If you go to Egypt, you’ll see a lot of pyramids. The biggest of all is the Great Pyramid. It is about 137 meters high and made of 2,300,000 big stones. Each stone weighs about two and a half tons（吨）.The biggest ones even weigh fifteen tons. It took more than 100,000 men twenty years to build it. Nobody can tell just how the men cut, carried and lifted（举）the huge stones without our modern machines（机器）.
The Egyptian kings told the people to build the pyramids for themselves. They thought they had tombs （坟墓）strong enough to keep their bodies well until they came back to life. But they never thought that about 5,000 years later their bodies would be on show in museums.
【小题1】The Great Pyramid is in ________.

A．China

B．Japan

C．Egypt

D．France

【小题2】 A pyramid is ______.

A．a house

B．a huge stone

C．a king’s tomb

D．the name of a museum

【小题3】The Great Pyramid is about _______ and made of _______ huge stones.

A．137 metres high; 100,000	B．137 high metres; 2,300,000
C．137 metres; 2,300,000	D．137 meters high; 2,300,000

【小题4】Pyramids are built for _______.

A．the kings

B．the queens（皇后）

C．the kings' teachers

D．People

【小题5】The kings thought they had the pyramids built to keep their bodies until _________.

A．they came home	B．they became alive
C．they die	D．they were on show in museums

Malls are popular places for Americans to go. Some people spend so much time at malls that they are called “mall rats（老鼠）”. Mall rats shop until they drop in the hundreds of stores.
People like malls for many reasons. They feel safe because malls have police stations. Parking is usually free, and the weather inside is always fine. The newest malls have beautiful rest places with waterfalls and large green trees.
The largest mall in the United States is the Mall of America in Minnesota. It covers 4. 2 million square feet（英尺）. It has 350 stores, eight nightclubs, and a large park! There are parking spaces for 12,750 cars. About 750,000 people shop there every week.
The first indoor mall in the United States was built in 1965 in Edina Minnesota. People love doing all their shopping in one place. More malls are built around the country. Now malls are like town centers where people come to do many things. They shop, of course, they also eat in food courts（广场）that have food from all over the world. They see films at theaters. Some people even get their exercise by doing the new sport of “mall walking”. Others go to malls to meet friends.
In some malls, people can see a doctor and even go to the church. In other words, people can do just about everything in malls. Now people can live in their favorite shopping center in fact.
【小题1】Here “mall” means “               ”.

A．a large park

B．a big church

C．a square

D．a shopping center

【小题2】The largest mall in the United States                 .

A．was built in 1965	B．has 12,750 cars in it
C．has 350 shops in it	D．can hold 750,000 people

【小题3】 The writer                 .

A．thinks malls make people’s life easier	B．likes to live in his favorite malls
C．is called “mall rats” by others	D．often goes to the church in malls

Text messaging, or simply “texting”, which allows people to send and receive messages on  mobile phones, becomes very popular today.
The advantages of texting are obvious. Texting helps to save money. If you have a few words to greet your families and friends on their birthdays or on some important festivals, sending messages can be cheaper than phone calling. Texting helps to save time. Even if you want to send a message to 100 people, you can do it one second. Texting helps you to “talk” to someone when he is too busy to answer the phone. Texting can also help you to “talk” to someone secretly if you don’t want others to hear what you are talking on the phone. These advantages are so amazing that many people are crazy about it. They hold mobile phones in hands all day long, send dozens of messages each day, and even text while driving or walking.
However, texting has its disadvantages. Junk messages may come into your mobile phone box now and then. When your phone box gets too full, you can’t receive any more messages. You may therefore miss some important information.
What’s more, if you don’t do texting properly, for example texting while driving or walking, it can be dangerous. It can cause injuries and even death. It was reported that about 6,000 people were killed and half a million were injured for this reason each year. In Fort Lee, a small town in New Jersey, USA, three people died because they walked into traffic while texting in 2011. Two researchers at Stony Brook University, New York found that texters are 60% more probably to have an accident than others. When people are texting, they don’t notice other people or things around them. To reduce traffic accidents, all drivers of the UN are now not allowed to text while driving. About 32 countries have passed laws restricting the use of mobile phones while driving.
Texting is a wonderful way of communication. However, only when we use it properly, can we fully enjoy the fun it brings.
【小题1】 How many advantages of texting are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

【小题2】 What did the researchers at Stony Brook University find?

