If you go shopping in any toy store, you can see clearly the different games and toys for boys and girls: there are a lot of pink toys on one side of the store for girls; and dark-colored cars, guns, and soldiers for boys. Some big stores with toys may even have a pink floor for girls and a blue floor for boys. In fact, it is difficult to buy a toy for a girl that is not pink.
Some people think that too much pink is bad for girls. Sue Palmer, writer of Toxic Childhood, is very worried that most girls over the age of three are crazy about the color. According to some scientists, this happens for two reasons. Firstly, most companies offer too many products in pink. Also, many parents think their little daughter looks cute in pink. Sue Palmer says that girls at this age cannot make proper decisions by themselves, but the pink can affect (影响) the choices and the decisions they will make in the future.
Some parents are worried too—for example, Vanessa Holburn, thirty-two, who has two girls under the age of four. Their bedrooms are a sea of pink and Vanessa is not happy. “Pink says that you are soft and gentle. Blue says that you are strong and powerful. I want my daughters to be strong and powerful. I’m worried that pink will not help them with that,” she says.
But not everyone thinks there’s something wrong with pink. Grayson Turner is a father of three girls and he isn’t worried at all. “People forget that things change all the time,” he says. “My girls used to love pink when they were little, but as they get older, they change.” Turner explains that his twelve-year-old daughter never wears pink clothes anymore. “This love of pink is just a fashion and all fashions change,” he adds. “It’s only since the 1940s that people have started dressing girls in pink—before that it was a color for boys.”
1．Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?(P=Paragraph)A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．being soft and gentle | B．being strong and powerful |
| C．being gentle but powerful | D．being cute and beautiful |
| A．parents needn’t worry about pink toys | B．all little kids love the color pink |
| C．pink has always been a color for girls | D．his girls now like the color blue |
| A．tell us why girls are crazy about the color pink |
| B．make parents less worried about the color pink |
| C．ask girls to give up playing with pink toys |
| D．show people’s different opinions about the color pink |
| A．To China. | B．To France. | C．To Japan. |
France is well known for its beautiful scenery (风景), great art and delicious food. It’s reported that about 75 million visitors go to France every year.
France is the largest country in Western Europe. It has a population (人口) of over 66 million. The country has many famous places of interest, like the River Seine, as well as the Eiffel Tower. The best way to travel in France is by bus.
Many visitors come for the country’s art. Sculptor (雕刻家) Auguste Rodin and painter Claude Monet once created their great works here.
It’s not perfect to visit Paris without a trip to the Louvre, one of the largest and the most famous museums in the world. Inside, there are 35,000 works of art, such as the painting Mona Lisa by Da Vinci and the statue David by Michelangelo. It will take you about nine months if you want to enjoy all the pieces.
Besides, French food is world-famous. Bread is very important in France. The best known French bread is baguettes (法棍面包). They are long, delicious and taste salty. Snails (蜗牛) are also a kind of famous food there. French people eat 40,000 tons of snails every year! In the beginning. French people ate snails to protect grape trees. But now snails become a famous dish in France.
But France is not always good. Paris, the city of light, may also show its bad side to visitors. It’s often crowded on the subway in Paris. So it often wastes too much visitor’s time on the road.
假如你是李华。今年暑假和父母去了不同的地方旅游。请根据你的旅行经历及内容提示，以“My Great Trips”为题，写一篇80词以上的英语短文，介绍一下你的旅行情况。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
| Who | My parents and I | ||
| Where | Shanghai | Sichuan | Beijing |
| How |  |  |  |
| What | visit the Oriental Pearl TV Tower (东方明珠) and do some shopping | go to the wildlife park (野生动物园) and watch the pandas | climb the Great Wall and listen to the Peking Opera |
| The feelings | Strong be proud of | Few protect | many people become interested in |
| love our motherland | |||
My Great Trips
Hello, I’m Li Hua. This summer my parents and I went to several places. It was really a great travel experience.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
| pay, make, buy, think, sell, finish, become, write, use, work, love |
Taylor, an eight-year-old girl, went shopping with her parents one day. She wanted to buy a toy she liked, but her father didn’t give her money. Instead, he asked Taylor
Taylor started her plan the next day. At first, she borrowed $40 from her parents and promised
Everyone
“Making cakes is my favorite.” Taylor says. She also decorates (装饰) the boxes now. In the future she
Taylor’s cakes
In your dreams, you may clearly see something or hear someone talking. But what about smells? Can you ever remember smells from your dreams?
