Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist. She studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises made by Mlaika, a 10-year-old elephant, after sunset.

Mlaika lived near a highway. Dr. Poole says, "I could not tell the difference between Mlaika's call and the distant (远处的) truck noise." She and other scientists studied Mlaika's sounds. It turned out that Mlaika was copying the sounds of the trucks driving by. Why would Mlaika copy trucks that she heard going by on the highway? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy practicing new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds. That may be why an elephant would copy the sound of a truck.

"Mlaika was not the only copycat elephant," Dr. Poole says. Calimero is a 23-year-old male (雄性的) African elephant. He spent 18 years with two female (雌性的) Asian elephants. Asian elephants make chirping sounds (sounds made by birds) to talk with another. African elephants usually do not make chirping sounds. But Calimero now does. He is copying his Asian elephant friends. Dr. Poole says that elephants need to form bonds with their family and friends. She says, "They make sounds to communicate with each other. When they are separated, they use sounds to keep in touch.”

Parrots, dolphins, humans and elephants show that being copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.

【1】According to the passage, what does Mlaika copy?

A.The sound of people.B.The sounds of trucks.C.The sounds of birds.

【2】Why is Calimero mentioned in the passage?

A.To show the cleverness of African elephants.

B.To introduce a special life skill of Asian elephants.

C.To add another example of copycat elephants.

【3】From Para 4, we can know________.

A.how Asian and African elephants are alike.

B.why the African elephant can make chirping sounds.

C.why the Asian elephants make noises after sunset.

【4】What does underlined word “bonds” mean?

A.发带B.乐队C.纽带

【5】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.Elephants are also copycats.B.What an elephant can do.C.The sounds of elephants.

【1】Daniel, who works in the center of the city, wants to buy a house with 2 bedrooms, he'd better choose________.

A.Sunshine ApartmentB.SeaviewC.Diamond House

【2】Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Diamond House has a history of less than18 years.

B.Seaview is the second nearest from the city center.

C.Sunshine Apartment is less expensive than Diamond House.

A. because B. invention C. name D. grew E. was determined to

For 14 years, Michael Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls. He won “Most valuable Player” five times. His nickname is “Air” Jordan 【1】 he jumps high into the air. He was born on February 17th, 1963. He has two brothers and two sisters. When he was a child, Michael played baseball. Later he played basketball for his school. He 【2】 very tall — 1.98 metres. At university, he was not put in the basketball team. He 【3】 do better. He practiced hour after hour. He thought about seeing his 【4】 on the list of players. At last, he was chosen for the team.

A. happily B. captain C. famous D. a lot of E. joined

In 1984, Michael Jordan was college player of the year. He also won a gold medal in the 1984 summer Olympics.

After that, he 【5】 the Chicago Bulls. They weren’t a very good team then. But Michael became 【6】 of his team, and they won the NBA championship in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

He started a training camp for some young people to learn basketball. And now he also gives 【7】 time and money to charities for children. He is a very 【8】 man in the USA.

Gary, the goose and his sister, Lucy, were playing in the pond one day when their parents called them to the bank. “We have to get ready to leave," said Gary's mother, as she looked up into the sky." Where are we going? 【1】", cried Lucy. "We will be back, dear," said Gary's mother, "but when the weather gets cold, we have to fly south for the winter.”

“Every year all of our friends and family south for the winter and then return in the spring,” Gary’s father explained to the twins." 【2】" Gary and Lucy decided to start packing and the family flew south the next day.

The family soon arrived at their winter home, just in time for the birthday party.【3】Guy and Lucy had a great time at the party, but they were still sad about leaving their old friends, Mr. Frog and Miss Fish. Gary and Lucy's parents encouraged the twins to make some new friends, so they went off to the local pond. When Gary and Lucy got there, they saw colors and animals they had never seen!

One day, a bright colored fish swam up to Lucy and said hello. Lucy did not say anything, so the fish said, "Are you new around here?" Lucy looked down at the fish and said, "How can you tell?" The fish smiled and said “【4】" Lucy told the fish her story and before long, the two began talking about the beautiful weather. Lucy introduced her new friend to her brother and the three became best friends.

A.All of their family and friends were there!

B.Mr. Frog and Miss Fish are looking forward to meeting you.

C.Why are we leaving our home?

D.I have never seen you around here and you look sad.

E.And it is expected that we will be there in time for your cousin’s birthday.

(It's the first time for Nancy and Lily meet each other.)

A: How do you do? I'm Lily.

B: 【1】? I'm Nancy.

A: Nice to meet you, Nancy. The summer holiday is coming. Where are you going?

B: I'm going to Mount Heng in Nanyue.

A: That sounds great. 【2】

B: About three days.

A: 【3】?

