Football is so popular in China. Almost everyone is interested in the sport — young and old, boys and girls, and now even robots.
Last week at Hangzhou Guangming Middle School, kids from several schools played football with their robots.
Robot football was very different from human football. Only two robots played in each match. The field was as big as a ping-pong table. One half was black and the other was white. Each robot tried to catch the “football” and score a goal. The robot with more goals won.
Gao Linge, a boy from Guangming Middle School, helped make one of the robots for the match.
“My school bought the main board (主板),” said Gao, 14. “Then I decided what my robot looked like and made a computer programme for it.”
Gao’s robot was eight centimeters tall and had two arms. It had four sensors (传感器) to “see” and “kick” the football.
Ying Xuehai, a 12-year-old student from Gao’s school, also made a robot. His robot played against Gao’s. The match decided who would go to the final game. Ying lost the game. So he gave many of his robot’s parts to Gao.
Even so, Gao’s robot didn’t win the final. It played well in the first five minutes. Then it slowed down. By the end of the match, it could hardly move. What was wrong? Gao and Ying found the problem — their robot ran out of batteries (电池)!
“We’ll solve the problem and beat the other school next time!” said the two boys.

  1. 1.

    How many robots are needed in one match?

    1. A.
      Only one.
    2. B.
      Two.
    3. C.
      Three.
    4. D.
      Four.
  2. 2.

    The third paragraph mainly talks about ________.

    1. A.
      a wonderful robot football game.
    2. B.
      how to let robots score more goals
    3. C.
      the rules of the robot football games.
    4. D.
      the way for robots to win the match
  3. 3.

    Why did Gao Linge lose the final?

    1. A.
      Because his robot had no power.
    2. B.
      Because he broke the rules of the match.
    3. C.
      Because he used Ying Xuehai’s parts.
    4. D.
      Because his robot went wrong.
  4. 4.

    From the passage we know that if you want to take part in the match, ________.

    1. A.
      you must go to Hangzhou.
    2. B.
      you must know something about computers
    3. C.
      you must know how to play football on the playground
    4. D.
      you must get along with Gao Linge and Ying Xuehai

Parents have widely different views on the problem of pocket money. Four new fathers were asked this question and this is how they answered. 
Ashish Khanna: Although many argue that pocket money helps develop children’s sense of value, I don’t agree. I wouldn’t give my child any pocket money. First of all, I never got pocket money and I seem to have a good value for money. If my child ever needed something and I felt it was a reasonable (合理的) request, I would buy it for him.
Sharad Sanghi: No, I wouldn’t give my child pocket money because I don’t want to create the perception (观念) of “her” money and “my” money. Besides, if I refuse to buy her something that I think is bad for her, she may buy it with her pocket money on the sly. In this way, I would lose control over my child’s requests. I feel it also encourages children to care more about money than anything else. I don’t want my child to start judging other children by the amount of money or pocket money they have.
Rakesh Shah: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because I feel that children should learn to spend money properly. I will give him a fixed amount every month and if he spends the money before the month is over, he will learn a lesson and not spend money so freely. He will learn what his limitations (限制) are and feel the difficulty when he has to pay for something that is over his own pocket.
Rajiv Patel: Yes, I would give my child pocket money because it is important that he learns to manage money. But I would not give it to him on a weekly or monthly basis. He would have to earn it. If he helped me finish some of my jobs or helped his mother with housework, I would reward him. This helps him realize that “money does not grow on trees” and it requires hard work to earn money.

  1. 1.

    Ashish Khanna may agree that _____.

    1. A.
      he was given too much pocket money when young
    2. B.
      he can take much control of his child by money
    3. C.
      he will buy anything he thinks his child really needs
    4. D.
      pocket money helps children develop a good value for money
  2. 2.

    The underlined phrase “on the sly” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to “_____”.

    1. A.
      for free
    2. B.
      at a lower price
    3. C.
      happily
    4. D.
      secretly
  3. 3.

    Who would give his child pocket money every month?

    1. A.
      Ashish Khanna.
    2. B.
      Sharad Sanghi.
    3. C.
      Rakesh Shah.
    4. D.
      Rajiv Patel.
  4. 4.

    What do Rakesh Shah and Rajiv Patel have in common?

    1. A.
      They want their children to learn to manage money from an early age.
    2. B.
      They ask their children to get pocket money by working.
    3. C.
      They teach their children the difficulty of making money.
    4. D.
      They allow their children to spend money freely.

