The Sound of Speed （速度）

Kathy was a university student. Like most students she had very little money, but she wanted to buy a car.

“If I can buy one really cheap that works, ”she thought, “I will save money on bus fares（车费）. Then I’ll have more to spend on food. ”

She spent a day looking at cars in the second-hand car yards（车场）.Most of them were much too expensive, but at last found one for＄250.

The car was rusty and the paint was badly damaged（损坏）,but it worked .

“It’s got a good engine ,”the salesman said, “and the gear box（变速箱）is O.K. Forget everything else.”

Kathy bought the car and drove it out of the car yard. Everything was wrong with it except for the engine and gear box, which worked very well.

“As long as they work,” Kathy thought, “nothing else matters. The salesman was right.”

Unfortunately, a few days later, while she was driving to her university, a police car drove up beside her and made her stop. A young policeman got out of his car and walked around Kathy’s car. He looked at it disbelievingly.

He made a list of the things wrong with the car. It was a very long list.

Then he looked inside the car.

“Does your speedometer work?” he asked.

Kathy shook （摇）her head.

“It is against the law（法律）,miss,” he said, “not to know how fast you are travelling.”

Kathy smiled at him sweetly.

“Oh, but I do know how fast I am travelling,”she said. “Up to 30 miles an hour, the doors rattle. Between 31 and 50 miles an hour, the whole car rattles. Over 50 miles an hour, I rattle.”

1．Why did Kathy want a car?

A．She liked driving

B．All her friend had cars.

C．College was a long way from her home

D．She wanted to save money on bus fares

2．What kind of car did Kathy buy?

A．a very fast car                 B．a rusty old car

C．an police car                  D．an expensive second –hand car

3．Why was Kathy pleased with the car at first?

A．It was a very good car.

B．The engine and gear box worked well.

C．There weren’t many things wrong with it. 

D．It went very fast

4．Why did the policeman look at Kathy’s car disbelievingly?

A．He thought Kathy was telling lies.

B．He did not trust students.

C．The car had so many things wrong with it.

D．Kathy had broken the law.

5．How did Kathy know how fast she was travelling?

A．She looked at the speedometer.    

B．It couldn’t go faster than 50 miles an hour.

C．Because she knew what the rattles meant.

D．The police officer told her.

     The earth is changing. Tomorrow it will be different. All the living things on the earth are changing. Even people are changing, and tomorrow you will be different.

     There are many kinds of change, and many different things than cause change. People need to realize the changes, to learn to see them, and to learn what causes change.

     Human beings must solve many problems so that they can continue to live successfully. War is one of these problems. Disease and natural disaster are problems. Having enough food and energy for the growing number of people in the world is a problem. Most problems can be solved, but some are impossible to solve. The way in which people solve problems affects how long and how well they can live.

     As people solve their problems, they change things, and changes often cause new problems for people and for other living things on the earth. Sometimes the new problems seem even worse than the old ones. Human beings will probably never stop having problems to solve. Can you use your imagination to describe a world that has no problems at all ?

61.The reason why everything is changing is that______.

  A. people want them to be changing 

B. there’re many different things that cause them to change

  C. the living things are changing             D. the world is too small

62.People need to solve problems because______.

  A. there will be more and more new problems if they don’t solve the old ones.

  B. the problems are difficult to solve

  C. they have to go on living                 D. there are so many things that are changing

63.New problems appear ______.

   A. because old problems aren’t solved.       B. because people don’t solve them

   C. because some people are foolish          D. when people are solving old ones

64.Which of the following if wrong according to the passage ?

   A. Disaster and war are two of the problems people have to solve.

   B. People need to solve all the problems at the same time.

   C. The way people solve problems has much to do with their life.

   D. People can’t solve all the problem at one time.

 65.The underlined word “disaster” in the passage probably means “______” in Chinese.

   A.灾难            B.资源              C.条件            D.环境

The Power of Dream

When your dream is to become a footballer, nothing should get in your way—even if you have no feet.

Gabriel Muniz, an 11-year-old Brazil kid, was born without feet. Although his family thought he would have serious difficulties living a normal life, he started walking before he was one year old. His mother would go after him, expecting him to keep falling, but he never fell. It took him a while to make the jump from walking to playing football, but he did make it. And, in fact, there’s nothing he loves more than playing football. In his school, the skillful youngster is not only the best player in his school team but also the captain of his gym team.

He knows that his disability means he’ll never be able to play for a professional football team. So Gabriel is hoping that football will one day become a Paralympics (残疾人奥运会的) sport. He proved to everyone there he can go head to head with any other boy. Watching him play is unbelievable. He’s fast and he’s got a big bag of tricks—he’s very skilled and he does everything he can to copy his idol, Messi. So much so that he was invited to go to Spain to meet his idol Messi and show his talent in the Barcelona Football Club.

His coach said he is proving the disability only exists inside our heads and he is challenging the social rules.

1What’s wrong with Gabriel Muniz?

    A. He was born without feet.   

    B. He can’t see and hear anything. 

    C. He often argues with his partners.           

    D. He always gives trouble to his family. 

2 According to the passage we can know that Gabriel Muniz ____________.

    A. thinks others look down upon him   

    B. is a professional football player

    C. prefers playing for a club              

    D. is a skillful football player

3 Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

    A. The boy’s family was surprised he can walk well.

    B. The boy wants to play football in the Paralympics.  

    C. The boy has too much difficulty living a normal life.

    D. The social has noticed the boy’s hard job and talent.