A farm is always a busy place. One of the busiest things is when the farmer is getting land ready to grow plants.
If the farmer is going to grow wheat, he has to turn the ground over first. The farmer drives up and down the paddock（草地） on tractor（拖拉机）. When the ground is ready, the farmer sows the seeds. He does this with a machine that the tractor pulls along. Now, one farm and one machine can do as much a day as twenty men used to do without a machine. After the wheat has been sown, the farmer keeps a lookout（守望） for rain. Wheat needs rain and warm sunny days to make it grow. When the wheat has grown, it turns to a lovely golden colour.
When the wheat is fully grown, you can see the seeds on the wheat plants. These have to be out off and put in bags or big trucks to be taken to a factory where they are made into flour（面粉）.
It’s a very busy time on farm when the wheat is being cut. Everyone helps so that all the wheat can be taken from the paddocks before the rain comes. If heavy rain falls, the farm must wait for the ground dry out before the machine can cut the wheat. Farmers always have a lot to do through the year.
1. What is the busiest thing?______________________________________________
2. What does the farmer have to do when he is going to grow wheat?_______________________
3. Why was much more time spent on sowing in the past?________________________________
4. What does farmer not need when they cut wheat?_________________________________
5. Does everyone help to cut the wheat?_______________________________________

 新年要来了。你将送给朋友什么礼物呢？你是怎样看待友谊的呢？你明年有什么计划？请围绕这些内容，展开联想，写一篇文章。要求：语言流畅，逻辑清晰，用词准确，80-100字左右。
提示：可以用到的词或短语：gift，different people, special,spend, friendship (友谊)

Tom and Mike are good friends. _____ often help each others.

A．They

B．Them

C．Their

D．Theirs

The population of the Earth is growing faster. It is important that we look after the Earth. We need it!
The Earth gives us a lot of things. We also give the Earth a lot, but some of the things are not good.

In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants. However, animals can’t get food from many of the things that we ‘give’ the Earth. Animals and plants can’t eat metal, plastic and glass. These things will stay in the ground for many, many years.
Some rubbish is very dangerous for plants and animals. In some places, many animals live together. One animal makes food for many more animals. If we put rubbish and chemicals in the water, the plankton(浮游生物) can die. If there isn’t any plankton, many animals have nothing to eat.
So what can we do? Don’t leave any rubbish in the countryside! Don’t make so much rubbish!
【小题1】 The Earth gives us ___________.

A．food

B．rubbish

C．chemicals

D．pollution

【小题2】 When something dies in nature, _________.

A．water and grass are polluted	B．plastic and wood become food
C．other animals and plants get food	D．metal and glass stay in the ground

【小题3】 We must _______ to look after the Earth.

A．put metal in the ground	B．use more wood
C．keep frogs in the water	D．make less rubbish

Many textbooks are not written in the kind of English that we speak every day. In fact, sometimes the reading is so difficult that it almost seems like a foreign language. In a way, it is—the language of science. You should not expect to be able to read a difficult science passage the same way you read an interesting story; you should not expect to read it easily and all at once. Instead, you may have to read it several times through, catching on the meaning of difficult words, going back over difficult sentences, and finally putting the whole thing together. Do not be discourages if the whole passage don’t make sense to you at first. You need to pick it apart patiently until you can understand it.
These are the steps to follow when you are reading something difficult:
² 1. Start to read normally until you run into a sentence that doesn’t make sense to you.
² 2. When a sentence doesn’t make sense, go back and read it again more slowly.
² 3. Look for any word you don’t know in the sentence. Try to understand their meanings using word parts and context clues(上下文线索). If necessary, look them up in the dictionary.
² 4. Look at the next few sentences to see if they explain more about the sentence you are working on. Do not read very much farther ahead until you understand what is being said.
² 5. Finally, read the sentence again. Try to put it into simpler words.
² 6. Read through the passage once. Try to understand all the hard parts well. Then read the whole passage once more at a usual speed. This helps you to put all ides together.
The stops sound a lot harder than they are. It is really just the normal way good readers understand anything that is difficult to read. After you have done the best you can this way, you should always feel free to ask for help from your teacher, if you have one.
【小题1】 The underlined phrase “run into” means ___________.

A．work out

B．come across

C．look into

D．pass by

【小题2】 From the passage, we can know _________.

A．we should look up new words before reading

B．it is sometimes difficult to read a science passage

C．the six steps are helpful in learning spoken English

D．interesting stories help readers to improve their English

【小题3】 The massage is mainly about _________.

