Scientists have discovered the world's funniest joke! Dr. Wiseman，from Oxford University in Britain，created a website with jokes on it．He then asked people to rate（定级）the jokes from 1（“not very funny”）to 5（“very funny”）．People could also tell their own jokes．At the end of one year，Wiseman had two million ratings and 40,000 jokes from around the world．

Why study jokes? Dr. Wiseman thinks humor can tell us a lot about people．In Wiseman’s experiment（实验），people from different countries did think different jokes were funny．For example，Europeans rated jokes about serious topic like death “very funny”．North Americans laughed most at jokes that made fun of people．So，what was the world’s funniest joke?

Two men are hunting（打猎）．Suddenly，one man falls down and isn't moving．The other man calls for help on his mobile phone．“Help!” the man says，“I think my friend is dead!” “I can help you，” says the woman on the phone．” “First，are you sure your friend is dead?” It's quiet for a minute．Then the woman hears a gunshot（枪声）．The man returns to the phone．“Yes，he’s dead．Now what?”

In Dr. Wiseman's experiment，people from a number of countries，old and young，men and women，all thought this joke was very funny．What about you?

1．How did Dr. Wiseman find the funniest joke in the world?

A．He asked different scientists for their ideas．

B．He asked people to rate jokes on the website．

C．He asked his students about their favorite jokes．

D．He searched the Internet and chose it by himself．

2．What kinds of jokes made Europeans laugh most?

A．Jokes about hunting．                              B．Jokes about people．

C．Jokes about telephoning．                           D．Jokes about death．

3．Which of the following can best describe the man calling for help in the joke?

A．He is foolish．                                         B．He is confident．

C．He is clever．                                            D．He is dishonest．

4．What can we learn from the passage?

A．The woman told the man to kill his friend．

B．Dr．Wiseman wasn't interested in Asian jokes．

C．All the people in the world liked jokes about death．

D．Dr．Wiseman studied jokes to know about people．

发明改变了世界、改变了我们的生活。比如，电视和自行车给我们的生活带来了许多变化和便利。请你以 “Inventions” 为话题，根据提示写一份值日生报告。先介绍电视和自行车的用途，再发挥想象，说说你想发明的东西，并说明其用涂或发明的理由。

注意：

1．报告应包括以上所有提示的信息，但不要逐字翻译，可适当发挥，使行文连贯；

2．发明的东西可大可小，有其特殊用途即可；

3．词数不少于80。开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Good morning，everyone! Today I'm going to talk about inventions．

Inventions are created every day because people would like to make life easier．There are famous inventions like

That's all．Thank you very much．

1．If you want to get a library card，you ________

A．have to pay one dollar for it

  B．needn’t pay for it

  C．need to borrow five books first

2．Yon can borrow______ at a time．

  A．only one video         B．two CDs               C．five books

3．At the library．you can________．

  A．buy CDs            B．read magazines       C．watch the videos

4．According to the library rules，you can’t_______．

  A．take newspapers home

  B．borrow CDs from the library

  C．listen to music at the library

5．The library has _________．

  A．books in 42 languages

  B．no language tapes

  C．all kinds of video films

Which of the following pictures means“Please don’t make any noise．”?

    A                 B                C                 D

根据下面一篇短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误的用“B''表示。

It’s lunchtime．You’re hungry and want to get your favourite meal in the restaurant，but there are a lot of people waiting at the door．Don’t worry—in cyberworld (网络世界)，you can get your meal just on the Internet.

“Shopping has never been so easy．With just a single click on your mouse，anything that you ordered online can be taken to your door quickly，”said Bian Jing，a twenty-year-old girl．She took part in an online survival(生存)competition held in Shanghai．The competitors were given a little money to use online in 100 hours．

    “I don’t want to spend too much time shopping，so I like doing shopping online better than in a usual store，”said a boy from a middle school． “It’s easy to find the things you want online．”

    If the shoppers buy something online，they can find lower prices and wider choices of things．But many teachers and parents are worried that shopping online is becoming too popular．

    “It’s not a good way for middle school students to spend their money．”said a teacher．“I don’t want them to shop online．”

    “It’s also dangerous to lose money at online stores，because some of them just want to cheat(欺骗)shoppers．”another teacher said．

    Most parents are not willing to pay the money their children spend on the Internet．

1．The boy in the passage likes to go shopping in a usual store better．

2．The girl named Bian Jing thinks ordering things online can save her time．

3．The teachers think shopping online is a good way to spend money.

