阅读理解。
     The two largest islands of the British Isles(不列颠群岛)are Great Britain and Ireland. There are
three regions(地区)in Great Britain. They are England, Scotland and Wales. Scotland lies to the north of England, and Wales to the southwest. Ireland lies to the west of Great Britain. It is a smaller island than Great Britain.
     The Atlantic Ocean lies between the British Isles and America, and the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The North Sea is on the east side of Great Britain. To the south is the English Channel. Every day large ships cross the Atalntic Ocean to America and saller ones cross the North Sea and the Channel
to Europe.
l. Which of the following maps gives the correct relationship between Great Britain, the British Isles and
Scotland?
A. G-Great Britain;
B. B-British Isles;
C. S-Scotland
2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?
A. Ireland is the smallest island of the British Isles.
B. Great Britain is larger than the British Isles.
C. England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland belong to one country in Europe.
D. Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles.
3. The following is the map of the three regions in Great Britain, which one is correct?
A. S-Scotland;
B. E-England;
C. W-Wales
4. Great Britain is separated from Ireland by ______.
A. the Atlantic Ocean  
B. the Pacific Ocean
C. the Irish Sea  
D. the English Channel
5. ______ lies to the south of Ereat Britain.
A. the North Sea  
B. the English Channel
C. the Atlantic Ocean  
D. the Irish Sea
阅读理解。
     Does reading really matter?
     Some people say that today, reading is not as important as it was. These days we have photographs,
films, radio and television. Why read a description of something when you can look at a photograph? Why read a newspaper when the latest news is brought to us every hour on radio and TV?
     Photography was certainly a wonderful invention. Photographs can give a very clear idea of places and of people that we have never seen. An encyclopedia (百科全书) , for example, is always better when
it has good illustrations. But we also need words to explain the photographs and drawings. A photograph
of an elephant may give us a very good idea of what an elephant looks like, but it tells us nothing about the different sorts of elephants there are and where they are found, their exact size and weight, how they can
be useful to man and so on.
     In the same way, a good film has action, movement, color, and maybe music. These are things we do
not find on the printed page. But reading a novel has certain advantages over watching even an excellent
feature film. Reading a novel requires imagination. Each of us imagines a story differently.
     Watching news on television can certainly be exciting.But we need newspapers as well.Some important news stories happen when there are no cameras around. More importantly, a newspaper does not just
report the news. It explains why something has been happening. It also contains interesting articles on
different subjects. Newspapers are an important part of our lives, if we want to understand what is going
on in the places we live as well as in other parts of the world.
     Reading is very important for information and pleasure. We need to be good readers to enjoy a full life as human beings. Reading is a skill and like other skills, it needs practice. The more we read, the better
readers we become. And the better readers we become, the more we enjoy reading! The secret is to get
the reading habit. Read at least a little every day.
1. What does the author think photographs can give us?
A. Enough information about people and places.
B. No information about things.
C. Some information about things but not enough.
D. The wrong information about things.
2. What does the author think newspapers can give us?
A. More information than television.
B. Less information than television.
C. More news from other countries.
D. Less information about important events than TV.
3. What does the "illustrations" mean?
A. Inventions.
B. Pictures
C. Words.
D. Ideas
4. What are the advantages of novel over a feature film?
A. There are more interesting subjects in novels.
B. We do not hear any music in a novel.
C. Novels always explain what is happening.
D. Novels make us use our imagination.
5. What does the author think about reading?
A. It is a wonderful invention.
B. It is an important part of our lives.
C. It requires no practices.
D. It is not as important as television.
阅读理解。
     2012 is a good film. If I were you, I'd like to watch it. The words, "Everyone is equal,
and everyone has his chance of survival" , have been shocking to us.
     Things begin in 2009,as an Indian scientist has made a strange discovery:It seems that there are serious storms on the surface of the sun, which are having a great effect on earth. By 2010 the US President calls
a meeting with seven other famous world leaders at the G8 summit in Spain. He says the
world's top scientists have found out that the world will soon come to an end.
