A group of people asked this question to a group 4-to-8-year-old children. “What does love mean?” The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.

“When my grandmother hurt her knees (膝蓋), she couldn’t bent (彎腰) over and paint her toenails (腳指甲) any more. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands hurt too. That’s love.”

                                                Rebecca–age 8

“Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don’t shout at them because you know it would hurt her feelings.”

                                             Samantha–age 6

“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”

                                             Terri–age 4

“I let my big sister pick on (捉弄) me because my mum says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.”

                                             Bethany–age 4

“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new clothes.”

                                             Lauren–age 4

“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”

                                             Elaine–age 5

“My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don’t see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.”

                                             Clear–age 5

“You really shouldn’t say ‘I love you’ unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget.”

                                             Jessica–age 8

1. The passage mainly tells us about ______.

A. what “l(fā)ife” means to children    B. what “family” means to children

C. what “friends” means to children     D. what “l(fā)ove” means to children

2.Who told us the love between mum and dad?

A. Clear.           B. Elaine.          C. Rebecca.         D. Lauren.

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Rebecca’s grandmother ever couldn’t bend over.

B. Bethany is willing to be picked on by any other person.

C. If Samantha becomes angry, she will not shout at others.

D. Lauren prefers to wear her sister’s old clothes.

4.What does Jessica mean about love?

A. Too much love is no love.            B. You should say love more often.    

C. You mean what you think.         D. Say love more often if you have it.

5.What is love according to Terri?

A. Love is the care between husband and wife.      

B. Love is a rest when you are tired.

C. Love is what cheers you up when you are tired.  

D. Love is a kiss from parents.

What does it feel like to break a bone (骨頭)? It’s different for everyone, but the pain is often sharp (嚴(yán)重). If the break is small, however, the person may not feel much pain at all. If you think that you or someone else has broken a bone, the most important things to do are to stay calm, make the hurt person comfortable, and call the doctor. Do not move the injured body part since movement could make it worse.

To treat the break, the doctor will need to take an X-ray. This gives the doctor the information he or she needs to set (接上) the bone: to put it back to its normal place. If the bone is large or it is broken in more than one place, the doctor may need to use metal pins (鋼釘) to set it. After the bone has been set, the next step is usually putting on a cast, the special, hard thing that will keep the bone in place for a month or two.

Your bones are excellent at healing themselves. Broken bones will produce many new cells (細(xì)胞) and tiny blood vessels (血脈). These cover both ends of the broken part, and close up the break until the bone is as whole and strong as before.

1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. How to Know if a Bone is Broken

B. How Broken Bones Heal Themselves

C. Common Causes (原因) of Broken Bones

D. What You Should Know about Broken Bones

2. When someone breaks his bone, the following should be done except ______.

A. asking the doctor for help           B. comforting the hurt person             

C. moving the injured part          D. staying calm

3.Which is the correct order to treat the break?

   a. take an x-ray  b. use metal pins to set it  c. put it back to its normal place  d. put on cast

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

4.The underlined word “heal” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “______”.

   A. break again  B. become worse     C. wound or hurt    D. become healthy again

5. Where would you probably read this passage?

   A. In a story book.  B. On a poster.     C. In a health care book.   D. In a chemistry book.

Welcome Aboard (乘坐) your Piccadilly Flight to Heathrow

The Piccadilly line to Heathrow (倫敦西斯羅機(jī)場) is not only the fast way to travel but also the cheapest. So the next time you’re flying to Heathrow, make sure you fly Piccadilly line.

Your Piccadilly flight features (特點(diǎn)):

l  Departures (發(fā)車) from 36 stops on the Piccadilly line, or from over 200 stations only one change way

l  Service every 5 minutes to and from Heathrow throughout the day

l  Journeys from central London taking less than 50 minutes

l  Only £3.70 for a single adult fare (費(fèi)用)

l  See tables below for journey times                                                                                           

Fares to and from London

Adult single £3.70

Child single £1.50

If you are traveling as a group, then you are allowed to use the family travel card, which means each adult can travel for £3.40, and each child for £0.80.

Traveling to Heathrow

Traveling from Heathrow

1.At what time does the first train leave Earls Court on Sunday?

A. 07:15            B. 05:55            C. 05:13                D. 05:57

2.If your father wants to take the train, how much should he pay?

