A trip to the bookstore with my granddaughter is always a big event. She __36__ in it for hours, touching the books, running her hands over the covers, looking at a few ___37___ here and looking at a few pages there.

I never ___38__ the full importance my five-year-old Grand Angel placed on these trips, until the day I suggested she pick the book she liked best, __39____ we could go home for dinner. Her response（答复） was __40___.

“But Grammy, I ___41___ them all the best. All the covers are be-yoo-tiful and all the pictures are bee-yoo-tiful and they’re all __42___. Just like people. Remember when you told me about people?”

I most certainly __43___ when I told her about people. I had explained that we are all __44___ in our own different way. Each of us has a story to ___45___ and no two stories are similar. We learn by ____46__ our stories and listening to the stories of others. Difference is the thing that makes each and every one of us __47___. I had no idea that she’d connected the lesson with ___48___. Actually, no one book was ___49___ than any other book. They were equally beautiful and equally special(特别的).

With dinner still ___50___ and our stomachs beginning to make noise, ___51___ time was finally at hand. But how to choose? I suddenly ___52___ the right question when I asked, “Which book wants to go home the most with you today?” After a short moment of ___53___, her eyes lit up. She ran to a specific book and ___54___ it from its place on the shelf. The main __55____ was the picture on the cover, a turtle with sad eyes. “We need to find out why the turtle is sad,” she said.

1.A. stands         B. plays           C. studies           D. stays

2. A. chairs         B. pages           C. papers            D. shelves

3. A. realized       B. asked           C. supported         D. approved

4. A. but            B. if              C. so                D. or

5.A. important      B. great           C. independent       D. fluent

6.A. accept         B. care            C. discover          D. like

7.A. different      B. cheap           C. expensive         D. valuable

8. A. forgot         B. insisted        C. remembered        D. limited

9.A. confused       B. beautiful       C. helpful           D. energetic

10.A. show           B. write           C. follow            D. tell

11.A. sharing        B. changing        C. collecting        D. rewriting

12.A. independent    B. kind            C. special           D. clever

13.A. stories        B. books           C. people            D. life

14. A. thicker        B. bigger          C. cheaper           D. better

15. A. preparing      B. arriving        C. waiting           D. cooking

16.A. decision       B. dinner          C. reading           D. shopping

17.A. answered       B. raised          C. thought of        D. left out 

18.A. talking        B. thinking        C. walking           D. sleeping

19.A. repaired       B. received        C. exchanged         D. removed

20.A. reason         B. act             C. question          D. problem

       Modern inventions have speeded up people’s lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.

       All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.

       However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.

       There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.

1.The new products become more and more time-saving because          .

       A. time is limited                                            B. our love of speed seems never-ending     

       C. the prices are increasingly high                      D. the manufacturers boast a lot

2.What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

       A. Simple life in the past.                                 B. Imaginary life.                              

       C. Times of inventions.                                     D. Time for constant activity.

3.What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology?

       A. Objective.                B. Critical.                   C. Optimistic.               D. Negative.

4.What does the passage mainly discuss?

       A. Machinery and human beings.                       B. The present and past times.                    

C. Imaginations and inventions.                         D. Modern technology and its influence.

请阅读下列DVD碟片的封面及提示性文字，并按照要求匹配信息，并在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

A.

 Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure is a move that teaches cognitive thinking and the true meaning of Christmas spirit.

B.

Let's Explore collects together classic Nick Jr. Dora episodes that teach preschoolers problem -solving skills.

C.

 Diego's Halloween features a Halloween Diego episode teaching problem-solving skills, Halloween customs, and facts about the South American fruit bat.

D.

Diego Saves Christmas features a Christmas Diego episode that teaches something about animal homes and attributes, focusing on facts about llamas.

E.

          Perfect Pumpkin is a preschool Halloween video featuring episodes about Halloween celebrations, Halloween customs, and Halloween traditions.

F.

   Birthday Boogie contains episodes of the popular educational preschool show that teaches something about birthdays, pretend plays, talents and ways to ride.

   以下是这些DVD碟片的内容简介。请匹配简介及其对应的DVD封面及提示性文字。

1.This DVD comes with four episodes of the popular, musical, and brightly colored children's educational show, each featuring a different preschool concept. In one of the episodes, Brobee is sad because he thinks everyone has forgotten his special day, but actually the other characters are working hard on a surprise party for him. In another episode, characters use dressing-up to play different roles and make up pretend stories.

