Passage 3(2015 广东广州，A)

    This is a tale of two friends—one is blind,and the other has no arms.On their own,the two are “disabled”.But together,they are a powerful team that has changed part of their village in North China’s Hebei Province into a rich,green forest.Meet 53-year-old Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi!

    Their story began in 2000,when Haixia,who was already blind in his right eye,lost his left one after an illness.Wenqi lost his arms in an accident when he was just three.Neither could find a job,so the two decided to team up. They rented some poor land and began to plant trees.In return,the local officials paid them a small fee.

    Haixia and Wenqi never imagined that they would end up creating an environmental paradise. Their forest now has over 10       ,000 trees,hundreds of birds and many other wild animals.In addition,it saves the village from river flooding during the rainy season.

    When the friends work together,they focus on their strengths not their disabilities.Their day begins at 7 a.m. when the sightless Haixia carries Wenqi across the river to get to their worksite.Since they cannot afford to buy young trees to plant,the two use branches from existing trees.Haixia climbs to the treetop and with Wenqi's direction,selects the perfect branch. He then digs a hole and carefully plants it. Finally Wenqi waters the area.

    Though hardworking,the men don't make much money.But as Wenqi puts it,“We stand on our own feet,so the fruits of our work taste sweeter."

    Neither Haixia nor Wenqi cares about money.Together,they already have everything they need—a perfect pair of eyes,two strong hands,and the best friendship in the world!

1. Why did Haixia and Wenqi start working together?

   A. Haixia needed someone to help him.

   B. They both needed a way to make money.

   C. They wanted to improve the environment.

   D. They were required to do so by local officials.

2. Haixia and Wenqi’s forest has helped the village by        .

   A. stopping floods in the rainy season

   B. increasing the number of tourists

   C. making the villagers richer

   D. providing more farmland

3. Why do Haixia and Wenqi plant tree branches?

   A. They are easy to get.

   B. They do not cost money.

   C. They can grow very quickly.

   D. They are preferred by animals.

4. In Paragraph 5,when Wenqi says “We stand on our own feet,so the fruits of our work taste sweeter”，he means that “      ”

   A. they hope to make the forest even better

   B. the fruits from their trees are very sweet

   C. they are proud not to depend on others

   D. they are able to do any difficult work

5. What can we learn from this story?

   A. Never give up and you will succeed.

   B. We should help the disabled to work.

   C. Try your best when facing difficulties.

   D. We can achieve more with teamwork.

Passage 2( 2015 广东，A) 

Garden Tour & Cooking Class 909 North Cumbre Road,Santa Barbara,CA Saturday,October 24,2015 • 9： 30 am— 1:00 pm 

                Cook with Suzzane

Traditionally,American Indians’ dishes were made with com,beans,potatoes and pumpkins.Take a tour around Trinity Garden,pick some of these foods and return to the kitchen. There you can watch Suzzane prepare delicious dishes with them. It is surely a new experience!

        Suzzane will make an introduction of these traditional foods and tell you what they meant to the American Indians hundreds of years ago.At the same time,you can learn how to cook with these autumn harvest (收获) vegetables.

        The menu includes the following：

        Hot Potato Pie with Cornbread Topping 

        Thanksgiving Soup

        Fresh Vegetable Salad 

        Trinity Fruit Icecream

        ★ $ 35 per person,including printed recipes (菜谱) ，the four dishes above and a book by Suzzane.Children under 8 can come for free.

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Learn More ：

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l.The cooking class in the advertisement will be given        .

   A. in spring   B. in summer

   C. in autumn   D. in winter

2. In this class,you can watch Suzzane cook dishes with the foods       .

   A. brought from home   B. picked in Trinity Garden

   C. bought from the market   D. ordered from the Internet

3. The menu offered by the cooking class includes the following EXCEPT       .

   A. cake   B. soup   C. salad   D. icecream

4. If Mr. Green goes to the class with his parents and his 6-year-old son,he should pay        .

   A. $35   B. $70   C. $105   D. $140

5. According to the advertisement,we know that        .

   A. we can book the cooking class on the phone

   B. only American Indians enjoy Suzzane’s teaching

   C. Suzzane got her cooking idea from different DVDs

   D. Suzzane Landry wrote two books about eating and food 

Passage 1(2015 广东，B) 

    It is reported that some developed countries have shipped broken parts of computers to China. Such a thing can be found almost every day although it is against international laws. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers,TVs and phones sent from Japan.

