题目内容
In the past month，we’ve been holding our breath for news about a Boeing 777 plane,MH 370．
It took off from Kuala Lumpur(吉隆坡)，Malaysia．On March 8．It was heading to Beijing．But about two hours into the flight, the plane went missing．
There were 239 people on the flight，including 154 Chinese．
A total of 12 countries including China and the US have joined the search for the plane．
Did it crash? We know that the weather was clear that day．The pilots didn’t make any distress calls(求救信号)．And as of March l3，experts have not found any broken parts of the plane。
Was it hijacked(劫机)? Two Iranians(伊朗人)used stolen passports to get into the flight．But now they do not appear to be linked to any possible hijacking of the plane，international police agency Interpol(国际刑警组织)official said on March 11．
The search is still going on．It could take months or even years to find out what happened
to the flight．
【小题1】When did MH370 go missing?
| A．March 8 | B．March 9 | C．March ll | D．April 8 |
| A．239 | B．1 54 | C．1 45 | D．85 |
| A．cloudy | B．rainy | C．fine | D．windy |
| A．Yes，they did． | B．No，they didn’t． | C．We don’t know． | D．Maybe |
| A．several months | B．several years | C．months or years | D．3 months |
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】B
【小题5】C
解析试题分析：这篇新闻报道了马航失踪事件。介绍了出发时间与飞机的人员总数，以及当时的天气情况。面对本次航班的失踪有很多的疑点，飞行员并没有向地面发出求救信号，若是劫机，现在也没有得到任何消息。面对这种情况，搜索依然进行，可能要花费数月甚至数年的时间来找出飞机失踪的原因。
【小题1】细节理解题。问题：马航370是在什么时候失踪的？分析原文：On March 8．It was heading to Beijing．But about two hours into the flight, the plane went missing．句意：在三月八日。去往北京的飞机在两个小时之前失去了联系。明确了答案为三月八日。故选A
【小题2】细节理解题。问题：在这次航班上有多少中国人？分析原文：There were 239 people on the flight，including 154 Chinese．句意：在飞机上有239人,其中包括154名中国人。从中得知中国人有154名。故选 B
【小题3】细节理解题。问题：那一天的天气如何？分析原文：We know that the weather was clear that day．句意：我们知道那天的天气是晴朗的。结合选项体现天气好，只有第三项fine.故选C
【小题4】细节理解题。问题：在飞机失去联系之前飞行员发出求救信号了吗？分析原文：The pilots didn’t make any distress calls(求救信号)．句意：飞行员们并没有发出求救信号。因此本题用否定回答。故选B
【小题5】细节理解题。问题：寻找失联的飞机花费了多长时间？分析原文：The search is still going on．It could take months or even years to find out what happened to the flight．句意：搜索依然进行，可能要花费数月甚至数年的时间来找出飞机失踪的原因。明确答案的只有第三项。故选C
考点：新闻报道类短文阅读。
“Cool” is a word with many meanings．Its old meaning is used to express a temperature(温度) that is a little bit cold．As the world has changed，the word has had many different meanings now．
“Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost anything．
When you see a famous car in the street，maybe you will say，“It’s cool．”You may think，“He’s so cool，”when you see your favorite footballer．
We all maximize（扩大） the meaning of “cool”．You can use it instead of many words such as “new” or “surprising”．Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used．A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall（瀑布）they had visited．On one student’s paper was just the one sentence，“It’s so cool’’．Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt．
But the story also shows a scarcity（缺乏）of words．Without “cool”，some people have no words to show the same meaning．So it is quite important to keep some credibility（可信性）．Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”？ I can．And I think they are also very cool．
【小题1】We know that the word “cool’’ has had ________.
| A．only one meaning | B．no meanings |
| C．many different meanings | D．the same meaning |
| A．see | B．show |
| C．know | D．feel |
| A．pleased with | B．strange to |
| C．worried about | D．careful with |
| A．can be used instead of many words |
| B．usually means something interesting |
| C．can make your life colorful |
| D．may not be as cool as it seems |
These days, picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some photos chosen by Jim.
