1. Where is Erin?

A. At home.
B. At an Internet Café.
C. At school.
D. At a computer store.

2. What's the problem with the computer?

A. It has virus.
B. It runs slowly.
C. It doesn't work.
D. It is too old.　　

3. What does Coco think of Erin's problem?

A. Funny.
B. Afraid.
C. Great.
D. Sorry.

4._____, so she can't take the computer back to the store.

A. The store is full of busy people
B. The computer is over a year old
C. The store doesn't do a very good job
D. The store closed over a year ago

5. ______ say(s) computer can do much but they break all the time.

A. Erin
B. Neither of them
C. Coco
D. Both of them

     Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it,
while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?
     To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also
need water. In very dry parts of the Earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That's why dry deserts
everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.
     Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow
on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks of
the stones to grow in. Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.
     What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass,
will grow in sand, but most plants won't. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each
day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.

1. According to the passage, plants need ______ things to grow well.

A. two
B. three
C. four
D. five

2. What does the underlined word "cracks" mean in the text?

A. 缝隙
B. 表面
C. 夹层
D. 底部

3. From the passage, we can know it is for plants to grow in dry places.

A. easy
B. difficult
C. impossible
D. important

4. The reason why most plants can't grow on the sandy beach is that _______.

A. there isn't enough sunlight
B. there is too much water
C. it is too crowded there
D. it has little food for plants

5. The passage can most probably be found in a ______ book.

A. science
B. history
C. travel
D. math

     A mobile phone is in fact a small radio. A radio sends a person's voice over a long way to another radio.
A voice that is sent by radio is called a signal. A radio signal travels very quickly.
     Only a few years ago, mobile phones were very large. They needed large batteries (电池). They had to
be powerful to send their signal to faraway places. This was because most cities had only one antenna tower
for mobile phones.
     Today's mobile phones are small and easy to use. Now most cities have a lot of antenna towers, not just
one. This means that each mobile phone doesn't have to send its signal far away, so they don't need to be so
powerful. Mobile phones today use small batteries. A large city, where lots of mobile phones are used, can
have hundreds of towers.
     Do you know what use a mobile phone has? Yes, you can use it to do a lot of things.
     Call your friends and family from almost anywhere.
     Call the police immediately if there is an accident in the street.
     Send or receive messages.
     Sending short written messages is a popular way to use your mobile phone. Many people use short forms
of words, so the messages are quick to write and read. Can you guess what these messages mean? Try reading
them out. What do you hear?
     RUOK? CUL8r!
     That's EZ!
     Will I C U B4 2moro?
     That's Gr8!

1. The writer talks about ______ uses of a mobile phone. 

A. more than three
B. less than three
C. seven

2. Why did the mobile phones need large powerful batteries some years ago?

A. Because the mobile phones had to send their signal to faraway places.
B. Because the mobile phones were too large.
C. Because the mobile phones could be used for a long time.

3. What does the writer think of today's mobile phones?

A. They are small but very powerful.
B. they are very popular and cheap.
C. They are very easy for us to use.

4. What does "Will I C U B4 2moro?" probably mean?

A. Will I see you before two past four in the morning?
B. Will I see you by 4:02 in the morning?
C. Will I see you before tomorrow?

5. What does the writer write the article (文章) for?

A. To introduce how the mobile phone works and what use it has.
B. To give us some common knowledge of the mobile phone.
C. To tell us what short forms of words mean in written messages.

     Baima Zhuoga (白玛卓嘎) is a Tibetan girl. Her school is near Xigaze (日喀则). It is about 4,000 metres
above the sea level (海平面). Mount Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the world, stands about 200
kilometres from her school.
     The 15-year-old girl studies and lives at Bailang Middle School. Sometimes she walks home, and the trip
takes five hours! Sometimes her father drives her in their carriage (马车). It only takes two hours.
     In school, Zhuoga and her classmates learn Chinese, maths, English, history and geography. They also
have Tibetan class. They read stories in Tibetan language. Zhuoga's favourite class is music. There she learns
to sing Tibetan songs and dances. Like lots of Tibetans, Zhuoga sings very well.
     Every Wednesday, Zhuoga and her classmates have computer class. But they still can't surf the Internet.
Zhuoga knows about the Internet from books. She wants to try it very much.
     Zhuoga has a special wish. She wants to be a policeman one day. "Policemen catch bad people. They are
cool." said Zhuoga. "I will go to college and make my dream come true!"

