The food we eat seems to have far-reaching effects on our health．Although science has made great steps in making food more fit to eat，it has，at the same time，made many foodお unfit to eat．Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of all human illnesses are related to diet and forty percent of cancer is related to the diet as well ，especially the colon cancer．Different cultures are more likely to cause certain different illnesses because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures．That food is related to illnesses is not a new discovery．In 1945，government researchers realized that carcinogenic(致癌的)nitrates(硝酸盐)，commonly used to preserve color in meats ,and other food additives，caused cancer．Yet，these additives remain in our food，and it becomes more difficult all the time to know which things on the packaging labels of processed food are helpful or harmful．The additives，which of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives, which we eat, are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to cows and other living animals, and because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are given to animals not for medical purposes but for financial reason. The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to obtain a higher price on the market. Although the Food and Drug Administration has tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the practices continue.

1. What is the best title for the passage?

    A. Food and illness.

    B. Food and Culture.

C. Health and Science.

  D．Drug and health．

2. Which of the following statements in NOT true?

A．Some of the additives in our food are added directly to the food and some are given to living animals．

B．Food may cause forty per cent of cancer in the world．

C．Drugs are always given to animals for medical reasons．

D．Researchers have realized the possible dangers of food additives for over fifty years．

3. How has science done something harmful to mankind?

A．It has caused a lack of information concerning the food．

B．Due to the application of science，some potentially  harmful substances have been added to food．

C．Because of science，diseases caused by contaminated(被污染的)food have been actually reduced．

D．It causes the animals to become fatter．

4. What does the government try to do?

    A．To control the market price of food．

B．To get rid of the additives from the packaged food．

 C．To use no medicine on the animals．

D．To stop farmers from giving drugs to animals to make more money．

These radio signals were heard first in 1967．They were coming from a point in the sky where there were no known stars．They were coming very regularly too：once in just about a second．It was as if they were controlled by a clock．

   The scientists who heard the signals did not tell anybody else．They were rather afraid to tell in case they frightened people．The signals were coming from a very small body—no bigger，perhaps，than the earth．Was that why no light could be seen from it? Or were the signals coming from a planet that belonged to some other star?

  There was no end to the questions．but the scientists kept the discussion secret．“Perhaps there are intelligent beings out there，”they thought，“little green men who are trying to send messages to other planets，or to us!” So the news was not given to the newspapers．Instead，the scientists studied the signals and searched for others like them．

  Well, all that happened in 1967 and 1968．Since then scientists have learned more about those strange，regular radio signals．And they have told the story，of course．The signals do not come from a planet；they come from a new kind of star called “pulsar”．About a hundred other pulsars have now been found，and most of them are very like the first one．

  Pulsars are strong radio stars．They are the smallest but the heaviest stars we know at present．A handful of pulsar would weigh a few thousand tons．Their light—if they give much light—is too small for us to see．But we can be sure of this：no little green men are living on them．

1. How was the first pulsar discovered?

    A．Scientists heard a new kind of radio signal．

    B．Scientists heard radio signals coming from an unknown star．

    C．Scientists searched the sky and saw it．

    D．Scientists heard radio signals sent by little green men from a small planet．

2.What made the scientists think that the signals might be a sign of intelligent life?

    A．Because they were coming from a very small body．possibly a planet．

    B．Because they couldn't see the body．

    C．Because it seemed that they were controlled by a clock．

    D．Because they couldn't understand the messages sent by the intelligent beings．

3.Why didn't they report the news?

    A．Because they were afraid of frightening people．

    B．Because scientists wanted to keep their discoveries secret．

    C．Because the signals were heard only once．

    D．Because they didn't know if the signals were from a pulsar．

4. When did they think it safe to report the news?

A．When everyone had forgotten the signals．

B．When the signals stopped．

C．When they were tired of studying the signals．

D．When other pulsars were discovered．

“Evening Paper!”

  The hoarse(沙哑)voice of the newsvendor echoes(回响)across the busy street．It is only just afternoon，yet “evening” papers are on sale! It is just one example of the curious world of newspapers．Morning papers “go to bed” at night；evening papers go to bed during the early day! “Going to bed” is the way the world of newspapers talks when it means that a paper is being printed．

  “Evening Paper!”

  Have you ever thought of all the men and machines involved in producing those sheets of newsprint? From all parts of the world news comes in by telephone，telegraph，radio，and every way man has of communicating．Much of this news is collected by news agencies，vast hires of busy workers who receive the news items and send them out andお other news comes in to the newspaper office from reporters．What a hopeless tangle of information a newspaper office seems! And yet，out of all this jumble and rush，and bustle，our newspapers appear with unfailing regularity．No matter what happens the paper must be on sale on time.