 | China’s first Hello Kitty theme restaurant was opened on Dec 23 in the capital of China. It’s all pink and sweet inside the restaurant. The table cloth , chairs, ceiling and floor are all pink, even the lamp light shines soft and rosy. Dining at Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant costs about 160 yuan ($25) per person. |
 | Dustin and Sara from North Georgia &State University (NGCSU) of the United States perform Peking Opera at LiaoCheng University in East China’s Shandong Province. Eighteen students from NGCSU came to China to study Chinese culture during the summer vacation. |
 | Located in Miyun County north-east of Beijing, Fuling Mountain is a national-level forest reserve. As the mountain is cloudy and foggy all the year round, Fuling Mountain then began to be called Wuling Mountain. It is regarded as the Yellow Mountain in North China. |
 | Bill Gates,chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, attended an anti-smoking event ahead of the 25th World No-Tobacco Day, in Beijing on May 29,2012. Some Chinese famous people also attended the event. World No-Tobacco Day falls on May 31 every year. |
| A．They climbed Fuling Mountain in Beijing. |
| B．They visited a Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant. |
| C．They performed Peking Opera in Shandong. |
| D．They attended an anti-smoking event. |
| A．Bill Gates set up World No-Tobacco Day on May 31. |
| B．Fuling Mountain is always cloudy and foggy. |
| C．Eight students from NGCSU studied Chinese culture in China. |
| D．You have to wear pink clothes at Hello Kitty Dreams Restaurant. |
| A．The Internet news | B．an advertisement |
| C．a science magazine | D．a story book |
A recently study found people’s lives are made shorter in North China. It is showed the life expectancy(平均寿命) had been cut down by 5.5 years there. Researchers think that the heavy air pollution in China should be to blame(承担责任). It’s really the truth. Our government has already done something. However, it doesn’t seem to work so well.
“Air pollution in China is doing harm to people’s health. The harm is much more serious than we can imagine,” said Chen Yuyu of Beijing University, one of researchers of this study.
Dirty air brings serious problems in North China. In January this year, the air pollution was worse than that in other places. That was caused by rising temperature and waste gas(废气) from coal heating.
Chinese government should strongly fight against air pollution. They should think of more proper ways to deal with the problem. People should be encouraged to take buses, ride bicycles or walk, instead of driving cars. The factories that pollute heavily should be closed.
“We need to improve our environment, although it might be expensive. Protecting our environment means protecting ourselves,” Li Hongbin, another researcher of the study said.
【小题1】The passage above may come from a(n) ?
| A．story | B．advertisement | C．report | D．diary |
| A．The life expectancy had been cut by 5.5 years. |
| B．Chinese government should close some factories that pollute heavily. |
| C．People need to make pollution less, although it might cost a lot. |
| D．The air problem brings us serious problems. |
| A．Air pollution in North China is caused by waste gas. |
| B．To save the environment, our government should do something more. |
| C．The temperature becomes higher and higher in North China. |
| D．How air pollution in North China is caused. |
 | Chinese writer Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2012. Mo, who was born in 1955 into a farmer’s family in Gaomi County in Shandong Province, is the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. In his early years, life was not easy. These things have influenced Mo Yan’s later writing. |
 | 60-year-old Park Geun-hye (朴槿惠)was elected（选举）the new President of South Korea in December, 2012. She becomes the country’s first woman head of state and her term (任期) will last five years from 2013. “I will become a president who puts people’s living before anything else,” she told the cheering People in central Seoul as she accepted her win. |
 | Barack Obama (born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1961), who was elected the 44th President of the United States in 2008, has been elected again to a second term, fighting against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Obama finished his study from Columbia University and Harvard Law School. His father was from Kenya, Africa while his mother was born in Kansas, America. |
| A．big | B．small | C．rich | D．poor |
| A．The writer Mo Yan might live in a small place before he got the prize. |
| B．Park Geun-hye will lead South Korea till the year 2018. |
| C．Obama’s parents came from the same country before they married. |
| D．Among the three persons, Park Geun-hye is the oldest. |
| A．an email | B．a letter | C．news | D．an advertisement |
| Survey: What’s your favorite restaurant? | |
| Lola Lopez | Jim Janssen |
| “I’m an actress. There’s a small French restaurant near my apartment. It’s my favorite. The service is great. The food is always cooked well and served beautifully. And the atmosphere is very romantic…” | “I’m a high school student. I’m interested in fast food. Chicken, burgers, fish, French fries — I love it all. My mom says I should eat healthier food but it tastes so good! Also, I’m not rich and the price of fast food is just right for me.” |
| Gina Mangino | Raul Sanchez |
| “I’m a housewife. With three kids, I look for a place that has good food at a reasonable price. I look for a place that’s comfortable for children and serves the food quickly. That’s why I like Sam’s Chinese restaurant.” | “I’m a doctor. I can’t remember the last time I ate out… maybe that’s because my wife and I really like to cook. Instead of eating out, we look through a cookbook and cook at home.” |
| A．an actress | B．a doctor | C．a student | D．a housewife |
| A．Lola Lopez | B．Jim Janssen | C．Gina Mangino | D．Raul Sanchez |
| A．offers fast food | B．serves the food quickly |
| C．offers cookbooks | D．serves the food beautifully |
News Review
Head-on Train Crash
On May 18, two trains had a head-on crash（相撞）near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60 people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.
