There have been many great inventions that change the way we live . The first great 1 was one that is still very important today----the wheel . This made it easy for man 2 heavy things and to travel long distances . For hundreds of years after that , there were 3 inventions that had as much effect as the wheel . Then in the early 1800’s the world started to change greatly . There was 4 unknown land left in the world . People did not have to explore much any more. In the second half of the 19^th century many great inventions were made. 5 them were the camera, the electric light and the radio . These have all become a big part of our life today.

The first part of the 20^th century saw more great inventions .The helicopter in 1909 .Movies 6 sound in 1926 .The computer in 1946 .And jet planes in 1930 .This was also a time when a new 7 was first made . Nylon came out in 1935 .It changed the kind of clothes people wear .Of course new inventions continued to be made .Man began looking 8 ways to go into space .Russia made the first step .Then the United States took together. Since then other countries ,including China and Japan ,9 their steps into space. In1969 man took his biggest step away from earth . 10 first walked on the moon . This was certainly just a beginning .New inventions will someday allow us to do things we have never yet dreamed of.          

( )1. A. scientist        B. artist           C. musician          D. invention

( )2. A. carry            B. carrying         C. to carry          D. carried

( )3. A. few              B. a few            C. little            D. a little

( )4. A. few              B. a few            C. little            D. a little

( )5. A. Between          B. Among            C. Before            D. After

( )6. A. in               B. of               C. on                D. with

( )7. A. invention        B. product          C. world             D. material

( )8. A. for              B. out              C. after             D. around

( )9. A. made             B. were made        C. have made         D. had made

( )10. A. Chinese          B. Japanese         C. Americans         D. Russians

I have an American friend, Cathy. Now she is in Hangzhou, China with her parents. She speaks English very well, but she needs help in Chinese. She is now trying to learn and speak it. She often tries to speak Chinese with us, but she still can’t speak it well, so we don’t understand her sometimes.

It’s Saturday afternoon. Cathy wants to see pandas and monkeys in the zoo, but she doesn’t know how to get there. She stops a man and a woman and asks them the way. They don’t know what she says. Cathy looks worried. Then she meets a school boy, but the boy can’t understand her, either. Then she takes out a pen and some paper from her bag and draws a panda on the paper. She shows the picture to the boy. The boy looks at it, smiles and then tells her the way to the zoo.

46. The writer sometimes can’t understand Cathy because _______.

   A. she comes from America             B. she doesn’t stay in China for long

   C. she can speak English very well       D. she doesn’t learn Chinese well enough

47. Why does Cathy want to go to the zoo on Saturday afternoon?

   A. She has no classes on Saturday        B. She is going to see a Chinese boy

   C. She wants to see some animals        D. She wants to get something new

48. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “understand” is ________.

   A. 认识      B. 遇见       C. 理解        D. 解释

49. Cathy draws a picture on the paper in order to（为了）________.

   A. tell the boy where she wants to go

   B. ask the boy how to say “panda” in China

   C. tell the boy something about the dear animal

   D. teach the boy how to draw a picture with a pen

50. Who tells Cathy the way to the zoo at last?

   A. No one     B. The boy     C. The woman   D. The man

In the 13th century, the Italian traveler, Marco polo , traveled a long way to China , During his stay in China , he saw many wonderful things . One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money . In western countries , people did not use paper money until the 15th century . However , people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century .
A Chinese man called CaiLun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood . He took the wood from trees and made it into paper . He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book .
Now paper still comes from trees . We use a lot of paper every day ! If we keep on wasting so much paper , there will not be any trees on the earth . If there are no trees , there will be no paper . Every day , people throw away about 2800 tons (吨) of paper in our city . It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper . This means that we are cutting nearly 48000 trees every day . Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow , we must start using less paper now . If we don’t , we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper .
So how can we save paper ? We can use both sides of every piece of paper , especially when we are making notes .We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets . We can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones . When we go shopping , we can use fewer paper bags . If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later .
Everyone can help to save paper . If we all think carefully , we can help protect trees . But we should do it now , before it is too late .
【小题1】When he was in China , Marco polo ___________ .

Two good friends, Sam and Jason, met with a car accident on their way home one snowy night. The next morning, Sam woke up blind. His legs were broken. The doctor, Mr Lee, was standing by his bed, looking at him worriedly. When he saw Sam awake, he asked, “How are you feeling, Sam?” Sam smiled and said, “Not bad, Doctor. Thank you very much for doing the special operation(手术).” Mr Lee was moved by Sam. When he was leaving, Sam said, “Please don’t tell Jason about it.” “Well…Well…OK,” Mr Lee replied.

Months later when Jason’s wounds healed(愈合), Sam was still very sick. He couldn’t see or walk. He could do nothing but stay in his wheelchair all day long. At first, Jason stayed with him for a few days. But days later, Jason thought it boring to spend time with a disabled man like Sam. So he went to see Sam less and less. He made new friends. From then on, he didn’t go to visit Sam any more. Sam didn’t have any family or friends except Jason. He felt very sad.

Things went from bad to worse. Sam died a year later. When Jason came, Mr Lee gave him a letter from Sam. In the letter Sam said, “Dear Jason, I am disabled. But I want you to be a healthy man. So I gave my eyes to you so that you can enjoy life as a healthy man. Now you have new friends. I’m glad to see that you are as healthy and happy as usual. I’m glad you live a happy life. You are always my best friend... Sam”. When he finished reading the letter, Mr Lee said, “I have promised that I will keep this a secret until Sam is gone. Now you know it.”

Jason stood there like a stone. Tears ran down his face.

1.The car accident happened ____________.

A. only to Sam     B. on a cold evening

C. the next morning  D. on the way to work

2.Sam thanked Mr Lee mainly because Mr Lee

A. saved his friend Jason’s life

B. was very kind and friendly to him

C. came to see him early in the morning

D. did the operation according to his wish

3.Which of the following is the correct order of events in the story?

a. Jason made new friends. 

b. Sam gave his eyes to Jason.

c. Sam and Jason met with a car accident.

d. Jason felt bored when staying with Sam.

e. Sam died and Jason knew the truth.

A. c--b--d--a--e    B. d--c-- b--e—a

C. d--a--c--b--e   D. c--d-- b--e—a

4.After we finish reading Sam’s letter, we can infer(推断) that ___________.

A. Sam caused the car accident

B. Sam’s operation was not successful

C. Jason was made blind in the car accident

D. Jason knew how Sam helped him before Sam died

5.From the story, we can conclude(得出结论) that __________.

A. Sam played a joke on Jason

B. Sam always told lies to his friends

C. Sam thought friendship was important

D. Sam regretted doing the operation in the end