Walking is cheap. Needn’t spend money on expensive clothes and equipment(器材). All you need is a pair of good shoes. Walking is fun, and it gives you time for yourself. Go with a friend. Walk and talk. Do something you enjoy. Listen to music, think about life, relax and so on. Walking is good for your health. It’s good for your mind and body. You feel good after walking a lot. And now scientists say that walking outdoors is a best exercise. Walking is good in all kinds of weather. So it’s raining? Don’t worry, take an umbrella. When it’s sunny, use sunglasses. If it’s hot, take some water with you. When it’s cold, you always feel warm. And walking in the snow is a great fun!

Are you willing to walk? Don’t wait! Just do it! 根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)、误(F)。 （5分）

( )31. Here are four reasons why walking is great exercise. ( )32.. You must follow some rules while you are walking. ( )33. If you walk, you needn’t buy expensive clothes.

( )34. Walking is boring because you can’t walk on rainy days. ( )35. The passage tells us walking is a good way to keep healthy. (B)

The following books are about a cute dog called Clifford.

CLIFFORD VISITS THE HOSPITAL($4.20)

No Dogs Are Allowed! But Clifford, the small red puppy, visits the hospital

and cheers up the patients（患者）. They all love this dog.

CLIFFORD’S Halloween ($3.99)

Clifford loves holidays, especially（尤其）Hallowee（万圣doing for Halloween?

CLIFFORD’S SPORTS DAY($4.25)

Clifford goes to school with Emily to take part in sports day activities（活动）.

CLIFFORD AND THE BIG STORM($4.28)

节）.What is Clifford

Clifford and Emily go to her grandma’s house, and Clifford saves the house from a big storm.

( ) 36. The underlined words “cheer up” mean _______ in Chinese. A. 使治疗

B. 使伤害

C. 使振奋 D. 使烦恼

( )37. Which festival does Clifford love best?

( ) 38. What does Clifford do at school? A. He joins the sports club.

B. He joins the English club.

C. He takes part in after-school activities. D. He takes part in sports day activities.

( ) 39. Where does Clifford go in the last book?

A. To Emily’s grandma’s house. C. To a hospital.

B. To Emily’s school. D. To a party.

( ) 40. How much should you pay if you want to buy Clifford’s Halloween and Clifford’s Sports Day?

A. $8.19.

(C)

Now satellites are helping to forecast(预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大气) , because this is where the weather forms(形成).They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists(气象学家) can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists pare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented,

B. $8.24.

C. $8.45.

D. $8.53.

the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead(提前). （10分）

( )41. Satellites travel .

A. in space

B. above space D. in the atmosphere

C. above the ground

( )42.Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because .

A. clouds form there B. the weather forms there

C. the weather satellites can do it easily D. the pictures can forecast the weather

( ) 43. Meteorologists forecast the weather .

A. without studying satellite pictures B. before they receive satellite pictures C. when they have received satellite pictures

D. after they have pared the new satellite pictures with the earlier ones

( ) 44. Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for

A. one day

B. two days

D. seven days or even longer

C. five days

( )45. The main idea of this passage is that satellites are now used in .

A. taking pictures of the earth B. receiving pictures of the atmosphere C. weather forecasting

D. doing other work in many ways (D)

Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called ―the youngest writer in the world. He has written three books till now. Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could

say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he. At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. The mice ate their food and they also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, ―If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people. This was his first fairy tales Change Stomach for Mice. Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, ―I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books. ( ) 46. How many books has Dou Kou written?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six. ( ) 47. Dou Kou began to use a dictionary __________. A. when he wrote fairy tales B. after he went to school

C. before his father taught him how to learn something D. after his mother taught him how to learn something ( ) 48. Which is the best title? A. Three Books by a Child B. How to Write a Fairy Tales C. How Clever the Boy is D. Dou Kou, the Youngest Writer

( )49. “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.” means_____ A. Everybody else can write books like Dou Kou . B. Dou Kou is as normal as the other children.

C. If Dou Kou writes more books, he will be different from other children. D. Dou Kou likes writing, but other children do not.

( )50. Thanks to ______________, Dou Kou has bee the youngest writer. a.. the way of life he lives b. his hobby of reading

c. childhood of living in Jiangsu d. the fairy tales he has read

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