Good morning, boys and girls．My name is Frank Johnson．Now let me tell you something about our museum．To you maybe it's just four white walls and a ceiling（天花板），but to us it's a treasure．Here you'll see some of the best British physicists（物理学家）．For example，you'll see Newton，who was born in 1642．He went to study at college in 1661．During the years 1665—1666，he made his most important discoveries．It is said that Newton got Iris idea when an apple fell on his head! Another British physicist William Thomson went to study at college when he was just ten years old．He became a professor（教授）at the age of 22．He found clear relationships among heat，work and energy．And of course，James Watt，the famous engineer! At the age of 20．he began to make useful things at college．He improved the steam engine（蒸汽机）and made it more powerful．

OK，boys and girls．You may go and see it now．Have fun!

1．How many British physicists are mentioned（提到）in this passage?

A．One．                 B．Two．                C．Three．                  D．Four．

2．How old was Newton when he went to study at college?

A．10．                   B．19．                    C．22．                   D．23．

3．What did the speaker mean when he said “… to us it's a treasure”?

A．The walls and ceiling in the museum were beautiful．

B．There was a lot of treasure in this museum．

C．Workers in this museum were very rich．

D．He was really proud of this museum．

4．Who found clear relationships among heat，work and energy?

A．Frank Johnson．                                     B．Newton．

C．William Thomson．                                    D．James Watt．

  American boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children __21__ six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV set. Some children even watch TV for eight __22__ or more on Saturdays or Sundays.

      A child can learn geographical things from __23__. Some shows help children to understand the news from other parts of the __24__. Some programs show people places from other countries or other times in history. Children can watch a play, a concert, or a soccer __25__  at home. Some programs even __26__ children how to use computers or how to cook. It’s __27__ to watch TV.

      But as the saying goes: Every coin has two sides. One problem from American kids is that they watch __28__ TV. They don’t have much __29__ to do other activities. Playing, reading, spending time with friends and families are much better than sitting in front of a TV. Another problem is that not all programs are __30__ ones. Children also learn something bad from TV.

(   ) 21. A. make       B. take            C. spend           D. keep

(   ) 22. A. days       B. hours           C. minutes         D. weeks

(   ) 23. A. class      B. school          C. teachers        D. TV

(   ) 24. A. family     B. country         C. world           D. time

(   ) 25. A. match      B. player          C. team            D. fan

(   ) 26. A. teach      B. like             C. mind            D. talk

(   ) 27. A. bad        B. awful           C. popular         D. fun

(   ) 28. A. a little   B. little          C. too much        D. too many

(   ) 29. A. money      B. time            C. information      D. work

(   ) 30. A. bad        B. interesting       C. boring         D. good

阅读理解

　　Some people have very good memories (记忆力), and can easily learn quite long poems (诗) by hearts. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them over and over.

　　Charles Dickens, the famous English author, said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many great men of the world have had wonderful memories.

　　A good memory is a good help in learning a language. Everybody knows his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. Some children - like boys and girls who live in foreign countries with their parents - seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In schools, it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well.

　　The human mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photographs not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo graph is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can make a picture remain for ever in the mind.

　　Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.

1．________ have good memories.

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A．Some great people

B．Only great people

C．The children who live in foreign countries with their parents

D．The pupils who study a second language in schools

2．It is said in the passage that Charles Dickens could remember things by ________.

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A．looking at them over and over

B．saying them over and over

C．looking at them over

D．saying them loudly once

3．Everybody learns his own language by ________.

[　　]

A．taking photographs with a camera and remaining them in the mind

B．being taught when he is a small child

C．remembering what he hears when he is a small child

D．going to other countries

4．According to the passage, it is ________ to learn a second language in their own countries than in foreign countries.

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5．Which of the following is true?

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A．Memory is very important in learning a foreign language.

B．A person learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is born.

C．An adult can pick up a language more easily than a child.

D．Our memory is just like a camera.

阅读理解

　　Some people have very good memories (记忆力), and can easily learn quite long poems (诗) by hearts. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them over and over.

　　Charles Dickens, the famous English author, said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many great men of the world have had wonderful memories.

　　A good memory is a good help in learning a language. Everybody knows his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child. Some children - like boys and girls who live in foreign countries with their parents - seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In schools, it is not easy to learn a second language because the pupils have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects as well.