15．B
    An old man was going home late one night with his horse andcart after a day's hard work．When he was not far away from his house，the light on the cart went out．He tried but could not repair it．He was near his home，and so he went along the road without a light．When a policeman saw this，he stopped the old man．
"Where is your light？"asked the policeman．"No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light．You know that．You have broken the law．""I had a light，but it has just gone out，"said the old man．
"I don't believe that story．What's your name and where do you live？"asked the policeman．"Please don't write down my name，"said the old man．"My home is just there．You can see it from here．I had a light nearly the whole way．"
"You came all the way without a light．What's your name？"
    The old man quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light．The light was still hot and burnt the policeman's hand．The policeman jumped and he was very angry．"Now，what do you think？"said the old man．"Did I come all the way without a light？"
61．What does the underlined word"cart"mean in the passage？
A．It means house．B．It is something pulled by a horse．
C．It means light．D．It is something used for cooking food．
62．The old man drove homeA．
A．late onenightB．with his donkeyC．with a policemanD．early one morning
63．Where did the policeman stop the old man？C
A．Under a street light．B．At the traffic lights．
C．Near the old man's home．D．Far away from the old man's home．
64．Why was the old man stopped by the policeman？A
A．Because the light on his cart was not on．
B．Because he burnt the policeman's hand．
C．Because he broke a street light．
D．Because he didn't want to help the policeman．
65．What made the policeman believe the old man's words？C
A．He made the policeman angry．B．He jumped and shouted angrily．
C．The light burnt the policeman's hand．D．He made the policeman touch the cart．

14．C
    China has ended its long-lasted one-child policy，all Chinese couples now are allowed to have two children，which means that many Chinese children，including you，may have siblings （兄弟姐妹） in the future．
    Like many only children in China，Pan is happy and confident，except when she feels lonely every now and then．"It's not fun，especially when I travel with my parents．How I wish I could have a brother or a sister，"she said．Now it could be time for Pan to realize her dream．But what would it be like growing up with a sibling？
    Having a sibling can prevent children from bad feelings such as loneliness and fear，according to Laura Walker from Brigham Young University，US．"Siblings give kids something that parents can't，"she said．
    You may not feel lonely because there is someone else to play with．You can also talk about various things and share secrets with each other．
    But children with siblings also have to control their feelings and learn to compromise，said Laura．You need to share things with your siblings，including attention from parents，toys，the bathroom and even the TV．There is also unpleasant competition which you have to deal with．
    It's also said that the birth order decides how parents treat their children．Parents are usually very nervous and strict with their first child．So firstborns （including only children） have more sense of responsibility because parents set high goals for them．When the couple has a second child，they are more relaxed，less strict and have fewer rules．So late-born kids are usually funny and creative．
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51．The first paragraph is mainly aboutA．
A．a chance for siblings         B．problems of only children      C．the one-child policy
52．From the passage we can know that PanB．
A．feels lonely all the time
B．may have a sibling in the future
C．enjoys traveling with her parents
53．According to Laura Walker from Brigham Young University，children with siblingsA．
A．can stop themselves from fear and loneliness
B．may give their parents various things
C．must share everything with each other
54．The underlined word"compromise"meansC in Chinese．
A．争论                   B．质疑                  C．妥协
55．We can learn from the passage thatC．
A．children must set high goals for themselves
B．parents should help siblings become great friends
C．siblings need to deal with competition between them．

