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9．A father was worried about his son，who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all．So the father decided to ask a teacher to train his boy．
The teacher said to the boy's father，"You should leave your son alone here．I need three mouths to make him into a real man．However，you can't come to see him during these days．"
Three mouths later，the boy's father returned．The teacher held a boxing（拳击） match between the boy and an experienced an boxer（拳手）．Each time the boxer struck the boy，he fell down，but the boy stood up again at once．Several times later，the teacher asked，"What do you think of your child now？"
"He shamed（害羞） I feel!"the boy's father said．"I never thought he would be so easily knocked down．I don't want him to stay here any longer．
"I'm sorry that's all you see．Don't you see that each time he falls down，he stands up again instead of carrying？That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have．"
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡（填在答题卷）的相应位置上．
56．The father was worried becauseA．
A．his son has no courage at all   B．his son was badly ill
C．his son was not good at study           D．his son spent too much time on computer
57．How long did the teacher plan to train the boy？B
A．Two weeks B．Three mouths C．One year  D．A few days
58．What is the Chinese meaning for the underlined word"struck"？C
A．责骂B．夸奖C．攻击  D．安慰
59．What did the father feel after he saw the boxing match？D
A．Proud B．Excited C．Bored D．Shamed
60．According to the passage，which of the following is TRUE？B
A．The father could stay with his son during the training time．
B．Each time the boy fell down，he could stand up again．
C．The boy cried when he was knocked down．
D．The teacher held a tennis match between the boy and the boxer．

8．Now，more and more cities are facing problems，such as high housing costs，pollution and crime．Let's see what people in Hyderabad，India and in Sao Paulo，Brazil do to solve （解决） the problems．
Hyderabad，India
To improve people's lives，Hyderabad is planting more and more trees．The city is even creating greener buildings that use less water and less electricity for power．Adding green to a city has a number of advantages．For example，trees make the air cleaner．In Hyderabad，streets were grey and dirty in the past．However，today they are filled with trees and flowers，making the city cleaner and more colourful．Green areas also give people places to relax or exercise．A study in the USA shows an interesting thing：the greener a neighborhood is，the less crime there is．
Sao Paulo，Brazil
Many people work in the centre of Sao Paulo，but they don't live there．They've spread out to neighborhoods outside the city because housing is cheaper．Every day，these people travel into the city，and traffic is very heavy．City planners are using different ways to deal with （处理） the problem．First，they are building better subways．Another goal is to make it cheaper for people to live in the downtown area （中心区）．Doing this will reduce traffic and pollution in the city．
63．What does the underlined word"greener"mean？C
A．Taller．
B．Easier．
C．Better for the environment．
D．More brightly coloured．
64．Which advantage of making Hyderabad greener is NOT talked about in the passage？A
A．It helps people work better．
B．It makes the city cleaner．
C．It reduces crime．
D．It makes it easier to exercise．
65．According to the passage，what problem does Sao Paulo have？D
A．A lot of people don't have jobs．
B．Too many people live in the city centre．
C．A lot of people are moving out of the city．
D．Too many people travel into the city every day．

7．It's so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring．So why not take the vacations（假期）off？A new survey（调查）found that 31%of U．S workers don't always take all of their vacation days．Americans have 12vacation days on average（平均）each year，but they give back an average of 3vacation days each year．
So why don't they use up their vacation days？Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days；some busy workers say they just can't leave their work．Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed．
The French take their vacations seriously．French workers get an average of 39vacation days，and 40% plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation．
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25vacation days a year，but they can't find time to use them all．More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed．
British workers have the longest working week in Europe（欧洲），with 23vacation days--the shortest vacation．So they feel overworked.75% say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40% would sacrifice a day's pay（工资）for one more vacation day．
67．How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact？A
A.9 B.12 C.15 D.23
68．Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days？C
A．America．B．France．C．Sweden．D．Great Britain．
69．What does the word"sacrifice"mean in the last sentence？D
A．Use up．B．Put up．C．Take up．D．Give up．
70．Which of the following is true？B
A．Some American workers are too busy to leave their work．
B．French workers can take one Three-to-four week days．
C．Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days．
D．British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed．

