England is a country in Europe. It is not too hot in summer or too cold in winter. And the hottest month is July. The coldest months are January and February. The weather of England is very changeable. It can be sunny, rainy, or windy at any time of a day. It’s raining when you get up in the morning, but it can be sunny or windy in the afternoon.
In England, people like talking about weather. If it is cloudy now, someone will say the weather is bad. You may say it will be sunny after a while, He or she will think you are very friendly.
In England, stores open from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm from Monday to Friday. On weekends, stores open from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. But a lot of stores don’t open on Sundays. Banks and other places open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. If you want to go to the parks, you can get there at any time of the day. So please remember when you can buy some things and where you can go. In England, you can take the bus, the subway or the taxi to some places where you want to go. Welcome to England!
1.Which month is the hottest in England?
2.Is the weather in England changeable?
3.What do people like talking about in England?
4.When can you get to the parks?
5.What is the passage mainly about?
Everybody knows Amadeus Mozart, the world’s most famous child piano prodigy (天才) . He was a composer, pianist, and performer (表演家)－a musician. He was born in Austria, but his real name is not popular. People know him as Amadeus, but not many people know he was born John Chrysostom Wolfgang Theophilus Mozart, and his father called him Woferl.
As a child, Mozart was very popular. That was because he was doing things unusual for little children. While everyone else was having fun playing, Mozart was already composing, performing and touring for concerts. His father was always behind him.
Here are some stories about his gift. When he heard an “oink” of a pig and recognized (辨认) it as a G-sharp. And he was only two years old at the time!
He also took part in piano lessons at the age of three and he could already learn a minuet in thirty minutes when he was four years old! Who wouldn’t be amazed?
At the age of six, while performing, he found people getting bored, so he thought of performing a trick (花招) , But nobody knew he had the keyboard covered (遮盖) with a cloth and still played the music perfectly. He was still a child having fun at that time.
It was told that he lived a hard and poor life. He didn’t even have a stable (稳定的) job when he got married and he died really poor. Once a friend visited him one winter day, and found Mozart and his wife waltzing round the room. “We were cold,” they said, “and we have no money to make a fire.” They were cold, but they still chose a different way to make them warm.
All in all, Mozart didn’t only leave great music but a great lesson too: that no matter how difficult life is, there is always room for smiles, love and fun.
1.His father called him .
A.Mozart B.Amadeus C.Woferl D.John
2.The words “a minuet” in Paragraph 4 mean “ ”.
A.a piece of music B.a funny trick
C.an English song D.a maths lesson
3.What can we learn about Mozart from this passage?
A.Mozart had a poor life when he was married.
B.Mozart got a stable job when he grew up.
C.Mozart was very good at teaching music.
D.Mozart’s real name is very popular.
Dear Henry,
I am writing to you from the home of my Aunt Grace and Uncle Jacob in Missouri. We stopped here for a few days to visit and rest. Now I am sitting on Aunt Grace’s chair in the garden alone. We left Pennsylvania seven weeks ago and it was really hard to sit on the covered wagon (有蓬的马车) to travel. It is only seven weeks，but it seems like much more!
Luckily, our journey is almost over. My dad likes the look of the land near St. Louis. He thinks we can have a new home here. And Mom likes the idea of living near Aunt Grace and Uncle Jacob. They wanted to help us build our new home and clear land for our rice field (田地) . Uncle Jacob will also give us a horse and some chickens. It seems we will have a good start.
I miss (想念) Pennsylvania already. I miss the mountains. I miss fishing at Thunder River. But mostly I miss my old friends and neighbors. Please say hello to everyone for me. I will write again soon. Please write back.
Your friend,
Robert
1.Robert is Henry’s .
A.brother B.father C.friend D.uncle
2.In Missouri, maybe Robert’s family will make a living (谋生) by .
A.building houses B.farming
C.running a store D.fishing
3.What does Robert miss most about Pennsylvania?
A.His old house. B.The mountains.
C.Thunder River. D.His friends and neighbors.
April Fool
Every year, we celebrate many special days－Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and New Year’s Day. In North America and parts of Europe, people celebrate April Fool’s Day.
