A loud noise suddenly hurts your ears while you enjoy a movie in the cinema. A stranger makes you jump as he shouts at his friend on the other side of the city. Mobile phones are everywhere and sometimes they can be very annoying. Although they are a necessity of modern life, it is common to hear people complain about mobile phones.

Most public places have mobile phone rules. So try to keep your phone ringer as low as possible or put it on vibrate mode（震動(dòng)模式）A good time to leave your phone at home would be at school or when visiting a hospital.

If you need to make or take a call while in a meeting or at a restaurant or a theater, leave the room. If you are expecting a call, get a seat near the door to minimize the interruption（減少干擾）. It is polite to inform others at the beginning that you are expecting an important call. When you get a call and you are with friends, keep the call short and speak quietly. A good way to make sure that people don' t interrupt you and others is to tell your friends when it' s a good time to call.

【1】Can mobile phones sometimes be annoying?

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【2】When should you leave your mobile phone at home?

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【3】What should you do when you need to make a call in a meeting?

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【4】What is the topic of the passage?

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Why do you remember Hello Kitty, Snoopy and all the other playful animals? What makes you love them? Well, maybe because they' re like the people around you. Think about it! You may just find a friend or classmate who is like them. Is he or she:

As sweet as Hello kitty: She likes to eat cakes. She loves to make new friends. She asks friends to her tea parties. She is warm and sunny and will always help you.

As clever as Snoopy: He went to school when he was nine. He learned to use a typewriter in two years! He thinks a lot. He is so clever that you like to be with him.

As sarcastic（諷刺的）as Garfield: He sits happily in the seat and says sharp words to you. Sometimes he is not nice. He doesn't really like you? He thinks you're a fool? No, in his heart, he loves you. He is a friend with hard words but a warm heart.

As naughty as Mashimaro: He doesn't look like a good boy. He has sleepy eyes and looks naughty. He always plays tricks on people. So you get angry with him and don't like him very much. His mind is active and full of ideas. He tries to be big and catch your eyes. But, he's still a child.

【1】If you want to make a friend like Snoopy, he or she must be _________ at least.

A. clever B. naughty C. active D. sweet

【2】Tom' s friend is always warm - hearted with sharp words. He is just like_____.

A. Hello Kitty B. Mashimaro C. Snoopy D. Garfield

【3】The underlined words plays tricks probably mean________.

A. plays games B. makes mistakes C. makes fun of D. makes friends

【4】According to the passage, people love cartoon animals because_________.

A. they are the animals that often make people laugh

B. their personalities are like the people around them

C. the cartoon animals are sunny, warm and full of ideas

D. they always help people, think a lot and try to be big

Have you ever wondered how we know the things that we know? How do we know that the stars are really huge balls of fire like the Sun and very far away? And how do we know that the Earth is a smaller ball turning round one of those stars, the Sun?

The key to those questions is“ evidence"(證據(jù)). Sometimes evidence means actually seeing (or hearing, feeling, smelling…) that something is true. Astronauts have travelled far enough from the Earth to see with their own eyes that it is round. Sometimes our eyes need help The" evening star" looks like a bright twinkle in the sky, but with a telescope( 望遠(yuǎn)鏡 ) you can see that it is a beautiful ball. Something that you learn by direct seeing(or hearing or feeling… )is called an observation(觀察)

Often evidence isn't just observation on its own, but observation always hides at the back of it. If there's been a murder, often nobody(except the murderer and the dead person!)actually observed it. But detectives(偵探)can gather together lots of other observations which may all point towards the suspect(嫌疑犯). If a person’s finger- prints match those found on a knife, this is evidence that he touched it. It doesn't prove(證明)that he did the murder, but it can help when it's joined up with lots of other evidence.

Prediction helps to look for evidence. Scientists make a guess about what might be true. For example, if the world is really round, we can predict that any of us, going on and on in the same direction, should eventually find ourselves back where we started

People sometimes say that you must believe in feelings deep inside, but not all the inside feelings are real evidence.

What can we do about all this? When somebody tells you something that sounds possible, think to yourself: "Is there any evidence for that? And, next time somebody tells you that something is true, why not say to them: What kind of evidence is there for that? "Remember ,always think carefully before you believe a word.

