In many western schools, sports day is a big event. Children take part in competitive (竞争性的)sports and try to break school records and take the first place.
Sports days, or sports meetings, are usually held in the warmer seasons, either at the beginning or the end of the school year. They are also called field days. Primary school sports days are fun. They usually have activities such as the egg and the spoon race and the sack race. Other events include the skipping race (跳绳) and the three-legged race. In middle and high schools, sports days include many of the common track and field events (田径项目). They are more serious and competitive than primary school ones.
Students' parents and other relatives also come to the school on sports days. They watch children play. Many schools in the West have "mothers and fathers" races for parents to take part in!
Although sports days are exciting, they also have some problems. According to some reports in the USA, sports days have become too competitive to be good for students. Some parents put too much pressure on the children. Some schools don't have "mothers and fathers" races any more as there is much fighting and cheating.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。（10分）
1.What do children try to do when they take part in sports meetings?
2.When are sports days usually held in the school year?
3.What are primary school sports days like?
4.Who would come to the school to watch children play on sports days?
5.Do sports days have problems in the writer’s opinion ?
阅读短文，从A-E五个句子中选择正确选项还原到文中，使短文内容完整、正确。
Jane Goodall first made friends with a chimp (黑猩猩)when she was one year old. On her first birthday her mother carried her to the zoo near her home and bought her a toy chimp. 1._____ At age 7, Jane Gooddatl read Dr. Doolittle, a book about a doctor who could talk to animals. She wanted to be able to talk to her favorite animal, too. She expected to go to Africa some day so that she could learn more about chimps. When Jane grew up, 2._____. She got her wish when she was 26 years old. She went to Gombe National Park where many chimps lived in the forests.
Jane watched the chimps closely day after day. 3._____ They could think and make plans. They used tools. They showed their fear, pain, or pleasure. Sometimes, they fought. Often, they hugged(拥抱)and kissed.4.______. They knew that the relation between chimps and humans was the closest. However, they did not know they acted so much like us.
Jane still has the toy chimp she was given as a child. She has studied her furry friends for over 30 years. Now, 5._____. She hopes that what she has to say will make others do something to protect chimps from being hurt.
I am Jay from Sunshine Middle School. Recently, we did a survey about who we prefer to share worries with. We got different answers. According to the chart, about 71% of the students would like to share their worries with their classmates and friends . It is mainly because they believe that if people are at the same age, they are easy to communicate and understand each other better.
About 22% of the students said they would like to share worries with their teachers and parents. According to them, adults are rich in experience, and that they can deal with their problems easily. The rest prefer to keep worries to themselves. As for them, it’s a struggle to get along well with others, some of them said they didn’t want to trust anyone.
As far as I am concerned, I am willing to share worries with my best friends because they’re always kind and understanding. However, if I meet with some serious problems, I’ll be likely to ask my parents and teachers for help, who, I believe, have more experience to give me valuable advice.
根据短文内容判断正（T）误 (F) 。（5分）
1.The survey is about who students prefer to share worries with.
2.Most students would like to share worries with their classmates and friends.
3.Some students would like to share worries with their teachers and parents because they are easy to communicate.
4.No students keep worries to themselves according to the survey.
5.Jay will ask his parents and teachers for help if he meets with some serious problems.
If someone says to you: “give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's not asking for your money, but your fingers.
In the US, "give me five" or "give me the high five" is a popular gesture (动作). You can see it often in films or on TV. It means the clapping (拍) of each other's raised right hands together.
People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket (彩票).If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate.
This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor to show respect. This also showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword (刀) in his hand.
Why not try to give the high five to your friends?
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（5分）
1.“Give me five” is a gesture to _______.
A. make people laugh B. ask for money
C. celebrate success D. give me five yuan
2.The gesture “give me five” is the clapping of _______.
A. toes B. hands C. arms D. feet
3.When you ______, you give your friends high fives.
A. lose your money B. go back home
C. win a football game D. pick up some money
4.The gesture started in _______ according to the story.
A. Rome B. America C. China D. Britain
5.Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor? Because ______.