A．steps of studying science	B．difficulties in reading science
C．ways of reading science passages	D．researches on science and English

In the West, some people believe that personality can be predicted according to the time of the year the person was bor. From China comes the belief that the year of birth influences one’s personality. In the past century, a new belief ahs arisen: the idea that personality is related to one’s ABO blood type. People with blood type A, for example, are considered more likely to be serious, hard-working, and quiet, while people with blood type O are likely to be popular and outgoing, yet often unable to finish what they start. Though this belief continues to be strong, some people question whether it is true.
The blood-type personality theory(理论) started in Japan in 1927 when Furukawa Takehi noticed personality similarities and differences among his workers. This idea soon went out of fashion, but was brought back by a Japanese television host named Toshitaka Nomi in the 1970s. The belief is still strong in Japan and is increasingly popular in neighboring countries. Some young Koreans have taken to the theory. A recent study showed 76 percent of Koreans aged between13 and 64 believing in the blood-type personality connection. Though most Asians might believe in the blood-type theory, for many it seems harmless and not something to be taken too seriously.
Is the belief true? The scientists in Asia largely dismiss the belief as a modern-day superstition(迷信). Most studies have failed to find any strong connection between blood and personality. Generally, scientists warn against making predictions or important decisions based on this questionable theory.
【小题1】 The writer uses blood type A and O as an example to explain ________.

A．the difference between to two blood types

B．the relationship between the two blood types

C．the influence of blood type on one’s behavior

D．the connection between personality and blood type

【小题2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．It was lightly believed.	B．It was brought to them.
C．They liked and accepted it.	D．They stole the idea from others

【小题3】 Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Most scientists in Asia don’t believe in the theory.

B．The blood-type theory began in Japan in the 1970s.

C．The blood-type personality theory is about blood type.

D．People don’t change their personality to match the theory.

【小题4】 What is the best title for the passage?

A．Is the blood-type theory poplar?	B．Is the personality changeable?
C．Is it in your blood?	D．Is it in you mind?

A funny thing happened to my sister Tina last month. She lives in Japan and teaches English. In Japan, people don’t usually wear their outdoor shoes in the house or in school, and a lot of buildings have places for shoes. So her school ahs a special place for shoes.      【小题1】         
Tina teaches English in the evening. One Friday, she went to school, and she put her shoes in the shoe box—as usual. Then she had an interesting spoken English class with her students.   【小题2】       But to her surprise, her shoes weren’t in the box. There was only one pair of those there, and they weren’t her hoes! She had to get home in a hurry.     【小题3】         
On Monday, at her next English class, her shoes were in a shopping bag on her desk! There was a note that said, “I’m so sorry. I took your shoes by mistake!”    【小题4】      Somebody felt a lot of shame!

A．It’s a shoe box. B．Tina is my sister. C．So she put on the shoes and left. D．After class she got ready to leave. E. But there was no name on the note.

 

Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is just between Leicester Square and Shaftsbury Avenue. Gerrard Street is at the center and is the most important street in the area. There is a large Chinese community(社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese supermarkets and shops in this street.
In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market changed and thousand of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area. Many British people like Chinese food, and the restaurants were popular.
These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew up. Wives came and joined their husbands and children came and joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education and this brought economic(经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for businesses. Gerrard Street become a street only for visitors and was soon a popular place for tourists.
Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. They best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.
【小题1】Is this Chinatown in the middle of London?
【小题2】 Ws the area rich or poor in the 1950s?
【小题3】 Why did the restaurant workers have not time to learn English?
【小题4】 When did British-born Chinese start to have a better education?
【小题5】 What are the main points about Chinatown in this passage?

【小题1】今天天气很好。为什么不出去散散步？
It’s fine today. ____________ go out for a walk?
【小题2】该考虑一下我们的暑假计划了。
_________ to think about our plan for the summer vacation.
【小题3】北京以其众多的名胜古迹而闻名于世。
Beijing _________its many places of interest in the world.
【小题4】在体育测试中，我尽力了。
__________ possible in the PE test.
【小题5】你最好不要过分依赖父母，学会照顾自己。
__________your parents, and learn to look after yourself.

假设你叫刘京，是美国中学生托尼的笔友，你收到他的来信。请给托尼写一封回信，回答他的问题，介绍北京良好的公交服务，并谈谈你的感受。　

Hi! Liu Jing, My grandpa is going to Beijing next month because he ahs heard a lot about the city and he would like to see it himself. He says the bus service in Beijing is very good now, and people can to anywhere by bus. Is he right? Can you tell me something more about it? I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon. Yours, Tony

 

Hi! Tony, I’m glad to know your grandpa is coming to Beijing. ____________________ ____________________________________________________________________ If you have more questions, please ask me. Yours, Liu Jing