It’s rather cold in most of South China ____ in spring.

Passage 5
Here in Siberia (西伯利亞), the winter is always very long and it’s very, very cold! It starts to snow in November and the snow won’t leave until May. The temperature is usually about -25℃, but it’s sometimes much colder. When it’s -35℃, children can’t go to school, but grown-ups still go to work! We wear a lot of warm clothes: socks and boots, sweaters and fur coats. All the houses have heating, so it’s never cold inside. In winter, we close the windows to stop the wind from getting in, and we don’t open them again until spring.
In spring and summer it rains a lot, and we don’t often see the sun. In summer it’s often about 25℃, but the weather is very changeable. One day it’s 25℃, and the next day it’s 10℃. People say that the weather was even colder in the past.
【小題1】How long is Siberia’s snowy time?
【小題2】What are used in Siberia to keep the people and houses warm?
【小題3】Do children go to school when it’s -35℃ in winter?
【小題4】What’s the weather like in spring?
【小題5】How does the weather in Siberia often change in summer?

The Voice of China was hot during the summer of 2012!

The Voice of China is the large music show in China. This show is also the only one which regards the Voice as the only ruler. It premiered at 21:15 on July 13, 2012, on the Zhejiang Television. It has attracted great attention. The show became an overnight sensation.

The first season used “Real voice, real music” as its slogan. As a mentor(導(dǎo)師), singers like Liu Huan, Na Ying, Yu Chengqing and Yang Kun will be responsible for seeking world-shaking voices of China in the following three and a half months, through four stages, namely, “blind choosing”, “selecting”, “team PK” and “yearly grand ceremony”.

It is really a miracle that The Voice of China can stand out in the flood of today’s talent shows in China and attracts the audience. A great many of audience said this will be the best television show in this summer. They were all proud for these good voices of China.

??? The students’ beautiful voices moved everyone. Xu Haixing, a girl from Chengdu, sang “Self” to realize her father’s dream and Liu Huan was moved to tears by her song. Huang Yong sang “In Spring” showing his persistence on his dream and Yang Kun cried for this. The blind girl Zhang Yuxia, a busker from Taiwan, played while singing. She was praised as “Deng Lijun No.2” for her unique voice, and her sincere feelings touched everybody. Na Ying went to the stage to sing with the students together for two times.

The Voice of China casts off magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing. It regards “inspiration” and “professionalism” as the ruler of music. The singer uses their songs to tell their real stories and the happiness of life.

1.If you want to be the winner of The Voice of China, you must _____.

A. have a good-looking ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. have special talent

C. have a wonderful voice? ????????????? ????????????? D. dance and sing well

2.The right order of The Voice of China’s program is _____.

a. team PK????? b. blind choosing.??? c. selecting????? d. yearly grand ceremony

A. c-b-a-d ????????????? ????????????? B. b-c-a-d? ????????????? ???? C.c-a-b-d ????????????? ????????????? D. d-c-a-b

3.From the passage we know Liu Huan was deeply moved by_____ song.

A. Na Ying’s??? B. Xu Haixing’s?? ????????????? C. Huang Yong’s????????????? D. Zhang Yuxia’s

4.What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined sentence?

A. 通宵節(jié)目??????? ????????????? B. 無與倫比 ????????????? ????????????? C.一夜成名????????????? ????????????? D.徹夜難眠

5.Which of the following is NOT true according the passage?

A. The best title of the passage is The Voice of China.

B. The Voice of China last three and a half months.

C. The fourth paragraph（段落） tells us The Voice of China is hot in China.

D. Magnificent clothes and wonderful dancing are rulers of the show.

Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits, and the most beautiful flowers in his village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the year.Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he sells most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so wonderful that they sell much more quickly in the market than those of other villages.

   How does Tom grow these beautiful plants? He is so lazy that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio. He listens to music all day. 

That is quite true. Tom plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything grows. It is the music that does work. Tom knows more clearly that music  makes the biggest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love music as much as people.

1.Tom      most of the things in his garden.

    A. sells    B. eats    C. keeps    D. gives

2.Tom listens to the music in the garden because     .

A.is very popular.

B.makes him relaxed.

C.makes his plants stop growing.

D.makes his plants grow better.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Tom doesn’t plant orange trees in his garden.

B.Tom often gives away his flowers to villagers.

C.Tom is very lazy and he does nothing every day.

D.Tom eats some of the fruits and vegetables in his garden.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Tom’s garden is in the town.

B.Tom wants to sell his garden.

C.Plants also like listening to music.

D.Tom’s flowers are beautiful and cheap.

任務(wù)型閱讀

下面是一首大家非常熟悉的古詩，請把古詩跟英文翻譯配對

1.春眠不覺曉，_______________

2.處處聞啼鳥，_______________

3.夜來風(fēng)雨聲，_______________

4.花落知多少。_______________

A. Everywhere are birds’ singing.

B. In night, the sound of wind and rain you hear.

C. Recall how many petals of flowers have fallen.

D. In spring dreams, you never like to wake.

5. The poem is mainly about ________

A. Nice Dreams   B. Birds and Flowers

C. Wind and Rain  D. Spring Morning