13．Father and I left early．It was unusual for us to go into town together．Usually these shopping trips were Mother's business and she planned everything．She arrived at the bus stop just before the bus．She always took a small present for the driver，and she always got the best seat．Father didn't have a good plan so we waited for over an hour．
   Finally the bus drew up，and the driver shouted，"Come on!Get on quickly!"People all climbed onto the bus．Father was polite and stood aside，so by the time we got on，there were no seats．We had to stand all the way into town．At last we arrived，cold and tired．
"I'm starved，"I said．Father took me to a restaurant．It was warm and there was a wonderful smell．I felt better．We ate lunch and discussed the day．"We'll have a good time!"said Father．A whole day with my father was very unusual．We were preparing to visit my grandmother．That was unusual，too．Grandmother lived in the far north，a cold part of the country．Mother told me stories about it，and I was excited about the visit．"What's it like in the north？"I asked Father．"It's very cold，"he said．"We must buy some warm clothes．"
    We went from shop to shop，buying shoes，thick socks，scarves and gloves．We had more and more bags to carry．It was nearly time to get the bus home，We  had one more shop to visit．"I suppose I'll need a coat"，I said．"Then，let's have a look here．"I saw a beautiful jacket．It was very expensive．I asked，"How about this jacket？"Father nodded．"I think that's all，"he said．
    What an unusual day!
69．Who always planned everything well？B
A．Father．
B．Mother．
C．The driver．
D．Grandfather．
70．How did they fell when they arrived？A
A．Tired．
B．Bored．
C．Worried．
D．Surprised．
71．What does the underlined word"starved"mean？A
A．Hungry．
B．Thirsty．
C．Sleepy．
D．Uncomfortable．
72．What can we learn from the passage？C
A．It was cold in the restaurant．
B．They were the first to get on the bus．
C．They planned to visit Grandfather．
D．They bought a coat for Grandfather．

12．If you have no special plans for your break，why not give your time a way？
    Don't listen to people who say that teenagers today are selfish（自私的）．It's not true．Volunteering is becoming more and more popular in the United States．Millions ofteenagers spend their school holidays helping others．And they do it for free．Here are some of their stories．

Tina Anderson，16
I'm going to teach kids who have trouble reading．I'll work for a program called Reading for Life．Every day，I'm going to help kids choose and read books that interest them．I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading，so this is going to be a great experience for me．

Alice White，18
I'm going to help the Green Plan build new hiking trails（小道） in the mountains of Idaho．It's going to be wonderful．I'll spend the whole summer living in a tent and breathing the clean mountain air．I'm getting a great workout*at the same time．

Jason Moore，20
This summer，I'm going to volunteer with Home for Humans．They build good，low-cost houses and sell them to poor families．They've built 90，000 houses in 60 countries．They'll teach me what to do，so I'll help people and also learn new skills
51．Alice White isCyears old．
A.16    B.17   C.18   D.20
52．As a volunteer，Alice can'tA．
A．get a lot of money                           B．get a great workout
C．breath the clean mountain air          D．spend the whole summer living in a tent
 53．Jason Moore will work for a program calledD．
A．Reading for Life                              B．the Green Plan     
C．Helping Hands Club                        D．Home for Humans．
54．Tina is going toB．
A．help the Green Plan build new hiking trails．
 B．teach kids who have trouble reading．
C．build good，low-cost houses．
D．sell low-cost houses to poor families．
55．Which is NOT true according to the passage？D
A．Many teenagers helping others for free．
B．Volunteering is becoming more and more popular in the United States．
C．Millions of teenagers spend their school holidays helping others．
D．Teenagers today are selfish．

11．Alfred Nobel was born on October 21，1833 in Sweden．He was the third and the youngest son among six children．
   When Alfred was very young，his health was rather poor．For most of the time，he had to stay at home．His mother was his friend，nurse，teacher and his window to the world．She read to him from his brother's textbooks until he learned to read himself．
   In 1843，the family moved to Russia．His father asked a tutor to teach his sons Russian．Alfred was so smart that he later was able to speak English，French．German，Spanish，besides Russian，all very well．
   When Alfred grew older，he began to get interested in the family business．He studied chemistry in Paris and worked for a time in the USA before he returned to Sweden in 1859．
   Alfred worked very hard．In 1867，he invented dynamite（炸药），a safer form of explosire（爆炸物）．He set up factories around the world to make dynamite and other explosives．This brought his a lot of money．
   By the time Alfred Nobel died on December 10，1896，he left about 9 million dollars．In his will，he said that he wanted the money to be given to honor great discovers and organizations in the fields of physics，chemitry，medicine，literature，world peace and economics．
    The prizes started in 1901，and they are still the highest honor in the world．
61．How many children did Alfred's parents have？D
A．Two  
B．Three 
C．Five  
D．Six
62．Alfred had to say at home when he was young becauseB
A．he liked staying at home
B．he was not in good health
C．he was afraid of meeting people
D．his parents didn't allow him to go out
63．Alfred learned RussianD
A．from his father
B．at school
C．by himself
D．from his tutor
64．From the passage，we know thatC
A．Alfred was born in Russia
B．Alfred learned to read from his father
C．Alfred was 63 years old when he died
D．Alfred's parents were very strict with him
65．The Nobel Prize has a history ofByears．
A.90
B.112
C.145
D.178．

