Luxiang was built in the Southern Song Dynasty(1127～1279). There were many famous people living in the town at that time.There are around 30 old buildings of Ming and Qing(1644～1912) dynasties now. People live a simple life. Six lanes(巷) in the town go to Taihu Lake.

Luxiang looks more beautiful in spring, with many tea trees and fruit gardens. This place is famous for the tea called Biluochun.

The Egyptian pyramids were built around 2560 BC. The largest one of them is the Great Pyramid of Khufu. The King, Khufu, built it as his tomb.

The Great Pyramid was considered a unique building in the 19th century AD. At that time, it was still the tallest in the world. According to scientific research, Khufu ordered his men to build it stone by stone. The biggest stone weighs 15 tons, and each stone was fixed so well.

The Great Pyramid has four sides and each side is 230.4 meters long and 146.5 meters high. At that time, there were no modern machines or equipment, so how did the ancient Egyptians build it? To this day, it is still a mystery.

【1】Many famous people were living in Luxiang .

A. from 1127 to 1279

B. from 1644 to 1912

C. from 1127 to 1644

【2】Luxiang is famous for .

A. fruit gardens

B. tea trees

C. Biluochun

【3】In order to build his tomb, the King Khufu built .

A. the ancient pyramids

B. the Egyptian pyramids

C. the Great Pyramid

【4】Building the Great Pyramid is still a mystery now, because .

A. each stone was fixed well

B. there were no modern machines or equipment then

C. it was made of stone

People from southern China say that they always buy what they need for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy half of a Chinese cabbage, two potatoes and 0.25 kilograms of beef at a time.

However, one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a week is usual. Also, you can buy a small amount(數(shù)量) of fruit, such as a single apple or pear, each time in the south. Shop owners even help you peel and cut them. But shop owners in the north hardly offer such service. And many fruits are sold in baskets and boxes.

The difference could be due to the different weather.

Food can be kept for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northern Chinese have the habit of storing food, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or else the food may go bad.

【1】In southern China, people usually buy at a time.

A. a small amount of food

B. a large amount of food

C. enough food for a week

【2】If you buy fruits in the south, the shop owners may ．

A. peel and cut them for you

B. laugh at you

C. only sell them in boxes and baskets

【3】Many northern Chinese have the habit of keeping food because ．

A. the weather is hot and wet

B. food goes bad quickly

C. the weather is cold and dry

【4】Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Different Weather in China

B. Different Living Habits in China

C. Southern Chinese and Northern Chinese

Objects under water will appear larger than they would on the surface, too. Be careful not to tell any stories about the big fish that got away. That fish might not be so big after all! It's just because sometimes things can seem to be as much as about 33 percent bigger in water!

What's more, in deeper water, colors just don't seem as bright. In fact, it looks as if some colors are missing. Remember the color of an object results from the wavelengths(波長) of light that are reflected(反射) from its surface. And light is taken in as it moves down through the water.

Swimmers wear wet suits to keep warm underwater. Let's take a bright red, yellow, and blue wet suit as an example. These colors are hard to miss on the surface of water. Watch carefully the changes in color as you descend in the water. The red part now looks almost black because the red light wavelengths, the longest among these three colors, are missing. As you go down deeper, the same thing will happen to the yellow part and in the end to the blue part. Even at a place of about 6 to 9 meters underwater, you will look terrible, like a ghost(鬼怪)! And you have to wait for your return to the surface to enjoy the bright colors again!

【1】You miss the object underwater when you want to touch it because .

A. your eyesight is quite poor

B. you are not quick enough

C. it is not as close as it seems

【2】The underlined word “descent” probably means “ ” in Chinese in this passage.

A. 下潛 B. 漂浮 C. 屏息

【3】Which of the following is true?

A. A fourmeterlong fish looks three meters long underwater.

B. The wavelengths of red light are longer than those of blue light.

C. Much water will be taken in by the swimmer deep in the water.

【4】The best title of this passage is .

A. The Standard of Color Underwater

B. The Direction of Light Underwater

C. The Behavior of Light Underwater

The expression “Don't count your chickens before they hatch” means “Don't expect that all your eggs, which have been laid, will hatch.” “Hatch” is a verb, meaning the baby chicken breaks open the shell of the egg and comes out successfully. So the expression mainly means “Don't depend on things working out just as you want them to”. This saying appears in the story The Milkmaid and Her Pail in Aesop's Fables.

A chickenandegg situation

In history, philosophers(哲學(xué)家) and scientists have met this dilemma(困境): Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Aristotle thought that both the bird and the egg must have always been there. However, more recently, scientists such as Stephen Hawking have argued that the egg came before the chicken. In common speech, the term “a chickenandegg situation” means a situation where it is impossible to say which of two things appeared first and which caused the other one.

