At the beginning of 2009.Li Guilin and his wife Lu Jianfen were honored(授予--荣誉)as “People Who Moved China in 2008 in this annual(一年一次的)event．This eve——青夏教育精英家教网—

At the beginning of 2009，Li Guilin and his wife Lu Jianfen were honored（授予……荣誉）as “People Who Moved China in 2008” in this annual（一年一次的）event．This event was started by CCTV in 2002．

Li，42，and Lu，41，were horn in Han families and grew up in Ya'an City．In 1990，Li visited Erping Village（二坪村）in Liangshan of Sichuan Province，he was surprised at how backward（落后）it was．People there lived a rather poor life．The children seldom went out of the village．Li decided to teach in that village at once．

The children have to climb five wooden ladders to reach the primary school of Erping．They spend the week there before returning home for the weekend．“Walking on the wooden ladders is really dangerous．You can just put half of your foot in the narrowest place．Behind the ladders is the deep valley（山谷）．”

A year later．as the number of students increased，Li Guilin began to look for a new teacher．When the summer vacation was almost over，he couldn't find one yet．So he persuaded（劝服）his wife Lu Jianfen to join him．

Till now，they have been teaching in the village for more then 18 years．Over the past years．they have taught l49 students，22 of them were from the schools of other areas because of the two kind teachers．

“I’m the son of farmers，” says Li，“I know that education is the best way for a poor mountain area to change．”The couple（夫妇）will continue working at this school to help more children walk out of the mountains into happy and bright futures．

1．“People Who Moved China” has been held ________ till the beginning of 2009．

A．three times B．eight times C．ten times

2．Li Guilin and Lu Jianfen are ________．

A．doctors B．students C．teachers

3．The children have to climb wooden ladders because ________．

A．walking on the wooden ladders is really dangerous

B．they like doing that

C．it's the only way to the primary school of Erping

4．Lu Jianfen has worked in the primary school of Erping ________．

A．since 199l B．since 2002 C．since 1990

5．Why will Li Guilin and Lu Jianfen continue working at this school?

A．Because both of them are children of farmers．

B．Because they hope more children can have happy and bright futures．

C．Because they were honored as “People Who Moved China in 2008”．

How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos （爱斯基摩人） live．There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer．But in most of the world, people have used the sun fooday, if you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night．The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon．When the sun is almost directly overhead, it’s noon．

People who live near the sea from the tides．In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach．And then it about six hours．The same thing happens again at night．There are two high tides

and two low tides every 24 hours．

Seamen on a ship tell time by looking at the moon and the stars．The whole sky is their clock．

In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same

time every day or changes direction or stops blowing．In these places

the wind can be the clock．

A sand clock is an even better clock．If you had fine dry sand in a

glass shaped like the one in the sand will take another hour to go back again．

1．From the passage we can know there are _____ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch．

A．3 B．4 C．5 D．7

2．The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ______．

A．they know very little about the sun

B．the sun there never goes down in winter

C．it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D．it has long day and long light summers

3．The underlined word “tide” in the passage means _______．

A．洋流 B．潮汐 C．海啸 D．波浪

4．In which page of the newspapers probably read this passage?

A．News． B．Science． C．Advertisement D．Sports．

5．What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Different Ways to Tell Time B．How the Clock Was Invented

C．The Development of the Clock D．A Useful Machine to Tell Time

My name is Lin Hui．I like to tell stories abut people who work together．What is even better is when countries help each other and build a good friendship．An excellent example of this happen when Britain and China worked together to bring the Milu deer back to China．

Milu deer, a kind of animal with large horns（角）, used to be common in China long ago．Like other deer they lived together and ate grass and the soft parts of trees．Milu deer were often killed for food or sport． The Ming and Qing dynasties（朝代）did not protect them and many were killed．That is how the Milu deer disappeared from China．

Luckily before all of them were killed, some were taken to Britain to improve the environment of the beautiful park which belonged to the Duke of Bedford（贝德福特公爵）．He liked them so much that he took them from China to Britain．Milu deer liked the cool, wet weather in England and their number increased year by year．As a result, when in 1985 the government of China wanted to bring back the Milu deer, the Duke of Bedford was able to help．The first deer came back to China to the Nanhaizi Milu park 20 kilometers south of Beijing and the centre in Dafeng, Jiangsu province．

