Do you have a smartphone? If so, there is a good way for you to learn English: listening to podcasts(播客)!

Podcasts are made by people from all over the world. You can find them easily on the Internet. There are all kinds of podcasts. Some are about music. Some are about interesting stories. Some are about language learning. Most of the podcasts are free, so you can choose what you are interested in and keep listening.

The other advantage(优点)of listening to podcasts is that you can do it almost any time. You can do it when you are walking to school, or when you are running in the playground. You can do it even when you are going to bed. In this way, your English will improve a lot before you know it.

If you want to improve your English by listening to podcasts, here is something you need to remember. First, do not listen to podcasts when you are riding a bike. That's too dangerous! Second, make sure the sound of your smartphone is not too loud. The loud sound is bad for your hearing.

1.The writer tells a way of learning English by .

A. listening B. speaking C. reading D. writing

2.We can find podcasts .

A. in the book B. in the library

C. on the Internet D. in the MP3 player

3.According to the passage, there is(are) advantages of listening to podcasts.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 4 D. 5

4.We should not listen to podcasts when riding a bike because it is .

A. impossible B. boring C. difficult D. unsafe

Where did you go during the summer holiday? You may have visited Tsinghua and Peking Universities(大学). And you weren't alone. This summer, lots of tourists travelled to these two universities. Tsinghua University opens to the public(公众)at 8:30 a.m., however, many people start to line up at 3-4 a.m., because people who come at 6 a.m. will be too late and can only enter in the afternoon. In fact, it's not only Chinese universities that are overcrowded(过度拥挤的)in summer. Cambridge and Oxford in the United Kingdom also come across the same problem. The road in front of King's College. Cambridge is usually filled with tourists, including Chinese schoolchildren in uniforms. Universities in the United States are also popular among Chinese tourists. Nine out of ten Chinese visitors to the US want to visit a university. So why do Chinese tourists have such a big love for famous universities? One reason is that many parents hope to get their children admitted to a top university in the future. Wang Sicong, 31, who comes from Xi'an, visited two famous US universities in 2014. "American universities are different from Chinese ones. There are no walls," he told The New York Times. "I am happy. I feel this urge(冲动)to have a free exchange of ideas with someone."

1.Which university isn't mentioned(提到的)in the article?

A. Tsinghua University. B. Nanjing University.

C. Cambridge University. D. Oxford University.

2.What can you learn from the article?

A. Universities abroad(在国外)are crowded(拥挤)with people.

B. People visit universities because they will enter(进入)these universities.

C. Only students and parents like travelling to universities.

D. Chinese universities are better than the universities abroad.

3.What is the story mainly about?

A. Some students further study in American and England.

B. Some students study in Peking and Tsinghua Universities.

C. People always enjoy travelling abroad.

D. People love travelling to famous universities.

4.What does the underlined word "admitted" most probably mean?

A. 吸引 B. 录取 C. 旅游 D. 关注

Jeff and Alison had been married for a year. When people came to visit them, they always said how tidy and clean the house was, and if they stayed for dinner, it was always very tasty. Alison was a good cook and housekeeper.

One day, Alison told her friend Sue, "Jeff is a very nice man, but he is very picky(挑剔的). He always wants his dinner cooked just the right way. He makes a face if it is not right. And he hates it if there is any dirt anywhere in the house. He gets angry if the dishes are not cleaned as soon as dinner is over. His tea is never right either. It's always too strong or too weak. He is terribly picky."

That Friday night at dinner, Jeff put some salt on his vegetables.

Alison said, "Not enough salt? There is always something wrong, isn't there? You're so picky!"

"It's always tasty," said Jeff "I'm really enjoying it."

She gave him a cup of tea. Jeff looked at it.

"Is the tea all right?" she asked.

"Yes, dear," said Jeff: "It's just right."

"That's lucky," said Alison. "You're so picky about your tea!"

Jeff didn't think he was picky at all.

The next day Jeff came home while Alison was talking to Sue. Alison didn't hear Jeff come in and kept on talking.

"He didn't like the dinner I cooked last night," he heard her say. "He said he liked it but I know he didn't. I could see it on his face. He is so picky."

Jeff was surprised. He had enjoyed his dinner last night and had told Alison the truth. As he came into the room, he heard her say, "He had been picky for as long as I have known him."

"I haven't always been that picky," he told Alison, "One year ago I chose you to be my wife"

1.How would you describe Jeff and Alison's marriage?

A. They always fought. B. They didn't understand each other very well.

C. They loved each other deeply. D. They never talked.

2.Alison thought that her husband .

A. didn't like many things B. was too quiet

C. tried to be friendly to strangers D. worked very hard

3.What does the underlined phrase "makes a face" mean in the passage?

A. Jeff is not sure about the dinner. B. Jeff doesn't like the dinner.

C. Jeff thinks the dinner is nice. D. Jeff wants more of the dinner.

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

A. True love B. A picky husband

C. Understanding . D. How to cook for your husband

根据括号中的要求改写下列句子，并将答案写在答题卷上。

1.Our city is very beautiful in spring.(对划线部分提问)

What does your city ________ ________ in spring?

2.You can't stop working hard.(同义句转换)

You must ________ ________ hard.

3.I will not tell it to anybody.(改为同义句)

I will ________ it ________.

4.On my way home, there was something wrong with my car and it couldn’t move.(同义句转换)

On my way home, my car ________.

5.Bats usually eat small insects(昆虫).(改为同义句)

Bats ________ ________ small insects.

句子翻译

1.英语是一门有趣的外语。

2.我希望今天每个人都能玩得愉快。

3.多彩的学校生活让学生们很开心。

4.在那一刻，找到出路对你很重要。

5.她建议我不要对坏人抱有同情心。

阅读表达

Bitwalking is an invention by a small company in London. To make people walk more, this new app on the mobile phone is paying people, which is based on(在…基础上)their daily walking steps.

With this app, walkers can earn one "Bitwalking dollar" for about 1000 steps (about 8 kilometers). Three bitwalking dollars can be earned by one person per day at most. The money people earned can be spent on online shopping sites(地点)or exchanged for cash(现金).

One idea behind the app is to make people healthier. But the designers also have another goal: to improve people's lives. In poor countries, people have to walk far to work, or to school, or simply to collect water. Workers in the countryside earn less than one dollar a day. By walking around with the Bitwalking app, they could earn three times more.

The company has also set up Bitwalking centers in some poor areas. At the centers, local people will learn how to use the Bitwalking dollars or trade(交易)them for cash. Bitwalking is really helping to change lives.

1.How many Bitwalking dollars can one people get at most every day?

2.What is the goal of Bitwalking?

3.Do you think we middle school students can use this app? Why?

书面表达

以“My favorite season”为题，根据以下提示，可适当发挥，写一篇90词左右的小短文。

提示:

1、最喜欢的季节是春季;

2、春季是万物生长的季节。树叶变绿，百花盛开(in full bloom)，蜂飞蝶舞;

3、气候温暖，舒适。温度在10度到20度之间，人们不必穿太多衣服。有时下雨;

4、活动:放风筝、种树。

My favorite season

--Tony, hand in your homework, please.

--Oh, sorry. I it at home this morning.

A. was leaving B. has forgotten

C. will forget D. left

---Is Richard still living here?

--No, he to Paris.

A. had moved B. moved

C. has moved D. will move

—How do you improve speaking skills?

— to the tape and repeating.

A. By listening B. By hearing

C. Listen D. With listening