Don't be such a chicken

There seems to be an idea in English, somehow, that a chicken is a scared bird. Maybe that's not fair as most birds will probably fly away from you if you go towards them. But “Don't be such a chicken” means “Don't be so scared and get a bit more courage.” So if your friend fear to do something, you can say to him or her, “Don't be such a chicken. Just have a try！”

【1】The underlined word “hatch” means “ ” in Chinese.

A. 孵化 B. 長大 C. 破碎

【2】We may say “don't be such a chicken” to someone when he .

A. is good at math

B. has difficulty making a choice

C. is not brave enough to do something

【3】What does someone get when he is given “chicken feed” for his work?

A. A high pay.

B. A little money.

C. A lot of food.

【4】Which idiom can be used when we can't make a causeandeffect relationship clear?

A. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

B. Chicken feed.

C. A chickenandegg situation.

★Interviewed leaders and other people.

★Written news stories for BBC For Kids.

★Talked about their work on television.

Next year, our team will continue to report local news stories for BBC For Kids magazine and bbcforkids.com.

How to Enter

Visit www.bbcforkids.com and fill in the entry form(報名表). Be sure to read the rules and share them with your parents, who must sign(簽名) your form. Entries must be done by June 19, 2015.

You must be OVER 13 years of age. Good luck!

【1】100 students from around will join the BBC Kid Reporter team.

A. the world

B. the nation

C. the UK

【2】In the past, BBC Kid Reporters have .

A. made a lot of movies

B. read letters to British kids

C. interviewed leaders and other people

【3】Next year the team will go on to report local news stories for .

A. Chinese newspapers

B. BBC For Kids magazine and bbcforkids.com

C. British middle school

【4】What will you do first of all to enter the BBC Kid Reporter team?

A. Visit the website and fill in the entry form.

B. Read the rules and share them with your parents.

C. Ask your parents to sign your entry form.

【5】How old must you be to join the BBC Kid Reporter team?

A. 12 years old.

B. 10 years old or so.

C. More than 13 years old.

In fact, no children really enjoy being looked after by their parents all the time. No parents would be happy knowing that. Because of too much care, their children don't know anything about the world. Children need their own time to grow into adults and to learn how to deal with problems. Too much care damages their fun when they are growing up. And when suddenly they can't depend on their parents，these children will be in a big trouble!

It is nice that parents show their care to their children. It is nice that children know that their parents' care is out of love. And it will be nicer if the children let their parents know how much love they really need and how much love is too much.

【1】According to the writer, the common problem in China is that ．

A. many children don't like to go to school

B. some parents do almost everything for their children

C. some parents don't let their children go anywhere

【2】Most Chinese children know little about the world because ．

A. their parents take too much care of them

B. most parents have only one child

C. they are too young

【3】The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 1 refers to(指代) ．

A. children B. parents C. teachers

【4】What does the writer really want to tell us?

A. Children don't need any love.

B. Parents should give children as much love as possible.

C. Parents should let their children do things themselves.

They said, “That looks like Tom Rogers, and yet it can't be, for he is so clean.”

After a while, his mother looked at him, and seeing that his face was so clean, she thought that her own face was dirty, and she washed it at once.

The father soon came home from his work, and, seeing his wife and his son so clean, he thought that his face was dirty, and so he followed their example.

Father, mother and son being clean, the mother began to think that the room looked dirty; so she went down on her knees to scrub the floor clean.

A woman lived next door. Seeing so great a change in her neighbors, she thought that her face and her room were very dirty; so she, too, quickly set about cleaning them.

This story shows how two houses and their families were made tidy and comfortable, simply by the example of the clean face of one ragged school boy.

Children, as well as grownup people, should always set a good example. We never know how much good may be done in that way; nor can we tell how much harm results from a bad example.

【1】The poor boy got his face washed at ．

A. school

B. home

C. his neighbor's

【2】What does the underlined word “scrub” in Paragraph 5 mean in Chinese?

A. 取消 B. 擦洗 C. 分離

【3】The woman next door cleaned her face and room because ．

A. her neighbors asked her to do so

B. she loved to keep clean all the time

C. she learned from her neighbors

【4】What's the best title of the story?

A. A Poor Boy and His Parents

B. A Good Example

C. Good Neighbors

要點提示：

1．你使誰開心了？

2．發(fā)生在什么時間？

3．你都說了什么，做了什么？

4．為什么讓他/她開心了？

5．那一刻你是什么感受？

要求：

1．語言規(guī)范，語句通順，內(nèi)容充實；

2．字數(shù)：不少于100詞。

A Time When I Made Someone Happy

要點提示：

1．這件禮物是什么？

2．你為什么覺得它珍貴？

3．它背后有什么故事？

要求：

1．語言規(guī)范，語句通順，內(nèi)容充實；

2．字數(shù)：不少于100詞；開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

A Precious Present

The title “A Precious Present” reminds me of quite a few gifts I've got.

I'll regard it as a treesure forever.

要求：

1．語言規(guī)范，語句通順，內(nèi)容充實；

2．字數(shù)：不少于100詞。