As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Noble Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it?  小题1:
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it’s impossible for you to become a writer.  小题2:
 小题3: The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, made up of many small dreams.
 小题4:There will be difficulties on the road to your dream. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself.    小题5: Studying instead of watching TV will help you get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.

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选项。(10分)

Rivers are one of our most important natural resources (资源). Many of the world's great cities are located(坐落) on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river running through it that plays an important role in the lives of its people.
Since the beginning of the history, people have used rivers for transportation(运输). The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi. The lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. To the people of India, the Gangs is great, but it is also important for transportation; Ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in southeast Asia. The greatest of all for navigation (航海), however, is the Amazon in Brazil. It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles upon it.
Besides transportation, rivers give food, water to drink, water for crops(庄稼), and chances for fun and entertainment for the people who live along their banks. In order to increase(增加) the supply of crops, engineers sometimes build a dam (大坝) across a river and let a lake from behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate (灌溉) their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries.
However, large cities and industries that are located upon rivers often make problems. As the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the water in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals(化学物质) and other materials. People are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits (利益) of this natural resource.
小题1:The greatest river for navigation is ___________.

A．the Amazon	B．the Nile
C．the Mekong	D．the Mississippi

小题2:From a dam, people can use the water for ___________.

A．keeping the rivers clean	B．only making electricity
C．washing clothes	D．irrigation and making electricity

小题3:The water in the river is polluted because of _____________.

A．people's drinking water too much

B．people's swimming in the river too much

C．chemicals and other materials

D．people's building a dam across a river

小题4:The best title of the passage is ___________.

A．Rivers in Cities	B．The importance of Rivers
C．Transportation	D．Natural Resources

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It is two months since MH730 first went missing in the early hours of March 8^th, while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysia Airlines said it was terribly sorry that MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean. People are losing hope that the passengers on the      could return alive and realize they should know how to save themselves when accidents like this happen in the air.
  1985, an Australia professor, Ed Galea, has interviewed 2,000 survivors of 105 airplane accidents, searching for the keys to survival (n.幸存) and found out      golden rules after years of research.
First, make sure that the airline does not keep your family members too far away on the plane, if you are traveling in family group.     ? It’s natural that while feeling in danger, you’ll probably want to meet the family before you can calmly move out.
Second, how do you untie (解开) your seat belt on a plane? By lifting a latch.            you can’t untie your seat belt, you can hardly run away and your chances of survival will drop.
Third, the           to the exits (逃生口), the more likely you are to survive. Count exactly how many rows you are from the nearest two exits. Why two exits? Because this helps you find at least               even in the sudden dark during an accident.
Fourth, we would be safer if airline seats faced backward, according to Galea’s research. But the problem is that most of the passengers              traveling with their back facing the direction of travel.
Fifth, “Smoke is dangerous to your health. If you take in too much of it, your will die,” explains Galea. You must learn how to use a smoke mask. Without the knowledge of putting on a mask, you’ll              time trying to put it on—time that could be used to run away.
At last, listen to the flight attendants before flying and look      at everything shown on a video or a safety card. Always be prepared. Good luck to you.

小题1:	A．train B．plane C．bus D．ship

小题2:	A．In B．From C．Since D．On

小题3:	A．four B．five C．six D．seven

小题4:	A．Who B．How C．When D．Why

小题5:	A．Unless B．If C．Until D．After

小题6:	A．close B．closer C．far D．farther

小题7:	A．all B．them C．one D．both

小题8:	A．don’t like B．enjoy C．hope D．don’t want

小题9:	A．save B．have C．waste D．enjoy

小题10:

A．careful B．carefully C．careless D．carelessly

A
Stress (压力) is everywhere in our everyday life. Men, women, the young and the old sometimes have stress.
The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

	Yes	No
Do you easily get angry?
Do you often sleep badly?
Do you get headaches a lot?
Do you take sleeping pills?
Do you find it difficult to relax?
Do you smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercise, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways  relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways — people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.
小题1:Which of the followings is NOT one of the most important reasons of stress according to the passage?

A．Taking exams.	B．Taking sleeping pills.
C．Making money.	D．Ending friendships.

小题2:What’s the easier way to relax your body?

A．Talking with friends.	B．Doing relaxing exercise.
C．Laughing, smiling and crying.	D．Listening to music.

小题3:The main idea of the passage is about _________.

