Each person has his own way to have fun. Some like sports. Some like playing chess or cards. But a large number of people enjoy listening to music.
Nowadays, music has become an important part of our life. We can listen to music on CDs, on radio or on TV. Also, we can search the Internet to find the song we like. It’s the easiest way to enjoy the music that we like. Also we can download (下载）our favorite songs from the Internet for free. If we have a Walkman (随身听），we can hear music everywhere. It can give us pleasure if we are sad. It can cheer us up, too. When we are tired, it can make us relaxed.
Different people like different kinds of music. Young people like pop music. Maybe old people like gentle and quiet music. Different music can express different feelings. When we are happy, we like to listen to jubilant (欢快的) music. When we are unhappy, we want to hear soft music. We need different kinds of music in different moods. We can get different feelings from music. Music is the best friend of human beings. We can’t imagine what life would be like without music.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, we can know people play chess, cards or listen to music      .

A．for exercising

B．to learn more knowledge

C．for fun

D．to relax

小题2:Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A．Music can give us pleasure.	B．Music can make us relaxed.
C．Music can cheer us up.	D．Music can improve our listening skills.

小题3:According to the last paragraph, we can know the old people like           probably.

A．gentle music

B．rock music

C．jazz music

D．pop music

小题4:What does the underlined word “moods” mean in Chinese?

A．心情

B．喜怒无常

C．气氛

D．生气

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．No one likes playing chess.

B．There are different kinds of music.

C．Listening to music can make us more tired.

D．Old people don’t like music at all.

Now more and more people communicate（沟通） by sending messages with mobile phones, sending e-mails or even chatting on line. How about our pen, pencil or paper? Which one do you think is easier and more convenient, handwriting or texting (发短信)?
Today, texting is the most common way of communication, even among young students. People don’t write letters anymore. They usually send e-mails to their friends. From texting to e-mails, it seems like keyboard (键盘) are replacing the good old pencil and paper. As a result, many students are poor in handwriting. Some even don’t know how to write normal words we often use.
In order to improve students handwriting skills, the British government(政府) recently decided to open handwriting lessons in middle schools. The British government hopes the students will be able to learn how to write business and personal letters properly at any length(长度). The students will also be taught different kinds of writings. They will also learn to use correct spelling, punctuations (标点）and grammar. The handwriting lessons will begin in 2014. Why don’t you practice handwriting and write letters to your family and friends to surprise them?
小题1:Which is the most common way of communication among young students today?

A．Writing letters

B．Texting

C．Making telephone calls

D．Making appointments

小题2:What does the underline word “ replacing” mean in Chinese?

A．发生

B．重装

C．代替

D．重复

小题3:What did the British government decide to do to improve students’ handwriting skills?

A．To help students write personal letters.

B．To open handwriting lessons in middle schools.

C．To send the students abroad to learn handwriting skills.

D．To ask the students not to send massages with mobile phones.

小题4:Through the handwriting lessons, the British students can’t learn_______.

A．to write business and personal letters	B．different kinds of writings
C．to use correct spelling, punctuations and grammar	D．to draw pictures

小题5:When will the British government begin the handwriting lessons?

A．In 2004

B．In 2012

C．In 2013

D．In 2014

When I was a child, there was a fair (集市) every autumn in my town. Lots of people from other towns        to sell and buy things. During the fair, my        became the busiest person of the family. All of her relatives (亲戚) would come and live        her house and have meals there. Grandma was happy to        them.
Years later, there was no fair any more. Grandma’s relatives didn’t come every        like before. Grandma often sat in her room for hours,        saying a word. She didn’t look       .
This year our town has decided to reopen (重开) the fair. When Grandma        this, smiles come back on her face. She looks much       . She tells me that her nieces (侄女) are coming. “They are        here for one week,” she says happily.
I suddenly know that Grandma doesn’t want others to look after her. She wants to be useful and helpful.
小题1:

A．heard

B．talked

C．planned

D．came

小题2:

A．mother

B．grandma

C．father

D．grandpa

小题3:

A．of

B．to

C．in

D．by

小题4:

A．turn on

B．come over

C．put on

D．look after

小题5:

A．autumn

B．spring

C．winter

D．summer

小题6:

A．about

B．without

C．like

D．for

小题7:

A．happy

B．sad

C．healthy

D．weak

小题8:

A．knows

B．says

C．writes

D．thinks

小题9:

A．freer

B．more

C．younger

D．less

小题10:

A．working

B．driving

C．leaving

D．staying

My name’s Simon white. I’m a student .We have some _     at school and at home. We can’t __    at school late. We have to finish our homework on time. We can’t stay out late _     _ school nights. Some students think these rules are      _, and they don’t like them. _     I don’t agree with them. I think these rules can help _     a lot. If( 如果) we don’t have them,      can we do well in our studies? For example, our teachers_    _ us to clean our classroom every day. If we don’t, the classroom will be very dirty. It’s bad for our health, too. If your parents let you go to bed early and you don’t listen to them, you      _get up on time next morning.      _ needs some rules. Do you think so?

