“Reading makes a full man” (Bacon, 1597). Novels written by the writers like Jane Austen, Victor Hugo and Ernest Hemingway help us to know more about our history, culture and many other things.

Jane Austen(简.奥斯汀) was one of the most well-known women writers of the world. She was born in England in 1775. Jane loved reading and writing. She wrote a number of famous novels in her life. Among them, Pride and Prejudice《傲慢与偏见》 written in 1779 was the most popular.

Victor Hugo(维克多.雨果), born in 1802 in France, was one of the best writers in the19th century. The talent in writing and hard work brought great success to Hugo at an early age. His most popular novel, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame<巴黎圣母院>, was written in 1831. The book was so successful that it was quickly translated into many other languages across Europe.

Ernest Hemingway（欧内斯特.海明威）, an outstanding American writer and reporter, was born in 1899. His life experience had a great influence on his writing style. Hemingway lived in France and Italy between the 1920s and 1950s. Most of his books such as The Sun Also Rises were written at that time. He won the Nobel Prize in 1954 mainly because of the novel The Old Man and the Sea.

1.When was Jane Austen born?

A. In 1775 B. In 1779 C. In 1597 D. In 1899

2.Where was Victor Hugo from?

A. England. B. America. C. Italy. D. France.

3.Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize mainly because of _________.

A. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

B. Pride and Prejudice

C. The Old man and the Sea

D. The Sun Also Rises

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Bacon said the famous words: “Reading makes a full man”.

B. Maybe, Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises in France or Italy.

C. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame was very famous in Europe in the 18th century.

D. English woman writer Jane Austen is famous for Pride and Prejudice.

Are you “Weibo Addicts”? You may spend too much time on Webo if you are a “Weibo Addict”. Do you write a Weibo? If you don’t, you are “out ”!

Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a blog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why? Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words.

Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and it grows very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese micro-bloggers grew to 300 million. People write microblogs for many reasons. For many microblog users, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, everyday life, pictures, music, videos and so on.

It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. However, this can also bring some problems. For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami (海啸) hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like “Salt can help people fight radiation (辐射)” were hot on microblogs. Then a crazy buying of salt followed. Later people knew it was just a rumor (谣言).

In a word, microblog plays a new part in the life of Chinese people.

1.What does Weibo Addicts in the first paragraph mean?

A. People who are crazy about Weibo.

B. People who seldom use Weibo.

C. People who first made Weibo.

D. People who need Weibo least.

2.What is NOT an advantage (优势) of Weibo?

A. It is short but carries many meanings.

B. It can help us learn the latest news.

C. It can send rumors.

D. It is easy to use.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Writing a microblog needs much time.

B. Microblog appeared in China only one year ago but it is so popular now.

C. As a popular thing, microblog has its advantages and problems.

D. More and more Chinese show great interest in microblog because it started in the USA.

4.What does Para. 2 mainly talk about?

A. How to use Weibo.

B. Why Weibo is so popular.

C. Who is using Weibo.

D. What Weibo is.

Are you a gourmand(吃货)? Do you want to eat every delicious food in the world? Then do you watch the popular program? “A Bite of China” is a documentary on Chinese delicious food which has been broadcast by CCTV. Can you find any holiday celebrated without a special festival food? Food is very important in China. Here are several traditional Chinese foods:

Eggs hold a special meaning in many cultures. Chinese believe that eggs mean producing something new. For example, after a baby is born, parents may hold a " feast party," where they pass out eggs to announce the birth. In some areas of China the number of eggs represents the sex of the child, the number(1,3,5…) for a girl, and (2,4,6…) for a boy.

Noodles are a symbol of long life in Chinese culture. They are as much a part of a Chinese birthday celebration as a birthday cake with lit candles(蜡烛) in many countries. Since noodles represent long life, it is considered very unlucky to cut them off.

Although westerners sometimes may be very sorry to see fish lying on a plate, in China a whole fish is a symbol of richness. In fact, at a party it is traditional to serve the whole fish last, fish head pointed toward the valued guest. Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for richness or plenty, and it is believed that eating fish will help your wishes come true in the future.

Another very popular food during the Dragon Boat Festival is Zongzi. This tasty food is made of rice with meat, peanut or other delicious food in bamboo leaves. The tradition of Zongzi is meant to remind us of a great man, Qu Yuan.

