When you write a letter or make a telephone call, your words carry message（信息）. People talk with words. Do you think you can talk   1 words? A smile  2 your face shows you are happy and friendly. Tears（眼泪） in your eyes tell __3  that you are sad. When you put up your hand in class, the teacher knows you want to say something    4 ask questions. You shake（摇头）your head, and people know you are saying “no”. You nod and people know you are saying   5 .
Other things can also give some information. For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus   6 . A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you   7 to go. Do you find that there are a lot of signs   8  you and that you get messages from  them all the time? People can talk to each other  9 many other ways. An artist can use his pictures to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Writers write books to   10 you about all wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas. Books, magazines, TVs and radios and films all help us to talk with other people. They all help us to know what is happening in the world.

Henry’s family has a picnic on the weekend.They ask their friends,Nancy and her husband(丈夫),to go with them.On Sunday morning,Henry’s wife(妻子),Kate,gets up early to get ready for(为…作准备)some food for the picnic.At nine o’clock in the morning,Nancy calls and tells Henry she would like to bring something to the picnic.Kate calls her back and asks her to bring a big bottle of orange juice.The two families go to a park near Nancy’s house.There are tables and chairs under the trees near the river(河).They can see the blue sky and green water there.Everyone likes the picnic and they have a nice Sunday afternoon in the park.
【小题1】There are(有) ___________people in the passage.

Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. Walking together, my father and I used to have a lot of __1__ through which I learned __2__ from his experiences. He always told me, “ You __3__ have goals (目标) like climbing the mountain.” Without the mountain-climbing that we both __4__, we couldn’t have enough time to spend together because my father was very _5__. I really got a lot from the mountain-climbing. It gave me time to _6__ with my father and to be in deep thought __7__ develop my patience.
Once we climbed a very high mountain. It was so challenging for me _8__ I was only ten years old. During the first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the bird’s singing. But as time passed, I got a pain in both of my __9__. I wanted to __10_ climbing, but my father said to me, “You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can’t see it __11__ reaching the top. Only there can you see all of the nice things, which is just like your life.”
At that time, I was too young to understand his __12__. But later after that, I __13__ know the meaning of hope in life. I found __14__ standing at the top of the mountain, and the sky was as _15_ as crystal.

阅读下面对话，从方框中选择五个最适当的句子完成对话（其中有2个选项是多余的）。

Li Yang: Good morning, Mathew.

Mathew:  Good morning, Li Yang. 1.

Li Yang: There's still smog（雾霾）today. We'll have to go to school with face masks（口罩）．

Mathew:2.         According to the news, PM2.5 pollution is the main problem  with air pollution.

LiYang:  Yes, and air pollution has done harm to people's health.

Mathew:  So the Chinese government and Chinese people must take action to fight it.

Ji Yang:3.

Mathew:  Since PM2.5 is mainly caused by vehicles（机动车）and factories, cars with large emissions（排放）should not be allowed and factories should be closely watched.

LiYang:4.        We hope that more and more people will join us in making the blue skies return for good.

Mathew:5.

A science book gives facts. Some science books tell us about animals. Some tell us about plants. Some tell us about outer space. This page tells us about animals.

Do you know that not only the fish but also some animals live in the sea? For example, the whale is not a fish. It can’t breathe in the water. It swims in the water. But it comes up for air.

The blue whale is the world’s biggest animal. There are other sea animals, too. One is called the dolphin. Dolphins need air to live. They breathe air, as whales do. Dolphins are very clever. They sometimes seem to speak to each other.

Many other animals live near the sea. Seals（海豹）and otters（水獭）love the sea. They swim and play there. They eat fish and sea plants. Seals and otters have thick fur. The fur keeps them warm.

1.The passage mainly tells us about ____________.

A．fishes            B．plants            C．science           D．sea animals

2.The blue whales live in the sea. They breathe air as ______do.

A．dolphins          B．fish              C．crocodiles         D．sea plants

3.Which of the sentences below is NOT true?

A．The whale can swim in the sea like a fish.

B．The whale can breathe in the sea like a fish.

C．Both whales and dolphins are sea animals.

D．Seals and otters like living near the sea.

4.What food do seals and otters like eating?

A．Meat.            B．Fruits.            C．Both fish and sea plants.   D．Leaves.

5.Some sea animals can keep themselves warm because ___________.

A．they are big animals                     B．they like playing in the sea

C．they have thick fur                      D．they eat enough food every day