38. What conclusion(结论) can we draw from the passage?

　 A. Groundwater can be quickly replaced by other water once pumped out.

　 B. Groundwater is very valuable.

　 C. Groundwater has nothing to do with human beings.　　　　

　 D. Groundwater travel in an unknown way.

1-4 BCCB

(II) ★★★

Satellites are an important part of our ordinary lives．For example, the information for weather forecasts is sent by satellite．Some satellites have cameras which take photographs of the Earth to show how clouds are moving．Satellites are also used to connect our international phone calls．

Computer connections of the World Wide Web and Internet also use satellites. Many of our TV programs come to US through satellites．Airplane pilots also sometimes use a satellite to help them find their exact location．

We use satellites to send television pictures from one part of the world to another．They are usually 35，880 kilometers above the equator．Sometimes we can see a satellite in the sky and it seems to stay in the same place．This is because it is moving around the world at 11，000 kilometers an hour-exactly the same speed that the earth rotates．A satellite must orbit the Earth with its antennae(天线)facing the earth．Sometimes, it moves away from its orbit，So there are little rockets on it which are used to put the satellite back in the right position．This usually happens about every five or six days．

Space is not empty! Every week, more and more satellites are sent into space to orbit the Earth．A satellite usually works for about 10-12 years．Satellites which are broken are sometimes repaired by astronauts or sometimes brought back to Earth to be repaired．Often，very old or broken satellites are left in space to orbit the Earth for a very long time．This is very serious because some satellites use nuclear power and they can crash into each other．

37. The underlined word “pumped” in the passage can be replaced by________.

　 A. run　　　　　　　　　 B. pushed　　　　　　

C. drawn　　　　　 　　　D. picked

36. The groundwater seems to________.

　 A. be just on the ground　　　　 B. be pure water like that in a lake or river

　 C. exist in rocks and sand　　　 D. flow along like rivers or streams

35.In which order does water go around Earth?

　 a .Fall down as rain or snow.　

b. Heated up by the sun on lakes, oceans and other wet places.

　 c. Cool off high in the sky.　　

d.　 Form clouds.　　

e.　 Change into vapour.

　 A. dacbe　　　 　　B. becda　　　　　 C. caebd　　　　　 D. bceda

4. The passage in mainly about 　　　___________.

A. how Chinese students won the awards in the competition

B. why bloggers should take responsibility for their blogs

C. what the result of the competition was

D. how Miss Gao won the first prize in the competition

1-4 DBCC

3. What Miss Gao said suggests that　　 ___________.

A. she likes to blame the authorities　 　　　　　　　　 B. she thinks highly of the others’ blogs

C. she has a sense of responsibility　 　　　　　　　　　 D. she loves to read valuable posts

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Not all the themes were about local subjects.

B. Chinese students won most of the awards.

C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.

D. The judges were from universities in Singapore and China.

1. The competition was organized by ___________.

A. the National University of Singapore　 　　　　　 B. Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao

C. the Saint Andrew’s Junior College　　 　　　　　 D. Innova Junior College

5．We can infer from the passage that　　　　　 .

A．the boom of economy will need a larger amount of water in the future

B．citizens today in Shanghai drink the best quality of water in the world

C．not everyone today in Shanghai is aware of water shortage

D．all the family toilets will be renovated to save water within 3 years

1-5 DDDBC

(V)★★★

Only three local students won Chinese Blog(博客)Competition. And 15 of the 18 awards went to students from China.

170 students’ task: to get a fully-designed blog up and running, complete with many postings based on a theme of choice-all written in Chinese.

Themes ranged from local opinions－such as the usage of Singlish, education and whether Singapore can be a cultural centre－to food blogs. _K^S*5U.C#O

The entries were judged on Language proficiency(熟练程度)and the quality of writing, as well as the design and level of exchanging ideas with readers.

Academics(学者) from the National University of Singapore and the SIM University IT experts, and a journalist from Chinese newspaper Lianhe Zaobao in Singapore made up the judges.

In the end, only three Singaporean students made it to the award list-the rest of the awards were swept up by students from China.

　“No surprise, ” said Mr. Chow Yaw Long, 37, teachers in charge from Innova Junior College, which organized the event. “Although the topics were local subjects, the foreign students were generally better in terms of the content of the posts and their grasp of the Chinese language. ”

One of the three local students winning the first prize in the Best Language Award was blogger Christina Gao 19, from the Saint Andrew’s Junior College, who spared no effort in researching for and writing her blog. Each entry took her between five and seven days to produce, complete with pictures and even podcasts(播客). _K^S*5U.C#O

Her advice for bloggers is: Be responsible(负责任的).

“Some bloggers out there only seek to blame(责备) the authorities and other bloggers.” Said Miss Gao. “I think they lack responsibilities and there is no value to their posts.”

4．Which group of measures are all mentioned in the passage to save water?

a．improve drinking water quality　

b．change some industrial structure

c．introduce or use some new technology

d．speed the economic development of Shanghai

e．renovate some family toilets

f．build more sewage treatment factories

A．a, b, c, d　　　　　 B．b, c, e, f　　　　　

C．b, c, d, e　　　 D．a, b, e, f