The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain (谷雨), as the last term in spring, starts on April 19 and ends on May 4.

Grain Rain comes from the old saying, “Rain brings up the growth of hundreds of grains”, which shows that this period of rainfall is very important for the growth of crops. Here’s something that you may not know about the Grain Rain.

1. When Grain Rain ends, ________ starts.

A. spring B. summer C. autumn

2.The underlined word “crops” refers to ________.

A. plants in the field B. trees in the forest C. fishes in the sea

3. The people in southern China ________ on the day of Grain Rain.

A. drink tea

B. eat toona sinensis

C. start the first voyage

4.We can infer that “toona sinensis” must be a kind of vegetable which ________.

A. can bring good luck

B. is delicious and healthy

C. grows at the seaside

5.The right order of the titles from 1 to 4 should be ________.

a. Eating toona sinensis

b. Sandstorms happen

c. Grain Rain Festival

d. Drinking tea

A. b-a-d-c B. b-c-a-d C. b-d-a-c

Car-hailing company DiDi signed an agreement with TAL Education Group to provide free online courses for the children of taxi drivers. The courses, worth 30 million yuan, cover all subjects from primary to high school. Children can study courses at home, saving parents’ time to spend or pick up children from off-line after-school classes.

According to Zhu Jingshi, vice president of DiDi, all 153 million registered (注册) taxi drivers of DiDi can ask for the courses on the company’s mobile app. The car-hailing company will evaluate (评价) the drivers and provide courses on the basis of the time they became registered drivers with the company, the number of passengers served and evaluation from passengers.

The health and education of children have remained top priorities of Chinese parents, including taxi drivers. A survey done by DiDi and TAL showed that although the average monthly income (平均月收入) of taxi drivers is only 6000 yuan, many would like to pay 40 percent of their income for their children’s education.

The survey found that most taxi drivers were born in the 1970s and 1980s and worked seven days a week. More than 70 percent of them have children under 18 but very few have time to be with family and children. Only 8 percent of them said they had guided their children in doing homework. Because of these, 60 percent of drivers hope their children could receive the guidance from professional services.

1.The online courses would help taxi drivers ________ for their children’s education.

A. find good schools

B. get better teachers

C. save time and money

2.The children of taxi drivers would take the courses like Picture ________.

3.The underlined sentence “The health and education...” means that ________.

A. most of the taxi drivers have little time to take care of their children

B. Chinese parents care about the health and education of their children most

C. lots of children of taxi drivers are in poor condition of health and education

4.According to a survey, many taxi drivers would spend about ________ yuan on their children’s education a month.

A. 2400 B. 4000 C. 6000

5.This passage mainly tells us about ________.

A. a new kind of transportation called DiDi

B. the free online courses for taxi drivers’ children

C. the taxi drivers working hard day and night

Everyone has a beautiful memory about school which is hard to forget. Among many things, relationships are the hardest to leave behind. Some schools try to stop students’ puppy love in different ways. Anything about “love” relationship is not allowed. For example, a middle school in Fu’an, Fujian Province forbids (禁止) boys and girls to sit together for meals and forbids boys to look at girls for a long time; a middle school in Luohe, Henan Province sets rules that boys and girls should meet in bright places with at least 5 other classmates, and if they meet in private they will be asked to go home with parents for more than a week and even advised to leave school; a middle school in Jinan, Shandong Province forbids everyone to send food and gifts to or receive them form the opposite sex (异性). It also forbids students to help the opposite sex with bags and coats and requires a “44 cm” distance between boys and girls.

Some students are not satisfied with such rules. “Why should we have strict places for different sexes to eat? It’s not using bathrooms!” Some people who care about the intelligence development of the students say that they should be more creative with fewer rules. For this, I’d like to say that middle school students are going through puberty (青春期). It’s normal for them to have some feelings for the opposite sex. Schools should provide correct guidance and education instead of giving simple and cruel rules and asking the students to follow.

1.The first paragraph mainly tells us about ________.

A. a beautiful memory of school to leave behind

B. some strict rules to stop students’ puppy love

C. some opinions to deal with students’ puppy love

2. In a middle school in Jinan, a boy can’t ________ a girl.

A. sit for meals with B. meet in private with C. send a gift to

3.We’ve learnt about ________ rules made by schools as examples in this passage.

A. 3 B. 6 C. 9

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?

