Imagine there is a bank that puts $86,400 in your account（账户）each morning．It carries over no balance from day to day．Every evening the bank writes off（注销）the balance that you failed to use during the day．What would you do? Take out every cent，of course!

Each of us has such a bank．Its name is TIME．Every morning，it puts in 86,400 seconds．Every evening it writes off, as it is lost．There is no balance or overdraft（透支）．If you fail to use the day's savings，the lost is yours．There is no going back．There is no taking from “tomorrow”．You must make good use of it so as to get more in health，happiness and success!

The clock is running．Make the most of today．To realize the value of ONE YEAR，ask a student who failed a grade；To realize the value of ONE MONTH，ask a mother who gave birth to a premature（早产）baby；To realize the value of ONE WEEK，ask the editor of a weekly newspaper；To realize the value of ONE HOUR，ask the lovers who are waiting to meet；To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train；To realize the value of ONE SECOND，ask a person who just avoided（避免）an accident．

Make good use of every moment that you have．Remember that time waits for no one．Yesterday is history．Tomorrow is a mystery．Today is a gift．That's why it's called “The Present”．

1．The underlined word “balance” in paragraph l means                  ．

A．平衡                   B．贷款                    C．余款                   D．提款

2．What is special about the TIME bank we each have?

A．We can store time in it whenever we like．

B．Someone puts $86，400 in it every day．

C．The time in it will surely get lost if you don't use it．

D．Someone helps you spend your time every night．

3．What can be the best title of the passage?

A．The Bank of Money                                 B．The Bank of Time

C．The value of one hour                                D．The clock is running

4．In this passage，the writer tries to tell us                    ．

A．what a bank is                                         B．how to save money

C．the difference of time units                         D．to make good use of time

In a surprising result, the No. 69 Middle School girls' football team yesterday beat their school's boys' team. The boys' team often helped the girls with their training (训练). They had never lost to the girls before, but this time the girls beat them 4 — 3.
After the game, Wu Nai, head of the boys' team, was very unhappy. "We all thought this would be an easy game," he said. "We never thought a team of girls could beat us. This is the saddest day of my life. "
But Mr Hu, the boys' PE teacher, said he thought the girls should win. "The boys were too confident (自信)," he said. "I told them before the match that they needed to play well. They all thought that girls' football was a joke. Now they know better. They didn't play care­fully, and they lost."
The match had started well for the boys. After 30 minutes, they were winning 2 - 0. Their best player, Lu Ming, scored in the thirtieth minute. Earlier, the mid-field player, Ma Zhengquan, had scored the first goal in only the second minute of the match.
After the first half hour, the boys seemed to become too confident. At first, the girls had felt a bit nervous (紧张), but then they became more and more confident. Just before half time, Li Xiaolin made the score 2 - 1.
In the second half, the boys were the first to score. It was from Lu Ming. After that the boys became lazy, but the girls kept on working hard. Hao Meiling scored in the 68th minute, to make the score 3 — 2. Then Li Xiaolin scored twice in the last six minutes to make the last score 4-3. It was a surprising finish.
The girls' PE teacher, Miss Wang, was very pleased with their work. "They were great!" She said. "I told them they could win. I told them that the most important thing was teamwork. The boys' team had some good players, but my girls were a better team!"
【小题1】   Who scored the first goal in the match?

A．Lu Ming.

B．Ma Zhengquan.

C．Li Xiaolin.

D．Hao Meiling.

【小题2】  How many goals did Li Xiaolin score?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D． Four.

【小题3】   Why could the girls' team beat the boys' in the football match?

A． Because the boys' team helped the girls with their training.

B． Because the boys had never lost to the girls before.

C． Because the boys' team won the first half.

D． Because the girls played together better and worked harder.

【小题4】   Which of the following is right?

A． The girls made only one goal in the first half.

B． The girls even made 3 more goals than the boys in the second half.

C． Many people thought the girls could beat the boys before the match.

D． The girls' team had some better players than the boys'.

【小题5】   Choose the right order according to the passage.
a.   The girls' PE teacher told them that they could win.
b.   Wu Nai, head of the boys' team was very unhappy.
c.   The match started well for the boys.
d.   The girls kicked the second goal in the match.

A． a-b-c-d

B． b-c-d-a

C． d-c-a-b

D．a-c-d-b

Recently，a solar powered（太阳能动力的）plane took to the sky for the first time．It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world．

The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland（瑞士）at 45km an hour．It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky．

“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project．

During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns．It climbed nearly 1．6km above the countryside．

    Engineers plan to test a night flight before July．Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane．They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012．

The plane flies at 70 km an hour．That is faster than a bike and slower than a car．Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world．The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time．

“We want to fly it day and night with no fuel (燃料),” Piccard said

1．How long did the first flight of the solar powered plane last？

A．45 minutes       B．60 minutes        C．70 minutes        D．90 minutes

2．What’s the most special about the plane？

A．It uses no fuel                              B．It’s the fastest plane

C．It can fly highest                            D．It’s the heaviest plane

3．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The plane goes much faster than a car

B．The plane took off at a speed of 45km an hour

C．Engineers plan to test a night flight before July

D．The plane will fly in the air or up to five days at a time

4．Which column（栏目）of a newspaper may the passage come from？

A．Food and Health                       B．Scientist and Technology

C．Culture and Communication              D．Sports and Entertainment