500 years ago in Britain, the burning of coal (煤) was increasing in cities like London. Coal was used in factories and also used to heat homes. Coal, when burnt makes a lot of smoke, which makes the air very dirty.
About 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution (工业革命) began in Britain. Factories were built, and even more coal was burnt. Air pollution was becoming a really big problem.
Smoke and fog together make smog (烟雾). Smog was a big problem in London's winter. Because of the cold weather, more coal was burnt to warm houses and this made more smoke.
When smog stayed over a city, it became really hard to breathe and see clearly. In 1952, the Great London Smog happened and more than 4,000 people died because of the smog.
New laws (法律) were made in 1956 and 1968 to stop such sad things from happening again. These laws were called the Clean Air Acts.
These laws were made so that air would become cleaner. The laws encouraged people to use less coal or switch to other fuels such as gas. Factories started using tall chimneys (烟囱) so that the smoke would go high up in the sky and no longer cover cities, and new factories were built in the countryside. Smog appeared less often and the air became cleaner.
小题1:From the passage, we learn that smog was a big problem in ______ in London.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

小题2:The underlined words "switch to" mean "______"  in Chinese.

A．发明

B．换用

C．拒绝

D．节省

小题3:Which was NOT a way people in Britain used to make the air cleaner, according to the passage?

A．Factories built higher chimneys.

B．People began to use less coal.

C．More People began to ride bikes.

D．New factories were built outside cities.

小题4:Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Air Pollution in Britain in the Past.

B．How to Make the Air Cleaner.

C．Smog Is Bad for the Environment.

D．New Laws to Stop Air Pollution.

Last summer, Mark became a middle school student. He took an English test in the first month. Mark was a good student and he worked hard. He finished the questions easily until he read the last one: “Everyone sees our school’s cleaner every day. What’s her first name?” Of course, this question is a little special. Mark saw the woman some times. She was tall and her hair was dark. But Mark didn’t talk with her and didn’t know her first name. The test was over. Then one student asked the teacher, “Is the last question very important in this test?” “Yes,” said the teacher. “In our life, we meet many hard-working people. They are important. You should care about them. You should smile at them or say ‘hello’ to them.” Mark never forgot that question. He also learned that woman’s first name. It was Kathy.
小题1:What test did Mark have in his first month in the middle school?

A．Math.

B．Physics.

C．English.

D．Chinese.

小题2: What did Mark know about his school’s cleaner?

A．She was a little special.

B．She was tall with dark hair.

C．She often talked with the students.

D．Mark knew her first name.

小题3:What did Mark’s teacher think of the last question?

A．It was fun.	B．It was interesting.
C．It was boring.	D．It was important.

小题4:What does the sentence “You should smile at them or say ‘hello’ to them.” mean?

A．我们应该尊重辛勤劳作的人。

B．我们应该信任辛勤劳作的人。

C．我们应该帮助辛勤劳作的人。

D．我们应该向辛勤劳作的人学习。

小题5:What’s the title（标题）of the passage?

A．A Special Question

B．A Hard-working Cleaner

C．A Good Teacher

D．A Clever Student

You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea and the US last year. This is the result.
Who studies the hardest?
Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.
Who sleeps most often in class?
Japanese students fall asleep（睡着）in class more often. About 45% of them sometimes doze off in class. It’s 32% in South Korea, 21% in the US and 5% in China.
Who is the most distracted（分心的）?
American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them chat with friends in class. 46.9% of them eat something in class, and 38.9 % of them send e-mails or read other books in class.
What do they do after school?
In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do exercise. Most South Korean students watch TV.
小题1:About ____ of Chinese students spend more than 2 hours doing their homework every day.

A．50%

B．45%

C．64.2%

D．38.9%

小题2: According to the survey, ____ students sleep in class most often.

A．Chinese

B．Japanese

C．American

D．South Korea

小题3: The underlined phrase “doze off” means ____ in Chinese.

A．听音乐

B．玩游戏

C．看小说

D．打瞌睡

小题4: Most American students ____ in class.

A．chat with friends	B．play games
C．eat something	D．send e-mails

小题5: Which of the following sentence in the passage is TRUE?

A．All Chinese students do their homework every day.

B．Some American students send e-mails in class.

C．No Japanese students do exercise.

D．Most American students chat with friends in their free time.

It is April 10. It is Tuesday. Cindy gets up at 6:30 in the morning. She is in her blue skirt. She really likes that skirt. Then she goes into the kitchen. She loves eggs and apples in the morning.
Cindy’s mother is a teacher at her school. Cindy is in the second grade (年级), and her mother teaches the fourth grade. Cindy is excited (兴奋) about going to school today because her class has a test (测试). Cindy loves school and she likes to get good grades (成绩). Cindy eats her breakfast and then she and her mother go to school. Cindy goes to her classroom and her history teacher, Ms. Brown is there. It is fun to be in Ms. Brown’s class. She is a great teacher. Now Cindy’s classmates are all in the classroom, and they start the test. Cindy remembers (记得) everything, so she can do everything right. After the test, Cindy and her classmates play for a long time. Then they eat lunch. After lunch, they watch a funny movie (电影). Then they draw pictures. It is really a great day!
小题1: What grade is Cindy in?

