How much do you know about A．I．(Artificial Intelligence)?Artificial means‘man-made’，and intelligence means‘the ability to learn．understand and think about things’．A．I．is about making machines think，talk，do and see．A．I．is used in many fields from、playing games to helping doctors．Many machines around us work very well because they work with the help of A．I．Man has always dreamed of building‘thinking machines’．In 1770，Wolfgand Kempelen(1 734—1804)built a wooden robot called Turk that was able to play chess(SUR)．It played very well and even beat some of the top chess players of the time! Later it was found that Turk was not real．Inside the box machine was a chess player．
John McCarthy(1927—)is thought as the‘Father’of A．I He invented the word‘A．I．’and the LISP computer programming language that many A．I．developers use today．How does A．I．work?
A．I．uses ideas from many fields：

小题1:What is true about A．I．?
A．A．I．is a machine．
B．A．I．can play chess better than man．
C．A．I．can play games．
D．A．I．is something that makes machines work  
like man．
小题2:A．I．means_________in Chinese．
A．人造能力         B．人造计算机
C．人工智能         D．人工机器人
小题3:We can learn from the passage that_________．
A．we still do not know how A．I．works
B．computers are the most important part of A．I．
C．Wolfgand Kempelen was the first builder of robot．
D．John McCarthy is good at playing chess．

Big ocean(海洋)fish have almost disappeared from the world since the start of business fishing in the 1950’s．The scientists found that the number of large fish has dropped by 90 percent in the past fifty years．The study took ten years．The researchers collected records from fishing business and governments around the world．The magazine Nature published the findings．
The scientists say the common way called longline fishing is especially harmful to large fish．This way includes many fishing lines that are connected to one boat．If these lines are joined together，they can reach one hundred kilometers．They hold thousands of sharp metal hooks to catch fish．Longline fishing is especially common in the Japanese fishing industry．Records show that Japanese boats used to catch about ten fish for every hundred hooks．The study says longline fishing boats now might catch one fish per hundred hooks．
The scientists say business fishing can destroy groups of fish much faster than in the past．The study suggests that large fish can disappear almost completely from new fishing areas within ten to fifteen years．Ocean life system could be destroyed．
It’s not the only worry that the number of large fish is becoming smaller and smaller．What’s worse．they are smaller in size than their ancestors(祖先)．
小题1:The magazine Nature published the findings．The word“published”here means________．

A．发表

B．发现

C．研究

D．调查

小题2:The number of big ocean fish has become smaller because_________．

A．the oceans are polluted

B．the ways of fishing go into practice

C．the scientists pay little attention to them

D．Japanese fishing boats catch one fish per hundred hooks

小题3:What do you think of the business fishing?

A．It should be encouraged．

B．It can balance ocean life system．

C．It needn’t be cared about．

D．It may bring harm to ocean fish．

小题4:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．Longline fishing

B．Japanese fishing industry

C．Modem fishing ways

D．Worrying situation of big ocean fish

Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it, do you know? The Internet is a network. It uses the telephone to join millions of computer together around the world.
Maybe that doesn’t sound very interesting. But when you are joined to the internet, there are lots and lots of things you can do. You can send e-mail to your friends, and they can get them in a few seconds. You can also do with all kinds of information on the World Wide Web (WWW).                                              
There are many different kinds of computers now. They all can be joined to the internet. Most of them are small machines sitting on people’s desks at home, but there are still many others in schools, offices, or large companies. These computers are owned by people and companies, but no one really owns the internet itself.
There are lots of places for you to go into the internet. For example, your school may have the internet. You use it during lessons or free time. Libraries often have computers joined to the internet. You are welcome to use it at any time.
Thanks to the internet, the world is becoming small. It is possible for you to work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information you need. You can buy or sell what ever you want by the internet. But do you know 98% of the information on the internet is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?
小题1:What is the passage mainly about?
A internet     B information       C computers       D E-mails
小题2:Which is the quickest and cheapest way to send messages to your friends?
A by post     B by e-mail       C by telephone     D by satellite
小题3:Which may be the most possible place for people to work tomorrow?
A in the office     B at school     C at home    D in the company
小题4:Who is the owner of the internet?
A The headmaster    B The officer     C The user      D No one
小题5:What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?
A English is important in using the internet.
B The internet is more and more popular.
C Most of the information is in English.
D Every computer must have the internet.

