Dear Alice,
I just received your letter. And I was very surprised to know that you decided to drop out of school and wanted to be a model （模特）.
Being a model for a living is not easy. In fact, a famous person like me has a lot of problems that you couldn’t see. I can’t eat what I like, even though I’m very hungry. Keeping thin makes me look more beautiful on the stage because no one would like to see a heavy model.
Besides, I have to wear a heavy coat in the hot sun, in a swimming suit in the cold air. And practicing walking nicely every day is tiring for me.
You might say I made much money from modeling. But my dear niece （侄女）, you have to know that money is, nothing, knowledge is everything. School is important and everyone should go to school for a certain period of time. The longer they stay at school, the better they will be. Very often, I hope I can give up my job and continue my studies at school. But it is very difficult for me to go back to school again. I am too old to go back to school now.
You are a pretty young girl with a bright future. You only have one year to finish your studies in high school. A year is really short. Please do consider my words carefully before you decide. Of course, there is only one thing I care about, and that is your happiness.
Love,
Emma

  1. 1.

    What was Emma surprised about?

    1. A.
      Alice wanted to keep thin
    2. B.
      Alice decided not to do modeling
    3. C.
      Alice ate too much and became a heavy girl
    4. D.
      Alice decided not to finish her studies at school
  2. 2.

    Emma can’t go back to school again, because ______.

    1. A.
      she is tired of being a student
    2. B.
      she wants to make more money from modeling
    3. C.
      she is so old that she has missed the best time in school
    4. D.
      she has done a good job and makes a lot of money as a model
  3. 3.

    How long does Alice still have to study in high school?

    1. A.
      One year
    2. B.
      Two years
    3. C.
      Three years
    4. D.
      The longer, the better
  4. 4.

    Emma only cares about______.

    1. A.
      Alice’s beauty
    2. B.
      Alice’s happiness
    3. C.
      Alice’s age
    4. D.
      Alice’s swimming suit
  5. 5.

    From the letter we know that ______.

    1. A.
      Emma is a famous model
    2. B.
      Emma likes being a model for a living
    3. C.
      Alice will go on her studies in high school
    4. D.
      Emma can eat what she likes when she is very hungry

A 5R Rule for Environment
1. Reduce(减少)
If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste.
2. Reuse（再利用）
You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.
3. Recycle（回收）
Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed(打碎) flat and melted(融化) and the metal things are made for new coke cans.
4. Recover （恢复）
When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten apples, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and use the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.
5. Repair（修补）
If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a “throw—away” society, but the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best

  1. 1.

    The “Reduce” rule mainly requires(要求) us ______

    1. A.
      to use things wisely
    2. B.
      to cut down many trees
    3. C.
      to use less paper
  2. 2.

    The right order of recycling coke cans is ______.
    a. collect the used cans   b. melt them    c. smash them flat   d. send them to a factory

    1. A.
      a b c d
    2. B.
      a d c b
    3. C.
      d b c a
  3. 3.

    The “Recover” rule mainly requires us ______

    1. A.
      to throw waste thing away
    2. B.
      to cover waste thing with the earth
    3. C.
      to get back the useful parts
  4. 4.

    ______ is the best way to do with your broken tables

    1. A.
      Throwing them away
    2. B.
      Repairing them
    3. C.
      Putting them away
  5. 5.

    According to the passage, ______ can not be reused

    1. A.
      clothes
    2. B.
      shoes
    3. C.
      rotten apples

This weekend Bob and his friends went to a mountain. When they got there, they put up their tents(帐篷) and then rode their horses to the forest to see how the trees were growing.
In the afternoon, when they were going back, it started to snow. Then minutes later, they couldn’t find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp(营地), and the other went to his house. But all was white now. Everything was the same. How could he and his friends go back to the camp? Soon Bob had an idea. Maybe the horses could help them. They can let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That was going to be a long trip.
It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? No one could tell. Bob looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

  1. 1.

