Kellie feeds the bees.
②Kellie plays the violin.
③Kellie plays volleyball.
④Kellie does her homework.
A. ④②③① B. ④③①② C. ③①②④ D. ③②④①
4.When does Kellie take honey from the hives?
A. In spring. B. In summer. C. In autumn. D. In winter.
5.What do Kellie’s friends feel when they see the bees?
A. Excited. B. Afraid. C. Angry. D. Comfortable.
A peacock (孔雀) and a tortoise (龟) were good friends. One day, a bird catcher caught the peacock and was going to sell him on the market. The peacock asked the bird catcher to allow him to say goodbye to his friend the tortoise. The bird catcher agreed.
The tortoise asked the bird catcher to let the peacock go, but he refused. The tortoise then said, “If I give you a nice gift, will you let my friend go?” “Certainly,” answered the bird catcher.
So the tortoise jumped into the river and after some time, he came up with a big pearl (珍珠). The bird catcher was so surprised. He was so happy that he let the peacock go.
A few days later, the bird catcher came back to the tortoise. He thought he didn’t get enough for letting the peacock go. He told the tortoise that he would catch the peacock again unless he got another big pearl.
The tortoise knew his friend the peacock went to a safe place. “Well,” said the tortoise, “please return the pearl that I gave you and I will come back with two.”
The bird catcher thought for some time and gave the pearl to the tortoise. Then the tortoise swam away and said, “I am not so stupid to take one and give two!” The bird catcher could only stand by the river and feel sorry for being greedy (贪婪的).
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1.What did the peacock want to do before the bird catcher was going to sell him?
A. To give a gift to his friend.
B. To give a gift to his parents.
C. To say goodbye to his friend.
D. To say goodbye to his parents.
2.What did the tortoise promise the bird catcher at first?
A. Lots of fish. B. A nice gift. C. A larger bird. D. Special skills.
3.The bird catcher came back to the tortoise because he wanted to ______.
A. sell the tortoise
B. catch more birds
C. learn how to catch fish
D. get more from the tortoise
4.What did the bird catcher get at last?
A. Nothing. B. Two birds. C. A big pearl. D. Two big pearls.
5.The passage mainly tells us ______.
A. we shouldn’t be greedy
B. tortoises are clever animals
C. we should be friendly to animals
D. two different animals can be good friends
When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?
The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things. But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on. The trees feed the forest
＂people＂ by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.
Human beings are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and shop assistants to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.
Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else. You know, being a volunteer is so great!
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误。正确的用＂A＂表示，不正确的用＂B＂表示。
1.According to the text, different things live on the soil and air.
2.The water and minerals from the soil and air are joined together by using sunlight.
3.According to the writer, human beings need only farmers.
4.When I have done something for someone else, I feel happy.
5.According to the passage, everyone needs friends.
