A．many

B．a few

C．a lot

D．little

A. Reading a magazine B. OK

C. That’s OK D. No, thanks

A. looks like; looks like B. looks like; looks

C. looks; looks like D. looks; looks

【題目】

Moms take care of their children life and dads bring home food and make the family rules. These are the roles moms and dads fall into when they become parents and it’s common among all cultures. But times change and parents’ roles seem to be changing, too. More women are bringing

home food by having full-time jobs and men are taking care of their children at home.

　Chinese TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? provides a closer look at the changing roles of dads in modern family life. The show follows the adventures of five celebrity（明星）dads who take trips with their young children (aged 4 to 6) and try to complete a set of tasks. It shows how young dads are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them. Young dads no longer want to be cold.

　Psychologists（心理學家）say that a strong fatherly influence is important in a child’s development. Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety. A child learns that if something goes wrong, he or she can depend on dad to help fix it. The psychologists also say that without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.

A mother’s love is important, and so is a father’s love. Chen Mo, a psychology professor says,“It takes both parents to raise a child. Children have different needs at different ages and this needs to be considered by both parents.”

【1】What are the common roles of moms and dads in all cultures? ______

A. Moms take care of their children and dads bring home food and make the family rules.

B. Moms bring home food by having full-time jobs and dads take care of their children at home.

C. Both parents take care of their children at home.

D. Both parents go out to work, while grandparents take care of their children at home

【2】What are the young dads trying to do in the show?

A. They are trying hard to find the best way to cook some delicious food for their children.

B. They are trying to complete a set of tasks with their kids and keep a closer relationship with them.

C. They are trying to make more money.

D. They are trying to be cold to their kids.

【3】Why is a strong fatherly influence important in a child’s development?

A. Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety.

B. If something goes wrong, a child can depend on dad to help fix it.

C. With a dad, a child can do better in school work.

D. Without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.

【4】What is a child more possible to do without a dad?

A. Stay out late B. Get into trouble and do badly in school work.

C. Drop out of school. D. Drop out of school and get into trouble.

【5】Why does it take both parents to raise a child? ______

A. A child feels safer with both parents.

B. A child feels happier with both parents.

C. Both parents need to consider that children have different needs at different ages.

D. It is both the father’s and the mother’s duty to raise a child.

A food chain shows what eats what. It might show that zebras eat grass and then lions eat zebras.

Lions also eat other animals. Zebras eat other kinds of plants. So it takes more than one food chain to show how lions and zebras get their energy.

A food web shows how food chains work together. From it we can see how energy moves from plants to animals.

Plants and animals that live in hot, dry deserts depend on water as well as food. Creosote bushes have small leaves that hold water. Their seeds provide food and water for kangaroo rats. Kangaroo rats don’t need to drink water. They get all the water they need from the plants they eat. Kangaroo rats keep cool by coming out only at night to look for food. Ringtail cats also come out only at night. Ringtail cats hunt and eat kangaroo rats. Coyotes eat both the kangaroo rats and the ringtail cats.

Nothing is wasted in a food wed. Vultures eat dead animals. Vultures are scavengers. Scavengers do not hunt and kill other animals to get food. They eat animals that are already dead. When a ringtail cat or a coyote dies, it makes a meal for the vultures. Scavengers do an important job in keeping the environment clean.

【1】Where does the energy that living things need first come from?

A. Animals. B. Plants. C. The sun. D. Plant eaters.

【2】Why do ringtail cats come out only at night?

A. Because they are afraid of coyotes. B. Because they are shy animals.

C. Because it is very hot in the daytime. D. Because they can eat kangaroo rats.

【3】What kind of animal can be placed in the empty box of the picture?

A. Kangaroo. B. Vulture. C. Cat. D. Zebra.

【4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Lions eat different kinds of animals. B. Plants are on the top of the food chain.

C. Scavengers can keep the environment clean. D. Some animals get water from the plants they eat.

【5】What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Web of life B. Things that we eat

C. Food in the desert D. The place where food is from

Do you want to get home from work knowing you have made a real difference in someone’s life?

If yes, don’t care about sex or age! Come and join us, then you’ll make it!

Job: Volunteer Social Care Assistant

(No Pay with Free Meals)

Place: Manchester

Hours: Part Time

We are now looking for volunteers to support people with learning disabilities to live active lives! Only 4 days left. Don’t miss the chance of lending your warm hands to help others!

Role：

You will provide people with learning disabilities with all kinds of help in their daily life. You will help them to develop new skills. You will help them to protect their rights and their safety. Most important of all, you should let them know they are valued.

Skills and Experience Required：

You will have the right values and great listening skills. You will be honest and patient. You should have the ability to drive a car and to communicate in excellent written and spoken English, since you’ll help those people with different learning disabilities. Previous (先前的) related experience will be a great advantage for you.

【1】What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. You’ll make others’ life more meaningful with this job.

B. You’ll arrive home from work just in time.

C. You’ll make much money from this job.

D. You’ll succeed in getting this job.

【2】The volunteers’ key role is to help people with learning disabilities _____________.

A. get some support B. protect themselves

C. learn some living skills D. know their own value

【3】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. The volunteers needn’t work all day long. B. Free meals are provided for the volunteers.

C. The volunteers should be over sixteen. D. Only four days are left for those who want to get the job.

【4】Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer?

