My Favourite Sweater

by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor

My favourite sweater grew too small.

I love that sweater best of all.

My grandma made it when I was three.

She made that sweater just for me.

I picked the yarn(纱线), a special blue.

The color of bluebells, wet with dew（露珠）

When I was three I was very small

But now I’m five and much too tall

I have a new jacket now that’s green

So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.

Queen just had kittens out in the shed (小屋)

My favourite sweater is now their bed.

1. Who is the writer of the poem?

A. The grandma B. Miss Taylor

C. Mrs Taylor D. Queen

2.The girl in this poem is _____ years old now.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

3.Whose name is Queen?

A. The girl’s B. Her grandma’s

C. Her mother’s D. The cat’s

4.What color is the girl’s new jacket?

A. green B. blue

C. red D. purple

5.The word kitten in this poem most probably means ______?

A. a kind of food B. a baby cat

C. a kind of drink D. a bed for a baby

World War II lasted from1939 to 1945. Life changed for everybody, including women and children because of the war. Millions of people lost their lives during the war. The Diary of a young girl was a record of that time. The book was written by a girl named Anne Frank.

Anne Frank was born in Germany in June 1929. Because the German Nazis(纳粹) hated the Jew(犹太人) and wanted to kill them, her family had to move to another country. In July 1942, they went into hiding in a secret place in her father’s office. During that difficult time, Anne kept writing diaries until she and her family were discovered by Nazis in August 1944. They were caught and sent to a Nazis camp. The next year, her mother died. In the same year, she and her elder sister died of illness, before the war ended.

After the war, her father collected her diaries and the book The diary of a young girl came out in 1947. It has been read by people all over the world. In her diary, Anne wrote down her thoughts, her feelings, her hopes and her dreams for the future, “I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend KITTY.” “I can’t spend all day complaining because it’s impossible to have any fun!...Every day, I feel the beauty of nature and the goodness of the people around me. With all that, why should I be sad?”

The diary of a young girl has also become a symbol of the greatness of the human spirit. It is called one of the wisest and most moving records on war.

1.In which year did Anne die of illness?

A. in 1939 B. in 1942

C. in 1944 D. in 1945

2.According to the passage, KITTY is _____ .

A. her diary B. her elder sister

C. her mother D. her hiding place

3.Which of the following is true?

A. Anne was lazy, sad and complained all day

B. The book is mainly about Anne’s school life

C. Anne loved life though she was in difficult time.

D. The book has been put into nearly 30 languages

4.Where did Anne hide?

A. in her father’s office B. in a library

C. in church D. on a farm

5.From the passage, we can infer(推断) ______?

A. Anne was born in Germany

B. Anne was a Jew

C. Anne’s father collected the diaries

D. Anne was a Nazis

Practising yoga is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.

In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility.(灵活性)

Harish, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free---- even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body doesn’t get tired quickly,” he said. ”Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”

“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem,” he added.

Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.

“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”

1.What is Harish?

A. A teacher B. A lawyer

C. A doctor D. A swimmer

2.The underline phrase for free in the passage means _____

A. 快乐地 B. 自由地

C. 免费地 D. 规律地

3.Why is water yoga more popular than others?

A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time.

B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.

C. Because it can keep people fat

D. Both A and B.

4.There are more _____ than _____ in Harish’s yoga class.

A.children; adults B.adults; children

C. women; men D.olds; adults

5.What can be the best title of the passage?

A. Ways to keep fit

B. Water yoga in India

C. Hot yoga in the world

D. Harish and his classes

Jack wen to a barber’s shop and had his hair cut. When he came out , he was not happy about the result. When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, ”What has _1.__ (happen) to your hair, Jack?”

Jack said, ” I tried a new barber’s shop today, because I wasn’t quite satisfied with my old one, but this new one seems even__2.____(bad)”

Bob agreed. ”Yes, I think you are right, Jack. I’ll tell you what to do when you go into a barber’s shop next time: look at all the barber’s hair, find out _3.___(who) hair looks worse, and then go straight to him.”