    Bob and his friends went to the forest to _________

    1. A.
      put up their camp
    2. B.
      find their way home
    3. C.
      look at the mountain in the snow
    4. D.
      see the trees
  2. 2.

    Bob and his friends couldn’t find their way back because ________

    1. A.
      there was only one road to the camp
    2. B.
      they didn’t know where they were
    3. C.
      there were no roads in the mountain at all
    4. D.
      the white snow covered(覆盖) everything
  3. 3.

    The horses stopped because _________

    1. A.
      it was getting late
    2. B.
      they were tired after running for a long way
    3. C.
      they knew that they got to the camp
    4. D.
      they saw Bob’s house
  4. 4.

    The story happened __________

    1. A.
      on a cold winter day
    2. B.
      on a dark rainy evening
    3. C.
      at their school
    4. D.
      in summer

完形填空
Once a man wanted to go 1one side of a river to2in a boat. He3　 take4him a sheep, a wolf and a basket of vegetables. But he could take only one of them5, because the boat was very6. “If I7the wolf and the sheep together, the wolf may eat the sheep,” he said to8.“If I leave the sheep and the vegetables together, the sheep may eat the vegetables.” He thought and thought. At last, he had an idea. And he9 able to get to the other side of the river with the sheep, the wolf, and the vegetables. Do you know 10?

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      on　　
    2. B.
      in　　
    3. C.
      from　　
    4. D.
      with
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      another 　
    2. B.
      the other　
    3. C.
      others 　
    4. D.
      other
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      had to 　　
    2. B.
      has to　　
    3. C.
      have to 　　
    4. D.
      must
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      after　　
    2. B.
      with　　
    3. C.
      about 　　　
    4. D.
      up
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      once a time
    2. B.
      at time　　　
    3. C.
      in time
    4. D.
      at a time
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      large　　
    2. B.
      big　
    3. C.
      small 　　
    4. D.
      beautiful
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      will leave
    2. B.
      left　
    3. C.
      leave　
    4. D.
      have left
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      oneself　　
    2. B.
      myself　
    3. C.
      itself　　
    4. D.
      himself
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      was　　
    2. B.
      is　　
    3. C.
      be 　　
    4. D.
      can
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      how did he it
    2. B.
      what did he it
    3. C.
      how did he do it
    4. D.
      how he did it

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  1. 1.

    According to the passage, you can send your articles_________

    1. A.
      within 3 weeks
    2. B.
      all summer
    3. C.
      all the year round
    4. D.
      during the whole term
  2. 2.

    How many ways can you find in the passage to contact School Life?

    1. A.
      1
    2. B.
      2
    3. C.
      3
    4. D.
      4
  3. 3.

    The underline word "FOLD" means __________

    1. A.
      折叠;对折
    2. B.
      包;笼罩
    3. C.
      抱住
    4. D.
      交叉;合拢
  4. 4.

    Who do you think will write articles for School Life?

    1. A.
      Students who are interested in writing
    2. B.
      Teachers who love writing and taking photos
    3. C.
      Parents who wish their kids to be popular writers
    4. D.
      Readers who had a happy time in their childhood

