1. 1.

   Which team got the lowest score in total ?

   1. A.
      Phoenix
   2. B.
      Memphis
   3. C.
      Indiana
   4. D.
      Charlotte
2. 2.

   How many teams took part in the games according to the scoreboard above?

   1. A.
      Two
   2. B.
      Four
   3. C.
      Six
   4. D.
      Twelve

( A ) China news, Beijing, Dec. 28 – High oil   prices make more Chinese public feel the pressure it brings on them. It is   said that oil prices will continue to hover（徘徊） at a high level next year, the China Economic Times   reported.

( B ) An English Christmas evening party is to be   held in the meeting hall of our school from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m. on Christmas   Eve. Each group has to give at least two performances, such as singing   English songs, giving English plays, telling jokes or stories in English and   reading English poems. Please get everything ready and be present at the   party on time. Thanks.

( C ) Whether your interest is the language, the   food or the culture of China in general, whether you wish to travel, live or   study in China, "Travel in Chinese" has something for you. This   series has a total of 100 lessons. It was on CCTV, China?s national TV   station. Host: Mark Rowswell, also known as "大山"                (Da   Shan).

( D ) Students need enough sports and activities   to do physical exercises and relax. But in some schools they are not given   enough time to do outside activities. It is harmful for students' growth. In   fact, teachers should know how to attract the students' attention. It is   necessary to do outside activities. When students feel tired and bored, they   can't concentrate on studies. Some students are unhealthy because of little   activities.

1. 1.

   According to Passage A, oil prices will _____________ next year

   1. A.
      be the same as usual
   2. B.
      be higher
   3. C.
      be lower
   4. D.
      have nothing to do with Chinese public
2. 2.

   Passage B may be a/ an piece of _________

   1. A.
      advice
   2. B.
      sick leave
   3. C.
      notice
   4. D.
      invitation
3. 3.

   From Passage C, we know _________

   1. A.
      people can learn Chinese on TV
   2. B.
      if foreign people want to stay in China, "Travel in Chinese" can help them a lot
   3. C.
      Da Shan is good at Chinese
   4. D.
      all of the above
4. 4.

   Passage D mainly tells us that_________.

   1. A.
      some students don’t have enough time to do outside activities
   2. B.
      students need enough sports and activities
   3. C.
      teachers should know how to attract the students' attention
   4. D.
      students feel tired and bored, they can't concentrate on studies

George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time learning about engines. And on holidays he often took one to pieces and studied each piece carefully. Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write. He began to learn the English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George invented many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among them. Today when we watch or take trains from one place to another, we will think of this great man -- George Stephenson

1. 1.

   In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father?

   1. A.
      In 1781
   2. B.
      In 1789
   3. C.
      In 1795
   4. D.
      In 1798
2. 2.

   He learned about the engine ______

   1. A.
      through reading and writing
   2. B.
      by taking it to pieces and studying each piece carefully
   3. C.
      at lessons from a young teacher
   4. D.
      by asking a lot of questions
3. 3.

   He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon became ______

   1. A.
      a great man
   2. B.
      a good maker
   3. C.
      a good worker
   4. D.
      a good student
4. 4.

   George Stephenson ______ in his childhood

   1. A.
      didn’t go to school
   2. B.
      had lessons from a very good teacher
   3. C.
      lived an easy life
   4. D.
      invented the train
5. 5.

   The passage tells us ______

   1. A.
      everybody should work hard for a living
   2. B.
      one can start studying at school at the age of 18
   3. C.
      George Stephenson liked working very much
   4. D.
      hard work leads to success