A．Grade One.	B．Grade Two.
C．Grade Three.	D．Grade Four.

小题2:What does Cindy like to eat for breakfast?

A．Eggs and apples.	B．Milk and bananas.
C．Eggs and carrots.	D．Chicken and apples.

小题3: －Why is Cindy excited about going to school today? －Because they have ____.

A．a trip

B．a party

C．a movie

D．a test

小题4:What do the children do after the test?

A．They swim.	B．They draw pictures.
C．They play.	D．They watch a movie.

小题5:Which (哪个) is right according to the passage (根据短文)?

A．Cindy likes the blue shirt.

B．Cindy is a good student.

C．Cindy’s mother is a teacher of history.

D．It’s really boring that day.

Mrs Elise was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, I was getting ready to eat my tuna fish (金枪鱼) sandwich and suddenly Mrs Elise asked me if she could buy my sandwich from me. She explained that I could use the money to buy a hot hunch from the cafeteria (食堂).
I was excited. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was too expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and took the bag back home to use it again the next day. So you could understand my happiness when I had the chance to buy a hot lunch.
When we finished lunch that day, Mrs Elise took me aside and said she wanted to explain why she had bought my sandwich. I really didn’t care why, but it gave me a few minutes of her special attention, so I was quiet as she explained. She told me that she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays, they ate fish on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn’t wait to get home and tell my mother that from then on I wanted a tuna fish sandwich on Fridays. After my mother understood why, she gladly made tuna fish sandwiches for me on Fridays. She even made it with brown bread because she knew Mrs Elise liked brown bread. From then on, every Friday I could get in line with other kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about cafeteria food. It tasted divine to me!
I realize now that Mrs Elise could have made herself tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays. But she bought mine because she saw a little girl who was excited at the simple act of having a hot lunch.
I will never forget Mrs Elise for her pity for me and generosity (慷慨) and what I should do is to follow her example.
小题1: From this passage we know_______.

A．Mrs Elise was the best friend of the writer

B．the writer came from a poor family

C．many or the writer’s classmates liked cafeteria food

D．the writer like to eat tuna fish sandwiches on Fridays

小题2: Mrs Elise bought the writer’s sandwiches because_______.

A．she was tired of cafeteria food

B．she hated getting in line with kids

C．she liked the tuna fish sand writer’s made by the writer’s mother

D．she wanted to show care to the writer

小题3: The underlined word“divine”means“_____”.

A．perfect

B．sweet

C．unpleasant

D．bad

小题4: Which of the following can we learn from this passage?

A．It is hard to please all.

B．Better to give than to receive.

C．Love makes the world go around.

D．The more you offer, the more you get.

完形填空 (共15小题；每小题l分，计15分)
Everybody wants a new start for a new school year. So, students often go back-to-school shopping. They buy___1___and shoes. But, the story is not so easy.
"Mum, I want this pair of shoes!"
"Dear! Those are 900 yuan! That is too __2___ !"
"But all the boys in my class wear this brand (牌子)!"
So the real story is: Kids___3____to catch up with school fashion.
Chinese students __4___ uniforms at school. Parents think all the kids look the same, but _5___ know the differences. The "rich" kids wear amazing watches, ride good __6___ and use cool pencil cases. They show off their expensive things to __7__ kids. Then everyone else wants them too. For example, some "rich" kids use a pencil box that __8___1,000 yuan! It not only holds pencils, but also has a thermometer (温度计), a compass (指南针), a music box and even games in it! But think about it. Do you really need ____9___ a special pencil box? What can you do with a compass ___10____a thermometer in class? They only distract (分散注意) you.
As for these "rich" kids, they are not rich at all. __11___ parents buy them all their cool things. They may have an advantage（优势）now, ____12___ it won't last forever. If you want to show off ___13___ money you have, you have to make it yourself first. So, study hard. You will get a great job in the future.
Parents should also learn __14____to refuse (拒绝) their kids' demands (要求). They should __15__their kids: as students, what is really important is not school fashion but good school grades.

小题1:	A．pictures B．school things C．computer games D．food and drinks

小题2:	A．expensive B．cheap C．ugly D．nice

小题3:	A．hate B．give up C．want D．get

小题4:	A．put on B．take off C．buy D．wear

小题5:	A．kids B．fathers C．mothers D．people

小题6:	A．cars B．bicycles C．MP3 D．CDs

小题7:	A．another B．the others C．others D．other

小题8:	A．pays B．costs C．spends D．buys

小题9:	A．so B．such C．as D．like

小题10:

A．and B．but C．or D．though

小题11:

A．His B．Her C．Their D．Your

小题12:

A．but B．because C．if D．for

小题13:

A．how many B．how much C．how long D．how often

小题14:

A．how B．what C．why D．where

小题15:

A．say B．talk C．speak D．tell

The tall man was sitting in the chair. He was reading a book. When I talked to him, I found that from boyhood (少年时代), he had the habit (习惯) of carrying a little book in his pocket. He often read every minute when he was not doing anything else. He found a book very useful during the time of waiting, such as waiting for meals, buses, doctors, telephone calls, plays to begin or something to happen.
That was how he found his fifteen minutes a day for reading.
That was how he read his twenty books a year --one thousand in his lifetime.
小题1:The habit of carrying a book was the habit of ________.

