What did you do on April 23, World Book Day, last year? Did you find some interesting books to read? Now let me introduce some good books for you to read.

1. Who wrote the book The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56?

A. Rafe Esquith. B. Yamamoto Ryoichi.

C. Randy Pausch. D. Long Yingtai＆Andreas.

2. From the book Climate Change+2 Degrees, we can know ________.

A. the earth’s temperature will surely go up 2℃

B. the future of different countries in the world

C. proper and useful ways to protect our world

D. something about the history of global warming

3. Andreas and his mother know each other better by ________.

A. writing letters B. sending e-mails

C. talking on the phone D. chatting on line

4. Which of the following is NOT true in the book The Last Lecture?

A. The professor is from America.

B. The professor was in his poor health.

C. The professor talked about getting over the difficulties.

D. The professor talked a lot about his illness in his lecture.

5. The passage may be taken from ________.

A. a diary B. a book advertisement

C. a novel D. a film review

阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项

Can you write down a Chinese word being read to you? Sometimes it can be difficult when you find the word is not included in most dictionaries.

Lu Jialei, 14, from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won the CCTV Chinese Character (汉字) Spelling Contest on Oct 18^th, 2013. About 160 people competed. The host read a word to the contestant, explained its meaning and gave sample sentences. The contestant was required to write down the word.

Winning the contest was a “surprise” to Lu. “I was not the smartest one,” she said. “But I paid attention to details.” To prepare for the contest, she and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days. There are more than 56,000 entries (词条) including characters, words and phrases in it. She also had a secret weapon. She studied how Chinese characters were formed.21·cn·jy·com

“When others paid attention to the plot of a story, she looked at how authors use words and sentences to express themselves,” said Su Yunsheng, Lu’s Chinese teacher. Su is happy to see students like Lu find the beauty of Chinese language.

“Besides using something Chinese and having Chinese traditional festivals, learning to write Chinese characters is also an important part of inheriting (传承) Chinese culture,” said Su.

1. Lu Jialei was born in ________.

A. 1997 B. 1999 C. 2001 D. 2002

2. Lu Jialei studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary ________ for the contest.

A. for more than one week B. as long as one week

C. for more than half a month D. as long as half a month

3. The contestant was required to write down the word ________.

A. after the contestant read the word to the host

B. before the host read the word to the contestant2-1-c-n-j-y

C. after the host explained its meaning and gave sample sentences

D. before the contestant explained its meaning and gave sample sentences

4. Lu Jialei’s secret weapon was that ________.

A. she paid attention to details

B. she was the smartest contestant

C. she found the beauty of Chinese language

D. she studied how Chinese characters were formed

5. From the passage we can infer ________ isn’t an important part of inheriting Chinese

culture.

A. trying to write Chinese characters

B. using chopsticks when having meals

C. giving and receiving presents at Christmas

D. spending the Spring Festival with families

完形填空，阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项

As I was passing the elephants, I was confused to see these huge animals were held by nothing but a small rope. The rope was tied to their front legs. No chains, no cages. It was 1 that the elephants could easily break away from the ropes at any time. But the fact was opposite.

I saw a 2 nearby and asked why these elephants just stood there and made no attempt (尝试) to 3 . “Well,” he said, “when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same 4 rope to tie them. At that age, it was enough to hold them. As they 5 , they are used to believing that they cannot break away. They believe the rope can 6 hold them, so they never try to break free.”

To my 7 , these animals could break free from their ropes at any time, but they 8 . Because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go 9 life believing that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before? How many of us have 10 trying something new because of a limited belief (认知)? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else’s limited beliefs?

1. A. clear B. lively C. smart D. lovely

2. A. visitor B. gardener C. trainer D. waiter

3. A. get away B. give away C. put away D. carry away

4. A. colour B. size C. model D. number

5. A. turn up B. get up C. look up D. grow up

6. A. even B. still C. hard D. hardly

7. A. surprise B. joy C. danger D. interest

8. A. did B. didn’t C. are D. aren’t

9. A. down B. on C. at D. through

10. A. finished B. enjoyed C. avoided D. practised

-- Excuse me ,could I take the seat here?

   --- _______.The child sitting here will come soon.

A. You’d better not     B. No, thanks      C. Yes, please.     D. I’m afraid so.

The guide said that much attention must ______ these details.

     A. pay         B. be paid         C. pay to            D. be paid to

 It’s cruel ____him to kill _____many children with a knife.

     A. of ; such     B. for ;such        C. of ;so            D. for ;so

Half of the class ______ done most of the work. The left ______ rather difficult.

    A. has, is          B. have, is         C. have, are         D. has, are

--- Could you tell me_______?  

--- Perhaps on March 8.

A. when will MH370 be lost   B. when MH370 was lost.

C. where MH370 was lost.    D. where was MH370 lost.

I often laugh when I see my grandma learning pop songs. But she says，“One is never old to learn.’’

A. too B. so C. very D. quite

---I prefer speaking to listening in English learning.

--- Oh, really! I think you should be good at ________ of them.

A. both                 B. neither                C. some                    D. all