【1】Why does the writer use the example of a detective in Paragraph 3?

A. To explain what prediction is

B. To tell what observation is called

C. To introduce how detectives work.

D. To prove evidence is not just observation

【2】The underlined "eventually "in Paragraph 4 means

A. probably B. finally C. completely D. luckily

【3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Prediction helps to prove something if it is true.

B. What you see directly is real evidence

C. People should always believe their inside feelings

D. Astronauts find the Earth is round with a telescope.

【4】what's the best title of the passage?

A. Evidence speaks

B. Scientists make predictions

C. Inside feelings help get ideas

D. Observation offers the facts

Do you know sand has been used to draw pictures since ancient times? Today, sandpainting, an interesting art, will be introduced to you.

Sandpainting is an art of using the sand to make a fixed or unfixed painting. Maybe we all played fixed sandpainting as we were young. We first painted a simple picture, then we brushed glue to the section, and at last we poured colored sand onto the glue in order to make it fixed.

Unfixed sandpaintings have a long cultural history around the world. People poured sand on a surface to make paintings or use some tools to draw pictures in the sand directly. They are often temporary(臨時(shí)的) Different people draw sandpaintings to express different meanings：love of nature, admiration for God or love of beauty.

Nowadays, sandpainting becomes a performance art and its popularity has risen. On the stages, sandpainting performers make a series of images by drawing lines and figures in the sand with their fingers and hands. The series of images are used to tell a story

Kseniya Simonova, who is from Ukraine, is one of the greatest sandpainting performers in the world. People call her "The Lady of the Sand”.

Simonova said that she never dreamed she’d become a sand artist, and when she began practicing, she nearly gave it up. But she persevered, looking after her baby in the daytime and training every night. You Are Always Nearby is one of the most famous performances of Simonova. It is a story about a young couple separated by a war in which the soldier is tragically (悲慘地)killed, but returns in spirit to watch over his wife and child. This performance makes all audience(觀眾)cry

Art is everywhere and is not far away from common people. Art of painting is in our life，even in the sand.

【1】Which of the following is necessary to make a fixed sandpainting?

A. Water B. A printed picture.

C. Colored paper. D. Glue

【2】What does Paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A. Sandpainting is becoming more and more popular.

B. A great sandpainting performer in the world

C. A story about a young couple separated by a war.

D. What sandpainting tries to express.

【3】The underlined word "persevered" can be replaced by .

A. set off B. gave out C. held on D. ended up

【4】What do we know about Simonova according to the passage?

A. She is the best painter in the world.

B. Being a sand artist is her biggest dream.

C. She once gave up performing for her family.

D. Her performances are popular with people.

One morning the teacher told the class to have a holiday and get their hobby things to school before 5 p.m. A hobby show would be held the following afternoon.

So in the afternoon, the students with nothing to show did their lessons at school as usual, while the lucky ones had a holiday to go home for their hobby works.

When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was not there. "I don't believe Tommy has a hobby," she thought. However, at a quarter to five. Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection of butterflies(蝴蝶) in glass case. The teacher liked the samples (標(biāo)本) very much and put them on a desk in the classroom. But, to her surprise, Tommy picked them up again and began to leave.

"What are you doing, Tommy?" she asked. "Those things must stay here until tomorrow afternoon. That's when the parents are coming to see them. "

"I know that," answered Tommy, "and I will bring them back tomorrow, but my big brother doesn't want them to be out of our house at night. "

"But, aren't the butterflies yours?" asked the teacher.

"No," answered Tommy. "They are my brother's."

"But Tommy, you should show your own hobby here, not somebody else's. "

"I know that," answered Tommy. What surprised her most was the answer. "My hobby is watching my brother collecting butterflies. "

【1】What did the class teacher think of hobbies for children?

A. Unwelcome. B. Hopeless.

C. Harmful. D. Important.

【2】What time did Tommy get back to school that afternoon?

【3】What would NOT happen the following afternoon?

A. The parents would enjoy the show in the classroom.

B. Tommy would bring the butterflies back.

C. The teacher would encourage her students for hobbies.

D. The butterflies would fly away.

【4】Which was the teacher's greatest surprise?

