21、    The elephant is the largest of all animals that live on land．An elephant’s trunk(象鼻)is rather like an arm and a hand．It is used to pick tip and pull things in its mouth．It is also used to pull up trees when the elephant wants to make path(道路)through the forests．

    The African elephant is usually larger than the Indian elephant．It often stands l 0 or 1l feet high．and weighs over 6 tons(吨)．Both males and females grow trunks．But only male Indian elephants have tusks．

    The elephant lives mostly on grass，leaves and fruits．It has been easy for men to train elephants．They are used to carry heavy things．Elephants can live for about fifty years or more．

1．Elephants are       ．

    A．not found in the forests

    B．only found in Africa

    C．larger than any other animal on land

    D．the largest animal in the world

2．Elephants use their         ．

    A．trunks to do things as men use their hands to

    B．trunks to pull tip trees only when they want to make paths through the woods

    C．tusks to do what men use their hands to

D．tusks to eat tip trees

3．Which of the following is NOT right?

    A．Female Indian elephants have tusks．

    B．All African elephants have trunks．

    C．The Indian elephant is usually smaller than the African elephant．

    D．The African elephant usually weighs more than 6，000 kilograms．

4．The food for the elephant is         ．

    A．grass    B．1eaves    C．fruits       D．all of the above

5．From the text we know         ．

    A．all elephant is very clever and a good friend of men’s

    B．we can hunt elephants as we like

    C．we should not train the elephant

    D．there are elephants everywhere in the world

20、    Computers are useful machines．They can help people a 1ot in their everyday life．For example，they can help people save much time，and they can help people work out many problems they can't do easily．Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people．

    Today more and more families own computers．Parents buy computers for their children．

    They hope computers can help them improve(提高)their studies in schoo1．But many of the children use computers to play games，to watch video or to sing Karaoke．instead of studying．So many teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind．So computers are locked by parents in the boxes．   

    In some other countries，even some scientists hate computers．Thy say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble．

    Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves．

1．Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because        ．

    A．our country asks us to learn it

    B．it can help us a lot

    C．we can use it to play games

    D．it can help us to find jobs

2．What do many teachers and parents complain about?

    A．Their students and children use computers to play games．

    B．Computers let them lost their jobs．

    C．Computers make the students and children fall behind．

    D．Computers bring people a lot of trouble．

3．In this passage we know computers．

    A．also bring us trouble

    B．bring us happiness only

    C．are hated by people

D．are bad for people’ health

4．Can computers really help children to study?

    A．Yes，they can．                B．It’s easy to say．

    C．No，they can’t．                       D．Of course not．

5．How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means

    A．computers are used by people

    B．people can live well without computers

    C．one must decide how to use computers

    D．computers are strange machines

18、It rained hard yesterday．The father made the children         in the room．

A．to stay                    B．stay                C．staying                   D．stayed

17、The Smiths have visited two famous cities．One is in Japan and      is in China．

A．the other       B．another         C．other                    D．others

16、How long will it        you        to Guangzhou by train?

A．spend；getting       B．take；getting    C．spend；to get          D．take；to get

15、Who       you English? Miss Li       ．

A．teach；teaches       B．is teach；is     C．teaches；does               D．does teach；does

14、Everybody       me Millie at school．

A．says             B．tells              C．calls                    D．asks

13、Before they      the house，a new great wave came．

A．got               B．reached          C．arrived                  D．reached to

12、They saw a        tree．

A．ten-meters-high       B．ten meters high C．ten-meter-high         D．ten-meter-high