“Are you listening, Simon?” Simon’s teacher asks.

Simon smiles and shakes his head. He doesn’t often listen or try hard in class. _31_ is so much better. He wants to be heard. That evening, Simon starts to feel a little bit sick. By bedtime, his throat feels really bad. He has ice cream and hot chocolate to make his throat feel better, but he isn’t sure it’ll _32_.

The next _33_. When he opens his mouth to say, “Good morning,” nothing comes out but a “Guh”.

When he gets to school, Mrs.jacobs says ”hello” to him, and he just nods. When his friends start to ask him what TV shows he watches, he just can’t say anything. By the time they start _34_, almost everyone is looking at him as if he’s got a third eye.

Simon sits in class, bored _35_ he can’t talk to his classmates. He watches them talk to each other, but he can’t even do that.

You know what? It isn’t that bad. He can really do his _36_ that night. It gives _37_ more TV and game time because his work is all done.

The next day, his voice is _38_ back, but he stays quiet again. The third day, he can talk _39_, but he doesn’t talk. He listens and puts up his _40_ to speak.

What a difference that one day makes!

1. shake 摇晃   2. throat 咽喉    3. nod 点头     4. bored 无聊的     5. quiet 安静的

31. A. Standing            B. Sitting                C. Talking              D. Listening

32. A. work               B. study                 C. go                 D. use

33. A. evening             B. morning              C. week               D. time

34. A. work               B. class                 C. school              D. game

35. A. so                 B. after                  C. but                D. because

36. A. homework          B. housework             C. writing             D. reading

37. A. her                B. him                   C. it                  D. them

38. A. coming             B. going                  C. turning             D. giving

39. A. alone              B. hard                   C. back               D. fine

40. A. car                B. head                   C. hand               D. arm

You may go on a trip to someplace in the coming summer holiday. Please read the following passage carefully.

One bag, that’s it.

The importance of packing light cannot be overemphasized(过度强调). Limit yourself to 20 pounds in a carry-on bag. A 9’× 22’ ×14’ bag fits under most airplane seats. And after you enjoy that sweet mobility and freedom, you’ll never go any other way.

You’ll walk with your luggage(行李) more than you think you will. Before leaving home, give yourself a test. Pack up completely, and practice being a tourist for an hour. Fully loaded（全副武装）, you should enjoy window-shopping. If you can’t, go home and thin things out.

Packing light isn’t just about the trip over and back—it’s about your traveling lifestyle. Too much luggage marks you as a typical tourist. Changing locations becomes an important operation. With only one bag, you’re mobile and in control. Take this piece of advice seriously. Pack light, and pack smart. These days, you can’t bring anything possibly dangerous—such as knives, lighters or large amounts of liquid (液体)—in your bag.

What to bring?

How do you fit a whole trip’s worth of luggage into a small backpack or suitcase(衣箱)? The answer is simple: bring very little.

Bring out everything you think you might need on the floor. Pick up one item(件) at a time and check it. Ask yourself—not “Will I use it?”, but—“Will I use it enough to feel good about carrying it all the way? The world is getting really small—you can buy Colgate toothpaste, Nivea cream and Gillette razors in almost every country.

Think about what you can do without—not what will be convenient on your trip. When in doubt, leave it out.

(    )61. What do the last two paragraphs mainly talk about?

    A. Packing light is a kind of travelling lifestyle.      

    B. Packing light can give you mobility and freedom.

    C. How to find out what to take and what not to take on a trip.

    D. How to find out if your luggage is too heavy.

(    )62. You are allowed to take _______with you when you travel according to the passage.

    A. Colgate toothpaste      B. lighters      C. knives     D. a great deal of liquid

(    )63. The underlined part “thin things out” possibly means________.

      A. make things thin to bring                           B. make your luggage lighter

      C. take out dangerous things                          D. throw useless things away

(    )64. The writer seems to believe that _________.

    A. people had better bring nothing when they travel

    B. people can use Nivea cream only in their home town    

    C. the importance of packing light is overemphasized now

    D. you will be easily seen as a tourist with a lot of luggage

(    )65. What is the best title for the passage?

    A. Dying for a trip                        B. Things to take on a trip

    C. Pack light and pack right                 D. Travelling---a typical way of life 

If you look at the sky one night and see something moving and shining that you have never seen before, it might be a comet (彗星).

　　A comet sometimes looks like a star. Like a planet, a comet has no light of its own. It shines from the sunlight it reflects (反射). Like the earth, a comet goes round the sun, but on a much longer path (轨道) than the earth travels.

       If a comet isn’t a star, what is it then?

　   Some scientists think that a large part of a comet is water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron and rock dust and perhaps a few big pieces of rock. When sunshine melts (融化) the ice in the comet, great clouds of gas go trailing after it. These clouds, together with the dust, form a long tail.Many people perhaps have seen a comet. However no one knows how many comets there are. There may be millions of comets, but only a few come close enough for us to see.

　　An Englishman named Edmund Halley, who lived from 1656 to 1742, found out a lot about the paths that comets take through the sky. Some comets move out of our sight and never come back. Others keep coming back at regular times. A big comet that keeps coming back was named after Halley because he was the one who worked out when it would come back again. Maybe you have ever seen Halley’s Comets because the last time it came close to the sun and the earth was in the year 1986. Then people all over the world were outside at night to look at it. You will probably be able to see Halley’s Comets when it comes near the earth again.

1.A comet is like ________.

A. sun      B. moon     C. sunlight    D. the earth

2.A large part of a comet is ______.

A. water and rock

B. water frozen into pieces of ice and mixed with iron

C. ice, iron and rock dust

D. only a few big pieces of rock

3.Maybe many people _______.

A. haven’t seen any comets      B. have seen all comets

C. have seen a comet at daytime  D. have seen a comet

4.Some comets keep coming back ________.

A. at any time  B. at noon  C. at regular times  D. at daytime

5.Halley’s Comets came back _____.

A. in 1990    B. in 1980     C. in 1986      D. in 1989