A．Texting is a good way of communication.

B．6,000 people were killed and injured.

C．Texters are easier to have an accident.

D．Many people text to greet families and friends.

【小题3】 The underlined word restricting probably means _________.

A．not telling

B．not allowing

C．enjoying

D．making

【小题4】 This passage is written to tell us that __________.

A．we should do less texting

B．texting has many advantages

C．texting is better than phone calling

D．we should do texting properly

In Britain you’re allowed to drive a car when you’re seventeen. You have to get a special two-year driving license before you can start. When you’re learning, someone with a full license always has to be in the car with you because you aren’t allowed to drive the car on the road alone. You don’t have to go to a driving school --- a friend can teach you. The person with you isn’t allowed to take money for the lesson unless he’s got a teacher’s license.
Before you’re allowed to have a full license, you have to take a driving test. You can take a test in your own car, but it has to be fit for the road. In the test you have to drive round for about half an hour and then answer a few questions. If you don’t pass the test, you’re allowed to take it again a few weeks later if you want to. In 1970 a woman passed her fortieth test after 212 driving lessons! When you’ve passed your test, you don’t have to take it again, and you’re allowed to go on driving as long as you like. Britain’s oldest driver was a man who drove in 1974 at the age of 100.
Before 1904 everyone was allowed to drive, even children. Then from 1904 car drivers had to have a license. But they didn’t have to take a test until 1935. On the early days of car driving, before 1878, cars weren’t allowed to go faster than four miles an hour, and someone had to lead the car with a red flag.
【小题1】 A person can’t take money for driving lessons unless he __________.

A．has learnt to drive in a driving school

B．has a full driving license

C．has a full license and a teacher’s license

D．is given a special two-year driving license

【小题2】In the driving test, one _______________________.

A．mustn’t drive his car, even though the car is fit for the road

B．is usually asked to drive on roads for some time

C．has to be examined(考查) only in car driving skills

D．must drive around for more than an hour

【小题3】When can I take the driving test again if I don’t pass it?

A．a few years later	B．right after the first test
C．a few weeks later	D．never

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．There is no limit (限制)to the age of an old man who drives a car.

B．One can take a driving test again and again until he passes it.

C．There was a speed limit to cars before 1878.

D．A car driver didn’t have to get a limit license until 1935.

【小题5】The best title for the passage is _____________.

A．Driving Licenses in Britain	B．Tests for Britain People
C．Driving Cars	D．Young Men’s Driving Licenses

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Chinese space lover Wang Yuan has been chosen as one of the volunteers for the Mars-500 test project.    【小题1】  Another five volunteers are all space. They are three Russians, an
Italy-Colombian and a Frenchman. They will feel what it's like to travel to Mars without leaving the earth. During the whole process (过程), they are locked up for one and a half years under the condition which is similar to the red planet. So the experiment is called Mare-500.
   【小题2】  Although the volunteers won't leave the building, they will feel as if(好像) they are on a real trip to Mars. The most difficult thing is that they will be separated from the people outside.   【小题3】  That will be hard. When reporters asked what they would miss most during the 500-day special life, Charles from France said, "For me, it will be mainly my family, the sun and fresh air."
The main task is to study "Man and Environment". It will care about the astronauts' physical
effects and the experience of staying there.    【小题4】   So they will have to make decisions by themselves and then report to the earth, and the earth will tell them whether they do the right thing or not.
Each astronaut is preparing for the great challenge. And people are looking forward to the result of the experiment.