The 50-minute program tries to bring something new by presenting more cultural elements(元素),such as eating habits and the quality of eating.

1.A bite of China is _______.

A. a history B. a TV program

C. a guide book D. a radio talk

2.The underlined phrase means_____ .

A. give presents B. get presents

C. ask for D. stand for

3.In this part the documentary tells us about Chinese food ______ in the history.

A. cooking B. eating C. making D. meaning

4.How many kinds of traditional food are mentioned in the passage?

A．two B．three C．four D．five

词汇应用

1.We must take more action to protect the .(环境)

2.It’s said that the best way to improve your spoken English is to study . (国外)

3.Surprisingly, it says that a small ant has two .(胃)

4.My grandpa always told me about his in Shanghai，they touched me a lot.(经历)

5.What the girl said makes her look even _________(丑陋的).

6.The museum has been _______ (open) to the public for nearly two months.

7.To avoid (fail) the test, you should work hard before it

8.Look, the boy is (tie)his shoes at the school gate.

9.As a ________ (Canada),he is always proud of his country’s fresh air .

10.Most of us have no with our parents ,so we can’t understand each other.(communicate)

任务型阅读

Hey! Mother's Day is coming. Have you planned something good for your mom? If not, try one of these tips.

What's Her Favorite?

Most teens don't know what their mom's favorite is. You do? Then, what are you waiting for? Buy her something she likes and wrap it carefully. The best time to give her that is while she is sleeping at night. Put it on the drawer next to her so that when she wakes up, she'll be surprised to see it.

Treat a Queen

Your house is a palace with a king and queen (it doesn't matter if you're rich or poor). Our mother is the real queen in our life and in our family, though her duties make her look like she is not. Give the lady a day off and you can do the housework.

Because of stress and the problems that she is facing right now, she doesn't look good any more. Perhaps you could take some of your savings to treat her in a salon or the department store. Then, choose nice clothes that would make her look beautiful!

Have Some of Your Time

Our mothers have special memories in mind. It is the time that they gave birth to their healthy baby. How about you? What's your best moment with her? Have you ever had a good time with your mother not talking about your problems? Have you ever told her how much you thank her for the life she gave to you, the time she cared for you? Maybe you can tell her how happy you are when she was there looking after you during your painful days in your life.

Tell the magic words

Life is short. We don't know what will happen tomorrow. Those three words can make her heart jump for happiness, you know? Just tell her “I love you!” and it would make her smile so sweetly. Just try! We don't want to miss a thing, right?

缺词填空

The computer and the Internet have become part of teens’ life. The number of teen Internet users in China is 1.g bigger, up to 700 million. The number shows a great increase (增长) in Internet users in China over the last2.f years, especially among teenagers. And China becomes a large market for Internet3.b .

A new survey (调查) shows that Chinese teens show 4.i_______ in online activities. They seem not to know that spending too much time before a computer screen is bad for their 5.h .According to the survey, 42.6% of teens have built their 6.o web blogs. More than half enjoy7.c online with friends and 10.6% of teens play Internet games. It is a pity that only 6% use the Internet to get information for their learning projects! Also, the survey finds that the teens have different favourite 8.p to use the Internet. For teens in towns, 35% choose Internet bars as a main place to go online. For those living in large cities, 86% use home computers.

Too much time online certainly9.l to problems for their young life. I think teens should think more about10.w role (角色) a computer plays.

句子翻译

1.我好久没有吃这么美味的食物。

2.老年人时不时会感到孤独，所以我们需要关心他们。

3.对于我们来说按时上交作业是很重要的。

4.扬泰机场（Yangtai Airport）已经投入使用多久了？

5.年轻人现在习惯于用微信（wechat）彼此保持联系。

作文

“故人西辞黄鹤楼，烟花三月下扬州”，春天是扬州最美的季节。假设你是Justin，你的北京网友Andy在电子邮件上说想在五一小长假来扬州参观，请回一封电子邮件向他介绍扬州。请以

“A guide to Yangzhou”为题，写一篇100字左右的文章，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总字数；文中不得出现真实人名、班级及校名，要点如下：

Dear Andy：

I’m happy that you’ll visitYangzhou next month.let me tell you something about her. Yangzhou is the centre of Jiangsu Province.

Best wishes,

Justin

This is old computer. I want a new one.

A. a B. an

C. / D. the

Miss Smith is very kind. We all like .

A. it B. her

C. him D. them