Many people believe that life has smiled to Yang Mi:at the age of 4, she got her first TV play role;at 16, she became a model for a fashion magazine;at 18, she went to her dream college——Beijing Film Academy.
Last year, the 24-year-old actress played bad girl Luo Qingchuan in the time-travelling TV play, Palace. The play became a big success and made Yang very famous.
Could she be any luckier?
Yang doesn’t think luck had anything to do with her success. “Every chance is gained(获得）from the efforts I’ve made, ”said Yang. People now think she’s very hard-working.
She still remembers the time when people gave her the cold eyes. Some treated her with little respect. They didn’t want to help her in her time of need. “I hav to thank them because they gave me the drive to prove myself, ”she said.
That’s why she is glad to help others when they are in need. This year, Yang became the ambassador(大使)for the Climate Group. She call son people to join the Million-Miracleproject and plant trees on China’s dryland. Together we’ll fight the bad weather!
阅读上面短文，根据短文内容完成下面表格中的有关信息。

Age	Achievements
At the age of 4	She got her first TV play role.
At the age of 16	She小题1: for a fashion magazine.
At the age of 18	She went to a college——Beijing Film Academy.
At the age of 24	She became 小题2: because of the TV play, Palace.
At the age of 小题3:	She became the ambassador for the Climate Group.
Yang Mi is successful now because she 小题4:.

 

Scientists study the world and learn about things using a process called the scientific method(方法). By asking important questions and   16  the answers, it is possible to make amazing discoveries! Sometimes a scientist is   17  to answer his own questions, but if he has taken good notes another scientist may come along later who is able to use new knowledge to answer it.
When you use the scientific method to   18  an experiment, you start by making observations(观察) about something that  19  you. Based on your observations, you make a hypothesis. This is using  20  you know to make a smart guess about what you think could happen. Then you are ready to begin your experiment. All   21  your experiment you take down notes, which are   22   experiment date(资料). You are constantly making observations during this time. You may make discoveries that cause you to improve your experiment as you go.   23  , you conclude your experiment and begin to look over your notes to decide what it all means. Based on what you have learned, you make a final statement about   24  your hypothesis was correct or not. You have to have reasons and evidence to support what you are saying.
Using the scientific method can be difficult, but rewarding. Because all the steps are organized in a process, the   25  are more valid(可信的). When you provide observations as evidence to support what you are saying, your ideas are more likely to be accepted.

小题1:	A．waiting for B．searching for C．worrying about D．complaining about

小题2:	A．unable B．sure C．ready D．surprised

小题3:	A．read B．refuse C．prevent D．conduct

小题4:	A．hurts B．represents C．interests D．attacks

小题5:	A．what B．when C．why D．which

小题6:	A．without B．including C．except D．during

小题7:	A．controlled B．arranged C．called D．carried

小题8:	A．Obviously B．Suddenly C．Finally D．Mostly

小题9:	A．whether B．what C．how D．when

小题10:

A．problem B．results C．services D．aims

The Best Way to See Lakeland


小题1:What can you see if you choose Tour A?

A．Yewdale Valley	B．Coniston Water
C．Castlerigg Stone Circle	D．Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top farm

小题2:How much will Simon, a boy of 12, and his father pay if they want to choose Tour A and Tour B?

A．£84.00

B．£109.00

C．£104.00

D．£144.00

小题3:When does the coach leave Windermere if you choose Tour B?

A．09.45 hrs

B．17.00 hrs

C．12.00 hrs

D．16.30 hrs

Aunt Polly had told Tom to paint the whole fence (栅栏)in front of the house. He thought of the other boys out for the day enjoying themselves and he felt very unhappy. Then he had an idea! He picked up the brush and started painting slowly and carefully. Soon, his friend Ben Rogers appeared, eating an apple. Tom pretended (假装) not to see him.
“Tom!” Ben said. “Why are you working?”
“Oh, it’s you, Ben,”Tom said, “I didn’t notice you.”
“I’m gong for a swim,” Ben said, “but you don’t’ want to come. You want to work, don’t you? It’s much nicer!” Ben laughed loudly. Tom looked seriously at Ben and said. “What is work? What do you call work?”
“Isn’t that work?” Ben asked.
“Well, no. Does a boy get the opportunity to paint a fence every day? You’ve never painted a fence, have you? Auntie says I have to do it with great care!’
“Pleas, Tom. Let me do a little,” said Ben.
“No, Ben. If you do, you’ll do it wrong. You can’t paint very well. If it was the back fence wouldn’t mind, but it isn’t.”
“I won’t do it wrong. I’ll be really careful. I’ll give you my apple.” Tom gave him the brush and paint with a sad face, but in his heart he was glad, His trick had worked.
After Ben got tired and left, other boys came along and Tom said the same things to them. Soon, the whole fence was painted white, but not by Tom. He felt very clever because he had discovered something important about the way people are. People only want what they can’t have or want to do what they shouldn’t do.
小题1:Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “opportunity” on this passage?

