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6.Why are Australian kids eating ice cream when it’s winter in China? 7.A. Because they are crazy about ice cream. 8.B. Because winter in Australia is not as cold as that in China. 9.C. Because it’s summer in Australia when it’s winter in China. 10.D. Because they don’t have much to do in winter. 11.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? 12.A. The northern and southern parts of the Earth have different winter months. 13.B. Winter can be fun if you find interesting things to do. 14.C. The writer thinks it’s great fun to clean your house and decorate it. 15.D. Australian kids enjoy having ice cream on winter days. 16.从短文中选出一种你喜欢的活动，并说明原因。 17.I think it will be great fun to ____ this winter because I like to ____. Also, it is ________ and it can ________. I’ll try it out soon. 18.Find words from the passage to fill in the blanks: 19.In China, the winter months are usually November, December and ____. But it’s different in Australia. The winter in China is ____ in Australia because it is in the ____ part of the Earth. 20.Winter is not always ___. You can have lots of fun. Try ____ a play and acting it out with your cousins or friends. Or you can play ____ outside and make a ____. If you have to stay ____, clean up your house and ____ it with fun pieces. 21.Just enjoy winter! (10) Look at the light and beautiful snowflakes (雪花) falling. Ever wanted to hold them in your hands? They are always lost when they meet your hands. Well, this isn’t just a problem for you. It was a problem for Wilson Bentley, too. In the 1870s, Wilson Bentley was just a teenager. His family lived in a small town in northeast America. Winters there were long and hard. Bentley’s mother was once a school teacher. She taught him at home. Bentley didn’t go to school until he was 14. He was a quiet boy, and loved reading his mother’s books. But it was his mother’s microscope (显微镜) that interested him. When the other boys were playing with balls, little Bentley was studying things like drops of water, flowers and snowflakes. Bentley loved watching snowflakes. For the next two years young Bentley spent many winter days in a cold room watching these ice crystals (晶体) under his microscope. The boy thought they were so beautiful that he started to draw pictures of them. But there were so many snowflakes that he couldn’t draw them all. How could he keep their beauty forever? Bentley thought of buying a camera. The boy and his mother asked his father to buy one. But, his father didn’t agree. He thought the whole thing was a bad idea. He thought the only thing a farmer should do was farming. But finally Bentley did get a camera. For more than a year he tried to take pictures of snowflakes. On January 15, 1885, during a snowstorm, Bentley took the first ever photo of an ice crystal with his camera. “It was the greatest moment of my life,” Bentley said later. For 13 years, Bentley worked quietly and took thousands of photos of ice crystals. Later he became known as “Snowflake” Bentley. 根据短文，选择最佳答案： 1.The best title for this passage is ____. 2.A. Snowflake PhotosB. Snowflake Boy 3.C. Long and Hard WintersD. Teenage Photographer 4.We can tell from the story that Bentley’s father was ____. 5.A. a farmerB. a funny man 6.C. an athletic manD. a school teacher 7.Which of the following statements about Bentley is true? 8.A. He didn’t get any kind of education as a child. 9.B. He was born into a rich family. 10.C. He was the first person to take photos of snowflakes. 11.D. He was fascinated by the beauty of snowflakes. 12.What kind of person do you think Bentley was? 13.A. He was outgoing.B. He was too serious. 14.C. He was interested in learning.D. He was very warm-hearted. 15.The “ice crystals” in the third paragraph refers to “____”. 16.A. water dropsB. rain drops 17.C. flowersD. snowflakes (11) If you don’t keep yourself warm enough, winter can be a time of illness. During the winter months, people easily get colds and flu (流感). Many think they are the same, but these two illnesses are different. Colds can stay with you for up to a week. You will have a running nose, sore throat, headache, cough and a fever. Flu is more serious. You will feel sick very quickly. You will have a fever and a headache. Your body will hurt and become weak. This could last for up to four weeks. Is there any way to keep yourself away from colds and flu? Staying clear of people with colds or flu may work. Try not to touch (触摸) your nose or eyes if you have been close to someone who has a cold. Wash your hands, especially after cleaning your nose. Going out with wet hair can also give you a cold! If you catch a cold or flu, go to bed and rest. Doing this will help you get better. Drink lots of water. Stay in a warm, well-aired room. If you have a headache, or your muscles hurt, take some medicine. 