M: What about your history class this afternoon, Millie?
W: We were supposed to have a history class, but Mr Johnson was ill 36 . So we had a geography class instead.
M: Your mother and I will go 37 on Saturday. Will you join us?
W: I’d like to, but I have to take an exam on Sunday. I think I’d better 38 at home and study. By the way, will you go climbing in the mountains?
M: Yes, why?
W: I know it’s summer 39 it can get quite cold in the mountains even in June, so bring a coat with you. You’ll need 40 in the early morning.
M: OK, we will.
W: We were supposed to have a history class, but Mr Johnson was ill 36 . So we had a geography class instead.
M: Your mother and I will go 37 on Saturday. Will you join us?
W: I’d like to, but I have to take an exam on Sunday. I think I’d better 38 at home and study. By the way, will you go climbing in the mountains?
M: Yes, why?
W: I know it’s summer 39 it can get quite cold in the mountains even in June, so bring a coat with you. You’ll need 40 in the early morning.
M: OK, we will.
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I do not need a calendar to tell me when it is winter. All I need is my nose. When I wake up in the morning and smell the tasty treats my mom is cooking downstairs, I know winter has arrived.
The first one is the smell of chocolate. During the holiday season (from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day) my mother makes her special hot chocolate. She always adds a peppermint candy cane (薄荷味拐棍糖) to the drink and tops it with cream.
The hot chocolate gets me out of bed, but it is my mother’s chocolate fudge (软糕) that makes me run downstairs. It is a thick chunk (块) of chocolate that tastes like heaven. My mother adds nuts. That gives it more texture (质感).
But my mother isn’t done yet. She also makes a treat she calls “window panes (窗玻璃)”. She takes a few different colored marshmallows (棉花糖) and melts them together with chocolate. The final product looks like a colorful church window, so we call it “window panes”.
These tasty holiday treats are usually eaten after a meal as a dessert. But don’t tell Santa Claus because I secretly eat them all day long.
【小题1】What wakes “me” up in the morning?
【小题2】 In the author’s eyes, the taste of the chocolate fudge is ____.
【小题3】With nuts, the chocolate fudge tastes _____.
【小题4】The “window panes” the author mentions refer to _____.
【小题5】Why does the author look forward to the winter?
The first one is the smell of chocolate. During the holiday season (from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day) my mother makes her special hot chocolate. She always adds a peppermint candy cane (薄荷味拐棍糖) to the drink and tops it with cream.
The hot chocolate gets me out of bed, but it is my mother’s chocolate fudge (软糕) that makes me run downstairs. It is a thick chunk (块) of chocolate that tastes like heaven. My mother adds nuts. That gives it more texture (质感).
But my mother isn’t done yet. She also makes a treat she calls “window panes (窗玻璃)”. She takes a few different colored marshmallows (棉花糖) and melts them together with chocolate. The final product looks like a colorful church window, so we call it “window panes”.
These tasty holiday treats are usually eaten after a meal as a dessert. But don’t tell Santa Claus because I secretly eat them all day long.
【小题1】What wakes “me” up in the morning?
| A．The alarm clock. | B．My mom. | C．The noise upstairs. | D．The smell of food. |
| A．terrible | B．wonderful | C．awful | D．so so |
| A．softer | B．sweeter | C．harder | D．hotter |
| A．special hot chocolate drink | B．decorations on the window |
| C．chocolate cake with fruits on it | D．a mixture of marshmallows and chocolate |
| A．There is plenty of time to play around. | B．The food his mom cooks is mouthwatering. |
| C．It’s great fun to play outdoors. | D．He can have a good rest during the winter. |
We wanted to study how students at our school spend money. In order to study this, we made some questions to ask our classmates. First, we asked our classmates how much money they spent in one month. Then we asked how much money they spent on things like drinks, music, books, movies, computer games, and other things. Our math teacher helped us make a graph of our classmates’ answers.
Then we thought it would be interesting to compare these answers with our classmates’ expenses from last year. We used their answers to make another graph for their expenses last year.
Looking at the two graphs, it is easy to compare the expenses for the two years. Some of their expenses increased, but others decreased. This was a very interesting project for us.
注：⑴ graph 图表 ⑵ expense消耗，消费
【小题1】 What did the students spend most of their money on?
【小题2】Which expense of the students’ stayed the same?
【小题3】What does the word “decrease” mean?
【小题4】What did the students spend the same money on last year?
【小题5】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the graph?
