Passage 1
Do you feel lonely when your best friend isn’t around? Here’s our advice to you – and to all kids who feel lonely sometimes.
It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around – maybe because he or she moved to a different school or a different class. You may feel left out at break or lunchtime. You want to have new friends, but how do you make them? Maybe it seems like everybody else already has his or her friends. But remember, there’s always room for more friends.
Start by looking around your classroom – think about which kids you’d like to play with at break. Look for chances to say hi to them, smile, and be friendly. Offer to share something or express your appreciation (欣赏) to them. Invite someone to play with you or say “Do you want to sit here?” in the lunchroom. When you’re at break, walk over to kids you want to play with, act friendly, and say “Hi, can I play, too?” or just join in.
If you have trouble doing this or if you’re feeling shy, ask your teacher to help you make new friends. Teachers are usually pretty good at matching up friends. The best way to make friends is to be a friend. Be kind, be friendly, share, say nice things, offer to help – and pretty soon, you’ll have one, or two, or even more new friends.
You might still miss that special best friend. But when you see each other, you can share something you didn’t have before he or she left: You can introduce him or her to your new friends!
1.Which of the following can explain the expression “feel left out”?
A.Feel homesick.
B.Feel lonely.
C.Leave home alone.
D.Be hungry.

2.According to the writer, some kids feel lonely at break because they .
A.have trouble with their studies
B.don’t have their best friends around
C.need their parents to be with them
Dare too young to look after themselves
3.The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 means .
A.sharing your ideas
B.talking in front of many people
C.studying better at school
D.developing new friendship
4.Some kids need help from teachers to make friends because .
A.they miss their old friends a lot
B.they have no time to stay with others
C.teachers know who wants a new friend
D.they are shy or not good at making friends

Passage 2
In some science fiction movies, evil robots refuse to die, no matter how hard people fight back.
Now science fiction has become science fact. For the first time, scientists have made a robot that can take a beating (挨打) and keep on going. Scientists from Cornell University made the robot, which looks like a spider with four legs.
Until now, even the most advanced (先进的) robot was almost certain to break down when it was damaged (毁坏). That is because its computer inside simply doesn’t know how to make the machine work after its shape has changed.
To deal with this problem, the scientists put eight motors (发动机) and two sensors (传感器) that read how the machine is working. They all give signals to the machine’s software. Using this information, the computer can then figure out the machine’s shape at any moment.
The new technology is a big advance in robot-making, scientists say, and it’s far from scary. It may someday help scientists create better artificial (假的) arms and legs and give new freedom to people who lose them. It might also help scientists understand how people and animals figure out their own sense of place in space.
“It has been difficult to design robots that can work well when the environment changes or when it’s damaged,” says Olaf Sporns of Indiana University in US. “With this work, we are nearer to solving this problem.”
1.Why do robots easily break down when they are damaged?
A.They cannot repair themselves.
B.The computer has changed a lot.
C.They have no computers inside.
D.The computer cannot work if the robot changes.
2.The new technology allows the robot to ______.
A.do house work for humans
B.keep working after being damaged
C.remember a lot of information
D.tell people where it is
3.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. sensors B. robots
C. arms and legs D. scientists
4.How do the sensors in the robot work?
A.They can replace the computer when it’s broken.
B.They can find out where the damage comes from.
C.They help the computer learn the robot’s condition.
D.They can send signals to the person who uses the robot.

Passage3
Wonder why you can get angry so easily while your friend smiles all the time? It’s probably because you both have different personalities.
Personality is also about how people think, behave, and react (反应) to everything around them from day to day.
So what makes people think and behave in certain ways?
Part of the reason is that people are born like this. A baby gets its blood type, genes (基因) and other physical things when it’s still inside its mother. These things may help decide what the baby will be like.
But one’s personality doesn’t stop here. Family life, school learning and life experiences can also make you the person you are. This doesn’t mean it’s impossible to change your personality. You can always try to make yourself better. Don’t get too worried about your shortcomings (缺点). Just accept them. This is a good way to start making changes.
If you don’t know how to make friends, find out why. Is it because you’re too shy? Tell yourself to smile at people. Start talking to people using warm greetings.
Don’t give yourself a hard time about it all. It’s not easy to change lifelong habits in one night. Keep working at it. One day you’ll see that you can turn over a new leaf and be a new you!
1.Personality is about the following EXCEPT _____.
A.how you think about something
B.what you look like
C.how you behave
D.how you react to something
2.According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A.People are born the way they’ll always be.
B.Blood type decides what a person will be like.
C.Personality decides what a person is like.
D.A person can try to change his/her personality.
3.From the last two paragraphs, we learn that _____.
A.a shy person can’t make many friends
B.there is no way to change your lifelong habits
C.you can work hard to improve yourself
D.everyone can change him- or herself in life
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上期参考答案
Cloze
Passage 1: 1-5: CBDAB 6-10 BDBAC 11-12 AB
Passage 2: 1-5: CBDAB 6-10 CBCDC
Passage 3: 1-5: ADCBB 6-10 ACBCB
Passage 4: 1-5: BCADC 6-10 ABBDC 11-12 DA
本期参考答案
Reading
Passage 1: BBDD
Passage 2: DBCC
Passage 3: BDC