A. Tommy was not at school as usual.

B. 'Tommy picked the butterflies up again and began to leave.

C. Tommy said his hobby was watching his brother collecting butterflies.

D. Tommy came back to school before5 that afternoon.

【5】What's the best title for this passage?

A. Important Hobbies B. Tommy's Hobby

C. Different Hobbies D. Collecting Butterflies

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The rockets take astronauts and man-made satellites into space. The satellites are used for communication, weather monitoring and research. But how do satellites stay up without falling down?

There are two opposite forces (力量) acting on the satellite. One of them is the force of gravitation (地心引力), which tries to pull the satellite towards the earth. The other force is created by the rotation (旋轉(zhuǎn)) of the satellite around the earth. This force tries to take the satellite away from the earth. With these two forces, the satellite goes round and round. The gravitational pull of the earth (the force which pulls everything towards the ground) is like a rope which keeps the satellite from flying away.

Everything that goes up has to come down. It is only a matter of time before a satellite comes back to the earth. As time goes by, the satellite loses its speed, which makes the gravitational pull stronger than the force pulling it away. This makes the satellite crash (墜落) down to the earth.

【1】Which of the following uses of satellites is NOT mentioned?

A. communication

B. monitoring the weather condition

C. doing some research

D. taking pictures

【2】The force that pulls the satellite towards the earth is created by ________.

A. the earth

B. the satellite itself

C. the rotation of the satellite

D. the rope

【3】Why can’t the satellites fly away?

A. Because of the force from the earth.

B. Because the satellite is too big.

C. Because of the force created by the rotation of the satellite around the earth.

D. Because people on earth have made ropes to tie the satellites tightly.

【4】The satellite will finally crashes down to the earth ________.

A. when it flies faster

B. when its speed slows down

C. when people cut the rope

D. when there is no electricity in it

【5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. There are four forces acting on the satellite.

B. The force of gravitation makes the satellite go round and round.

C. As time goes by, the satellite will finally fall down.

D. The satellite will stay in space forever.

Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.

He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence (籬笆) along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. "If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house." He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, "Some day I will go there and see this wonderful place."

One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field toward the house with the golden windows.

As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows.

The girl said, "Sure, I know." and invited him to sit on the porch(門廊).As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset(夕陽)turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.

【1】During his break every morning, the small boy would_______.

A. fix the fence B. climb up on the fence

C. eat sandwiches D. walk around the farm

【2】One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to _______.

A. go to the town

B. play on the field

C. go to see the house

D. make the golden windows

【3】What did the boy find when he got there?

A. Nobody lived in the poor house.

B. No golden windows were in the house

C. The house was as old as he expected.

D. The house was nearer than he thought.

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Golden Windows. B. A Wonderful Place.

C. Father and Son. D. A boy's Promise.

A man who has everything is poor in some way. He

will never have hopes, dreams or something better. ①He

will never know someone loves him or that someone

is giving him something he has always wanted or never

had. We couldn't be perfect, ②But we must be brave enough

to love, strong enough to forgive (原諒，寬恕), kind enough

to share happiness with others and clever enough to know

there is enough love around us and then we can always live a wonderful time in our lives.

【1】In the beginning the circle rolled slowly because it .

A. spent much time talking to worms

B. wanted to enjoy the flowers and sunshine

C. was looking for its missing piece

D. lost a piece of its own

【2】Why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly? Because it _____.

A. wanted to enjoy the world

B. found a different world

C. wanted to look for another missing piece

D. thought the world changed so quickly

【3】Which of the following is TRUE about the circle?

A. As it was a perfect circle, it couldn’t roll very fast.

B. It enjoyed the flowers and sunshine along the way.

C. As it was a perfect circle, it could see flowers and talk to worms.

D. It didn't find any flowers, the sunshine or worms.

【4】The story mainly tells us that _____.

A. nobody loves us if we give nothing

B. a man who has everything is the happiest

C. losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes

D. we are not whole when we lose something

—All right．I’ll do that．

A．turn it on

B．turn it off

C．turn it back

D．turn it up

A. invite B. inviting C. invitation D. invited