Many Americans like to have their vacation（假期） in ____41____countries. One day an American ____42____comes to China. This is her first time (次数) to China and she wants to ____43____ some friends there. She meets a Chinese. This Chinese wants to talk ____44____ with the American. When he sees her, he comes up, says “____45____” to her, then he begins his first talk with someone ____46____ an English-speaking (说英语的) country.
“How old are you?” the Chinese ____47____.
“I’m ____48____. Please don’t ask a lady (女士) about her ____49____ .” answers the woman.
The Chinese is surprised（惊讶的）. He doesn’t know __50____. Can you help him?
小题1:A. an other       B. others          C. other
小题2:A. man           B. boy             C. woman
小题3:A. be             B. being           C. have
小题4:A. with English   B. in English      C. in Chinese
小题5:A. OK            B. hello           C. sorry
小题6:A. to             B. at              C. from
小题7:A. says           B. tells           C. talks
小题8:A. sure           B. happy           C. sorry
小题9:A. dinner         B. age             C. family
小题10:A. how           B. why            C. what

请根据短文内容, 判断下列句子正(T) 误(F).
Mr. Green lives in a small town, but he works in a big city.
One day, Mr. Green drives his car out and washes it. When a friend comes and sees the car, he says, “That’s a nice car. Is it yours?”
“Sometimes,” answers Mr. Green.
The friend is surprised(惊讶的). “Sometimes?” he asks, “What do you mean?”
Mr. Green answers slowly, “Well, when there is a party in the town, my daughter, Jane, drives it. When there is a soccer game, it is my son Joe’s turn. When it looks really nice and clean, my wife Linda uses it. And when it needs cleaning, it’s mine.”
小题1:Mr. Green lives in a big city.
小题2:Mr. Green is Jane and Joe’s brother.
小题3:Joe goes to watch soccer games in the car.
小题4:Mrs. Green can’t drive a car.
小题5:Only Mr. Green washes the car.

阅读短文，选择正确的答案
Dear Jennifer,
It’s Tuesday, February 11th. I’m really busy(繁忙) today! At 8 o’clock I have a math class. I don’t like math. Then I have a science class. It’s difficult, but it’s interesting. Next, at 10:00, I have a history class. It’s boring. But I have P.E. at 11:00. That’s my favorite subject! I have lunch at 12:00. After lunch, I have a music class. I like my music teacher, Mr. Morgan. He is a fun(滑稽) teacher. School is over at 2:00.After school I do sports for two hours. I’m so tired, but I’m very happy.
Yours,
Lin Mei
小题1:This is a letter from_______.
A. Jennifer        B.Lin Mei          C.Mr. Morgan
小题2:How many classes does she have on Tuesday?
A. Four             B. Five             C. Six
小题3:She likes _______best.
A.P.E.               B. math            C. history
小题4:Why does she like her music teacher?
A. He is tall.      B. He is tired.      C. His class is interesting.
小题5:After school, she _______for two hours.
A. listens to music      B. does sports    C. does her homework

I was now five, and still I showed no much interest in things except with my toes（脚趾）. I could not look after myself,   35  my father took care of me. I used to lie on my back all the time in the kitchen. I was   36 , imprisoned（监禁） in a world of my own, unable to communicate with others.
Then, suddenly, it happened on the afternoon of a cold December day. All the family were gathered round the big kitchen fire. Mona and Paddy were drawing funny animals, using a bright piece of yellow chalk. It was the chalk that   37  me so much. I had never seen anything like it before.
Suddenly, I wanted to do what my sister was doing. Then without thinking or knowing exactly what I was doing, I   38  out and took the chalk out of my sister’s hand, with my left foot. It is a puzzle（迷惑）to many people as well as to   39 . I held the chalk tightly between my toes and made a wild scribble（乱涂）with it on the board. Next moment I stopped, not knowing what to do with the chalk next, hardly knowing how it   40  there. Then I looked up and realized that everyone was looking at me   41 . My mother came in. Her eyes looked from my face down to my   42 , then she took another piece of chalk from Mona, and drew the single letter “A” on the floor in front of me. “Copy that, Christy.” She said. I tried to do the same action, but I   43 . “Try again, Chris.” she whispered in my ear. I tried another two more times. I drew one side of the letter, then the other. It looked ugly, but I   44  to make it finally. I had done it! True! I couldn’t speak with my mouth, but now I would speak through something more   45  than spoken words. That one letter was my   46  to a new world, my key to mental freedom.