A. Everyone will stay and work there alone. B. For 18 months, they won't see sunsets or sunrises. C. The Mars-500 test will be in a special building in Moscow. D. He was very happy to be chosen and will accept the challenge.

【小题5】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Five space lovers were chosen as volunteers.

B．The Mars-500 test will take place in Paris.

C．The volunteers will face many sorts of difficulties.

D．The Mars-500 test is about a real trip to Mars.

The city of Cannes is situated in the southern part of France, in the Riviera region and has a population of nearly 70,000. Cannes is very famous around the world for its Film Festival and also for its Cannes Lions Festival. It is a comfortable city and has tourism (旅游业) as its main industry. Cannes offers some of France's finest hotels. You can surf the Internet for more information about hotels.
It is 905 km away from Paris, 164 km from Marseille and 26 km away from Nice. The coast is often visited. The Boulevard de la Croisette is one of the most important attractions for people who love the beach, sun and sand.
La Croisette is a 12 km waterfront avenue (海滨林荫道) with many trees, hotels, cafes, shops and restaurants around. Visiting the Musee de la Castre is also a good choice for seeing beautiful works of art, paintings and so on. And if you want to relax,
you can visit the Îles de Lérins  (Lé rins Islands) with nice views and beautiful beaches.
If you just take a walk in the streets of Cannes, you will discover a very friendly atmosphere (气氛). The main streets are d'Antibes and Meynardier. You will have a good time in the shops. Its restaurants are very good, although the prices are sometimes expensive. Depending on whether the restaurant is located on the waterfront or not, the price will be a bit more expensive.
【小题1】What do the underlined words "is situated" mean?

A．Directs.	B．Identities.
C．Lays.	D．Lies.

【小题2】What does the underlined word "It" refers to?

A．Marseille.	B．Nice.
C．Cannes.	D．France.

【小题3】 To see beautiful works of art and paintings, you can visit _________.

A．Lérins Islands	B．the Musée de la Castre
C．the Boulevard de la Croisette	D．Marseille

【小题4】The price of restaurant would be more expensive if it is located _________ according to the fourth paragraph.

A．on the water Front	B．in d'Antibcs
C．in Meynardier	D．in Cannes

【小题5】According to the passage we can know that the passage is about _________ in France.

A．fashion	B．places
C．people	D．Sports

“Cool” is a word with many meanings. Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold. As the world has changed, the word has had many different meanings. “Cool” can be used to express feelings of interest in almost everything.
When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say. “It’s cool.” You May think,“He’s so cool,”when you see your favourite football player.
We all maximize(扩大)the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words, such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her student to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On the student’s paper was just the one sentence,“It’s so cool.”Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.
But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性).Can you think of many other words that make your life as colourful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.
【小题1】We know that the word “cool” has had ________.

A．only one meaning	B．no meaning
C．many different meanings	D．the same meaning

【小题2】In the passage, the word “express” means “_______”.

A．see

B．show

C．know

D．feel

【小题3】If you are ________ something, you may say,“It’s cool.”

A．interested in

B．angry about

C．worried about

D．unhappy with

【小题4】The writer takes an example to show he is ______ the way the word is used.

A．pleased with

B．strange to

C．worried about

D．unhappy with

【小题5】In the passage, the writer suggests(暗示)that the word “cool”___________.

A．can be used instead of many words	B．usually means something interesting
C．can make your life colourful	D．may not be as cool as it seems

