A man lived with a little boy. He loved the boy very much. So, every day after __26_ the man would come home and play with the little boy.

    One night, while the man was at work, he remembered that he had extra* work __27__for the evening. So he wouldn’t be able to play with his little boy. But he wanted to give the boy __28__ to keep him busy. So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine __29_  a large map of the world on the cover*He got an idea. He took down the map, and then ___30___ tore （撕）it up into small pieces. Then he put all the pieces in his __31__.

     __32__ he got home, the little boy ran to him and was ready to play. The man __33__him why he couldn’t play with him just now, and then he took out all the pieces of the map _34__ his bag and put them on the table. He said it was a map of the world, and asked him to put it back together, then, his extra work would be finished, and __35__ of them could play. Surely this would keep the child busy for __36__, he thought.

     About half an hour later the boy came to the man and said, “Okay, I have finished it.  _37___ we play now?”

     The man was __38___, saying, “That’s impossible. Let’s go and see.” And sure enough, there was the picture of the world all put together, every piece in its place.

     The man said, “That’s amazing!__39___ did you do that?” The boy said, “ It was __40__. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place.”

(   )26. A. school        B. work         C. class          D. breakfast

(   )27. A. did           B. do           C. to do          D. doing

(   )28. A. anything      B. nothing       C. everything      D. something

(   )29. A. with         B. at             C. in            D. on

(   )30. A. quick      B. strongly       C. slowly        D. easily

(   )31. A. bag          B. desk          C. magazine       D. suitcase

(   )32. A. If            B. When         C. Until          D. So

(   )33. A. wondered     B. knew          C.told           D. asked

(   )34. A. to            B. from          C. into           D. with

(   )35. A. all           B. neither        C. either         D. both

(   )36. A. minutes       B. hours         C. days           D. months

(   )137. A.Must          B. Could         C. Can           D. Should

(   )38. A. happy        B. excited        C. surprised        D. sad

(   )39. A. How         B. Why          C. Where          D. When

(   )40. A. true          B. wrong         C. hard           D. easy

 Have you felt annoyed when a mobile phone rings during the class? Something must be done to stop this. Now in New York City, USA, a rule is carried out* in schools. Students can’t even bring mobile phones to school. Is it a good thing or not?

Anxious* parents say that mobile phones are an important tool* in holding New York City’s families together.

“I worry about it,” said Elizabeth Lorris Ritter, a mother of a middle school kid. “It’s necessary in our everyday life. We have a washing machine*, we have running water, and we have mobile phones. A number of Americans think mobile phones connect* them to children on buses, getting out from subways, walking through unknown* places.

 “I have her call me when she gets out school,” said Lindsay Walt, a schoolgirl’s mother. “No one in New York is going to let their children go to school without a mobile phone.

 What about the mobile phone owners, the students? Most of the students said that mobile phones were necessary and the mobile phone was like an extra* hand or foot for them.

 “I feel so bored,” said May Chom, 14. “There is also no way to listen to music on the way to school without my phone. It will be a really, really boring trip.

1.Elizabeth Lorris Ritter is worried that ______________.

A. students are not allowed to bring mobile phones

B. students spend too much time in listening to music on the mobile phones

C. students bring mobile phones to school and they often ring during the class

D. no rule is carried out to stop students from bringing mobile phones to school

2.____________ American parents disagree with the rule that students can’t bring mobile phones to school.

A.  Some.       B. Many      C. Few     D. No

3.May Chom likes to ______________.

A. go to school without a mobile phone    

B. chat with her friends on the mobile phone on the way to school

C. walk through interesting places with a mobile phone

D. bring a mobile phone to school

4.This writer wants to tell us the __________ in carrying out* the rule not to use a mobile phone in school.

A. importance  B. problem     C. happiness      D. hopeless

Your junior high school years are coming to an end. After the big exam，most of you will go to   36   in a senior high school.  37   are you expecting from senior high?   38   hear what plans some students have for the future.

1.Zhou Jie，15，from Shanghai，“I have heard that although Senior 3 is a   39   year，students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2.I hope there’ll be time to enjoy   40  ，especially tennis. The Tennis Masters（大师）Cup will be held in Shanghai. I’m going to volunteer to help out and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.”

2.Jin Li，16，from Harbin，“I really enjoy science. I’m crazy about   41   model planes，although I’m not good at   42  .I’ll learn more science in senior high. Anyway. sometime in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”

3.Wang Ya，15，from Xiamen，“I hope I can be   43 in senior high school. I’m only 155 cm. I want to be 162 cm.  44    most of the girls in my family don’t grow any taller than 160 cm. I hope I’m different.”

4.Li Fan，15，from Puyang，“I hope I can make more friends. In senior high. I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things   45   them.”

1.A.walk        B. study            C. play             D. write

2.A.When       B. How           C. What             D. Where

3.A.Let's        B. It's            C. What's       D. That's

4.A.hot         B. hard        C. light            D. kind

5.A.book        B. show        C. photo            D. sport

6.A.making      B. sitting          C. cooking     D. cleaning

7.A.us          B. him          C. it           D. her

8.A.shorter      B. stronger        C. thinner        D. taller

9.A.So          B. But          C. When        D. If

10.A.to          B. for            C. from             D. at

Your junior high school years are coming to an end. After the big exam, most of you will go on to study in a senior school. What are you expecting from senior high school? Let’s hear some teen readers talk about it.
Zhou Zhijie, 15, from Shanghai:
I have heard that although Senior 3 is a hard year, Senior 1 and Senior 2 are less stressful. I hope there’ll be time then to enjoy sports. There will be plenty to see. Especially, the World Cup in Brazil is coming. We can watch football matches. I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.
Jin Xi, 16, from Harbin, Heilongjiang:
I really enjoy science. I visit many science exhibitions. I am interested in UFOs, too. I’m crazy about making model planes, although I’m not very good at it because I don’t really have enough scientific knowledge. I’ll be learning more science in senior high school. In a word, sometime in the future I’m going to build an excellent model plane!
Wang Yaling, 15, from Xiamen, Fujian:
I hope I can be taller in senior high school. I’m only 155cm. Many people grow faster in senior and I hope I will, too. I want to be 162cm. But I’m not sure about that, since most girls in my family don’t grow taller than 160cm. I hope I’m different.
Zhang Fang, 15, from Hebi, Henan:
I expect that I’ll make more friends in senior high school. I study in a middle school in the country. Most of my classmates live nearby. In senior high school, I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things from them.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填涂在答题卡的相应位置。
【小题1】It seems that ______ has a special interest in sports.