Schools and parents in Shenzhen City have been asked to take better care of children’s eyesight as 45 percent of them were found to be shortsighted. Too much reading, poor lighting and too much TV are blamed(责备). Of the city’s high school graduates(毕业生) who applied to study at colleges this summer, two thirds had to have their choices limited because of poor eyesight. Shenzhen Special Zone Daily said.

1. The purpose of this passage is to_______.

A. criticize(批评) children who are shortsighted.
B. blame parents and schools for children’s being shortsighted.
C. ask the high school graduates to pay attention to their eyesight.
D. draw people’s special attention to eye hygiene(卫生).

2. Only_______ of the children inShenzhenCityhave good eyesight.

A. 45 percent
B. less than half
C. 55 percent
D. two thirds 

3. Generally speaking, high school students have_______ eyesight than primary school students.

A. poorer
B. better
C. brighter
D. good 

4. Because of being shortsighted many school graduates________.

A. weren’t allowed to enter college
B. couldn’t graduate from high school
C. couldn’t choose to study what they liked best
D. lost their limited time 

5. In order to take care of eyes, children shouldn’t________.

A. read books
B. watch TV
C. make their eyes too tired
D. see things far away

     We live in an amazing world, read the following news and you will find it yourself.
     News 1: Bao Xishun is the tallest man in the world. He is 2.36 meters tall. He Pingping is the shortest man in the world. He is 0.73 meters tall. They are Chinese. On July 13, Bao Xishun married (娶) a girl
and He Pingping joined in their wedding ceremony (婚礼).
     News 2: In the USA, a Grade 7 student, Aidan Murray Medley went fishing in the sea one morning.
The 12-year-old boy caught a 250-kilogram shark (鲨鱼)! It took Aidan 28 minutes to catch the shark.
It was so hard that his body lost all feeling.  
     News 3: A young sheep climbs a fallen tree to eat the leaves (叶子) in a park in the southern
Swedish town of Lund. The sheep climbed to a height (高度) of seven meters and spent an hour and a
half in the tree before returning to the ground.

1. Where do the tallest man and the shortest man in the world come from?

A. China.        
B. America.      
C. Sweden    
D. Florida.

2. How long did it take Aidan to catch the fish? 

A. Less than half an hour.          
B. Over half an hour.
C. An hour and a half.              
D. 12 hours.

3. Which can be the best title (标题)? 

A. The tallest man's wedding ceremony  
B. The amazing world
C. A boy caught the biggest fish      
D. A sheep climbed a fallen tree

    Man-made satellites have been sent up into space by many countries. These satellites go round the earth and help us to learn more about the earth, the weather and other things. Most countries use these satellites to sent and receive messages. For example, with their help China can send their programs to America, too. We can also use satellites to help us to make telephone calls to foreign countries.

1. These satellites go round ____.  

A. the earth
B. the moon
C. the sun
D. the stars 

2. Man-made satellites are ____ to people.

A. terrible
B. useful
C. unknown
D. not necessary 

3. Without the help of man-made satellites, we couldn't see ____ on TV.

A. anything interesting  
B. what other people are doing
C. foreign programs
D. colour films    

34. Man-made satellites can also help us ____ to our friends on the other side of the world.

A. write down    
B. send birthday presents
C. pay visit
D. make telephone calls

1. In which of the following places will the temperature perhaps fall below zero in today's night?

A. London.
B. Cardiff.
C. Newcastle.
D. Inverness.

2. In which part will people possibly see the sun tomorrow?  

A. In the north England.
B. In the southeast of England.
C. In the southwest of Scotland.
D. In the west Wales.

3. Which of the following is true?

A. It will not rain in London tomorrow.
B. It will be snowy in the north and west tomorrow afternoon.
C. There will be different kinds of weather tomorrow.
D. Fine weather will last from tomorrow morning to tomorrow afternoon in the southwest

4. This is the weather report for the next        .

A. 12 hours
B. 24 hours
C. 36 hours
D. 48 hours

     It's sometimes reported that strange objects have been seen high up in the sky. These unidentified(未确认的) flying objects - UFOs have made a lot of people interested. Some of the reports about them are difficult to believe.Some have been explained in scientific ways, others have never been explained.
     It is not easy to decide whether a report is true or not. One report of UFOs came from a British plane on its way from New York to London in 1954. The British plane was flying over an island at 19,000 feet when the captain noticed that something was on their left and a little lower than their plane. It's about five miles away.
     "It was not one object but several," the captain said. "We saw one large and six smaller objects. I sent a radio to report about them and I received the answer that the other planes were coming out to meet us. Before the planes arrived, the smaller objects entered the big objects. The big object then became smaller and moved away fast."

