Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don't need to carry any currency at all? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small plastic credit card. We will use it to buy all the things we now buy with money. We will not need money to pay for things.

Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards we now have with money. Sometimes we lose money. Maybe we will lose the cards. Maybe someone will take the card. Someone may even make a card that looks like our card. Since we can't buy anything without our cards, the credit card may be no better than currency.

Is there something easier to use than credit card? Each of us has a thumbprint (拇指纹). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people's thumbprints with a number. When you want to buy something you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store or business will have one. Everyone's thumbprint will be in the computers. It will be very difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.

57. The underlined word "currency" probably means_______ here.

A. thumbs　　 B. coins　　　 C. plastic card　　 D. paper money

58. Our thumbprints may be used in the future because ______.

A. each store will have a computer　 B. each person's thumbprint is different

C. they will help each store　　　　 D. computers need them

59. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Each person has a different thumbprint.　

B. There are some problems with the use of credit cards.

C. There are no currency problems.　

D. There are easier things to use than credit cards.

60.Which of the following gives the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Credit cards may be no better than currency.　

B. We use credit cards because money may be stolen.
C. We have many problems with money.　　

D. Credit cards are worse than currency.

根据短文内容, 完成下面各题。
Where there is a will(意志), there is a way. The secret of s  1   is not much money but a strong will. In other words, a man can’t w  2   without a strong will. It is quite clear that there is n  3   difficult in the world. If a person makes up his mind to do it, he will certainly r  4   his purpose. The following are the d _ 5  that  a student should remember: we s  6   care about our parents; we have to study as hard as p _ 7   ;we must be honest and keep our words as w  8  . Each of us should receive good e  9   . Our parents send us to school to let us get k  10   and wish us to be a hard-working and successful person in the future. So when we fail, don’t lose heart. Keep on working t __11  we succeed. Make sure nothing could prevent you from t__12_____

On the first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder(肩膀). “Hi, girl! My name is Rose, I’m 87 years old.”
“Why are you in college at such a young age?” I asked jokingly.
“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!”she replied. Rose became a college symbol(象征) this year and she easily on her from the other students.
At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football party. I’ll never forget what she taught us.
“We do not stop playing because we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. There are only two secrets to staying young, being happy and achieving success. You have to laugh and find humor(幽默) every day. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose you dreams, you die!”she said.
“There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do anything, you will turn 20 years older. If I am 87 years old, and stay in bed for a year, and never do anything, I will turn 88. Anybody can grow older. But every minute counts for young men,” she added.
She ended her speech by singing The Song of Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live then out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end, Rose finished the college education she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose did peacefully in her sleep.
【小题1】Rose went to college because she         .

短文填词 根据短文内容和以下提示：1）首字母提示，2）语境提示，3）汉语提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英文单词。所填单词要求意义正确，拼写准确。（10分）

I like playing chess very much. Now I can play it _1    well. It’s one of the greatest games in the world. My mother taught me to play it when I was seven years old. She was the winner every time in the first year. But on my eighth birthday, I_w_2 for the first time. Now I am always the winner   3   us.

You don’t need much to play chesses---just a chess set and someone to play with. You only  4   (花费)a day learning the rules. But if you want to be _5  at it, you have to practice it for years.

There is a chess __6    (俱乐部)in our school. We meet every week to play with each other. I am the best  7    (选手)in the club .We will play __8   No.1 Middle School next Sunday. Ten of us will   9   in it. I hope we will win. I want to take part in the Olympics in the   10   .