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There are 45 students in our class. I have made a survey, 36 students say they like to exercise. Most boys play basketball together twice a week. But girls think basketball is difficult for them, they’d like to play volleyball together twice a week. My friend, Tony, is good at running. He runs fastest in our class. He runs for 30 minutes on the playground every evening before he goes to bed. Is it interesting? Gray is good at swimming. He goes to the swimming club three times a month in winter, and three times a week in summer. So he is pretty healthy. Some of my classmates have good eating habits. They eat both meat and vegetables. 70% of them drink milk every day. 15 students say they drink milk three or four times a week. But some students like to eat junk food, especially Sally. What’s worse is that she doesn’t like to exercise, so she is very fat. She always says “ I’m going to lose weight(减肥) tomorrow.”
【小题1】 How often do most boys play basketball?

Every scientist has a childhood dream. A scientist in China once had a(n)   36  . He wished to grow a new type of rice which could produce a lot. This person is Yuan Longping   37   was born in 1930. He graduated from the Southwest Agricultural(农业) University in 1953. Yuan Longping came up with an idea for a hybrid rice in the 1960s. Since then, he has devoted himself to the research and development of new varieties(品种).

In 1973, together with other people, he   38   in the development of hybrid rice. This made China be a worldwide leader in rice production. For this, he was called Father of Hybrid Rice. In 1980, the technology for hybrid rice was   39   to the United States.   40   Professor Yuan’s hard work, China now produces enough rice to   41   her people every year.

In his spare time, he loves playing   42   violin and listening to music. Every night, he reads   43   half an hour before he goes to sleep. He likes swimming, too.

It is said that Professor Yuan is one of the   44   people in China. And he cares about   45 

but his research.

Now Professor Yuan is working on developing super hybrid rice. He goes to the fields twice a day.

1.A.dream             B. idea              C. thought           D. meaning

2.A.where             B. whom              C. which                                          D. who

3.A.success           B. succeeded         C. successfully      D. successful

4.A.given             B. grown             C. showed            D. introduced

5.A.Because of        B. Thanks for        C. Instead of        D. According to

6.A. offer            B. feed              C. send              D. provide

7.A.an                B./                  C. a                 D. the

8.A.on                B. in                C. for               D. to

9.A.poorest           B. richest           C. cleverest         D. most careful

10.A.everything B .anything C. nothing  D. something

A man made a nice talking machine .It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines.

He put the machine into the waiting room of a station .There were always lots of people in and out .

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak ,“Good morning ,Madam .”it said in Indian . “Your weight is 72 kilograms .That’s three kilograms more .If you eat more fruit and vegetables ,you will be soon all right .Please have a nice day .”

The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning ,Miss .”the machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms .It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day .Please have a nice day .”

The third one to use the machine was a very fat American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine .The machine spoke quickly in English , “Good morning .Will one of you get off?”

1.The machine in this passage could              .

A．weigh and talk to people

B．tell people what they should eat

C．speak all kinds of languages

D．make people laugh

2.According to the machine ,if the Indian woman weighs              ,she will be all right.

A．72 kilograms.                          B．69 kilograms

C．75 kilograms.                           D．45 kilograms.

3.The machine said to a Chinese girl that she               .

A．should eat more                        B．should eat less

C．had to eat more fruit                     D．kept herself healthy

4.How was the American woman?

A．She was healthy.

B．She liked thinking.

C．She was too heavy.

D．The machine didn’t like her.

①A new Long March（长征）
Twenty-one people from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland began a new Long March on October 15. They will walk about 8，000 kilometres from Ruijin， Jiangxi to Wuqi， Shanxi. They hope to get 20.2 million yuan to build 101 schools and help poor children go back to school. They hope to finish the march by August 16, 2012.
②The football team
The Chinese under-17 football team is No. 1 in Asia. They won the Asian U-17 Championship（亚洲U-17锦标赛）in Japan on Saturday. They beat the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea（朝鲜）by 1:0. After 85 minutes， Wang Weilong got the only goal. They took the cup for the first time in 12 years.
③Liu leaves China
Chinese actor Liu Ye left for the US on Monday to make a film called Meteor（《流星》）. He is going to act with the Hollywood film star Meryl Streep. His former classmate Zhang Ziyi sent Liu a message to encourage him. Liu was worried about his English， and worked hard on it before he left. People know him from films like last year’s “Mei Ren Cao”。
【小题1】From the news，we know that the twenty-one people began a new Long March to ______.

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One day, Jack’s parents told him that his grandpa would retire (退休) after working for forty years. Jack said in surprise, “I’m only seven, so it means Grandpa has been … err… A really long time!”

His parents said, “Yes. That’s why we are going to have a surprise party for him.”

Jack loved his Grandpa and wanted to do something special for him. He remembered the business card his grandpa had given him two years before. He knew that his grandpa would no longer have the position (职位) on that card, so he decided to build a new one for his grandpa.

When the big day came, Jack was ready. But he didn’t want to put his gift together with others’. He carried it around with him the whole evening.

When all the other people left, he took his grandpa’s hand and brought him over to a chair and gave him the gift.

His grandpa smiled, “Well, it must be a beautiful gift. May I open it now?” “Sure!” Jack said excitedly.

As Grandpa opened the gift, tears came into his eyes. Jack gave him the greatest gift he had ever got! They were business cards with his new position: FULL-TIME GRANDPA! Jack said, “Now your full-time job is my grandpa!”

“Well, how much do I get paid?” his grandpa asked, smiling. “As many hugs (拥抱) as you want!” With these words, Jack gave Grandpa a hug. “Well, I guess that means I’m the richest man in the world!” said Grandpa.

1.What did Jack decide to do for his grandpa?

A. To build a new position for him.          B. To hold his hands warmly.

C. To give him a new business job.               D. To give him a warm hug.

2.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Grandpa would be forty-one years old next year.

B. Jack was the last one to give the gift to his grandpa.

C. Others didn’t want to put his gifts together with Jack’s.

D. Jack’s parents give Grandpa some money for his job.

3.Why were there tears in Grandpa’s eyes?

A. Because he would lose his position.

B. Because others didn’t like him at all.

C. Because he was moved by Jack’s gift.

D. Because Jack wasn’t with him that evening.