It seems to be strange to you that there is a blind spot (盲点)on the eyes. Here is an interesting experiment (实验) that can make something disappear, when one eye is open.
Make a card about the size of a postcard and write two English letters L and R on it, L on the left and R on the right. First, hold the card about 80 cm away and you see both the letters. Then close your right eye and look at the letter R only with your left eye. And now, as you move the card slowly towards you, you’ll find the letter L disappearing. But if you move the card nearer to your face, the letter will be seen again. Now do the same experiment with your left eye closed, you’ll find the letter R disappearing.
Why does the letter disappear? It is because there is a blind spot on the eyes. When the image (影像) of the letter falls on the blind spot, it won’t be seen. That is why either of the letters disappears.
【小题1】The writer of the passage thinks that ________ there is a blind spot on the eyes.

阅读下面短文，然后根据括号内所给汉语的意思写出单词的正确形式（每空一词）。
Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor family and was in school for only four years. He has to do more work, but he’s paid 1      (较少的). He likes to watch football matches very much and 2       (花费)a lot of time on it.
One evening there was a big football match. He 3      (借)some money from his friend and hurried there. There were a lot of people there. And all the tickets were 4      (卖)out. He 5     (感到)sorry for it. He saw a pole(电线杆)outside the playground and climbed it up quickly. A policeman came and said, “It’s dangerous to stay on it. Come down!”
“Wait a minute, please!” Henry said and just at the moment the policeman 6        (听到) cheers in the playground and asked in a hurry, “Which team has kicked a goal?” “Ours!” “Wonderful! You can stay there but take care,” the policeman said 7        (高兴地) and left. When the match would soon be over, he came back again and asked, “Who’s 8      (赢)?” “Theirs, 3-2.” “Come down,” the policeman said 9        (生气地). “Such a match that we shouldn’t10         (观看) it.”
Henry had to come down. But soon they heard cheers again. The policeman said in a hurry, “Climb up quickly and see who’s kicked a goal!”

先通读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从下面四个答案中选择可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
Li Hua is thirteen years old. He’s a   【小题1】 . He’s the only child in the family. He doesn’t   【小题2】 his things.
One morning when the students of Class Two are   【小题3】 an English class, Li Hua goes to the door and says, “   【小题4】  I come in, Mr. Wang ?”
“Oh, you are  【小题5】 again,” says the teacher, “Can you tell me why you are late ?”
“My grandma  【小题6】 some apples, bananas and bread in my schoolbag this morning. I take the schoolbag with me after I have【小题7】. But   【小题8】 my way to school, I find there are no  【小题9】 in my schoolbag. I have to  【小题10】 and take them.”

Maybe you know floods, droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms and so on. But have you ever heard of typhoons?
Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September.
How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates into the air. This makes the air hotter. When the air gets warm enough, it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in. It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles, and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second, a typhoon begins.
A typhoon has two parts. One is called the "eye". In the eye, the wind does not move so fast. The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. This is where the strongest wind and hardest rains are.
Typhoons are very dangerous. In 2004, Typhoon Yunna killed 164 people in Zhejiang, and 24 people were missing. In May 2006, Typhoon Pearl hit Guangdong and Fujian, and thousands of houses were damaged.
What to do when a typhoon hits:
·Stay inside, close all the windows and stay away from them.
·Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!
·Listen to the radio or TV for important information.
·If you're told to go to a safer place, do so right away.
【小题1】Which picture can tell meaning of the underlined sentences "... it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in. '?

【小题2】When a typhoon comes, we cannot

Basketball is still a young game. It's over a hundred years old. In the winter of 1891, a certain college was having some trouble with its boy students. The weather was bad and the students had to stay indoors. As they couldn't play outdoors, they were unhappy, and some even got into fights from time to time.
　　Some of the teachers, at the college asked Dr. Naismith to invent a game so that the students might have something to play with. It was not easy to invent such a game because it had to be played indoors , and the court (球场) was not very large.
　　Dr. Naismith thought for a few days and invented a kind of ball game. It was a fast, wonderful game with much moving and passing of the ball. It was played between two teams. To make a score , the ball had to be thrown into the basket ten feet(英尺) above the floor on the wall . At each end of the court there was such a basket. At first, Dr. Naismith wanted to throw the ball into a box. As he could not find boxes of the right size, he had to use fruit baskets instead. That is how the game got its name.
【小题1】 How long is it since basketball was invented?