【题目】How quickly can you count from one to ten? Do you use ten different words to do it? Can you do it in English, or do you have to use your first languages? Do you count on your fingers? Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world. But scientists have discovered that it is not true.

People in different parts of the world use different ways to count on their fingers. In the United States, people think begin counting with their first fingers, which they extend or stick out. They then extend the rest of their fingers and finally the thumb(拇指）to count to five. Then they repeat this with the other hand to get to ten. In China, people count by using different finger positions. In this way, a Chinese person can easily count to ten on only one hand.

Besides ways of finger counting, scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers. Some languages have only a few words for numbers, and others have no words for numbers. A group of scientists studied aboriginal(土著的）people in Australia. These people don’t have hand movements to stand for numbers. They don’t even have word for numbers. However, they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers.

In a similar study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered that people of the Piraha tribe (部落） in northwestern Brazil don’t have words for numbers such as “one” or “three.”. They are not able to say “five trees” or “ten trees” but can say “some trees,” “more trees,” or “many trees.” Professor Edward Gibson said that mist people believe that everyone knows how to count, “but here is a group that does not count. They could learn, but isn’t not useful in their culture, so they’ve never picked it up.”

Although all humans are able to understand quantities(数量）,not all languages have numbers and not all people use counting. Number words in a certain language are a result of people needing numbers in their daily lives. Now we know that people have different ideas about numbers and math, too.

【1】The writer begins with the four questions in order to______.

A. make a survey B. interest readers

C. tell a story D. solve math problems

【2】What do we learn from the difference in finger counting between the U.S. and China?

A. People from China count much faster than people from the U.S.

B. People from China need two hands to count from one to ten.

C. People of different cultures may use different ways of finger counting

D. People of different cultures use the same way of finger counting.

【3】Which of following is true about aboriginal Australians?

A. They have only a few words for numbers

B. They have hand movements to stand for numbers

C. They can only count to five on their fingers

D. They can understand different ideas about numbers

【4】The study of the Piraha tribe shows that____

A. people all over the world know how to count

B. People of the tribe have words for number

C. Some groups of people are not smart enough to countD, Counting is not useful in the culture of the tribe

【5】What is the main idea of the passage?

A. people from different cultures have different ideas about numbers and math

B. Chinese people can count more easily on their fingers than Americans

C. In some aboriginal culture,p eople don’t even know how to count

D. Some languages don’t have number words because people don’t need numbers.

【题目】根据汉语提示写单词

（1）友好的______________________________________________________________

（2）害羞的______________________________________________________________

（3）地点________________________________________________________________

（4）旗帜________________________________________________________________

（5）危险________________________________________________________________

（6）杀死________________________________________________________________

（7）树__________________________________________________________________

（8）象征________________________________________________________________

（9）多于________________________________________________________________

（10）动物园_____________________________________________________________

【题目】书面表达:

假如上文中Gina 和Anna 所在的志愿者俱乐部要招募学生志愿者去儿童之家（the children’s home）做义工。请你根据表格提示内容，帮Gina和Anna用英语写一则招募广告。

要求：内容可适当发挥；60词左右。

Volunteers wanted

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

【题目】核心句型

把下列句子译成英语

（1）——他为什么喜欢树袋熊？—_________________________________________

——因为它们有几分有趣。—___________________________________________

（2）让我们先去看大熊猫吧。____________________________________________

（3）欢迎来到动物园。__________________________________________________

（4）——狮子来自哪里？—_______________________________________________

——它们来自南非。—_________________________________________________

【题目】根据汉语意思完成句子

（1）这只狗整天睡觉。它太懒惰了。

The dog________all day．It’s too________．

（2）那个小女孩是很害羞的。

That little girl is very________．

（3）你为什么想去动物园？

________do you________to go to the________？

（4）我们先看狮子吧。

Let’s________the________ ________．

（5）这只来自南非的老虎非常可怕。

The tiger from________ ________is very________．

【题目】We shouldn’t cross the road the light turns green.

A. when B. while C. until D. as

【题目】信息归纳：根据下面的短文内容，完成信息卡。（5分）

Gina and Anna are sisters. They are from the USA. They are in NO. 1 Middle School.

Gina likes playing the piano very much. And she is good at playing it. But she doesn’t like sports. She thinks they are very boring.

Anna can’t play the piano well, so she doesn’t like it. But she likes sports. Her favorite sport is soccer. She is in her school soccer club. She wants to be a soccer star on day.

The two sisters both like help others. They are both in the school volunteer (志愿者)club.

Zhang Ming and Zhang Tao are brothers. They are from China. They are teachers in NO. 2 Middle School.

Zhang Ming is an English teacher. He is twenty-five. He likes playing the drums and he can play them very well. He thinks it is really cool and relaxing.

Zhang Tao is a math teacher. He is twenty-three. He doesn’t like playing the drums. He thinks it is very difficult. But he can do Chinese kungfu well. He thinks it is really interesting. And he always does it on the weekend.

Information Card

【1】___________

【2】___________

【3】___________

【4】___________

【5】___________

【题目】_______ there were only one minute left, _______ they went on getting goals.

A.Because; so B.If; and C.Though; but D.Though; /

【题目】重点短语

（1）be friendly to___________________________________________________________

（2）忘记做某事____________________________________________________________

（3）处于危险之中__________________________________________________________

（4）砍倒__________________________________________________________________

（5）迷路__________________________________________________________________

【题目】(2014黄冈)

阅读理解

　　A recent research shows that physical activity(体育活动)may help students do better in their classes．The research comes because educators in some countries are reducing time for activities like P．E．class．

　　Researchers go over the results of fourteen studies．Twelve were from the United States，one from Canada and one from South Africa．The studies appeared between 2009 and 2013．They included more than 55，000 children，aged six to eighteen．

　　Thomas Singh，one of the researchers，says the studies showed a relationship between physical activity and scores on subjects such as math，English and reading．Mr．Singh offers some possible explanations(解释)：

　　There are，first，physiological(生理的)explanations，like more blood flow，and so more oxygen(氧气)to the brain．Being physically active means there are more hormones(荷尔蒙)produced，like endorphins(脑内啡)．And endorphins make your stress level lower and your mood improved，which means you will perform better in class．Also，students who take part in organized sports learn rules and how to follow them．This could improve their classroom behavior and help them know what they should do．

　　All in all，the finding tells us that physically active kids are more likely to do better in school．Mr．Singh says schools should consider the finding before they cut physical education programs．

【1】What led the researchers to do the studies？

A．Schools’cutting physical activity．

B．Their interest in physical activity．

C．The tests including about 55，000 children．

D．Kids’unsatisfying schooling performance．

【2】How many countries took part in the studies？

A．14．

B．12．

C．2．

D．3．

【3】Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of physical activity according to the passage？

A．Getting more blood flow．

B．Better classroom behavior．

C．Feeling relaxed and refreshed．

D．Greater ability to organize activities．