小题1:	A．and B．for C．so D．though

小题2:	A．lost B．lonely C．tired D．weak

小题3:	A．troubled B．worried C．reminded D．interested

小题4:	A．dropped B．set C．checked D．reached

小题5:	A．you B．me C．it D．them

小题6:	A．got B．stuck C．worked D．arrived

小题7:	A．angrily B．sadly C．silently D．carefully

小题8:	A．hand B．neck C．foot D．leg

小题9:	A．froze B．forgot C．fell D．failed

小题10:

A．tried B．managed C．offered D．decided

小题11:

A．lasting B．interesting C．moving D．surprising

小题12:

A．dream B．tool C．gift D．road

What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester” for the past 2l years. Harrison’s job has been responsible for approving（批准）large numbers of the sweet ice cream – as well as for developing over 15 flavors（味道）.
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No – there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a job in this “cool field”.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and grades 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12^oF. Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy – working at one cool job.
小题1:What is John Harrison’s job?

A．An officer.	B．An ice-cream taster.
C．A chemist.	D．An ice-cream producer.

小题2:According to John Harrison, what is useful to get a job in “cool field”?

A．To just like ice cream.

B．To find out new flavors each day.

C．To have new ideas every day.

D．To have a degree in food-science.

小题3:What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?

A．He smells it.	B．He lets it warm up.
C．He tastes its flavor.	D．He examines its colour.

Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime “business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant. A half century ago in the United states, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time. Today the dividing lines are still there, but they seem not clear.
The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer, in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal（法律的）limits, or whether it should become more changeable, is often debated（争论）. How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the dividing lines of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?
These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we seldom recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to go to  school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years – but unless we meet the truant officer（学监）, we may well think that we should go to school because of social custom and parents’ requirement rather than to the law. As adults we know “extra pay for overtime working” very well, but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes（构成）“overtime” is a matter of legal thing. When we turn the clock forward to start daylight – saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: “Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight-saving law – as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work, time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.
小题1:What does the underlined word “irrelevant” probably mean?

A．Impossible.

B．Unacceptable.

C．Unimportant.

D．Disagreeable.

小题2:The writer raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people _____.

A．are unknowing of the law of time

B．fail to make full use of their time

C．welcome changeable working hours

D．enjoy working overtime for more pay

小题3:We can learn from the passage that most children go to school because they_____.

A．have to follow the law

B．need to find social customs

C．need to learn more knowledge

D．have to follow their parents’ requirement

小题4:What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Our life is governed by the law of time.

B．How to use time is not worth debating.

C．New ways of using time change our society.

D．Our time table is decided by social customs.

根据短文内容，选择正确的选项。
Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner(客机), you can travel in one day to places which needed a month or more to get to hundreds of years ago.
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but you can see the places you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They even make the longest journey enjoyable(令人愉快的).
Some people prefer to travel by sea. You can visit many other countries or different parts of your country. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop if there is something interesting, for example, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That’s why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business.
小题1:From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is ____.

A．by train

B．by sea

C．by plane

D．by car

小题2:If we travel by car, we can ____.

A．make the longest journey enjoyable

B．travel to a very far place in a few minutes

C．make our own timetable

D．visit many other countries

小题3:The underlined word “They” in the passage refers to(指的是) ____.

A．modern trains in the country

B．the comfortable seats and dining-cars

C．the travelers on the modern trains

D．the slower ways of traveling

小题4:When people travel on business, they usually take ____.

A．a plane or a car	B．a car or a boat
C．a boat or a train	D．a train or a plane

小题5:How many ways of traveling are mentioned in the passage?

A．Four.

B．Three.

C．Two.

D．Six.