A．a survey of people with stress

B．the reasons for having stress

C．who has stress easily

D．stress and how to relieve your stress

B
People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many meanings using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.
For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest (抗议) and say “Do not bad mouth me.”
Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret(后悔) because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say, “You took the words right out of my mouth!”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”.
This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives “from hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
小题1:“I really put my foot in my mouth this time” means _________.

A．I regretted I had done the thing	B．I really did this
C．I have never done this thing	D．I want to do this thing

小题2:When your friend took the words right out of your mouth, you can say “_________”.

A．You are clever	B．I am very lucky
C．We have the same idea	D．I am very angry

小题3:If a person lives from hand to mouth, he must be very _________.

A．rich

B．poor

C．happy

D．sad

小题4:The passage mainly tells us _________.

A．everyone in England has the same mouth

B．people use their mouths to eat, talk, shout and sing

C．rich persons’ mouths are quite different with the poor persons’

D．the word “mouth” has many different meanings in the English language

These days, a new kind of restaurant is becoming popular. People who go there can not only enjoy their     , they can also enjoy playing computer games and          with their family and friends on the Internet. uWink is the restaurant’s name. It is in Los Angeles, and it’s about fun and food.
In uWink, there are       waiters or waitresses around you. The screens have replaced (取代) them. You can order the food you want by touching the screen in front of you and runners will bring         to the tables. You can         play video games with the people at the next table. The screens can show  music videos, movies and so on, though mainly they        show video games.
It’s an interactive (互动) restaurant        you will control your meal and your fun. The service is fast  and the runners know clearly where to go. There will be no waiting for a waiter, and no misunderstandings (误解) in the        . Different kinds of foods are            at any time of a day. uWink is a place which hosts “room games” too, where every table in the restaurant can have a video game competition at the same         .
The owner of the restaurant hopes that uWink can make it easy for people to be interactive, have fun and enjoy a delicious meal.

小题1:	A．music B．meals C．activities D．smile

小题2:	A．put off B．cheer up C．set up D．have fun

小题3:	A．no B．enough C．some D．few

小题4:	A．them B．her C．him D．it

小题5:	A．only B．hardly C．also D．always

小题6:	A．used to B．are used to C．are used for D．get used to

小题7:	A．which B．where C．what D．that

小题8:	A．shop B．school C．window D．kitchen

小题9:	A．served B．cleaned C．bought D．taken

小题10:

A．year B．money C．time D．food

I had the meanest (最吝啬的) mother in the whole world. While other kids were________ candy for breakfast, I had to have porridge, eggs or toast. _________ others had Cokes and candy for lunch, I had to eat a sandwich. But at least I wasn't_________ when I was sad. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.?
My mother _________ to know where we were all the time. She knew who our friends were and where we were going. We had to wear clean clothes and take a bath every day. While the other kids could wear the same __________ for days. We could not lie in bed "sick" in order to miss school.?
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by nine each night and get up at six the next morning. We couldn't sleep __________ noon like our friends. So while they slept, my mother was brave to ___________ the Child Labour Law (儿童劳动法). She made us work. We had to wash dishes, make beds, and learn to cook and all kinds of things at home. I believe she lay awake __________ all things for us to do. ?
But my mother was successful as a mother. All of __________ children received further education. She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. I am trying to keep my three children this way. I am filled with __________ when my children call me mean. Because I had the meanest mother in the world, and yet she gave me a happy life.
小题1:

A．selling

B．buying

C．making

D．eating

小题2:

A．Until

B．Before

C．When

D．After

小题3:

A．alone

B．excited

C．tired

D．worried

小题4:

A．wanted

B．seemed

C．asked

D．preferred

小题5:

A．clothes

B．hats

C．glasses

D．shoes

小题6:

A．by

B．on

C．at

D．in

小题7:

A．follow

B．break

C．obey

D．make

小题8:

A．thinking of

B．thinking over

C．thinking about

D．thinking up

小题9:

A．her

B．his

C．your

D．my

小题10:

A．sadness

B．pride

C．fear

D．surprise

London used to be “foggy”（ 有雾的） for the same reason that cities like Beijing or Chongqing are “foggy” today. The “fog” was in fact smog（烟雾）, a mixture of smoke and fog．In other words, it was made by air pollution. In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal(煤)that people burnt in their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London’s smog problem had become so bad that the government decided to do something to clean the air. A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city. In a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were no more “pea-soupers”.
Many Chinese cities now face the same sort of problem with air pollution that London faced 40 or 50 years ago. However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve. One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people’s houses. If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs. Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel(燃料), like gas, is quite expensive.
However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution. As a result, there are fewer “pea-soupers” in Beijing than there used to be.
小题1:What was the main reason for air pollution in London?