小题1:	A．books B．clothes C．rules D．classes

小题2:	A．get B．arrive C．reach D．come

小题3:	A．at B．in C．by D．on

小题4:	A．good B．bad C．funny D．easy

小题5:	A．And B．Or C．But D．So

小题6:	A．we B．you C．us D．them

小题7:	A．what B．how C．when D．where

小题8:	A．let B．make C．ask D．have

小题9:	A．don’t B．can’t C．doesn’t D．mustn’t

小题10:

A．Someone B．Anyone C．Everyone D．No one

My name is Lucy. I come from America. I am now in China.  I study in Hangzhou Shulan Middle School. There are many clubs in our school. They are an English club, an art club, a music club, a ball game club, a swimming club, a chess club and a computer club. There is a “Show Yourselves !” Festival in our school every year. On that day, students from different clubs show their talents in different ways. They can sing English songs, draw and paint beautiful pictures. They can play the guitar, the violin, the piano, and the trumpets. They can also play chess and show us their swimming skills. They like the festival very much.  I join the art club, and I paint the ads (广告)for them . Giving(付出) help makes me happy.
小题1:Lucy is  from __________.

A．Beijing

B． Paris

C．New York

D． London

小题2:There are ________ clubs in Hangzhou Shulan Middle School.

A．five

B．six

C．seven

D．eight

小题3:Lucy is in the ________ club.

A．music

B．English

C．chess

D．art

小题4:The students from the art club show their talents by(通过……方式) _______.

A．singing English songs	B．painting nice pictures
C．playing beautiful music	D．showing their drawing skills

小题5:________ makes Lucy happy.

A．Joining the club.	B．Showing her skills
C．Painting for the Festival	D．Studying in a good school

We often read the Air Quality Index（空气质量指标）or AQI reported in the newspaper. The AQI helps us understand what the air quality around us means to our health. The AQI uses colors, numbers and words to tell us about the air. Let’s see what these colors and numbers mean.

AQI colors	AQI Numbers	Health word(s)	What to do
Green	0-50	Good	Just enjoy the clean air!
Yellow	51-100	Moderate (适中)	Air quality is fine for most people.
Orange	101-150	Unhealthy for sensitive(敏感的) groups	Active children and adults and people with lung(肺) disease should spend less time outdoors
Red	151-200	Unhealthy	People with lung disease and active kids and adults shouldn’t spend too long time outdoors. Everybody else should try to spend less time outside.
Purple	201-300	Very unhealthy	People with lung disease and active kids and adults should not spend any time outdoors. Everybody should try not to go outside.

小题1:If the weather report says today’s AQI is 39, we can ________.

A．enjoy the clean air	B．spend less time outside
C．try not to go outside	D．stay inside most time

小题2:If the Air Quality Index is ______, the air quality is good for most people.

A．orange

B．red

C．purple

D．yellow

小题3:The _______ AQI numbers are, the _______ air quality is.

A．bigger; better

B．bigger; nicer

C．smaller; better

D．smaller; worse

小题4:We use ________ to tell about the quality of the air .
① color  ②words   ③weather   ④numbers

A．①②③④

B．①②③

C．①②④

D．②③④

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．If the AQI number is 140, the AQI colour will be red.

B．If the AQI colour is purple, the air is the best for people.

C．People with lung disease are very sensitive to the air.

D．The AQI can’t help people know the air quality.

Education is very important for the development of China. As we know, China has the largest population in the world and most of them live in the countryside. Because of the economic（经济）conditions, many families are very poor, especially those in the remote（偏僻的）areas, and they can’t afford to send their children to school. Many children have to stop attending school. Project Hope is aimed at solving this problem so that every child of school age can receive a regular education.
Project Hope mainly depends on the contributions（捐款）of the urban（城市的）people and overseas Chinese who care about the development of China’s education. The contributed（捐赠）money will be distributed（分配）by Project Hope council to the countryside to help the children who can’t afford the education. One hundred yuan will help such a child finish his primary education.
Project Hope is a good way to improve the education in the rural（农村的）areas, but it isn’t enough. So far, only a small part of the children benefit（受益）from it. So we should pay more attention to the problem and do much more to help raise the educational level of the country.
根据短文内容判断正（A）误（B）。（10分）
小题1:In the remote areas many poor families can’t afford their children’s regular education.
小题2:Project Hope only depends on the contributions of the urban people and overseas Chinese.
小题3:Project Hope aims to afford an education for the poor children.
小题4:One hundred yuan will help a poor child finish his primary education.
小题5:So far, most part of the children have benefited from Project Hope.

Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees to be      to the buyers and he gets a lot of     .
 
This morning a young man came to his      . He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.
"Do you       ?" "No, sir."
Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's       satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him the last question, "You have        shortcoming, do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”

小题1:	A．strict B．friendly C．strange D．terrible

小题2:	A．business B．surprise C．money D．hope

小题3:	A．buy B．borrow C．look for D．lend

小题4:	A．threw B．put C．placed D．left

小题5:	A．found B．knew C．understood D．wanted

小题6:	A．somebody B．anybody C．nobody D．everybody

小题7:	A．hand B．pocket C．bottle D．glass

小题8:	A．won B．lost C．forgot D．failed

小题9:	A．sad B．angry C．happy D．worried

小题10:

A．place B．seat C．table D．chair

小题11:

A．both B．all C．neither D．none

小题12:

A．house B．car C．office D．pigsty

小题13:

A．dress B．drink C．eat D．sleep

小题14:

A．answers B．clothes C．knowledge D．face

小题15:

A．much B．some C．any D．no

The Ritz-Carlton New York Battery Park ☆☆☆☆☆ (＄299 per night ) Location: No.2 West Street About it: You can have a good view of the Statue of liberty from the 39-floor, 298 – room hotel.	Millennium Hilton ☆☆☆☆☆ (＄219 per night ) Location: 55 Church Street About it: You can go swimming in the indoor swimming pool. The hotel is directly across from Times Square. The hotel is on the left of the street. Times Square is on the right of the street.
Midtown East ☆☆☆☆ (＄170 per night ) Location: Between East 41st Street and East 54th Street About it: It’s quite convenient to pay a visit to the United Nations, Grand Central Station, and so on.	Marriott New York Financial Center ☆☆☆ (＄209 per night ) Location: No.85 West Street About it: Next to many shoppimg malls. It’s quite convenient if you want to buy things in this modern city.

小题1:Which hotel is the most expensive according to the passage?

A．Midtown East.

B．Millennium Hilton.

C．The Ritz – Carlton New York Battery Park.

D．Marriott New York Financial Center.

小题2:If you want to have a good view of the Statue of liberty, you’d better choose_____.

A．Midtown East

B．Millennium Hilton

C．Marriott New York Financial Center

D．The Ritz – Carlton New York Battery Park

小题3:Mr. Daniel spent ＄518 booking(预定) two different hotels for his two friends. The two hotels might be ________.

A．Millennium Hilton and Midtown East

B．Midtown East and The Ritz – Carlton New York Battery Park

C．The Ritz – Carlton New York Battery Park and Millennium Hilton

D．Marriott New York Financial Center and Millennium Hilton

小题4:The passage is probably from _________.

A．a guidebook

B．a dictionary

C．a telephone book

D．an application form

One day at the end of the class, a wise teacher told each of her students to ______ a plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school.
The next day she told her students: “from today on ,for every person you don’t like in your lives, you can choose a potato, write the person’s name and the date ______ it and then put it in the plastic bag.” Day after day, some of the students’ bags were very ______. They were told to carry this bag with them everywhere they went for a week. They would put it inside their quilts (被子)____ ____, on the seats when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desks at school. The days carrying the bag around with them________ students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. They had to pay attention to it all the time________ they wouldn’t forget it. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and ________ terrible. They all tried to get rid of them.
Too often we think of tolerance ( 宽容 ) as a gift to ________ people, and it clearly is for ourselves! If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred ( 仇恨 ) in our________, we will have to carry them around all our lives.
Do you think you have got __________ from the wise teacher and what she asked her students to do?
小题1:A. take    B. bring               C. put 
小题2:A. in  B. at                  C. on   
小题3:A. heavy   B. strong              C. light   
小题4:A. in the morning  B. in the afternoon       C. at night
小题5:A. kept    B. make               C. asked 
小题6:A. as soon as  B. since    C. so that
小题7:A. Sounded           B. tasted    C. smelt
小题8:A. Another            B. other               C. the other   
小题9:A. Hearts             B. eyes                C. stomachs
小题10:A. Anything          B. nothing  C. somebody