     Finally we reach the year 2012. By now, signs have been appeared. The west coast is with so-called "mini earthquakes",  and fissures (裂缝) often appear in the earth.  But people are going about their daily
lives as usual.  At this time, Jackson Curtis is going on a driving trip with his two young children in Yello
wstone National Park.
     Jackson and the kids arrive at Yellowstone to find that some parts of the park have been taken over for reasons they don't know.
     At the same time world leaders are planning to choose excellent people from all over the earth, and let
them get out of the cataclysm (灾难) by special built ships. Everyone else will be left to death.
     Jackson, of course, is not one of those chosen to be saved, but he tried his best to get on the ship with his family. The movie ends with a view of the Earth from space, showing a changed African continent.
1. What does the US president tell other famous world leaders at G8 summit in Spain?
A. The world will soon come to an end.
B. Serious storms are on the surface of the sun.
C. People on the earth can move to other planets.
D. The movie 20/2 is made up.
2. There are______ famous world leaders at the meeting that the US president calls.
A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 70
3. Jackson Curtis is going to take his two children to______.
A. his home in Los Angeles
B. have a camping trip in Yellowstone National Park
C. watch the movie 2012
D. meet the cataclysm that brings an end to the world
4. If the person ______, he/she can get on specially built ships that can get out of the cataclysm.
A. is a scientist
B. is a president
C. is excellent
D. can make spaceship
5. If you watched the film, what would shock you'?
A. Jackson and the kids.
B. A global cataclysm that brings an end to the world.
C. People on the earth can move to other planets.
D. Everyone is equal, and everyone has his chance of survival.
完形填空。
                                                                  How 3D Movies Work
     Do you know 3D movies? When you see one, it's like the story __1__ in front of you, and you are a
 part of it.  3D movies are exciting to __2__ , but do you know how __3__ them, and __4__ you need to
  wear a pair of 3D glasses? To understand these questions, let's make an easy __5__   
     Put a finger   6   your eyes.
     Cover your left eye and look at the finger.
     Cover your right eye and look at the finger.
     
     What do you see? The finger you see with your left eye is in a different position from the one you see
 with your right eye. This means you get two images (图像) when you look at __7__ with both your eyes. 
  To make a 3D movie, people have to get two images at the same time, __8__ they use two video
 cameras. When playing a 3D movie, they use two projectors (放映机) at the time.  This brings two
 images together on the screen.  Then, we use 3D glasses to separate (识别) the two images. One image
 enters one eye and __9__ enters the other eye.
    Then our brains __10__ the two images together. In this way, we get 3D pictures.
(     ) 1. A. happen      
(     ) 2. A. watch      
(     ) 3. A.make        
(     ) 4. A. when        
(     ) 5. A. example    
(     ) 6. A. in front of
(     ) 7. A. everything  
(     ) 8. A. because    
(     ) 9. A. other      
(     ) 10. A. let        		 B. happened        
B. see              
B. to make          
B. why              
B. picture          
B. in the front of  
B. anything        
B. so              
B. the other        
B. put              		 C. to happen    
C. look          
C. making        
C. which        
C. experiment    
C. behind        
C. something    
C. and          
C. others        
C. take          		 D. happening      
D. notice        
D. made          
D. what          
D. movie          
D. beside        
D. nothing        
D. but            
D. the others    
D. bring          

阅读下文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。
     There have been many great inventions or things that changed the way we live. The first great invention
  was the one that is still very important today-the wheel. This made it easier to carry heavy things and to
 travel long distance.
     For hundreds of years after that there were few inventions that as much effect as the wheel. Then in the
  early 1800s the world started to change. There was little unknown land left in the world. People didn't
 have to explore much any more. They began to work instead to make life better.
     In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. Among them there were the
 camera, the light and the radio. These all play a big part in our daily life today.
    The first part of the 20th century saw more great inventions. The helicopter in 1909, movies with sound
  in 1926, the computer in i928,jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new material was first
 made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wore.
     The middle part of the 20th century brought new ways to help people get over diseases. They worked
  very well.  They made people healthier and allowed them to live longer. By the 1960s most people could
  expect to live to be at least 60.
