What is the most impressive trip you’ve ever been on?

What impressed you most during your trip?

Can you tell us anything else about your trip?

 

Choose the answer:

1. From the story, we know the writer _____.

A. went to Naples with her family

B. went to many countries during Easter

C. visited her friends in Naples

D. went on a trip with her schoolmates

 

2. What do we know about Villa Oplontis?

A. It is the largest villa in Naples.

B. It is not far away from a volcano.

C. The paintings on its walls still look good.

D. Roman Emperor Nero used to live there.

 

3. Paragraph 3 mainly talks about _____.

A. how much the writer liked the city

B. what climbers should take with them when climbing

C. the writer’s experience of climbing a mountain

D. beautiful views of Naples

 

4. What do we know from the story?

A. The writer likes painting.

B. The writer really enjoyed the trip.

C. The writer will go to Naples again.

D. The writer dislikes climbing mountains.

 

       根据中文提示完成下列句子：

1. 她帮忙照顾年迈的祖母。

2. 日常使用的许多物品是由塑料制成的。

3. 上周末我们找到了一个风景优美的地方。

 

Mount Vesuvius, located on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in mainland Europe. It has erupted more than 50 times. Do you know what happened when it erupted in AD 79?

 

 

 

 

Tea is China’s national beverage. Millions of Chinese people drink tea every day.

What kind of tea do you like best?

 

Choose the answer:

1. What is the story mainly about?

A. How tea became the national drink of China.

B. How American tea is different from Chinese tea.

C. How people drink tea in other countries.

D. How healthy drinking tea every day can be.

 

2. Which of the following is NOT in American sweet tea?

A. Black tea.

B. Ice.

C. Sugar.

D. Milk.

 

3. Why could only rich people drink sweet tea many years ago?

A. Because only rich people lived in southern states.

B. Because tea and sugar were very expensive then.

C. Because the tea had to come from far away.

D. Because rich people liked sugar.

 

4. In the UK, “tea time” is _____.

A. when people have lunch

B. usually in the early morning

C. a period of time for relaxing

D. a time when people can eat biscuits

 

根据提示完成下列句子：

1. The ________(国家) football team will arrive in Tokyo tomorrow afternoon.

2. People _______ (过去常常) pay for things with gold.

3. This CD only ____ (花费) me five yuan.

4. This coffee has a nasty _____ (味道).

 

How do you usually drink your tea?

Do you have your own easy-to-prepare tea recipes?

 

 

 

 

We all have our own preferred sleep posture. We feel most comfortable when sleeping in this posture. Do you know anything about animals’ sleeping postures?

 

Choose the answer:

1. What does the story mainly talk about?

A. Mammals’ food.

B. Animals’ sleeping postures.

C. Mammals’ body size and their weight.

D. Differences between small animals and big ones.

 

2. Which of following is a finding from the Swiss scientists’ study?

A. Humans sleep on their backs or sides.

B. All small animals sleep on their stomachs.

C. Animals’ body size and weight can change how they sleep.

D. Larger animals don’t need as much sleep as smaller animals.

 

3. Which animal sleeps differently from the others?

A. Rabbits.

B. Cats.

C. Dogs.

D. Cows.

 

4. The last paragraph shows that _____.

A. the scientists’ findings are wrong

B. the rules are not strict for all animals

C. animals have many sleeping postures

D. animals know how to protect themselves

 

Fill in the blanks:

1. The material is soft and c_________ to wear. 

2. He went to l____ down after finishing his long journey.

3. The hotel guests tried their best to e______ from the burning building.

4. The pool was in the s_____ of a heart.

 

Birds are often half-asleep - with one brain hemisphere (半球) alert (警觉的) and the other sleeping. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere stays shut, while the wakeful hemisphere’s eye stays open and alert.

Do you know how animals that live in water sleep?

 

 

 

II. 1. D。根据文中第一段Fifty girls from our school went on this trip可知，五十名同校的女生参加了此次旅行，所以正确答案是D 。

2. C。根据第二段We could clearly see what the painters wanted to show. My favorite painting was of a bowl of fruit. It looked very realistic可知，我们能很好地看清楚壁画的呈现，作者最喜欢的壁画十分逼真，所以正确答案是C。

3. C。根据文意可知，爬山是一件令作者觉得兴奋的事，本段介绍了登山的基本行程，所以正确答案是C。

4. B。根据文中可知作者对本次旅行的喜爱，尤其是最后一句It was a wonderful trip that I will never forget更表明了作者的观点，所以正确答案是B。

III. 1. take care of   2. made out of   3. beautiful view

 

II. 1. C。根据文意可知，喝茶不仅在中国广受欢迎，在美国和英国人们也同样喜欢，文中还介绍了在这些地方人们对茶的选择及喝茶的一些搭配习惯，所以正确答案是C。

2. D。根据第三段It is made with black tea, sugar and ice可知，只有milk不在其中，所以正确答案是D。

3. B。根据第三段Black tea and sugar used to cost a lot of money可知，红茶和糖在过去要花费很多钱购买，所以正确答案是B。

4. C。根据最后一句可知, 人们的“tea time”是工作中的小憩放松时间，所以正确答案是C。

III. 1. national   2. used to   3. cost   4. taste

 

II. 1. B。根据文中可知，作者介绍了不同体型动物睡觉时不同的姿势，所以正确答案是B。

2. C。根据第二段可知，科学家们对250种哺乳动物的研究发现它们的睡眠姿势与身型和体重有一定的相关，所以正确答案是C。

3. D。根据文中可知动物的睡眠姿势与身型和体重相关，作者进行了举例说明：Small animals with short legs sleep on their stomachs…Rabbits and cats sleep this way；… They lie on their sides…Cows and hippos often sleep like this,牛的睡姿与其它不同，所以正确答案是D。

4. B。根据文中最后段可知,有些动物的睡眠姿势受生存条件的影响更大，科学家们发现的规律并不适用于所有动物，只是针对于大部分,所以正确答案是B。

III. 1. comfortable   2. lie   3. escape    4. shape