What do you think is the best way to pass an examination? The only way out is to work hard every day in the school year. If you are lazy(懒的) for most the year and the work hard at your lessons only a few days before the exam, you are sure to fail. If you want to get good marks(分数) in the English exam , try to read stories in English every day. Speak English whenever you can. Before you start the exam, read carefully the question, try to understand the exact(确切的) meaning of each. When you have finished your exam at last, read over your answers, correct(纠正) the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not missed anything out.
小题1: How can we do well in an exam?
A.  We should study hard in the school year.
B.  We’d better go to bed a bit earlier before the exam.
C.  We should read over the papers before handing them in.
D.  We must do A、B and C.
小题2:Make sure that you ______before you give the papers to the teacher.

A．remember the rules of grammar

B．have thought over and over again.

C．have answered all the questions

D．have read many stories in English

小题3:What the writer said is ______.

A．not useful

B．mistaken

C．helpful

D．hard to understand

There are many signs in public places. You should know their meanings(意思). Or you will get into trouble(麻烦). For example, you will see the following(以下的) two signs on the wall in a hospital:

You may see the following two signs in a factory(工厂).

And you will see the following two on the street.

Signs are really important in our life. They are everywhere(到处都是).
小题1: Look at sigh B. it says_______.
A. You can smoke in the hospital.
B. You can't smoke in the hospital.
C. There is lots of smoke in the hospital.
D. There is no cigarette(香烟) in the hospital.
小题2: If you are hungry. which sign should you find on the street?
A. Sign A.     B. Sign F.         C. Sign C.         D. Sign E.
小题3:Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Signs are very important in our life.

B．If you see Sign C on a door, it means you can smoke in the room.

C．If you see Sign E in a place, it means you can park your car there.

D．We usually see Sign A in a toilet.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the largest free-standing mountains in the world, and some say, the most beautiful place on the earth.
The mountain towers 15,000 feet above the plains. Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania and it covers an area of 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. Kilimanjaro is an extinct volcano(死火山), with 3 peaks. Kibo is the highest one in the center.
Because of Kilimanjaro's great height, the mountain influences(影响) its own weather. Winds incoming from the Indian Ocean are stopped upward by the mountain and drop their moisture(湿气) as rain and snow. People have planted coffee, corn, and other crops on the lower slopes(斜坡).
Mount Kilimanjaro now attracts many thousands of walkers each year. Because of a temperature rise in recent years, the beautiful snow cap of Kilimanjaro is retreating(消退) fast. A research said that the white snow on the mountain might be gone in 15 years. What a pity!
小题1: The writer is worried about Mount Kilimanjaro's_______.

A．great height	B．extinct volcano
C．rainforests	D．white snow cap

小题2: Mount Kilimanjaro is_______.

A．the highest mountain in the world

B．an active volcano

C．a free-standing mountain

D．15,000 feet above the sea level

小题3: The snow on the mountain comes from_______.

A．the Indian Ocean

B．the Pacific Ocean

C．the Atlantic Ocean

D．the Red Sea

小题4:_______ influences the mountain's own weather.

A．Rain and snow

B．Its great height

C．Crops

D．The moisture

Hello, my name is Peter. I study at a secondary school in the UK. School days usually begin at 9 a.m. in the UK. So I usually go to school at 8.45 a.m. School is over at 3.30 p.m. So I have enough time to go to different clubs.
I’m good at all my lessons. But my favourite lesson is Cooking. All my teachers are very friendly and helpful. I never go home for lunch, I have lunch at school with my classmates. After lunch, we often go to the school field. Sometimes we play ball games, sometimes we just sit under the trees, reading or chatting. Sometimes we also go to the Computer Center to listen to music or send e-mails to our friends.
I like my school and have a wonderful time at school every day.
小题1:Schools in the UK usually start at ____________.

A．8.45 a.m.

B．9 a.m.

C．3.30 p.m.

D．8.30 a.m.

小题2:—How are Peter’s teachers? —They’re all very ____________.

A．friendly and helpful

B．beautiful

C．polite

D．busy

小题3:—How often does Peter go home for lunch? — ____________

A．Seldom

B．always

C．Every day

D．Never

小题4: After lunch, the students can ________.

A．listen to music

B．write e-mails

C．play ball games

D．A, B and C

小题5:Which one isn’t right?

A．School is over at 3.30 p.m. in the UK.

B．Peter is good at all his lessons.

C．Peter has no time to go to clubs every day.

D．Peter has a wonderful time at school.

Scientists have found a new use for children’s imaginations(想象力)—to make Stomachaches go away.   
The BBC reports a new study that shows: “Children can be taught to use their Imaginations to deal with stomachaches.” This may be very good news for parents who need a quick cure for their sick children.
Any mother or father understands the stomach problem is one of the most frequent(时常发生的) things their children complain about. Around twenty percent of children suffer from stomachaches that doctors cannot find a reason for.
This new research is especially good for kids with active imaginations. Researchers found that the more creative the child is, the better he or she is at imagining the pain away.
The researchers used a relaxing CD with children. A voice guided them through different fantasy(幻想) situations. One of these was pretending to be floating on a cloud. Thirty children took part in the tests. Half of them used the “guided imagery” method, and the other half received normal medicines. Researchers found 73.3 percent of the CD users reported a reduction in pain. This compared to only 26.7 percent of kids who got normal treatment.
Study leader Dr Miranda Tilburg was very excited about her findings. She believed that it was a very cheap and easy way to stop children’s stomachaches. She said it would not work as well with adults.
小题1:The new study may be good news for those who____________.