1.A newsvendor is a person who　　　　 .

   A．sells newspapers in the street

   B．produces newspapers

   C．collect news for newspapers

   D．writes articles for newspapers    ．

2.From the passage we know“Evening papers”are  printed　　　　  ．

A．in the evening  

B．in the afternoon　　  

  C．during the early day  

 D．at the time when people go to bed  

3.　　　　   collect news from all parts of the world for the newspapers.

    A. Only reporters    B．Readers

    C Newsvendors　　   D．News agencies

4. Which of the following is not referred to in the passage?

    A．A great number of people are engaged in producing papers．

    B．The newspaper office can get the news from time to time．

    C. How to keep the cost of a newspaper down．

    D．Whatever happens the paper would be on sale at regular time．

5.This passage implies that　　　　  .

    A．speed is important

    B．people like reading evening papers more than morning papers

C．the writer hates to be interrupted by the hoarse voice

D．the writer himself is an editor of a paper

The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it．It can be very terrible when there is a strong wind．

  The sea is very big．It covers three quarters of the earth．The sea is also very deep in some places．There is one place．The sea is about 11 kilometers deep there．The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometers high．If that mountain was put into the sea at that place，there would still be 2 kilometers of water above it!

    In most parts of the sea，there are a lot of fishes and plants．Some love near the surface of the sea．Others live deep down．There are also a lot of smallお living things and lots of fish live by eating them．The sea can be very cold．When people go down，the sea becomes colder and colder．Only some men can go down into the deep sea．But，in 1970．five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days．

1. The sea is usually beautiful when it is　　  .

    A．silent    B．windy

    C．sunny　　 D．rainy

2.The sea covers　　　　 of the earth．

    A．1／3　　　　　　  B．2／3

    C．1／4   　　　　   D．3／4

3.If we put the highest mountain in the world into the deepest parts of the sea    ，

A．we can still see the sea water

B．we can hardly see the sea water

C．we can still see the top of the mountain

D．there is still 2 kilometers of mountain above the sea

4. The underlined word “them” refers to    ．

    A．fishes　　　　　　　　　　 B．plants

    C．water　　　　　　　　　　  D．small living things

5. Which of the following is not wrong?

    A．The sea looks terrible when it is cloudy．

    B．The highest mountain in the world is about 11 kilometers high．

    C．Under the sea，the deeper，the colder．

    D．In 1970，five women scientists lived in the deep sea for 15 days．

Mrs. Smith’s husband went off on a business trip to Australia．He wanted to catch the 3：30 plane to Darwin．She was very surprised when he telephoned her at 5o'clock and said that he was still at theお airport.

  “What happened?” asked Mrs．Smith．

  “WeIl，”said Mr．Smith，“everything was going fine．I got my ticket，checked my luggage and waited in line at the gate．I walked across the runway to the airplane and I saw my friend Jack Scott．Jack was an airplane engineer．I shouted to him and a policeman caught me．”

    “Why did he catch you?”

    “I don't know，said Mr．Smith，“All I said was ‘Hi, Jack’!”

    The word “hijack” means “to take control of a plane by force”．

1.Why did Mr．Smith want to fly to Australia? Because　　　　　　  ．

A．he was an Australian businessman

B．he was leaving for Australia on business

C．his wife wanted him to

D．he wanted to see his wife

2. Mrs．Smith was very surprised because　　　　　　   .

  A．Mr．Smith didn't arrive in Darwin

  B．Mr．Smith telephoned her late

  C．Mr．Smith didn't leave the airport

  D．Mr．Smith was in Darwin

3.Mr．Smith couldn't get on the plane because　　　　  .

A．he met with his friend Jack

B．he didn't get the ticket

C. there was something wrong with the airplane engine

D．he was stopped by a policeman

4.Which of the following is not true?

  A．The police didn't know Mr．Smith was Jack Scott's friend．

  B．Jack Scott worked as an airplane engineer．

  C．The policeman misunderstood Mr．Smith．

  D．Mr．Smith knew why the policeman caught him．

5.Why was Mr．Smith caught by the policeman? Because 　　　　　　  .

  A．he didn't keep silence at the airport

  B．he greeted an airport engineer named Jack

  C．the pronunciation of “Hi, Jack” has another frightful meaning

  D．the policeman didn't know English

The following table shows some results of a survey in which 800 Japanese school pupils whoおwere asked to give their impressions of their classroom teachers．The pupils’ impressions were found different depending on whether the teacher was new(with less than three years’ experience)，middle—standing(ten to twenty years) or a veteran(有经验的人)(twenty to thirty years)。The numbers in the table show the percentage of the pupils who answered “very satisfied”or “extremely satisfied” for each question item.

