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    Salesman： $73.07，please.

    Peter： What? Show me the receipt.

    Salesman： Here it is.

    Peter： Look. The price on this shirt is $17. But the receipt says $27.

    Salesman： You are right. The receipt is wrong.

    Peter： And what is the $5.57 for?

    Salesman： That’s for tax（税）.

   1   The $5.57 is for the ___________.

A. tax            B. bags       C. jacket         D. shirt

   2   When did Peter do shopping?

A. On June 17.    B. At noon.    C. On June 25.    D. At night.

    China has three economic areas(经济区): eastern China，central China，and western China.

Shanxi，Gansu，Qinghai，Xinjiang，Ningxia，Sichuan，Chongqing，Yunnan，Guizhou and Tibet

are in western China. It covers 5，385，700 square kilometres，making up 56.4% of Chinese

territory(国土) and is home to 230 million people. It is 23% of China's population.

    The western area is rich in mineral(矿产) and energy resources(能源) (water，coal，sun

energy，and wind power). It also has large grassland，ice and snow resources waiting to be

developed. It is home to many wild animals and plants，and it gives us with important medicinal

resource.

    The Chinese leaders have decided to develop the western area. Jiang Zemin said，“Without

development of the western area，how can we modernize the whole country，and how can China

become an economic power?”

    Since 1949，when the People's Republic of China was founded，it is not the first time for

China to develop its western part. China will make its western area a long-term base for economic

development and use its rich resources to develop economic power.

   3  The territory of western China is _______.

A. as large as that of eastern China

      B. as large as that of central China

C. as large as that of eastern China and central China

D. the largest one of the three areas

4  Do you know why we develop western China?

      A. Because the people of western China are rich

B. Because it has 230 million people

C. Because it makes up 56.4% of Chinese territory

D. Because we will modernize the whole country

5 An economic power means _____.

A. a rich and strong country

B. a large country

C. a country with much more population

D. a large country without economic development

6 What is the best advantage(优势) of West China?   

A. Its rich resources  B. Animals   C. Plants  D. Its economic power

7 What is the best title for the passage?

A. China-a large country           B. Developing Western China

C. Home to wild animals and plants  D. Rich Western China

    One day James came up to Dick and said，“Look，what I’ve found in Mr. Trotter’s rubbish

bin!” It was a piece of paper. On it were test questions for history. “That’s our history paper. I’m

sure of it，” said James，“ It’s in Mr. Trotter’s handwriting.” “Yes，I think so.” said Dick. “ I’ll sell the

paper for $1 to our classmates.” said James. So in the three days he went round the class and sold

the “test paper” to his classmates. James felt happy because he got $40. All the students were

sure that these questions would be in the test paper. The questions were quite difficult so they

had to work hard at preparing them.

    The day for the exam came. Mr. Trotter walked into the classroom. “History test，”he said

and then gave out the test paper. Oh dear! It was different from the paper that James had found.

None of the questions were the same. None of the students did well. James had to give all their

money back to his classmates. Ever since he has never looked in teachers’rubbish bins again.

8  Who wrote the test questions on the paper?

A. Mr. Trotter. B. James. C. Dick. D. The headmaster.

9  In the end，James got _________ from his classmates.

    A. $40      B. $1    C. no money    D. some money

10 Which of the following was true?

A. The question in the paper were quite easy.

B. James never sold the test paper to his classmates.

C. The test paper Mr. Trotter gave out was different from the one James had found.

D. Some students did very well in the history exam.

　 Now machines are 1 used all over the world. Why are machines so important and

necessary(必要的) 2 us? Because they can 3 us do things faster and 4.

　 A washing machine helps us to wash clothes. A printing machine(印刷机) helps us to print a

lot of books，newspapers，magazine and many 5 things 6 . Bicycles，cars，trains and planes

are all machines. They help us to travel faster than 7 foot.

　 The computer is a wonderful machine. It 8 not long ago. It 9 stores information but also

computes numbers millions of times as 10 as a scientist does.

　 Let's study hard and try to use all kinds of machines to build China into a modern country.

1 A. wider B. more wide C. widely D. wide

　 2 A. with B. of C. for D. to

　 3 A. be helped B. help C. helping D. to help

　 4 A. better B. well C. best D. good

　 5 A. others B. the other C. other D. another

6 A. faster B. quickly C. slowly D. quick

　 7 A. on B. by C. in D. with

　 8 A. invents B. is invented C. was invented D. invented

　 9 A. not at all B. not only C. both D. either

　 10 A. quick B. fastest C. faster D. fast

 Mary usually _______ up at five o’clock.

       A. will get    B. got    C. get    D. gets

Look! The monkeys _________ the tree.

　 　　 A. climb　 B. are climbing C. is climbing D. were climbing

 This street is much _________ than that one.

        A. straight    B. straighter  C. straightest    D. more straighter

A bird can ______ but I can’t.

       A. flies   B. flying   C. flew   D. fly

Can you see _________?

       A. what he’s reading  B. what is he reading  C. what does he read  D. he reads what

She dances better than Mary _______.  

        A. is   B. has   C. does   D. dance

I _______ to bed until my granny came back home.    

       A. didn’t go   B. went   C. had gone   D. have gone

When class began，we stopped ________ to the teacher carefully.

        A. listening   B. listen   C. listens   D. to listen