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There once was an old man aged 50．who had a lazy son aged 30. The son couldn’t earn his own living(谋生), and still lived on his old father for food and clothing.

The old man was very worried about him. So he took him to the fortune teller(算命先生)to have his fortune told．The father and son both believed what the fortune teller said —the father would live to 80 and the son to 62.

After they found out how long they were going to live, the son was very sad. His father comforted(安慰)him, “Don’t be so sad! You are only 30 now, and still have 32 years of good days ahead of you.”

“I'm not worrying about my own age. It’s your age which causes me great worry,” the son said.

The father was greatly moved and said, “Don’t worry about me so much. I've got 30 years ahead of me too．”

“I’m not worried about your age either,” said the son. “I have found out that you’11 die two years earlier than I. So who will I depend on in the two years after your death?”

1.The old man had a son ______.

A．thirty years younger than him。

B．who earned a lot of money

C．who lived on him for food and clothing

D．who died two years earlier than him

2.The underlined words “ahead of'” in paragraph 5 mean “______”.

A．behind

B．over

C．in front of

D．under

3.The father was moved when ______.

A．he thought his son WSS worried about him

B．he knew that his son would die ahead of him

C．his son would earn his own living when he died

D．he found his son worried about his money

4.The son was worried about his father because______.

A．he liked his father very much

B．he would have no money to buy food and clothing if his father died

C．his father was getting older and older

D．His father would get less and less money

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There’s a big supermarket called Jiahui in our city. It’s very 46 to find. It is in the center of our city. It’s 47 the bus stop and it’s also very easy to take a taxi, too.

The supermarket is big 48 nice. It 49 at 8:30 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m. So every day, lots of people go 50 at it 51 work. You can buy 52 , drinks, clothes, shoes, vegetables,…and stationery there. The workers at the supermarket are very 53 . So many people like shopping there.

At the weekend, people don’t go to work or go to school, so there are 54 people shopping there. We must 55 our turn a long time to pay for what we buy.

1.46.

A．hard

B．difficult

C．easy

D．good

2.47.

A．in

B．near

C．at

D．between

3. 48.

A．but

B．or

C．and

D．/

4.49.

A．opening

B．open

C．is open

D．to open

5.50.

A．shopping

B．swimming

C．running

D．shop

6.51

A．at

B．to

C．after

D．with

7.52.

A．dogs

B．food

C．cats

D．nothing

8.53.

A．busy

B．well

C．nice

D．tired

9.54.

A．too many

B．too much

C．a few

D．some

10.55.

A．see

B．look at

C．look for

D．wait for

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Parts of Africa are covered by a dark cloud. But this is no rain cloud. It is a living cloud made of billions of locusts (蝗虫) and they are eating everything in their path.
And now in order to fight against this disaster, a radio station in Senegal, West Africa, is offering listeners 5 kilograms of rice if they can catch and kill 50 kilograms of locusts. “We think this idea will get more people to take part in the fight against the locusts,” said Abdoulaye Ba, from Sud-Fm, a radio station in one of Senegal’s worst affected area.
This is West Africa’s biggest locust disaster in 15 years. Now it is moving east and it leads to the loss of crops. When they move, they have babies, so their number is getting bigger. and will soon threaten (威胁) Sudan in the northeast of Africa. Some say it may reach Asia.
Experts say many people in the areas will go hungry because of this disaster. What’s worse, governments in the areas don’t have enough things to fight the locusts.
Although leaders of 12 countries have agreed on a plan, it is not enough. ‘We are now treating 6,000 hectares (公顷) per day with pesticide (杀虫剂), but we need to treat 20,000 hectares per day in order to have any hope of controlling this disaster,’ said Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Babah, leader of locust control(控制) in Mauritania.
【小题1】What does“dark cloud”mean in the first paragraph, the writer of the article ___________.

A．wanted to show the size and speed(速度) of the coming locusts

B．wanted to show the great damage that locusts may cause

C．wanted that locusts could cover the continent like rain clouds

D．both A and B

【小题2】The locust disaster ________.

