When we talk about intelligence(智力)，we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school．By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving(表现)，especially in a new situation．If we want to test intelligence，we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do．
For example，when in a new situation，an intelligent person thinks about the situation，not about himself or what might happen to him．He tries to find out all be can，and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it．He probably isn’t sure how it will all work out，but at least he tries．And if he cannot make things work out right，he doesn’t feel ashamed(羞愧)that he failed，he just tries to learn from his mistakes．An intelligent person，even if he is very young，has a special outlook(看法)on life，a special feeling about life，and how he fits into it．
If you look at children, you’ll see great different between what we call “bright” children and “non-bright” children. They are actually two different kinds of people, not just the some kind with different amount of intelligence. For example, the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around him. But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world: he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.
小题1:According to this passage, intelligence is the ability to _______.

A．get some high scores on some tests

B．do well in school

C．deal with life

D．have a lot of book knowledge

小题2:In a new situation，an intelligent person________．

A．knows more about what might happen to him

B．is sure of the result he will get

C．cares more about himself

D．keeps his mind on what to do about the situation

小题3:An intelligent person______sure how it will all work out.

A．is always	B．is never
C．may not be	D．is hardly

小题4:If an intelligent person failed，he would_______．

A．try not to feel ashamed	B．learn from his mistakes
C．try to find all he could	D．make sure what result he would get

小题5:Bright children and non-bright children________．

A．are two different types of children

B．are different mainly in their degree of cleverness

C．have difference only in their way of thinking

D．have different knowledge about the world

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。
Is an earthquake dangerous? Yes, of course. But this doesn’t mean you can’t do anything about it. If you know what to do in an earthquake, you can be safe.
Keep a cool head. Worry may cause bad decisions. Don’t follow others blindly. Think about what you should do. The first several minutes are important.
If you are indoors during an earthquake, quickly move to a safe place in the room such as under a desk or table. Take care of your head. Stay away from windows and things that may fall and hurt you.
If you are in a crowded room and far away from the door, don’t rush to it. You will find too many people trying to escape at the same time. Instead, stay under a desk or table. Don’t use an elevator. You may not get out of it.
Stay in a safe place until you are sure it’s OK to leave. Some aftershocks (余震) may follow an earthquake. These are as dangerous as the earthquake.
If you are in debris (废墟), try to free your hands and legs. You may make noises by hitting stones. Shouting will make you tired. Try to find some water and food. They are important for you if you aren’t found in a short time. Wait patiently for help.
小题1:Don’t stay near the windows if you are indoors during an earthquake.
小题2:You may not get out if you use an elevator during an earthquake.
小题3:Rush to the door together if you are in a crowded room in an earthquake.
小题4:Keep staying in a safe place until you are sure it’s OK to leave after an earthquake.
小题5:You should keep shouting until others hear you if you are in debris.

Why do we come to school? Most of us may say we come to school to study. But to study needs a right way, or you either waste the time or the money. The following are the ways for studying.
The best time for reading is morning. In the morning the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason we can get good results.
In studying we must have patience（耐心）. If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one until we have learned the first one well.
When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the books, or we can get nothing from the books while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, brothers or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we have learned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying, yet what I have said above will be enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.
小题1:How many ways for studying does the passage tell us?

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

小题2:It’s better for us to read in the morning because _________.

A．we have no other work to do

B．we can get good results

C．we have slept for some hours

D．we may learn the next text

小题3:While reading we can’t get anything from the book if we _________.

A．read very fast

B．read in the afternoon

C．don’t read it again

D．can’t put our hearts into it

小题4:Always asking “whys” in reading can help us _________.

A．write down the questions

B．read in the afternoon

C．understand the book better

D．remember what we’ve learned

小题5:In writing this passage, the writer wants to tell us to __________.

