Your junior high school years are coming to an end．After the big exam，most of you will go on to study in a senior（高级）high school．What are you expecting from senior high? Let's hear some Teens readers talk about it．

Zhou Zhijie，15，from Shanghai：

I have heard that although Senior 3 is a hard year，Senior I and Senior 2 are less stressful．I hope there'll be time then to enjoy sports．There will be plenty to see：the Tennis Masters Cup will be held in Shanghai，and of course there is the 2008 Beijing Olympics．I am going to do something for it and I'm sure Hl really enjoy it．

Jin Xin，16，from Harbin，Heilongjiang：

I really enjoy science．I visit many science exhibitions．I am interested in UFOs too．I'm crazy about making model planes，although I'm not very good at it because I don’t really have enough scientific knowledge．I'll be learning more science in senior high．In a word，sometime in the future I'm going to build an excellent model plane!

Wang Yaling，15，from Xiamen，Fujian：

I hope I can be taller in senior high schoo1．I am only 155 cm．Many people grow faster in senior high and I hope I will too．I want to be 162 cm．But I'm not so sure about that，since most girls in my family don't grow any taller than 160cm．I hope I'm different．

Zhang Fang，15，from Puyang，Henan：

I expect that I'll make more friends in senior high．I study in a middle school in the country．Most of my classmates live nearby．In senior high，Hl meet different people from different areas．I hope I can learn new things from them．

1．It seems that              has a special interest in sports．

A．Zhou Zhijie           B．Jin Xin                    C．Wang Yaling           D．Zhang Fang

2．Jin Xin believes that it needs             to make an excellent model plane．

A．a quite long time                                      B．a lot of scientific knowledge

C．knowledge of UFOs                                   D．help from senior high teachers

3．Wang Yaling and Zhang Fang                 ．

A．are from one city                                     B．have a similar dream

C．are the same age                                        D．have a similar problem

4．The underlined word “stressful” in the first talk probably means “making one feel          ”．

A．busy and nervous                                    B．free and easy

C．unsuccessful and sad                                 D．safe and happy

5．Tile students in the passage are talking about                 ．

A．their hobbies        B．their experiences      C．their schools           D．their wishes

　　Matt comes from New York. He loves rap music. When he walks between classes he always wears headphones（耳机）. His classmates respect __4__because he's big for his age and he's really noisy! In his free time he watches action movies and practices Kung Fu. Today he is __5__ part in a Kung Fu competition. Good luck, Matt!

　　Brad is one of Matt's classmates. He was born in Sydney __6__ his parents are from Poland. He speaks Polish and English when he's at home. Brad is a quiet boy, but he can be very funny. He likes speaking Polish to his classmates. Matt gets very __7__ when he can't understand him! Brad's favorite sport is __8__. He wakes up early and trains（锻炼）every day before school.

　　Lucy is __9__ of my favorite students. She's a tall, beautiful girl from London. She's a good student and she's always studying. Sometimes she __10__sleep because she thinks too much about her classes! Lucy loves Beijing but she doesn't like the summer. She says it's too hot! She wants to study medicine when she leaves school. I hope she's successful（成功）!

Nearly 600 years ago in Beijing，some workers made an excellent bell（钟，铃）．It was 6.75 metres high，3.3 metres in diameter（直径）and 46.5 tons（吨）in weight．Its loud and clear sound could be heard 50 kilometres away at night when everything was quiet．Even now it would be very difficult to make such a wonderful bell．

But then there was a problem：how could they move it to the temple? The big bell was made in their factory：The temple was on the other side of the city．They had to move it through the streets across the city．At that time they had no machine to lift it or move it for such a long way．

Finally they had an idea：they dug（挖）a small river from their factory to the temple．Then they poured water into it．In winter the water in the small river froze to make an “ice road”．They tied thick wood to the bottom of the bell，pulled the bell to the ice and skated it along on top of the ice to the temple．

This wonderful bell，named the Yong Le Bell，is the largest one in China．Now it is stored in the Great Bell Temple in the west of Beijing．

1．Which sentence is TRUE about the Yong Le Bell?

A．It had loud and clear sound．                   B．It was made more than 600 years ago．

C．It was 6.75 tons in weight．                        D．At that time it was very easy to make it．

2．Which of the following is UNNECESSARY for the workers to move the bell?

A．The small river．                                     B．Cold weather．

C．The thick wood．                                      D．Quiet night．

3．What does the underlined word “froze” mean?

A．融化                   B．上冻                    C．上涨                   D．下降

4．What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．How the bell was moved．                       B．How the bell was made．

C．Who made the bell．                                   D．Where the bell was made．

　　Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower, little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is rising seawater, The temperature has risen over the years. This has made Arctic be melt（融化）. Every year, high waters hit the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is under water. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower.

(1) The underlined word“Arctic”means“________”.

A．117 waterways can make your trip easy

B．You can talk to other people while you go along

C．It is not only easy but also you can enjoy yourself better

A．The first people coming to the island were Italians.

B．They came to Venice, because they liked the place very much.

C．They came here at the year 1500.

A．the position of Venice

B．the history of Venice

C．the problem of Venice