阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题并按要求完成第4、5两小题。

　　Recently, more and more people pay attention to eating healthily．Some food additives(添加剂)are used to make different kinds of foods．Some of them can make the food more delicious and some of them can make it colorful．But lots of chemicals are used to produce what we eat every day．

　　Sudan red is a kind of chemical that factories used it to dye cloth, make the shoes brighter．But some people produced salted duck eggs with it．However, it isn’t a kind of food additive．The food made from Sudan red makes it easier to cause cancer．Melamine(三聚氰胺)is another kind of chemical that are banned(禁止)．It’s white crystal(晶体), which was discovered by a German chemist called Sustus Von Liebig in 1834．Melamine can be used to make paper, medicine and woods, ect．But nobody can imagine that some people used it as a material of milk powder(粉末)．Because of melamine, it’s reported that 4 babies died and more than 50 thousand babies are affected since 2008．Sanlu, a famous milk powder factory was closed．What’s worse, milk powder with melamine appeared in 2011 again．Problems of food safety, for example, poisonous rice, lean meat powder(瘦肉精)and plasticizers(塑化剂)are becoming more and more serious．

　　Fortunately, lots of laws have been made to make the solution(解决方法)better．We think we will eat more healthily in the future．

1．Can the food additives make the food colorful and more delicious?

2．What is Sudan red?

3．When was melamine discovered?

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阅读下面短文，根据所给语境，按要求完成下列各题。

　　A boy carefully led his blind father to a seat in a noodle restaurant．

　　He called loudly for two bowls of beef noodles．When the restaurant owner was about to perpare the food, the boy suddenly beckoned(摇摇手)to him and whispered(小声说), “Only one bowl with beef, the other without－just plain noodles．”

　　(A)Actually the boy had a light purse and couldn’t afford two bowls of beef noodles．He called just for his father to know．

　　When the noodles were served, the father wasn’t in a hurry；he used his chopsticks to search in his bowl, trying to find a slice of beef．As soon as he succeeded in finding one, he picked it up and put it into his son’s bowl, saying one, he picked it up and put it into his son’s bowl, saying kindly,(B)“Eat some more．Have enough food so as to study well．”

　　The boy accepted silently and then stealthily(悄悄地)put the beef back to his father’s bowl．

　　Moved by what they had done, the restaurant owner hinted(暗示)to a waiter to bring them a small side dish from the kitchen．The boy took him for sending to a wrong table, but the owner came up explaining with a smile．“Today is my restaurant’s anniversary(周年纪念日)．The dish is on the house．”

　　After the father and son left, the owner cleared the bowls from the table and found some coins under one of them．The sum is just the price of the dish．

1．把短文中的画线部分(A)改为同义句。

In fact, the boy didn’t have _________ money to _________ two bowls of beef noodles．

2．把短文中的画线部分(B)翻译成汉语。

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3．从短文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子。

The dish is free．_________．

阅读短文，按要求完成题目。

　　Is there anything more important that health? I don’t think so．“Health is the greatest wealth．” Wise people say．You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill．

　　If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor．

　　The doctor will examine your throat, feel you pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed．

　　Speaking about the doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story．

　　An old gentleman came to see a doctor．The man was ill badly．He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs．The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease．

　　The doctor told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest．He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks．On the other hand, the doctor advised him to follow the rule：“Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is．” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day．

　　A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office．He looked cheerful and happy．He thanked the doctor, and said that he had never felt a healthier man．

　　“But you know, doctor．” He said．“It’s not easy to begin smoking at my age．”

1．What is the most important according to the passage?

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2．What does “run a high temperature” mean in English?

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3．What will a doctor do when you tell him or her that you don’t feel well?

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4．Did the doctor think there was any medicine for the old gentleman’s disease?

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5．How was the old man at last?