A．There was too much smoke in the sky．

B．There were too many factories in the city．

C．People burnt too much coal in the houses．

D．The city was too big for the cleaners to clean．

小题2:What does the underlined word “pea-soupers” refer to?

A．Smog	B．Smoke
C．Gas	D．Coal

小题3:Which sentence is Not true?

A．Air pollution is serious in Beijing and Chongqing．

B．Using coal is much more expensive than using gas．

C．Factories made much more pollution in China．

D．The reasons of air pollution in London and Beijing are different

The Exploration of Antarctica(南极洲)
1773	James Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle, but he didn’t see land.
1898	Adrien de Gerlache and his members were trapped in the Antarctic. They became the first to spend an Antarctic winter.
1911	Norwegian Roald Amundsen led a five-man expedition that reached the South Pole for the first time.
1929	Richard E.Byrd and three others from the US became the first to fly over the South Pole
1935	Caroline Mikkelsen from Norway became the first woman to arrive in Antarctica with her husband.
1947	The US sent the largest ever expedition of over 4,700 men, 13 ships and 23 airplanes to Antarctica. They took many photos to make a map.
1957－1958	12 countries built over 60 space stations in Antarctica. It became the beginning of international work in Antarctica.
1997	Boerge Ousland from Norway became the first person to cross Antarctica unsupported.
March 2007－ March 2009	International Polar Year-Researchers got the opportunity to work in both polar places or work in summer and winter.

小题1: _______ is from the United States of America.

A．Boerge Ousland	B．Richard E. Byrd
C．Roald Amundsen	D．James Cook

小题2:The underlined word “opportunity” means “______”.

A．chance	B．advice
C．guide	D．plan

小题3: ______ is the first woman to get to Antarctica.

A．Roald Amundsen	B．Boerge Ousland
C．Caroline Mikkelsen	D．Adrien de Gerlache

小题4: Which is WRONG according to the passage?

A．There were more than 60 space stations in Antarctica in the 1950s

B．Roald Amundsen was the first to fly over the South Pole.

C．Americans took many photos in the Antarctic to make a map.

D．Adrien de Gerlache was the first to spend an Antarctic winter.

小题5:The main idea of the passage is _____.

A．how to get to the Antarctic

B．the way of the exploration of Antarctica

C．the people who got to the Antarctic

D．the history of the exploration of Antarctica

The air plant has wonderful and amazing features. It takes in moisture(水汽)from the air through its leaves．Although it is seen growing on another object or plant to support itself.
To prevent the roots from being too wet，avoid(避免) planting it in soil. Keep the roots in a well—ventilated(通风良好的)environment. Air plants can grow well hanging from fishing lines. They can also be hung from seashells, teacups or even on wood.
Water the air plant once in a while. Simply let the water fall from the roots. The roots will take in the water for the air plant. The air plant can live between 0℃° and 51 ℃. It does not need to be in the light all the time. However, sunlight(morning and evening only)helps it to reproduce(繁殖)faster. When it flowers，it turns a colorful pink, red or orange．At most 8 young plants can grow from the air plant．When these grow to half the size of the parent plant, simply pull them away gently from the parent plant and plant them in another place．
The lifespan of an air plant depends on the care it gets and the environment it is placed in. Generally, all air plant can live for many years.
Because they are so beautiful and easy to take care of, air plants are excellent as birthday gifts or housewarming gifts.
小题1:The air plant takes in moisture from ______.

A．other plants	B．the air
C．the roots	D．other objects

小题2: An air plant must NOT be placed in _______.

A．soil	B．seashells
C．teacups	D．wood

小题3:Morning sunlight can help the air plant _________.

A．become drier

B．produce young plants faster

C．turn into different colors

D．become half the size of the parent plant

小题4: The underlined word “depend on” most probably means _______.

A．支持	B．继续
C．取决于	D．应付

小题5: The air plant is easy to take care of because it ______.

A．is a famous plant	B．needs little water and sunlight
C．grows on other plants and objects	D．makes the garden beautiful