— I will give you a gift if you keep the secret for me.

— OK. ______.

A. It’s a deal B. Just so-so C. of course not D. I’m afraid so

Once upon a time, there was an owl（猫头鹰）in the middle of a dark forest. All the animals knew that he was the wisest among ______ of them. So they often went to him and told him their problems. Then the owl always told them ______ to solve their problems.

One day, a little bird came to the owl. She was ______.

“What’s wrong with you?” asked the owl.

“I’m not happy at all, Mr. Owl. I don’t want to be a bird any more.” the bird ______.

“Why don’t you want to be a(n) ______?” asked the owl.

“Because I am so small and weak,” she cried. “I want to be as big and strong as the lion. He is important, but I am not.”

The owl said ______ in her ear. Then the bird dried her tears and ______ away. One week later, the bird came back. “Thank you very much, Mr. Owl. You are so ______,” she said to the owl. “I’m very happy now. Every day, I watch out for lions and tigers. When they come ______, I shout as loudly as I can. Then my friends all run and hide. They often ______ me for that. I am useful and important now.”

The wise owl smiled and said: “Dear, no one in the world is useless.”

1.A. both B. all C. either D. none

2.A. how B. why C. what D. when

3.A. crying B. smiling C. singing D. sleeping

4.A. agreed B. advised C. replied D. asked

5.A. lion B. bird C. tiger D. owl

6.A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something

7.A. ran B. flew C. drove D. swam

8.A. bright B. bored C. polite D. active

9.A. late B. slow C. far D. near

10.A. hate B. leave C. thank D. worry

Children today have many things to play with. They can watch television, ______ what they like on the Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children did for ______ long ago? They read books.

Some of you might ask, “Are books really fun? ” Believe it or not, books ______ many things that television or computers cannot. Most books use ______ to tell a story, they can make progress in your imagination（想象力）. You can ______ the characters（人物）and background in your head and you can also imagine ______ the characters feel.

The words and sentences that are used in storytelling are also very interesting and usually cannot be ______ often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and ______ that they can bring tears to your eyes.

Books also help us to think harder and ______. As we continue to read, we ask questions to ourselves and try to find answers.

These are some of the ______ why books are so fun to read and why people always look forward to good books.

Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.

1.A. look over B. look after C. look through D. look out

2.A. fun B. work C. skills D. exercise

3.A. afford B. explain C. translate D. provide

4.A. words B. drawings C. letters D. signs

5.A. study B. picture C. visit D. remember

6.A. where B. how C. what D. when

7.A. found B. kept C. watched D. spoken

8.A. relaxing B. smiling C. moving D. frightening

9.A. higher B. deeper C. longer D. faster

10.A. examples B. problems C. subjects D. reasons

根据对话内容，从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两个为多余选项。

A: Hi, Mark. I want to have a class party.1.

B: Sure, Andy. When shall we have the party?

A: 2.

B: No, it is too early today. If we have it today, half the class won’t come.

A: OK, let’s have it tomorrow.

B: Hmm.3.Students will leave early to study

for the test. It’s better to make it on the weekend.

A: OK, let’s have it on Saturday afternoon. We can all meet and watch a video.

B: No,4.Some students will be bored. Why not play party games?

A: OK, good idea. Can you think about the party games to play?

B: Sure, I can do that.5.

A: Yes, no problem.

A: There’s a test tomorrow.

B: Will you help me with it?

C: You will have a good time.

D: Let’s have it today after class.

E: I am going to take a bus to the party.

F: I don’t think we should watch a video.

G: And can you prepare some food for us?

1.Two members and one non-member should pay for the program.

A. ¥690 B. ¥710 C. ¥730 D. ¥750

2.Free lunches aren’t provided because .

A. the lunches cost too much B. they may bring lunch-boxes

C. there are many restaurants D. people have different tastes

3.If there is a rainstorm on 14th February, Program A will start on .

A. 15th February B. 17th February C. 2nd March D. 4th March

4.What can we know from the passage?

A. Youth Explorer is the name of the program.

B. More than 15 students are in each program.

C. You need to hand in an application for the program.

D. We can only see three kinds of animals in the program.

Called the “Afghan Bruce Lee,” Alizada looks very much like Hong Kong action film star and Chinese Kung Fu artist Bruce Lee.

He became interested in Chinese Kung Fu at a very young age. However, he had to study it by himself as his family could not afford the training. His family was not rich to give him a good coach.

“It was when I was around eight years old that I saw a Bruce Lee movie for the first time. I became crazy about those movies, which served as a drive for me to learn Chinese Kung Fu,”Alizada said.

Alizada has studied Kung Fu for more than 10 years. The 23-year-old had a great influence online a few years ago when he posted a video named “Bruce Lee appears in Afghanistan” on Facebook.

Alizada has now appeared in two films, with one in Azerbaijan and the other in India.

“I want to star in a film produced by Afghanistan when I am well-known all over the world,” Alizada said.

1.How old was Alizada when he was crazy about Chinese Kung Fu? Around ______.