2.Parents searching for family-friendly Christmas specials for preschoolers can try this DVD. By travelling to the past and future, the main character, a lovely girl, tries to teach Swiper not to steal things so that he will not be on Santa Claus' naughty list anymore. During her travels, she encourages preschool viewers to be active and helps them practice learning skills such as using clues to answer riddles, spotting hidden objects in a picture, and doing simple math. In a word, this DVD teaches kids simple skills and true spirit of Christmas.

3.This DVD presents how the main character and his friends and family at the Animal Rescue Center celebrate Christmas, and teaches children about where animals live and some animal characteristic. Kids can watch this episode to get into the holiday spirit while also learning new facts about llamas and how these South American animals can help people work. The concrete examples provided in this DVD will help kids remember this new information.

4.This DVD will teach children skills to deal with problems in real life including map reading skills,and how to arrange events, in which children can learn about equipment used for exploring space, such as the Milky Way. This DVD shares themes of exploration and rescue. The puzzles and problems presented in each episode cover a range of skills and information and will teach kids many new abilities and knowledge.

5.This is a pretty educational video which will appeal to parents who'd like their children to develop learning skills while enjoying Halloween fun. It teaches children about the characteristics of a kind of South American animal. Also, it teaches typical Halloween customs like wearing Halloween costumes and the concept of trick-or-treat, as well as familiar Halloween symbols. When watching this DVD, kids must use Spanish terms and several skills to answer the questions asked by the characters.

Modern inventions have speeded up people’s loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boats (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.

All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so.  We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind on another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingers. Mobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientist; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.

However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing or even just one thing at a time. Perhaps the days are long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.

There was a time when some people’s lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar pattern. There is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestor faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stone. Modern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.

1. The new products become more and more time-saving because         .

A. our love of speed seems never-ending      B. time is limited.

C. the prices are increasingly high.           D. the manufactures boast a lot.

2.What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to ?

A. Imaginary life                             B. Simple life in the past.

C. Times of inventions                        D. Time for constant activity.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards the modern technology?

A. Critical             B. Objective.     C. Optimistic.      D. Negative.

4. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. The present and past times.        B. Machinery and human beings.

C. Imaginations and inventions.       D. Modern technology and its influence.

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye：Queen City Casket Company．“What is it?” I wondered．I  21  it over．There，in faded ink，was a hand-scrawled(手写的)  22  ．Immediately my mind traveled   23   many years．

I was nine years old，walking down the cold，wet streets of Springfield，with a bag of magazines on my shoulder．On my  24  that day，I came to that Company finally，whose owner，Mr. Rader，had always taken me there to ask his workers  25  they wanted any magazines．

Shaking off the  26  like a wet dog，I entered Mr. Rader’s office．After a quick glance he  27  me over to the fire-place．Noticing the  28  in the top of my  29  ，he said，“Come with me!” pulling me into his pickup  30  ．We pulled to a stop before a shoe store．Inside，a salesman 31  me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had  32  seen．I  33  about 10 feet tall when I got up 34  them．“We’d like a pair of new socks too，” Mr. Rader said．

Back in his office，Mr. Rader took out a  35  ，wrote something on it，and handed it to me．With  36  eyes，I read，“Do to others as you would have them do to you．” He said affectionately (深情地)，“Jimmy，I want you to  37  I love you”．

    I said good-bye，and for the first time I  38  a flicker of hope that somehow things would be  39 ．With people like Mr. Rader in the world，there was hope，kindness and love, and that would always make a  40  ．

A．read       B．thought      C．turned      D．passed

A．address     B.  list        C．message     D．information

A．forward     B．so         C．ahead       D．back

A．return      B．rounds      C．trip         D．arrival

A．if only     B．how        C．whether      D．why

A．dust       B．sweat       C．tail          D．rain

A．led        B．followed    C．watched      D．carried

A．hole       B．mud        C．water         D．cover

A．magazine   B．shoe       C．sock          D．bag

A．truck      B．factory      C．home         D．store

A．dressed    B．fitted       C．showed        D．comforted

A．ever      B．already      C．never          D．hardly

A．appeared   B．seemed     C．looked         D．felt

A．for        B．with       C．on            D．in

A．pen       B．paper       C．card          D．notebook

A．tearful     B．unbelievable  C．curious      D．puzzled

A．admit      B．know       C．consider      D．express

A．sensed     B．received     C．lost          D．gained

  mistaken   B．right          C．all right       D．possible

deal       B．fortune          C．choice        D．difference