    Things like these are called electronic waste,or ewaste.Dealing with them is not an easy job because dangerous poisons like mercury (汞) and lead ( 铅 ) can be found in them.Every time an old computer breaks down,it needs to be dealt with safely.But at present,broken computer parts are usually buried. It may be hundreds of years before they are really gone in the earth.

    Many places in China are polluted by ewaste.Guiyu in Guangdong Province is one of them.This town is named as<4the ewaste capital of the worldM.It has to deal with 1. 5 million kilograms of ewaste each year,from which it makes 75 million yuan. Bui it comes at a cost. Many of the poisons in ewaste find their way into the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and chemical water is poured into rivers.Greenpeace,an environmental group,has found the air,the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted.

   The Chinese government wants the country to develop,but in a way that doesn’t do harm to the environment anti people’s life. This year,China passed a new environmental protection law,the strictest one we have ever had.Computer companies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers.This is because the companies that make computers know best how to deal with them safely. Hopefully,the problem with ewaste will be solved in the near future.

1. The ewaste found in Hong Kong last month was from         .

   A. France   B. Japan   C. Germany   D. Australia

2. The underlined word buried probably means        in the passage.

   A. 焚烧   B. 降解   C. 回收   D. 掩埋

3. The town of Guiyu in Guangdong Province        .

   A. is the ecapital of the world

   B. has serious ewaste pollution

   C. deals with the ewaste safely

   D. spends much money on ewaste

4. This year,the Chinese government       .

A .tried to change people’s life

   B. closed some computer companies

   C. made a new environmental protection law

   D. asked people to hand in their old computers

5. The passage is mainly about        .

   A. the ways to deal with ewaste

   B. the cost of burning ewaste

   C. the ewaste problem in China

   D. the need to pass a law against ewaste 

Passage 20(2013 广东，C)

Passage 16( 2013 广州，A) 

       Once when I was a teenager,my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus (马戏) .Finally,there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me.

       There were eight children,all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn’t have a lot of money.Their clothes were not expensive,but they were clean.The children talked excitedly about the clowns,elephants and other acts they would see that night. I could tell they’d never been to the circus before.lt was clearly a very important day out for them.The father and mother seemed happy as they could be.

       The ticket lady asked how many tickets the father wanted. He proudly answered ,“Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets,so I can take my family to the circus."

       The ticket lady told him the price.

       The man’s wife lowered her head.There was no longer a smile on the man’s face.He quietly asked,“How much did you say?”

       The ticket lady again told him the price.

       The man obviously didn’t have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news?

       Seeing what was happening,my dad took a $ 20 note from his pocket and dropped it on the ground.(We were not rich ourselves at all! ) He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said,u Excuse me,sir,you dropped this."

       The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money,looked straight into my dad’s eyes,and in tears replied,u Thank you,sir,thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family."

       Although we did not go to the circus that night,we didn’t go without.

1. Why does the writer say “Their clothes were not expensive,but they were clean” ( Paragraph 2) ?

   A. To show the children were well looked after.

   B. To show cheap clothes could be popular.

   C. To show how hard the mother worked.

   D. To show how rich the family were.

2. Why was the poor man unhappy after he spoke with the ticket lady?

   A. He had lost his money.

   B. His children were noisy.

   C. The tickets were sold out.

   D. The tickets were too expensive.

3. Who did the $20 note belong to?

   A. The poor man. B. The writers father.

   C. The poor man’s wife. D. The ticket lady.

4. Why was the poor man in tears at the end of the story?

   A. He found the money he lost.

   B. He wanted others to help him.

   C. He made his children unhappy.

   D. He was thankful for the kindness.

5. Which of the following statements is probably true according to the passage?

   A. The poor family saw the circus that night.

   B. The two families became close friends.

   C. The writer’s father earned some money.

   D. The writer saw the circus that night.

Passage 17(2013 广州，C) 

       The Vieira family moved to the United States in 1981. At that time,they decided to stop speaking Spanish at home and only communicate in English. This was because they were now living in an Englishspeaking country.