A new term has begun. Teachers are __36__ about the fact that new students are not easy to handle. They like to bring cellphones and MP3 players to school. What is __37__, some students even use cellphones to do with out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some other students listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that __38__? ‘Yes,’ says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University. __39__ she adds it’s not their fault. Instead, the things that they bring into school --- cellphones, MP3 players and so on --- and the teachers are to blame. Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. ‘I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well __40__ nothing to do with them,’ she says. ‘At first, I got worried about this, but then I said to myself, “You’re teaching __41__, and you need to manage this … These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good __42__. They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they might regret the time they have wasted.”’
Kirk also __43__ a list of suggestions to help teachers better manage their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
Tell students how they will benefit by taking the class. On the first day of class, emphasize its importance __44__ giving some homework that students must turn in next time.
Do not allow them to bring cellphones and MP3 players to the class at all.
Decide __45__ formal and informal the class will be.

小题1:	A．excited B．worried C．surprised D．interested

小题2:	A．bad B．worse C．good D．better

小题3:	A．rude B．polite C．friendly D．curious

小题4:	A．But B．However C．And D．Therefore

小题5:	A．learned B．did C．had D．shared

小题6:	A．management B．English C．Chinese D．lessons

小题7:	A．ideas B．speeches C．habits D．classes

小题8:	A．makes B．brings C．gets D．takes

小题9:	A．of B．on C．at D．by

小题10:

A．what B．how C．which D．why

Tom and Tim are brothers. They are Australians. They live in a mountain village(山村). Tom is 104 years old and Tim is 102 years old now. They (16) their story in a book called Enjoy Our Life.
Here is some of their advice for living a long, healthy life.
★Get up (17) . They get up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning.
★Have a (18) breakfast. The brothers eat oatmeal (燕麦粥), half a banana, bread and eggs with a little cheese (奶酪).
★(19) every day. The brothers like to climb mountains. They also walk on the hills (小山) every day.
★Eat a lot of (20) , especially (尤其) garlic (大蒜). Garlic is good (21) your health.
★Don’t eat a lot of salt (盐) and fat. These things are (22) for your body (身体).
★(23) listen to the doctors always. Most of the doctors don’t know what to do with us. When something is (24) with us, they don’t know how to treat (治疗) us. They are always surprised (吃惊) to see us to live so (25) .

小题1:	A．speak B．tell C．talk D．say

小题2:	A．early B．late C．very late D．at 10 o’clock

小题3:	A．good B．no C．bad D．little

小题4:	A．Take exercise B．Take no exercise C．Talk about exercise D．Stay in bed

小题5:.

A．vegetables

B．fat

C．meat

D．fruit

小题6:	A．at B．for C．in D．of

小题7:	A．good B．bad C．nice D．fine

小题8:	A．Not B．Don’t C．No D．\

小题9:	A．wrong B．good C．right D．OK

小题10:

A．long B．poor C．short D．bad

We are learning English, but how can we learn English well? A student can know a lot about English, but maybe （可能）he can not speak English.
If you want to know how to swim, you must get into the river. And if you want to be a football player, you must play football.
So, you see, you can learn English only by using it. You listen to your teacher in class. You must read your lessons every day. You must speak English to your classmates and you must write in English，too. Then one day, you may find your English very good.
(     ) 12. You know a lot about English but maybe you ______.
A. can’t speak it                    B. can write it     
C. can’t study it                   D. can use it
(     ) 13. You must get into the river ______.
A. to learn how to swim            B. to play with water     
C. to go boating                  D. to catch a fish
(     ) 14. Do you want to be a football player? Please ______.
A. put your football away        B. buy a good football    
C. play football                 D. watch others play football
(     ) 15. How can we learn English well?
A.We must have a good English book.
B.We must have a good English teacher.
C.We must see more English films.
D. We must use it often.

