Final exams are just around the comer. Liu Haoxuan,14, who studies at Beijing Dayu School, is quite busy. However, he still had to find time to practice his spoken English. That’s because he had to take a new English listening and speaking test.

Liu is not alone. This is a new test for all students who are taking senior high school entrance exams (中考)in Beijing. Junior 3 students have to take an English listening and speaking test that counts for 40 points on their full English exam. The test is taken on a computer. They can take the test twice---once in December and again in March---to try to get the highest score possible. The test was just introduced last year.

During the 30-minute test, students have to fill in blanks, answer questions and retell stories after listening to different materials. “It pushes us to speak. Though it was hard at the beginning, it's a good thing,” Liu said. He got a low score when he first took it last semester. But he kept working hard in order to improve his pronunciation and other skills. He practiced speaking in front of a mirror every day. Later, he got a score of 39 on the test.

Liu Tianyou,14, from Beijing Yuying Middle School, has his own way to prepare for the spoken English test. He uses apps to take practice tests every day. “The apps will score your performance so that you can improve accordingly,” he said. “Also, the practice tests help me learn to take notes properly. They help me grasp topic sentences and connection words.”

1.The story mainly talks about______.

A. the difficulties students face in learning English

B. the improvement of English education in China

C. an oral English class that students in Beijing have to take

D. a new oral English test for Beijing Junior 3 students

2.What do we know about the online English listening and speaking test?

A. Students have to take it twice

B. The test was introduced many years ago

C. It is worth 40 points on the full English exam.

D. Students hardly get high scores on the test.

3.What do students have to do for the test?

a. Fill in blanks. b. Answer questions.

c. Retell stories. d. Write stories.

A. abc B. abd

C. acd D. bcd

4.What do we know about Liu Tianyou?

A. He got a score of 39 on the test.

B. He prepared for the test by using apps.

C. He used to be nervous about speaking English.

D. He still finds it hard to grasp topic sentences.

5.What does the underlined word “pushes” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 推开 B. 推 C. 挤进 D. 拉拽

A boy called Mario had many friends at school and he was happy about it.

 One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mario, I know that you don’t have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.” Mario thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn’t sure who were his true friends, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It’s in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if (好像) carrying something in his hand, but Mario could see nothing there.“Take it. It’s a very special chair. Because it’s invisible, it will be difficult for you to sit on it. However, if you sit on it, you can use the chair’s magic power(魔力) to tell who your true friends are.”

  Mario took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to stand around and he put himself in the middle, with his chair. “You will see something amazing,” said Mario. Then he tried sitting on the chair. However, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mario, making another try. But again he missed the seat.Mario didn’t give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air.

  Then he experienced(经历) the magic that his grandpa talked about. Looking around, Mario saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn’t fall. But the other schoolmates had done nothing but made fun of him. Mario was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.

1.Mario’s grandpa gave him a special chair to ______.

A. sit on in the school B. play games with his schoolmates

C. be his birthday present D. test who are his true friends

2.What does the underlined word “invisible” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A. 看不见的 B. 有帮助的 C. 神奇的 D. 感激的

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. There was really an invisible magic chair.

B. Mario has as many friends as he thought.

C. Some of Mario’s friends were not true to him.

D. Three of his friends could see the magic chair.

4.Which would be the best title for this story?

A. A Magic Chair B. A kind Grandpa

C. Mario’s True Friends D. How to Test Friends

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