       Now the Vieira children are adults,and they sometimes travel to Spain to visit their family and friends. But they cannot communicate with them. Unfortunately this is common. When people move to new countries,they often leave their own customs and mother language behind.This is a mistake because there are many benefits to knowing more than one language.

       One advantage of speaking more than one language is that you can communicate directly with more people around the world.You do not have to depend on others to talk for you,so youVe more independent. People who know only one language must use others to help them communicate.

       Furthermore,speaking a second language also allows people to experience other cultures and customs more effectively. Local expressions,vocabulary,and even jokes can have a powerful effect on a person’s understanding of another culture.So,knowing more than one language increases your knowledge of other cultures.

       Finally,having more multi-language speakers improves relationships between countries. If people from different countries can communicate well,the world can become closer.Countries will then have more respect for each other and better understand each others problems.

       The benefits of knowing more than one language are clear. In fact,there are no disadvantages.lt is very sad that many people don^ try to learn another language.lt is even worse when people let themselves forget their mother language and become silent.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

   A. The benefits of learning other languages.

   B. The reasons why people come to America.

   C. The importance of learning English.

   D. How to learn another language.

2. The passage begins with the experience of the Vieira family in order to       .

   A. discuss the need for teaching a new language

   B. introduce the passage’s main characters to the readers

   C. describe the advantages of moving to another country

   D. show the problems of speaking only one language

3. The underlined phrase “ multi-language speakers” ( Paragraph 5) means “people who know      .”

   A. their mother language

   B. a new language

   C. more than one language

   D. body language

4. According to the passage,if you can speak more than one language,you can       .

   A. find a better job

   B. make more friends

   C. better understand history

   D. communicate more independently

5. Based on the last paragraph,which of the following is the worst?

   A. Not knowing another language.

   B. Forgetting one’s mother language.

   C. Refusing to learn another language.

   D. Failing to communicate with others.

Passage 12 (2014 广州，D) 

       Mobile phones are more important than ever in the daily lives of students,but how they use them has changed greatly in the past six years. While phones are still widely used for communication,a recent study has found that most students think talking on mobile phones is now oldfashioned.

       London University researchers surveyed 1055 young people aged 13 to 18 about their mobile phone habits.The researchers divided mobile phone use into “communicationand” and “entertainment”. Communication included talking on the phone and writing messages using texting (短信) or chatting software. Entertainment was made up of playing games,watching movies,listening to music and surfing the Internet.The findings were then compared to a 2008 study,to see what changed .The results are shown below:

       Perhaps most surprising is how little time students spend talking on their phones these days. Six years ago the average students spent 36% of their mobile phone time making or receiving calls. In 2014,only 10% of time was used for talking. When students use their phones to communicate,more and more often it is done by using chat software like qq or wechat.

       “Communication is still an important function of mobile phones. But now mobile phones are being used more for entertainment than for communicationsaid Dr Harry Lectre,the research leader.

1. What was the most popular mobile phone activity in 2014？

   A. Talking. B. Texting.

   C. Playing games. D. Watching movies.

2. In total,what percentage of time did students use their mobile phones for communication in 2008?

   A. 16%.   B. 28%.   C. 35%.   D. 71%.

3. Which of the following is true about watching movies on mobile phones?

   A. It has increased most over the past six years.

   B. 14% of students now watch movies on their mobile phones.

   C. It was the most popular type of mobile phone entertainment in 2008.

   D. Students now spend more time watching movies than talking on their phones.

4. Which mobile phone activities were more popular than surfing the Internet in 2014?

   A. Chatting and watching movies.

   B. Chatting and listening to music.

   C. Playing games and watching movies.

   D. Playing games and texting.

5. The passage can best be described as a/an      .

   A. report   B. story   C. advertisement   D. argument

Passage 13(2014 汕尾，A)

1. For whom is this form above most probably written?

   A. Parents. B. Children. C. Teachers. D. Students.

2. According to the information given in the form,why don't students like to study?

   A. Because of too much homework.

   B. Because they don't know how to get on well with classmates.

   C. Because of the influence of computer games.

   D. Because they don't like to do exercise.

3.       will help you avoid becoming shortsighted.

