What might the future be like?Here are some predictions：things to come, things to go．
The Spring Festival, the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home, has caused headaches for millions of Chinese．More than 2 billion people travel at the same time, making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult．But in 28 years, Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all．China plans to build more than 120,000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90％ of the population by 2020．And because most of China will be cities, people will not have to go to other places to find a job, so it will no longer be a problem．
Newspaper will come to an end in 2043．In the future, digital(数字的)newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet．Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors．Information will move faster．
Oil is running out faster than expected．But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel(燃料)．Coal, natural gas, solar power, nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy(能源)．
Schools will go electronic(电子化)．Computers will be important and popular among the students．Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school．They will find information on the Internet．A computer will be the students' library, schoolbag and connection to the outside world．There will be robot teachers, they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students' parents through e-mail．And school buses will be like spaceships, comfortable and safe．
(1)
More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during ________．
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A．
Christmas Day
B．
National Day
C．
the Spring Festival
D．
the Mid-autumn Festival
(2)
The newspapers will disappear ________．
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A．
in 28 years
B．
by 2020
C．
by 2053
D．
in 33 years
(3)
________ is not mentioned in the passage as sources of energy．
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A．
Coal
B．
Wind
C．
Nuclear power
D．
Water
(4)
From the passage we can know ________ in the future．
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A．
the Spring Festival travel may still be a problem
B．
90％ of the population will live in the city
C．
robot teachers will check homework
D．
readers can discuss topics with each other through Internet
(5)
What's the main idea of the last paragraph?________．
Most American children eat potatoes．But many children don't know what of the potato is the best for food．Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper．Hold the piece between your eyes and light．You will see that the potato has skin(皮)，an outside rim(边缘) and an inside part．The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato，is the most valuable part of all．But this is often thrown away with the skin．Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside．When eating a cooked potato，if you choose the inside and leave the outside，you are throwing the best part of it．If you can't eat the whole potato，eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do．
(1)
How many parts does the potato have?
A．It has only one part，outside rim．
B．It has two parts，skin and outside rim．
C．It has three parts，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
D．It has four parts，middle，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
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(2)
What is the best part of a potato?
A．Outside rim． B．Inside part． C．Middle． D．Skin．
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(3)
What should you eat first if you can't eat the whole potato?
A．Skin only． B．Inside． C．Outside rim． D．Part of it．
What are the things you must not do when you’re in the school buildings?
(2)
Can you leave school at lunch-time?
(3)
What must you do when your teacher comes into your classroom?
(4)
What do the school rules say about fight?
(5)
When must you get to school every morning?
阅读理解
Jack is a twenty-year-old young man．Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop．Usually he works until ten o’clock in the evening．He is very tired when he gets home．After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep．His grandma who lives downstairs is pleased with him．
One day, on his way home, he met his friend Mary．They were both happy．He asked the girl to his house, and she agreed happily．He bought some fruit and drinks for her．And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future．They talked for a long time．
“Have a look at your watch, please,”said the girl．“What time is it now?”
“Sorry, something is wrong with my watch,”said Jack．“Where’s yours?”
“I left it at home．”
Jack thought for a moment and found a way．He began to stamp his foot on the floor, “Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The sound woke his grandma up．The old woman shouted downstairs, “It’s twelve o’clock in the night, Jack．Why are you still jumping upstairs?”
(1)
Jack was ________ when he finished middle school．
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A．
sixteen
B．
eighteen
C．
twenty
D．
fifteen
(2)
The old woman is satisfied with Jack because ________．
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A．
he’s her grandson
B．
he’s clever
C．
he can keep quiet
D．
he gets home on time
(3)
From the story, we can know that Mary is Jack’s ________．
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A．
classmate
B．
colleague (同事)
C．
aunt
D．
wife
(4)
The word “stamp” in the story means ________ in Chinese．
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A．
盖印
B．
跺
C．
贴邮票
D．
承认
(5)
Jack stamped his foot on the floor inorderto (为了)________．
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