Ayan Qureshi,a five-year-old British boy, is the world’s youngest computer expert after he passed a Microsoft exam. He has a ______ and he began to play with computers and knew how they work when he was only three years old!
“Playing computers too much is ______ for a small child, but Ayan has caught this chance,” said Ayan’s ______, Asim, who is also an IT expert. “Usually, people much older than the boy take the exam. They are hoping to become IT experts who help people ______ problems with their computer,” said Asim. Teachers were ______ he was too young to take the two - hour test and that he wouldn’t understand some language. But Microsoft allowed him to take part in the exam. “It was difficult for a five - year - old boy to ______ the language of the exam, so Microsoft allow us to give some ______. But he seemed to understand the language well and has a very good memory,” a teacher said.
Ayan plans to take a more important test in the future, but for now he ______ two hours a day learning as much as he can about computers while he can't ______ so much at school.
“I'm very, very ______,” said his mother, Mamoona. “But I don’t want to see him set a world record every day. I want him to do his best whatever he does in his life.”
1.A. computer B. book C. game
2.A. good B. bad C. old
3.A. friend B. father C. mother
4.A. come up with B. agree to C. work out
5.A. excited B. interested C. worried
6.A. understand B. speak C. read
7.A. time B. room C. help
8.A. spends B. takes C. costs
9.A. read B. learn C. have
10.A. sorry B. scary C. proud
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When you have good friends, the best way to get to know them better is to have a sleep- over. A sleepover usually includes having a party and sleeping next to your good friends all night.
In the UK, friends have sleepovers very often. Some have them once every weekend or just once every month. When you want to have a sleepover with your friends, your parents can call or text your friends’ parents to ask about a suitable date. Then, you have to arrange (安排) whose house you’ 11 stay at - your own or your friends’ house. The last step is to finish your homework before you get together with your friends so you can enjoy your time together.
But there is one problem : what if the parents don’t want so many children to be in the house all day? Well, parents can find somewhere to take the children. It could be a park, a swimming pool, a theatre or just somewhere down the road.
There are many fun games you can play with your friends at a sleepover. You can have a water fight in the garden. You can play hide - and - seek in the house. While you play, you can enjoy popcorn and candy. If you don’t want to play games. You can just chat with your friends about whatever you want to share.
1.What do we know about sleepovers?
A. They can improve students’ health. B. They usually include a party.
C. Only girls like sleepovers. D. They last at least two nights.
2.Paragraph 2 tells us ________.
A. how to organize a sleepover B. how to choose the best date
C. where to hold a sleepover D. when to finish your homework
3.What is not mentioned in the last paragraph?
A. Having a water fight in the garden. B. Playing hide and seek in the house.
C. Chatting with your friends. D. Having dinner together.
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When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also you can learn how to use these English words. When you read, it gives you a good example for writing.
Good reading tips
Try to read at the right level (水平). Read something that you can (more or less) understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.
Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. But you don’t have to write them while you read. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.
Try to read regularly. For example, read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix (固定) a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunch time.
Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. o, choose an interesting book. You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. It is easy enough for you to understand it. There is something interesting in it.
1.According to the passage, how many reading tips does the writer give us?
A. Three B. Four C. Five D. Six.
2.Which of the following sentences is right?
A. Reading more is helpful to your writing.
B. Reading for a long time once is better than reading for a short time once.
C. It is unnecessary for you to use a dictionary.
D. Read something difficult to improve your English better
3.If you meet a few new words on a page while reading, ________.
A. give up reading B. guess the meaning at first
C. write them down at once D. look them up in a dictionary at once
4.The passage is mainly about ________.
A. what to read B. when to read
C. why to read D. how to read
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Dear human beings,
1 hesitated (犹豫) a lot before writing this letter. All I want to do is to ask you to have a look at your life. But I’m not sure whether or not you’ll pay attention to me.
I’m a pretty old tree now. I’m 80 years old. So I’ve seen much of the world. We’ve lived on Earth with you for thousands of years. Each day we release oxygen and remove harmful gas so that you have pure air. We cool the air so that you don’t have to run your air conditioners all the time. We help prevent the soil from being washed away. And above all, we give all kinds of fruit, nuts, beans as well as wood to you.
We like the world，we like you human beings. But you’ve never been interested in us. For example, do you know how amazing we are? Do you know that, just like you, we trees are communicating with one another? And a tree can warn its neighbors of danger if insects attack it? And some of us pass nutrients (养分) and water around by joining our roots together underground? I suppose you don’t. We are now in great danger because of you. You are, in fact, destroying us at a terrible speed. You are burning and cutting down millions of us each year, hut you’re not planting enough. For every tree being planted today, 30 trees are being cut down. What would you do if all of us died? Perhaps you would die, too. Without us, you wouldn’t get the ingredients for some of your important medicines, you wouldn’t have enough material for buildings, furniture, paper products, and your cities would look ugly. In addition, air pollution and noise pollution would become more and more serious，and your life would turn nasty….
Well, the list could go on forever, but I think I should stop. The best thing for you to do now is to stop destroying us and start protecting the environment, because we are the best fighters against pollution and we are your best friends!
I wish all the best for you，and good luck!
Your friend,
An old tree
1.Trees are helpful to human beings because ________.
A. they release oxygen and remove harmful gas
B. they help prevent the Earth’s soil from being washed away
C. they provide all kinds of fruits, nuts, beans as well as wood
D. all the above
2.Trees are in great danger because ________.
A. human beings don’t plant trees
B. animals are eating too many trees
C. human beings are destroying them at a terrible speed
D. trees are so old that they die in a short time
3.The old tree wrote to human beings to ________.
