Do you try to save electricity and magazines at home? Do you make your bed every day? Read about the home habits of Americans. Are they the same as yours?

判断正误，计5分。（正确的填A，错误的填B）

1.The passage mainly talks about the home habits of Americans.

2.80% of Americans go out in the evening with the lights on.

3.One fifth of Americans keep magazines for years and years.

4.Most Americans like to keep the rooms clean and tidy.

5.The people who make the beds are as many as those who wash the dishes every day.

从方框中选择合适的句子抄写在横线上，有两项多余。

A: Could you tell me how you can speak English so well?

B: Well, I think listening more is very important. 1. .

A: Some people say watching English movies is good for English learners.

B. 2. I have watched about 30 English movies since 2012, and that really helps a lot.

A: 3. .

B: Um, I think vocabulary is the most important. You can express yourself freely when you have a larger vocabulary.

A: 4. .

B: Reading. I have read many English books. That really helps with my English vocabulary.

A: 5. .

B: Never be afraid of making mistakes. The more you speak the language, the more freely you can express yourself. Enjoy losing face, then you can learn English well.

I hope the train will arrive on time, but it’s _______my control.

A. within B. without C. under D. Beyond

--The air pollution is terrible.

--It will be worse_______ we take action to protect the environment.

A. if B. unless C. until D. when

--Do you have ________to tell me ?

--No. That’s only________ I want to say.

A. else anything, what B. else anything, that

C. anything else, what D. anything else, that

My friend Anna____ text messages to me on the mobile phone. But now she ____

e-mails on QQ.

A. is used to send, used to send

B. is used to sending, used to send

C. used to send, is used to sending

D. used to send, used to send

People communicate in many different ways. The most common way is by talking with others. Except for talking, we can also use body languages. When we use body languages, we need to use body to show what we mean. Sign language is a kind of body language. Let’s see more about it.

Sign language is popular among dumb people who are unable to speak or don’t want to speak. If you want to communicate with a foreigner ,but you can’t speak his language and he can’t speak Chinese, what can you do ? Maybe you can communicate by making signs. Now let’s learn some signs Indians often use.

★When they are hungry, they move their right hands back and forth in front of their stomachs.

★When they mean “ Let’s eat”, they put their right hands and move them up and down in front of their mouths.

★When they have had enough, they part their thumbs and first fingers, and move their hands from their chests to chins.

★If they have a stomach ache, they put both hands on their stomachs, and move them back and forth.

1.The most common way to communicate is ________.

A. by calling others

B. by talking with others

C. by using body language

D. by using signs

2. What is the synonym(近义词) of the underlined word “ dumb” ?

A. blind B. deaf C. disabled D. ill

3. If you want to show you are hungry, you can ___________.

A. move your left hand up and down in front of your mouth.

B. put your right hand in front of your mouth.

C. move your right hand back and forth in front of your stomach.

D. move your right hand from your chest to chin.

4. If a person puts his hands on his legs and moves them back and forth, we can

infer(推断)____

A. he has a stomach ache

B. there’s something wrong with his legs

C. he is too tired to walk

D. he wants to sit down and have a rest

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

A. Getting to Know Sign Language

B. The Most Common Way to Communicate

C. The Importance of Using Hands

D. Indians And Their Hands

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

Every year in October, my school holds a swimming competition. This is a day where we all skip (跳过) a day of school, and instead spend it taking part in swimming races.

I took part in six different races. I came first in one of them! However in the other five, I came second . We also helped the younger students race, by swimming alongside them, holding them above the water and making sure they stay safe.

In this event, we compete not only for ourselves, but for our color house to win. The students are sorted(分类) into four different color houses. So we can earn(赢得) points for our success as a group, learn teamwork and do our best. These houses are Blue, Green, Red and Gold. When we are not racing, we are cheering for our friends and trying to earn extra points for our color house for good sportsmanship(运动员精神).

At the end of the day, there are two major awards. The first award is age champion. This medal is given to the boy and girl from each age group, who perform(表现) the best out of all the other children competing against them. The other award, and maybe the most important, is the winning color house. Different to past years, Blue won for best performance and the other houses were disappointed.

Overall, it was a fantastic and exciting day full of swimming, competition and fun that we all look forward to every year.

1.When does the writer’s school hold the swimming competition every year?

______________________________________________________________________

2.Did the writer come second in all the races she took part in？

_______________________________________________________________________

3.Besides（除…之外） themselves, what else did the students compete for?

______________________________________________________________________

4.Which color house won for best performance this year?

______________________________________________________________________

5.What did the writer think of the swimming competition？

______________________________________________________________________

Tom brought a box of biscuits(饼干) to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp coach(教练) about it.

The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuits behind a tree. He came up with an idea to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who took away your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”

“Well, yes… are you going to punish him, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I’m not,” the coach explained patiently. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more gifts.”

Tom received another box of biscuits by mailing from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and share them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn’t understand the coach’s intention(意图), but he still followed his suggestion.

Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to accept his toy robot in payment for(赔偿) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so important.

In some situations, forgiveness(原谅) is better than punishment.

1. Why did the coach ask Tom to ask for more gifts?

A. The coach wanted to teach the boy a lesson.

B. Tom wanted to get more biscuits.

C. The coach wanted to make friends with Tom.

D. The coach wanted to make Tom hate the boy.

2. In which order did these things happen?

①Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp, but soon it was stolen.

②Tom refused the gift from his new friend.

③Tom received another box of biscuits and shared them with his partner.

④Tom forgave the boy.

A. ①②③④ B. ①③④②

C. ②①③④ D. ④①②③

3.From the story, we learn __________________.

A. the coach punished the boy at last

B. the coach wrote to Tom’s mother and asked for more gifts.

C. Tom accepted the boy’s robot in payment for the stolen biscuits.

D. forgiveness is sometimes better than punishment

选用下列所给的词并用其适当形式填空

1.Be __________, it takes time.

2.The ___________ on their faces help me get the meaning wisely.

3.We should ______________ each other and help each other.

4.I like all fruits, especially _____________.

5.England is a traditional ____________ country.