题目内容
—I get a new job in a school this year.
—Oh, you’re so _______.
A.happy B.smart C.busy D.lucky
I’m Susan. I’m a slim (苗条的) girl. Many girls ask me about how to be slim. I never exercise and I like eating meat. There’s only one reason behind it: my mom.
My mom cooks every day, but she even can’t cook a simple meal well. Our kitchen has been on fire many times. Twice this month! She’s a disaster (灾难) in the kitchen. We ask her to stay out of the kitchen, but she never listens to us. She wakes up early every morning and goes home early after work. She cooks every meal for us. We have to eat what she makes - or we eat what we can. So all of my family are not fat.
Last Saturday, Mom tried to cook chicken for dinner. The result was a burning (着火的) kitchen. Luckily, Dad did his best to save the family and put out the fire. Now, when Mom goes to the kitchen, I start to worry about our lives.
Although we have a bad cook at home, our house is always full of people for lunch and dinner. I don’t think they come for delicious food. They must enjoy the happy time at my home. In fact, my mom is warm, friendly and funny. I love her, though she can’t cook well.
1.Why is Susan slim?
A.She works hard. B.She eats at home.
C.She exercises a lot. D.She never eats meat.
2.What does Susan’s mom hate (讨厌) to do?
A.To get up early in the morning. B.To go home early after work.
C.To stay out of the kitchen. D.To cook meals every day.
3.Which word might Susan want to use to describe (描述) last Saturday?
A.Scary. B.Relaxing.
C.Boring. D.Meaningful.
4.Susan thinks many people come to her home to ________.
A.learn from her dad B.enjoy delicious food
C.hear her mom’s stories D.enjoy the happy time
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.A Terrible Cook B.My Weekend
C.A Slim Girl D.My Family
Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea? Sometimes the answer isn’t to just force an idea out of your mind. Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander（走神）. Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.
Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, found an association（联系）between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes having participants（参与者）first do an “unusual-use task”. They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.
Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again: Complete a difficult task ; complete an easy task; take a 12 –minute break; or skip（跳过）12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.
Surprisingly, the group that performed(执行) best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.
But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as “unconscious thought”. Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle（不易察觉的）way.
When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.
Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.
1.What could you do to create great ideas according to the passage?
A.Work hard. B.Let your mind wander. C.Have a nice sleep. D.Read more books.
2.The “unusual-use task” included having participants______________________.
A.complete an easy task B.complete a very difficult task
C.take a 12-minute break D.come up with different ways to use an object
3.Why did the participants who completed the easy task perform best?
A.Because they were more creative than the others.
B.Because they were more knowledgeable than the others
C.Because they were better at solving problems than the others
D.Because they had the time to daydream, which might have helped unlock their creativity.
4.What does the underlined phrase “unconscious thought” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A.Your brain is thinking about a problem outside of your awareness（意识）
B.Your brain knows what you’re thinking and doing.
C.Your brain has a purpose of its own that cannot be known.
D.Your brain refuses to receive any information from the outside world.
5.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.Brainstorming is important to creative ideas.
B.The more we exercise our brains, the more ideas we will have.
C.Daydreaming is a way to improve creativity.
D.Problem-solving skills are important in our lives.
—How much should I pay for the food, Madam?
—It costs .The food is free here. needs to pay for it.
A.none; Anyone B.none; No one C.nothing; Everything D.nothing; Nobody
People in different countries have different activities on New Year’s Eve.
At midnight on New Year’s Eve, people in Rome(罗马) throw out(扔掉) all the things they don’t want. The streets are full of _______ chairs, beds, clothes, and other things. In Madrid(马德里), Spain, New Year _______ quietly. People go to the main squares, each holding _______ grapes. _______ the clock strikes(敲击) twelve, people start to eat the grapes — one grape for good luck in each month of the new year.
In Tokyo, people eat _______ on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next _______, some Japanese climb Mount Fuji(富士山). They _______ the first sunrise of the new year.
In China, people eat _______. Usually they _______ a coin(硬币) in a dumpling. If someone eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be ________ in the year. Of course, they don’t eat the coin.
1.A.bad B.new C.old D.beautiful
2.A.lasts B.is coming C.goes D.comes
3.A.one B.six C.nine D.twelve
4.A.Until B.When C.But D.So
5.A.noodles B.dumplings C.apples D.sweet dumplings
6.A.evening B.afternoon C.noon D.morning
7.A.look B.find C.enjoy D.love
8.A.noodles B.dumplings C.grapes D.sweet dumplings
9.A.make B.bring C.put D.take
10.A.happy B.nice C.smart D.lucky
—Each of us ________ a new bike. And it’s ________ today. Let’s go to the zoo by bike.
—That’s right. It’s such a fine day for riding.
A.is; sunny B.has; happy C.has; sunny D.have; fine
阅读与回答问题
In the 1930s a young traveler was climbing the French Alps(法国阿尔卑斯山). He arrived at a big piece of land without living things. It was ugly. It was the kind of place you hurry away from.
Then, suddenly, the young traveler stopped on the way. In the middle of this large land there was an old man. On his back was a bag of seeds. In his hand was an iron pipe(铁管).
The man used the iron pipe to make a hole in the ground. Then from the bag he took a seed and put it in the hole. He did this again and again.
Later the old man told the traveler,“ I’ve planted over 10,000 seeds. Perhaps only a tenth（1/10）of them will grow. ”
The old man’s wife and son had died, and this was how he chose to spend his final years.
“I want to do something useful,” he said.
25 years later the young traveler is no longer young. He came back to the place. What he saw amazed him. He could not believe his eyes. The land was covered with a beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long. Birds were singing, animals were playing, and wild flowers were here and there.
The traveler stood there remembering the lifeless picture of the place that it once was.
A beautiful forest stood there now, all because someone cared.
1.Why did the old man plant seeds?
_____________________________________________
2.How many seeds did the old man think could grow, all of them or only some?
___________________________________________________
3.What amazed the young traveler when he returned to the place?
______________________________________________________
4.How many years later did the young traveler come back to the place?
__________________________________________________
5.What do you think of the old man?
_________________________________________________
Rice Pudding
Ingredients：
sugar, milk, water, rice, vanilla（香精）, nutmeg（核仁）
How to make it:
Firstly, put the sugar and milk in a pan and boil
Secondly, add water and rice. Then simmer（炖）for 30 minutes, stir（搅拌）it a few times each minute.
Next, cook it for about 30 minutes until the pudding is thick.
Then turn off the heat and stir.
After that, put the pudding into a bowl and let it cool.
Finally, put nutmeg on the top, and it's ready!
1.Salt is one of the ingredients for rice pudding.
2.First, put the sugar and water in a pan and boil
3.Simmer for half an hour.
4.Next, cook it until the pudding is thick.
5.Finally, stir nutmeg in the pudding
If it ________ tomorrow, we ________ to have a picnic at the lake.
A.doesn’t rain; go B.won’t rain; will go
C.doesn’t rain; will go D.won’t rain; go
