阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。

   Fuzhou is a beautiful city in China. It has developed  1 in recent years. Mr. Chen 2 there for more than forty years. He has seen the changes in Fuzhou    3 . He is a teacher. He    4  in a school.

   In the past, the roads in the city   5  very narrow. Usually, a big family was crowded in a small house. Many families couldn’t get enough food and  6  children had the chance to receive a good education. Life was so hard that people had no time or money  7 leisure activities.

 

 But nowadays, the ring roads have appeared and they are quite wide. People’s houses are becoming 8  than before. With the 9  of Fuzhou, people’s living conditions have improved a lot. People can enjoy   10  life. I hope Fuzhou will be better and better in the future.

1 A. rapid          B. rapidly         C. slowly         D. slow

2 A. living          B. lived          C. live           D. has lived

3 A. herself         B. him           C. her            D. himself

4 A. to teacher       B. teaching       C. teaches        D. teach

5 A. were           B. are           C. was           D. is

6 A. little           B. few           C. many         D. much

7 A. enjoyed        B. enjoy          C. enjoying       D. to enjoy

8 A. tall and bright                    B. tall and brighter

        C. taller and brighter                 D. taller and bright

9 A. development      B. develop      C. developed      D. developing

10 A. uncomfortable     B. comfort      C. comfortable    D. comfortably

阅读下面对话和短文，根据其内容，选择最佳答案。

    Salesman： $73.07，please.

    Peter： What? Show me the receipt.

    Salesman： Here it is.

    Peter： Look. The price on this shirt is $17. But the receipt says $27.

    Salesman： You are right. The receipt is wrong.

    Peter： And what is the $5.57 for?

    Salesman： That’s for tax（税）.

   1   The $5.57 is for the ___________.

A. tax            B. bags       C. jacket         D. shirt

   2   When did Peter do shopping?

A. On June 17.    B. At noon.    C. On June 25.    D. At night.

    China has three economic areas(经济区): eastern China，central China，and western China.

Shanxi，Gansu，Qinghai，Xinjiang，Ningxia，Sichuan，Chongqing，Yunnan，Guizhou and Tibet

are in western China. It covers 5，385，700 square kilometres，making up 56.4% of Chinese

territory(国土) and is home to 230 million people. It is 23% of China's population.

    The western area is rich in mineral(矿产) and energy resources(能源) (water，coal，sun

energy，and wind power). It also has large grassland，ice and snow resources waiting to be

developed. It is home to many wild animals and plants，and it gives us with important medicinal

resource.

    The Chinese leaders have decided to develop the western area. Jiang Zemin said，“Without

development of the western area，how can we modernize the whole country，and how can China

become an economic power?”

    Since 1949，when the People's Republic of China was founded，it is not the first time for

China to develop its western part. China will make its western area a long-term base for economic

development and use its rich resources to develop economic power.

   3  The territory of western China is _______.

A. as large as that of eastern China

      B. as large as that of central China

C. as large as that of eastern China and central China

D. the largest one of the three areas

4  Do you know why we develop western China?

      A. Because the people of western China are rich

B. Because it has 230 million people

C. Because it makes up 56.4% of Chinese territory

D. Because we will modernize the whole country

5 An economic power means _____.

A. a rich and strong country

B. a large country

C. a country with much more population

D. a large country without economic development

6 What is the best advantage(优势) of West China?   

A. Its rich resources  B. Animals   C. Plants  D. Its economic power

7 What is the best title for the passage?

A. China-a large country           B. Developing Western China

C. Home to wild animals and plants  D. Rich Western China

    One day James came up to Dick and said，“Look，what I’ve found in Mr. Trotter’s rubbish

bin!” It was a piece of paper. On it were test questions for history. “That’s our history paper. I’m

sure of it，” said James，“ It’s in Mr. Trotter’s handwriting.” “Yes，I think so.” said Dick. “ I’ll sell the

paper for $1 to our classmates.” said James. So in the three days he went round the class and sold

the “test paper” to his classmates. James felt happy because he got $40. All the students were

sure that these questions would be in the test paper. The questions were quite difficult so they

had to work hard at preparing them.

    The day for the exam came. Mr. Trotter walked into the classroom. “History test，”he said

and then gave out the test paper. Oh dear! It was different from the paper that James had found.

None of the questions were the same. None of the students did well. James had to give all their

money back to his classmates. Ever since he has never looked in teachers’rubbish bins again.

8  Who wrote the test questions on the paper?

A. Mr. Trotter. B. James. C. Dick. D. The headmaster.

9  In the end，James got _________ from his classmates.

    A. $40      B. $1    C. no money    D. some money

10 Which of the following was true?

A. The question in the paper were quite easy.

B. James never sold the test paper to his classmates.

C. The test paper Mr. Trotter gave out was different from the one James had found.

D. Some students did very well in the history exam.

　　A lot of inventions are useful to people's life. In 1884, George Eastman invented a kind of film（胶卷）that fit into a small camera（照相机）. Because the new film was easy to use, many people began to buy cameras. When they had used up their film, people returned their cameras to the factory. There, the film was developed, and pictures were printed. Then more film was put into the cameras, which were sent back to the owners, along with their pictures.

　　Eastman's camera made it easy to take pictures. Today's cameras are even easier to use, and people can put in their own film.

　　There are also many new jobs in the field of photography. One of the most important kinds of work is news reporting. Newspapers, magazines, and television all need pictures to tell their stories. Deep-sea divers（潜水员）take pictures of ocean（海洋）plants and animals. Man finds new uses for the inventions every day.

(1）In 1884, George Eastman changed photo by inventing a new kind of ________.

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A．machine

B．factory

C．film

D．camera

(2）Long ago, people sent their cameras to a factory because ________.

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A．they wanted to have their pictures taken by a photographer

B．they wanted their film developed

C．they broke their cameras when taking pictures

D．they wanted to have the cameras cleaned

(3）Why did people begin to buy their own cameras?

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A．Taking and developing pictures became easier.

B．They did not like to go to photographers.

C．They wanted to see what a camera looked like.

D．They wanted to find a way to make their pictures permanent.

(4）Which of the following statements（陈述）is true?

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A．Deep-sea divers do not use cameras.

B．Photographers cannot find jobs today.

C．There are different kinds of cameras.

D．Early man found a way to make photographers aid scientists.

(5）Inventions are ________ to people.

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A．interesting	B．expensive
C．useful	D．strange