10．Drunk driving has become a serious problem in China．According to the Ministry of Public Security，the police caught more than half a million drunk drivers in 2010．On the night of May 9，2011，a musician Gao Xiaosong ran his car into three other cars in Beijing because he drank too much wine．He was punished under China's new drunk driving law that came into use on May 1，2011．
    The new law sees drunk driving as a crime．In the west，drunk driving is also a crime．In the US，for example，if the police catch a drunk driver，the driver will pay a fine，lose his or her license and even go to prison．If the driver wants to drive again，he or she has to do public service，and take part in educational programs．
    You may think：drunk driving is crime？Isn't this law too unkind？But experts say：not at all．They think it is to protect people's tights to life and health．Drunk driving is very dangerous!
51．Mr．Gao ran his car into three other cars becauseB．
A．he went home too late
B．he drank too much wine
C．the road was too crowded
D．it was night
52．What does the underlined part"a fine"in the second paragraph mean？C
A．health
B．weather
C．money
D．time
53．When did the new law come into use？D
A．May 1，2010
B．May 9，2011
C．May 9，2010
D．May 1，2011
54．When do experts think of the new law？A
A．The law is to protect people's rights to life and health．
B．The law is not kind to drunk drivers．
C．Drunk driving hasn't become a serious problem．
D．Drunk driving isn't a crime．
55．What's the best title of this passage？B 
A．Drunk Drivers in 2010
B．China's New Drunk Driving Law
C．Doing Public Service
D．Taking Part in Educational Programs．

9．F．Scott Fitzgerald，born on September 24，1896，an American novelist，was once a student of St．Paul Academy，the Newman School and attended Princeton．University for a short while．In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama，where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre．Then he had to make some 
money to impress her．
     His life with her was full of great happiness，as he wrote in his diary："My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary．"
     This side of paradise，his first novel，was published in 1920．Encouraged by its success，Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing．Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned（1922），a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age （1922），and a play The Vegetable （1923）．But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby，published in 1925，which quick brought him praise from the literary world．Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security．Then，in 1926，he published another collection of short stories All the Sad Young Men．
     However，Fitzgerald's problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing．During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life，but failed．By 1930，his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic．During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The Love of the Last Tycoon in 1940．while his wife was in hospital in the United States，he got totally addicted to alcohol．Sheila Graham，his dear friend，helped him fight his alcoholism．

53．How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage？A
A.5 
B.6 
C.7 
D.8
54．Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald's life according to the passage？D
a．He became addicted to drinking．
b．He studied at St．Paul Academy．
c．He published his first novel This Side of Paradise．
d．The Great Gatsby won high praise．
e．He failed to reorder his life．
f．He joined the army and met Zelda．
A．f-c-e-a-b-d
B．b-e-a-f-c-d 
C．f-d-e-c-b-a 
D．b-f-c-d-e-a
55．We can infer from the passage that FitzgeraldC．
A．had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama
B．was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C．would have completed more works if his wife hadn't broken down 
D．helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
56．The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph aboutD．
A．Zelda's personal life
B．Zelda's illness and treatment 
C．Fitzgerald's friendship with Graham 
D．Fitzgerald's contributions to the literary world．

8．Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii，Italy．They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for its stadium（运动场） and theatres，its shops and restaurants．The tourists do not，however，see Pompeii's people．They do not see them because Pompeii has no people．No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2，000 years．
    Once，Pompeii was a busy city of 22，000 people．It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius，a grass-covered volcano．Mount Vesuvius had not erupted（喷发） for centuries，so the people of Pompeii felt safe．But they were not．
    In August of AD 79，Mount Vesuvius erupted．The entire top of the mountain exploded（爆炸），and a huge black cloud rose into the air．Soon stones and hot ash（灰烬） began to fall on Pompeii．When the eruption ended two days later，Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes．Almost all of its people were dead．
    For centuries，Pompeii lay buried under stones and ashes．Then，in the year 1861，an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii．Slowly，carefully，Ginseppe and his men dug．The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79．There were streets and fountains（喷泉），houses and shops．There was a stadium with 20，000 seats．Perhaps the most important of all，there were everyday objects，which told us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii．Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom，so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine．They liked bread，too；metal bread pans were in every bakery（面包店）．In one bakery there were 81 round，flat loaves of bread-a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today．Tiny boxes filled with dark，shiny powder tell（粉末） us that women liked to wear eye make-up．
    Ginseppe has died，but his work continues．One-fourth has not been uncovered yet．Scientists are still digging，still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii．