Robert lives in a small town. Five years ago, when he was nineteen, he finished middle school. He didn’t like any subjects except playing when he was at school. Of course he learned nothing and the bosses wouldn’t use a man like him. He has to stay at home, but doesn’t do any housework, only watches TV or lies on bed. It makes his parents angry. They want him to study something, he always think it difficult and doesn’t listen to them.
One day Robert was walking near a bookshop while some young men were talking about the writers. He heard the publishing house pays the writers a lot. He became interested in it. As soon as he got home, he began to write. But he couldn’t write anything. At last he bought a book and copied a story. Then he posted it to the publishing house. He waited for nearly half a year, but didn’t get any answers. He had to ask an editor on the telephone, “Have you read my story yet, sir?”
“Yes,” said the editor, “I had read it before you were born! ”
小题1:__________ , so he learned nothing at school .

A．Robert had a lot of housework to do

B．Robert didn’t study hard at all

C．Robert hoped to be a writer

D．Robert wasn’t clever enough

小题2:The bosses wouldn’t use Robert because __________ .

A．he couldn’t do anything

B．he likes nothing except playing

C．he doesn’t go to work on time

D．he isn’t friendly to his workmates

小题3:His parents are angry with Robert because ________ .

A．he wouldn’t find any work

B．he didn’t study hard before

C．he’s too lazy to do any housework

D．he isn’t polite to them

小题4:Robert posted the story to the publishing house to __________ .

A．be a famous man	B．surprise his friends
C．win a prize	D．get much money

小题5:The editor didn’t answer Robert because _________ .

A．they were very busy

B．the story wasn’t interesting

C．the story was taken from a book

D．the young man wasn’t famous enough

Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about a third()of our lives in sleep. That’s about 121 days a year!
How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children of 6 to 12 years of age need an average(平均)of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a day. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep; others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a day. We need less sleep as we get older.
About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name for this problem is insomnia. Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” But that’s not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the time they were awake, so they think they were awake all night.
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make themselves sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!
小题1:How long do we spend in sleep a year?

A．Less than three months.	B．More than five months.
C．About four months.	D．Less than 2000 hours.

小题2:If you are thirteen years old, you need at least __________ hours of sleep.

A．16

B．12

C．9

D．7

小题3:What does the underlined word “insomnia” mean in this passage?

A．No sleep.

B．Fast sleep.

C．Slow sleep.

D．Sleep with many dreams.

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．We will die soon if we don’t sleep well.

B．The older we get, the less sleep we need.

C．We can tell a person’s age from his sleep time.

D．Famous people move from one bed to the other to fall asleep.

小题5:Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．Sleep less	B．Go to sleep
C．Age and sleep time	D．Famous people and sleep

仔细阅读，选择正确答案。
Dear Sir,
I have to travel every day from Souk Road to the airport. Two buses travel along the line: the number 49 and number 16. But by the time the number 16 bus gets to Souk Road, it is always full, so I can’t get on it. I have to wait for the number 49, because sometimes there are empty seats on it.
The timetable says that there are buses from Souk Road to the airport every ten minutes. If this is so, why do I have to wait half an hour for a bus every day?
The regulations（规章）say that if there are empty seats on a bus, the bus must stop at every stop where people are waiting. Why do the half-empty buses go straight past me when I am standing at the bus stop?
The regulations say that no bus may carry more than 40 seated passengers（乘客）and 20 standing passengers. Yesterday I was the first to get off the bus when it reached the airport. I counted（数）the other passengers as they got off. There were 129 of them.
It is clear that our bus companies break the regulations and think little of their passengers. Can nothing be done to make your service（服务）better?
A. a message        B. a talk       C. a story      D. a letter
小题1:The writer has to take Bus No. 49 because _________.

A．it arrives on time	B．it is not always full
C．it travels faster	D．it has fewer seats on it

小题2:How long does the writer usually have to wait for a bus?

A．Ten minutes.

B．One hour.

C．Half an hour.

D．Nearly a day.

小题3:The regulations say that each bus may carry ______ passengers at most.
A. 20           B. 40       C. 60       129
小题4:From the passage we can see that __________.

A．the bus service was bad

B．no passengers took their buses

C．no bus passed Souk Road

D．the writer was always the first to get on the bus