     By this time most people in developed countries had a very good Life. Of course new inventions
  continued to be made. But man now had a desire (渴望) to explore again. The earth was known to man
  but the stars were not. Man began looking for ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then
  United States took a step. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, have made their own
 steps into space.
      In 1969 man took his biggest step away from earth. Americans first walked on the moon. This is
 certainly just a beginning, though. New inventions will some day allow us to do things we have never yet
  dreamed of.
1. This passage talks mainly about ______.
    A. why cars were very important
    B. when light was invented
    C. how inventions affect people's daily life
    D. which country made the first step into space
2. According to the passage man didn't have a desire to explore a lot ______.
    A.  at the beginning of 1800s  
    B.  in the 1960s
    C. since the 1900s            
    D. from the 1800s to 1960s
3.  In the 1800s, people began to work in order to make ______.
    A. explorations             
    B. their life better
    C. discoveries              
    D. a trip to space
4.  Nylon came out five years later than ______.
    A. radio                  
    B. camera
    C. jet planes                
    D. movies
5.  People can live longer lives because ______ that help cure diseases have worked very well.
    A. doctors                  
    B. new ways
    C. medicines                
    D. new hospitals

阅读下面一篇短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用"A"，不符合的用"B"。
       Today more and more people are using refrigerators. Some are big, others are small. Big ones have
  two or three doors. Such refrigerators can not only keep the food cold and fresh, but also make ice and
  freeze the food.  However, small ones usually have one door and can only keep things cold and fresh.
       There are also refrigerators that are friendly to the environment. In the 1970s, the world was in energy
   crisis (危机). Refrigerators use too much energy. So people began to think of ways to improve it. At last
  a kind of new refrigerators was made. They use very little energy, but they're too expensive. They cost
  twice or three times more than the ones that we use at home. However, people believe they will be
  cheaper and cheaper. As a result, they will be more and more popular.
       In the future, there will be refrigerators that can do more than we can imagine. They are called smart
  refrigerators (智能冰箱). They have tiny computers inside, with their screens on the door. They can
  show us what food is inside. They can also tell us what food to buy. They can even let. us know what
  food to eat when we input the necessary health information. That more surprising thing is that they can do
  shopping for us when they are connected (连接) to the supermarket.
(     )  l. Small refrigerators can not only keep the food cold but also freeze the food.
(     ) 2. Refrigerators that use little energy are more expensive.
(     ) 3. Environment friendly refrigerators. will be popular some day.
(     ) 4. Refrigerators that keep the food fresh are smart refrigerators.
(     ) 5 .We can have a "talk" with smart refrigerators.
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次）
good   job   come   dress   own   parent   hold   nothing   how   necessary  
       Now lots of parents. will buy everything that their children want to have.  If they go on with the habit,
  their children won't know the money   1   from hard work.
       Some parents like to   2   birthday parties for their children. If they keep on doing this, their children
  will think it   3   for them to enjoy birthday parties every year. Year after year, maybe they will forget their
     4   birthdays and only remember their   5  . It is against traditional habits.
       Many parents don't let the children do housework. They think children have only one thing to do.
  They should study hard and do   6   in their lessons. If parents go on doing this, the children will only learn
   to open their mouths to be fed and stretch out (伸出) their arms to be _7   every day. When the children
   grow up, they will be able to do   8  , and they won't even find a _9  .Parents should teach the children 
   10   to do housework because it can help them start good habits of working by themselves.
1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____   5. _____
6. _____ 7. _____ 8. _____ 9. _____ 10. _____
阅读理解
       Three kids have been learning chemistry for only a few months. But they have already begun to
challenge a world famous scientist!
       Li Weichi, Huang Runling, and Xiao Yan are from Zhongshan Huaqiao Middle School in Guangdong. They have just found a red cabbage that could be a new kind of acid-base indicator (酸碱指示剂). They want it to take the place of litmus (石蕊) paper.
       "We've learnt to think of and ask questions about life by ourselves," said Li, "We work well with each other."