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阅读理解

　　My version(视力)is getting worse．I can’t even see what is five feet away from me without glasses．①我拒绝戴眼镜，though I know I need to．I’m afraid they will make me look ugly．Besides, I can do well without them．These were my thoughts two years ago, when I was in the sixth grade．An embarrassing experience taught me that what I was thinking was wrong．

　　②School has been out for two months．I was going to junior high school soon, where I was sure that looks are everything．So the question still remained there．Should I, Or should I not, wear glasses? The question was still in my mind when my family and I attended a wedding(婚礼)late in the summer．

　　During the wedding, I drank too much juice．Soon after it ended, I walked quickly to the bathroom．Since it was an emergency(紧急)and I couldn’t clearly see which door was ③marked boys．I just opened the nearest door and entered the restroom．

　　Unluckily, I had entered the wrong restroom．But I didn’t know this until I heard a scream(尖叫声)coming from the entrance when I was washing my hands．

　　After that, I decided to wear the ugly-looking glasses．I didn’t really ④care about what people thought of me any more, because I never wanted to enter the wrong bathroom again．

　　On the first day of seventh grade, ⑤my friends didn’t make fun of me．Instead they gave me compliments．They thought the glasses made me look more cute and more natural．

　　So if you know something is right, just do it．⑥It doesn’t matter what others think of you．All that matters is what you think of yourself－and that you can see where you are going!

1．(A)试写出文中③处划线部分mark的汉语意思：_________．

(B)用一个适当的英语单词替代文中④处划线部分care about：_________．

2．根据文中①处的汉语提示，用英语将句子补充完整：_________．

3．写出文中②处划线部分的同义句：School _________　_________ two months ago．

4．将文中⑤处划线部分合并成一句：

My friends gave me compliments _________　_________　_________ fun of me．

5．将文中⑥处的划线部分翻译成汉语：_________．

Reading Comprehension

　　Answer the questions according to the following passage．

　　It is widely accepted that television is playing an important part in people's lives．But, there is a heated discussion as to whether television does good or harm．

　　Television keeps one learning more about present events, allows one to follow the most recent developments in politics and science, and offers various programs which are．both instructive and exciting．The most distant countries, the strangest customs and the most attractive scenes of nature are brought right into one's room or house．

　　However, some people insist that television is bad rather than good．They argue that it has brought about many serious problems．The major one is its effects on young people．Children are now so used to getting their information and entertainment from television that their ability to read and write as well as physical ability has been greatly weakened．Even worse than that, vulgar(庸俗的)advertisements and poor programs may develop their bad tastes, shape their view points badly towards human life to such a degree that their minds might be destroyed．

　　In a word, television has both advantages and disadvantages．Whatever effects it has, one point is certain, television in itself is neither good nor bad．It is the use to which it is put that decides its value to society．

1．What are people discussing nowadays?

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2．What are the advantages television has brought us ?(至少2点)

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3．Why do some people think television is bad rather than good?

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4．It is the use to which it is put that decides its value to society．

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5．What's your opinion about television?

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阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

Give water, save lives

　　A bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bottles will be of great help for people who live in drought-hit(遭受旱灾)areas in China．

　　Since last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China．Some places, especially in Yunnan．Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, have experienced a serious drought．Crops(庄稼)died, the land cracked, and wells(井)and rivers dried up．More than 20 million people are having difficulty in finding safe drinking water．

　　After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water, money and other things．

　　Last week, every member of the Communist Youth League(共青团员)and Young Pioneers(少先队员)were encouraged to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas．Students in primary schools and middle schools quickly joined the activity．In Yuhua Primary School in Xi' an, 900 students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money．They also wrote their wishes on the bottles．

　　The serious drought has also made students realize the importance of saving water．

　　Students from Nanshan Middle School in Huizhou in Guangdong went on the street to tell people to take part in water-saving activities．

　　“I've heard that some children in drought-hit areas don' t have enough drinking water．They have to drink muddy(含有泥土的)water．I feel really sad about that," said one student．“I decide to take a shower twice a week instead of every day to save water．”he said．

1．Why did a serious drought happen in Southwest China?

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2．What does the underlined(划线的)word "cracked" probably mean in Chinese?

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3．What did people do after learning about the drought?

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4．Is a bottle of water helpful for the people in drought-hit areas?

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5．What can you learn from the passage?

