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8．Reading is an important activity for many Americans．Today，thousands of men，women and children are members of groups to discuss the books they read．
No one knows how many Americans belong to reading groups called book clubs．Yet publishers（发行人） and bookshops report that more and more throughout the United States are joining the clubs．
Most of the clubs work the same way．Members read the same book at the same time．Then they meet to talk about the book．Members may be friends or people who live near each other．Or，they may be people who work together．
Book clubs may be for only women or only men．Or，they can be for husbands and wives together．Some are family groups where parents attend with their children．Children may belong to book clubs of their own．
Some book clubs in the United States are for husbands and wives．One woman says this is a great idea for a book club．She says husbands and wives often talk to each other only about their children，work，or money problems．"Talking about books，"she says，"opens a whole new level of communication．"
American children belong to book clubs，too．They may be as young as four years old or as old as eighteen．Some children's clubs get help from the Great Book Foundation （基金）．This educational organization provides lists of books to read．It also trains people to lead discussions about the books．

36．It is reported thatB in the United States．
A．reading is important for men
B．a lot of people are joining book clubs
C．all the people are reading their books
D．fewer and fewer people in the USA are joining the clubs
37．Most book clubs want their membersA．
A．to read the same book at the same time
B．to buy a lot of books at the same time
C．to read different books at the same time
D．to read as many books as they can
38．Before joining the book club，husbands and wives often talk aboutD．
A．housework and work
B．computer games
C．books and writers
D．children，money or work
39．The best title of the passage might beC．
A．An Important Activity in the USA
B．Reading Clubs for Children
C．Book Clubs in the USA
D．All Kinds of Clubs in the USA．

7．The coldest and most difficult place in the world in which to live is Antarctica．Antarctica is the land of snow and ice near the South Pole．Most people do not think there is much life in the icy waters around it．They are wrong．
Antarctica's seas are full of life．There are many kinds of fishes，water birds，seals and whales．They eat the thick plant life in the sea and the smaller water animals．Some whales，for example，eat more than a ton of food every day．
The most famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin（企鹅）．It struts around the icy as if it were a movie star walking down the street．

61．The best title isB．
A．Thick Plant Life
B．Life Around Antarctica
C．Tons of Food
D．Penguins
62．The most famous animal of Antactica（南极） is theC．
A．whale
B．seal
C．penguin
D．fox
63．Antarctica hasA．
A．much ice
B．warm weather
C．flocks of geese
D．warm water
64．Around Antarctica thereC．
A．are many people
B．is little plant life
C．are many animals
D．is little snow
65．The word"struts"in the last paragraph meansB．
A．swims gracefully（优美地；优雅地）
B．walks proudly（自豪地）
C．runs swiftly（迅速地，敏捷地）
D．jumps happily．

6．Be honest．That's all you have to do on Honesty Day．It would be great if we were all honest every day of the year．It's good that there is a day to encourage honesty．M．Hirsh Goldberg started Honesty Day．He chose the last day of April because the first day is April Fool's Day，which celebrate lies．On Honesty Day，anyone may ask you any question and you should give a true and honest answer．That means that you have knowledge of Honesty Day．
M．Hirsh Goldberg wrote a book on telling lies．He said in his book that almost all person lie about 200times a day．In our daily life，a typical（典型的）life for a man is"I did not drink that much"and for a woman is"Nothing is wrong，I'm fine．"It is found that nurses are the most honest people，while sales people and politicians（政客）are the biggest liars．
Every Honesty Day，M．Hirsh Goldberg hands out prizes to honest people．

72．M．Hirsh Goldberg started Honesty Day toB．
A．celebrate lies
B．encourage honesty
C．ask questions
D．hand out prizes
73．Which of the following is Honesty Day？D
A．April 1^st
B．April 10^th
C．April 20^th
D．April 30th
74．According to the passage，A are the most honest people．
A．nurses
B．sales people
C．politicians
D．all men
75．The underlined word"liars"probably means"B"．
A．获利者
B．说谎者
C．影响着
D．领导者．

