Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place. 46  ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people  47 sealed (密封的) letters.
The 48  for the first decorated (装饰的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card  49 a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them 50  . By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was 51 for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔开的) postcard. Then people could write their 52  on the back left side. And they put the address 53 . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more 54  picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.
Today, postcards are the 55  most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

【小题2】

A．liked B．hated C．found D．lost

【小题9】

A．surprised at B．interested in C．expected by D．worried about

E—schoolbags
Is your schoolbag too heavy to carry? The e-schoolbag will help you. It is said that e-schoolbags are going to be brought into use in Chinese middle schools soon.
Heavy schoolbags have been a serious problem for a long time. But the e-schoolbag will work it out. An e-schoolbag is much lighter than a usual schoolbag. Perhaps, the e-schoolbag should be called an e-textbook. It is as small as a usual book, but it can still have all the things for study, such as a textbook, an exercise book and so on. They can be made into chips(芯片) like stamps. The students can read the text page by page on the screen, take notes, or even send e-mails to their teachers. They only need to put the right chip into the e-schoolbag and then the students can use it.
Some people say that e-textbooks can be easily broken, while others say it is not good to student’s eyes. But only time will tell.
【小题1】What is the e-schoolbag used for ? It can’t help students _________.

Next week, Mr. Chen will take his class to the Space Museum. There are many things about  51  there. First, the children  52  a movie about space travel. They will see how a space shuttle(飞机)  53  and later lands on the earth again!
After the  54 , Mr Chen will take them to see some models of rockets and space shuttles. Though the models landed on the moon. They put an American national flag there. Then they came  55  to the earth safely.
The children will also  56  a video about some astronauts’ living and working on a space station. They will stay there for a year or two.
The Space Museum will be a(n)  57  place for the children to know  58  about space. They will have a great time there.

One day Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometres from their camp, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon, Bob could hardly(几乎不) see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometres in such cold weather! It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? No one of them could tell. Bob looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1.Bob and his two friends went to the forest to _______________.

A. build their camp

B. find their way home

C. enjoy the mountains in the snow

D. watch the trees in the forest

2.They could not find their way back because _______________.

A. there was only one road to their camp

B. they couldn’t decide which of the two roads went to their tents

C. there were no roads in the mountains at all

D. the white snow covered everything

3.It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to _______________.

A. Bob’s house B. the camp C. the forest D. the mountains

4.The horses stopped because _______________.

A. it was getting late

B. they were tired after running for a long way

C. they got to the camp

D. they saw Bob’s house

5.The story happened _______________.

A. on a cold winter day

B. on a dark snowy morning

C. in a cold camp far from villages

D. at night when nothing could be seen

The widespread number of food scandals(丑闻)in  China is making many people pause before they put their chopsticks in their mouths．They are wondering if the food they are eating is clean，healthy and nutritious(营养) or does it contain（包含） something harmful that will cause disease?

    Most of the food we eat today is processed food(加工食品)．That means the foods we buy in stores and supermarkets，especially packaged foods，are prepared in factories．Chemicals are added to the foods in these factories to  make them look better，taste better and last longer on the shelf．The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and there are laws that regulate(控制) which chemicals can and cannot be used．Unfortunately，some producers do not obey the laws．

    A producer of steamed buns(馒头)in Zhejiang Province was recently discovered to be breaking the law．He was adding yellow dye and other banned chemicals to the buns．He was also taking old buns and using them to make new buns．Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students…like you!

    Why did he do it? Why did he break the law and endanger people’s  health? The answer is simple：he wanted to make more money．It was a moral failing，and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China．Too many people focus on making money and not on the effects their actions can have on others．

1.Chemicals are added to the foods in the factories because

  A．they want to make the foods look better，taste better and last longer

  B．they want to make the foods contain something harmful

  C．chemicals will cause disease           D．chemicals are harmless

2.According to the passage，which is NOT true?

A．Most of the food we eat today is prepared in factories．

  B．There are laws that regulate which chemicals can and cannot be used．

C．The food scandals in China are making many people worry about the food safety．

  D．Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students in Zhejiang Province．

3.It was a moral failing，and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China．Here what’s the Chinese meaning of“moral failing”?

A．精神崩溃    B．道德滑坡   C．质量下降  D．心理失衡

4.What is the main reason of the food scandals in China ?

   A. Some products do not obey the laws.

   B. The processed food is clean, healthy and nutritious.

   C. Too many people pay attention to making money. 

   D. The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and can be used.

5.According to the passage, most of the buns were sold to_______ .

   A. factories    B. schools    C. hospitals   D.companies