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Pick up one of these cubes and you probably won’t be able to put it down．How hard（1）_____ it be to rearrange（重新排列）the nine colored squares on each side of the cube? In fact，there are 43×10³⁰ possibilities! It has been 31 years since the cubes were sold in stores around the world．Its（2） _____，however， began years earlier as a simple classroom example．In 1974，Dr．Erno Rubik（3） _____ the“Magic Cube”as he called it． He did this to help his students understand 3-D concepts．This classroom model was quickly changed into a （4） _____ toy．In 1979，Ideal Toys bought the rights（权利）（5） _____ sold it as“Rubik’s Cube”．The invention（6） _____ became a 1980s cultural icon

As time went（7） _____，the cube’s popularity became less，however，it made a comeback with the Internet．Now（8） _____ can go online and find many videos that show ways to solve the cube．Erik Akkersdijk of the Netherlands holds the present world record．He finished it in just 7．08 seconds l

Two careful and brave children--Benjamin,12, and his sister Emily, 11, found a stolen(被偷的) car in the woods（树丛） yesterday morning. The happy owner, Mrs Judy Roberts,said she would thank them by taking then out to dinner.

Both Benjamin and Emily like hiking. They were walking along a path through the woods near their home. And they noticed a car. They were surprised because very few people parked their cars there. They looked inside the car and there was nobody in it. The children thought something went wrong. They made a note of the type of the car and its colour. Benjamin also wrote down its number. When they went back to their school, they told their teacher about the car. The teacher reported （报告）it to the police.

Soon the police found the owner, Mrs Judy Roberts. “I really have to thank Benjamin and Emily. I’m going to write to the local newspaper and their headmaster（校长） to thank them” she said. Benjamin and Emily’s teachers felt proud(自豪的). “Benjamin and Emily are not only students but also good members of the community” they all said.

 Michael Essany is the young star of his own TV talk show. When he was 14, he bought some    36    machines and asked a local television station to air (播放) his show. Michael contacted 500 famous people but only three of them    37    to be on his show. However, now many well-known people want to be on his show. In 2003, the Michael Essany Show became so    38    that even the E! network made a show about his show!

    Michael’s show is    39    from the living room of his family’s house. Before the show starts, his parents    40    the guests at the airport and make them comfortable. While the show is    41   , Michael tells jokes and interviews the guests, and his parents    42    the video machines. After Michael finished the show, the guests eat dinner with Michael and his     43    in the dining room.

    Michael’s fame (名气) is    44   , but he still has plans and goals. “I would like to be the host of The Tonight Show. That is my    45   , and it’s a dream I intend to realize one day.”

1. A. radio                 B. video                    C. Internet

2. A. forgot                    B. refused              C. agreed

3.A. strange                    B. popular              C. serious

4. A. recorded              B. discovered           C.introduced

5. A. help out                  B. look after           C. pick up

6. A. on                        B. off                  C. up

7. A. mend                  B. run                  C. sell

8.A. family                 B. audience             C. boss

9. A. falling                   B. disappearing         C. growing

10. A. advice                   B. dream                    C. story

In the UK, most children have their lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner-a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed(包装的) lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.

Often parents know what their children want. Cath, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches because they say they don’t like to have school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.”

However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said, “My daughters have a always had school dinners. I think they probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them.”

But how healthy are school dinners? Kaz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, “Fizzy(起泡的) drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips.”

Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews and curries for the children instead.

So Jamie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country. And it seems that the changes have begun.

Anna, a pupil, told us, “We used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There’s a salad restaurant, which is good, so it’s healthier than it was.”

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1.How many meals do most children in the UK have at school?

2.        would like the children to have the school meals.

3.Jamie thought         were healthy food.

4.The last two paragraphs(段落) show that        .

5.What is the best title for this text?

Walt Disney began to make cartoon movies when he was young. But he didn’t have much money and he didn’t always have enough to eat. One day a mouse ran near his desk when he worked in his small office.

“Would you like to be my pet? ”Disney asked the mouse. He caught the mouse and kept it as a pet. A few years later, Disney decided to make a cartoon about it. “I am making a cartoon about a mouse named Mortimer,” he told his wife. “Mortimer Mouse? I think Mickey Mouse would be a better name.” She said. “You are right!”  Disney agreed and made many Mickey Mouse cartoons.

People all over the world saw Mickey and loved it. Mickey Mouse made Disney famous. Then come Donald Duck, and Goofy Dog and others. Disney began to make full length (长) cartoons. Then he made cartoon movies for television. Millions of children watched the shows every week.

In California, real boats, castles (城堡), trains, mountains, rivers, all in one beautiful park. Millions of people came to Disneyland. He died in 1966, but the world will not forget him quickly. Mickey Mouse and all his cartoons will help us to remember him.

1.When Disney began making cartoon movies,          .

A．he was very poor                       B．the mouse helped him

C．his wife knew nothing about it              D．People didn’t like Cartoons at all

2.This passage mainly tells us       .

A．how Disney make Cartoon movies           B．how Disney built Disneyland

C．something about Disney’s childhood        D．something about Disney’s life

3.Which of the flowing sentences is true?

A．Disney’s wife asked him to make a cartoon about the mouse.

B．Mickey Mouse was the name suggested by Disney’s wife.

C．Disney caught a mouse and made a cartoon about it at once.

D．People will remember Disney because of the Disneyland.