北京市铁路第二中学2025一2026学年七年级上学期期中英语试题

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—It's Lily's. Her pencil case is red.

Every Saturday, Jack spends time with his family at home. His friends always go to the cinema or play games, but Jack stays in his1. Sometimes, Jack feels a little2 because he wants to go out to have fun with his friends.

Today, Jack's dad says, "Let's visit your3." Jack is not very excited. He likes his grandparents, but he thinks it is more fun to4 with his friends.

At his grandparents' house, they greet him with big smiles. Jack's grandpa5 him stories, and his grandma shows him her garden. There are different kinds of plants in the garden.

Jack listens to his grandpa's stories and helps his grandma6 the plants. The flowers with water drops are beautiful and the plants are very clean too, and Jack feels calm (平静的).

As the afternoon goes on, Jack7 about the cinema or the game. He starts to enjoy the quiet moments in the garden and the soft voices (声音) of his grandparents. The day passes in a peaceful (平静的) way, leaving Jack feeling8 with the time spent with his family.

hold up a sign

It was the first day of Grade 7, and I felt a little worried. I knew many of the kids in my grade and heard that the teacher was nice, but there would still be a lot of new things, such as new rules, new subjects, and some new things that I wouldn't expect (预料). It was exciting, too, but that didn't mean I wasn't worried.

We waited outside, and the teachers held up signs with their names to help us find the right place to line up. I quickly noticed "Ms Smith" on a sign of my new teacher. As I got in line, I said hello to my friends from primary school. Ms Smith walked down the line, introducing herself to us.

She-held out her hand and said, "Hi, I'm Ms Smith. What's your name?"

"Allison," I answered, and shook her hand.

"It's nice to meet you, Allison. How was your summer?"

"It was good, I went to the pool and swam a lot," I said.

"That's great, Allison. You must be good at swimming," said Ms Smith. It was great to have a nice talk with my new teacher!

Later we walked into the classroom, and got seated. When everyone was ready, Ms Smith said, "Our class needs to work together on exciting projects this year. You'll work with each other often, so I want to make sure we're all on the same page. Please think to yourself about what you value (珍重) —what is important to you in your classroom, teachers, classmates, and yourself."

We all sat quietly. Then Ms Smith gave us a partner, asked us to introduce ourselves and share our ideas. The ideas my partner and I thought of were respect (尊重), honesty, and kindness.

Then, Ms Smith asked us to share our ideas, and we voted (投票) on which three we would use as our classroom values. I liked how we worked together to choose the values that would guide our classroom. And I knew it was going to be a great year.

In today's busy world, spending quality time with family can be a challenge. But it's important for both children and parents. Quality time doesn't mean you have to spend a lot of money or go out every day. It's about making the most of the time you have together.

Talk and Listen

Talking and listening to each other helps families stay close. When kids feel they can talk to their parents, they are more likely to share their problems. This makes them feel better and helps them grow.

Cook Together

Cooking together is a great way to spend time with kids. It helps them learn about food and feel happy with what they make. Trying new recipes (烹饪法) can also be a fun adventure for the whole family.

Play Together

Playing games with your kids is not just fun, it's important for their learning and growing up. It helps them use their imagination (想象力) and learn to solve problems. When you play games with your kids, even if you don't understand all the rules sometimes, it shows you care about them, and that's all they need.

Spending quality time with family is not about how much time you spend, but what you do with it. The most important thing is to keep finding time to be together, no matter how short or long. Try to make it a habit so it becomes a regular part of your life.

Sophie, a student from France, visited the Beijing Central Axis this summer vacation.

She started her trip at Jingshan Park where she got a bird's-eye view of the Palace Museum. Then, she walked about 4 kilometers along the Axis, enjoying all it has to offer. This includes (包括) the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. She was really interested in how people in the old times kept time there.

Sophie also did shopping in some traditional shops along the way, such as a shoe shop and a shop for traditional Chinese clothing. "I think the trip adds to my love for Chinese culture," Sophie says. The Axis was added to the World Heritage List (世界遗产名录) on July 27, 2024. Beijing is taking action to attract (吸引) more visitors. In the future, it will hold more fun activities along the Axis.

Now, visitors can better learn about the heritage by using new technologies like VR. Also, visitors can use a program (程序) called Yunshang Zhongzhou to take an online tour of Beijing Central Axis. There are maps to show where each building is. And visitors can see buildings and read stories from history.

提示词语: enjoy, interesting, fun, knowledge, friend

提示问题: 1. What is your hobby?

2. What do you do to develop (发展) your hobby?

3. What benefits (好处) can you get from your hobby?

My Hobby

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Start of Winter, or Li-dong, is the 19th solar terms (节气) in a year. It usually falls 7th, November. When it (come), there is less sunshine and heat in North China, so its arrival means the (begin) of the winter. It also means that (animal) begin to rest and hibernate (冬眠), and people spend more time at home.

Clear your mind. Go ahead. Clear it.

OK, now, try not to picture a white bear.

Failed (失败)?

OK, let's try again. Now do the countdown from three. Three, two, one!

Oh no! White bear again!

If you're having trouble with this, don't worry. You're not alone. In fact, the harder you try not to think of something, the more you end up thinking about it.

It has a name, called Ironic Process Theory. Social psychologist (社会心理学家) Daniel Wegner first studied it in 1987. The theory (理论) tells people "thought control has the opposite (相反的) effect on behaviors (行为)." So, if you've ever told yourself again and again not to play computer games or not to eat too much ice-cream, I'm sure this comes as no surprise. So it almost makes sure that your hard work to change bad habits by resisting (抵抗) will fail.

A famous psychologist Carl Jung said, "What you resist not only keeps staying there but will grow in size." If resisting the bad habits is not only useless but harmful, then what should you do instead?

One way is to change what you want on your own brain. It goes like this: when you want to do something that you shouldn't do, don't resist. Instead, replace.

Let me give you an example. My friend Jack had a strong habit that he tried to break—he couldn't stop eating junk food. He fought with it for years using the "resist, resist, resist" way with results we can only guess at. Finally, he decided to try something different. Every time he felt that want, instead of trying to fight with it, he replaced the want with a drink of water! After a while, he found that the want slowly started to disappear (消失), until he forgot that it was ever even a thing.

I love this amazing idea! Getting a drink is just one choice: You could also try peeling an orange, going outside, doing a push-up, taking a walk... You could try whatever works for you. It doesn't matter what you do. Instead of resisting the behavior, just do something else.