Nola is a 4l-year-old northern white rhino(犀牛) . She lives in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. She is one of only four remaining northern white rhinos in the world. The other three live in Kenya,Africa.

   World Rhino Day,held on September 22 ,is a day to raise awareness(意识) of Nola and the less than 30,000 other rhinos left on Earth.

   “Rhinos need our help today,not tomorrow,” said Nola’ s keeper Jane Kennedy. “Last year we lost over 1 ,200 rhinos just in South Africa. If we continue to lose more than 1,000 rhinos a year,in 10 to 20 year’s all rhinos on the planet will be gone."

   Rhinos have lived on Earth for more than 40 million years,but they are now endangered because of human activities.

   Scientists are trying to find ways to prevent rhinos from becoming extinct. In 1975,the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research started a program called the Frozen Zoo. Through the program,researchers have collected cell samples ( 细胞样品） from more than 8,000 different animal species(种) ， including the northern white rhino. Sciq^tists hope ftat by studying the rhino cells,they will know more about the rhino,and will find ways to increase its numbers.

   At the San Diego Zoo,children adults are welcome to visit and speak with zookeqjers to learn about rhinos. They can also take part in different activities. But you don’t have to live in San Diego to celebrate World Rhino Day. It is celebrated around the world to teach people about rhinos.

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() 61. How many northerti white rhinos are there on Earth now?

   A. 20.   B. 10.   C. 4.   D. 3.

() 62. We can learn from Jane Kennedy’s words that.

   A. rhinos are in need of our help now

   B. there are about 1,000 rhinos left on Earth

   C. we’11 lose more rhinos this year than last year

   D. rhinos will probably disappear from Earth in 5 years

() 63. What do the underlined words “becoming extinct” in Paragraph 5 mean?

   A. Dying out. B. Running away.

   C. Getting sick. D. Getting hurt.

() 64. We can learn from the passage that the Frozen Zoo.

   A. is a zoo in San Diego

   B. helps protect animals

   C. was started by Jane Kennedy

   D. was started about 20 years ago

() 65. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. Rhinos are in danger because of water pollution.

   B. World Rhino Day is celebrated in San Diego only.

   C. People caa learn about rhinos at the San Diego Zoo.

    D.There are more northern white rhinos in California than in Kenya.

   Do you want to write a novel? All you need is a mobile phone. You can write when you are on the bus or subway,or standing in line at a store. Then you can put your novel on the Internet.

   Rin,a young woman in Japan,did just this. She started writing on her mobile phone in high school. When she was in her third year of high school,she wrote a novel called She put the novel on a website. People downloaded (下载) it and read it on their mobile phones. The novel became so popular that a publisher (出版商) made it into a book.If You sold almost half a million copies in bookstores.

   In Japan,in 2000,an Internet company (公司) made a website for people to share the novels they wrote on their mobile phones. Soon,millions of people in Japan downloaded other people's mobile phone novels from the website onto their own mobile phones. In this way,20 million people read a mobile phone novel called Love Sky. It was so popular that it became a printed book and then a movie. By 2007,half of the top ten best-selling books in Japan were mobile phone novels first.

   Mobile phone novels have a special style. The action moves fast. It is usually more important than the story or the characters. Chapters (章) and conversations are short. People speak in very short sentences. This style is popular with young people who grow up reading comic books (连环画杂志) .

   The idea is becoming popular in other countries. For example,now people are writing mobile phone novels in South Korea,China and the USA.

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() 56. Rin wrote the novel If You .

   A. for an Internet company

   B. for a writing competition

   C. when she was in college

   D. when she was in high school

() 57. What do If You and Love Sky have in common?

   A. They were both popular.

   B. They were both written by Rin.

   C. They were both made into a movie.

   D. They both sold almost half a million copies.

() 58. Which of the following is TRUE about the style of mobile phone novels?

   A. The chapters are long.

   B. The action develops fast.

   C. The conversations are often funny.

   D. The main diaracters usually have bad pasts.

() 59. What does tiie underlined part “The idea” in the last paragraph refer to?

   A. Reading coiriic books.

   B. Writing mobile phone novels.

   C. Reading novels on mobile phones.

   D. Downloading novels from the Internet.

() 60. What does the passage mainly tell us?

   A. Two best-selling novels in Japan.

   B. A young woman named Rin.

   C. Mobile phone novels.

   D. A novel website.

   Charlotte Kelly,12, is in sixth grade in Virginia,USA. Her dad is astronaut Scott Kelly.

                               All In a Year

   It has been almost eight weeks since my dad left Earth. I am able to have video calls with my dad about once a month. We had our second video call I yesterday. Dad is doing well and staying very busy. He has a lot of work to do!He taught me how to reply to his e-mails. I ’m not very good at that. He has given me a tour of parts of the International Space Station and I was able to meet a few of the other astronauts. I do miss him and the video calls make it a lot easier.