1.阅读上面的短文，根据短文内容帮助Mary完成下面的一封信。 2.Dear Mom and Dad, 3. How’s everything going? 4. I’m having great fun at winter camp. But for the past two days, I’m not feeling very well. I don’t know what’s wrong. Maybe I have ____ a cold. I have a ____ nose and ____ throat. Last night I couldn’t sleep because I had a _____, ____ and a slight ____. But don’t worry. I’ve been to the doctor’s. The doctor told me that it was not ____, which would otherwise be more ____. He advised me to ____ lots of water, lie down and ____ for a few days. He said I would get well in a week. Okay, so much for now. 5. Take good care of yourselves, too. 6.Love, 7.Mary 8.假设你是Mary的朋友Tina. 得知她生病的消息后，你很着急，立刻发一封e-mail，给她提一些建议(三至五条，可参考短文，字数100字左右)。 (12) Winter is a time for many exciting sports: sledding (雪橇), skating and skiing. Skating and skiing needs lots of skills (技巧). Sledding gives you good exercise and is lots of fun! A sled looks like a boat. It can move easily over snow or ice. Early sleds were made of wood. Now some better sleds are made of glass. Sleds can be pulled by animals. In some very cold parts of the world, people make animals like dogs, horses, and reindeer (驯鹿) pull goods or people in sleds. People also sled for sports and fun. Driving a sled does not need much skill. The driver gives a kick (踢) in the snow to start the sled. He or she can also ask someone else for help. In a sled, there can be one person or several. Usually, you have to lie on your back, feet first in a sled. As you travel, you move your body and feet to keep it in the right direction (方向). There is a special sled called the skeleton sled (骨架雪橇). It’s very different. On a skeleton, you lie on your stomach and drive the sled in a head-first way. It is very fast! Many are afraid to ride it. But once they try it they want to do it again! 阅读短文，回答下列问题： 1.What are sleds made of? 2.What kind of animals can pull sleds? 3.What are sleds used for? 4.How do people sled? Describe the process. 5.What is a skeleton sled like? (13) Like many other animals, swallows will fly south when the days turn cold and the leaves from trees begin to fall. They travel many miles to find a warmer winter. This type of travel is called migration (迁徙). Birds are animals that like to migrate a lot when it is cold. About 600 out of 9,000 kinds of birds do it. They leave in autumn and come back during the warm spring months. Many birds don’t like the cold. They need food, but plants die and insects (昆虫) hide in winter. So, they’ll only come home the next year, when there will be plenty of food for them to eat. But the trip is often hard and not safe. Many birds fly in groups and make noises. Cranes (鹤) fly in groups like the letter V, or in a row. Others travel in pairs or alone. Some can travel a very long way. They fly between lands. For example, the Arctic tern (北极燕鸥) can travel 20,100 kilometres. They build a home near the North Pole (北极), go to the Antarctic (南极洲) in autumn, and then come back in spring. How do the birds find their way? They look at things like the sun, moon and stars. They never get lost. 阅读短文，根据短文内容填表(每空不超过三个单词, 最后一空为开放性试题，可多于三个单词)： What is migration?It’s when animals travel from cold places to find a ____. They leave in ____ and come back in ____. Why do birds migrate?Because plants ____ and animals ____. There’s not much ____ for them during cold winters. How do birds migrate?The trip is often ____ and dangerous. Many travel in ____ and ____. How do birds find their way?They find their way by looking at the ____, ____ and ____. What can we learn from birds’ migration?Animals are born naturally to be able to ____. (14) 完形填空： Your room is your own special space. It’s 1 just a place for you to study and sleep. So make it fun and 2 to live in. Here are some tips to help you. Give your room a theme (主题). Having a 3 makes your room look more stylish and beautiful. A room’s theme can be 4 . It could be about one of your favorite things, like football or music or a colour. Pick a theme and keep it in mind, then decorate the room around the theme you have chosen. 5 , some boys like skateboarding (滑板). Paint the walls in skater stripes (条纹), and 6 disco balls from the ceiling and use skateboards as shelves (架子). 