One summer vacation in my college, my roommate Ted asked to me to work on his father’s farm in Argentina. The idea was exciting. Then I had second thoughts. I had never been far from New England, and I had been homesick my first few weeks at college. What about the language? The more I thought about it, the more the idea worried me.
Finally, I turned down the invitation. Then I realized I had turned down something I wanted to do because I was scared and felt depressed(沮丧). That experience taught me a valuable lesson and I developed a rule for myself: do what makes you anxious(焦虑); don’t do what makes you depressed.
In my senior year, I wanted to be a writer. But my professor wanted me to teach. I hesitated. The idea of writing was much scarier than spending a summer in Argentina. Back and forth I went, making my decision, unmaking it. Suddenly I realized that every time I gave up the idea of writing, that downhearted feeling went through me.
Giving up writing really depressed me. Then I learned another lesson. To avoid the depression meant having to bear much worry and concern.
When I first began writing articles, I often interviewed big names. Before each interview I would get butterflies in the stomach. One of them was the great composer Duke Ellington. On the stage and on television, he seemed very confident. Then I learned Ellington still got stage fright（害怕）. If Ellington still had anxiety attacks, how could I avoid them? I went on doing those frightening interviews. Little by little, I was even looking forward to the interviews. Where were those butterflies?
In truth, they were still there, but fewer of them. I had learned from a process psychologists（心理学家） call “extinction”. If you put an individual in an anxious situation often, finally there isn’t anything to be worried about, which brings me to a conclusion: you’ll never get rid of anxiety by avoiding the things that caused it.
The point is that the new, the different, is definitely scary. But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning piles up, the world opens to you

  1. 1.

    We can infer from the passage that the author________

    1. A.
      finds it difficult to make decision
    2. B.
      has found out what causes anxiety
    3. C.
      was encouraged by Duke Ellington’s stage fright
    4. D.
      no longer feels anxious about new experiences
  2. 2.

    What does the word “extinction” in Paragraph 6 means?

    1. A.
      a person’s loss of confidence little by little
    2. B.
      the natural development of a child’s abilities
    3. C.
      the inborn ability to avoid anxious situations
    4. D.
      the process of losing fear by keeping facing anxiety
  3. 3.

    Which of the following opinions does the writer probably accept?

    1. A.
      Anxiety can be a positive drive
    2. B.
      Hesitation leads to depression
    3. C.
      Avoiding anxiety reduces depression
    4. D.
      Depression is a signal that one is growing up
  4. 4.

    What's the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Confidence: Key to Success
    2. B.
      Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name
    3. C.
      Depression: A Psychological Appearance
    4. D.
      Success: A Trip Through Anxiety and Depression

Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it?The internet is many different networks around the world. A network is a group of computers put together.
Maybe that doesn’t sound interesting. But when we’ve joined the internet, there are lots and lots of things wecan do. We can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web (WWW). We can use the Internet instead of a libraryto find all kinds of information for our homework. We can find information about our favorite sports or film starsand do shopping on the Internet. We can also send messages to other people by e-mail. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending a letter.
Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at
home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information they need. They can buy or sell whatever they want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?

  1. 1.

    The passage is mainly about _________________

    1. A.
      the Internet
    2. B.
      information
    3. C.
      computers
    4. D.
      e-mail
  2. 2.

    The quickest and cheapest way for people to send massages to their friends is _________

    1. A.
      by post
    2. B.
      by e-mail
    3. C.
      by telephone
    4. D.
      by TV
  3. 3.

    The Internet can not be used to ________________

    1. A.
      find information for our home work
    2. B.
      get some information about our favorite sports stars
    3. C.
      do some shopping
    4. D.
      do our housework
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT true?

    1. A.
      The Internet is a big computer
    2. B.
      The Internet is lots of computer network
    3. C.
      The Internet is very helpful
    4. D.
      People can work at home with the help of the Internet
  5. 5.

    What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?

    1. A.
      The Internet is more and more popular
    2. B.
      All the information is in English
    3. C.
      English is important in using the Internet
    4. D.
      Every computer must join the Internet

A group of swans flew down to a beach where a crow(乌鸦) was jumping around. The crow watched them with disdain(鄙视).
“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s beyond you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”
One of the swans, a strong young male, took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, performed other flying tricks, and then came down and looked proudly at the swan.
Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments(评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so exhausted that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to struggle to keep himself from falling into the water.
The swan pretended(假装) not to notice, and said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick?”
“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride! If you don’t help me, I’ll lose my life…”
The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach

  1. 1.