6．I never wanted a dog，but now I'm so glad I have one．
About two years ago，my wife，Cathy，got a little dog with a face only a mother could love．We named her Gertie．
Gertie is the kind of dog that has to grow on you．So I dicided that the dog would be trained．This didn't quite go as planned．At 15weeks old，she was nearly made to leave the Petsmart Training School．She spent every night lying in our bed-snoring （打鼾）so loudly that I hardly got a good night's sleep．
Then，about six months after she arrived，I felt that something in my heart was taking place，and I was unable to stop it．My behaviour（行为方式）began to change．I began to smile at people when passing them in a street．I returned（招手）from neighbours．I started calling my kids and，to my surprise，they started calling me．I even tried to speak to my grandchildren over the phone once．I even was glad to listen to laughter from a 10-month-old granddaughter．The point is that I was changing．
My wife and I both agree that it is Gertie who has changed my behaviour．
Gertie is now nearly two years old and almost fully grown．I have come to like the pet little by little，though she is my wife's dog．
59．What did the man think of the dog at the beginning？B
A．It looked very beautiful．
B．It wasn't very lovely．
C．It wasn't necessary to be trained．
D．It could change his life．
60．When did the man's behaviour begin to change？D
A．About two years ago．
B．When Gertie was nearly two years old．
C．When Gertie was 15weeks old．
D．About six months after Gertie arrived．
61．Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the man's change？B
A．He began to smile at people
B．He liked helping his neighbours．
C．He started calling his kids．
D．He spoke to his grandchildren over the phone．
62．What can we learn from this passage？C
A．The dog has been trained very well．
B．The man has become more confident．
C．The man has become more friendly．
D．The man likes the dog better than his wife．

5．A microblog is used by more and more people in China．Do you know what it is？The microblog makes people around the world know each other better．It helps people to find information on the Internet easily．
Many famous people are using microblogs now，including singers，TV hosts and artists．Yao Chen once became the queen of microblogs because her microblog had over 1.3million followers； Li Yuchun sent a microblog and got 11，760comments within 24hours； Cai Kangyong，who is a famous TV host and writer in Taiwan，had 15，143followers within 24hours．
Why is the microblog so popular？The most important reason is that it is convenient（方便的）． People need not use too much time to write the articles to express their feelings．They can write at most 140words，and then send it through computers or mobile phones onto the microblog．They can use it anytime or anywhere．
Many of my friends use microblogs to share what they see，hear and think in a sentence or a photo with others．Also，they can follow their friends'or their favorite stars'microblogs．
The microblog is a hit now．
61．Why is the microblog so popular？（回答问题）
The microblog makes people around the world know each other better．It helps people to find information on the Internet easily．
62．将短文中划线句子译为中文．
人们不需要用太多的时间来写文章来表达自己的感受
63．In the sentence"They can use it anytime or anywhere"，"it"refers to（指）The microblog．
64．We can use a microblog toshare what we see，hear and think in a sentence or a photo with others．（根据短文内容填出所缺单词）
65．The microblog is a hit now．Here"hit"meansB．（只填代表正确答案的字母）
A．an expensive thing B．a popular thing C．a comfortable thing．

4．People   People may live to 120years and use new technology to help them when they become blind，deaf and have other problems．The number of people over a hundred years old can go from 135，000today to 2.2million by 2050．By 2050people think that 100million workers will be able to work at home for a company in a different country by using the Internet．
E-business   Worldwide e-business will become even more successful with online shops that sell special products for each person，which will be brought to their house the next day．
Environment   The technology for making energy from the wind and the sun is developing very quickly．In the future wind and sun energy could become much cheaper and more countries could use them．This would be very useful in poor countries．The air in big cities would also become much cleaner as a result．
Society and culture   The Internet will help to create more worldwide friendship．Families may spend more time together because people will be able to do 24-hour online banking and shopping．
Technology   The new science of nanotechnology will make all kinds of products smaller and lighter．Very，very small machines could take away rubbish，make things in factories，and help inside the human body by taking away fat．By 2050people will be able to wear these small machines that look like watches，which will give them lots of information about their body and keep them healthy．
57．How will technology help people？C
A．It will help all people live for over 120years．
B．It will help disabled people to get jobs．
C．It will make people healthier and live longer．
D．It will help workers to use the Internet．
58．How will people go shopping in the future？C
A．By making phone calls．B．By sending emails to the malls．
C．By using the Internet．D．By using nanotechnology．
59．The underlined word"nanotechnology"may mean"A"in Chinese．
A．纳米技术B．前沿技术
C．机器人D．导弹
60．Which of the following is the best title for the reading？B
A．A New LifeB．Life in the Future
C．The Internet in the FutureD．Live Longer in 2050．