A．may be even more serious in Asia

B．is (was) such a big problem that people can’t do anything to solve it.

C．affected only the warning areas

D．can not be stopped if people can’t get more pesticide.

【小题3】How many kilograms of rice can Mike get if he catches and kills 450 kilos of locusts?

【小题4】 Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Sud-Fm offered a reward(奖励) to those people would join in catching and killing locusts.

B．Senegal is to the northwest of Sudan.

C．People in West Africa often go hungry.

D．12 countries worked together but they didn’t have enough pesticide.

【小题5】The story is mainly about ________.

A．Countries in West Africa worked together to fight a natural disaster

B．the difficulty in controlling locusts

C．how locusts caused great damage (破坏) to West Africa

D．a fight against a disaster brought by locusts in West Africa

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     Have you ever had the experience of drinking water that was just boiled(煮沸的)? It hurts you because it's too hot. But if you wait too Iong, the water may get cold.
     Can you find a bottle that you can drink water comfortably but can'l be hurt by the hot water.
Scientists found drinking 40-degree water is best for our health. Now a girl has found the bottlc. She is a
middle school student named Xiang Zeyu. She  is  from Xi'an, Shaanxi.  She is studying at Xi'an Aizhi
Midclle School.  The 15-year- old girl came up with the idea when she heard her younger sister complain
that her boiled water was toohot or too cold to drink. She decided to make all inveIltion that could tell the proper time to drink the boilecl watu. Xizing and her classmate Li Jingyi first bought a tem lierature
detector(检测器)that had been set to sense the temperature at 40 degrees.  Then they connected(连接)it
to a music chip,a switch(开关)ancl a can with electric wires(电线)．After they cov- ered the can with a
bigger bottle, their invention was ready.  Powered by two AAA batteries(电池),the bottle works well. "
Pour the boiled water into the bottle and turn on the switch, then wait. The bottle will begin to sing when
the temperature is right 40 degrees," Xiang said. rro invent this bottle, Xiang and her classmate spent ~50
and one whole week of their spare time.

1. How many degrees of water is best for our body?

A. 40.
B. 45.
C. 80.
D. 50.

2.____invented the bottle.

A. A 15-year-old boy
B. Xiang Zeyu
C. Xiang Zeyu and her classmate
D. Xiang Zeyu's classmate

3. Why did Xiang zeyu invent the bottle?

A. She was hurt by boiled water.
B. Her classmate was hurt by boiled water.
C. Her younger sister complained.the boiled water.
D. Her younger sister was hurt by the boiled water.

4. How much did Xiang and her classmate spend on the invention7

A.  ￥40.
B.  ￥50.
C.  ￥30.
D.  ￥90.

5. What things did they use to make the bottle?

A. A temperature detector,a music chip,a can with electric wires,a switch,a bottle and two AAA
      batteries.
B.  A temperature detector,  a music chip,  a can with electric wires, and two AAA batteries.
C.  A temperature detector,a can with electric wires,  a bottle and two AAA batteries.
D.  A temperature detector,  a music chip,  a can, and two AAA batteries.

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Useful Information in Australia
Useful Numbers
All the telephone numbers are useful and free.
。Fire/ Police/ Ambulance(救护车)—000 Telephone information—12455
。Medical(医学的) Care—1300369359 Taxi—1800421113
Surfing the Internet
With so many Internet tearooms and public libraries, it’s easy to surf the Internet in Australia.
Also it’s very cheap for you to surf the Internet.
。Public libraries offer free Internet every day even during public holidays.
。Many travel managers provide connection which is cheap or free.
Post Service
All post offices around the country offer post services(服务) so you can receive mails as you travel around the whole country.
。Post offices are usually open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm.
。It costs 50 cents to send a standard（标准的） letter in Australia.
Public Holidays
On public holidays all shops are closed across Australia, so are banks and post offices.
。New Year’s Day—1st January
。Australia Day—26th January
。Christmas Day—25th December
【小题1】If there is a fire, you can call________ in Australia.