In a small village in England about 150 years ago, a mail coach (邮车) was standing on the street.  Around the coach many people were talking to one another about it.  Mail coach did not come to that village so often in those days.  People had to pay a lot of money to get a letter.  The person who sent the letter did not have to pay.  The person who got the letter had to pay the postage (邮资).  “Here?s a letter for Miss Alice Brown,” said the mailman.  Everyone turned to a girl of about eighteen who was standing by the coach.  “I?m Alice Brown,” she said in a low voice.  The mailman gave her the letter.  Alice looked at the envelope for a minute, and then handed it back to the mailman.  “I’m sorry I can?t take it,” she said.  “I don?t have enough money to pay the postage. ” The people standing around were very sorry for the girl.  They were silent for a while.  Then a gentleman came up to the mailman and paid the postage for Alice’s letter.  When the gentleman gave her the letter, she said with a smile, “Oh, thank you very much, sir.  This letter is from the young man I’m going to marry.  His name is Tom.  He went to London to look for work.  He has to get enough money for our marriage (结婚).  I’ve waited a long time for this letter, but now don’t need it.  I don’t have to open the envelope because there is nothing inside. ” “Really?” the gentleman said in surprise.  “How do you know that?” “He told me that he would put some signs on the envelope.  Look, sir, this cross in the corner means that he is well, and this circle means he has found work.  That’s very good news. ” The gentleman was Sir Rowland Hill.  He did not forget Alice and her letter.  “The postage to be paid by the receiver has to be changed,” he said to himself.  He thought and thought for many years.  At last he had a good plan.  “The postage has to be much lower,” he said.  “What about a penny (便士) for a letter? And the person who sends the letter pays the postage.  He has to buy a stamp and put it on the envelope. ” “A good idea!” people said when they heard of his plan.  The Government decided to adopt (采纳) the plan.  The first postage stamp was put out in 1840.  It was called the “Penny Black”.  It had a picture of the Queen on it

1. 1.

   The first postage stamp was made ________

   1. A.
      in England
   2. B.
      in America
   3. C.
      by Alice
   4. D.
      in 1910
2. 2.

   The girl handed the letter back to the mailman because ______

   1. A.
      she did not know whose letter it was
   2. B.
      the letter had already told her what she wanted to know
   3. C.
      she could not pay the postage
   4. D.
      the gentleman promised to pay the postage for her
3. 3.

   When the girl returned the letter to the mailman _________

   1. A.
      the people around her felt sorry for her
   2. B.
      the people thought that the girl was too poor
   3. C.
      none of them wanted to pay the postage for her
   4. D.
      the people was angry with the girl
4. 4.

   Alice knew how Tom was getting from the signs on the envelope because _________

   1. A.
      Tom had told her what the signs meant before leaving for London
   2. B.
      Alice was clever and could guess the meaning of the signs
   3. C.
      Alice had put the signs on the envelope herself
   4. D.
      Tom had put the signs as Alice had told him to
5. 5.

   The idea of using stamps was found by ______

   1. A.
      the government
   2. B.
      Sir Rowland Hill
   3. C.
      Alice Brown
   4. D.
      Tom

Betty is not a traditional American beauty. She is unfashionable, has thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces (牙套) on her teeth. But this hasn’t stopped her from becoming one of America’s favorite TV characters. So how did she manage to do it?
The answer is that charm can be more attractive than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show Ugly Betty. The show is about her life as an office worker at a fashion magazine in New York.
The TV show has just started. Betty has many exciting experiences and romantic stories. Betty is often looked down on and laughed at by the people around. But she manages to do better than others with her hard work, charm and wisdom. The show tells us about how a girl goes from an ugly young duck into a beautiful swan.
Though you may know the ending of the show from the beginning and the story is familiar to many of us, it has still been a big success in the USA. It has attracted a large number of viewers and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the USA. “I think you can see a bit of Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, because it’s about the underdog (弱者) ”, says Ashley Jensen, who plays one of the characters on the show.
The program is so popular because of the performance of the 23-year-old actress America Ferrera who plays the role of Betty. She brings the character alive on the screen

1. 1.

   Betty is popular because of                   

   1. A.
      her clothes
   2. B.
      her charm
   3. C.
      her personality
   4. D.
      her appearance
2. 2.

   In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “it” refers to (指的是)                   

   1. A.
      the beginning
   2. B.
      the ending
   3. C.
      the story
   4. D.
      the show
3. 3.

   Which is the reason for the success of the show?

   1. A.
      A large number of viewers
   2. B.
      Her life as an office worker
   3. C.
      The wonderful performance
   4. D.
      Two Golden Globes awards
4. 4.