A. The one who can drive a car. B. The one who has done similar work before.

C. The one who can speak English very well. D. The one who has patience to listen to others.

【5】The passage is meant to _____________.

A. offer a notice B. give a report

C. carry an advertisement D. send an invitation

For years people have enjoyed following the life of Garfield the cat. Garfield is a popular comic book character, known for being lazy and fat. But the cat was back in the news recently for something you might not expect.

A man in the United States changed the gender of Garfield to “none” on the cat’s Wikipedia ( 維 基 百 科 ) page. After that lots of people got angry and kept

changing Garfield’s Wikipedia page. They argued about whether the cat was a boy,

girl or neither.

Wikipedia finally locked the page to stop people editing( 編輯) it. Jim Davis, Garfield’s creator, settled(解決) the argument.

“Garfield is male,” he simply told the Washington Post. The 71-year-old artist said he liked working with animals because they didn’t have to be old, young, boys or girls. He was angry that some people cared so much about Garfield’s gender.

It seems like quite an unnecessary argument to have. But it is not the only recent example of argument about gender.

To celebrate International Women’s Day in Australia earlier this year, the city of Melbourne made

10 traffic lights with a figure( 人形) dressed in a skirt. They were designed to celebrate Women’s Day and give them more confidence in public.

But not everyone thinks the idea is necessary. Some people think it is important for women to be treated fairly in Australia, but that this idea is silly.

“I’m all for doing anything we can for gender equity(公平), but really?” Melbourne mayor( 市長)

Robert Doyle told the Herald Sun. The mayor said this idea is more likely to be laughed at than bring respect to women.

【1】What put Garfield the cat back in the news recently?

A. The cat’s lazy character.

B. Being included in Wikipedia.

C. The cat’s picture being changed on Wikipedia.

D. The cat’s gender being changed on Wikipedia.

【2】What does the underlined word gender in the passage mean?

A. 個性 B. 性別 C. 外貌 D. 脾氣

【3】According to Jim Davis, .

A. Wikipedia should lock the page about Garfield

B. Garfield can be a boy or a girl, and young or old

C. artists don’t care about animals’ age or gender

D. it’s unnecessary to take Garfield’s gender seriously

【4】Why did Melbourne make 10 traffic lights with a figure dressed in a skirt?

A. To laugh at women in public

B. To celebrate International Women’s Day

C. To bring more chances to women

D. To treat women fairly in Australia

【5】What did Melbourne mayor Robert Doyle think of the traffic light idea?

A. It would give women more confidence in public.

B. It would help women be treated fairly in Australia.

C. It would bring respect to women.

D. It was not a good idea for gender equity.

English book Animal Farm (1945) tells a story about farm animals. They are fed up with ( 受夠了) Mr Jones, the farmer. He treats them badly, so they

decide to kick him off the farm and run the farm themselves.

One day an old pig called Old Major gathers the animals around him. He tells them that all animals should stand together. He says they should take over the farm. They say that all animals are equal.

After they get rid of ( 擺 脫 ) Mr Jones, two pigs become the leaders of

Animal Farm. One pig called Snowball is a great speaker. He has big ideas for Animal Farm. The other leader is a pig called Napoleon. Napoleon is a crafty (狡猾的) animal. He brings together supporters by

offering them advantages.

Napoleon makes a war against Snowball and kicks him away from the farm. He turns Snowball into a big enemy. He says that Snowball is working with Farmer Jones and other farmers to destroy Animal Farm.

But as it turns out it is Napoleon who is working with the enemies of the animals. He joins up with the old human enemies of the animals. But he tells the animals that he is working for them. Meanwhile the animals work hard. It seems that it is as bad to live under Napoleon as it was under Farmer Jones!

Why is the story so important?

Animal Farm is an excellent choice for learners of English because it’s very short. The language is also simple.

Like many famous stories Animal Farm is not just a book. It was played on the BBC radio in 1947. The big modern way of telling stories is in movies of course. Orwell’s book has become a film twice. Perhaps it won’t surprise you that the first one (1954) was a cartoon. In 1984 another film was made.

This was a live-action (真人版的) film. The famous book has also been put on in the theater. In 1984 a

version was made and it toured a number of British cities.

【1】Which is the right order of what happened in the story?

a. Napoleon turns Snowball into a big enemy. b. Animals are tired of Mr Jones.

c. Snowball becomes one of the leaders.

d. Napoleon kicks Snowball off the farm. e. Animals get rid of Mr Jones.

A. e a b c d B. a e b d c C. b e c a d D. b e a c d

【2】The purpose of the passage is .

A. to make an advertisement for a new book

B. to introduce us a famous novel

C. to display a world of animal

D. to attract us to watch a film

【3】Why do animals decide to run the farm themselves?

A. Because they want to become the owner of the world.

B. Because the farmer doesn’t treat them well.

C. Because Snowball and Napoleon are good leaders.

D. Because they want to control the farmer.

【4】What do you think of Napoleon according to the passage?

A. Friendly and kind. B. Polite and helpful.

C. Popular and honest. D. Dishonest and unkind.

【5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. George Orwell is the writer of the book Animal Farm.

B. All the learners of English should read this book.

C. The book became a film in 1947.

D. Snowball and Napoleon lead the farm in the end.

A. make up B. look up

C. set up D. give up

--I’ve studied much harder．

A. How B. When C. Why D. Where