In your school bags, most of you may have a pencil, some kinds of pens, a ruler and some books. None of these things grow in the fields. They were all made in factories and invented by someone. They have not always been pencils or pens, rulers or books. Thousands of years ago, no one knew about these things.

    Who invented them? We don’t always know. There have been many thousands of inventions, large and small, in the human history. Some of these inventions have changed the world, such as paper, printing and radio, and we know the inventions. But we have forgotten most of the other inventions. Who invented the clock, for example, or the lock to the door? We don’t know. There have been thousands of inventions and we should thank them for their clever ideas. Will you be one of them when you grow up?

1. Who make most of the things in your school bag?

    A. Workers                                        B. Farmers

    C. Shopkeepers                                  D. Inventors

2. People didn’t have such things as pens or rulers _________________.

    A. a century ago                                 B. thousands of years before

    C. thousands of years ago                   D. several centuries later

3. What do inventions have?

    A. Computers                                    B. Machines

    C. Labs                                             D. Clever ideas.

4. Which of the following is an invention?

    A. A forest                                        B. A sheep

    C. A river.                                         D. A train.

5. We don’t know __________________.

    A. the name of the inventor of paper

    B. the names of most inventors

    C. how to use the lock to the door

    D. what the papers or pencils are used for

根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示，填入空格内    

Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm“ on a piece of “land“ and “grow“, “sell“ or even “steal“ “vegetables“, “flowers“ and “fruits“ on the Internet.

     They can earn some e--money and buy more “seeds“, “pets“ and even “houses“. Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.

     Harold: I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident (自信的) enough to face the real world.

     Allan: I enjoy putting some “bugs“ in my friends gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.

     Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for (渴望) the life in the countryside. It reduces (减少) my work pressure (压力); besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief“.

     Ivy: Well, it’s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot focus on (专注于) their study.

1  According to the passage, people can’t _______ things in this game.
A. grow     B. borrow    C. steal     D. sell

2  People can buy more things with ________ in the game.
A. e—money   B. houses    C. seeds     D. vegetables

3  Among the people Joyce interviewed, _______ dislikes the game.
A. Laura     B. Allan     C. Harold     D. none

4  From Laura’s words, we can guess that she’s most probably ______.
A. a students   B. an office worker   C. a farmer     D. a thief

5  Ivy thinks the Internet game is bad for ________.
A. adults    B. thieves     C. policemen      D. teenagers

6  Which is not the reason why people like the game?
A. They are longing for country life.
B. They can have fun with friends.
C. They are confident enough to face the real world.
D. The game can relax people and give them a new experience.

　　People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf. Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave（纺织）cloth become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old people, for these young like to listen to“pop”music and most of“pop”music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people's life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad.

　　Nowadays the government in many countries have made laws to reduce or control noise and make it less than 85 decibels（分贝）. In China, the people's government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problem.

A．90 percent of all the workers are free from any noise

B．90 percent of all the workers in Britain are not suffering from noise

C．10 percent of all the workers in Britain are working in noisy places

D．the hearing of 10 percent of all the workers in Britain is being deafened by the noise where they work

A．don't print newspapers or books

B．make clothes

C．live far away from airports

D．none of the above

A．they all live near airports

B．their hearing is harmed by loud music

C．they are younger than the old people

D．their ears are still small

A．pop music is popular with old people

B．less than 85 decibels can cause deafness

C．a continuous noise of over 85 decibels can cause deafness

D．noise pollution is more serious than water pollution nowadays

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others?

Don’t listen to people who say the young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they  don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17

   I’m going to help the Forest Centre build new hiking paths in the mountains. It’s going to be terrific—I’ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It’ll be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.

Jason Moore,18

  This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

   I’m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I’m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

1 Young people in the USA volunteer to spend ___ helping others.

A. school holidays  B. Weekdays  C. every morning    D. every afternoon

2 What does Alice volunteer to do in summer?

A. To breathe the clean mountain air

B. To spend the whole summer living in the tent      

C. To sleep under the stars          

D. To help build new hiking paths in the mountain

3 From the passage, we know that Special House Program helps     .

            A. children in poor families 

B. workers who build houses

C. poor families can’t afford houses    

D. build hiking paths

4______ wants to be a teacher.

A. Alice Hamilton   B. Jason Moore   

C. Trish Anderson    D. none of them

5Which is the most possible title for this passage?

A. Reading for life                   B. A Special House Program          

C. The Forest Centre               D. Young American Volunteers