3．摘录要点
We always talk about future life．So what would the future life be like？In the future，we will be able to travel faster and safer around the world and into space．Maybe one day we can work in Beijing but sleep in other cities．We can also visit the moon for a holiday．
We will have machines that can copy everything in the future．Put a on the machine and it makes a new one．If the machine is something like a fax-machine（传真机），we can send food and presents to our friends easily．
We will have clever robots．The robots can bring us useful us things and take away our rubbish．Now we have to press a key or type a word to make a robot work．But in the future，if we think of something，the robot can make it for us．It can understand our ideas．
We will be able to go into computer games and films，and everything will feel real．We will be able to make our homes like forests or sunny beaches or anything we want．Perhaps，one day we will be able to collect and put our dreams on DVDs．
Information about life in the Future

Item（项目）	Wonders
Travel	Very fast around the world and into space
Work	Work in Beijing but（61）sleepin other cities
Machine	（62）sendeverything in the future，such as cakes
Robots	Can（63）bringus useful things and（64）takeaway our rubbish
Others	Collect and put our（65）dreamson DVDs

2．判断正误
Ed Smith has a great sports collection．He has 8tennis rackets，9basketballs，and 7baseballs．He has 3soccer balls and 5volleyballs．But he doesn′t play sports---he only watches them on TV!
Sonia Hall has a sports collection，too．She has five baseballs，eight basketball，four tennis rackets，and three volleyballs．She plays sports every day!

46．Ed Smith has 3soccer balls and 5volleyballs．T
47．Ed Smith has 5baseballs and 8basketballs．F
48．Ed Smith doesn′t play sports，he only watches them on TV!T
49．Sonia Hall has 8tennis rackets and 5volleyballs．F
50．Sonia Hall plays sports every day!T．

1．Everyone likes gifts，66．Some little kids don't think they get enough gifts．．Some old people
Think they get too many gifts．Different people like different kinds of gifts．Some presents are never too small．A little child may give his mother a leaf from a tree．It is enough to make her very happy.67．在不同的国家送礼是不同的．In Japan，people sometimes give special gifts．But they are not opened．Later，68．the same gift may be given away to someone else．Many people have enough things and don't want too many gifts themselves．In Canada，many people will not give big gifts to someone else．They will pay for a park bench or a tree to help remember a person．In the USA，some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts．In Sweden，doing something for someone is the best figt.69．人们不需要花太多的钱 70． Instead，making a meal isenough．
66．一些孩子认为他们得到的礼物不够多．
67．The sending of gifts is different in different countries．
68．同样的礼物可能会被送给别人
69．People don't need to spend too much money
70．相反，做一顿饭就足够了．

20．阅读下面的短文，度根据短文内容回答问题．（共5小题，计10分）
There is not enough oil in the world now．As time goes by，it becomes less and less．So what are we going to do when oil runs out？Perhaps we will go back to use horses，carriages（马车） and bicycles．
In the Second World War，some people didn't use gas made from petroleum（石油） in their cars．They made gas from wood and plants instead．The car didn't go fast，but they ran，so this was better than nothing．However，in the future，we can't cut down all our trees to make gas； we need our trees for other things，too．
Besides different types of gas，we can also use electricity（电） to run our cars，but first we must make electricity!Some countries have coal and they make electricity with that，but we might not always have coal，either．Other countries have big，strong rivers，and they can use the power of water to turn turbines（涡轮机） and make electricity easily and cheaply．
We are also able to get power from the ocean tides（海潮）．We put turbines into the mouth of the river．When the tide comes in，the water turns the turbines and when it goes out，it turns them again．
51．Is there enough oil in the world now？No，there isn't．
52．When might people have to go back to use horses and carriages？When oil runs out．
54．Does oil become more or less？As time goes by，it becomes less and less
55．Where are you also able to get power？From coal，big，strong rivers，the ocean tides．

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