Travel Time
Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000 tourists visited the place of great interest from April 29 to May 1, during the three-day holiday.
Brave Volunteer
Liao Zhi, a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.
Tomato Competition
A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April 16. The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shape, color and taste. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.
【小题1】About ______ people were hurt in the Head-on Train Crash.
| A．18 | B．29 | C．60 | D．250 |
| A．Chengdu | B．Huainan | C．Taishan | D．New York |
| A．help the people in Ya’an |
| B．save the people on the trains |
| C．help grow better tomatoes |
| D．forget the terrible time |
FUN TIME
| 9 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| X | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | Y | 6 | 1 | Z |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
The rule of the puzzle is to fill in the grids (格子) so that every row, every line and every 3×3 box has the numbers 1 to 9. Here is a Sudoku. Please relax and enjoy. It’s fun!
根据以上杂志专栏内容，回答下列问题。
【小题1】Who created Sudoku?
| A．Howard Garnes. | B．Sudoku. | C．Kaji Maki. | D．Nikoli. |
| A．He was the boss of Nissan Company. |
| B．He helped to make Sudoku popular in Japan. |
| C．He was the president of The Times. |
| D．He is an American. |
| A．Sudoku wasn’t invented in Japan. |
| B．It was The Times that first printed Sudoku in the newspaper. |
| C．Each grid has more than one number. |
| D．It became popular around the world in 2005. |
| A．5. | B．4. | C．3. | D．1. |
| A．8. | B．5. | C．2. | D．4. |
A group of people asked this question to a group 4-to-8-year-old children. “What does love mean?” The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.
“When my grandmother hurt her knees (膝盖), she couldn’ bent (弯腰) over and paint her toenails (脚指甲) any more. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands hurt too. That’s love.”(Rebecca–age 8)
“Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t shout at them because you know it would hurt her feelings.” (Samantha–age 6)
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.” (Terri–age 4)
“I let my big sister pick on (捉弄) me because my mum says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.” (Bethany–age 4)
“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new clothes.”(Lauren–age 4)
“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”( Elaine –age 5)
“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”(Clear–age 5)
“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ if you don’t mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.” (Jessica–age 8)【小题1】The passage mainly tells us about ______.
| A．what “life” means to children |
| B．what “family” means to children |
| C．what “friends” means to children |
| D．what “love” means to children |
【小题2】Who told us the love between mum and dad?| A．Clear. | B．Elaine. |
| C．Rebecca. | D．Lauren. |
【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true?| A．Rebecca’s grandmother ever couldn’t bend over. |
| B．Bethany is willing to be picked on by any other person. |
| C．If Samantha becomes angry, she will not shout at others. |
| D．Lauren likes to wear her sister’s old clothes better. |
【小题4】What does Jessica mean about love?| A．Too much love is no love. |
| B．You should say love more often. |
| C．You mean what you think. |
| D．Say love more often if you mean it. |
【小题5】What is love according to Terri?| A．Love is what cheers you up when you are tired. |
| B．Love is the care between husband and wife. |
| C．Love is a rest when you are tired. |
| D．Love is a kiss from parents. |