    What’s the correct order of the following events?
    a. The crow showed off its flying skills.
    b. The swan felt pity for the crow and saved it.
    c. The crow laughed at the swan’s flying.
    d. The crow followed the swan and got into trouble.
    e. The crow challenged the swans and a strong young swan accepted it

    1. A.
      e, c, d, a, b
    2. B.
      a, e, c, d, b
    3. C.
      c, e, a, d, b
    4. D.
      e, a, d, c, b
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 4 mean?

    1. A.
      Tired
    2. B.
      Angry
    3. C.
      Frightened
    4. D.
      Regretful
  3. 3.

    Why did the crow keep touching the water?

    1. A.
      It was showing another flying skill
    2. B.
      It was struggling to keep itself from falling into the water
    3. C.
      It was thirsty and wanted to drink some water
    4. D.
      It was enjoying itself by doing so
  4. 4.

    What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

    1. A.
      The crow didn’t know flying
    2. B.
      Flying skills were useless
    3. C.
      The swan saved the crow because they were good friends
    4. D.
      The swan was better at long-distance flying than the crow
  5. 5.

    What does the story tell us?

    1. A.
      No pains, no gains
    2. B.
      The early bird catches the worm
    3. C.
      Pride goes before a fall
    4. D.
      Practice makes perfect

根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择正确答案。

  1. 1.

    Which of the following wasn’t  invented  in China?

    1. A.
      Papermaking
    2. B.
      Tea
    3. C.
      The abacus
    4. D.
      Potato chips
  2. 2.

    Which of the following about basketball is wrong?

    1. A.
      It was invented in 1861
    2. B.
      It became an Olympic event in 1936
    3. C.
      The first basketball match was held in 1891
    4. D.
      It was invented by a Canadian doctor called James Naismith
  3. 3.

    The aim of a basketball match is to _____

    1. A.
      throw the ball to each other
    2. B.
      run form one end of the court to the other
    3. C.
      get the ball into the basket as many times as possible in a required time
    4. D.
      get the ball from other’s control(控制)
  4. 4.

    Which of the following was invented last?

    1. A.
      The car
    2. B.
      The calculator
    3. C.
      Flying disk
    4. D.
      The computer
  5. 5.

    Tea was brought to the Western world  ___

    1. A.
      about three thousand years ago
    2. B.
      in around 1610
    3. C.
      before 1610
    4. D.
      three thousand years before 1610
  6. 6.

    Which is the symbol of 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games?

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

The French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else among the world's rich people, according to a survey.
The average French person sleeps almost nine hours every night, more than an hour longer than the average Japanese and Korean, who sleep the least in a survey.
And while more and more French people have meals at fast food restaurants, they still spend more than two hours a day eating.
That means their meals are twice as long as those of the average Mexican, who spends just over an hour a day on food.
The Japanese spend close to two hours a day eating and drinking, placing them third behind New Zealanders. The Japanese like to spend their free time watching television or listening to the radio. This takes up 47 percent of free time in Japan.
Turks, on the other hand, spend more than a third of their free time staying with their friends.The survey showed that the difference between work and free time within certain countries is clear.
As for Italians, men have nearly 80 minutes a day of free time more than women. Much of the additional work time of Italian women is clearly cleaning the house

  1. 1.

    Japanese and Korean people usually sleep about _______ a night

    1. A.
      six hours
    2. B.
      eight hours
    3. C.
      nine hours
    4. D.
      ten hours
  2. 2.

    The third paragraph mainly tells us _________

    1. A.
      French people are used to having fast food
    2. B.
      French people are used to having sandwiches
    3. C.
      French people spend much time eating
    4. D.
      French people spend little time eating
  3. 3.

    How long does a Mexican spend in eating?

    1. A.
      One hour
    2. B.
      Two hours
    3. C.
      Three hours
    4. D.
      Four hours
  4. 4.

    It takes Japanese _______ of free time to watch TV or listen to the radio

    1. A.
      two thirds
    2. B.
      about half
    3. C.
      one third
    4. D.
      all
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