4．Most parents don’t want their children to do shopping online．

5．The passage mainly describes different opinions of shopping online．

“Wow!”¨said Susan．“I have finished my homework and I’m going to paint a picture of our stairs(楼梯)．It’s for a competition in school tomorrow．”

    “Do you need any help?”Mr．Cooper asked．“It’s almost time for bed．”

    “I’ll be quick．”said Susan．“I wonder what colour to use．”

    “Well, our stairs are brown,”said her father．“Thanks，Dad．”said Susan.

    When she finished her picture，Susan began playing with her brush which was still wet．Then something happened．She dropped the brush right on the picture! There in the middle of her picture was a blob(污点)of brown paint!

    “Oh，Dad! What will I do?”Susan cried．

    “My picture is ruined(污损)．And it’s too late to paint another．”

    “Let me see．”said her father．“The paint blob looks just like a spot(斑点)on a dog．All you have to do is to draw a dog around the spot!”

    “That’s a wonderful idea!”cried Susan．She drew a dog around the blob of brown paint．“That looks just fine．You know，few things are as bad as they seem at first．With a little  imagination you can turn bad into good，”said Susan’s father．

    The next day Susan went to school early．

    When the competition began，Mr. King said，“I’ve chosen three pictures，and I want you to say which one you like best．That picture wins!”The children did not like the first one．The next picture was on black paper，but the stairs were red．So it was not so good．Then Mr. King showed the third painting．It was Susan’s!

    “The stairs are straight．”said Joe．

    “Yes．and the brown paint shows up well on the white paper，”said Lucy．

    “And look at the little dog．”said Terry．“He seems to belong there．”

    The children voted and Susan’s painting won．Mr. King handed her the prize-some paints．

    “Susan had a good idea．”Mr. King said．”That little dog finished a good painting．It made the stairs seem real．”

    Susan smiled．She would not give away her secret．But she could hardly wait to tell her father the news．He was right．With a little imagination you can turn something bad into something good!

1．Susan was going to draw a picture for _________．

    A．fun                             B．her homework

    C．a competition                     D．an exam

2．Susan drew the colour“brown”on the white paper because _________

A．she thought“brown”and“white”looked beautiful together

    B．she didn’t like“red”on black paper

    C．she thought her classmates would like it

    D．the stairs in her house were brown

3．What does the word“something”in this passage mean?

    A．Susan began to paint the picture．

    B．Susan finished painting the picture．

    C．Susan played with her wet brush．

    D．Susan dropped the brush on the picture．

4．Mr．King thought that the picture was ____________．

    A．bad        B．good           C．colourful         D．dark

5．Susan’s father thought that_______．

  A．imagination sometimes could turn bad into good

  B．the colour“brown”looked quite nice on white paper

  C．the little dog made the picture bad

  D．the stairs in the picture looked straight

合理的饮食与我们的健康密切相关。下面是有关食物的四幅图片，请你从A、B、C、D中找出与第1～4各小题相对应的图片，然后请你用英语完成第5小题。

1．Coco eats a lot of fresh fruit and vegetable．She thinks they’re healthy and they taste good．She’s not keen(酷爱)on sweet things and she doesn’t eat much fatty food．

2．Twins love sweet things like cakes and chocolates．They know this kind of food isn’t good for them, but they can’t resist them!

3．Jay Chou says,“I’m afraid I’m keen on junk food-you know，quick，unhealthy food like hamburgers or chips．A lot of people think it’s revolting(厌恶的)，but I like it．I don’t eat many fresh vegetables．”

4．Jackie Chan says, “Crisps are my favorite, I suppose．I know they’re bad for you , but they are delicious especially cheese and onion ones．”

5．Please list two kinds of healthy food：__________．

Home Alone

It was Sunday afternoon．My brother and I were alone at home．My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother．I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV．Suddenly the doorbell rang．Ding-Ding! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the  1  quickly．

A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside．He said that he came to sell books and asked politely  2  our parents were at home．