A．the writer	B．the man
C．the pocket	D．the boyhood

小题2:When the man was waiting for the doctor, he _______.

A．talk with others

B．found something to eat

C．read a book

D．wanted to know who the doctor was

小题3:Sometimes the man read in the theatre, because ________.

A．the play was not interesting

B．the play didn't begin

C．the play was over

D．the man didn't like the play

These days, many students like playing 3D games. Do you know what 3D games are like? In most 3D games, game players need to control (控制) a character. The character can be a robot or a soldier (士兵). Game players usually use the mouse to make the character move around in his own world. Game players can find things such as food and weapons (武器) to help them go on with the game. The character can go straight, sit down, turn left, turn right or pick up things in the game.
Some 3D games have many levels (等级). The character needs to finish different goals for each level.Game players can play against their computers, and sometimes they can play with other players on-line. It's great fun to play 3D games. But playing 3D games for long is not good for our study.
小题1:In most3D games, game players need to _________.

A．control a character	B．find a robot
C．act as a soldier	D．control the computer

小题2:How do game players make the character move around?

A．By using the keyboard

B．By using the mouse

C．By telling the directions

D．By moving the computer.

小题3:In the game, the character can _________.

A．go straight and sit down

B．turn left and turn right

C．Pick up things

D．A, B and C

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

A．Some 3D games have many levels.

B．The character needs to finish different goals for each level.

C．Game players can only play against their computers.

D．Game players can go on-line and play with other players together.

小题5:What is the writer's opinion (观点)？

A．He doesn't think it's very interesting to play 3D games.

B．He thinks playing 3D games is really boring.

C．He thinks all the students should learn to play 3D games.

D．He thinks playing 3D games for long is not good for our study.

Cars are lots of fun, but they could also be dangerous. We have to be careful when we drive them or ride in them.
It’s always a good idea to put on your seat belt (安全带) when you’re in a car. Why? Think about this example: You put an egg on a skateboard and give it a push. If the skateboard hits a stone, it will stop, but the egg won’t. It will fly through the air, hit the ground and break.
Now, think what would happen if you tied the egg to the skateboard. When the skateboard hits a stone, the egg won’t go flying; it will stay safely on the skateboard.
Volvo, a famous Swedish carmaker, was the first to use seat belts in 1849.
Air bags are also very important for car safety, because sometimes a seat belt isn’t enough. If the car is going really fast and runs into something, seat belts could even hurt the people who wear them. Most new cars have air bags in front of and next to the seats. When a car hits something, its air bags will come out quickly in less than one second to keep the people inside safe.
小题1:The passage mainly tells us ______.

A．two important ways to keep safe in cars

B．how air bags work to make cars safe

C．how seat belts work to make cars safe

D．why we must tie the egg to the skateboard

小题2: The writer gives the example of the egg to ______.

A．tell us that eggs are easy to break

B．show how to wear a seat belt

C．show why it’s important to wear a seat belt in a car

D．tell us what a skateboard is

小题3: Seat belts can make us safer because ______.

A．we are interested in them

B．they can stop us from hitting other cars

C．they can help us stay safely on the seats

D．they are made of strong materials

小题4: Air bags are important for cars because ______.

A．they are made of plastic

B．they can also help us to keep safe in a car

C．they can keep cars running slowly

D．they’re put in front of and next to the seats

小题5: Which of the following is TRUE according to this passage?

A．When a car hits something, its air bags will come out a few minutes later.

B．It won’t be dangerous if there are seat belts or air bags in a car.

C．Now most of new cars still have only one air bag.

D．Volvo was the first to use seat belts.

What’s language for？Some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules（规则） and learning lists of words --the longer the lists, the better. That’s wrong. Language is for the exchange of ideas and information. It’s meaningless if you can’t use it freely. Many students I have met know hundreds of grammar rules, but they can’t speak correctly or fluently(流利地). They are afraid of making mistakes. One shouldn’t be afraid of making mistakes when speaking a foreign language. Native（本土的） speakers make mistakes and break rules, too. Bernard Saw once wrote, “Foreigners often speak English too correctly.” But the mistakes that native speakers make are different from those that Chinese students make. They’re English mistakes in the English language. And if enough native speakers break a rule, it is no longer a rule. What used to be wrong becomes right. So Chinese students should pay attention to grammar, but they shouldn’t overdo(做过头)it. They should put communication(交际)first.
小题1: Language is used to __________ .

A．express oneself

B．practise grammar rules.

C．talk with foreigners only

D．learn lists of words

小题2: If too many native speakers break a rule,________ .

A．what they use will become right.

B．they are against the law

C．they should say sorry to others.

D．they will become heroes

小题3: When we speak a foreign language, we should________ .

A．speak in Chinese way

B．speak by the rules

C．speak to native speakers

D．not be afraid of making mistakes

小题4:What should Chinese students put first?

A．Language

B．Communication

C．Rules

D．Grammar