A young woman carrying a three-year-old child got on a bus. The conductor hurried to give her a warm welcome and then kindly asked the other passengers to make more room for the woman and her child. On seeing this, people began to talk. “You know this conductor used to be very rude. Now suddenly he has changed his bad behavior（态度）,”said a middle- aged man

　　“Yes, he should be praised and we must write a letter to the company,” said a second passenger.“That's right,”another lady said,“I wish a newspaper reporter were here so that more people could learn from this conductor.”

　　Just then a gentleman who looked like a teacher turned to the conductor and said,“Excuse me, but can I know your name, please? Your excellent service must be praised…”

　　Before he could open his mouth, the three-year-old child sitting on the young woman's lap interrupted,“I know his name. I call him Dad.”

(1) The passengers were _____ to see the conductor's kindness to the woman and the child.

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(2) One passenger suggested writing a letter to the company to _____.

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A．make a demand for more buses

B．thank the conductor for his good service

C．criticize the conductor for his rude behavior

D．invite a newspaper reporter to write about the conductor

(3) What was the gentleman?

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A．A teacher.

B．A newspaper reporter.

C．Not known from the story.

D．The conductor's friend from his company.

(4) The word “he” in the last paragraph refers to ______.

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A．the gentleman

B．the conductor

C．the middle-aged man

D．the three-year-old child

(5) It is clear from the story that the conductor ______.

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A．has changed his attitude towards his work

B．has now been kind and polite to all passengers

C．has not changed his rude behavior to passengers

D．has now been kind and polite to women with children

　　Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains, If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.

　　Opposite to what many people believe, if you don't eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.

(1) During the test, those who were tested were given ______.

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A．no breakfast at all

B．very rich breakfast

C．little food for breakfast

D．different breakfast or none

(2) The results of the test show that ______.

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A．breakfast has great effect on work and studies

B．breakfast has little to do with a person's work

C．a person will work better if he has a simple breakfast

D．those working with brains should have much for breakfast

(3) The passage mentions that many people believe that if you don't eat breakfast, you will _____.

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(4) Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

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A．Poor breakfasts affect those who work with brains.

B．Morning diet may cause one to get fatter.

C．Reducing lunch and supper is of less value in weight losing.

D．Eating less in lunch and supper may help to lose weight.

(5) According to the passage, if a student does not eat breakfast, _____.

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A．he will fall ill

B．he will fail to listen to his teacher

C．he will not make progress in his study

D．his mind will work more slowly

　　In 1911, a very poor young music hall artist left England for America. His future was uncertain, but he did not believe it could be unhappier than his past. He had grown up in the slums of London's East End and led a dog's life. His mother suffered so much that she became mad. His father died of drink. Both parents had been on the stage. They had lived on the hope that they would one day be “stars”. Their son decided to succeed where they had failed.

　　By 1914, Charles Chaplin was the most talked about man in America, the king of the silent movies. He was not only admired as a first class actor and comedian（喜剧演员）, he was also making his name as a director.

　　How did he reach the top of the film world in such a short time? He borrowed his ideas from many sources. He used his hat to tell secret messages. His walking stick allowed him to punish his enemy from a distance. He got the idea for his famous flatfooted walk from a London taxi driver who had sore（疼痛的）feet.

(1) When Charles Chaplin left England for America, he thought _____ in America.

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A．he would find a bright future

B．his life would be not as good as his old days

C．he would make a better living than before

D．he would become a writer

(2) The word“slum”probably means ______.

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A．a good room

B．a comfortable house

C．an empty house

D．a dirty and unrepaired house

(3) Charles Chaplin became well-known to Americans ______.

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A．in 1911

B．before 1911

C．around 1914

D．when he was old

(4) Which of the following statements is true?

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A．Charles Chaplin was born in a farmer's family.

B．His parents had become stars before they died.

C．Charles Chaplin was regarded as the king of the silent movies.

D．Americans did not like him until he became a director.

　　Shakespeare named one of his plays Twelfth Night, which means the twelfth night after Christmas. This falls on January 6th, though some reference books give it as January 5th. The event is no longer celebrated in England as it was in Shakespeare's time. The Twelfth Night in his day was a joyful occasion. It marked the end of Christmas celebrations and the return to normal life. But in modern times twelfth night after Christmas has become rather sad. The Christmas decorations（装饰）are taken down and the lights are taken off from the Christmas trees. Nearly nobody notices “Twelfth Night” itself pass. It's a pity that such customs died out. At least the phrase Twelfth Night will live on forever thanks to Shakespeare.

