It is not ________ whether you fail or succeed in the game. The point is that you take part in it and enjoy it.

A. necessary          B. important            C. true            D. right

I don’t know what _________over there. But I see a big crowd of people ________toward there.

A. is happening; moving               B. happened; moving

C. happened; moved                  D. is happening; to move

We’re all nice to our friends and family members. When they are in need, we help them. If they ask for something, we give it to them.

We should also be kind and polite to strangers. How can we do that? It’s easy. If a man drops something, pick it up for him. If a woman is carrying a bag with both hands, open the door for her. When people want to cross the street, stop your bicycle, motorcycle, or car and let them cross.

In many big cities, people on the street are rude to each other. They walk around with serious expressions on their faces. Car drivers don’t stop for people crossing the street.

All of these things affect the quality of life in our cities. We need to try harder to treat each other better, like part of a big community. That way, big cities can be like big neighborhoods, with people treating each other like friends and neighbors.

If we can be kind to just a few more people a day, more and more people will be nice to each other. Our cities and towns will be better places. Then everyone will be like one big family.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. By treating strangers well, our cities and lives will improve.

B. Cities are unfriendly places to live.

C. Always open doors for people when they need help.

D. We should all be nice to our friends.

2. Who does the underlined word “they” mean in paragraph 1?

A. Any people.                           B. Friends and family members.

C. Strangers.                            D. People from other places.

3. Stopping your car to let people cross the street is an example of __________________.

A. unsafe driving                           B. something to do for friends only

C. a strange thing to do                           D. a way to be kind to strangers

4. What happens when everyone is rude and serious?

A. People get along better.                  B. It’s easier to make friends.

C. The quality of life goes down.                   D. Nothing happens.

5. The general mood of this article is ___________________.

    A. positive         B. negative        C. sad          D. hopeless

Coal miner(矿工) work under the earth to collect coal(煤炭). They have dangerous jobs because occasionally the earth sinks or falls apart. When this happens, miners are trapped underground. They are buried. If they don’t have air to breathe, food to eat, and water to drink, they will die. They can’t go without any of these things for long, but the first is the most important. It is difficult to figure out(计算出，推断) where miners are and reach them. Trapped miners dream of being saved and don’t give up.

In July 2002, nine miners went to work in Pennsylvania. All of a sudden, there was a terrible accident. A wall broke apart and water flooded the area where the miners were working. It came up to their collars(衣领). At first, the miners shouted, but no one could hear them. Luckily, people on the surface figured out where the miners were and dug a breathing hole. Later, they gave them messages from their families. Many people took part in helping to save them. After a period of several days, they brought the trapped miners to the surface alive.

1. The best title for this story is ___________.

  A. A Miner’s Accident                    B. Dreams Came Ture

  C. A Dangerous Job                      D. A Cruel Message

2. Where was the accident?

  A. Underground        B. On the surface       C. Underwater       D. Beside a wall.

3. What is most important to trapped miners?

  A. Water.              B. Air.               C. Work.              D. Food.

4. When people figured out where the miners were, they first gave them ___________.

  A. drinking water       B. family messages     C. a loud shout     D. fresh air

5. The lesson of this story is ____________.

  A. don’t do dangerous work              B. eat a good lunch at work

  C. never give up hope                   D. learn to swim

In the mid 1990’s, people started doing business on the internet. At that time, there were two kinds of companies. First, there were traditional companies. They sold things in stores. Then, there were internet companies. They didn’t have a store, and they only sold things on the net.

Traditional companies didn’t want to lose any business. Quickly, they made their own websites and began selling things on the net. These are the so-called “brick and click” companies. Many stores are made of brick, and you click on your mouse to buy things with your computer. That’s where the name “brick and click” comes from.

By the late 1990’s, e-businesses like Amazon.com, Buy.com, and eToys.com were in trouble. Their profits were not very high. Competition was fierce(激烈的) and many of these businesses were losing a lot of money. In 2000, many e-businesses went out of business.

Why are brick and click companies, like Barnes and Noble, Toys R Us, and Walmart so successful? Frist, many customers know and trust their names. Their websites, like walmart.com, are easy to remember. These companies also have a lot of experience. They know how to run a successful business.

In the world of e-commerce(电子商业), companies are fighting for every dollar and every customer. Will brick and click companies win the war? Only time will tell.

1. What did many traditional companies do in the mid 1990’s?

A. They went out of business.                 B. They made websites.

C. They bought internet companies.            D. They sold their computers.

2. Which would be a brick and click company?

A. A clothing company with no website.

B. A bookseller with five stores and an internet site.

C. A video seller with a big website but no stores.

D. A restaurant.

3. What gave internet companies a lot of trouble in the late 1990’s?

A. There was a lot of competition.             B. Their websites were bad.

C. They didn’t know what to sell.              D. Their profits were high.

4. People like buying from brick and click companies because____________.

A. their names are hard to remember           B. they have nice websites

C. they are cheap                          D. people trust them

5. What does “win the war” mean?

A. Quit doing business and become a soldier.   B. Lose the most customers.

C. Be the most successful.                  D. Win a game.

Many of you love pop music, but what about classical music composed by people like Mozart and Tchaikovsky? You may have heard those two names before. They were great musicians from Austria and Russia.

The Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra(上海爱乐乐团) wants to help young people find out more about classical music. They are going to hold one concert every month.

“If kids make friends with classical music they will get a lot out of it,” said Chen Zuohuang, from the Shanghai Philharmonic.

Many teens listened to the music and said they liked it. Wu Yi is in Junior 1. For the first time, he went to hear an orchestra play.

“I used to think only rich people could enjoy it, ” he said.

Sunday’s concert was the first lesson in classical music. Kids learned about its history and all kinds of musical instruments(乐器).

Luo Huili, 15, is from Shanghai Weiyu Middle School. She said it’s a fun way of learning.

“They say something, and then play a piece of music, ” she said.

Luo found it is not like pop music. “I just feel very relaxed when I listen to pop songs. They are just for fun, ” she said. “ But as for classical music, I will try to put all my heart into it. Then I can really enjoy it. ”

1. Where was Tchaikovsky, the great musician, from?

    A. Austria.         B. Australia.         C. Russia.         D. Austria and Russia.

2. How often will concerts be held to help young people learn about classical music?

    A. Once a week.    B. Twice a week.      C. Once a month.   D. Twice a year.

3. What did kids learn from Sunday’s concert?

A. Pop music.                         B. Some history of classical music.

C. All kinds of musical instruments.       D. Both B and C

4. Which of the following is true?

A. Wu Yi, a Junior 1 student, thought only rich people could enjoy classical music.

B. Wu Yi said listening to concerts was a fun way of learning.

C. Nothing but music can be heard during Saturday concerts.

D. When Luo Huili listened to pop songs, she would put all her heart into it.

5. Where do you think the Sunday concerts are held?

   A. Vienna, Austria.   B. Moscow, Russia     C. Beijing, China    D. Shanghai, China.

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。

Computer are very popular these days. People are talking about and using the Internet everywhere, but how many of us__1__ (know) the history of the Internet? Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet __2___(set )up（建立）in the 1960s. At that time computers were large and expensive. Computer network(网络)__3___(not work) well. If one computer in the networks __4___(break) down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information__5___(send) through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on__6___(work) well all the time. In the 1970s, computers were still expensive and the Internet was difficult__7___(use). Today it’s easy to get on line and it__8___(say) that millions of people use the Internet every day.

___9___( send) E -mail is more and more popular among students. The Internet_10__(become) one of the most important parts of people’s life already.

阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

We are often asked to make speeches. Most of us are afraid of doing this and don’t do a good j_______(1). Here are some simple steps to make your speech a(2) s_________ one. First of all, find out everything you can about your subject and at the same time find out as much as you can about your audience(观众). Who are they? W________(3) do they know about your subject? Put yourself in their shoes as you prepare your speech. Then try to arrange(整理) your material so that your speech is clear and easy to f________(4). Use as m________(5) examples as possible. Never forget your audience. Don’t talk over their heads o________(6) talk down to them. When you are g_______(7) your speech, speak slowly and clearly and look at your audience. Pause for a few seconds f_________(8) time to time to give your audience a chance to think over what you have said. Just remember: be prepared, know your subject and your audience, you have to say and be yourself. Then your i_________(9) will bring you and your audience t________(10).

阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

Years ago, if a teenager（青少年）had some problems in her life, she might write in her diary. Now a teenager with the same problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog（博客）. In many ways, a diary and a blog are almost the same. So, what makes a blog different from a diary?

The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public than a diary. Usually, a teenager treats her diary like a book full of secrets .Both diaries and blogs tell what happened to the writer that day.

I have a little sister, and sometimes I go on line to read her blog. She writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry exam. When I was her age, I wrote about the same thing, but only in my diary. Then , （3）after I finished writing. I would hide my diary in a secret place because I was worried that my sister might read it!

Because a blog is such a public way of writing ,it has both good and bad points （特点）. The biggest problem with a blog is that anyone can read what you write. Blogs can help people stay in contact with their friends. If I am angry with a friend during school and write something bad about her in my dairy. she will never know .However . if my sister writes something bad about a friend , that friend may read her blog and get angry. So we have to be very careful of what we write.

A blog has good points, of course .People choose to write in blogs they know that their friends will read what they write .If I am feeling sad one day and write in my dairy,” Nobody cares about me,” no one will know about it . However , my sister writes the same words in her blog, her best friends will quickly reply and tell her how much they like her. Blogs help people stay in contact （联系）with their friends and hear what the people around them are doing.

（4）If people are careful about what they write, blogs are a very good way to write about everyday life .However, I still prefer my old diary!

1. What are the advantages of writing blogs?

2. Why does the writer still prefer his old diary?

把划线部分译成汉语：

3.___________________________________________________________________________

4.___________________________________________________________________________

5. The best title for the passage is____________________________________________.

在日常生活中，因特网正起着越来越重要的作用。 请根据下面的表格所给的提示写一篇短文。短文内容要包括表格中提示的要点。词数60－80