Reading

Choose the best answer:

My face art was ... (P3)

1. What did the author do at the school carnival?

A. She posed as a model for students.

B. She painted Spiderman masks for everyone.

C. She painted students'' faces in different colors and patterns.

D. She volunteered to teach a painting class.

2. How did the first customer react to the author''s work?

A. She was pleased with everything the author did.

B. She was annoyed by the wrongly placed black spot.

C. She was dissatisfied because the butterfly was not painted well.

D. She was so excited that she encouraged all her friends to have their faces painted.

3. Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the article?

A. The author painted her own face for fun.

B. When other children saw the Spiderman face, they lined up to have their faces done.

C. The author was encouraged by the girl''s approval of her work.

D. The author''s host father was surprised to see her painted face.

4. What is the article mainly about?

A. The author''s life as an exchange student in America.

B. The author''s experience of painting faces for kids.

C. The author''s understanding of modern art.

D. The author''s successful painting career.

Protect your eyes (P6)

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

A. Most people know that UV rays harm the eyes as well as the skin.

B. Short-time exposure of the eyes to UV rays doesn''t harm them

C. Too much eye exposure to UV rays may cause total blindness.

D. You don''t have to protect your eyes from UV rays on cloudy days.

6. According to the article, what do we know about the UV rays?

A. The reflection ratio of UV rays changes a lot in Japan.

B. The higher you stand, the more you will be exposed to UV rays.

C. The level of UV rays is high during winter months.

D. Sensitivity to light and tearing are common effects of daily UV rays exposure.

7. You would most likely find the article in ______.

A. a doctor''s diary

B. a travel journal

C. a medical magazine

D. a physics textbook

Celebrating the light ... (P4)

根据文章内容填空，每空一词。

Name of the festival	Hanukkah
Time to celebrate	In late November or early December. The 8. ______ date is determined by the Hebrew 9. ______.
Feature objects and activities	Menorah	Known as a 10. ______ of Hanukkah, Menorah is a special candleholder. Candles are 11. ______ after sundown on each of the eight nights of the festival.
	Gifts and money	Each day of the festival children are given gifts and money, usually just a few coins from parents, but larger 12. ______ from grandparents or other 13. ______.
	Dreidel	People take turns 14. ______ a dreidel, a small spinning top with four sides, to win pieces of food in a 15. ______.
	Potato latkes and Fruit-filled donuts	Potato latkes, made of potatoes, eggs, onions, flour and salt, are a 16. ______ food eaten 17. ______ Hanukkah time. Fruit-filled donuts are also popular.

A lesson in kindness (P8)

18. Why did the old lady want to forgive the author?

A. Because she didn''t want to hate anyone, especially a child.

B. Because blaming the child might have caused her stress, which would have been bad for her health.

C. Because the author had promised to pay for the broken window.

D. Because the broken window was not an important matter.

19. The old lady wrote “I''m proud of you” in her note because ______.

A. the author had bravely admitted his mistake

B. the author had returned her warm smile

C. she had found out for herself who had broken her window

D. the author hadn''t told anyone else about the broken window

20. The following adjectives can all be used to describe the old lady''s nature EXCEPT ______.

A. patient B. tolerant

C. broad-minded D. humorou

21. What does the author want to tell us through the story?

A. We should ignore the mistakes people make.

B. Tolerance (宽容) is a virtue.

C. It is important to learn how to communicate.

D. We shouldn''t forget those who help us out when we are in difficulties.

Listening

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Topic: Travel and Transport

（一）听下面三段独白，然后根据所听的内容补全下面的句子。每段独白仅读一遍。

a. Banff National Park is ____ square kilometers. It is the ____ national park in Canada and the world''s ____. Every year ____ people visit it.

b. It took Michael Perham ____ weeks to sail across the Atlantic. The ____-year-old British boy finished the ____km trip on January 3, ____.

c. On ____, 6, 2007, the Briton Jason Lewis finished the trip around the world he began ____ years before. He traveled the ____ kilometers just rowing a boat and riding a bike.

（二）听下面一段独白，然后根据所听的内容判断下面句子的正误。该段独白读两遍。（正确√，错误×）

( ) 1. London''s transport(交通) is a terrible problem.

( ) 2. People who drive in the center of London should pay a fee.

( ) 3. The idea to improve the traffic goes back to January 2003.

( ) 4. The Mayor at the time thought the idea was a success.

( ) 5. Now people who drive into busy areas of London pay ￡5.

( ) 6. For many Londoners the fee is not cheap.

( ) 7. Many Londoners are still unhappy with the idea now.

( ) 8. Sandiford doesn''t think the traffic situation is better.

Key:

Reading

1-4 CAAB

5-7 CBC

8. exact

9. calendar

10. symbol

11. lit

12. sum

13. relative

14. spinning

15. pot

16. traditional

17. around

18-21 AADB

Listening

I.

a. 6,641, first, third, 5,000,000/ 5 million

b. 6, 14, 5600, 2007

c. October, 13, 74,000

II.

1-8 TTFTFTFF