A．save our time and money

B．know the importance of reading

C．have more patience in reading

D．learn about the ways for reading

Hong Kong has about 40 public(公共的) beaches.  Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches, you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions: 1. Never swim alone. 2. Never swim after a meal or when feel hungry or tired. 3. Do not stay in the water too long. 4. Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
Remember: A red flag (旗帜) means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.
小题1:There are _______ public beaches in Hong Kong.
A. about forty   b. about fifty      C. about thirty     D. about twenty
小题2:We can get to ________ by bus.

A．all the public beaches

B．a few public beaches

C．many public beaches

D．most of the public beaches

小题3:It’s dangerous for children to swim when you see ________.

A．a red flag

B．a yellow flag

C．a blue flag

D．an orange flag

小题4:When you see a red flag, you know that __________ there.

A．women should not swim

B．children should not swim

C．nobody should swim

D．anybody can swim

小题5:The passage mainly tells us _______ in Hong Kong.

A．the public beaches and swimming

B．the danger of swimming

C．the best beaches

D．the difficulties to go swimming

In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard.
Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may borrow the books without paying again.
In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
小题1:The main idea of paragraph 2 is________.

A． Franklin started the first subscription library

B． in a subscription library people pay money to become members

C． Bray and Franklin were important in the history of public libraries

D． Bray died in 1730 and Franklin died in 1833

小题2:The underlined word “borrow” means_______.

A．read and write with no help from another person

B．use for a short time and then return

C．like very much

D．lend

小题3:The reading does not say it, but we can guess that_______.

A．there were free schools in the United States before there were free libraries

B．free schools and free libraries in the United States began at about the same time

C．the library in New Hampshire also had a free school in it

D．there were free libraries in the United States before there were free schools

小题4:Harvard University began_______.

A．in 1731

B．in 1730

C．in 1833

D．in 1638

小题5:At the library that Franklin started, ________.

A．children could use books for no money at all

B．people paid a little money in the beginning but none after that

C．people paid a lot of money in the beginning but none after that

D．both A and B

A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.

Number One is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign, they must not go at more than thirty kilometers an hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number Two is a sign that we’re near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number Three is a sign that there is a bend (拐弯) in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go around a bend very fast. Number Four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction (交叉) at this place. Number Five is a sign that there is a hill and Number Six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number Seven has the word “SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number Eight is a sign with the letter “P” on it. The letter “P” means “Parking”. At some places, there are the signs “No parking” or “No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.
小题1:At the places where you see Sign 1, ____________.

A．you are already out of a town

B．you still have thirty kilometers to go

C．there must be many houses and buildings not far away

D．there must be a town thirty kilometers away

小题2:A driver can leave his car ___________.

A．near a sign with “P” on it in the daytime

B．near a sign with “No parking” on it

C．near a sign with “No waiting” if there’re no policemen there

D．near Sign 8 at any time

小题3:People put these signs on the roads to ____________.

A．make driving even safer

B．show drivers the way

C．stop cars going too fast

D．learn another kind of language

Running a marathon (马拉松)
Have you ever taken part in a marathon? A marathon is 42km long. It is the longest race in the world. To make the runner’s body work, harder training is quite necessary. A runner should start to prepare for a marathon at least three months before. Preparation may have races, many hours of running at different speeds and changes in diet(饮食). During the training time the runner must eat a fit diet.  The diet should have lots of things needed in training the players.
In the early days of training, runners run 80km per week. The running is increased every two or three weeks and at least two long runs per week are needed.
Two weeks before the marathon, the training programme becomes less, from 100km per week down to 60km and then to 30km in the final week. On the last two days they may not run at all.
Breakfast should be eaten at least three hours before the race.  Easily digested(消化) food such as cereal(麦), toast(烤面包) and scrambled(捣碎) egg is best,  with as much fluid(液体) as possible.  Runners should drink water about half an hour before the race to keep up the body fluid. 
小题1:According to the passage, when should a marathon runner begin his training?

A．A month before the race.	B．A week before the race.
C．Three or four months before the race.	D．A year before the race.