Then we thought it would be interesting to compare these answers with our classmates’ expenses from last year. We used their answers to make another graph for their expenses last year.
Looking at the two graphs, it is easy to compare the expenses for the two years. Some of their expenses increased, but others decreased. This was a very interesting project for us.
注：⑴ graph 图表 ⑵ expense消耗，消费
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【小题1】 What did the students spend most of their money on?
| A．Books. | B．Movies. | C．Drinks and snacks. | D．Computer games. |
| A．CDs. | B．Phone costs. | C．Others. | D．Transportation. |
| A．减少 | B．变化 | C．增加 | D．删除 |
| A．Books& Others | B．CDs & Movies | C．Movies & Books | D．all the above |
| A．Students spent the least money on e-mail and phone costs this year. |
| B．Students spent the same money on movies and transportation this year. |
| C．The expenses on e-mails and phones increased from 10% to 16% this year. |
| D．The expenses on others decreased from 9% to 4% this year. |
Many children love to play with snow in winter. But Long Chuan has come to hate it.
This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (电) tower and turned tap water to ice.
Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water. “I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school. I can’t remember how many times I slipped (滑倒) on the hard ice, ” said Long Chuan.
Long is not alone. This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity. The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people. They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.
Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms. During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) near the equator (赤道) becomes colder than usual. It changes the weather around the world.
Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter. The special climate caused the recent flooding (洪水) in Australia, too.
However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment (环境). Global warming (全球变暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.
【小题1】What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?
【小题2】During the snowstorms this year, Long Chuan __________.
【小题3】The heavy snow ____________ this year.
【小题4】We can tell from the story that __________ .
【小题5】The passage tells people around the world ___________.
This year his hometown suffered from snowstorms (遭受暴风雪) for nearly a month. The heavy snow stopped cars and trains, broke the electricity (电) tower and turned tap water to ice.
Every day Long Chuan had to walk several kilometers to carry drinking water. “I couldn’t ride a bike and it took me 3 hours to walk to school. I can’t remember how many times I slipped (滑倒) on the hard ice, ” said Long Chuan.
Long is not alone. This year millions of people in central and southern China had a freezing winter without enough water and electricity. The biggest snowstorms in 50 years killed more than 100 people. They also cost the country 111.1 billion yuan.
Experts (专家) say a special type of climate condition (气候条件), La Nina, caused the storms. During a La Nina, the water in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) near the equator (赤道) becomes colder than usual. It changes the weather around the world.
Besides China, Canada, the US and Middle Eastern countries also met with heavy snowstorms this winter. The special climate caused the recent flooding (洪水) in Australia, too.
However, experts say that people have destroyed the environment (环境). Global warming (全球变暖) may be causing these terrible weather events to happen more and more often.
【小题1】What took place in Long Chuan’s hometown last winter?
| A．Earthquake. | B．Flooding. | C．Traffic Accident. | D．Heavy snowstorms. |
| A．had to walk to carry drinking water | B．had to ride a bike to school |
| C．couldn’t go to school on foot | D．couldn’t play with snow |
| A．killed millions of Chinese | B．cost China 111.1 billion yuan |
| C．used too much electricity | D．lasted more than three hours |
| A．China is the only country which suffered from the heavy snow |
| B．La Nina is said to have caused the snowstorms |
| C．La Nina also caused hot summer in Australia |
| D．the snowstorms have nothing to do with global warming |
| A．to wear more clothes in winter | B．to stop riding bikes on the hard ice |
| C．to protect (保护) the environment | D．to save water and electricity |
根据句子意思，从方框中选择恰当的词或短语填空。
1. The sports star Liu Xiang may run even _______ after being operated on his foot in the USA.
2. Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese man to ________ on Saturday, September 27, 2008.
3. The Chinese word "Shanzhai" is now used to describe products that have names ________ famous brands or people who imitate celebrities.
4. A witness reported that he was ________ and had blood on his shirt.
5. She had put most of her effort into ballet training before ________ the film industry.
6. I’m afraid she doesn’t want to write to me ________.
7. It’s important for us junior students to spent some time on our ________.
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2. Zhai Zhigang became the first Chinese man to ________ on Saturday, September 27, 2008.
3. The Chinese word "Shanzhai" is now used to describe products that have names ________ famous brands or people who imitate celebrities.
4. A witness reported that he was ________ and had blood on his shirt.
5. She had put most of her effort into ballet training before ________ the film industry.
6. I’m afraid she doesn’t want to write to me ________.
7. It’s important for us junior students to spent some time on our ________.
