Mails, games, music, news, chat rooms and shopping! The Internet is part of the way we live today. It's
easy to get onto the Internet. The only thing we need to do is to use a modem (猫) which is used for connecting
a computer to a telephone line. The Internet is changing and growing all the time. More and more people have
computers and use the Internet. Using the Internet means surfing the World Wide Web (That's the "www" you
always hear about). The Web (网) has large numbers of websites (网站) in it. They are the places you go to get
information and do things. 
     Where do these websites come from? They are made by web designers. What happens when you click on a
word or a picture? You are sent to another page. It's all because of the web designer. Web designers do a lot of
work by using a computer programming language.
     Is Web design all about computer programming? No. It's about making something new. Web designers must
imagine a lot when they are making a website. It must look good and be fun to use. A big part of Web design is
art. They choose the best pictures and colors to make the website look good. They also write the things that you
see on the website. An important part of their job is to share ideas with the website manager about how to design
the website well.

1. This passage is mainly about ________.

A. computer programming language
B. the web designers' work
C. the website manager's work
D. the way to get onto the Internet

2. More and more people are using the Internet because it's _______.

A. easy and useful
B. beautiful and funny
C. colorful and hopeful
D. changing and growing

3. It's possible for us to change websites by just a click because of _______.

A. the modem's help
B. the telephone line's help
C. the web designers' work
D. the website manager's work

4. Which of the following is wrong?

A. "www" means "World Wide Web".
B. There're a few websites on the web.
C. The Internet has changed people's lives.
D. We can do things like shopping on the Internet.

5. The web designers do a lot of work except _______.

A. making the websites new and beautiful
B. writing things on the Internet
C. doing the computer programming
D. following the manager's ideas

     The children at the top of the class succeed by knowing a few basic skills that others can easily learn,
according to the education experts and students themselves. Here are the secrets of top students.
     Study is the first thing. Once the books are open or the computer is on, phone calls are unanswered,
TV shows unwatched, snacks unnoticed. Study is business; business comes before everything.
     Study anywhere or everywhere. Study times are different for different children. Some work late at night
when the house is quiet. Others wake early. Still others study as soon as they come home from school.
However, all agree that consistency (持之以恒) is needed.
     Get organized. Don't waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. Keep everything right where one
can put one's hands on it. Even for a student who doesn't keep his own study area organized, a bag or a
drawer is needed to put things in to save time.
     Learn how to read. The secret of good reading is to be an active reader-one who continually asks
questions that lead to a full understanding of the writer's message.
     Use your time best. Even the best students put off their work sometimes. But when that happens, they
face it. "If you want to be at the top, make sure to finish the work on time." says Christi Anderson, a top
student at Lyman High School.
     Take good notes and use them. Reading the text is important, but the teacher is going to test you on
what he or she emphasized (强调). That's what you find in your notes.
     Another kind of important "secret" of the top students is not so secret at all. For almost all of them,
their parents' help is important.

1. According to the third paragraph, as students, we should all ________.

A. study late into night
B. study in the early morning
C. study in our favorite time with consistency
D. study as soon as we get home

2. The fourth paragraph mainly tells us ________ to save time for study.

A. to look for our stationery
B. to organize ourselves into groups
C. to keep everything in hand
D. to get everything organized

3. How can we be an active reader?

A. Take good notes.
B. Ask questions continually.
C. Study everywhere.
D. Arrange our time well.

4. According to the writer, the real secret in becoming a top student lies in ________.

A. the good teachers.
B. the good education experts.
C. some basic learning skills.
D. the parents' help.

     Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn? Of course not. There is
another way to learn. That is students can teach themselves. Every student can teach himself, and every
student is teaching himself when he is learning something. For example, if you cannot remember something
when you are doing your homework. What will you do? You can look at your book to find the answer.
This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult way. We can do this at any place and at any time.
     How to teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in, not
you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don't
understand, or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. A clever student is
usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the question yourself by thinking hard, by reading
the text or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. These are the ways of teaching yourself.
And you must do these all by yourself. If you keep doing like these for a long time, you are sure to succeed
in your study.