5．A little stream ran down from a high mountain far，far away through many villages and forests，until it reached a desert．The stream then thought，"I've been through countless difficulties．I should have no problem crossing this desert!But as she started her journey，she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand．After many tries，she still failed add was very unhappy"Maybe I can't reach the ocean in the end，"she said sadly to herself，
At this lime，a deep voice came，"If a breeze（微风）can cross the desert，so can a river．"It was the voice of the desert．But the little stream replied，"That's because a breeze can fly，but I cannot．"
"That's because you can't give up what you are．If you like to do it，and left yourself evaporate（蒸发）into the breeze， it can take you across，and you can reach the ocean．"said the desert，
"Give up what I am now and disappear into the breeze No!No!"The little stream could not accept this idea．After all，she had never experienced anything like it before．
"The breeze can carry the vapor（蒸汽）across the desert and let it leave as rain．The rain will form a river again to continue its course，"explained the desert very patiently．"And whether you're a river or vapor，your nature（本性） never changes，"continued the desert．
Hearing this，the little stream rushed into the open arms of the breeze，while carried her to the next stage of her life．
The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream．If you want to overcome（克服） the difficulties in your life to head for the success，you should also change the way you used to be．

68．Before the stream reached the desert，she didn'tD．
A．believe in herself．
B．meet any difficulties
C．want to cross the dessert
D．worry about the journey to the ocean
69．The underlined word"it"in Paragraph 3refers to（指的是）B．
A．stream
B．breeze
C．vapor
D．desert
70．The last paragraph mainly tells usD．
A．our lives are as easy as the little stream's
B．it is difficult for us to succeed
C．We must keep the way we used to be
D．we should change the way we used to be to succeed sometimes
71．From the passage，we know that the streamAin the end．
A．crossed the desert
B．stopped her journey
C．failed to reach the ocean
D．disappeared in the air．

4．A story happened when the telegraph（电报）was the fastest method of long-distance communication．One day，a young man went to an interview for a job as a Morse code operator（莫尔斯电码报务员）．
Answering the ad in the newspaper，he went to the office address．When he arrived，he walked into a large，busy office filled with noise，including the sound of the telegraph．An office worker asked him to wait until he was called to go into the inner office．Seven other people were already in the waiting area for the interview．The young man sat down and waited with them．After a few minutes，the young man stood up，crossed the room to the door of the inner office，and walked right in．Naturally the other people wondered what was going on．They were sure that the young man made a mistake and would be refused．
A few minutes later，however，the boss came out of the inner office with the young man and said to the other people，"Gentlemen，thank you very much for coming，but the young man has got the job．"
The other people were surprised，and one of them said，"Wait a minute．I don't understand．He was the last to come in，and we never even got a chance to be interviewed．Yet he got the job．That's not fair!"
The boss said，"I'm sorry，but all the time you've been sitting here，the telegraph has been sending out the following message in Mores code：‘If you understand this message，then come right in．The job is yours．'None of you heard it or understood it．This young man did．The job is this．"

64．The young man got the information about the job fromB．
A．the telegraph
B．the newspaper
C．an office worker
D．a friend
65．What was the office like？A
A．Large，busy and noisy
B．Busy，noisy and crowded
C．Large，crowded but quiet
D．Busy，crowded but quiet
66．How many people went for the job interview that day？B
A.7
B.8
C.9
D.10
67．The young man was offered the job becauseC．
A．he was young
B．he knew the boss
C．he heard the telegraph message and understood it
D．he was the last one to walk into the inner office．

3．Where is Love？How can we find Love？
Once a little boy wanted to meet Love．He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived，so he got his things ready with some pizzas and drinks and started off．When he passed three streets，he saw an old woman sitting in the park and watching some birds．She looked very hungry．The boy gave her a pizza．She took it and smiled at him．The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again，so he gave her a Coke．She smiled once again．The boy was very happy．
They sat there all the afternoon，eating and smiling，but they said nothing．When it grew dark，the boy decided to leave．But before he had gone more than a few steps，he turned around，ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug．The woman gave him her biggest smile ever．
When the boy opened the door of his house，his mother was surprised by the look of joy on his face and asked what had made him so happy．"I had lunch with Love．She has got the most beautiful smile in the world．"At the same time，the old woman，s son was also surprised at his mother，s pleasure and asked why．
"I ate a pizza in the park with Love，"she said，"and he is much younger than I expected．"
If the world is full of love，we can enjoy a better life．

根据短文内容选择答案
81．When the little boy saw the old woman，she wasC．
A．looking for a seat in the park
B．passing the street
C．looking at some birds
D．having a pizza
82．The little boy gave the old woman a Coke becauseB．
A．the old woman still felt hungry
B．he wanted to see the smile again
C．he didn't like the drink
D．the old woman paid him for it
83．The old woman gave the little boy the biggest smileD．
A．after the little boy went home
B．before it grew dark
C．when she was drinking Coke
D．after the little boy hugged her
84．The boy's mother was surprised to see her son was veryAwhen the door opened．
A．pleased
B．sad
C．unhappy
D．angry
85．Which of the following is TRUE？B
A．The little boy failed to find Love．
B．Both the little boy and the old woman found what they wanted at last．
C．The little boy decided never to go home．
D．The old woman gave the little boy a hug to thank him．

