Yesterday the police were joined by more Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones．The police said that they had disappeared during an adventure(冒险)tour of Cape York Peninsula．
This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people．
The police said that thesearch had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain．Later on Chief Inspector(警官)Roger Fleet said,“The travellers had a ridio with them．If they had been in trouble, they would have called us．”
The three travellers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car．They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles(鳄鱼)．Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn’t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road．
A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the“Be Careful about crocodiles”sign near the river．Why was the photo left behind?This is just one of the unanswered questions．Other questions are：Why was the photo left behind?Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest?The police said that the travellers had left a map of the area behind．Why?Why had someone drawn a cross on the point(地点)where the car is?Is this a sign?What does it mean?If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown．
(1)
This article is probably taken from ________
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A．
a newspaper
B．
a magazine
C．
a storybook
D．
a guidebook
(2)
Which word best describes the search of the three missing people?
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A．
Helpless
B．
Hard
C．
Delightful
D．
Successful
(3)
Which of the following things wasn’t found by the police?
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A．
A touring map．
B．
A photo of the travellers．
C．
The travellers’ radio．
D．
The travellers’ car
(4)
All the following are unanswered questions except ________．
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A．
why they left a photo behind
B．
why they came to this area
C．
why their Toyota was parked in the place
D．
why a cross was drawn on the map
(5)
The article asks people to ________．
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A．
join the police in searching for the missing people
B．
tell the police about the travellers’ ages and their appearance
FIFTEEN YEAR-OLD Liu Xuyang said he has more than 30 pairs of shoes．But some are old．He doesn’t want them any more．
Where should these old shoes go?To the garbage or to be recycled?
This is bow Liu began to care about old shoes．He shared his thoughts with his classmates at Beijing No．35 Middle School, Luo Hao and Yang Mengwei．The three then decided to do some research．They found out that old shoes can pollute the environment if not recycled properly．Earlier this month, their research paper won second prize in the Beijing Youth Science and Invention Competition．
The three first spent two weeks designing a questionnaire on how people deal with old shoes and how the shoes are treated．They gave over 100 questionnaires to the public, to shoemakers, garbage stations and recycling stations．
Doing the survey, They found that on average(平均), a family throws away 5.17 pairs of shoes each year．That means millions of old shoes are thrown away a year around the country．
However．most old shoes are not treated properly, according to the students．
“Usually．the old shoes are just burnt or buried(填埋)with other garbage,”said Luo．
Most of the shoes are made of chemical materials．If they are burnt or buried, they can give off gas(气)or other things that pollute the air and rivers, said the students．
They suggest there should be big boxes in cities f6r people to put old shoes in．The shoes could then be taken to recycling stations to be treated．
On the other hand, the shoemakers, said the students, could use more environment-friendly material to make shoes．
(1)
Liu Xuyang ________．
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A．
has fifteen pairs of old shoes
B．
has more than thirty pairs of old shoes
C．
has more than thirty classmates in his class
D．
is a student of No．35 Middle School in Beijing
(2)
Liu Xuyang began to care about the old shoes ________．
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A．
because he decided to do some research
B．
when he wanted to throw away his old shoes
C．
because his thirty pairs of shoes were all very old
D．
when he sent the shoes to the recycling factory
(3)
What does the word“questionnaire”mean in the underlined sentence?
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A．
A station to deal with the waste materials．
B．
A recycling station to treat the old shoes．
C．
An office to deal with the problems of old shoes．
D．
A list of questions to be answered by a group of people．
(4)
How did the three students begin their research?
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A．
They designed a questionnaire first．
B．
They wrote a research paper about the old shoes．
C．
They gave out the questionnaires and won a prize．
D．
They visited many shoemakers, trash and recycling stations．
(5)
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
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A．
More recycling stations should be built around the country．
B．
Old shoes will pollute the environment if not recycled properly．
C．
The students' survey shows millions of old shoes are thrown away each year．
D．
The students suggest that environment-friendly material should be used to make shoes．
Once upon a time there lived an old man．He had three sons．One day, he called them together and said, "Sons, I will die soon．To my oldest son I give half my camels, to my second, one-third(三分之一), and to my youngest, one-ninth(九分之一)．" Soon after that he died．
Now, the old man had seventeen camels, and the three brothers didn't know how to do as their father said．They thought a long time about the problem, and it seemed that they must either kill some of the camels and cut them into pieces, or disobey their father．At last they went to their father's old friend and asked for his advice．As soon as he heard their story, he said, "I will help you．I was a good friend of your father's．I am old．I have only one camel, but take it-it is yours．"
The three sons thanked the old man and took his camel．Now they found it was easy to do as their father wished, The oldest took half- that was nine camels; the second took one-third, that was six; and the youngest took one-ninth, that was two．
After each had got his camels, they found that there was still a camel there．So, to show their thanks to their father's friend, they gave the camel back to him．
(1)
"Once upon a time" means "________"．
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A．
long long ago
B．
not very long ago
C．
at once
D．
sometimes
(2)
The meaning of "disobey" in the second paragraph is"________"．
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A．
服从
B．
违背
C．
听从
D．
嘲笑
(3)
The meaning of "asked for his advice" in the second paragraph is "________"．
Tea, the most popular drink in the world, was invented by accident． 1 an ancient Chinese legend, the emperor Shen Nong 2 tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire．Some leaves from a nearby bush fell into the water and 3 there for some time．The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a 4 smell．Later he decided to 5 the hot mixture．It was quite delicious．And 6 , one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented．
China is home of tea, which has more than 4,000 years of 7 ．People in China drink tea daily． 8 the three major drinks－tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by 9 people in the world．Tea from China, 10 silk and porcelain(瓷器), began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export(出口产品) 11 ．
Tea leaves are grown 12 in the south area of the Changjiang River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian．Longjing, Wulong, Pu’er and Tieguanyin are all 13 kinds of tea．
Over the past centuries, Chinese people have developed their special tea culture, which 14 tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on．Tea is also a popular 15 which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels．