Have you ever seen people building houses? To build a house , you need workers. They use their hands , tools(工具) and machines to put things together. Building the ISS（国际太空站） is the same. The difference is that the workers are astronauts. They walk in space and use robots’ arms and hands to do their work.
In the space station ,astronauts are comfortable. The temperature there is about 21℃.But outside the station , it can be too hot or cold for people. In the sunlight, it’s about 120℃. In the shadow(阴暗处)of the station, it’s about -85℃ . So when astronauts walk in space , they have to wear heavy clothes----spacesuits.
Spacesuits also keep astronauts safe from flying rubbish(垃圾)in space.Each time people go into space , they leave rubbish there. So astronauts should be careful because there’s a lot of rubbish, some rubbish goes many times as fast as a plane !
Space walking is not easy , and it can be dangerous. So getting ready for it takes a lot of time to learn. Astronauts will need to do 160 space walks to finish their work in the ISS. That will take about 1,900man-hour of work.
小题1:What’s the temperature in the space station?
A. 21℃            B120℃             C. -85℃               D.-21℃
小题2:The astronauts work in space with                  

A．scientists’ hands	B．tools in their hands
C．robots’ arms and hands	D．workers’ hands

小题3:Which of following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Space walking is very comfortable

B．Space walking is difficult

C．Astronauts needn’t wear spacesuits when walking in space.

D．Space walking is very safe

小题4:What does the underlined word“spacesuit”mean in Chinese?

A．太空服

B．防暴服

C．羽绒服

D．雨衣

小题5:Which of following is not TRUE according to the passage?

A．Spacesuits can keep astronauts warm

B．Spacesuits can keep astronauts safe

C．Flying rubbish in space goes very slowly

D．Outside the station ,it can be too cold or hot for people.

Every child has his own dream．Every child hopes to be an adult．However, is it truly like what they imagine? As a boy who lives in modem times and in a modern city，I feel greater pressure on me with the city’s development．Although we seldom worry about money, we still have a lot of others such as competitions among classmates and expectations from parents．These experiences are very helpful to our future．But in fact，they really give me a lot of pressure．I still clearly remembered the happiness of my childhood．Unluckily，we had to face the fact with time passing by．We began to feel this invisible(无形的)pressure come upon us．We get up before sunrise and return after sunset．we work and study like an adult，even harder．What we do is to get an excellent mark．Oh，growing up is completely boring．We must try to find happiness while growing up．I think the friendship among our friends，the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us．Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?
(    ) 6．The best title of the text is“_________”．

A．My dream

B．My worries

C．My pleasure

D．My school life

You may hear someone say, ‘It’s raining cats and dogs.’ We know it means it’s raining hard. Here is how it comes.
There are many large rats in a country. People need cats. But there are many mountains in the country. It’s hard for a plane to land (着陆）． So the cats come down by parachute（降落伞）．
In another country, the people need dogs to find people in the snow. Where can they get the dogs? You can guess. The dogs also come down by parachute.
These cats and dogs are helping the people. And the people often say it rains cats and dogs.
5. What does the sentence ‘It’s raining cats and dogs.’ mean?
A. We put the cats and the dogs in the sky.     B. It means ‘It’s raining hard’.
C. people like cats and dogs.                D. Cats and dogs are helping the people
6. Why do the cats come down by parachute?
A. Because it’s not safe (安全的).     B. Because there are many mountains in the country:
C. Because people need cats.        D. Because it’s quick to carry the cats.
7. From the article, we can know rats mean ________.
A. 大象          B. 猴子           C. 老鼠           D. 熊猫

From：Li-Hong @ net. cn	To：jenny@compail.ca
Subject：School term	Date：01/09 6:00 p.m.
Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong
From：jenny@compail.ca	To：Li-Hong @ net. cn
Subject：Repeat!	Date：01/09 8:00 p.m.
Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny

 
小题1:The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．

A．高质量的

B．高品质的

C．高科技的

D．高价格的

小题2:Where do you probably read these two letters?

A．In a magazine.

B．In a book.

C．In a guide-book.

D．On a website.

小题3: Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．

A．they like to listen to music

B．mobile phones are useful for their studies

C．they want to show off these things

D．they want to contact with their classmates

小题4:Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．

A．make money

B．contact with friends

C．listen to music

D．study well

小题5:From the passage we know that ____________．

A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates

B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things

C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things

D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students