People usually talk about two groups of colors: warm colors and cool colors. Warm colors are red, orange and yellow. They usually make people more        . For example, red is exciting. Therefore, sociable(好交际的)people, those who like to work with others like      . Cool colors are green, blue and purple. These colors can make people       . When people are in a place with cool colors, they are usually quiet. People who like to spend time       often prefer blue.

Scientists say that time seems to pass more slowly in a room with warm colors       in a room with cool colors. They        that a warm color such as red and orange, is a good color for a restaurant. People who are         don’t want time to pass quickly. Cool colors are better for offices or factories,        people who work there want time to pass quickly.

Scientists don’t know why people think some colors are warm and others are cool. However, almost      agrees that warm colors remind people of warm days and cool colors remind them of cool days. Why? Because in the north, the       is low and the sunlight looks quite blue during winter. And the sun is higher during summer and the hot summer sunlight looks yellow.

1.A. active     B. quiet     C. serious     D. relaxed

2.A. orange     B. red     C. yellow     D. purple

3.A. stand up     B. warm up     C. calm down     D. break down

4.A. again     B. quickly     C. carefully     D. alone

5.A. and     B. except     C. or     D. than

6.A. suggest     B. plan     C. pretend     D. decide

7.A. reading     B. thinking     C. eating     D. sleeping

8.A. so     B. because     C. but     D. although

9.A. nobody     B. anybody     C. everybody     D. somebody

10.A. lighting     B. restaurant     C. room     D. sun

 

The Guidance Department （教导处）at Berryville High School has a staff of eleven teachers. Most of their work is done with the students. But the staff sees a lot of parents, too.
“Parents meetings make clear monthly diagram（图表）.”says Mildred Freman, head of the Guidance. “This diagram stays much the same from year to year. The busy months are October, March and May. ”
September, the beginning of a new school year, starts rather slowly. Few parents come in. Most of these want to talk about the schedules. October brings many problems caused by some students. Some parents are called in. Others come by themselves. Things quiet down in November. December is a quiet month. “It’s the holiday. ”Ms Foreman says, “People want to come in, I know, but they decide to wait until after New Year’s Day.”
Report cards go home just before Christmas holidays. Bad marks bring parents in as school opens again. This happens again in March, another report card month. May is always the year’s busiest month. That’s when parents begin to think that their children may be asked to stay in the same grade again. They come in to see if anything can be done before things are decided in June.
【小题1】The teachers in the Guidance Department usually ______.

A．do most of their work for the students

B．answer all the questions from parents

C．help other teachers get along with students and parents

D．only bring report cards to students and parents

【小题2】In December parents usually ______.

A．stay at home with their children for their holidays

B．wait for the teachers to bring report cards to their children

C．wouldn’t like to visit the teachers in the Guidance Department

D．let teachers have a good rest during their holidays

【小题3】Why do some parents come to school in March? Because ______.

A．they want to see their children’s teachers after Christmas holidays

B．they are called by the teachers of Guidance Department

C．bad marks have them do it

D．it’s the beginning of a new school year

【小题4】Which of the following is Right?

A．In June the school decides who will stay in the same grade again.

B．Almost all the parents come to meet Mildred Foreman every month.

C．April is also the second busiest month for the staff.

D．The parents help to do most of the work for the staff.

Every month, junior high schools in China choose one hero of the month. This person is a hero because he or she has done something to help protect animals in danger. Huang Jing decided to write a letter to the President of China.

Dear Mr. President, I have been doing a project at school recently about animals in danger. I think the situation all over the world is really terrible. I am writing to you to suggest what China should do to help protect animals more. I know that there are nearly 2,000 nature reserves in China, which is good. I live in Beijing and there are about 30 reserves outside the city. We visited one of them last month to see for ourselves. I feel so sorry for the giant panda. It’s one of the most popular animals in the world and a real symbol of China. We learned that pandas mainly live on bamboo, and that a panda can eat half its body weight of bamboo in 24 hours! That’s a lot of bamboo. I think we should try to do more to stop cutting down forests. Pandas are already a rare animal and it would be so sad if they became extinct (灭绝) forever. The other animal we should try to protect more is the Chinese alligator (扬子鳄). These creatures live in some parts of eastern China. These beautiful animals live in freshwater rivers and lakes but the water in some places isn’t clean enough for them to live in. It’s really dirty in fact. The government should stop factories polluting the lakes and rivers. If we protect these beautiful animals in China, more foreigners may wish to visit China to see them. They could be an important tourist attraction. It would be good if more people came to visit our beautiful country, especially to see the quieter areas in the country. Now most visitors just see the cities. I hope you will encourage more people to think about such an important subject. Sincerely yours, Huang Jing

 

1.What’s Huang Jing’s project at school about?

2.What animals did Huang Jing talk about in his letter?

3.How much bamboo can a panda eat in 24 hours?

4.Why is the water in some places too dirty for alligators to live in?

5.If you are a hero of the month like Huang Jing, what else will you possibly do to help protect the animals in danger?   （请自拟一句话回答）

 

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项

A. You should go to an English corner.

B. What can I talk about?

C. You should learn English well.

D. What’s the problem?

E. You should speak first.

F. What can I do for you?

G. You should go out more.

A—What’s wrong, Bill? You are not looking happy.

B—I’m not. I feel a little worried about my English.

A—1.    

B—I’m not getting along well with it.

A—Why not?

B—Well, I seldom have chances to meet English people.

A—2.     

B—Where should I go?

A—3.

B—But… It seems that English people never speak to me.

A—Ah! 4.

B—5.

A—The weather! English people are always interested in the weather.

 

用方框中所给词的适当形式填空，使短文正确，通顺。每词限用一次。

meet,  just,  with,  they,  teacher,  other,  but,  tell,  like,  clever

Dick is a 9-year-old boy. He is on a bus    【小题1】   his father. The bus will go to America and they will have a trip (旅行) there. Dick’s mom is busy, so she doesn’t go with    【小题2】  .
Dick    【小题3】   a girl on the bus. They are the same age. Dick likes to talk with    【小题4】   people. So he says, “Hello! I’m Dick. What’s your name?” The girl says, “Hello, Dick. I’m Maria.” Then, they talk about their schools,   【小题5】   and families. Maria    【小题6】   Dick she’ll go to America to see her uncle and her cousin, Steve.
“Is Steve a    【小题7】   boy?” Dick asks.
“Sure. He is very clever.”
“Can I play ping-pong with him? I think he    【小题8】  doing that.”
“I think he likes ping-pong,  【小题9】 I don’t think he can play with you,” Maria says with a smile (微笑), “because he is    【小题10】  one year old.”