1. According  to  the table，which  of the  fo1lowing is TRUE?

A. In the new teachers’ classes，pupils seem to ask questions more freely．

B. Though Veterans do not play games with pupils during breaks，their teaching is rated highly．

C. The evaluation (评价) of the middle—standing teachers is lower than that of the veterans in seven items．

D. Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with the amount of time their teachers spend with them between classes．

2. Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle—standing teachers as being more _______than the veterans．

  A. relaxed in class　　　　　　   B．neat in appearance

  C. interested in pupils’ ideas    D．skillful at explaining

3.As for Question Items_________，pupils’ evaluations can be said to rise at a comparatively steady rate as their teachers’ experience increases．

A．1 and 4　　　　 B．9 and 10

C．6 arid 8　　    D．3 and 5

From poor beginnings to most expensive player

    ZINEDINE Zidane，who dreams of leading France to its second World Cup title in a row next month，has always preferred to express himself with a football rather

than with words．

    Last Wednesday Zidane scored the decisive goal when Real Madrid of Spain won the Champions League final against Germany's Leverkusen 2一1．

   He became one of the world’s most expensive players when he joined Real Madrid from Italy's Juventus for US $ 66 million．And he has been a national hero since he scored twice in the 3-O defeat of Brazil in the 1998 World Cup Final．

    But despite his success，Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground．He leads a quite family life. There is hardly any gossip about him and he avoids putting his wife and two children in the spotlight．

   “Just because I'm a public figure , it doesn't mean I have to express myself on everything．I don't like to discuss some personal matters publicly．”he said．

    Even as a child playing football in the slum area of Marseille，France，where he was raised by his Algerian parents，Zidane was shy．

    He loved football even as a little kid．“I realized football is a wonderful mixture of a sharp mind and hard training rather than just talking，”he said．

    Even when the match awards were just chocolate and bread，Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich．

    Before he was 10 years old，it was obvious that he could become a great footballer．He was offered his first professional contract(合同)when he was just 20．Now，at the age of 29，he has already picked up two World Player of the year awards．

   This quiet striker has not yet spoken of his hopes for the coming World Cup．But his fans across the world will be eagerly watching him to see what he'll do this time．

1. What did Zidane learn from his childhood football experience? He learned that_____________.

A．he could become a great footballer

B．he could become rich if he became a footballer

C．football is a mixture of a sharp mind and hard training but not just talking

D．football is a favorite sport in the future

2. According to the article，what are Zidane’s main characteristics?

A．He is a shy but successful man．

B．H e loves his wife and children．

C．He doesn't like to speak in public．

D．He is a quiet，down—to earth person of few words．

3.  When the writer says “Zidane has always kept his feet on the ground”,he means_________.

A．Zidane spends more time standing than sitting most days

B．Zidane is a down-to earth person

C．Zidane has spent most of his time training on the pitch

D．Zidane likes standing when he succeeds

4. The sentence “Zidane found that football made his poor childhood rich”means___________．

A．football made Zidane's poor family wealthy when he was a child

B．Zidane knew that football could bring him fame and wealth even when he was a child

C．football brought happiness to Zidane when he was a child in a poor family

D．Zidane knew that if he wanted to be rich he must play football from childhood

Well，Mrs．Evans，I've done my best to look after David．I've tidied his room up every day，got him a meal together whenever he needed one and made sure he's always had a clean shirt to put on．It's not been easy. With two of my own to worry about，as well, David's had the best of attention，I must say．But now because I asked him to give up bringing that American friend of his home he has got quite miserable and unfriendly．He comes in at all hours and his behavior-well it’s quite hard to put up with—and it's all because of his friend．I'm sure he's a bad influence．You see，David's a visitor and doesn't fully understand our ways．

    He used to study in most evenings．He's got through quite a bit of work．He did up his room quite nicely，with bookshelves and large posters．He'd ask Mr．Smith and me up for a drink and cheer us up with songs from his country．He's very good atお the guitar，you know．

    I don't want to appear as if I'm running after him but it's about time we made it up，I'm sure he's upset because I told him off．It might be a good idea to take him out for a meal，perhaps even with his friend．I don't know whether it will do any good but we can try．I'm glad I've had this little chat with you，Mrs．Evans，and I'll let you know how I get on．

1. David is________．

A．an American friend    B．Mrs．Smith's son

C．a visiting student    D．a singer

2．Mrs．Smith believes that David is not the cause of the quarrel but that the main cause is__________.