A．Reward

B．Interest.

C．Abilityy.

D．Chance.

小题2:Why did Tom pretend not to see Ben?

A．Because he wanted Ben to believe that the was enjoying the work.

B．Because he would like to try his best to attract Ben’s attention.

C．Because he did not want Ben to see the fact that he had to work.

D．Because he was afraid that Ben might laugh at him if the saw him.

小题3:What can we infer (推断) from the story?

A．Aunt Polly gave Tom a lot of pocket money for what he had done.

B．Ben and the other boys might feel unhappy when they found out the troth.

C．Tom believed that he had discovered how to deal with different people.

D．Everyone thought Tom clever when they realized what had happened.

In the past, when people had problems, they usually went to their families or friends to get advice. Today it is possible to get advice from radio shows, TV programmes and telephone hot lines. A hot line is a telephone line. It offers a direct way of getting in touch with advisers. Most hot lines are completely anonymous. That is to say, callers do not have to say their names or telephone numbers. Most hot lines are free. Callers do not have to pay for the advice or the phone calls. At some hot lines, the advisers are volunteers. Other hot lines pay their advisers for their work. Usually the advisers are full-time-job people with years of education and experience, but sometimes, the advisers have only taken a short class before starting to work on the hot line. All the advisers listen to people and help them solve their problems.
小题1:How did people get advice when they had problems in the past?

A．They listened to the radio

B．They went to their families or friends

C．They watched TV programmes

D．They made telephone calls

小题2:What is a telephone hot line?

A．A hot telephone

B．A phone call to the listeners

C．A telephone line for people to get advice

D．A training class on the phone

小题3:What does the underlined word anonymous mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．匿名的

B．虔诚的

C．开放的

D．免费的

小题4:According to the passage, how does a caller get in touch with the adviser working on the hot line?

阅读下面短文，回答问题。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
Why do people cry? Scientists say the body produces tears because they need them. One kind of tears is for the eye, the other is for the heart. They both work as cleaners. If something else like dust(灰尘) gets into your eye, tears also come into the eye to clean it out. If you are hurt by something, your strong feelings produce some poisonous chemicals(毒素) in your body, and at the same time, tears come out with them. If these poisonous chemicals are not cleaned out of your body as soon as possible, they will do harm to the heart sooner or later.
In the United States men have heart problems more often than women do. Doctors say heart problems have something to do with the pressures(压力) of living and working now. Perhaps men suffer more from these illnesses because they do not cry enough. They need to cry more.
In fact, you can find many ways of reducing the pressures to keep fit. Crying is a natural and physical one.
小题1:How many kinds of tears does the body usually produce?
小题2:What do tears do when dust gets into your eye?
小题3:Will the poisonous chemicals in the body do harm to the heart?
小题4:Why do men suffer more from heart problems than women?
小题5:What will you do to reduce the pressures of living and working to keep fit? Please give TWO examples.

Arnold Pointer, a professional fisherman from the south of Australia, set free (释放) a big female white shark that was    1   in his large fishing nets. He thought she would have more and more babies. But now the fisherman is facing a(n)    2   problem. The white shark is so    3   to him that for nearly 2 years she hasn’t left him    4  . She even follows him everywhere.   5  this, Arnold Pointer can’t do fishing — all the fishes are scared at her, and he doesn’t know    6   to do anymore.
It is hard to drive away such an almost 17-feet-long shark for Arnold Pointer. We all know the white sharks are protected   7  the wildlife conservation. At the same time, some special feeling has been    8   between Arnold and “Cindy”, the name the fisherman has given the white shark.
Arnold says, “Every time I stop the boat, she always comes to me, turns on her back and lets me pet (抚摸) her body and neck. She sings, turns her eyes, and moves her fins (鳍) up and down, hits the water   9 .”
Cindy is   10  an interesting animal that Arnold has to try to go fishing in different places. Doesn’t Cindy know what her action means? Maybe she really doesn’t understand.