1. Where does Zhuoga study?
    __________________________.
2. How does she go home?
    Either____________ or by carriage.
3. What subjects does she have?
    ___________________________.
4. What does she want to be when she grows up?
    She wants to be _____________________.
5. How will she make her dream come true?
    She will ____________________________.

     Have you ever heard an echo of your voice?
     An echo is a reflected (反射) sound. Stand in a very large, empty hall with nothing on the walls. Then
shout. The sounds you make will hit the walls and come back to you. The walls reflect the sounds. These
reflected sounds are called "echoes".
     We can use reflected sound to make sound travel farther. Hold a watch about fifty centimeters from your
ear. You cannot hear it. The sound of the watch travels a short way in all directions. lt does not travel as far
as your ear. You can make it travel to your ear by using a roll of cardboard (纸板筒).
     Make the roll of cardboard about fifty centimeters long. Put one end over your ear and hold the watch at
the other. Now you can hear the watch because the sound has not gone in all directions. lt is reflected down
the roll to your ear.
    A megaphone (喇叭筒) works in the same way. It makes sound travel farther. lt reflects the sound into
a beam which can travel a long way. In the ship, the sailor uses the megaphone to make his voice travel.
Without the megaphone, his voice cannot travel far.
     We use reflected sound in many ways. We use it to measure the depth of the sea, for exam-ple. Among
the animals, bats (蝙蝠) and whales use reflected sound to tell them where they are and what things are near
them.

1. What is called "echo"?

A. Very loud voices
B. Very loud voices that are made by man
C. Very loud voices that are made by animals
D. The sound that is made by man or animals comes back from some place

2. We can hear our echoes if we _______.

A. shout in a small room
B. shout in a large house full of things
C. shout in narrow valleys (山谷)
D. shout in the open air

3. Which is the right order of hearing our echo in a very large, empty hall?
a. We hear the reflected sound
b. The sound returns to us
c. The sound hits the walls
d. We make a sound

A. c, b, a, d
B. c, a, b, d
C. d, c, b, a
D. d, b, c, a

4. From the text we learn that _______.

A. reflected sound is useful only to blind people
B. people haven't made use of reflected sound yet
C. Bats use reflected sound to fly and get food
D. Whales don't use reflected sound as they live in the sea

5. If you haven't got a megaphone, _______ will help you to make your voice travel farther.

A. a long piece of wood
B. a roll of cardboard
C. a thin thread
. a long piece of silk

How to cook it:
1. Get the onion and garlic ready.                                   __________
2. Cut the onion and garlic into small pieces with a knife.  __________
3. Add a little oil to the pan. Heat (加热) the oil.               __________
4. Cook all the vegetables for about 3 minutes.                 __________
5. Beat the eggs with a fork. Add some salt and pepper     __________

     Many people have the wrong idea about pigs. Pigs are actually very clean animals. On farms, they live in
dirty places. So, they become very dirty. In the wild, pigs keep very clean.
     They are also really smart. They may be smarter than dogs. So, pigs can learn things from people. Pigs
are very friendly animals. Some people raise (喂养) them as pets. Of course, people keep the small kind, not
the big kind. Small pigs are very cute. And they don't break things in the house. Big pigs usually live outside
on farms, not in people's houses.

1. Which words can describe pigs?

A. Dirty and stupid.
B. Nervous and strange.
C. Dangerous and unfriendly.
D. Clever and friendly.

2. What does "in the wild" mean?

A. On farms.
B. In nature.
C. Being crazy.
D. In people's houses.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Pigs like to be dirty.
B. People can teach pigs things.
C. Dogs are smarter than pigs.
D. Only farmers raise pigs.

4. What kind of pigs are raised in people's houses?

A. The very big kind.
B. The ugly kind.
C. This kind from farms
D. The small kind.

5. What is NOT mentioned (提及) in this passage?

A. Raising dogs.
B. pigs on farms and in the wild.
C. Pigs as pets.
D. People's wrong ideas about pigs.