A. Not all the students agree with the rules made to stop puppy love.

B. In a middle school in Fu’an, boys and girls can’t sit together in class.

C. Those rules can help students go through puberty without any difficulties.

5. The writer thinks ________.

A. it’s necessary to make such strict rules

B. schools needn’t do anything to stop puppy love

C. good guidance and education are better than rules only

Lockheed Martin, American space system company (空间系统公司) has found a really cool way to inspire the young minds of today to the research fields in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

It may look like a normal yellow bus, but all the magic happens once you get inside. Meet the “Mars (火星) Experience Bus,” part of Lockheed Martin’s new “Generation Beyond” national education program to get the kids joining in studying what goes on outside of our home planet. The bus offers a virtual reality (VR, 虚拟现实) experience making the teenagers feel like they are driving on Mars.

The VR experience was developed by taking advantage of software (软件) created for today’s best video games, so you can imagine the picture shown is top level. The kids do seem really excited to see the bus take a virtual trip on the red planet and search unknown places. It’s certainly a great way of learning about the universe by virtual reality working on a common bus.

The Lockheed Martin’s bus will start a tour in the United States to allow kids from different parts of the country to take a ride in it. The Generation Beyond project also includes an iPhone app for iOS providing real-time information about weather reports for Mars, and there’s also a free deep space course for middle school teachers and students.

1.“A really cool way” in the first paragraph refers to ________.

A . A science subject B. Mars Experience Bus C. Video game software

2.“Generation Beyond” is a/an ________.

A. school bus B. educational project C. vocation trip

3. The VR experience was developed from ________.

A. video games B. space science C. diving systems

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?

A. It just looks like a normal school bus after you get inside.

B. Kids are sure to be more interested in all subjects after the experience.

C. You can get the real-time weather reports for Mars with the iPhone.

5.The best title of this passage may be ________.

A. The common yellow bus

B. The mysterious red planet

C. The magic VR tour

根据对话情景，填入恰当的单词。

Mr. Brown: Good morning. My name is Edward Brown. I’m your new 1. ________, and I moved in yesterday.

Mrs. Smith: Good morning, Mr. Brown. May I help you?

Mr. Brown: I’m trying to do some work now. But I’m afraid your children are making too much 2. ________.

Mrs. Smith: Oh, I’m sorry, Mr. Brown. But you know it’s3. ________ to keep little boys quiet.

Mr. Brown: But I can’t stand it any more. I couldn’t work and I couldn’t 4._______ at all last night.

Mrs. Smith: I’m very, very sorry. I’ll do my best to keep them quiet. But I’m not sure it’ll work.

Mr. Brown: Well, it seems I have to put up with it now.

Mrs. Smith: Don’t 5.________. My husband will come back from business tonight. And the boys always listen to him.

根据情景提示，用恰当的短语或句子填空。

1.你想知道钥匙在哪儿,你可以这么问：

__________________________________________________________________________?

2.你想知道对方是否有兄弟姐妹,你可以这么问：

_______________________________________________________________or sisters?

3.你的新同桌Tina是一位个子高高、性格外向的女孩，你可以这么介绍：

Tina ____________________________________________________________.

4.你想了解对方多久锻炼一次，你可以这么问：

______________________________________________________________

5.你想告诉大家“上学不能迟到”，你可以这么说：

Don’t ________________________________________________________________.

段落编写

使用所给的词语，编写一个意义相对完整的语段。

提示词：family, decide, important, ago, because

要求：1. 使用全部提示词，并在语段中用下划波浪线“ ”标出提示词；

2. 语段具有一个相对合理的主题意义；

3. 词数为50词左右，最多不超过80词。

短文写作

马上要初中毕业了，假如你有机会负责组织你们班的“毕业派对”，你将会如何构思设计出一个充满创意、情感和品位的毕业庆祝活动呢？请写一篇80词以上的短文，介绍你的毕业派对计划。

内容要求：1. 简介大致的构思；

2. 分点列出活动流程；

3. 小结活动的主要特色。

注 意：短文中不允许出现与考生本人相关的真实姓名和校名等信息。

—Nice to meet you, Mr Green. I’m Sandy and this is Brad, Ken and Emily.

— .

A. See you later

B. You’re welcome

C. Pleased to meet you all

D. You have a point there

Cathy has such a good that she won many prizes in singing competitions last year.

A. sleep B. idea C. voice D. time