A study published in 1896 looked at different sensory （感官的） experiences in dreams. It found that visual （视觉的） experience mainly controls one’s dreams. It takes up about 85 percent, while auditory （听觉的） experience makes up 69 percent, and smell only 7 percent.
But why? Scientists from the University of Illinois, US, have a theory based on what is know about the brain.
In our brain, there is a special part called the cerebral cortex （大脑皮层）. It is linked to our feelings. As much as two-thirds of the cerebral cortex works in vision. So vision appears often in dreams. Auditory experience is closely tied to language, and language is processed entirely in the cerebral cortex.
Smell, on the other hand, has little to do with the cerebral cortex. It connects directly to the memory and emotional systems. That is why a smell can sometimes bring back a distant memory.
Another possibility is that perhaps smell is not easily affected by our imagination. For example, close your eyes and imagine your favorite dish. What do you get? It is easy to think about what it looks like. But it is not as easy to imagine its smell.
The vision and auditory senses are part of a complex process inside the brain. But smell is a direct measurement （计量） of chemicals in the air. There is less imagination involved in smell. Therefore, smell might be less influenced by the brain activity that happens while dreaming. It is similar to taste and touch. That is why you don’t usually have the experience of taste and touch in your dreams.
1．Which experience mainly controls one’s dreams, according to the 1896 study? ________| A．Smell. | B．Vision. | C．Hearing. | D．Taste and touch. |
| A．Less than half of the cerebral cortex works in vision. |
| B．Auditory experience is not tied to language. |
| C．Smell has almost nothing to do with the cerebral cortex. |
| D．It’s difficult to imagine what things in your dreams look like. |
| A．look than its smell | B．smell than its look |
| C．taste than its smell | D．smell than its taste |
| A．How Does the Cerebral Cortex Work? |
| B．Why Can’t You Smell in Your Dreams? |
| C．What Experience Happens Most Often in Dreams? |
| D．Why Can’t You Remember Smells from Your Dreams? |
Have you ever been to a swamp （沼泽）? The book Swampfire: A Shockoe Slip Gang Adventure will tell you all about it.
It tells the story of Sally and Andrew, who are also amateur teen detectives （青少年业余侦探）. They are also known as
“The Shockoe Slip Gang” a name given to them by reporters after their last successful case.
① They are excited to return to their cousin Anne’s farm in Virginia this summer. Mostly they are looking forward to camping out in the largely unexplored Swamp near the farm with their friend Robin. ② Sally and Andrew respect Robin because he and his parents live in the swamp, and he knows how to keep alive in the great outdoors. The three friends are even more excited to explore the swamp when hearing of a recent ghost sighting. ③ Robin even says he has caught sight of the creature, which he says is actually a beautiful red-gold horse! But before leaving for the camping trip. Anne warns Sally, Andrew and Robin about the possibility of swamp fires, which are dangerous but also attractive. ④ The Native Americans who used to live in the area believed that “a swamp fire was a special kind of fire, and meant something special was going to happen.”
From fighting off bears to facing snakes, Sally, Andrew and Robin have plenty of challenges during this adventure. Will their skills, bravery and friendship be enough to leave the swamp alive?
Read the book to find out.
1．How did the three detectives get the name “The Shockoe Slip Gang”?| A．Their friends gave them the name. |
| B．The reporters gave them the name. |
| C．They came up with it themselves. |
| D．The reporters got the name from readers. |
| A．Robin’s. | B．Sally’s. | C．Andrew’s. | D．Anne’s. |
| A．① | B．② | C．③ | D．④ |
When Bambi woke up and saw snow on the forest floor, he felt sad. It was still winter!