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

   1. A.
      Betty is a girl of wisdom
   2. B.
      Betty acts as a beautiful swan on the show
   3. C.
      Betty is an American favourite TV character
   4. D.
      Betty is often looked down on by the people around
5. 5.

   What can be the best title for the passage?

   1. A.
      Beauty from within
   2. B.
      A romantic story
   3. C.
      An ugly girl
   4. D.
      An exciting experience

阅读下边的图表，完成小题。

1. 1.

   We can learn from the chart that it rained mostin _______

   1. A.
      September
   2. B.
      June
   3. C.
      July
   4. D.
      May
2. 2.

   It’s hottest in _______ and coldest in _______

   1. A.
      July; January
   2. B.
      May; November
   3. C.
      August; February
   4. D.
      June; December

I found out that sometimes doing someone a favor could get you into a lot of trouble. I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me said something to me, but I didn’t understand. So I got closer to her and found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers could not write. I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and put it on her desk.
Later, after the test paper had been turned in, the teacher asked me to stay in the classroom when all the other students were out. Then she began to talk to me about honesty and emphasized(重点强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really cheating themselves. She made me promise that I would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could leave. I walked out of the room wondering why she had talked to me about all those things.
The next day, I realized that the teacher thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to explain about the pen, but she said it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the pen when she talked to me after the test. She continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案

1. 1.

   The story took place exactly      

   1. A.
      in the teacher’s office
   2. B.
      in the classroom
   3. C.
      in the playground
2. 2.

   Why did the boy get close to his classmate during the test?

   1. A.
      Because he wanted to borrow a pen from his classmate
   2. B.
      Because he wanted to copy his classmate’s answers
   3. C.
      Because his classmate wanted to borrow a pen
3. 3.

   When the teacher saw all this, she asked the boy        

   1. A.
      to go on writing his paper
   2. B.
      to stop taking the exam
   3. C.
      to stay in the classroom
4. 4.

   The underlined word “cheated” means “       ” in Chinese

   1. A.
      睡觉
   2. B.
      玩耍
   3. C.
      作弊
5. 5.

   The boy realized the teacher made a mistake      

   1. A.
      the next day
   2. B.
      when the teacher talked to him
   3. C.
      on th e day of the test

Can you imagine a world without the Internet ?  It’s surprising to think about it.
Now, China has more than 162 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second highest number of user in the world after the United States. Today, 66%of Chinese “netizens （网民）” are teenagers. “They spend about thirteen hours every week online,” said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert(专家). Doctor Song in Beijing Xuanwu Hospital said about 14% of Chinese netizens who are teens often lasted over ten hours to play online games.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the Web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the Web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong, a teacher at No. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, likes her students to use the Internet. “When we talk in class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others,” she said. In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send emails. Many teens keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than phoning somebody far away and also much quicker

1. 1.

   _______ has the most Internet users in the world according to the article

   1. A.
      China
   2. B.
      America
   3. C.
      Canada
   4. D.
      Russia
2. 2.

   There are about ______Chinese netizens to surf about 13 hours every week

   1. A.
      107 million old
   2. B.
      22.7 million old
   3. C.
      107 million young
   4. D.
      22.7 million young
3. 3.

   Song said some teenagers continued _______ more than ten hours

   1. A.
      playing online games
   2. B.
      searching for information
   3. C.
      chatting with their friends
   4. D.
      sending emails to others
4. 4.

   Li Dong in No. 41 Middle School likes her students to use the Internet because she ______

   1. A.
      thinks surfing the net can help students spend less time on homework
   2. B.
      thinks her students can get more background information than the others
   3. C.
      wants her students to talk to her about their hobbies and interests
   4. D.
      wants to know what her students do and think about at home
5. 5.

   Which way is the cheapest and quickest to learn something about friends far away?