 Jeans have become one piece of clothing worn by the most people in the world. Everybody wears them, from the farmer to the lawyer and from models to housewives. But why have jeans become so popular？You’ll get many answers. For some people they look cool, for others jeans are just comfortable. 
Jeans were first stronger trousers made for farm workers in the states of the American west. In the eastern part of the US jeans were hardly worn at all. They were connected with farm people and the workers. So the rich wouldn’t like to wear them. 
It was James Dean and Marlon Brando that made them popular in movies and everyone started to wear them. They were a symbol of the rebellion of young people during the 1950s and 1960s. So these new trousers were not allowed in American schools and sometimes in theatres and cinemas. As time went on，jeans became more acceptable. American people in Europe and Japan often wore them when they were not on duty to show that they were Americans. The trousers showed the world a happier way of life, something that people needed, especially after what they had gone through in World War II. 
Jeans had other advantages as well. They didn’t need to be washed as often as other trousers and women didn’t need to iron them. This became more important as more and more women started working and had less time for housework. 
Today jeans are an important part of our lives. They are always washed a few times before they are sold to give them a faded look. 
【小题1】Jeans first appeared ___________.

A．in eastern America	B．in western America
C．in Middle America	D．all over America

【小题2】From the passage, we can know that James Dean and Marlon Brando were              .

A．film stars	B．Jeans makers
C．young students	D．farmers or workers

【小题3】What is the possible meaning of the underlined “rebellion” in this passage?

A．奢侈

B．活力

C．清纯

D．反叛

【小题4】Which of the following was a possible advantage of jeans to women?

A．They could easily be bought anywhere in the world.

B．They didn’t need to be washed often or ironed.

C．They had many different styles and colors.

D．They were comfortable and easy to wash.

【小题5】What is the best title of the passage?

A．Jeans --- Symbol of Wealth

B．Jeans --- Working Women’s Best Choice

C．Jeans --- Popular Piece of Clothing in Our Daily Life

D．Jeans --- Part of the Lives of Farm People and Workers

Give this memory test a try. Mix up 52 playing cards. Now look at the top seven for a second. Can you remember them in order?
Players at the World Memory Championships can. In fact, the 2002 champion (冠军), Andi, memorized the order of 1196 cards after looking at them for only an hour! And a German girl, Lara, only ten years old, memorized 75 faces and names in fifteen minutes!
In 1987, a Japanese man, Mr. Tomoyori, wanted to prove that his memory was the best in the world by remembering by heart pi (π), a number in math which starts 3.14159…This number never repeats itself or ends. He recited pi to 40,000 decimal places (小数位). It took the fifty-five-year-old man more than twelve hours to say the numbers, but he did it without making a mistake!
To remember pi, Mr. Tomoyori connected each number with a sound. He then made up stories to help him remember the words he made from the sounds. In an interview after his achievement, he said, “I decided to go ahead and memorize the value of pi up to one thousand places. But it wasn’t easy – in fact, it took me three years. To get to 40,000 decimal places it took me about ten years.”
Unluckily for Mr. Tomoyori, his record was broken in 1995, when another Japanese man, Mr. Goto, memorized pi to 42,195 places.
【小题1】Why was Lara’s success special?

A．She was just a little girl.	B．She was the 2002 champion.
C．She was from Germany.	D．She remembered more words.

【小题2】What is true about Mr. Tomoyori?

A．He found pi easy to remember.

B．His memory was the best in the world.

C．He used stories to help remember words.

D．He only made one mistake while saying pi.

【小题3】Who remembered the greatest numbers according to the passage?

A．Andi.

B．Lara.

C．Mr. Goto.

D．Mr. Tomoyori.

A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches(英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow’s sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.
【小题1】Crows “live on bad food” means “ _________ ”.

A．Crows eat old bad food.

B．Old bad food is crows’ nests.

C．Crows make their nests on old bad food.

D．Crows sleep on old bad food.

【小题2】Crows are more useful to us because they ________________.

A．are clean birds

B．can move away waste food

C．can make our streets clean

D．aren’t dirty

【小题3】Crows always look for food _________.

A．in the evening

B．all day

C．in the morning

D．at night

【小题4】People can’t hear crow talk __________.

A．together

B．by turns

C．noisily

D．quietly

【小题5】If a pair of crows loves each other, ________

A．they will not live together.

B．neither of them can live alone happily.

C．they will die

D．one of them will die