Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for her daughter Jenny. Jenny is going to be twelve years old. A lot of Jenny’s friends are going to come to the party.

Mrs. Green is getting ready for the party. Mr. Green is helping her. He is putting the big birthday cake on the table. It’s a nice cake.

Now it’s five o’clock in the afternoon. Everything is ready. The party is going to begin in ten minutes.

1.Mrs. Green is going to give a birthday party for .

A. Mr. Green B. Mrs. Black C. Jenny

2. are going to come to the party.

A. Jenny’s friends B. Jenny’s teachers

C. Jenny’s uncles and aunts

3.What’s on the table?

A. Some fruit. B. A birthday cake. C. A lot of cards.

4. When is the party going to begin?

A. At 5:00 p.m. B. At 5:30 p.m. C. At 5:10 p.m.

5.Jenny is a girl.

A. 12-year-old B. 12- years-old C. 11-year-old

Once there was a parrot on sale in a pet store. It was a beautiful red and blue bird. It sat on a perch in the middle of the store, so that everyone could see it when they came in. The owner was very proud（自豪的） of it and asked a high price for it.

One day a man went into the store. “That's a beautiful bird,” he said to the pet store owner, “But why is it so expensive? Is it unusual（不同寻常的） bird?” “No, it's not very unusual. It's expensive because it can talk,” the pet store owner said.

“I see. How can I make it talk?” the man asked.

The pet store owner asked him, “Do you see those string tied to each of the bird's legs?”

“Yes,” the man answered.

“Well, you pull（拉） those strings（绳子）,” the pet store owner told him. “That will make the parrot talk.”

The man asked, “Do you mind（介意） if I try?”

“Not at all,” the pet store owner said.

The man walked up to the parrot and pulled the string on its left leg. The parrot said, “Good morning.” The man pulled the string on the parrot's right leg. This time the parrot said, “How are you today?”

“That's not very interesting,” said the man. “Any parrot could do that.” Then he laughed, “But what would happen if I pulled both strings at the same time?”

“I'll fall off my perch, you fool!” the parrot said.

1.The parrot was expensive because________.

A. it was pretty beautiful

B. it could talk with the people

C. it was a very unusual bird

D. it was in the middle of the store

2.The parrot would talk when _________.

A. people came into the pet store

B. it was the pet store owner

C. people said it was beautiful

D. people pulled the strings on its legs

3. Which is the first sentences that the parrot said to the man?

A. Good morning.

B. How are you?

C. That's wasn't interesting.

D. I'll fall off my perch, you fool.

4. From the story we know the parrot was_______.

A. kind B. silly C. clever D. crazy

5.The best title for the passage should be “_________”.

A. Unusual Parrot B. Parrot Talk C. Silly man D. Clever Owner

Do you often eat out？Do you often like to use disposable (一次性的) chopsticks？Do you think the chopsticks are safe？ 1.___________.

China produces 80 billion (十亿) pairs of such chopsticks every year. 2.________. Can you imagine how many trees have to be cut down every year？20 million. Can you imagine how old the trees are？20 years old.

Many people choose to use such chopsticks because they think they are cleaner. In fact，they're not safe. 3.__________

Several months ago, Huang Bo, a popular actor, wrote a message on his micro blog (微博)．4._________ Once he went to a restaurant with his friends. He tried to wash the disposable chopsticks. He was surprised to find the chopsticks turned the water yellow and gave off a bad smell.

That's true. The smell show that they may be dealt with sulphur (硫磺) and other chemicals (化学制品)． That's very bad for people's health.

5._________. It is not only good for our own health but also helpful to save the environment.

People from foreign countries have different body languages from us. Here are some 1. w_____ to welcome the visitors.

First, When they meet 2.t_____, people will shake hands and smile each other in China. However ,American people will kiss or 3.h_____ each other. In India people4. p_____ their hands together and nod their heads. In Russia, people usually kiss three 5. t_____. But Maori people in New Zealand often 6.t_____ noses to welcome the visitors.

Second, you can’t stand too close to North Americans. Remember to give them more 7. p_____ space. But in South America they like to 8. h_____ on to you so you can’t move away. In some places, it is polite to look at people when you talk. But in other countries, it is 9. i_____ to look at people. when you talk. Generally, we wave to say goodbye, but it is quite 10. r_____ in Greece. So when you have a trip to other countries, you should make use of the body language correctly!

33-year-old spacewoman Wang Yaping made history—she is China’s first teacher in space.

Wang Yaping taught Chinese primary and middle school students on Earth physics problems in the zero-gravity environment(失重环境).She prepared for the lecture for a long time.

Wang, born in January 1980, is from east China’s Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the People’s Liberation Army Air Force(空军)with experience of 1,600 hours of flying.

The world’s first teacher in space was Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the United States ,but the Space Shuttle Challenger（挑战者号）disintegrated(崩裂)after 73 seconds into flight on Jan.28,1986. McAuliffe and other six members were killed.

“Wang’s lecture was a pleasant surprise,” said Zhang Xiaguang, an astronaut in the three members of shenzhou 10 spacecraft.“________________(她无论做什么都很优秀).Sometimes we’d like to give her a helping hand ,but she just would not take the hand in help,”said Nie Haisheng.

Like many young Chinese people, Wang likes photography, music and basketball. She said ,“We are all students in facing the universe(宇宙)。We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical(神秘的)and beautiful universe.”

1.Who did Wang Yaping give the lecture to on physics problems in space?

2.What was Christa McAuliffe?

3.根据短文中所给汉语完成句子。

She ____ ＿＿ in whatever she does.

4.请把短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

5.请给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。

写作

假如你是小伟，你的室友大明昨天收到你朋友Maria的电话，她正在研究中国的节日文化，需要你的帮助。现在，请你根据大明所留的便条内容，给Maria回一封电子邮件. 信的开头和结尾已给出.

Xiaowei,

Your friend Maria made a phone call to you yesterday. She wants to know the traditional Chinese festival – the Lantern Festival. She wants you to tell her why we like it, when and how we spend it (tell her at least 3 activities), send an email to her at maria1988 @ gmail.com. Please ask her what they do during Christmas for me.

Daming.

注意：1) 80词左右；

2）表达完整、书写规范、卷面整洁；

3）提示词： sweet rice dumplings 汤圆； play with firecrackers燃放鞭炮

To: maria1988 @ gmail.com

From: Xiaowei

—The Internet has made communication much .

—I agree. For example, I can communicate with my friends on WeChat any time.

A、popular B、necessary

C、more convenient D、moreimportant

—Whom would you for the job?

—Tom, I think. He’s always careful and serious.

A、suggest B、remind C、rememberD、spread

—What did Tina say?

—Sorry, I didn’t ________what she said.

A、pay attention to B、get on with

C、look forward to D、deal with

Dear students, please read the passage carefully. _______you are, ____mistakes you’ll make.

A. The more carefully,the fewer

B. The more careful,the less

C. The more careful,the fewer

D. The more carefully,the less