   1. A.
      Giving them a call
   2. B.
      Going to see them
   3. C.
      Writing a letter to them
   4. D.
      Sending emails to them

The weather is getting warmer and warmer. It is fun to play outside, but people are afraid to play outside these days, because of the H7N9 virus. The H7N9 virus is one type of influenza A H7 viruses. It is a new type of bird flu. Influenza A H7 viruses mainly affectbirds but sometimes they can also affect humans. Most people infected with H7N9 virus look like they had a common flu. They had a fever, a cough and shortness of breath. Some had bad pneumonia. This March, H7N9 virus hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Up until April 11th, the number of people infected had reached 35. Nine of these people died.
But don’t be afraid , some cases are curable. A 4-year-old boy in Shanghai and a 67-year-old man in Hangzhou got the virus, and they are getting better. Besides, it's not easy to be infected by the H7N9 virus.
There are some ways to save ourselves from this. First, wash your hands with soap and running water before you eat and after you use the toilet. You should do the same after you touch animals or animal waste. Second, cover your nose and mouth with your elbow when coughing. Third, you should have a good rest and do some exercises, so your body can become strong enough to beat the virus

1. 1.

   How’s the weather during these days?

   1. A.
      cold
   2. B.
      warm
   3. C.
      hot
   4. D.
      cool
2. 2.

   How many people have been infected H7N9 until April 11^th?

   1. A.
      35
   2. B.
      25
   3. C.
      45
   4. D.
      30
3. 3.

   Which place didn’t find H7N9 in March?

   1. A.
      Shanghai
   2. B.
      Jiangsu
   3. C.
      Zhejiang
   4. D.
      Beijing
4. 4.

   Which sentence is not true about the H7N9?

   1. A.
      It is a new type of bird flu
   2. B.
      It is very easy to be infected by the H7N9
   3. C.
      Some of the H7N9 cases are curable
   4. D.
      Most people infected with H7N9 virus look like they had a common flu
5. 5.

   How can we save ourselves from the H7N9 virus?

   1. A.
      Wash your hands before you eat and after you use the toilet, touch animals or animals waste
   2. B.
      Cover your nose and mouth with your elbow when coughing
   3. C.
      Have a good rest and do some exercise to make your body strong enough
   4. D.
      All of above

A famous building in New York City is turning 100 years old. A year-long celebration is planned for Grand Central Terminal, which is usually called Grand Central station, the sixth most-visited place in the world.
The huge building has not changed much since it opened in February, 1913. About 750,000 people pass through Grand Central every day. Some just come to look at it, others to visit the stores. But most are there to catch the trains that enter and leave from the station. It is the largest train station in the world. There are 67 train tracks, all of them underground.
The main part of the building has large, arched windows, a jeweled four-sided clock and ticket windows. Grand Central has been seen in many movies through the years. Dan Brucker is with the New York Transit Authority, which operates the station. Dan Brucker has worked for the transit authority at Grand Central for 30 years. In all those years, he has not lost his interest in the building.
Justin Ferate, a historian, has been giving tours of Grand Central Station for 30 years. He says the station was designed to make travel a pleasure.
“Why people don't run into each other in Grand Central is simple: each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your leg. Each block of stone in Grand Central is the length of your arm. Each block of stone is a different color, so it’s a checkerboard, based on you.”   
A ten-year-long fight against plans to build a huge office building over Grand Central in 1968 helped create the modern preservation（保护） movement. Now, no one would think of changing the beauty of the station

1. 1.

   How long has Grand Central been in service ?

   1. A.
      For 30 years
   2. B.
      For 10 years
   3. C.
      For 45 years
   4. D.
      For a century
2. 2.

   A lot of people can’t ___________ in Grand Central

   1. A.
      enjoy the beauty of the buliding
   2. B.
      visit the stores
   3. C.
      take the trains
   4. D.
      see movies
3. 3.

   Which of the following statements about the station is WRONG?

   1. A.
      It’s in New York City
   2. B.
      It’s one of the most-visited places in the world
   3. C.
      It’s the largest train station in the world
   4. D.
      It has been changed much over the years
4. 4.

   Both Dan Brucker and Justin Ferate ___________

   1. A.
      have worked for the station for 30 years
   2. B.
      have given tours of the station for 30 years
   3. C.
      show interest in the station
   4. D.
      create the modern preservation movement for the station
5. 5.

   Which of the following statements can we infer（推断）according to the passage?

   1. A.
      The station won’t be changed
   2. B.
      People will spend one month celebrating its anniversary
   3. C.
      More and more people will catch the trains in the station
   4. D.
      The station will become larger and larger