(1) “Twelfth Night”is ______.

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A．one of the plays by Shakespeare

B．a play Shakespeare liked to see

C．the night after Christmas

D．a festival which is popular in England

(2) In Shakespeare's time the twelfth night was ________.

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A．not celebrated at all

B．on the twelfth of January

C．the beginning of the Christmas celebrations

D．a cheerful occasion

(3) Twelfth Night told people that they should have ______.

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A．another holiday

B．a party to celebrate it

C．a usual life

D．some Christmas decorations put on the trees

(4) We thank Shakespeare because ________.

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A．he started such customs

B．he celebrated the occasion in his day

C．people always remember the phrase“Twelfth Night”

D．nobody notices "Twelfth Night" itself pass

　　The United States has many famous cities. The southern part of the US has a business and cultural center in New Orleans. The people of New Orleans are of mixture of backgrounds. The main group is called Greole. They are descendants（后裔）of French and Spanish settlers. Since New Orleans was a slave center before the Civil War, one third of the population is black. Other groups include Ger mans, Italians, and Latin Americans.

　　New Orleans is perhaps best known as the birthplace of jazz. There are many places of interest to see in New Orleans. There are two celebrations there each year which draw people from all of the country.

　　Mardi Gras is one of the celebrations. It takes place before Christian （基督教的）period of fasting（禁食）called Lent. On the last day of Mardi Gras, which is also called Fat Tuesday, people dress up in costumes and march in parades or just go to various places to listen to music. The second celebration, which is called the Spring Fiesta, is less crazy. It consists of candlelight tours of some of the older and more famous houses in the French Quarter.

　　All in all, New Orleans should be counted as one of the great cities in the United States.

(1) People with different ______ form the population of New Orleans.

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A．groups

B．settlers

C．descendants

D．backgrounds

(2) Which of the statements is not true?

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A．Jazz was born in New Orleans.

B．Tourists come to New Orleans.

C．Most music lovers like to see New Orleans.

D．There are two attractive celebrations in New Orleans.

(3) People who take part in Mardi Gras parade are_______.

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A．well-dressed

B．dressed up

C．in beautiful clothes

D．formally dressed

(4) People in New Orleans ______ when they celebrate the Spring Fiesta.

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A．go to every famous house

B．are not crazy

C．hold candles

D．walk with French people

　　We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons：most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get away from places that are too crowded.

　　When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration（迁移）is probably the migration of one kind of fish, which is called “salmon”. This fish is born in fresh water but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is cold, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies there. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.

　　Recently, scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster（龙虾）. Every year, when the season of bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walk across the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go.

　　So sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we don't. Maybe living things just like to travel.

(1) Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to _____.

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A．give birth

B．enjoy warmer weather

C．find food more easily

D．find beautiful places

(2) The fish called “salmon” spends a long life in ______.

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A．salt water

B．rivers

C．fresh water

D．its birthplace

(3) The mice in northern Europe move when ______.

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A．they give birth

B．the weather is bad

C．the place gets too crowded

D．they haven't enough food

(4) What is the main idea of the passage?

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A．Animals move in order to find food more easily.

B．The migration of the fish called “salmon” is the most famous migration.

C．Living things move from one place to another because they like to travel.

D．Sometimes we know why and how living things move from one place to another, but sometimes we don't.

　　Last week's air quality was better in most parts of China than the previous（早先的）week's as the temperature dropped greatly in nearly all the major cities.

　　Lanzhou, capital of Northwest China's Gansu Province, measured the week's worst score on Thursday, 194 on the air quality index--a medium（中间的）level of pollution.

　　Beijing's air quality was good, scoring below 100 on the index. Other major cities' air pollution was generally as good as the previous week. Air quality in 10 cities was good with the air quality below 50 on the index in Suzhou, Nantong, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Zhuhai, Zhanjiang, Lhasa, Haikou and Kunming. There were 23 cities with air quality registering（记录） below 100, including Beijing, Shenyang, Changchun, Xi'an, Chengdu, Shanghai, Harbin, Guangzhou, Qingdao, Changsha, Guiyang and Wuhan. Another six cities, Xining, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Lanzhou and Urumqi, were slightly polluted with readings of over 100. Suspended（悬浮）particles（微粒）were the major pollutants in 28 cities, including Beijing, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Harbin, Hohhot, Shenyang, Changchun, Hangzhou, Hefei, Wuhan, Xining, Yinchuan, Chengdu, Lanzhou and Urumqi. Nitrogen（氮）oxide（氧化物）was the main pollutant in Changsha, Chongqing and Guiyang.