小题1:	A．built B．caught C．killed D．invented

小题2:	A．strange B．exciting C．happy D．serious

小题3:	A．thankful B．useful C．careful D．wonderful

小题4:	A．alive B．aloud C．alone D．asleep

小题5:	A．For instance B．Instead of C．Such as D．Because of

小题6:	A．how B．when C．what D．why

小题7:	A．up B．on C．by D．down

小题8:	A．established B．achieved C．expected D．increased

小题9:	A．sadly B．normally C．luckily D．happily

小题10:

A．so B．such C．too D．much

The American Museum of Natural History Address: Central Park West at 79th, St., New York Tel: 212-769-5100 Traffic: located on the Upper West Sideof Manhattan, the museumis conveniently reached by bus, underground or car. Parking: There is a small parking place which charges only $7.75 per day, but is often full. Parking in the neighborhood is also limited. Museum hours: 10:00 am to 5:45 pm Sunday through Tuesday; 10:00 am to 9:00 pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Admission: $3.20 for grown-ups, one-fourth for children, and free on Friday and Saturday evening from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The museum is open every day of the year except Christmas and Thanksgiving.

小题1:The American Museum of Natural History is in 　　　.

A．Philadelphie	B．Washington
C．Boston	D．New York

小题2:There is a parking place outside the museum, but 　　　.

A．people cannot park their cars there

B．it is not big enough to park all the cars

C．it will cost you $7.75 per week

D．nobody wants to park his car there

小题3:If four grown-ups and four children want to pay a visit to the museum at 3:00 pm on Saturday, they will pay 　　　.

A．$16

B．$19.2

C．$25.6

D．no money

小题4:You can visit the museum 　　　.

A．at 7:00 am on Monday

B．at 8:00 pm on Tuesday

C．at 11:00 am on Sunday

D．at 10:00 pm on Friday

小题5:From the passage, we can learn that 　　　.

A．the museum lies in the east of New York

B．the small parking place charges more than $8 a day for a car

C．one can get to the museum by car, by under-ground or by bus

D．the museum is the most popular one in America

Food or friends? Lip salve (润唇膏) or iPod? What is the most important thing in the US teenagers’ lives today? Let’s take a look.
Some find that they can’t do without people.
“My biggest need is my friends. Without them, I wouldn’t do much,” said Adrian Fernandez, a 14-year-old boy.
With others, food always comes first.
“I do not think that I could live without chili con carne (辣子肉丁). I eat it every day. And if I didn’t have it, it’s all I would think about,” said Max Wu, an 8th-grade boy.
Sometimes, the things teenagers can’t do without are strange.
Take 14-year-old girl Hannah Sacchini for example. “I cannot live without lip salve, especially in winter,” said Hannah Sacchini. “I go mad if my lips get dry.”
Of course, today everybody uses mobile phones and computers. Some teens can’t live without these high-tech (高科技的) things.
Justin Beck, a 15-year-old boy, feels like this: “I would not be able to live without my iPod. I use it for so many different things. I always have it with me,” he said.
So, now we know the things US kids really must have. What about you and your classmates? What can’t you live without?
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。 （10分）
小题1:To Adrian Fernandez, 　　　 is the most important.

A．a friend

B．lip salve

C．a computer

D．chili con carne

小题2:How often does Max Wu eat chili con carne?

A．Once a week.	B．Every day.
C．Twice a day.	D．Three times a week.

小题3:Hannah Sacchini will become 　　　 if her lips get dry.

A．fat

B．excited

C．shy

D．annoyed

小题4:We can learn that Justin Beck 　　　 takes his iPod to school.

A．never

B．sometimes

C．always

D．hardly ever

小题5:The passage mainly tells us 　　　.

A．what things the US kids really must have

B．what the US teenagers do every day at school

C．what the most important food in the US teenagers’ lives is

D．how the US teenagers’ lives are every day at school

Hello, I’m Vladislav. For my summer holidays, I usually stay in a country house near Moscow.
Last summer, my dad’s brother gave me a present — a blue bike. At that time I couldn’t ride it very well.
One day I got into an accident. But don’t worry, everything was OK, just some “little” injuries.
That day, I tried to ride my bike and suddenly it began to move very fast. I couldn’t stop the bike. So I fell into a ditch (沟) full of dirty water. When I thought I had had enough bad luck, a girl walked by. She saw the bike and me. I quickly stood up.
“Are you fishing here?” she asked.
“Yes,” I answered. Then I said, “I’m making fish soup for dinner. Would you like to come?” To my surprise, she agreed.
After that we became friends. Now, we often send each other e-mails. She knows that I’m studying in China and she asks me questions about Chinese culture. I tell her my stories of China, and she says she wants to visit China, too. She even plans to study Chinese.
This is how, with the help of my bike, China got one more Russian friend.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
小题1:Who sent Vladislav a bike last summer?
　　　　          　　　　　　　　  
小题2:What happened when Vladislav tried to ride his bike?
　　　　          　　　　　　　　  
小题3: What did the girl think Vladislav was doing when she saw him by the ditch?
　　　　          　　　　　　　　  
小题4:What made Vladislav surprised?
　　　　          　　　　　　　　  
小题5: What does the girl say she wants to do in her e-mail to Vladislav?