People often use gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that the gestures can be understood in different ways.
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language.  So does laughter or crying.  Fear is another emotion(情感) that is shown in much the same way all over the world.  In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like “he went pale and began to tremble” suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. 
However, “he opened his eyes wide” is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese, surprise can be described in a phrase like “they stretched out their tongues!” “Stretching out your tongue” in English is an insulting(侮辱的, 无礼的)gesture or expresses strong dislike.
Even in the same culture, people differ in their ability to understand and express feelings.  Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear,  anger,  love and happiness on people’s faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to understand body language than younger people do.

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? 

    1. A.
      We can easily understand what people’s gestures mean.
    2. B.
      It is difficult to tell what people’s gestures really mean sometimes.
    3. C.
      Gestures can be understood by most people but words are not.
    4. D.
      Words can be better understood by older people.
  2. 2.

    People’s facial expressions may be misunderstood in different cultures because ______ .

    1. A.
      people from different cultures have different meanings about some facial expressions
    2. B.
      people speaking different languages have different facial expressions
    3. C.
      people of different ages may have different interpretations (解释)
    4. D.
      people of different sexes may understand a gesture differently
  3. 3.

    From the passage,  we can conclude(得出结论) that ______ .

    1. A.
      words are often more difficult to understand than gestures
    2. B.
      gestures can be more effectively used than words to express feelings
    3. C.
      gestures can be used to express feelings
    4. D.
      gestures are used as frequently as words to express feelings
  4. 4.

    The best title for this passage can be ______ .

    1. A.
      Gestures
    2. B.
      Feelings
    3. C.
      Culture and Understanding
    4. D.
      Gestures and Feelings

About a year ago, a couple with three children moved into the apartment next door to mine. I never heard any noise from the children, but the parents were always shouting at the kids.
We often met in the hallway when we were coming or going. I always spoke, but the only answer I got was a hello from the four-year-old girl.
One afternoon when I returned, they were just coming out of their apartment and the little girl was holding the door open for the others. I remained in the car doing unnecessary things. But when I looked up I saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for me. I hurried as much as I could and thanked her.
I was really touched by her act of kindness. That afternoon I was at the K-Mart and I bought a white Teddy bear for her. The next day, there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her father. She was very proud of the bear and thanked me like I had never been thanked before.
Now when we meet in the hall, we all speak in a friendly manner. As time passes, I don’t hear that yelling as often as before.
Last night we had about four inches of snow. I looked out at my car and wondered how I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment. I went out to remove the snow. But when I opened my front door, I found my car was there with all the snow removed. You couldn’t imagine how I felt at that moment. I thanked that family in my heart.
Isn’t it amazing how a small kind act of a four-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? My guardian angel says that good things come from small acts.

  1. 1.

    Who did the writer think removed the snow on his car?

    1. A.
      That family next door.
    2. B.
      Someone sent by his doctor.
    3. C.
      Some strangers.
    4. D.
      The gate keeper.
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is CORRECT according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The children were very naughty and often made their parents angry.
    2. B.
      Life must be very hard for the parents next door as they had a large family to support.
    3. C.
      The writer put off the appointment with his doctor because of the heavy snow.
    4. D.
      The little girl’s kind act changed the relationship between the writer and her family.
  3. 3.

    The right time order of these events in the passage may be         .
    ① I bought a white Teddy bear for the four-year-old little girl.
    ② A new family moved into the building next to my door.
    ③ The four-year-old little girl held the door for me.
    ④ The father came with the little girl and thanked me.
    ⑤We speak to each other now in a friendly manner.

    1. A.
      ②-③-①-④-⑤
    2. B.
      ②-④-①-③-⑤
    3. C.
      ③-②-④-⑤-①
    4. D.
      ③-④-②-⑤-①

A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual(体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education. 

  1. 1.

    From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _________.

    1. A.
      people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
    2. B.
      people can always rise to the top through their won efforts
    3. C.
      college professors win great respect from common workers
      C. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.

    1. A.
      servants in American are hard to get
    2. B.
      she takes pride in what she can do herself
    3. C.
      she can hardly afford servants
    4. D.
      It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food
  3. 3.

    The expression “ wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_________”.

    1. A.
      work in a furniture shop
    2. B.
      keep accounts for a bar
    3. C.
      wait to lay the table
    4. D.
      serve customers in a restaurant
  4. 4.

    Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

    1. A.
      A Respectable Self-made Family
    2. B.
      American Attitude toward Manual Labor
    3. C.
      Characteristics of American Culture
    4. D.
      The Development of Manual Labor

Section B (10 points)
Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit
What is eBay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes---the list goes on and on.
The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child, at high school,he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, He worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great.com crashes of the late 1990s, eBay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Internet.
EBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is to take an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business; the world is your market place. Of course for each item sold eBay gets a percentage and that is a great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold.