Many believe that the French started April Fool’s Day. Centuries ago, New Year’s Day in Europe was April 1. In 1582, the calendar changed and King Charles IX of France moved it to January 1. Some people did not like this and chose to keep April 1 as New Year’s Day. Many called these people “April fools” and played jokes (开玩笑) on them. Over time, April 1 became a day to have fun in France. It then became popular in England and Scotland, and later, to North America.
On April Fool’s Day, playing jokes is popular. In the United States, for example, a person may move a friend’s clock one hour earlier, or change the sugar with salt. In Spain and Mexico, people play jokes on each other on December 28. In India, it happens on March 31. In many countries around the world, April 1 is a day of fun. There is a lot of fun, and many shouts of “April Fool!”
1.Many people believe April Fool’s Day first started in .
A.China B.England C.America D.France
2.What is popular on April Fool’s Day?
A.Playing jokes. B.Painting a friend’s clock.
C.Buying sugar and salt. D.Celebrating New Year’s Day.
3.In India, April Fool’s Day is on .
A.January 1 B.March 31 C.April 1 D.December 28
Look at the following notice from the Students’ Union (学生会) . It's a plan about Students’ activities in the coming summer holiday.
| The Cool Kids will come to our school on July 20th, 2019. They are going to give a concert at the school hall at 2:00 pm. Please come to Students’ Union to get a free ticket to the concert before this Friday. |
| Wouldn’t it be great if you could join us to go hiking (去远足) around the West Hills for two days? We’ll start at 7:00 am on July 30th. Please come to Students’ Union to sign your name and pay fifty yuan for it. |
| Who wants to be a volunteer (志愿者) ? We’ll go to a mountain village to give away books to the children there and work and study with them for a whole day. Please come to the school gate at 6:00 am on August 15th, 2019. Free of charge. |
| We’ll hold a party for the students who come from poor families and have to stay at school during the summer holiday. Would you like to join us? Please come to the reading room at 5:00 pm on August 20th. |
1.The plan is about .
A.free tickets B.students’ activities
C.poor families D.village children
2.Betty likes the Cool Kids, so she’ll go to the concert at on July 20th, 2019.
A.6:00 am B.7:00 am C.2:00 pm D.5:00 pm
3.You can on July 30th.
A.get a free ticket B.go hiking
C.give away books D.hold a party
4.If you want to see the students who will stay at school during the summer holiday, you will go to on August 20th.
A.the school hall B.the West Hills
C.a mountain village D.the reading room
Following a Dream
Lewis was born in Britain in 1985, and his parents named him after the famous American sportsman Carl Lewis. Did they know that _______ fame (名望) was waiting for their son, too?
When Lewis was six, his father gave him a radio-controlled (无线电遥控的) car and he began to enter and _______ matches. From this very _______ age, Lewis’ dream was to become a Formula 1 driver, so his father bought him a go-kart and he started go-kart racing in 1993 when he was only eight years old. He won some races (比赛) , and he knew that he had to win more.
One day, when he was ten years old, Lewis met a man called Ron Dennis. Dennis was the manager of McLaren Formula 1 _______ . Lewis asked Dennis for his autograph(亲笔签名), saying, “My name’s Lewis and one day I want to _______ your cars.” Ron Dennis wrote in his autograph book, “Phone me nine years from now, we’ll talk about it again.” In fact, when Lewis won his first go-kart championship (冠军) a few years later, Ron Dennis _______ him, and in 1999 Lewis joined McLaren’s “Young Drivers” programme. He was the youngest person ever to do this.
In 2001, world Formula 1 champion Mike said, “He’s a fantastic driver, very strong and _________ sixteen years old. If he keeps this up, I’m sure he will reach F1.”
Mike was right. Lewis started as a driver in F1 races in 2007. He finished the season in second place. Then in 2008, at the age of twenty-three, Lewis became the youngest world champion in F1 history. Lewis had a dream, and he _______ it and found what he wanted. And that’s success!
1.A.sporting B.dancing C.painting D.singing
2.A.leave B.lose C.win D.change
3.A.nice B.young C.rich D.famous
4.A.team B.bank C.shop D.school
5.A.push B.drive C.wash D.sell
6.A.saved B.told C.phoned D.asked
7.A.only B.also C.even D.really
8.A.collected B.checked C.noticed D.followed