B: It's less than an hour's drive from Hengyang City.

A: 【4】?

B: Yes, it's very beautiful and amazing. And many tourists go there for holidays every year.

A: Oh, I see. 【5】?

B: I'll go with my parents.

—________.

A.So Helen does.B.So does HelenC.Also is Helen.

Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans' education. 1. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

Benjamin Franklin famously founded America's first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800s. Businessman Andrew Camegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. 2. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have chances to read.

If you can easily find a public library in your community, you'll get more opportunities. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing and seven tenths of the them have free Internet. 3. It provides much more information and chances to ask for jobs online.

Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program "Read! Build! Play!" adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images (图像) from the story happily. 4. 如今的图书馆总是在找寻有创意的项且来吸引人.

Benjamin Franklin once said, "The doors of wisdom are never shut." 5. 只要公共图书馆的门是开着的,他所选的是正确的.

【1】______________________________________________

【2】______________________________________________

【3】______________________________________________

【4】______________________________________________

【5】______________________________________________

Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a“ green account(绿色账户)”service for people. Account holders get points by correctly sorting their garbage. Through the Alipay app, they can exchange the points for milk, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of its people to sort their garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.

Wet waste is also known as household waste. “They are things you don’t want but that pigs can eat,” Guangzhou Daily explained. Paper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste. Harmful waste includes things like medicine, batteries and fluorescent bulbs(荧光灯泡).Finally, any waste that’s not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the “dry waste” bin.

Many other Chinese cities are also using this method to sort their garbage. For example, Shenzhen has been sorting its garbage into the same four groups since 2012. Students there also receive waste-sorting guidebooks that they must study.

China is improving its waste-sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go. But it’s never too late to learn how to sort your trash properly and protect the environment.

If you don’t sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill(垃圾填埋场) and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could have been used for planting trees or crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, can pollute the soil and groundwater. Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.

【1】How can we deal with all kinds of home rubbish?

A.We can throw them away freely.B.We can sort them separately.

C.We can throw them all into one bin.D.We can pack them all.

【2】How many groups is Shanghai asking people to sort their garbage?

A.ThreeB.FourC.FiveD.Six

【3】How is Shanghai encouraging people to sort their garbage?

A.By paying people to sort their trash correctly.

B.By providing its people with guidebooks to help them.

C.By allowing people to exchange garbage with each other.

D.By creating a “green account” service for people with the help of Alipay.

【4】Things below are harmful waste Except ________.

A.metalB.batteriesC.bulbsD.medicine

【5】Which is true about rubbish sorting in China according to this passage?

A.Landfills are a great way of dealing with garbage.

B.It’s too late to teach people how to sort trash properly.

C.Shenzhen has started its garbage sorting system since 2012.

D.People in Shenzhen don’t need to sort garbage.

A few weeks later the little tree looked up again. The other trees were growing and he was still no bigger. He blamed(责备) the lack of sunlight and moved to a sunnier place.

Time and time again, the little tree found more reasons for his not growing. He moved from point to point, always picking up his root, always moving and always searching for the right soil, water, fertilizer(肥料), sunshine and other more favorable（适合的） conditions. And he stayed little. The other trees stayed in one place and built strong roots. Their branches（树枝） grew. And the little tree still stayed little.

【1】The little tree was smaller than any other tree around him.

【2】At first, the little tree moved to another part of the garden to search for more sunlight.

【3】After the moving, the little tree stayed little.

【4】The other trees grew bigger and stronger because they had more favorable conditions.

【5】The story mainly tells if we don't have good conditions of living and working, we won’t make any progress.

At the beginning of this term, my P.E. teacher suggested that I should take part in the marathon (马拉松赛跑). 【1】 In order to encourage me, he said that if I took part in the race, I would get the highest score for the term’s P.E. class. So I decided to have a try because I had nothing to lose.

I prepared for the race carefully. 【2】 and after school, I practiced running with other runners on the sports ground. I even had the special diet for athletes. I hoped that the special diet could help me get the better results.

When the day of the marathon came, I was nervous. As usual, I got up in the morning, had my breakfast, and listened to some music. Then my father drove me to the sports ground, for the marathon race was going to take place there in an hour. 【3】 They knew how important this race for me and how much effort I had put into preparation.

My competitors looked like athletes. 【4】 However, when I started to run, I thought only about the race. As I paid attention to the race itself, I did not remember when I passed the other runners. 【5】 I was happy that I won the race. I learnt that success always comes out of hard work.

A.I was afraid that I would be last.

B.Suddenly I realized that I had come first.

C.I ran every day in the morning before school

D.They were quite friendly to me.

E.I was surprised because I was never a good runner.

F.All my family wished me good luck.

G.I was shy at first.