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, what is eBay? (no more than 6 words)

  2. 2.

    How does eBay make money from its website? (no more than 10 words)

  3. 3.

    From the underlined sentence “he has never looked back”, what can we learn about Peter? (no more than 11 words)

  4. 4.

    What do you need to do if you want to start your business on eBay? (no more than 14 words)

When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn't understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laughs turned into crying.
So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing are controlled by the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so does crying.
Whatever helps us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional health, and crying seems to work well. One study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.
Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendlier and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.
Just as crying can be healthy, not crying---holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering---can be bad for physical health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can 1ead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illness. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural, healthy and emotional response.

  1. 1.

    Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?

    1. A.
      Because her father did not want her to feel too sad.
    2. B.
      Because she did not love her grandmother.
    3. C.
      Because she was too shy to cry at that time.
    4. D.
      The author doesn't give the explanation.
  2. 2.

    It can be inferred from the text that _______________________.

    1. A.
      there are two ways to keep healthy
    2. B.
      emotional health has a close relationship to physical health
    3. C.
      crying and laughing play the same roles
    4. D.
      crying does more good to health than laughing
  3. 3.

    According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

    1. A.
      Crying is the best way to get help from others.
    2. B.
      Fighting back tears may cause some health problems.
    3. C.
      We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry.
    4. D.
      We must cry if we want to reduce pressure
  4. 4.

    What might be the most suitable title for the text?

    1. A.
      Why We Cry
    2. B.
      How to Keep Healthy
    3. C.
      Power of Tears
    4. D.
      New Scientific Discovery
  5. 5.

    What is the author's attitude to "crying"?

    1. A.
      Positive.
    2. B.
      Negative.
    3. C.
      Touched.
    4. D.
      Upset.

I had to knock on the taxi to get his attention. Finally, the driver, a man about 60, looked up from behind the wheel and apologized, “I’m sorry, but I was reading a letter.” He sounded as if he had a cold or a cough.
Since I was in no hurry, I told him to finish his letter. He shook his head, explaining that he had already read it several times and almost knew it by heart. Curious, I asked whether it was from a child or maybe a grandchild. “This isn’t family,” he replied. “Though he might just as well have been a regular member of the family, Old Ed and I grew up together.”
They were always friends. But since he moved away from the neighborhood 30 years ago, it’d generally just been postcards at Christmas time between them. A couple of weeks ago, Ed died. “I should have kept in touch.” He repeated this, more to himself than to me. To comfort him, I said sometimes we just didn’t seem to find the time. “But we used to find the time,” he said. “Take a look.” He handed the letter over to me.
The first sentence “I’ve been meaning to write for some time, but I’ve always delayed it.” reminded me of myself. It went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together. When I read the part where it said “Your friendship really means a lot to me, more than I can say because I’m not good at saying things like that”, I found myself nodding in agreement.
We had gone several kilometers and were almost at my hotel, so I read the last paragraph: “So I thought you’d like to know that I was thinking of you.” And it was ended with “Your Old Friend, Tom.”
“I thought your friend’s name was Ed,” I said.
“I’m Tom,” he explained. “It’s a letter I wrote to Ed before I knew he’d died. I never put it in the mailbox. I guess I should have written it sooner.” His face was pale as he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.
When I got to my hotel room I didn’t unpack right away. I had to write a letter and post it.

  1. 1.

    From Paragraph 4, we learn that the author _______.

    1. A.
      often fails to write to his friends
    2. B.
      doesn’t want to write to his friends
    3. C.
      had many great moments with his friends
    4. D.
      was good at expressing his feelings to friends
  2. 2.

    Who wrote the letter?

    1. A.
      Old Ed
    2. B.
      The driver’s grandchild
    3. C.
      The author
    4. D.
      Tom
  3. 3.

    It can be inferred from the passage that the driver regretted_____.

    1. A.
      missing Ed’s funeral
    2. B.
      moving away from his neighborhood
    3. C.
      forgetting to send Ed Christmas cards
    4. D.
      not being able to keep in touch with Ed