A. ask them to protect the environment
B. tell them about the history of trees
C. ask them not to use air conditioners all the time
D. tell them a very interesting story
4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Trees are turning ugly and nasty because of the water pollution.
B. The best thing for humans to do now is to plant trees every day.
C. Trees are becoming less and less.
D. Air pollution and noise pollution will become more serious if there are more trees.
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As China’s influence grows, many students in the US are working hard to learn Chinese. Parents and education experts (专家) in the US think Chinese speakers may have greater chances. The number of schools that teach Chinese has grown. Ten years ago, only about 300 schools in the US had Chinese lessons. Today, about 1,600 schools teach Chinese.
Lomond Elementary School in Ohio is one of them. Each week, all students in grades one through five have a one - hour Chinese class. They learn the language through songs, games and lots of talking. “We’re trying to make students interested in the language”, teacher James told Times For Kids. “We think it’s really important that all children receive these lessons”, he says. “We’d like to do even more.”
“Schools are looking to the future,” says Nancy, a US education expert. “China is becoming a really powerful country. Young people should not only know the language but under- stand the culture.” Students may not be thinking about the future, but they think learning Chinese language and culture is fun. “We wish we could go to China one day.” said Karl and his classmate, Walt, from Miami. More than 40 million foreigners around the world are studying Chinese. About 50,000 people in the US are learning the language. Chinese has become the second most spoken foreign language in the US after Spanish.
1.At present, many American students are learning Chinese because ________.
A. they wish to work in China.
B. they would like to travel all over China.
C. it is the most useful language in the world.
D. China is becoming a powerful country.
2.Which of the following is TRUE about Lomond Elementary School?
A. All students have a Chinese class every day.
B. Chinese culture is not taught in school.
C. Teachers think interest is important in learning Chinese.
D. Only the students in the fifth grade can learn Chinese.
3.We can learn from the passage that ________.
A. students are looking to the future.
B. there are more Spanish people than Chinese in the US.
C. Chinese is becoming popular in the US.
D. Chinese is the most popular foreign language in the US.
4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. US Kids Learn Chinese.
B. Foreigners Study Chinese.
C. Learning Chinese Is Fun.
D. Chinese Speakers Have Greater Chances.
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The purpose of students who come to school is to study. 1.. The followings are ways for studying. The best time for reading is morning. Because in the morning, the air is fresh and our minds are clear. 2..
3.. If we don’t understand a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next until we have learned the first one well. 4.. We cannot read absent-mindedly (心不在焉地), or we could get nothing from the book while we are reading. 5.. If we can’t understand well, write it down and ask our teachers or parents, brothers or friends, in any possible ways. We must know it completely and then our knowledge can be used well. Though there are many ways for studying, however, the above mentioned (提到的) will be helpful if we can keep them in heart.
A. When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book.
B. We must always ask “why”.
C. But studying needs right ways, or we would waste the time or the money.
D. When we study we must be patient.
E. For that reason, we can get good results.
A. When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book.
B. We must always ask “why”.
C. But studying needs right ways, or we would waste the time or the money.
D. When we study we must be patient.
E. For that reason, we can get good results.
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阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的字数要求）
I am Tim. I did something wrong today. While at the beach this afternoon, I met a boy called Bob. We talked a lot. He said that it was fun playing on the cliffs (悬崖).
I told him that I was not allowed to go near that place (Mum and Dad had always told me it was dangerous to play there). He called me a coward. I wanted to prove (证明) to him that I was just as brave, so I agreed to go with him. We wanted to make our way down to explore (探索) the area, so Bob started to climb down and I followed him. Unluckily, some rocks came down after us. One of them nearly hit my head. We could not get back up. We shouted and shouted for help, but for a long time, no help came. I was really scared. I wanted to cry. Then, we heard some sounds. Someone had heard us. A woman tied (系) a rope around herself while a man at the cliff top held the rope. 5. She made her way down to save us. My parents were relieved (宽慰的) that I was unhurt, but they were angry that I had done such a risky thing. I apologized (道歉) and promised that would not do anything like that again.
1.Where did the writer meet Bob? (no more than 6 words)
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2.What does “coward” means? (no more than 8 words)
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3.What had the writers parents always warned him about? (no more than 7 words)
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4.How did the writer feel about what he had done? (no more than 3 words)
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5.Put the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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把下列单词画线部分按发音归类并将相应单词写在下面的横线上。注意有两个单词是多余的。
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1.[i:] ________________ ________________
2.[ə:] ________________ ________________
3.[ɔ:] ________________ ________________
4.[u:] ________________ ________________
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请标出下面句子的重读和弱读顺序（用“O”表示重读；用“。”表示弱读）。
如：It's important to learn English well. 。O 。O O O
1.I am surprised at the results. ________________
2.The girl is kind and beautiful. ________________
3.We will visit Canada next week. ________________
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请按要求完成下面的语音题。
1.（请将本句中失去爆破的音节用括号括起来）。
One day, a man walked into a shop and saw a cute little dog.
2.（请标出本句的升调↗，降调↘）
—Can you tell me how? —Sure. First, peel the banana.
3.请用“︶”标出本句中相邻两个单词中需连读的音节。
A very drunk man comes out of the bar and sees another drunk man.
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写作
你喜欢旅游吗？我们的祖国有着很多令人留恋忘返的美丽景观。在你去过的地方中，你最喜欢哪里？请用英语写一篇短文，介绍一处令你印象深刻的自然景观或旅游胜地。题目自拟。
注意：
1. 文中不得出现自己的真实姓名、学校及地名。
2. 词数80—100。
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