(1) In the four cities _______ air quality was the best.

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(2) According to the passage, which one of the following is different from the others?

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(3) The passage mainly wants to tell us ._______.

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A．last week's air quality was better than the previous week's

B．lots of major cities' air pollution was as good as the previous week

C．air quality in 10 cities was good

D．suspended particles and Nitrogen oxide were the pollutants

　　Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets（彗星）which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who deal with such problems.

　　However, Halley had a friend, named Isaac Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse（椭圆形）.

　　Now Halley set to work. He figured out the other orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearances had been 75 to 76 years apart.

　　This seemed very strange to Halley. Three different comets followed the same orbit. The mare Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets, as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.

　　It was an astonishing idea! He decided that his comet would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley's prediction（预言）could be tested.

　　In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet had been called Halley's comet, in his honor.

(1) Edmund Halley figured out the orbit of _________.

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A．some different comets appearing several times

B．the same comet appearing at different times

C．three different comets appearing three times

D．several comets appearing at the same time

(2) Halley made his discovery ________.

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A．by doing experiments

B．by means of his own careful observation

C．by using the work of other scientists

D．by chance

(3) Halley made a surprising, but correct prediction in the year

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(4) This passage in general is about ________.

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A．Halley and other scientists

B．the orbit of a comet

C．Newton and Halley

D．Halley and his discovery

(5) Which of the following is true?

A．Edmund Halley was an American scientist.

B．Halley made his discovery by doing experiments.

C．Isaac Newton was a famous mathematician.

D．The orbit of a comet had the shape of a round.

　　Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for--its stadium（运动场）and theatres, its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not, however, see Pompeii's people. They do not see them because Pompeii has no people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2,000 years.

　　Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22,000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano（火山）. Mount Vesuvius had not erupted（喷发）for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.

　　In August of A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. It was buried under 20 feet of stones and ash. Almost all of its people were dead.

　　For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stones and ash. Then, in the year 1861, an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii. Slowly, carefully, Ginseppe and his men dug. The city looked almost the same as it had looked in A. D. 79. There were streets and fountains, houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20,000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue color in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread, too; metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 52 round, flat loaves of bread--a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today. Tiny boxes filled with a dark, shiny powder tell us that women liked to wear eye-makeup.

　　Ginseppe has died, but his work continues. One-fourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.

(1) Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each year?

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A．To visit the volcano.

B．To shop and eat there.

C．To watch sports and plays.

D．To see how Pompeii lived.

(2) Why had so many Pompeians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius?

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A．The city nearly offered all kinds of pleasurable things.

B．The area produced the finest wine in Italy.

C．Few people expected the volcano to erupt again.

D．The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass.

(3) Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in A. D. 79?

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A．Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.

B．Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched.

C．Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.

D．Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.

(4) What do we know about the Pompeians who lived 2,000 years ago?

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A．They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.

B．They liked women wearing all kinds of make- up.

C．They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.

D．They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in A. D. 79.

　　Without plants, people could not live. We eat plants. We breathe the oxygen that plants produce. And we need plants for another reason：we need them for their beauty. Imagine a world with no plants. Imagine no flowers with their sweet smells, their beautiful colors and their lovely shapes. Imagine, when the wind blows, not being able to hear the leaves in the trees or watch the branches swing（摇摆）from side to side.

　　Everywhere people need the beauty of plants, That is why we have parks full of trees and flowers, That is why people always try to design house with room for some grass and a garden. Do you talk to your plants? Do you give them love and attention?

　　Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, writers of a book called THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS, tell of an experiment in which two seeds were planted in different places. While the plants were growing, one plant was given love and hopeful ideas. The other plant was given only hopeless ideas. After six months, the loved plant was bigger. Under the earth it had more and longer roots; above the earth, it had a thicker stem（茎）and more leaves.

(1) In the experiment, the two plants were ____________.

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A．talked to in different ways

B．of different types

C．both given love and attention

D．grown in the same place

(2) At the end of six months ______.

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A．the plants were of the same size

B．one plant had longer roots than the other

C．one plant had longer roots; the other plant had a thicker stem

D．one plant had a thicker stem; the other plant had more leaves

(3) Tompkins and Bird believed that plants ________.

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A．can talk to each other

B．care for each other

C．should be grown in different places

D．love to be loved

(4) The experiment has proved that _________.

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A．without plants people could not live

B．we should talk to plants and give them love

C．we should grow as many plants as possible

D．plants need plenty of water, sunshine and fertilizer （肥料）