                              Happy Father's Day

  I am on summer break from school A right now,but before school ended,my dad was able to have a video call with my class. All of the kids really enjoyed I seeing him and asking him questions about space. I don't care how many times I see it; I still have to laugh when I see him floating around. Two nights ago,my mom and I went to a beach party with my classmate Joe and his family. Just around 9:10 p.m., we were all able to look into the night sky and see the International Space Station fly over. For those four minutes we were all watching; I couldn’t help but miss my dad.

   Today is Father's Day. My sister and I were able to have a*video talk with our dad at the same time. She was in Houston,I was in Virginia Beach and my dad was flying over us!He took a picture of me with Virginia Beach in the background.

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() 51. When did Charlotte’s father leave Earth?

   A. In January. B. In February.

   C. In March.    D. In April.

() 52. How often does Charlotte have video calls with her father?

   A. Almost every day. B. About once a week.

   C. About twice a month. D. About once a month.

() 53. What happened at about 9:10 p.m. two nights before Father* s Day?

   A. Charlotte’sfathercamebackhome.

   B. Charlotte made a video call to her father.

   C. Charlotte saw the International Space Station fly over.

   D. Charlotte's father took a picture of himself in space.

() 54. What did Charlotte's sister and she do on Father's Day?

   A. They had a video talk with their father.

   B. They drew a picture of their father in space.

   C. They sent their father an e-mail.

   D. They had a beach party.

() 55. The material is probably from.

   A. a diary   B. a notice

   C. a science report   D. a piece of news

A: Hi,Mandy. You look worried. (46)

B: Hi. I am going to a birthday party tonight,but I don’t know what to wear.

A: (47) Orange is the color of joy. It can make you happy.

B: That’s a good idea. But what should I wear with the orange T-shirt?

A: (48) They are a good (匹配) for the orange T-shirt.

B: You are right. (49) What color should I choose?

A: Why don't you wear a blue one? (50)

B: OK. Thanks for your advice.

A: You’re welcome. I believe you will have a good time at the party.

B: I hope so too.

   A. How about wearing your orange T-shirt?

   B. You should go there earlier.

   C. Perhaps you should wear your white trousers.

   D. What's wrong?

   E. I think you will look more beautiful in it.

   F. Why not take a bus there? 

   G. And I need a hat.

   This is the first X-ray photograph.It was 36 by a German scientist,Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen,in 1895. It is his wife's 37 . The bones(骨骼) in her hand (and also her ring) are clearly I seen in the photo.

   Roentgen discovered X-rays 38 when he was working with electricity. Soon after,he 39 the first X-ray machine. The machine made hospital operations (手术) much 40 . For the first time,doctors could see inside people’s bodies 41 they cut them open!In 1901,Roentgen won the very first Nobel Prize in Physics. His invention is still used today by doctors and 42 ,and is called “the window into the human body”.

   Since the introduction of computer imaging (成像） in the 1970s,X-ray machines have been used 43 other things,too. At airports,many criminals are caught with illegal(违法的) things in 44 luggage(行李) .Also,lots of works of art are discovered under other paintings. In factories,many 45 in new products are found every day,using X-rays. There is no doubt that new uses for X-rays will be developed in the future.

() 36. A. taken   B. made   C. found   D. invented

() 37. A. face   B. hand   C. foot   D. head

() 38. A. for sure   B. in fact   C. at least   D. by accident

() 39. A. used   B. broke   C. built   D. bought

() 40. A. safer   B. mote dangerous   C. cheaper   D. more expensive

() 41. A. since   B. when   C. before   D. after

() 42. A. tourists   B. engineers   C. dentists   D. teachers

() 43. A. for   B. to   C. with   D. from

() 44. A. his   B. her   C. its   D. their

() 45. A. colors   B. faults   C. styles   D. parts

() 35. —Could you please cle^i the house,Alan? Your uncle is coming this afternoon.

一 . I have to study for my English test.

   A. No,thank you   B. OK,I will   C. Sorry,I can't   D. Yes,sure

() 34. Molly watch TV in her spare time,but now she doing a lot of reading in the library.

   A. used to; is used to   B. is used to; used to   C. used to; used to   D. is used to: is used to

() 33. The concert was . because the singer was ill. All the fans felt unhappy.

   A. put up   B. turned up

   C. put off   D. turned off

() 32. The baby next door kept me awake all night because he was crying .

   A. all the time   B. in time   C. at the same time   D. on time

() 31. —I called you at 8:00 last night,but nobody answered the phone.

—Oh,I my dog in the park.

   A. walked   B. was walking

   C. will walk   D. have walked