I'm new here and I don't know anyone here．I hope to make ________ I can．

A．as many friends as                            B．as few friends as

C．as much food as                                 D．as much time as

--Mom，I'm going out with my classmates tonight．

--OK．But you'd better ________ back too late．

A．don't come           B．not to come           C．not coming            D．not come

--What ________ in that restaurant?

--Seafood．

A．serves           B．is serving            C．is served               D．served

--My friends fell off the wall and broke his leg．

-- ________

A．Really? I don't think．                              B．Really? I am sorry to hear that．

C．He should be more careful                          D．What's the matter with you?

My name is Zhang Qing and my sister is Zhang Wei．Since middle school，we have dreamed about taking S great trip by __1__．When we graduated from college，we finally got the __2__ to do it．

We started our long bike ride __3__ the Mekong River in October．__4__ it was autumn，the snow had already started to fall in Tibet．Our legs felt so heavy and __5__ that we thought they had frozen．Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? Zhang Wei was in front of me as usual．I knew I didn't need to encourage __6__．To climb up the mountain road was hard work but __7__ the hills was great fun．When we reached a valley（山谷），it became much warmer．We had to change our clothes．In the early evening，we stopped __8__ our tents and then we ate．After supper，Zhang Wei went to __9_ but I stayed awake．At midnight，the sky became clear and the stars were bright．There was almost no wind but the sound of the fire．What a quiet night! We have already travelled so far．We are reaching Dali in Yunnan Province．There our cousins Wang Lin and Yu Hang will __10__ us in the ride trip．I'm sure we'll have a greater time together．

1．A．bus                       B．bike                     C．train                             D．plane

2．A．chance                      B．experience            C．information            D．instruction

3．A．in                   B．on                       C．along                     D．above

4．A．Although               B．Because               C．Since                     D．If

5．A．warm                    B．hot                      C．comfortable            D．cold

6．A．him                       B．her                      C．me                        D．them

7．A．go up                    B．go down              C．to go up                 D．to go down

8．A．to put up              B．putting up            C．building                  D．to put on

9．A．work                     B．sleep                    C．travel                     D．run

10．A．greet                   B．visit                     C．join                        D．interview

Listen! What can you hear? You may hear many different sounds．Some of those sounds may be noise．Noise is loud or unwanted sounds．

Noise call be caused by many kinds of machines，such as motor cycles，jet planes and tractors．And，to some people，rock bands can also brining noise．

What happens to people who live near noisy machines or use them for a long time? Doctors find that these people have trouble sleeping．But，most importantly，constant（持续的）loud noise can cause a loss of hearing．

Scientists use a unit of measure（度量）called decibel（分贝）to measure the loudness of a sound．The sound of a computer，for example，measures 35 decibels．Talking measures between 40 and 65 decibels．Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measures over 120 decibels．Noise at this high level causes the greatest hearing loss．

1．Noise can be caused by all the following except ________ according to the passage．

A．rock bands           B．tractors                C．jet planes                D．computers

2．“Decibel” is a ________．

A．unit that measures sound                          B．kind of noise

C．machines that makes very loud noise            D．person who hates noise

3．According to the passage，loud noise can ________．

A．help people sleep better                             B．make people work longer

C．make people deaf                                       D．make people happy and excited

4．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Going to a concert is bad for our cars．

B．Not all sounds are noise．

C．The loudest noise comes from traffic and rock bands．

5．What's the main idea of this passage?

A．Noise pollution can be a serious problem．   B．Rock bands are noisy．

C．The way to measure noise．                        D．How to stop noise pollution．

Dolphins are not fish．They are mammals（哺乳动物）．They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language．But they are quite different from almost all land animals．Their brain is as big as man's and they live a long life--at least 20-30 years．

Like some animals，dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around．They also use sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food．They do not use their ears to receive sounds，but use the jaw-the lower part of the mouth．

It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men，and for thousands of years，there are many stories about dolphins and men．In the 19th century，in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand，there was a dolphin．The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name，Jack．From 1871 to 1903，Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way．In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of The Penguin shot and hurt Jack．Luckily the dolphin didn't die，and after a long time he was well again．He guided the ships through the area for nine more years，but he refused to help the boat The Penguin．

Today，some people still kill dolphins，but many countries in the world now protect them．In these places，people are not allowed to kill them．

1．The underlined word “jaw” means ________ in Chinese．

A．下颚                   B．嘴巴                    C．嘴唇                      D．鼻子

2．How do dolphins find their way?

A．They use their noses to smell the way．              B．They use their ears to hear the sounds．

C．They use their eyes to see the way．            D．They use sounds to find the way．

3．Who was Jack?

A．The writer．        B．A dolphin．          C．A seaman．            D．The passenger．

4．The dolphin guided the ships for about ________．

A．32 years              B．9 years                C．41 years                 D．23 years

5．According to the passage，which of the following is NOT right?

A．Dolphins are not fish．

B．Dolphins don't live in groups．

C．Dolphins are kind and friendly to people．

D．Dolphins can live a long time．

Ms X leaves home at 6：00 in the morning．She spends an hour and a half in the traffic and arrives at her workplace at 8：00．At lunchtime，she stands in a queue and in the end finds there are no sandwiches left! On the way home she is in the traffic again and arrives home tired at 7:00．There is just time to cook something simple，watch all hour of TV and then have an early night．

Ms Y gets up at 7：00 and goes for a run or does some exercise．After breakfast，she sits down to work at 8：30 in the office at the top of her house．Halfway through the morning，site has a short break，makes a cup of tea and drinks it in the garden．She takes a half hour lunch break，and has a salad in the kitchen，while she listens to the radio．She finishes work at 4：30 and goes for a walk in the park．Then she cooks something for the family before they arrive home．

The first example is the old style of working--all travel and tiredness．The second kind of working day is already with us．Many workers now work at home either two days a week or full-time．This is possible because of modern machines like fax and PCs（personal computers）．Most offices these days are paperless places．Company workers send e-mail documents to each other instead of heavy reports．They can design an advertisement and e-mail it to their co-worker（同事）at home or workplace．

At present it is expensive for some companies to provide offices for all workers．The offices are used less than a quarter of the time，59________．In fact it is cheaper to buy PCs and office machines for their home workers．

1．How is life different for Ms X and Ms Y?

A．Ms Y has less time for exercise than Ms X．

B．MS X works harder than Ms Y

C．Ms X spends more time traveling than Ms Y．

D．Ms Y does not enjoy her lunch break as much as Ms X．

2．What does the passage say about teleworking（远程工作）?

A．It has not been popular so far．

B．It needs some special equipment．

C．People must work at home．

D．It is mainly for designing advertisements．

3．The passage tells as that ________．

A．offices should be made better use of

B．the company saves money if people work at home

C．people no longer like working in offices

D．PCs and office machines are getting cheaper

4．Which sentence suits（适合）the blank in the last paragraph best?

A．but the companies have to light them and heat them．

B．so the companies have to let their workers stay longer．

C．and many people work there

D．and have little equipment

5．What does the writer want to tell us through this passage?

A．The world is unfair．                               B．Knowledge is important．

C．E-mails will be more and more popular．      D．The working style is developing．

根据句义完成句中已给出首字母的单词。

1．Tony was lying in the sun，looking very r________ and happy．

2．Her name is not l________ on the paper．It must have been left out．

3．The snow is two feet d________．

4．Don't t________ him．He's not telling the truth．

5．The children were led to a place of s________．