2．阅读下面表格内容，从每题所给的A、B、C 3个选项中，选出1个最佳答案．

Problems	Causes	Advice
Feelstressed	Too much homework．Don't have enough time for their hobbies．	Make a plan for study and hobbies．Find time to relax．
Get Short sighted（近视）	Too much homework．Bad study habits．	Do homework or read in a correct way．
Fight with each other	Don't know how to get on well with classmates．	Make more friends and understand each other．
Don't like to study	The bad influence of computer games	Play computer games just for a short time．
Get fat	Have more pocket money to buy snacks．Don't like to do exercise．	Use your pocket money to do something meaningful（有意义的）．Do exercise every day．

46．What problems are caused by too much homework？C
A．Get fat．
B．Fight with each other．
C．Feel stressed and get short?sighted．
47．If Simon is feeling stressed，he shouldB．
A．do much more homework
B．make a plan for study and hobbies
C．buy some snacks
48．Peter doesn't like study．Maybe heB．
A．gets fatter and fatter
B．plays too many computer games
C．has no pocket money
49．B is a good way for students to stop fights．
A．Doing less homework
B．Learning how to make friends
C．Playing together with friends．
50．Mary gets fatter．She shouldA．
A．Do exercise every day．
B．Read in a correct way
C．Find time to relax．

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50．What can we learn about the SPORTS POD？C
A．It is the first sports website．
B．It is free for all of its members．
C．It has information about lots of sports．
51．What is the main purpose of this text？B
A．To introduce different sports to people．
B．To tell people to join the SPORTS POD．
C．To teach people how to be better players．

20．A TV program has become popular in China recently．It has made people all over China become interested in writing Chinese characters（汉字）．
The increasing use of computers and smart phones has left most young people hardly able to write by hand．Many of them are even unable to remember the 10，000charactersused in daily life without electronic（电子的） help．
CCTV Started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition to improve the population's handwriting skills．Contestants（参与者） on the show were school pupils，but it was found that 70%of adults in the audience were unable to remember how to write the word"chan chu"．
Because computers allow people to type characters simply by entering pinyin，they don't need to remember how to write them．"The keyboard age has had a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters，"Guan Zhengwen，who designed and directed the show，said．"The influence of technology on people's writing habits is irreversible．There is nothing we can do about it．"However，he added that he hoped to encourage people to keep it alive as an art form．
Educated young Chinese know that they have forgotten how to write all but the most common Chinese words．"I usually write very slowly，"Zang Xiaosong，29，a newspaper reporter from Nanjing said．"Most of the time，it seems the characters are somewhere in my head，and it's just that I can't remember how to write them．"Sometimes I use a computer to help me remember them．"
Hao Mingjian，an editor of a magazine putting his heart into Chinese characters，said，"Learning Chinese characters goes on throughout your life．If you stop using them for a long time，it is likely that you will forget them．"

46．CCTV started the Chinese Character Dictation Competition toC．
A．get more money
B．become famous
C．improve people's handwriting skills
47．Contestants on the show wereA．
A．pupils
B．teachers
C．parents
48．The underlined word"irreversible"，means"A"in Chinese．
A．不可逆转的
B．不可理解的
C．不可饶恕的
49．What can you learn from the passage？B
A．Hao Mingjian is 29years old and works in a school．
B．Computers have a big influence on the handwriting of Chinese characters．
C．Most of the adults in the audience were able to write common Chinese words．

19．The best way of learning a language is using it．The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible．Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up（混合） and people won't understand you．Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you couldn't understand them．But if you sense of humor （幽默感），you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes．Don't care about it．It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you，because they don't understand what you are saying．The most important thing for learning English is："Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes．"

56．The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language isB
A．writing it
B．using it
C．listening
D．learning grammar
57．What should you do in learning English？C
A．Be careful not to make any mistakes
B．Write as quickly as you can
C．Speak English as much as you can
D．Laugh more often
58．When people laugh at your mistakes，you shouldA
A．not care
B．be happy
C．feel worried
D．be unhappy
59．When you make mistakes，you shouldD
A．keep quiet
B．get angry
C．be kind
D．keep your sense of humor （保持你的幽默感）
60．The story tells us："D"．
A．Only foolish（愚蠢） people make mistakes
B．Few people make mistakes
C．People never make mistakes
D．There is no one who doesn't make mistakes．

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