1. Listening to the teachers is __________ for students to learn.

A. not a way
B. the best way
C. the only way
D. not the only way

2. If you want to succeed,you'd better learn __________.

A. your lessons in the classroom
B. how to teach yourself
C. to read and write carefully
D. how to ask questions

3. In teaching yourself, the first thing you must do is __________.

A. writing
B. reading
C. asking
D. answering

4. A clever student is usually good at __________.

A. asking questions
B. answering question
C. finding answers
D. asking others

5. Which of the following ideas do you think is right?

A. A student can teach himself but he doesn't like to.
B. It is a difficult way to learn to teach from the teacher.
C. A student can learn to teach himself if he wants to be successful.
D. Students know very well how to teach themselves.

     There are many kinds of ants (蚂蚁) in America. One kind is very strong. People are afraid of it, and
 animals are afraid of it, too.
     These ants move in large groups. They eat all the animals on their way. They can kill and eat  elephants
  and they can eat wood (木头) houses . Sometimes the ants can kill people. When the ants come near,
 people leave their homes. But people are sometimes glad after the ants pass through , because they can
 see no insects (昆虫) or snakes (蛇).

1. Some ants in America can be very _____.

    A. heavy          
    B. strong        
    C. light      
    D. thin

2.  People  and animals fear (害怕) _____.

    A. one kind of ants      
    B. all kinds of ants
    C. small ants          
    D. big ants

3. People get away from the ants because _____.

    A. they can eat and kill elephants    
    B. they can also eat wood houses
    C. they travel in large groups        
    D. they can even kill people

4. Why do the insects and snakes disappear (消失) after the ants pass through?

    A. They hide themselves under the ground.
    B. They move to other places before the ants come.
    C. The ants have killed and eaten the insects and snakes.
    D. People have killed the insects and snakes.

5. Which is the best title (题目) for the story ?

    A. Ants      
    B. American    
    C.A Big Ant      
    D.A Strong Ant

     Can plants eat people? Probably not,but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big.
And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草).
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the
pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves,there are three small hairs. If a
fly touches one of the hairs,the leaf closes quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour,the leaf
presses the fly until it is dead. Then,the plant covers the fly. Slowly,the plant eats the fly.
     Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun,the air,and the ground. In some
places,the ground is very poor. It doesn't have all these important things,especially nitrogen(氮). Animal
meat has a lot of nitrogen,so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let's hope that some of the
bigger plants don't get the same idea !
1. The Venus flytrap is a kind of_______.
A. plant
B. animal
C. food
D. meat
2. The Venus flytrap grows in_______.
A. most parts of the world
B. some parts of Africa
C. dry parts of the United States
D. wet parts of England
3. From the passage，we learn that_______.
A. all plants can eat people
B. all plants can eat animals
C. some plants can eat people
D. some plants can eat animals
4. The underlined word“presses”probably means_______ in Chinese.
A. 挤压
B. 关上
C. 打开
D. 松开
5. —Why do some plants eat animal meat? 
    —Because_______.
A. plants are dangerous to animals
B. animals are dangerous to plants
C. plants want to get what they need from animal meat
D. plants want to protect themselves against animals

     Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take
place, but what will the changes be?
    The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live
longer than people live now.
     Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home.
And Computer Studies lessons will be one of the most important subjects in schools then.
     People will work _______ hours than they do now and they will have _____ free time for sports,
watching TV and travel. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to
other countries for holidays.
     There will be changes in our food, too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses
for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep, so meat will be more expensive.
Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead they will eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will
be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work will be done by robots. Because
of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.
1. 在文中空格处填上适当的词 _________ _________
2. 将划线句子译成汉语
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3. 找出同义句: Every family will have one computer or more.
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4. 回答问题：What will be one of the most important subjects?
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5. 找出或写出本文的主题句
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