The Japanese may be the most polite (禮貌的) people in the world. In Japan, everyone spends a lot
of time saying "please", "thank you" and "sorry". Sometimes it takes a long time to say something very
easy, such as "You are standing on my foot." Just saying "sorry" makes Japanese people feel good. The
Japanese are very polite and they don't have a word for "no" in their language. Japanese people don't just
use words when they meet. They also bow. The lower they bow, the more polite they are. Last week,
an American sports reporter went to a Tokyo baseball match. "At the end of the game, all the players,
even the losing (失敗的) team, bow towards (向) the playground," wrote the reporter. "That's such a
strange thing. I believe you can only find it in Japan."
     But it seems (似乎) that the Japanese bow only to the Japanese. They shake hands (握手) with
Chinese, Americans and people from other countries. It would be interesting if a foreigner wants to bow
like Japanese but his Japanese friend holds out his hand.
1. The Japanese hardly ever say "_____".
A. no    
B. thank you    
C. sorry    
D. please
2. The Japanese will feel _____ if they don't say "sorry" or "thank you".
A. good    
B. bad    
C. happy    
D. relaxed
3. What does the underlined word "bow" mean in Chinese?
A. 交談          
B. 親吻
C. 擁抱          
D. 鞠躬
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Japanese don't spend much time saying easy things.
B. The Japanese bow to foreigners as they do to the Japanese.
C. The Japanese are more polite than any other people in the world.
D. The losing team doesn't bow towards the playground at the end of the game.
5. The best title for this passage is "_____".
A. A Visit to Japan      
B. A Strange Match
C. The Polite Japanese  
D. Polite People Around the World

                                           Advice on Test Taking
     ★Read the directions carefully. This may help you not make careless mistakes.
     ★If there is time, look through the whole test quickly. If you can, take short notes to help you
remember answers that come to your mind on the test or answer sheet (紙). But remember to ask if that
is allowed!
     ★Answer questions in the right order(順序): 1. Answer easy questions first to build confidence (信
心). It may also help you answer more difficult questions later. 2. Then answer difficult questions or the
most important ones. If you need to choose answers, first find those answers that are probably wrong. If
there are two answers with similar (類似的) ideas, both of them may be wrong. Then choose the best
answer. If you still can't tell the right one, believe the first one that comes to your mind. If you need to
answer some questions, give short descriptions of your ideas and then put them in order.
     ★Review: Don't leave as soon as you have finished all the questions. Review your test to make sure
that you ◎have answered all questions ◎did not choose answers that you don't really want ◎did not
make simple mistakes  

1. Why is it important to read the directions carefully while you are taking a test?
    ____________________________________________
2. If the writer doesn't know which answer to choose, what will he do?
    ____________________________________________
3. How many reasons does the writer give for reviewing the test?
    ____________________________________________
4. What should you do when you finish the questions in a test?
    ____________________________________________
5. What is the passage mainly about?
    ____________________________________________

     Koalas live in Australia. They can be up to 0.6 -0.9 meter long. They have brown fur (毛), and
patches (斑點(diǎn))  of  white on the neck and ears.   The fur keeps them from cold weather and rain.
They have strong feet and hands, so they can hold (抱住) the trees they live  in.   Koalas  spend
most of their time in trees.   They  eat  leaves and they can make sure the leaves  are  delicious.
Sometimes koalas must find a tree with more leaves. 
     A mother koala keeps her baby safe and warm. When the little koala is very young, the mother
koala has it in her arms or gives it a piggyback  (背負(fù)式) ride.   A baby koala starts to  climb (爬)
trees when  it is nine  months old.   After a long time of eating and climbing,   the koala may want
to sleep.  It curls up on a  tree to rest. It  spends 18  to 20  hours  each  day resting  and sleeping. 