His mum had found a nice place for the winter, but it was difficult for him to meet his friends. It always took him a long time to walk through the woods. The worst thing was the frozen lake.
But on that cold morning, Bambi wanted to fight with his fear. He stood bravely in front of the ice-covered lake. He could see his friends, the squirrel and the rabbit, playing on the opposite side!
Bambi put one of his feet on the ice, and then a second and a third. But suddenly, he fell down! He tried and tried but still failed. He decided to try again the next day.
His friends were watching him. They looked worried!
The next morning, his mother said, “Wake up, Bambi! Your friends have made something special for you!”
Bambi opened his eyes. The rabbit and the squirrel were there, holding four strange things in their hands. What could they be?
“We call them ‘skates’ ! They’re for your feet!” the squirrel said.
“With these on, you can walk through the ice to see us any time you want!” added the rabbit.
They hurried Bambi down to the lake and asked him to put on the skates.
Bambi almost fell down as he walked onto the ice. But by moving them sideways, he found that he could skate across the ice. His mother and friends cheered for him.
Perhaps winter could be fun!
1．Where could be Bambi’s home?
| A．A | B．B | C．C | D．D |
| A．Sad. | B．Brave. | C．Serious. | D．Understanding. |
| A．Eyes. | B．Friends. | C．Hands. | D．Skates. |
| A．He had a pair of skates. |
| B．He saw snow on the floor. |
| C．He solved difficulties with friends. |
| D．He got cheers from his father and friends. |
We have more or less trouble to face in our life. These things may give you too much stress which is bad for your development. So, how can we students deal with them?
As a student, schoolwork and grades are at the top of your stress list. You have a lot of schoolwork to do every day. Although your grades are not terrible, you may still worry that you are not as good as you expect. Why not make a daily or weekly plan for schoolwork? In this way. you can save more time to study and even avoid being too tired by taking some breaks. Don’t be too strict with yourself. Just do what you can do. If you meet something beyond your ability, just go to your teacher for help—pick his or her brain or make any questions you don’t understand clear.
Have you ever been worried about not having enough friends in school or not being in the same class with your best friends? Not getting along well with new classmates is also our common stress. It is important to choose your circle of friends. Don’t hide yourself in your own world and try to make friends when you join in after-school activities. Make plans to meet your friends from other classes during break time. Know that everyone is different — do not compare yourself with others. You’ll be less stressed that way.
Unhealthy eating habits and lack (缺乏) of sleep can also lead to stress. You are what you eat. Make healthy food choices that you can enjoy. Set a certain time to go to bed every night. Don’t play computer games before you sleep. Do see a doctor if your sleeping problem continues.
The more successfully you deal with your stress, the better you will feel about yourself. Try out the above advice right away.
1．What is the most stressful for a student?| A．Unhealthy eating habits and lack of sleep. | B．Not getting along well with new classmates. |
| C．Lack of friends. | D．Schoolwork and grades. |
| A．Have a healthy eating habit. | B．Go to see a doctor to ask for help. |
| C．Play computer games before you sleep. | D．Go to bed whenever you feel sleepy. |
| A．Too much stress of students. | B．Making friends with the new classmates. |
| C．How to deal with stress. | D．Poor eating habits and lack of sleep. |
| A．Students who are facing some stress. | B．Students who are learning new things. |
| C．Students who are leaving school. | D．Students who are having a trip. |
However, some people still don’t realize the
For example, the elephants are the largest animals on the land. They are in
| A．Protect | B．Protection | C．Protecting | D．Protected |
| A．of | B．off | C．for | D．from |
| A．necessary | B．important | C．importance | D．importantly |
| A．So | B．Because | C．Unless | D．But |
| A．fewer and fewer | B．more and more | C．bigger and bigger | D．smaller and smaller |
| A．danger | B．excitement | C．safe | D．interest |
| A．other | B．others | C．the other | D．another |
| A．Lucky | B．Unlucky | C．Luckily | D．Unluckily |
| A．stopping | B．to stop | C．stops | D．stop |
| A．well | B．good | C．better | D．best |
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