Without thinking, my brother said, “No”Then the man asked if we would like to  3  some story books．I refused him．When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very  4  and came into our house．He took out a  5  and ordered me to tie up my brother’s hands with a rope．I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie  6  easily．The man then tied my hands up and locked  7  of us in the kitchen．

Soon, he went upstairs to  8  money．I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 9 ．He then untied me．I rushed to the telephone to call the police,  10  the line was dead．The doors were all locked from the outside．It was lucky that the man  11  to lock the kitchen window．We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the  12  pay phone to call the police．

Soon  13  came to our house and the man was caught．By that time, my parents had come home．We told them the whole story．My parents were  14  that we were not hurt．They told me that I should stop my brother from  15  the door to strangers．I learnt a lesson on safety．

1．A．window         B．door         C．book          D．fridge

2．A．if                B．why         C．when         D．how

3．A．lend               B．borrow      C．sell            D．buy

4．A．politely          B．slowly      C．hard           D．quietly

5．A．book          B．knife          C．gift            D．pen

6．A．himself        B．myself       C．herself          D．themselves

7．A．none          B．neither       C．both             D．all

8．A．look at       B．look after     C．look like        D．look for

9．A．feet            B．hands         C．neck           D．legs

10．A．and          B．so              C．or                  D．but

11．A．wanted      B．remembered   C．forgot        D．tried

12．A．farthest      B．nearest       C．1argest       D．smallest

13．A．my friends       B．the police      C．the neighbors  D．my parents

14．A．glad           B．angry          C．sad            D．sorry

15．A．cleaning      B．closing          C．locking         D．opening

Last month we made a survey among 300 students at our school．The questions we asked were,“Who would you talk with when in trouble?”and “Why?”Here are some answers from them．

I would talk with my parents or teachers when in trouble．They are older than I and have more experience of life．They always listen to me carefully and give me helpful ideas．I trust them．

Zheng Hao

Life is full of small troubles but I’m never afraid of them．I would talk with my friends when in trouble because we understand each other and they always give me good suggestions．I won’t feel worried．

Chen Lei

   I am a quiet girl．I like to keep my secrets．I think nobody can really understand me except myself．So I never tell others when I’m in trouble．

                                                                         Li Yan

1．Zheng Hao likes to talk with his_________ when in trouble．

    A．parents          B．classmates           C．friends             D．brothers

2．Chen Lei likes to talk with his friends when in trouble because_________ ．

    A．they are older than he

    B．they always give him good suggestions

    C．he likes to keep secrets

  D．they have more experience of life

3．From Li Yan’s answer we know she is _______．

    A．brave    B．active           C．funny       D．quiet

Could you be a genius like Einstein? A genius needs to learn and think．Reading is a good idea，but it is not enough．Einstein’s advice is to use your brain more．Here are some tips：

    ●Ask．When you look at new things，ask why they are new or different．Ask questions．Ask yourself and ask others．Keep thinking until you find the answer．

    ●Draw．Einstein thought in pictures．Sometimes，it helps to draw problems and ideas．

    ●Read．Try to read new things．Read books from different parts of the library．After you read，think about the ideas you have learned．Are they different from what you thought?

    ●Relax．Many ideas come when you are relaxed．Take some time to relax yourself in the ways like taking a walk in a park，going to a concert or a museum．

    ●Write．Keep a diary．Write down your questions and ideas．Write down new ideas after you read．

    ●Share．Einstein used to talk to his friends and explain his ideas．Sometimes，a friend can help you find the answer to a problem．

    ●Be brave．Do not let other people say your ideas are silly．Explain yourself．Let other people explain why they think you are wrong．Then decide．

1．How many tips are there in this passage?

  A．Five．      B．six．            C．Seven．          D．Eight．

2．What can we do to relax ourselves from the passage?

  A．Keeping a diary．                   B．Asking questions．

  C．Taking a walk．                       D．Reading new things．

3．Einstein suggested we should _____if other people say our ideas are silly．

  A．discuss the ideas with others

  B．draw problems and ideas

  C．go to a museum with others

  D．write down your ideas

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

  A．A genius needs to learn and think．

  B．We should find the answers all by ourselves．

  C．Einstein’s advice is to use our brain more．

  D．Einstein liked to talk to his friends and explain his ideas．