1. Some_____ have been explained in scientific ways.

A. people
B. strange objects
C. of the reports about UFOs
D. planes

2. In 1954, a British plane met a UFO when it was flying from_____ to_____.

A. England, America
B. America, England
C. America, France
D. New York, an island

3. The captain_____ and saw something on the left of their plane.

A. looked down
B. looked up
C. looked back
D. looked ahead

4. How many objects did the captain see?

A. Only one.
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven

5. The big object moved away because_____.

A. it was afraid of the plane
B. it had received a radio report
C. of some unknown reason
D. it had stayed long enough with the plane

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1. On the top of Mount Qomolangma Jordan did the following EXCEPET _______.     

A. hug his team members        
B. chat with his mom online
C. tell his mom he loves her      
D. give his mom a phone call

2. What was Jordan's mother doing while he was climbing Mount Qomolangma?      

A. She was surfing the Internet.
B. She was talking to Jordan on the phone.
C. She was receiving a reporter's interview.
D. She was watching Jordan's progress online.

3. From the passage we know that Mount Qomolangma is the ______ highest mountain Jordan has
ever climbed up.      

A. first
B. second
C. sixth
D. seventh

4. When did Jordan make up his mind to climb up the highest mountains on all seven continents?    

A. After he reached the top of Mount Qomolangma.
B. After he returned from the top of Mount Qomolangma.
C. After he saw a painting of the highest mountains at school.
D. After Temba Tsheri reached the top of Mount Qomolangma.

5. Which of the following is NOT true?      

A. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa.
B. Jordan reached the top of Mount Qomolangma on Saturday.
C. Some reporters interviewed Jordan on the top of Mount Qomolangma.
D. The youngest person to reach the top of Mount Qomolangma before Jordan was 16.

       TOKYO,  JAPAN--What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂)?  Do you hit it with a
newspaper? Do you step on it?
       When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach,  they take the remote control and make
the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches
into robots. Each cockroach has a very small pack that has in it a microprocessor(微处理器).Then
researchers can send signals from the remote control to the pack. The signals control the movements
of the cockroaches.
       Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? "Insects can domany things that people can't," says
Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble(瓦砾)to look for
people or move under doors to find information about someone.
       This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The
government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.
       First, the researchers breed (培育)hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and
remove their wings and antennae(触须). They put small packs where the antennae were. The packs weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. "Cockroaches are very
strong," says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. "They can lift 20 times their own
weight. "
       With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packs. When a cockroach gets the signal, it
moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don71 always move in the right direction.

1. The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because ______.

A. they want cockroaches to do things people can't in the future
B. they want to control the movements of the cockroaches
C. they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes
D. they want to send signals to the packs on the cockroaches

2. What can cockroaches do to help people?

A. They can lift 20 times their own weight.
B. They can help people to carry very small cameras.
C. They can breed hundreds of cockroaches.
D. They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake.

3. Scientists control cockroaches' movements ______.

A.by removing their wings      
B. by sending signals from the remote control
C. by using very small cameras
D. by removing their antennae

4. What problem do the rcscarchcrs meet with?
A. The cockroachcs sometimes clon;t move.
B. The cockroachcs sometimes move in ihc wrong direction.
C. The cockroachcs arc too big to move through earthquake rubble.
D. The cockroachcs can only lift 20 times their own weight.

    China's Li Na moved up two places to seventh in  the  latest WTA  rankings  released on Monday
despite (尽管) losing the Rome WTA final last Sunday to Russian Maria Sharapova, Yahoo reported.
    Li will begin her French Open  title defence next week  in Paris.  It was  the  first win ever at a Grand
Slam event for someone representing China.

      With a world fastest time of the season so far, Chinese star hurdler Liu Xiang showed  the world that
he is back to the world top level.
    Running  into 13 seconds on a wet  track.  In spite of running on a wet track, the 28-year-old Liu
claimed (宣称) an overwhelming victory against three American  first-class hurdlers at  the 2012
Diamond League Shanghai last Saturday.
    The Athens Olympic  champion  clocked  a world leading time of 12.97 seconds to claim title of
men's 110m hurdle event, and the result bettered (胜过) the previous season best of 13.03s set by
America's Aries Merritt two weeks ago.
       David Oliver of the United States finished second in 13.13s whi le another American Jason
Richardson, newly crowned world champion in Dague last year, settled third in 13.16s. Merritt was
fourth in 13.26s.

1. The passage aboveis about _________.

A. a story
B. an advertisement
C. sports news
D. a poem

2. Li Na was _______  in  the  latest WTA rankings despite losing the Rome WTA final.

A. second    
B. ninth  
C. seventh      
D. sixth

3. There are _______ players at  the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai mentioned in this passage.

A. 3  
B. 4  
C. 5      
D. 6

4. Liu Xiang was first in ________ at the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai.

A. 12.97s  
B. 13.03s  
C. 13.13s      
D. 13.26s

5. Which of the following isn't mentioned in the passage?

A. Merritt was  fourth  in 13.26s at  the 2012 Diamond League Shanghai.
B. Li Na lost the Rome WTA final by 1:2 last Sunday.
C. The Athens Olympic champion clocked a world leading time of 12.97 seconds.
D. China's Li Na moved up  two places  to seventh  in the latest WTA rankings.