Long ago, Bluebird's feathers were the colour of dust. She did not like her ugly colour. She was attracted by the colour of the lake near her home. It was as blue as the sky after a storm. Bluebird wanted to be the colour of that beautiful lake very much. Flapping her wings one morning, Bluebird flew from her tree to the blue lake. Then she bathed in the water three times. After each bath, she sang, "Blue water. Still water. I went in. I am blue." Bluebird repeated this every morning. On the third day, she came out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Now Coyote was a trickster --and hungry too. He stayed behind Bluebird's tree for a long time every day and watched her go to the lake. He pretended to be interested in everything she did. He wanted Bluebird for lunch, but he was afraid of the blue water. On the third morning, Coyote saw Bluebird come out of the lake with beautiful blue feathers. Impressed, he sat next to Bluebird's tree and waited for her. When she returned, he asked, "How did you get blue feathers? I want to be blue like the mountains too." Bluebird didn't believe Coyote, but she taught him how to bathe three times each morning and how to sing her song. Coyote did what she said, and after three days of bathing in the lake, his white fur turned deep blue. Convinced that blue fur was even more beautiful than blue feathers, Coyote forgot all about being hungry. He ran as fast as he could to the top of the hill. Standing on his back legs, he raised his front legs off the ground and howled. But Coyote slipped and rolled down the hill. He couldn't stop himself, and the dust and dirt covered his new blue fur. He rolled and rolled until he hit into Bluebird's tree heavily. No matter how much he tried, foolish Coyote could not shake the dust from his fur. And so the fur of all coyotes had the dull colour of dust to this very day. Why was Coyote a trickster? A) He wanted to fly like Bluebird near the mountains. B) He wanted to eat Bluebird but pretended to be curious. C) He wanted to swim in the lake but was afraid of the water. D) He wanted to sing Bluebird's song but didn't know the words.
B
What is your favourite English letter? Many of you may say Q. Why?Because so many of you chat with your friends on QQ. What do you like about QQ? What do you talk about? The CCTV reporter, Miss Wang, interviews three kids. Let's listen to what they say. When do you chat on QQ? What do you talk about? Lin Yuhan, Xi'an: On weekends. We talk about homework and chat with each other. Tang Xuting, Shanghai: At weekends and when I don't have much homework. We exchange test answers and chat. Yang Yuhang, Dalian: Our class goes online together at 4----6 pm on weekends. We complain about homework, chat and talk about computer games. What do you put on your QQ blog ? Lin: I put good articles I have found online on my blog. I also write articlesmyself. They are about funny things that have happened in my class. Tang: I put pictures on my blog. Not my own photos, but pictures from myfavorite Japanese cartoons like Tennis Prince and Conan. Yang: I put DV films on my blog. I shoot them during sports meetingsand school parties. The most popular one is about a dancing teacher. Itis so funny that everyone watches it. How do you like QQ? Lin: It's a good place for us to make a record of our lives, of both good timesand sad times. Tang: My friends and I may not have time to chat at school. But we can doit on QQ. It's very helpful to our friendships. Yang: If you chat with friends on the telephone, your parents sometimeslisten in on your conversation. There's no such problem with QQ. Youcan relax and talk freely. Which one is TRUE according to this article? A) Lin says QQ is very helpful to their friendships. B) Yang says he can chat freely with many friends and relax on QQ. C) Tang says QQ is a good space for them to make a record of their lives. D) Tang says he chats on QQ on weekdays though he has lots of homework.
B
Q: My favorite month is May, because there are many events in this month. May 1 is Labor Day . We have a three-day holiday . We can have a trip. We have an Art Festival on May 8 in our school. We like it very much,we like to show our pictures. May 12 is my good friend Linda's birthday. We have a big birthday party for her . On May 20 , we have an English party. We often have in the evening. We have a book sale in our classroom on May 28 . It's very interesting. Linda's birthday is _ . A) May 1st B) May 4 C) May 12 D) May 20
A: C
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"He could have lived on his good looks, but instead he chose to live on talent and hard work." This is how Internet users praised Chinese swimmer Ning Zetao. On Aug 6, the 22-year-old won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia. He was the first Asian to ever achieve this. Overnight the 191-cm-tall, handsome young man became the nation's hero. Ning didn't let the sudden fame get to his head. He said he only saw "a slight change" in his life after winning. "My life is full of changes and challenges," he said . "I welcome them and am never afraid of _ ." The first big change in Ning's life came at 2009.At the time, he specialized in breaststroke and was successful. But he felt a sharp pain in his knee. He suffered every time he practiced his kicks. When he was 16,the knee pain got worse, and he had to stop swimming the breaststroke. Then he switched to sprint freestyle swimming. Ning didn't let the change bring him down. Instead, he took advantage of it and became one of the best freestyle swimmers. Last year, he won four gold medals in freestyle races at the Incheon Asian Games in South Korea. What is the next change Ning would like to see in his life? He said he wants to improve on his English. "English will help me communicate with foreign coaches and compete in the world games in the future." Obviously Ning has high expectations for himself at the Rio Olympics next year. We wish him good luck. What is Ning's first big change in his life? A) Ning won the 100-meter freestyle at the 2015 FINA Swimming World Championships in Russia. B) Ning switched to sprint freestyle swimming because the knee pain got worse. C) Ning improved his English to communicate with foreign coaches D) Ning specialized in breaststroke and was successful.
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B