A．have less imaginations

B．don’t know how to relax

C．want to stop their kids’ stomachaches in a short time

D．can find why children suffer from stomachaches

小题2:What kind of kids will benefit most from the new research?

A．Kids who like listening to music.

B．Kids who are good at remembering things.

C．The independent(独立的) kids.

D．Kids with active imaginations.

小题3:From the end of the passage, we know that__________.

A．adults can also use their imaginations to make stomachaches go away

B．Dr Miranda Tilburg wasn’t pleased with her findings

C．the normal cure for stomachaches will not be used

D．a cheap and easy way to stop children’s stomachaches has been found

小题4:What is the best title for this passage?

A．How to stop stomachaches in public places.

B．Children can “imagine” their pain away.

C．Children’s imaginations are very active.

D．How to develop children’s imaginations.

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What do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?
The forest is a whole of its own. It is full of many different living things. But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on.
The trees feed the forest "people" by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.
Human beings are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks (售员)to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.
We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.
Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else. You know, being a volunteer is so great!
小题1:According to the text, colorful plants and flowers live on______.

A．the leaves of the trees	B．water and minerals
C．the soil and air	D．all of the above

小题2:It is the ________ that make it possible for living things to live in the forest.

A．birds

B．trees

C．plants

D．farmers

小题3:According to the writer, human beings are_______the forest "people".

A．like

B．dislike

C．unhappy with

D．different from

小题4:The writer mainly wants to tell us ________.

A．we need people for friendship

B．the forest is a whole world of its own

C．we need one another in order to live on

D．the forest is full of different living things

小题5:Which one is the relationship (关系) between a forest and your life?

A．We are trees in the forests.

B．We like the living things in the forest.

C．We need farmers to grow our food in the forest.

D．We are the same as the forest: we need each other to live on.

Today we can see that many people are cutting down the trees in the forests. A lot of        lands have become deserts. If we read newspapers, we’ll learn that the forests on the earth are getting smaller       . We are cutting down large numbers of trees        we need wood and farmland. Some scientists say that there will not be any great forests        20 or 30 years.
What will happen if the forests disappear? A lot of plants will die and the animals will      
their homes. In many places the new farmland will soon look        the old desert. Crops will not grow there. There won’t be enough       , and the weather will get hot and dry. If the climate of the earth changes, life will be        for everyone. Our living environment will become       . More and more rich farmland will disappear. We will suffer a lot from both droughts (干旱) and floods.
It’s our duty        the forests well. Everyone should try his best to make a contribution (贡献) to taking care of the forests. Stop cutting down the trees and make the world greener!
小题1:A. rich                B. low                  C. lonely
小题2:A. on time         B. all the time             C. in time
小题3:A. or              B. so                   C. because
小题4:A. at              B. on                   C. in
小题5:A. find                B. build                    C. lose
小题6:A. up              B. like                 C. at
小题7:A. snow            B. rain               C. wind
小题8:A. easy                B. happy                   C. hard
小题9:A. better and better   B. worse and worse          C. bigger and bigger
小题10:A. to protect     B. do                   C. to do

This March, the H7N9 virus hit Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and so on. It seemed that most people who were infected（被感染）with H7N9 had the common flu. Some people suffered from a fever or a cough.
Don’t be afraid---it’s not easy to be infected with the virus. Here is some advice to help you protect yourself when it comes.
Wash your hands. You need to wash your hands with soap and hot water before you eat, after you use the toilet , and after you touch animals, because your hands may carry viruses.
Cover your nose and mouth, when someone sneezes（打喷嚏）or coughs, flu viruses can travel as far as one meter through the air, so you’d better stand a proper distance while talking to someone who has a cold. And always cover your nose and mouth with a piece of paper when you sneeze or cough, and then clean your hands.
Wear a mask（口罩）. Some doctors say that masks can stop the flu as much as 80%, but if you don’t wash your hands often, it’s no use wearing a mask. And it’s necessary to wear a mask in the groups of people.
Do sports often. Exercise will help your body strong enough to resist the virus.
小题1:How many ways to stop the virus are mentioned in the passage?

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

小题2:What does the underlined word “resist” mean in Chinese?

A．抵抗

B．传播

C．感染

D．治愈

小题3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Some people who were infected with the H7N9 virus had a toothache.

B．You should cover your mouth and nose with a piece of paper when you sneeze or cough.

C．Some doctors say that washing your hands can stop the flu as much as 80%.

D．It’s easy to be infected with H7N9 virus, so you mustn’t go to the places with groups of people.

小题4:What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．It tells us how to wash hands.

B．It tells us why we should use masks.

C．It tells us we should do more exercise to be strong.

D．It gives us some advice on how to protect ourselves when the H7N9 virus comes.

任务型阅读(本题有5小题，每小题l分；满分5分)
请仔细阅读1—4四段对话，从A、B、C、D中找出对应的小标题，并回答5小题。
A. Choose to Be Happy                B. Do Something New.
C. Look for the Opportunity           D. Learn from Losing
小题1:No one wins all the time. Learn from the times that you lose. All great champions were once loser at some point.  But they learned. And they kept a position attitude until they got better.
小题2:Your happiness is up to you. Many people forget this. Truly successful people choose happiness no matter what their present situations are.
小题3:Chances lie in what you do every day. You do the same work. You eat the same foods. You wear the same clothes. Try a new way. Take a new path. Even talk to someone new.
小题4:Opportunity is everywhere. Even the worst situations have opportunities. Seize (抓住) the   opportunity, and seize the time. That's the secret of success.
小题5:The material above tells us the ways to ______.    

A．find a good job	B．live a positive life
C．protect the environment	D．keep us healthy