45．Why do large number of people come to Pompeii each year？D
A．To visit the volcano．
B．To shop and eat there．
C．To watch sports and plays．
D．To see how Pompeiians lived．
46．Why had so many Pompeiians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius？C
A．The city nearby offered all kinds of fun．
B．The area produced the finest wine in Italy．
C．Few people expected the volcano to erupt again．
D．The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass．
47．Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79？B
A．Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully．
B．Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched．
C．Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects．
D．Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted．
48．What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2，000 years ago？A
A．They lived more or less the same as Italians now do．
B．They liked women wearing all kinds of make-ups．
C．They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating．
D．They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79．

7．"I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net．""I often check my e-mail forty times a day．"
"I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net．"
"I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 4real-life，friends．"
  Do you know any people like these？They are part of a new addiction（癮）called Internet addiction．Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week．The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug（毒品）use．People lose control（控制）of the time they spend on the Internet．
  For example，one college student was missing for several days．His friends were worried，and they called the police．The police found the student in the computer lab：he was surfing the net for several days without stopping．
  Studies show that about 6to 10% of Internet users become addicted．And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them．They spend more time in cyberspace （虚拟空间）than in the real world of friends and family．
  Is"surfing the net"a hobby or an addiction for you？You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（症状）：
•You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet．
•You can't wait for your next online time．
•You plan to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours．
•You go out with your friends less and less．

36．What does the beginning of the passage tell us？B
A．How to become an Internet addict．
B．What an Internet addict usually does．
C．Where to find an Internet addict．
D．How to write this passage．
37．How does the writer describe the addicts'use of the Internet？C
A．It is something like keeping drugs．
B．It is a way of producing drugs．
C．It is like taking drugs．
D．It is terrible to imagine．
38．Why do people worry about the teens？D
A．The teens are wasting too much money．
B．They used to work on the Internet．
C．The playing field of the teens will disappear．
D．More and more of the teens will become addicted to the Internet．
39．The example in the passage shows thatC．
A．Internet problems are more serious among college students
B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep
C．some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted
D．the police often help to find those Internet addicts
40．What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage？A
A．Don't be addicted to the Internet．
B．Go to family activities mure often．
C．Do things as you have planned．
D．Stay with your parents as often as possible．

6．One day Tony was crossing the road when he was hit by a car．He fell and broke his arm．
    He was sent to a hospital．There a doctor operated on his arm．Then he put the arm in a cast （石膏）．Tony couldn't move it at all．
"You must keep your arm in a cast for a month，"the doctor said．"That will give the bone（骨头）a chance to get well．"
    A month later，Tony went back to the hospital．The doctor used a large knife to cut the cast．Then he took Tony's arm out of the cast．
"Can you move your arm，Tony？"he asked．
     Tony tried to move his arm．At first it was difficult，but soon he could move it easily．
"Yes，it's fine，"he said．"Thank you very much．"
"In a few days it will be as good as before，"the doctor said．"Just exercises it a little every day．"
"Will I be able to play the guitar？"Tony asked．
     The doctor smiled．"Of course you will，"he said．"You'll have no problems．"
"That is good news，"Tony said．"Because I couldn't play it at all before．"
56．How did Tony break his arm？A
A．He was hit by a car．
B．He fell off a bike．
C．A guitar fell on him．
57．How long did he have to keep arm in a cast？B
A．One week．
B．Four weeks．
C．A few days．
58．How was Tony's arm when the doctor cut the cast？A
A．It was OK．
B．It was hurt．
C．It was worse．
59．What did the doctor tell him to do after the cast was taken off？C
A．See another doctor．
B．Play the guitar．
C．Exercise his arm．
60．Why was Tony pleased？C
A．The doctor gave him a guitar．
B．The doctor said he didn't have to do work again．
C．He thought he would be able to play the guitar．