1. Koalas have _____ to help them live in trees.

A. brown fur          
B. white patches
C. big ears          
D. strong feet and hands

2. When a koala is nine months old, it _____.

A. stops eating leaves  
B. stops living in trees
C. starts to climb trees  
D. starts to live in Mum’s arms

3. A koala spends about _____ hour(s) resting and sleeping each day.

A. 0.6  
B. 0.9  
C. 10  
D. 19

4. What is the Chinese meaning of the under-lined words "curl up"?

A. 攀爬    
B. 移動(dòng)    
C. 站立  
D. 蜷曲

5. The passage is about _____.

A. koalas                  
B. the use of trees
C. the koala’s fur        
D. Australian weather  

     Some people believe that genes and intelligence (基因和智力) decide a student's success. But there
 is no study to support this opinion, and in fact, it is wrong. Students'success or failure (失敗) is finally
decided by one simple thing: how they learn. Some students are lucky when they find ways that arehelpful
for them to study. But not all students are so lucky. Some students still learn in wrong ways. Dr. James
J. Asher developed "Total Physical Response" as a way to teach languages. Studies at San Jose State
University showed that students who moved their bodies while learning English learned more words and
grammar in a short time. Those who sat still and didn't move learned less. After a year, the students who
learned by moving their bodies still remembered 80% or more of what they had learned, while the others
forgot over 80%. So you should make sure that you keep moving when you learn English. As you listen
to a story or an article, mime (模擬) the action. For example, if you hear the word "go", move yourfeet.
Pretend you are acting out the story or the article that you are listening to. By doing this, you will be able
to learn English better, remember it longer and use it more easily.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，補(bǔ)全表格中所缺的信息。

     In the writer's opinion, what decides students'success or failure? Their    1   .Why did Dr. James
J. Asher develop "Total Physical Response"? To    2   .Who studied better according to the studies? The
students who    3    while learning. What was the performance (表現(xiàn)) of the students who kept still while
learning? They    4    of what they had learned. What's the writer's suggestion for the way of studying?
To    5    while learning.

     When people visit Switzerland for the first time, they look with great interest, not only at the mountains
but also at a type of clock-a Cuckoo-clock, on sale there. Cuckoo-clocks are very popular with tourists
looking for a souvenir. A Cuckoo-clock has a small painted cuckoo that comes out near the top of the clock
every half an hour and says, "Cuckoo". Every hour it comes out and says "Cuckoo" the right number of times.
It does not get a sore throat at midnight or mid-day! Children find these clocks wonderful. Adults gradually
get annoyed because the cuckoo never misses an hour or a half hour, and this makes a short sleep in an
armchair rather difficult.
     In Europe, the cuckoo's call is a welcome sign that summer is on the way. This is the time when the
mother cuckoo flies round, looking for a nest (巢) to lay one of her eggs. She chooses a nest belonging to
another bird which already has eggs. When the nest is left unnoticed for a minute or two, the cuckoo rushes
down, lays an egg and hurries off. In this way, she may lay her eggs in as many as four different nests. not
one of which has been built by herself. 
     When a cuckoo egg hatches (孵化), the baby bird is bigger and stronger than the other nestlings. Step by
step, it pushes other baby birds and any unhatched eggs out of the nest. In this way, it receives all the food
from its foster-parents (養(yǎng)父母) and has a better chance of surviving.

1. When tourists first visit Switzerland, _____.

A. they are impressed by the mountains
B. they do not find the mountains interesting
C. the Cuckoo-clocks are more interesting to them than the mountains are
D. they find neither the mountains nor the clocks interesting

2. Which of the followings is NOT true?

A. Cuckoos often lay eggs in other birds' nests.
B. If it's exactly 12 o'clock now, the cuckoo will say "cuckoo" twelve times.
C. The cuckoo does not say"cuckoo" at midnight and mid-day.
D. The adults don't like the Cuckoo-clocks as much as the children.

3. Tourists like to buy Cuckoo-clocks _____.

A. to remind them of a visit
B. because they can tell time exactly
C. to amuse their children
D. because they are cheaper than other clocks

4. Why are Europeans happy to hear the call of the cuckoo?

A. They like to catch and eat this large bird.
B. The bird has a beautiful way of singing.
C. This bird is used to tell the time in Switzerland.
D. It makes them think that warmer weather is coming.

