A little girl’s interest in wanting to talk about Chinese food put her on a path to study the language.

Isabelle first became interested in Chinese when she was 5. “We were at a Chinese restaurant . She was watching a man making noodles. She was so excited that she wanted to talk with him. Unfortunately, he didn’t speak English. On the way home, she said she wanted to learn Chinese,” said Isabelle’s father.

“I totally fell in love with the language. It’s so beautiful and unlike anything I’ve ever heard before,” said Isabelle, whose Chinese name is Bao Ling. she is now 12 and very good at Chinese, she can even watch movies and TV from China without subtitles. Some of her favorite Chinese cartoons are Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, Big Head Son and Small Head Dad, which are very popular in China.

Isabelle studies at the Confucius Institute (孔子学院) near her home, the William & Mary Confucius Institute. “It is just the beginning of a fantastic ongoing adventure, all thanks to the Confucius Institute,” she said.

The WMCI offers courses on many aspects (方面) of Chinese culture, from travel tips to calligraphy(书法), to tai chi, cooking and music. The first course that Isabelle took was a cooking class. She then tried tai chi and kung fu through the WMCI.

Next year, through the WMCI, Isabelle will join the JNCLNCLIS (languagepolicy.org) to ask for more aid for language instruction in public schools.

“I want to thank the Confucius Institute for sharing the wonderful language and culture of China to the world,” she said. “It has been a wonderful journey for all of us,” said her mother.

1.Why did Isabelle become interested in Chinese at first?

A. Because she wanted to talk about Chinese food

B. Because she wanted to be a Chinese cook.

C. Because she thought Chinese was so beautiful.

2.What does the underlined word “subtitle” mean in Chinese?

A. 标题 B. 科目 C. 字幕

3.What courses did Isabelle take through WMCI?

A. Cooking, calligraphy and tai chi

B. Cooking, kung fu and tai chi

C. Cooking, tai chi and music

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

A. Isabelle first became interested in Chinese when she was 12 years old.

B. Isabelle has got aid for language instruction in public schools.

C. Both Isabelle and her mother feel good about the Confucius Institute.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. How Chinese food led to a girl’s love of Chinese.

B. How popular Chinese calligraphy is in foreign countries.

C. Why is the Confucius Institute welcomed in foreign countries.

阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全短文。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Is there anything you can do to keep germs(细菌) out of your body?

1.: through breaks in your skin, with the air you breathe and with the food you eat. How can you keep germs from coming in through breaks in your skin?

In the first place, you can be careful, so that you do not hurt yourself. Once you have cut your skin, you must wash the cut at once with soap and hot water. 2..

Can you keep germs from coming into your body through your nose and throat? You can’t stop breathing, of course. You can’t help breathing in some germs.

What you can do is to stay away from people if they have colds and other sicknesses made by germs. Some kinds of germs move through the air. They go from one person to another. If you have a cold, you should try not to give your germs to others. 3..

How can you keep germs out of your mouth? One way is by keeping such things as pencils and fingers out of your mouth.

Another way is washing your hands before meals. Then you will not put germs on the food you eat. You should also wash your hands after you use the toilet.

Never use a drinking glass that someone else has used. 4.. Never bite from food if someone else is eating it.

A. Be sure to cover your mouth with a scarf when you cough

B. Think about the three ways that germs come into your body

C. Soap and hot water kill germs or wash them away

D. Wash your hands when you eat food

E. Germs are bad for our heath

Zhang Zhouchen, a sixth grader, has published two novels in English.“Most people often read to learn English, but my secret is to write ”he said. "Reading is a way of taking in. But only when you use it for writing can you master it completely. “

Zhang began writing his first novel at the end of 2014. He didn’t mean to publish it at first. But a special experience made him change his mind the next year. He was chosen by his school to be a volunteer for a Hope Primary School. Every volunteer was asked to bring a gift for children and Zhang brought a football. "But I was surprised to find that there was no football field at this school, "he said. “So I had a wish to help them build a football field.

How to achieve that? The novel came into Zhang’s mind suddenly. By organizing the book sale, he got 100,000 yuan. He then spent it building a football field. Then he got about 130, 000 yuan by selling his second novel. He used the money to build a football field in another school.

“I can never forget the smiles on the faces of the children who were having fun playing football, said Zhang. "It encourages me to help more poor children enjoy the joy of football.

1.How does Zhang learn English?

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2.Did Zhang publish his first novel in 2014?

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3.What did Zhang bring to the children in the Hope Primary School?

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4.How many football fields has Zhang helped build ?

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5.What do you think of Zhang Zhouchen?

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语篇翻译 阅读下面的短文，将画线的句子译成英文或中文。

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Allbans, a small city near London. 65.尽管他做得很好，但是拿不到第一名。

After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admits, he didn’t work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got high marks.

66.在他20岁的时候，他的身体出毛病了。He started to knock into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease（运动神经元病）. 67.The illness would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before 23.

At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, “Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, 68. I suddenly realized that there were a lot of valuable things I could do.” Then Hawking got married and found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. 69.He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad their situation is. “Life is not fair.” He once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

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75. 初中生活马上就要结束了，三年的初中生活一定给你留下了很多挥之不去的回忆。请你给大家讲一个最值得你回忆的故事。包括时间、人物、事情经过和事后你的感想

要求：（1）应包含以上全部的信息，可适当增加细节，以使条理清楚、行文连贯；

（2）词数：80字左右

（3）短文中不得出现你的真实姓名、学校名和地名。

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I found a cat ________ on the floor when I came into the house.

A. lying B. lay

C. lie D. lies

This movie wasn’t .I fell asleep half way through it.

A. enough interesting B. interested enough

C. enough interested D. interesting enough

The man refused to say sorry to me, ____ it was his mistakes.

A. because B. when C. after D. even though

–How far is it from your home to our school?

– ______.

A. Three kilometers far B. Three kilometers’ away

C. Three days walk D. Three hours’ bus ride

At last，the teacher _________ who stole Li Ming’s pen.

A. find B. found C. found out D. looked for