小题2:What should a runner have for his breakfast on the day of the race?

A．Easily digested food.

B．A big meal.

C．Lots of meat.

D．Oily food.

小题3:What is the length of the modern marathon?

A．100km.

B．60km.

C．30km.

D．42km.

小题4: Players must have ________ in order to run better in a marathon.

A．training at different speeds and changes in diet

B．much water

C．lessons before the race

D．many fruits

小题5: Hard training before a marathon can ________.

A．make the game easier	B．keep the players healthy
C．help the players to make more progress	D．have more fans

For most people, the word “fashion” means “clothes”. But people may ask the question “What clothes are in fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashion” in the same way: “She was wearing a fashionable coat.” “His shirt was really a fashionable colour.”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs … and in languages.
Fashions change very quickly as time goes. This is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones, televisions and computers send information from one place to another in a few minutes.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
小题1:From the passage, we know that “fashion” means _______.

A．clothes

B．many things

C．most of the popular things

D．everything

小题2:Today fashions change quickly because _______.

A．newspapers are read every day

B．information is sent by radios from one place to another

C．new things are often shown on TV

D．people quickly learn about what is happening in the world

小题3:“There is money in fashion.” means _______.

A．clothes are expensive	B．money comes only from fashion
C．people like new things	D．there are no fashions without money

It’s important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:
1.  Reduce
If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste
2.  Reuse
You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.
3.  Recycle
Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat（压平）and melted (融化) and the melted things are made for new coke cans.
4.  Recover
When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten（腐烂的）apples. You have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.
5.  Repair
If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away. If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society（社会）. But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.
小题1:_______ can be recycled.

A．Only hard things

B．Many things

C．Few soft things

D．All things

小题2:The “recover” rule mainly requires us _______.

A．to throw waste things away	B．to cover waste things with earth
C．to get back the useful parts	D．to throw the whole things away

小题3:We can infer（推断） that the writer of this passage may live in _______.

A．China

B．Japan

C．Australia

D．America

小题4:Which of the following is true?

A．We will have no resources（资源） of nature unless we can do with the waste.

B．Recycling is the best way to save resources.

C．If we waste less, we can save more resources of nature.

D．More things are wasted in developed countries than in developing ones.

Shopping in Singapore is really a pleasure for tourists. The Great Singapore Sale is held every year, usually during the summer months. Singapore’s famous shopping stores welcome a great number of visitors from all over the world. Their shopping hours last till midnight. During this time, nice and cheap goods are on sale for tourists to choose from. Tourists can also try delicious foods there and experience the Singaporean nightlife.
Certain stores offer discounts of up to 70 percent or even higher if people use their credit（信用）cards. For tourists that hold a special Tourist Card, they can enjoy a lot of benefits(好处), such as discounts on watches, jewellery and cosmetics (化妆品). The card also gives discounts when you visit local attractions such as Singapore Zoo.
It is well worth checking out in the different shopping districts of Singapore during this 8-week Shopping Marathon. Orchard Road is surely the best place for shopping in the city. A large number of restaurants and clubs can be found in this area. Marina Bay includes both big department stores（百货商店） as well as small shops, so everything you would want to buy can be found here.
Advice for tourists planning to enjoy this festival of shopping: travel light and take a comfortable pair of shoes with you, for you are sure to do a lot of walking and return with your bags much heavier.
小题1: You will see the Great Singapore Sale if you go to Singapore in ________.

A．January

B．August

C．May

D．November

小题2:We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．the Great Singapore Sale is held twice a year

B．the Shopping Marathon lasts for more than two months

C．Orchard Road is Singapore’s best shopping street

D．Marina Bay is a lonely street with small shops

小题3:Why are tourists advised to travel light if they want to enjoy the shopping festival?

A．They will buy many goods and have to do lots of walking.

B．It is not safe for them to take heavy bags with them.

C．There is heavy traffic in the shopping districts of Singapore.

D．Travelling with too many things is not allowed in Singapore.