The deer certainly seem happy to be back in China because their number has grown quickly．There are now so many of them that a new park has been opened for them in Hubei Province．At the moment the Milu deer live in centers where they are being well protected and cared for． It is hoed that one day there will be enough animals to let them live in the wild （野外） again．

1． The Milu deer disappeared long ago in China because____________．

A． they could find nothing to eat B． they were not well protected

C． they died of a serious disease D． they had the habit of living together

2． After some of the Milu deer were taken to Britain, _________．

A． they didn’t like the weather there B． their number became larger and larger

C． people used them to carry things D． the Duke of Beford sold them all

3． We can lean from the passage that ____________．

A． China has three centers for the Milu deer now

B． the Milu deer live on nothing but grass

C． all the Milu deer live in the wild now

D． the first Milu deer returned to China before 1985．

4． What’s the best title of the passage?

A． The number of the Milu deer B． The life of the Milu deer

C． The return of the Milu deer D． The importance of the Milu deer

1．Eric是一位来自美国的交换生，你和他约好今天去参观太空博物馆。由于Eric不熟悉周围环境，请你根据图示告诉他去太空博物馆的路线，并提醒他不要迟到。

Eric, it is easy to find the Space Museum．Just go across the _________ near our school．Walk down the street, _____________ at the first crossing． Walk on, you’ll see the Space Museum．It’s ____________ the restaurant．Please ___________________．

2．你在和Eric的交流中了解到中美两国课堂有各自不同的一些特点，请你根据下表简要描述这些特点，并就此谈谈自己的想法。

中国课堂

美国课堂

特点

● 不称呼老师的姓名

● 仔细听讲、做笔记

● 举手发言

● 学生面对面就座

● 比较放松，可以喝饮料

● 自由谈论

你的想法

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There are some differences between a Chinese class and an American class．Let' have a look．In China, _________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

从方框内选出最佳选项完成下面的对话。

A: Hello, may I speak to Bob, please?

B: Sorry, he isn’t in now. 1

A: This is Tony, Bob’s classmate. 2

B: Sure, go ahead．

A: Tomorrow is my birthday. I’d like to invite him to my home for my birthday party.

B: That’s very kind of you. 3

A: It will be at 5:00 in the afternoon.

B: I’ll tell him about that. 4

A: Yes, he has been to my home before. And please ask him to come with Amy.

B: OK. 5

Thousands of years ago, people only ate food that was grown near their homes. Some kinds of food were only grown in one place, so people from other places didn’t know about them. When Europeans first traveled to Central and South America in the 1500s, they discovered strange kinds of food that they had never seen before. Today, these are grown in a lot of different countries and they’re sold in supermarkets all over the world．They don’t seem strange any more!

Potatoes were first grown in the Andes in South America．In 1586, they were taken to Europe by explorers（探险家）. In 1719, they were taken to North America．Before 1719, nobody in North America had ever seen or eaten a potato. Today each American eats more than 60 kilos of potatoes a year.

Tomatoes were also first grown by native（本地的） Americans. When European explorers visited the south of America in 1500, they took tomato seeds（种子） back to Europe. Soon, tomatoes were grown in Europe, but people in England didn’t eat them. At that time, a lot of English people thought that tomatoes were poisonous!

Chilies（辣椒） have been eaten in Central and South America for more than 8,000 years! In the 1500s, chilies were taken to Europe by explorers. Today, they are grown in hot countries all over the world．

1. How many kinds of food are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two. B．Three. C．Four.

2. People in Central and South America have eaten chilies for more than_______ years.

A．1,500 B．1,586 C．8,000

3. The underlined word “poisonous” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.

A．有毒的 B．重要的 C．辛辣的

4. According to the passage, we know that _______.

A．people only ate food grown near their homes after 1719

B．people in Europe were the first to plant potatoes

C．the European explorers took chilies to Europe in the 1500s

5. Which of the following is the best title（标题） for the passage?

A．Traveling to America B．“Strange” Food C．The Earliest Explorers