（A）

China’s Manned Space Program

       根据文章内容，选择正确答案。

1The Chinese spaceman traveling in space in the autumn of 2003 is       .

                     A．Yang Liwei       B．Fei Junlong      C．Nie Haisheng    D．Zhai Zhigang

2 Before China, how many countries had already sent their spaceship into space?

                     A．Only one          B．Two                C．Three              D．We don’t know

3 Shengzhou V circled the earth in space       .

                     A．one time          B．four times        C．five times         D．fourteen times

4 During the second stage ,Chinese spacemen stayed in space for       .

                     A．one day           B．four days         C．five days          D．fourteen days

5 Chinese spacemen will possibly walk on the moon around       .

                     A．2007               B．2008                C．2010               D．2017

（B）

       When an earthquake hit a small town, many houses fell down. After the earthquake，all the newspapers reported many stories about some of the families who were in trouble.

       One Sunday, when I was reading a newspaper, a special picture touches(触动)me. It suggested everyone should give something helpful to the people in the earthquake. I thought that this would be a good chance to teach my children to help those who were less lucky than themselves. I said to my seven-year-old twins, Brad and Brett, and three-year-old Meghan. "We have so much, and these poor people now have nothing. We'll share what we have with them.”

       I filled a box with foods and clothes. While I was doing this, I encouraged the boys to choose their toys and give away some of their less favorite things. Meghan watched quietly when the boys took out their old toys and games and put them together. Then she walked away. A few minutes later she came back with Lucy, her much-loved doll. She put the doll on top of the other toys. "Oh, dear,” I said. “You don't have to give Lucy. You love her so much.” Meghan said, “Lucy makes me happy, Mommy. Maybe she'll make another little girl happy, too.”

       I looked at Meghan for a long moment. She taught me a lesson. It's easy to give something that we don't  want any more，but harder to give what we cherish(珍爱), isn’t it?

       根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的写（T），错误的写（F）。（5分）

6 An earthquake happened in the writer’s hometown.

7 The writer learned the news of earthquake on the radio.

8 The writer decided to buy some clothes for those people in trouble.

9 The writer didn’t let Meghan give her much-loved doll.

10 The writer thinks it is more difficult to give what we love a lot.

Henry is a little fatter（胖）than（比）he wants to be．He  1  to lose some weight（减肥）．So he is on the diet（节食）．He tries not to eat too  2  and he eats very little meat because it will make him   3 ．He also does exercise every  4 ．He swims very often，  5  he runs about two kilometers（公里）a day．Now he is  6  than before．Henry’s sister, Susan，is healthier than Henry． 7  is also younger and thinner（更年轻更瘦）than he．She does  8  every day，too．She doesn’t  9  much meat．But she eats a lot of fruit and vegetables because she thinks  10  are better for her health．

1．A．wants                    B．likes                       C．goes                      D．want

2．A．many                       B．less                        C．much                     D．more

3．A．sick                         B．fat                          C．thin                       D happy

4．A．day                          B．week                      C．month                    D．year

5．A．or                            B．either                      C．but                        D．and

6．A．fatter                        B．shorter                    C．stronger                 D．longer

7．A．His                           B．He                          C．Her                        D．She

8．A．exercise                    B．homework                     C．shopping                 D．housework

9．A．drink                        B．buy                        C．eat                         D．cook

10．A．that                        B．they                        C．what                      D．them

In fall 2006，the National Basketball Association （NBA）started using basketballs made with synthetic ，or man-made ，material instead of leather（皮革）．They made the change be- cause they wanted every basketball they use to feel and bounce（弹起）the same．Not all leather balls are exactly alike in weight or how they bounce，but the synthetic balls are．

However，some players complained right away that the new balls bounced differently and were actually harder to control than the leather ones．

Physics helped answer questions about why the new balls felt different．For example，the scientists studied friction（摩擦力），which in this case affects the ability of a player to hold onto a ball．"The greater the friction，the better it will stick to his hand，"explains a scientist．

Tests on both wet and dry balls showed that while the synthetic ball was easier to hold onto when dry，it had less friction and became much harder to hold onto when wet．That's because sweat（汗水） stays on the surface of the synthetic balls but gets taken into the leather balls．

The scientists also tested bounce and found that the logo （商标）printed on the new balls made their surface uneven（不平） and caused them to bounce a little strangely com- pared with the leather balls．

In January，the NBA went back to using the leather bails．They aren't perfect，but for now，that's just the way the ball bounces．

1．Why were the synthetic balls expected to be used in NBA according to the text?