A. 8 years old B. 10 years old C. 13 years old D. 23 years old

2.Alizada learnt Chinese Kung Fu by himself because ______.

A. his family couldn’t afford its training

B. he was clever enough to learn by himself

C. his father didn’t like Chinese Kung Fu at all

D. there was no good Kung Fu coach in his country

3.The underlined word “drive” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”.

A. 迫使 B. 驾车 C. 驱使 D. 驱赶

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Chinese Kung Fu is useful. B. Everyone should have their own dreams.

C. Afghanistan is a rich country. D. Many people like Bruce Lee very much.

An “egg-laying” cliff （产蛋岩）in Southwest China has attracted（吸引）a lot of interest online recently.

The cliff, in Sandu County, Guizhou Province, has many egg-shaped rocks sitting on it. Most rocks are the size of a football, while smaller ones are still half inside the cliff, with only parts of them standing out.

According to the local government, the cliff is in a place of interest that has been open to public since 2010. It is about 100 meters long and five meters high. Local people said that some “eggs” fall off the cliff every 30 years, “like a hen laying eggs.”

At the bottom of the cliff lie many rocks that fell down in the past. Most of them are round or egg-shaped with a diameter（直径）of up to 50 centimeters. The green rocks are hard.

“In the past, people thought the rocks were symbols of good luck and took them home,” said the local people. The largest rock weighs about 300 kg, with a diameter of 60 centimeters. It’s called “the king of eggs.”

It’s said that Guizhou was once a large ocean, and that the rock eggs could have been produced by animals from the ocean. But nobody is sure about how they are formed.

1.The “egg-laying” cliff is famous because ______.

A. the rock eggs are very beautiful B. it is now in the sea

C. it can lay “eggs” every 30 years D. it is colorful and hard

2.The cliff has been open to public as a place of interest for about ______.

A. 5 years B. 8 years C. 30 years D. 50 years

3.Which is right about the “eggs”?

A. The “eggs” are black and hard. B. All the “eggs” are almost the same size.

C. Most “eggs” weigh over 300kg. D. Many “eggs” are at the foot of the cliff.

4.What can we know from the passage?

A. The cliff is as big as a football field. B. The “eggs” were “bad luck eggs”.

C. The cliff lays many eggs every year. D. The cliff was in the ocean in ancient times.

“Without music, life would be a mistake,” famous German philosopher（哲学家）Friendrich Nietzsche said over a century ago. Music is a big part of our lives. But in recent years, some US schools have cut music classes to control budgets（预算）.

For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired over 1,000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times. In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as ones like science, math and history. That’s partly because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus（关注）on subjects that are tested more often.

However, learning music is useful in many ways.

When playing music, you need different abilities to work together. It is not as simple as it looks, according to Kenneth Guilmartin of Music Together, an early childhood music development program. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode（解码）them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds. You need to deal with all these things at the same time.

Music has a special connection with science as well. You can see that many scientists are good at playing music: Einstein played the violin, and German physicist Max Planck did well in playing the piano.

1.Some schools in the US cut music classes, because ______.

A. they were too difficult to learn B. students in the US weren’t interested in music

C. the schools wanted to control budgets D. there weren’t enough music teachers in the US

2.In Paragraph 2, what does the underlined word “them” refer to（指代）?

A. Fired teachers. B. Public schools. C. Parents in Chicago. D. Students in Chicago.

3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A. Playing the piano needs people to see music notes.

B. Playing the piano needs people to use fingers to make sounds.

C. Decoding music notes is needed while we are playing music.

D. Different abilities are needed to work together while we are playing music.

4.How many scientists who are good at playing music are mentioned in this passage?

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

5.What’s the writer’s opinion according to this passage?

A. Music is as simple as it looks. B. Music classes should be cut in some schools.

C. Music is a big part of our lives. D. Music isn’t a very important life skill for us.

Much meaning can be carried clearly with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of experience? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he finds that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. It’s the same in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is something wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he loves her. When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what he or she is saying. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that words cannot express.

Clearly, eye contact（接触）should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place where you stay.

1.What can our eyes carry clearly according to the passage? （不超过5个词）

_______________________________________________________________________

2.Why will the speaker look at the listener from time to time when they are in a conversation?（不超过20个词）

_______________________________________________________________________

3.What should we think about doing eye contact? （不超过15个词）

_____________________________________________________________________

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李华所在的国际学校正在开展“My Favourite Traditional Festival”交流活动，假定你是李华，请你向来自不同国家的同学介绍中国传统节日——端午节，内容包括：

1. 今年庆祝时间（6月18日）

2. 节日由来：纪念（be in memory of）屈原

3. 吃粽子，赛龙舟，挂菖蒲和艾草（calamus and Ay Tsao）……

4. 欢迎大家一起体验这个传统节日

注意：1. 词数80~100；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.文中不能出现与本人相关的信息；
4.开头已写好，不计入总词数。

Dear fellows,

The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. _____________________________________________

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