   A. Doing eye exercises regularly

   B. Reading in bed

   C. Reading in the sun

   D. Reading too long

4. If you feel stressed,you should       .

   A. do less homework

   B. make plans for your study,hobbies and relaxation

   C. fight with others

   D. have some snacks

5. Peter is very fat.Maybe he       .

   A. plays computer games too much

   B. has too many snacks

   C. doesn’t like to do exercise

   D. B and C

Passage 10(2014 广州，A)

     I had hidden the long black bag in the garage for the past two days.Tonight,in the dark,I would finally take it away.If everything went OK,it would be done by morning.But I had to be sure no one,not even my wife,saw me.

     It was more difficult to get away from the party than I expected. I said that the children were tired and needed to get to bed. It was partly true. But the main reason for leaving was that I wanted to complete my plan.

     First I had to get the kids to sleep. That was never easy at any time and tonight it was even more difficult. The eldest one wanted to know why we left the party early. I told him 10： 30 pm was not early. As usual,I read them a bedtime story,but I had to stop myself reading too quickly or they would learn my secret.

     Silence finally came,and feeling like a thief in the night,I went out of the house and into the garage.Taking one end,I dragged the bag out from its hiding place and took it into the garden. I was worried that my neighbours might see me and call the police.

     It was already eleven o’clock. By the light of the moon I started working,trying to make as little noise as possible. And that was not easy with a saw (锯子) and a hammer.

     After much effort,my work was finally completed.I looked down at my watch.lt was exactly 4： 00 am. Then I went inside to have a shower and get a few hours of sleep.lt wouldn’t be long now before the kids would rush into my room and wake me up to tell me about the new tree house Father Christmas had brought them this year.

1. Why did the man feel nervous?

   A. He left the party too late.

   B. He was afraid of the darkness.

   C. He didn’t know where the black bag was.

   D. He worried that others would discover his secret.

2. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refers to       .

   A. thieves   B. parents

   C. children   D. neighbours

3. In what order did the man do the following?

    a. Read the kids a story.

    b. Had a shower.

    c. Worked in the moonlight.

    d. Dragged the bag from the garage.

    e. Went to a party.

   A. e-d-a-b-c   B. e-a-d-c-b

   C. a-b-e-d-c   D. a-e-d-c-b

4. What did the man want to do after finishing his plan?

   A. Go to sleep. B. Wake up his children.

   C. Open the bag. D. Call the police.

5. How would the children feel when they saw the man’s work?   

    A. Confused. B. Excited. C. Tired. D. Angry.

Passage 8(2013 讪头潮南,B) 

     Reading is the key to school success and,like any skill,it takes practice.A child learns to walk by practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent sportsman practices until he can play quickly,correctly and without thinking. Educators call it “automaticity (自动性) ”.

     A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice,he stumbles less and less,reading by the phrase. With automaticity,he doesn’t have to think about the meaning of the words,so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.

     It can begin as early as first grade.In a recent study of children in Illinois schools,Alan Rossman of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three times as fast as the others,but also got better results in exams.

     According to Rossman,the key to automaticity is the amount of time a child spends reading,not his IQ.Any child who spends at least 3. 5 to 4 hours a week reading books,magazines or newspapers will probably reach automaticity.lt can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for reading at home.

     You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable for your level. If you read aloud with expression,with a sense of the meaning of the sentences,you probably are an automatic reader. If you read brokenly,one word at a time,without expression or meaning,you need more practice.

1. "Reading is the key to school success" means that reading       .

   A. helps school develop faster

   B. is a key to a successful school

   C. helps students go to a key school

   D. can improve students’ learning results

2. Children with “automaticity” can read faster because they       .

   A. know how to read the words

   B. do not have to think while reading

   C. read by themselves without any help

   D. pay attention to the meaning of the text

3. Rossman tells that any child who       will possibly be an auto- matic reader.

   A. turns off TV one night 4 weeks

   B. reads books by the word quickly

   C. spends an hour reading every day

   D. gets the same grades as others in exams

4. The underlined word “stumbles” in the passage means “       ”in Chinese.

   A. 结结巴巴地读   B. 全神贯注地读

   C. 心不在焉地读   D. 声情并茂地读

5. The best title for the passage is“       ”.

   A. IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity

   B. TV Is Bad for Children’s Reading

   C. Automaticity Depends on Practice

   D. Automatic Readers Will Be Successful