Reading

Billionaire gives back (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. How many ways of spending money are mentioned in the passage?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Only one.

2. Chen Fashu is _____.

A. 48 years old B. well educated

C. from a rich family D. thankful for society

3. Which of the following about Chen's foundation is TRUE?

A. Chen spent two years getting it started.

B. It lends a hand to social health care.

C. It helps Chen make more money.

D. It is the largest ever in China.

4. It can be inferred that Chen's total wealth is around _____.

A. 8.3 billion yuan B. 330,000 yuan

C. 18 billion D. 20 million yuan

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A. Ways of spending money.

B. Different lifestyles of billionaires.

C. The road to Chen's big success.

D. Chen's charity activities.

What do you worry about? (P3)

Choose the best answer:

6. According to the survey, British teenagers are most worried about ______.

A. fitting in and making money

B. finding jobs and making friend

C. losing weight and being accepted

D. making money and losing weight

7. Many teenagers are concerned about losing weight because ______.

A. they see thin famous people

B. they care a lot about health

C. they don't have much money

D. they face problems in life

8. The word “adolescence” in the fourth paragraph means ______.

A.幼儿期 B.青春期 C.青年期 D.老年期

9. Suppose Jack is from a poor family; what do you think he may worry more about?

A. fitting in and losing weight

B. fitting in and peer pressure

C. losing weight and bullying

D. losing weight and peer pressure

10. According to the passage, which one is NOT TRUE?

A. Adolescence is a hard time for teenagers.

B. Most teenagers would like to be accepted.

C. Family background affects teens' worries.

D. Teens from rich families don't have worries.

Saying ‘yes' to life (P5)

回答问题：

11. What's the title of the poem?

_________________________________

12. What does the poem mainly teach us?

_________________________________

翻译句子：

13. ‘Can't' is a word that is the enemy of ambition (雄心).

_________________________________

从文中找出两句话反映出作者不自信的句子：

14. _________________________________

15. _________________________________

请给短文拟一个适当的标题。

16. _________________________________

Night of candies (P8)

Fill in the information about Halloween.

Halloween
interesting history	It was first celebrated in Ireland and Scotland as a festival of 17. ____. Families 18. ____ their ancestors into their homes but tried to keep bad spirits out by 19. ____ scary costumes.
modern celebration	It's a time for 20. ____. Families carve (雕刻) 21. ____ faces into pumpkins and put 22. ____ inside to make them into lanterns. Children 23. ____ in costumes and walk around their neighborhoods 24. ____ candy.

Listening

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第一节：听下面两段对话，选择正确答案。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Mrs King wants the man to ___.

A. leave her a message B. shop with her

C. travel with her

2. Why is Mary late for class?

A. She got up late. B. She didn't catch the bus.

C. There was so much traffic.

第二节：听下面一段长对话，选择正确答案。该对话读两遍。

3. The woman is a (an) ___.

A. doctor B. salesperson C. teacher

4. What is the boy going to buy?

A. A shirt for his father. B. Glasses for himself.

C. Flowers for his mother.

5. What is good about the shirt the woman showed the man?

A. It's cheap and nice. B. It's fashionable.

C. It's useful.

Key:

Reading

1—5 BDDCD 6—10 CABCD 11. I can 12. It teaches us about self-confidence. 13. “不能”这个词是抱负的敌人。 14. Whatever my mother asked me to do was always followed by the words, “I caaaaan’t.”. 15. I can’t learn that poem. It’s too loooong. 16. From “I can’t” to “I can” 或Lesson from a simple poem 17. the dead 18. invited 19. wearing 20. fun and excitement 21. scary or funny 22. candles 23. dress up 24. collecting

Listening

1—2 BC 3—5 BAA