5. What may other birds think when a cuckoo lays an egg in their nest?

A. They push it out of their nest.
B. It seems that they don't know what has happened.
C. They don't like it but cannot do anything about it.
D. They welcome the egg and the young cuckoo.

    Never try to work when you are very hungry. If you want to do your homework right after school, you
may want to eat something before getting to work. ①Always do your homework before you get too tired.
Don't wait till very late in the evening, or your homework will seem much harder than it really is. If you
have more than an hour's work, you should give yourself ②a break after an hour. On the other hand, ③you
should work at least half an hour at a time without stopping.
    Don't put it off (推遲) until the last minute. If you put off doing your homework, you will have it on your
mind, and you won't enjoy your free time so much. If you put it off until the end of a week or until right
before a test, you will have too much to do. A little each night, enough to keep up with (跟上) what is
happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it.
    ④每天在同一個(gè)時(shí)間做作業(yè). This will help you make it a habit. It will make part of your daily work
easier to do, and it will make your free time more enjoyable as well.

1. 改寫①句且句意不變。________ you get too tired, you should ________ doing your homework.
2. ②處的a break意為 __________。 
    A. a sleep 
    B. a rest
    C. an idea
    D. a moment
3. 請(qǐng)將短文的③句翻譯成中文。
    ______________________________________________________________
4. 請(qǐng)將短文的④句翻譯成英文。
    ______________________________________________________________
5. According to the passage, when you have homework to do, you should _______. (可選多個(gè)答案).
    A. not put off doing your homework
    B. do your homework at the same time every day
    C. eat something to keep yourself not hungry
    D. have a short break after working for half an hour

        Many people like to search the Internet. Exploring the Internet is one of the most important activities of the
day. The Internet brings the outside world closer to people's homes. Some people say the world is smaller than
before because of the Internet.
        What's going on in other countries? How do people live in places far away? Is there a good sports game so
mewhere? What's the life in the deepest part of sea? If you want answer all these questions, just come to the
Internet. Of course, people can also learn through reading or listening to the radio. But with the Internet they
can learn better and more easily. A lot of information can be collected at a great speed.
        Can we go shopping without leaving home? Can we see a doctor without going to the hospital? Can we
study without going to school? Can we draw money without going to bank? All these things seemed to be
impossible, but now they have become quite possible.
        The Internet helps us open our eyes. The Internet also helps open our minds. The Internet often gives us
new ideas. In a word, it helps us in many ways. Great changes have taken place in our life since the appearance
of the Internet.

1. Some people say the world is smaller than before because _____________ .

A. all people kike to search the Internet.
B. the Internet makes the earth smaller in size
C. the Internet brings the outside world closer to them

2. The sentence "The Internet also helps us open our mind." means _______ .

3. We can't ________ through the Internet.

A. know a good sports match somewhere
B. cook the meal
C. know a lot of information

4. This passage has told us __________.

A. it's helpful to explore the Internet
B. not to explore the Internet any more
C. to stop reading and to explore the Internet

5. Which of the following sentences is Not true?

A. The Internet can get the information faster than reading
B. Without leaving home, we can get money from the bank by radio
C. People can learn better and more through the Internet

    If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they become weak; when you start using them
again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that
memory works in the same way. When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he
keeps using his memory. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not
give it enough chance to become strong. 
    Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but they have better memories? This is because
they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook.
They have to remember days, names, songs and stories; so they are using their memory all the time. 
    So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people:practise remembering.

1．The main reason for one's poor memory is that ______.

A．his memory is not often used
B．he doesn't use his arms or legs for long
C．he has to remember too many things
D．he can't read or write at all

2．Some people can't read or write, but they usually have better memories, because ______.

A．they use their arms and legs more often
B．they can remember things more easily
C．they are better at learning from others
D．they have to keep their memories in more use

3．Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Don't Stop Using Your Arms or Legs.
B．How to Have a Good Memory.
C．How to Keep Your Body Strong.
D．Reading, Writing and Memory.