“Why shall I go to him?” Jack asked,” but that would be foolish!”

“Oh, no , it wouldn’t ” answered Bob, ”Who _4.___ (cut) that man’s hair? Just think about it. He couldn’t cut it _5.___(him), could he? Another of barbers cut it. So you know he can’t be the worst barber.

The London Eye is a tourist attraction in London, the UK. There you can get into a capsule(密封舱) to enjoy a great view of the city of London.

I v__1.__ the London Eye last summer with a friend. My friend didn’t know where we are going. I just told him we would go somewhere very special. As we arrived a_2.____ Waterloo Station, he had worked out where we were going. He s_3.____ happily. When we reached the London Eye, there was a very long waiting line, so in order to s_4.__ time, he stayed in the line while I went to buy t__5.___ .

The capsule doesn’t completely stop when people get on, so you have to get into it q__6.___ . Then the door of the capsule shuts. The view was wonderful . We took many photos of the view and of o__7.___. It took about half an hout for the capsule to go around.

If you are i__8.____ in going there, I’d like to give you some advice. To enjoy the view, go in the d__9.____. There are night rides, but you won’t see a lot. Sometimes the top of the wheel can be quite cool even t__10.____ it’s sunny. So ladies, don’t forget to take a scarf.

1.Our school is in the south of New York City. It’s not big but it’s clean and beautiful.

2.As we go into the school ,we can see there is a playground to our left and a small garden to our right. In the center of the school is our teaching building. When we go into the teaching building, we can see the Head Teacher’s Room on the left and the offices on the right. There are thirty-five classrooms and library in our school. The library has books on every subject.

3.We have to wear uniforms to school. Boys wear white shirts,blue trousers,black shoesand white scoks.Girls in Grade1-3 wear white shirts and blue skirts and girls in Grades4-6 wear white shirts and brown skirts.

4.Our head teacher teaches us maths. He is a very strict man. If we don’t obey the school rules, _______. But he is also very friendly. When we have problems, he always tries to help us.

5. Our other teachetrs teach us English, history and science. They are friendly, too. They gave us interesting lessons, check our homework carefully and often help us.

6.I like our school very much.

1.在文中找出与下面所给句子意思最相近的一句话。

Our teaching building is in the middle of the school._____________________________________

2.将第2段中画线的句子译成汉语。______________________________________________

3.回答问题

If Mary is in Grade 5 in the school, what color is her uniform skirt?________________________

4.在第四段空线处填入一个适当的句子，使全句完整。______________________________

5.回答问题：

What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?_____________________________________

为了提高学生体能，我校将邀请布朗先生做关于此方面的报告，通知如下：

时间：今天下午2:30 地点：学校操场

要求：1. 按时参加。

2. 自带椅子。

3. 穿校服。

Notice

All students,

Students’ Union

亲爱的同学，健康饮食对每一个人都是非常重要的。请你以“My healthy food and drink”为题写一篇英语短文。内容包括：

1. 以前我有不好的饮食习惯（如：不吃早餐、好吃垃圾食品等）。后来学习了健康饮食知识，认识到健康饮食的重要性。喜欢看电视，读英语故事，但现在不喜欢了；

2. 现在我坚持健康饮食，保持身体健康。

提示词汇：fruit vegetable hamburger cola junk food be bad/good for

3. 要求：语句连贯，表达准确，词数80-100.

4. 短文开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

My healthy food and drink

Two years ago, I often got up late and seldom had breakfast. __________

找出下列每组词中划线部分发音与其它三个不同的选项。

1.A. game B. plane C. watch D. take

2.A. cousin B. about C. sound D. how

3.A. phone B. photo C. lost D. sofa

4.A. that B. these C. brother D. thanks

5.A. who B. white C. why D. what

如果你向玛丽介绍自己，你应该说：_______

A. Hello! Ann. B. Nice to meet you!

C. Good morning! D. My name is Ann.