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阅读短文，回答问题

　　Do you know the pretty girl? Her name is Tian Wei．She was born on April 5, 1986．She was from Beijing．She had two big eyes and short hair．She was good at Chinese．And she loved writing．

　　She was unlucky．When she was in Grade 8, she was seriously ill．Her doctor said she would lose her life anytime．But she wasn't afraid of death．She kept on studying and writing．She died on August 13, 2007．She smiled till the end of her life．

　　Tian Wei had a great dream．She hoped that people could read her book in the bookshops．In March, 2009, her only book Hua Tian Ban Mu came out．it had more than 5(X)thousand words．In her book she said, " I'm always aching(疼痛)．if possible, I'll let my right eye weep(哭泣)but the other one smile．"

1．What did Tian Wei do well in?

______________________．

2．Did she love writing?

______________________

3．What happened to Tian Wei when she was in Grade 8?

______________________

4．When did the book Hua Tian Ban Mu come out?

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5．How many words did the book Hua Tian Ban Mu have?

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阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

　　Once upon a time there lived a poor farmer called Smith．He didn't like to share things with others．Smith had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew．[来源：学科网]

　　One day, his friend gave Smith a young apple tree and told him to take it home and planted．The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home, he did not know where to plant

　　He thought and thought．Finally at night he planted the tree in his wood where no one could see it．But without sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died．

　　Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place．

　　"What's the difference? " the farmer said angrily．"If I had planted it near the road, strangers would have stolen the fruit．If I had planted it in one of my fields, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples．If I had planted it near my house, my own children would have taken the fruit,"

　　"Yes," said the friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit．Now you not only have got nothing, but also you have destroyed a good apple tree．"

1．Was Smith happy about the gift?

2．When did he plant the apple tree?

3．Where did Smith plant the apple tree in the end?

4．Why did the apple tree soon die?

5．What would probably happen if the farmer had planted the tree near his house?

阅读下面的材料，然后根据材料内容回答所提问题。

“Who did this？”asked Miss Green．

　　There were 30 children in the classroom and all were trying to think about not only what they did, but also what our teacher already knew．

　　“Who broke this window?”

　　“Uh, Oh．”I thought．I was the one who broke the window with a football．I did not mean to do it．I would be in a lot of trouble．How could I pay for a big window like that? I didn't want to put up my hand．But I had to tell the truth．So, I put up my hand and told the teacher I broke the window．

　　Miss Green went to the bookshelf and took down a book．

　　“I know how you like birds, Peter．”She said．“Here is a book about birds and the book is yours now．I will not punish you this time．But Peter, you should remember that I am rewarding(奖赏)you for your honesty(诚实), not for breaking the window．”

　　I couldn't believe it! The teacher didn't punish me and I was getting my very favorite book．Now, I still use that book, and it always reminds me of(使我想起)the lesson my teacher taught me．

　　Honesty is always best．

1．Who broke the window?

2．How many children were in the classroom?

3．Where did Miss Green take down the book?

4．What was the book about?

5．What can we learn from the story?

阅读短文，然后推据短文内容．简要回答下列问题。

　　Have you seen the videos on TV? Do you wear large T-skirts and baggy jeans? Or have you heard someone rap(说唱)? Hip-Hop is very hot now．

　　Hip-Hop music was started in the middle of the 1970s by African Americans in New York．The music, break-dancing(霹雳舞)and graffiti(涂鸦)make up Western Hip-Hop culture．Most of the Hip-Hop songs are about love, jobs or even games．

　　Usually in rap, singers speak words very quickly to a certain beat．Most of the words are fun．Singers play off words to make fun of themselves or others．Hip-Hop music has few rules．Singers just do what they think and rap it out in a clever or creative(创造性的)way．It makes a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music．Many of them like wearing large T-shirts and baggy jeans．Famous rap and Hip-Hop stars include Eminem in the US．and Jay Chou from China．

　　Today Hip-Hop is more and more popular across most of the world．

1．Is Hip-Hop very hot now?

2．When was Hip-Hop music started?

3．What are most of the Hip-Hop songs about?

4．Does Hip-Hop have many rules or few rules?

5．Why do a lot of teenagers fall in love with the music?