A. £1.50            B. £3.40            C. £3.70                D. £5.20

3. If you miss a train, how long will it take to wait for another?

A. 39 minutes       B. 49 minutes       C. 50 minutes       D. only 5 minutes

4.The last train to Piccadilly Circus on Wednesday leaves at ______.

A. 00:32            B. 00:43            C. 23:49                D. 23:30

5.If you travel with your mum and dad as a child, what is your best choice?

A. All pay full fare.                   B. Use the family travel card.

C. Each pay for his or her own.                             D. Look for free tickets.

根據(jù)句意和首字母或漢語提示，將單詞的正確形式寫在題中相應(yīng)的橫線上。

1. There’s nothing in this box. Look, it’s e______________.

2.You’d better to keep your v______________ down when talking in public.

3.Jack is so smart that he can answer these questions ______________ (容易地) .

4. Both of my best friends were born in ______________ (十月) .

5.People will use robots to do the ______________ (家務(wù)) in the future.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，用方框中所給詞語的適當(dāng)形式填空，使文章通順、完整。（每詞限用一次）

“Thank you” is widely                 1. in a modern society. It is a very good manner. You should say “Thank you”                 2.others help you or say something kind to you. For example: when someone                 3. the door for you, when someone says you have done your work well, when someone says you have                 4. a nice shirt, or your city                 5. very beautiful, you should say “Thank you”. “Thank you” is used not only between friends,                 6. between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.

“Excuse me” is                 7.short polite usage. We use it as the same as “Thank you”. When you hear someone say so behind you, you’d got to know that somebody wants to walk past you without                 8. you. It is not polite to interrupt (打斷) others while they are                 9.. If you want to have a word with one of them, please say “Excuse me”                10., and then begin to talk. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others. Let’s say “Thank you” and “Excuse me” on the right occasion.

閱讀下面的短文，并完成短文后的任務(wù)。

Draw a giraffe in your mind. How did you draw your giraffe? Does it have a long neck? Does it have long legs? Is it really tall? When people think of giraffes, they think of their long necks. A long neck and four long legs make the giraffe the tallest land animal on earth. A giraffe is 1.8m tall when it is born, and some giraffes get up to 6m tall when they are all grown up.

But did you know that giraffes also have long tongues? Have you seen the tongue of a giraffe before? A giraffe has a very long tongue which can hold and wrap (包) around objects. The tongue is designed for feeding, but it can be used in many different ways. For example, a giraffe can close its nose with its long tongue completely to keep out sand and dust. Also, a giraffe’s tongue is long enough to clean its owner’s ears as well!

The tongue is black in colour to protect it from getting sunburnt (曬傷). It is nearly 56cm long. Giraffe only eat plants, and a full grown giraffe can eat 33kg of leaves a day. When giraffes look for some tall trees to eat, they sometimes fight with elephants for food. Giraffes use their tongue to eat leaves from some tall trees. The giraffe’s tongue is a helpful tool for reaching leaves and breaking off branches.

任務(wù)一：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題。(注意：每題答案不超過10個(gè)單詞)

1. What is this article mainly about?

_________________________________________________________________________

2.What does a giraffe feed on?

_________________________________________________________________________ 

3. What color is the tongue of a giraffe? Why?

________________________________________________________________________ 

4. Give two examples of the use of the giraffe’s tongue.

(1) ___________________________________ (2) __________________________________

5.任務(wù)二：將文中劃線的句子翻譯成漢語。

________________________________________________________________________

假如你是李明，在網(wǎng)上看到一則美國某大學(xué)孔子學(xué)院招聘漢語老師的廣告，請你根據(jù)信息內(nèi)容，用英語給Mr.Smith寫一封email，向他推薦一位符合條件的老師。

注意：1. 詞數(shù)：80～100詞，信的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

  2. 可適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，說明他/她的優(yōu)勢，文中不要提及真實(shí)的校名和人名。

3. 參考詞匯：fluent adj.流利的  familiar adj.熟知的  standard n./adj.標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(的)

 Confucius n.孔子  suitable adj.合適的  healthy adj.  introduce v.  get along well with  …

Dear Smith,

How are you? I’m very glad to introduce                                           

I’m looking forward to your reply.

                                                      Yours sincerely

                                                       Li Ming

My mother is         English teacher in No. 2 Middle School.

A.   a           B.   the          C.   an           D,   /

We couldn't finish our work so early         your help.

A.   without      B.   with       C.   for        D.   by

— Would you like some        .

— Oh, yes, just a little.

A.   milk      B.   apple          C.   pears       D.   oranges