with us and clean the park when you go? To add some fun, there is a gift for the person who collects the most
rubbish! Meet us at the south entrance to Taohe Park at 9 a. m. next Saturday if you want to join in.
The Air You Breathe
A great way to make the air we breathe cleaner is by planting lots of trees! It is a fact that trees slowly
filter (过滤) a lot of pollutants (污染物) from the air. So come and help us plant some new ones in Fenhe
Park at 2 p. m. next Sunday.
War on Graffiti (涂鸦)
Some people think graffiti is cool. Well, it is not! The best way to stop buildings from becoming totally
covered in ugly graffiti is to fix it as soon as possible. And that is exactly what we are going to do. We are
repainting the school walls from 1 p. m. on Saturday. You don’t have to bring any tools, just remember to
wear some old clothes!
21. The main purpose of “Clean & Green Weekend” is to ________.
A.offer the chance to have fun B.make our city a better place
C.help students meet old friends D.have a nice weekend
22.How can we make the air we breathe cleaner?
A.By planting trees B..By tidying the park.
C.By repainting the school walls. D.By protecting the environment.
23.If we’re going to repaint the school walls, we need to ________.
A.draw pictures well B.bring some tools with us
C.wear some new clothes D.wear some old clothes
B
My cellphone rang while I was working on my computer. I looked at the phone and saw it was my 17-
year-old son, Tom. I quickly picked it up. “Mom, I got a 71 on the test. I did it.” With those few words, I
could feel staudented in my heart.
Living in New York State, students cannot graduate from high school unless they pass at least five exams: one
in English, one in science, two in history and one in math. For most students, who work hard, attend class, and do
their homework, it isn’t that hard. But for Tom, who is dyslexic(朗读困难的), it is such a real challenge that some
teachers have feared that Tom would never be able to even attempt, never mind achieve.
We were honest with him about his trouble, letting him know that there was nothing to be ashamed of.
Some people learn differently. If he was willing to work, we would help him find a way to do as much as he
could in his academic career. All that was standing in his way was this math test. He had taken it three times
and did better each time, but he continued to fail. He was starting to get a bit tired of me saying this was a
marathon(马拉松) not a sprint(冲刺). My heart broke each time we would get the failing results.
“Mom, thanks. I love you. Thanks for believing I could do this.”
For one of the few times in my life, I really had nothing to say. For that one brief moment I knew, really,
really, knew that everything we did was worth it.
24. What does the underlined word “staudented” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A.calm. B.ached. C.excited. D.broken.
25. What do we know from the second paragraph?
A.Students in New York State can graduate from high school if they pass four exams.
B.Students in New York State needn’t to learn math even if they want to graduate.
C.It is a challenge for Tom to graduate from high school.
D.It is very hard for most students in New York State to graduate from high school.
26. According to the text, Tom was weak in________.
A.English B.math C.science D.history
27. How did the writer feel when she wrote this text?
A.She felt grateful and relaxed. B.She felt proud and satisfied
C..She felt surprised and bitter. D.She felt worried and anxious.
C
Have you ever thought about why malls, restaurants, and even theaters have music? Well, to understand
this, you simply just look back at how you felt when you heard music in these places. Music is known to
improve the mood of people. Often music helps us pay attention to what we are doing. Music helps patients
feel good and better.
Music is often known as an international language. We may not know the language another person is speaking,
but most of us respond to music in the same. Music can often be the best way to connect with someone.
Music is one of the best ways to improve your moods, but this can depend largely on the kind of music
you listen to. While happy music can certainly make you feel better, sad music can further lower your spirits.
Listening to classical music can often make you feel a lot more powerful, while soft music can be the perfect
way to relax at the end of a long day.
If you want to use music to change your feeling, you need to understand the role of it, learn to recognize
the right kind of music that lifts your mood and helps you feel better. Once you realize the right kind of
music, you can use it to change the way you feel. The right kind of music can be the perfect way to help you
feel happier.
28. According to the passage, what’s the purpose of playing music in restaurants?
A.To make customers feel good B.To make the customers annoyed
C.To make customers dance D.To make customers feel depressed
29. From the passage, we can know that ________.
A.most of us suffer depression all the time B.most of us respond to music in different ways
C.any kind of music will help us improve our moods D.music can be a good way to connect with others
30.According to paragraph three, what kind of music can relax ourselves from a long day’s work?
A.Classical music. B.Soft music C.Sad music. D.Rock music.
31.What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A.What meanings music has B.How we control our moods
C.How to lift our mood by listening to music D.The music we often listen to
D
Many people go to school for an education. They learn languages, history, geography, physics, chemistry
and mathematics. Others go to school to learn a skill so that they can make a living. School education is very
important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher,no matter how much he knows,
cannot teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to
learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the
students themselves.
It is always more important to study by oneself than to memorize some facts or a formula( 公式). It is
actually quite easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula in maths. But it is very difficult to use a
formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientists, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo didn’t get
everything from school. But they were all so successful. They invented so many things for mankind. The
reason for their success is that they worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask
many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.