A．Mr．Smith　　　　  B．too much homework

C．David's friend　　 D．David's behavior

3.Mrs．Smith wants to make up the quarrel by__________.

  A．cooking a meal

  B．giving them drinks

  C. inviting David and his friend out

  D．running after David

4. David's present attitude to Mrs．Smith is___________．

  A．very attentive　　   B．unfriendly

  C．cheerful　　　　　　 D．incomprehensible

China's first astronaut 38-year-old Yang Liwei returned safely to earth Thursday morning, when his craft Shenzhou 5 touched down as scheduled after more than 21 hours in the earth's orbit. Chinese premier Wen Jiabao called the landmark debut flight a “complete success.”The descent capsule (返回舱) carrying Lt. Col. Yang Liwei touched down on the grasslands of the Gobi Desert, in central Inner Mongolia at 6.23 a. m. Thursday (Beijing Time), the Beijing-based China's Aerospace Command and Control Center said. Minutes later, Yang grabbed the capsule hatch with his hand, pulled himself out, smiled and waved at recovery teams and reporters. “It is a splendid moment in the history of my motherland and also the greatest day of my life,”Yang, a former fighter pilot from Northeast China's Liaoning Province, said immediately after emerging. In an interview with CCTV, China's state television, Yang said he was “feeling excellent”. Shenzhou 5 landed at dawn,4.8 kilometers (3 miles) from its designed landing target, the officials said. “The spaceship operated well,”the astronaut Yang Liwei said in his first publicized comments. “I feel very good and I am proud of my motherland.”After a physical exam on spot, Yang’s condition was found as “good.”Li Jinai, the commander of China's manned space program, called Yang a “space hero” and a“national hero”. Following Yang's touchdown, China's premier Wen Jiabao immediately spoke to Yang from Beijing's command and control center and offered his congratulations.

　　 Within hours, Chinese space officials announced that the country's space dreams will continue with a “Shenzhou 6”mission，most possibly within a year．They said China also had worked out plans to conduct space walking by its astronauts，and eventually build up a space station。However, Chinese scientists ruled out building a space shuttle，like the United States．

   Yang's flight came four decades after the former Soviet Union and the United States pioneered manned spaceflight．Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth in April 1961．One month later，the United States launched  Alan B．Shepard Jr．

1. What is true of the first Chinese astronaut Yang Liwei?

  A．He is now a flight pilot．

  B．He was helped to get out of the descent capsule．

  C．He spent nearly a day in space．

  D．He was called a“space hero”and a “national hero”by China's premier Wen Jiabao．

2. China will carry out the following space programs in the near future except_________.

A．space walking

B．setting up a space station

C．building up a space shuttle

D．sending up “Shenzhou 6”

3. The underlined word debut means_________.

A．first public appearance  B．space

C．carrying person　　　　  D．spaceship

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

  A．Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in the world to travel in space．

  B. The United States launched Alan B．Shepard Jr.  about 43 years ago．

  C．China is the third country in the world to carry out the manned space flight successfully．

  D．“Shenzhou 6”will carry more than one astronaut in the mission．

All living things must fight to stay alive．They have to feed on something and at the same time avoid being eaten. Thereforeお they have to solve this big problem of staying alive in their own way.

   The danger of being eaten in the sea is great. Those plants and animals that do survive usually reproduce very fast and in great numbers.

  Certain sea animals have defensive devices (装置) which help them to survive. The jelly fish have poisonous tentacles (触角) which are used for attack and defence.

    Another method of survival which sea plants and animals use is disguise (伪装). They usually have the same colour as their surroundings.

    In order to stay alive, animals need to have good senses. Fishes have sharp eyes. Almost all animals are sensitive to touch.. Fishes judge movements in the water by means of their lines. Fishes and other sea animals can hear well and many of them can make different types of warning sound.

1. What is the greatest problem that the living things face?

    A. They have to eat other things.

    B. They have to fight not to be eaten.

    C. They have to live on in its own way.

    D. They have to live in the sea.

 2. How many kinds of animals in the sea have more chances to survive?

A. One.　　　　　　　　　　  B. Two.

C. Three.　　    　　　　　　D. Four.

3. Jelly fish is an example of animals_________.

    A．who can reproduce very fast

    B．who can protect themselves from being attacked

    C．who can change their colours

    D．who have very good senses

4. The word“survive” in the second paragraph means___________.

A．remain alive

B．live

C．struggle for food

D．feed on something

5. Which of the following is not mentioned to help animals survive?

    A．Sensitive skin．　　   B．Sharp eyes．

    C．Fine smell．　　　　   D．Good hearing．