After a 15-year ban on the sale of fireworks in Beijing, Kang Guoliang, 51, was able to start his old trade again yesterday.
As a salesman in Xinhui store in Dongcheng District, he is happy about the increasing number of buying fireworks wrapped in red paper — a color standing for happiness and good luck.
“Fireworks are available for the first time in town for more than a decade,” Kang said happily.“People will buy them.”
The store has 300 boxes of fireworks piled up and is open 24 hours at the moment.Residents are buying the fireworks and firecrackers for the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on February 18.
Citywide, 2,116 registered stores and retailers, 585 in the centre and 1,600 on the outskirts are trading fireworks in the Chinese capital.Sales of fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road started yesterday and will last until March 4, Xinhua reported.Among the stores, 117 stores are permitted to operate 24 hours.About 600,000 boxes of firecrackers worth more than 100 million yuan have been carried to registered stores.
The Chinese capital began a ban in 1993 to reduce fireworks-related deaths and fires during the holiday season.Last September the ban was removed in response to residents’ fondness for fireworks when celebrating Spring Festival.
According to new rules, Beijing residents are allowed to set off fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road all day on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Lunar New Year’s day, from 7 a.m.to midnight every day from February 19 to March 4.
“Spring Festival without fireworks is not Spring Festival,” said Sheng Hefei, who was buying fireworks in the store.“It was fun to light the firecrackers when I was little,” he said.“The sound and view of fireworks make a real holiday.” However, not all residents welcome the return of firecrackers because of injuries, pollution and noise.“My child is scared of the sudden sound of firecrackers, and it is annoying to hear it all night long,” complained Lu Jun, a local resident.
（China Daily02/11/2008）

  1. 1.

    The passage is likely to belong to a（n）__________?

    1. A.
      description
    2. B.
      argument
    3. C.
      advertisement
    4. D.
      news report
  2. 2.

    What’s the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Beijing fireworks sales start after a 15-year ban.
    2. B.
      People go to buy fireworks and firecrackers every where in Beijing.
    3. C.
      Beijing residents all welcome the return of firecrackers.
    4. D.
      Many stores began to sell fireworks and firecrackers.
  3. 3.

    We can learn from the passage that ____________.

    1. A.
      every Spring Festival falls on February 18
    2. B.
      Beijing residents can set off fireworks everywhere .
    3. C.
      fireworks are allowed to be sold because people like them.
    4. D.
      from February 19 to March 4, Beijing residents can set off fireworks twenty four hours every day.
  4. 4.

    What is the writer’s attitude towards the sales of fireworks in Beijing?

    1. A.
      Negative
    2. B.
      Not mentioned
    3. C.
      Positive
    4. D.
      Satisfactory

Xinhua Sept.25,2008
JIUQUAN, Gansu---China launched successfully its third manned spacecraft on Thursday with three astronauts on board to attempt the country’s first-ever space walk.
The spaceship Shenzhou VII blasted off（发射） on a Long March II-F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province at 9：10pm.after a breathtaking countdown to another milestone on China’s space journey.
On board pilots Zhai Zhigang, Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng are expected to orbit the earth for three days, when one of them will float out of the cabin about 343 kilometers above the earth.
When they make it, China will become the third country in the world who is able to conduct extravehicular activity （EVA） in space following the former Soviet Union and the United States.
President Hu Jintao watched the historic moment at the launch center, joined by Chinese experts and other work staff.
Hu briefly met the trio astronauts before they entered the spacecraft Thursday afternoon, wishing them “a complete success in this glorious and sacred mission”.
“During the mission, you will carry out China’s EVA with homemade EVA space suit, which is a great leap for China’s space technology.” said Hu.
Other tasks of the Shenzhou VII crew include the release of a small monitoring satellite and a trial of the data relay of the satellite Tianlian-I.
If successful, the mission would be of great significance to the country’s future plans to build a space lab and a space station, said ZhangJianqi, deputy chief commander of the manned space project.

  1. 1.

    In which section would the passage be seen in a newspaper?

    1. A.
      Science and Technology.
    2. B.
      Entertainment.
    3. C.
      Sports report.
    4. D.
      Advertisement
  2. 2.

    Which one is NOT true according to the report?

    1. A.
      China launched its third manned spacecraft.
    2. B.
      The pilots on board are expected to orbit the earth for three days
    3. C.
      The spaceship Shenzhou VII blasted off three astronauts on board.
    4. D.
      One of the three astronauts will float out of the cabin above the earth.
  3. 3.

    What is the great leap for China’s space technology during the space journey?

    1. A.
      The spaceship Shenzhou VII blasted off successfully.
    2. B.
      The astronauts will carry out China’s EVA with homemade EVA space suit.
    3. C.
      Three astronauts are expected to orbit the earth for 3 days.
    4. D.
      The spaceship Shenzhou VII will release a small monitoring satellite.
  4. 4.

    The tasks of the Shenzhou VII crew include the following EXCEPT ________.

    1. A.
      the release of a small monitoring satellite
    2. B.
      a trial of the data relay of the satellite Tianlian-I
    3. C.
      carrying out China’s EVA with homemade EVA space suit
    4. D.
      building a space lab and a space station
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