A. they were proud of their emperor
B. they were happy to see the emperor
C. they wanted to show their respect to the emperor.
D. they wanted to show there were no swords in the emperor’s hands
MSG(monosodium glutamate谷氨酸单钠) is a food additive(食品添加剂),which has been widely used by many food factories all over the world since it appeared first in Japan in 1909.
MSG is a substance that is added to some food to improve its taste and color. It is used in foods around the world such as cakes, bread, frozen meat, fish and vegetables. In the beginning, people thought MSG was safe just like salt and sugar. However, in 1968 some people reported they seemed to have bad reactions(反应) to MSG after having had a meal at a restaurant. They included headaches and quick heartbeat . It was also reported that MSG excited a person’s brain and caused his death in Japan. Scientists think that MSG may lead to many neurological disorders(神经紊乱). In mice studies done by a university, the result showed the mice didn’t want to eat the food including MSG.
Today many food companies “hide” MSG on food labels(标签) by using different names. If you see “natural flavorings (调味品) ”,“hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you are probably seeing a hidden way to “report” MSG in a food label. Every time we have a meal in a restaurant, we always feel the food very delicious to taste, but sometimes it is dangerous for our health because some harmful food additives have been added to the food.
To protect people’s health, our governments, from central to local, are taking action to stop factories producing harmful food additives.
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。（5分）
1.Monosodium Glutamate is ______ .
A. a food B. an additive C. a factory D. a country
2.MSG is often used in ______.
A. frozen meat B. cups C. clothes D. drinks
3.The examples in the second paragraph tell us ________.
A. the food including MSG is delicious
B. people like to eat in a restaurant
C. mice like eating the food including MSG
D. MSG is not safe sometimes
4.If you see “natural flavorings”, “hydrolyzed protein” and “spices” in a food label, you will
know _____________.
A. you must eat the food in a hidden way B. the food label must be hidden
C. MSG is probably added to the food D. you must report the food to your parents
5.The underlined word “substance” in the article means __________.
A. color B. material C. taste D. food
阅读短文、掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。（15分）
Everybody has his own hero in mind and is always trying to copy his behaviors in life. As for me, my ______ is just that man. My grandfather had a small farm. He also worked in a ______.
One autumn, most of the farmers in the village were ______, so he promised to help his neighbor harvest（收割）the corn as he often did. ______, after harvesting his own corn, Grandpa’s little corn machine broke. What was ______, the factory where Grandpa worked made the workers have extra work. He had to ______ the farm early and didn’t get back until very late. It now seemed ______ to help out his neighbor because he really had no free time.
One night, Grandpa ______ that he wouldn’t let his neighbor’s harvest rot（腐烂）in the field. Without a ______, he’d harvest it by hand.
“I don’t think you’d have time to do it,” said my grandma. “______, it would be too dark to do anything at night.”
“I know of one night that I could do it!” he ______. “There’s still one more full moon in October. If the ______ is clear, I think I can do it.”
A few days later, after a long shift（轮班）at the factory, my grandpa went to the ______. The weather was cold but clear. He cut all the corn through the night to ______ his word.
Sometimes, when I want to put off responsibilities, I’d see my grandfather ______ corn in the light of the harvest moon. Behind him, row after row of corn stocks（玉米秸秆）stand at attention in respect for a man who keeps his word.
1.A. father B. mother C. grandfather D. grandmother
2.A. school B. factory C. shop D. cinema
3.A. happy B. free C. busy D. nervous
4.A. Anyway B. However C. Luckily D. Usually
5.A. worse B. better C. earlier D. later
6.A. sell B. leave C. clean D. return
7.A. relaxing B. impossible C. interesting D. dangerous
8.A. thought B. learned C. wondered D. guessed
9.A. friend B. hand C. machine D. farmer
10.A. Whenever B. Besides C. Although D. Because
11.A. lived B. refused C. explained D. nodded
12.A. weather B. air C. water D. day
13.A. factory B. field C. river D. house
14.A. keep B. talk C. eat D. say
15.A. eating B. growing C. pulling D. cutting