       A．Because they are easier to control．           B．Because they waste less material．

       C．Because they look exactly alike．             D．Because they feel and bounce alike．

2．The ball is easier to hold on to_________

A．when friction is greater                    B．when friction is less

C．when it is heavier                         D．when it bounces strangely

3．The synthetic ball bounces differently from the leather one mainly because _________

A．it is wet                                  B．it is dry

C．there's a logo on it                       D．its weight remains the same

4．It can be inferred（推断） from the text that _________．

A．a synthetic ball takes in water faster than a leather ball

B．a leather ball is more difficult to make than a synthetic one

C．a synthetic ball is more expensive than a leather ball

D．a leather ball may increase its weight during a game

5．The underlined word" They" in the last paragraph refers to __________．

A．the synthetic balls                        B．the leather balls

C．the ball players                          D．the scientists

“I had a Welsh speaking test. I'd had to memorize a paragraph in front of the whole class. I just couldn’t do it,” says 13-year-old Mary. “I pretended to be ill.” But Mary did not enjoy her day off. “I watched TV all day — it was boring. I wished I had gone to school.”
Mary’s story is not unusual in Britain. According to the latest government figures, pupil absences are rising, despite schools taking a hard line on truancy (逃学)．
Philippa James, a PhD researcher at Cardiff University’s school of social sciences, thinks she knows why: “The more schools improve methods of detection（检查）, the more children work out better methods of deception.” Teenagers told her it was now harder to skip a single lesson, so they’d miss whole days to avoid being caught.
For several years, James has researched student truancy of 60 teenagers, aged 13 and 14, including Mary, to see how the teenagers truant, for how long, and why.
Through online conversations and face-to-face interviews, she discovered that most truancy was “a response to factors within the school”. Truants are not necessarily less advanced or less intelligent. They complained of teachers who failed to engage them, and of “boring” lessons. “Many truants really enjoy school and believe in education, but drop out when aspects of it were ineffective.” James says.
The views of students like Adam, who believes that skipping lessons has little impact on his schooling, were common. “I only take-off for a lesson, or a couple of days. It doesn’t affect my education,” he told James.
James’ study concludes that schools need to address the question of why pupils want to leave in the first place. “Pupils need help from the start.” she says. “It’s a two-way process – schools must be responsive. We need to look at the reasons for truancy rather than the number, so that instead of walking away from school, students have the skills and chances to talk through problems and make a change.”
【小题1】What is one of the reasons for school truancy according to James’ study?

Ms X leaves home at 6：00 in the morning．She spends an hour and a half in the traffic and arrives at her workplace at 8：00．At lunchtime，she stands in a queue and in the end finds there are no sandwiches left! On the way home she is in the traffic again and arrives home tired at 7:00．There is just time to cook something simple，watch all hour of TV and then have an early night．

Ms Y gets up at 7：00 and goes for a run or does some exercise．After breakfast，she sits down to work at 8：30 in the office at the top of her house．Halfway through the morning，site has a short break，makes a cup of tea and drinks it in the garden．She takes a half hour lunch break，and has a salad in the kitchen，while she listens to the radio．She finishes work at 4：30 and goes for a walk in the park．Then she cooks something for the family before they arrive home．

The first example is the old style of working--all travel and tiredness．The second kind of working day is already with us．Many workers now work at home either two days a week or full-time．This is possible because of modern machines like fax and PCs（personal computers）．Most offices these days are paperless places．Company workers send e-mail documents to each other instead of heavy reports．They can design an advertisement and e-mail it to their co-worker（同事）at home or workplace．

At present it is expensive for some companies to provide offices for all workers．The offices are used less than a quarter of the time，59________．In fact it is cheaper to buy PCs and office machines for their home workers．

1．How is life different for Ms X and Ms Y?

A．Ms Y has less time for exercise than Ms X．

B．MS X works harder than Ms Y

C．Ms X spends more time traveling than Ms Y．

D．Ms Y does not enjoy her lunch break as much as Ms X．

2．What does the passage say about teleworking（远程工作）?

A．It has not been popular so far．

B．It needs some special equipment．

C．People must work at home．

D．It is mainly for designing advertisements．

3．The passage tells as that ________．

A．offices should be made better use of

B．the company saves money if people work at home

C．people no longer like working in offices

D．PCs and office machines are getting cheaper

4．Which sentence suits（适合）the blank in the last paragraph best?

A．but the companies have to light them and heat them．

B．so the companies have to let their workers stay longer．

C．and many people work there

D．and have little equipment

5．What does the writer want to tell us through this passage?

A．The world is unfair．                               B．Knowledge is important．

C．E-mails will be more and more popular．      D．The working style is developing．