7 you are a girl, you may be more interested in 8 like dolphins (海豚). Pick curtains (窗帘) and bed covers with dolphin patterns on them. Put dolphin toys on your bed, too. Draw or paint pictures of dolphins playing on your walls. Make your room as blue as the 9 . So when you walk into the room, you 10 it’s a home for dolphins! 1. A. less thanB. more thanC. as much asD. as long as 2. A. boringB. tiringC. enjoyableD. suitable 3. A. problemB. flowerC. dollD. theme 4. A. differentB. difficultC. importantD. interesting 5. A. As a resultB. Such as C. For exampleD. As is said 6. A. hangB. wrapC. tieD. stick 7. A. WhenB. WhileC. AsD. If 8. A. vegetablesB. sportsC. animalsD. pictures 9. A. skyB. seaC. riverD. lake 10. A. look likeB. sound likeC. feel likeD. taste like (15) During the cold winter days you may find it hard to wake up in the morning. It’s warm and cozy (舒适的) in your bed. In winter, many animals like to sleep, too. But their sleeps can be very long and deep. This kind of sleep is called hibernation (冬眠). During this kind of sleep, their temperatures go down, and hearts beat (跳动) slowly. They take very small breaths. Animals can hibernate for part or all of the winter. It’s hard for them to find things to eat. When they go to sleep, they don’t need much food. Bears, hedgehogs (刺猬) and chipmunks (花栗鼠) go to sleep in their homes. Frogs and snakes hibernate, too. Frogs move into the earth under water to keep themselves warm. Before they go to sleep, they eat a lot to get fat (脂肪). Some also keep food in their homes to eat later. Bears are the biggest animals that hibernate. They often sleep in caves (山洞). Bears must eat a lot of things like nuts before going to sleep for a long time. They eat as much as 300 apples ( that’s the same as 60 hamburgers) each day for many weeks. They can eat for 20 hours in a day! Bears can go into a very deep sleep. It can last from three months to half a year. During that time they do not eat, drink or go to the toilet. A mother bear can give birth to babies during her hibernation. Other animals sleep less. Sometimes they wake up to eat, or take a walk. Then they go to sleep again. 根据短文内容判断正误： 1.Hibernation is a the long and deep sleep of animals in winter. 2.During hibernation, animals don’t breathe at all. 3.Bears eat lots of food before they hibernate in winter. 4.Bears don’t go to the toilet during their hibernation. 5.Frogs hibernate in the Earth under water. 6.Mother bears can’t give birth to babies during hibernation. 7.We can infer that fat is an important food for animals during hibernation. 8.Bears, hedgehogs, chipmunks, pigs and frogs hibernate. 阅读练习答案： (1) B C A D D (2) A B C B B B A B (3) 1. They have large eyes and ears, strong back legs. 2. They have small eyes and big nose and look like bears. 3. They eat leaves from gum trees. 4. About 20 to 25 million kangaroos. 5. About 100,000 koalas. 6. There is a law to keep them safe. (4) B A D A B C (5) E B J C D G F I H A (6) D C C B (7) T F T T F (8) A B B C D (9) 1. A 2. C 3.D 4. One possible version: write a play and act it out with friends; act; creative; improve my writing and acting skills. 5. January, summer, southern, gray, writing, around, snowman, indoors, decorate. (10) B A C C D (11) 1. caught, running, sore, headache, cough, fever, flu, serious, drink, rest. 2. One possible version: Dear Mary, I’m so sorry to hear that you have a cold. Here’s some advice to help you get over it. First, drink lots of water. Then you should drink some hot tea with honey. It works well for sore throat. Also, you’d better lie down and rest for a few days. This helps a lot, especially when you have a fever. If you still don’t feel well, take some medicine. Anyway, cheer up. Don’t worry too much about it. It’s important to feel relaxed. Hope you’ll get better soon. Give me a call when you come back home. Love, Tina (12) 1. They are made of wood or glass. 2. Usually dogs, horses and reindeer pull a sled. 3. Sleds are used for carrying goods or people. They can also be used for fun. 4. First, the driver lies on his back, feet first in the sled. Then he gives a kick in the snow to start the sled. Or ask someone to help. As he travels, he moves his body and feet to keep it in the right direction. 5. On a skeleton sled, the driver lies on his stomach and travels in a head-first way. It’s fast but exciting. (13) warmer winter, autumn, spring; die, hide, food; hard, groups, make noises; sun, moon, stars; suit themselves to the environment (本空为开放性试题，答案不是唯一的). (14) B C D A C A D C B C (15) T F T T T F T F (责任编辑：admin) |