Would you like to go to Beijing, our capital? It's far away from Guangdong. It's 2313 kilometers from Beijing to Guangdong. The city of Kunming is 2216 kilometers away from Guangdong. It's always very warm there. But it's very hot in summer in Wuhan. It's 1084 kilometers from Guangdong to Wuhan. Changsha is near Guangdong. It’s 726 kilometers from Changsha to Guangdong. Do you know which city is the biggest in China? It’s Shanghai. It’s 1811 kilometers from Guangdong to Shanghai. If you travel (旅行) by air, you'll find it very interesting and fast enough to fly from Guangdong to Beijing. It only takes you about four hours and you’ll get there easily, safely and unhurriedly(从容不迫)．But traveling by train is quite different. You have to stay on the train for over thirty hours to arrive in Beijing. More and more people like to travel by air. You can see why, can't you?

1. 1.

   How far is it from Changsha to Guangdong?

   1. A.
      1084 kilometers
   2. B.
      2216 kilometers
   3. C.
      726 kilometers
   4. D.
      706 kilometers
2. 2.

   If you go to Beijing, our capital, you'll know _________

   1. A.
      It's not far away from all the other cities in China
   2. B.
      You have to travel long by train from Guangdong to Beijing
   3. C.
      It's not far away from us all
   4. D.
      It's not far away from Guangdong
3. 3.

   From the passage, we know ______ has the longest way to Guangdong except Beijing

   1. A.
      Wuhan
   2. B.
      Changsha
   3. C.
      Shanghai
   4. D.
      Kunming
4. 4.

   Which one is WRONG?

   1. A.
      Wuhan is very hot in summer
   2. B.
      It's as warm in winter in Kunming as Beijing
   3. C.
      It's 1084 kilometers from Wuhan to Guangdong
   4. D.
      It's warm in winter in Guangdong
5. 5.

   It takes more than 30 hours to arrive in Beijing from ______ by train

   1. A.
      Guangdong
   2. B.
      Kunming
   3. C.
      Changsha
   4. D.
      Shanghai

--- Why can't Ann come to my party tonight?

--- She has to study ________ her science test ________ Tuesday morning.

1. A.
   for; at
2. B.
   of; at
3. C.
   for; on
4. D.
   of; on

I’m 14, a year younger than most of my classmates.
A week ago one of my classmates, Nitin, asked me for help with math homework. We ended up talking about computers and file-sharing（共享文件）. As we talked I found that he was more experienced and could teach me about file-sharing and networking. We went to his room and watched a movie about robots that he’d downloaded. The math homework was forgotten.
The next day he came again for homework help “What do you do on weekends?” he asked. The truth is, when I have work to do, I do it. I have no special time to kill with friends. I was embarrassed about this. I expected him to think I was boring and said, “Get a life!” He said, “OK. You’re having trouble getting along with people I can show you. I’m old than you.”
Later, he checked my computer. He even connected me to an Internet chess server（服务器）.He was becoming like a big brother.
But when I thought about it, I didn’t really want Nitin’s help” His big-brother idea began to bore me.
“I’ll get you some cool computer programs（程序）”.
“I’ll teach you how to talk to girls.”
He meant what he was saying, but I don’t know why it didn’t make me feel good. Since then he’s hardly talked to me; we seem to have forgotten each other. I don’t think he can “teach” me much, and I don’t think much of him. But I could be wrong·
【小题1】What did Mitin help me do?

When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.

My mother has realized the disadvantages of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker. I said in a voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.” And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, “Why he doesn’t send me the cheek. It’s already two weeks late.”

And then, in perfect English I said: “I’m getting rather anxious .You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.” Then she talked more loudly. “What does he want? I’ll come to New York and say it in front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t accept any more excuses. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”

The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English. When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is clear and direct. It was the language that helped me form the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.

1.Why was the author’s mother poorly treated?

A. She couldn’t speak English well.

B. Her English was very good.

C. She was not clearly heard.

D. She was not very polite.

2.From Paragraph 2, what can we know about the author?

A. She was good at pretending.

B. She was rude to the stockbroker.

C. She was ready to help her mother.

D. She was unwilling to phone for her mother

3.What does the author think of her mother’s English now?

A. It confuses her.

B. It embarrasses her.

C. It helps her understand the world.

D. It helps her forgive rude people.

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Chinese English is clear and natural to native speakers.

B. Chinese English may bring inconvenience in America.

C. Chinese English has a very bad name in America.

D. Chinese English is impolite to native speakers.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Great Mother   B. A Chance 

C. Mother’s Chinese English  D. Perfect English

Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

    The eye-recognition（识别）programme is already being tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon, this technology will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.

    However, scientists are working on other systems. Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.

Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the programme can be up to 94％ correct, depending on how good the technology is. Some programmes may only be right  51％ of the time. In Britain, it was found that 91％ of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition. In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye. So smile!

1.How does the eye-recognition programme work?

   A. You write your number.

B. You show your ID card.

   C. You look at the machine.

D. You say your name.

2.Why can the programme be up to 94％ correct?

   A. Because eyes never change.

   B. Because hands or fingers can get dirty.

   C. Because people like the idea of the programme.

   D. Because the programme is widely used around the world.

3.Which of the following is true?

   A. The programme is being tested in Japan.

   B. Machines with other systems can also tell who you are.

C. 91％ of people like the idea of the programme.

   D. Computers can remember you by looking at your clothes.

4.What does this passage mainly talk about?

   A. Introduction to some kinds of programmes.    

B. Introduction to the eye-recognition programme.

C. The way how the eye-recognition programme works.    

D. The places where the eye-recognition programme is tested.