       British scientist Robert Boyle discovered the use of litmus paper over 300 years ago. Now it is used widely in experiments all over the world.
       But when the kids did some experiments in class last winter, they saw that the litmus paper didn't turn very blue with base matter. It's hard to get a clear result.
       Will there be a better indicator than litmus paper? The three kids decided to try and find out!
       How? They went to collect over 40 plants in parks, gardens and markets. Then they ground (研磨)
leaves, flowers and stems (茎) to get the pigments (色素) from them.
       The kids mixed pigments with acid and base. They spent months watching carefully to see which
paper showed the best colour change. They decided it was the litmus paper!
       "It's our first scientific journey, Huang said, "But it makes me want to try harder."
1. Whom did the three kids want to challenge?
A. Their chemistry teacher.    
B. Their headmaster.
C. Robert Boyle              
D. Thomas Edison
2. From the text, a red cabbage is a kind of ____.
A. plant
B. animal
C. paper
D. liquid
3. What's the right order for the following sentences?
a. Three kids collect red cabbage everywhere.
b. The kids mixed pigments with acid and base.
c. The kid ground the red cabbage.
d. The kids get pigments from it.
A. a-b-c-d
B. b-a-c-d
C. a-c-d-b
D. b-c-d-a
4. What is widely used as the acid-base indicator now?
A. red cabbage            
B. litmus paper
C. any plant                
D. any flower  
5. The story mainly tells us ____.
A. how to make litmus paper    
B. about the three kids' spirit
C. scientist were wrong        
D. the kids are heroes
阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
       In a classroom in any countries, the teacher teaches more than art or history or language. He or she
teaches something behind-the culture(文化)of the country.
In a country such as the United States, people with different history, culture and language join together
and they pay much attention to personal ideas. Teachers try to make each student special. Students do
not have to remember a lot of information, instead, they work and find answers by themselves. There is
often discussion in the classroom. 
       At an early age students learn to have their own ideas. Their education encourages personal thought(思想). 
       (3) The importance is placed on how to arrive at an answer and not only to get the correct answer.
       In most Asian countries, people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason,
the education there pays more attention to group goals than personal ideas. Children in China and Japan
often work together and help each other on homework. In the classroom, the ways of teaching are often
very traditional. The teacher says, and the students listen. There is not much discussion. Instead, the
students repeat(重复) rules or information that they have been taught in order to keep them in mind.
In many ways these differences come from different educational ideas. In Western countries teachers are
taught to help students to learn. They make it easier for the students to learn by themselves. (4) In some Asian countries, however, teachers often feel that their job is to pass knowledge to students.
(一)根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. What does the education in the United States encourage?
                                                                                                               
2. Which does the education in some Asian countries pay more attention to, group goals or personal
ideas?
                                                                                                               
(二) 将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
3. ______________________________________________________
4. ______________________________________________________
(三)请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
5. ______________________________________________________
阅读理解。 判断正误。
     Lifts are very useful. Why? Think about a tall building you work on the thirtieth floor. Maybe you can
 walk up all the stairs one time. But can you climb thirty floors to your office every day? Of course not.
     In an old lift, a worker is needed. He or she operates it up and down. In a modern lift there is no
 worker. People can operate it themselves.
     Do you know how to use a lift? OK, let me tell you. For example, you want to go to the twelfth floor
  from the ground floor. First, you must press the button, then the door opens. After that you can get
 into the lift. Third, you press the , and the door closes. Fourth, you press the number 12, then the
 lift takes you up to the twelfth floor. When the door opens again, you can get out of the lift. If you want to
  go down to the first floor, you must press the, then do the same. It takes you there. It is easy and
  fast. Now can you use it?
(     ) 1. In a modern lift, people can operate it by themselves.
(     ) 2. If you want to go upstairs, you must press the.
(     ) 3. If you want to go down to the first floor, you must press the .
(     ) 4. In a tall building, it is very easy and fast for you to go up and down in a lift.
(     ) 5. Anyone can use the lifts in a tall building.
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