7．National parks are large areas of public land．They give a safe home for local plants and animals．T——青夏教育精英家教网—

7．National parks are large areas of public land．They give a safe home for local plants and animals．They help keep the air and water clean．They also give us the best trips．Today，there are nearly 7，000national parks around the world．Forbes has listed 12of the most beautiful ones in the world that will surprise you with their amazing landscape，geographic wonders and colourful plants and animals．
The Grand Canyon （大峡谷）National Park of the US is one of the Seven National Wonders of the World．It is best known for its size and depth．It is 446kilometers long，up to 29kilometers wide，and 1.6kilometers deep．The大的immensity of the canyon makes people think big．Every year，about 5million people visit here．Taking a tour in the South Rim offers visitors the park's full views，while the North Rim shows beautiful wild flowers．
If you love animals，you'll like the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania．The"Big Five"live here．They are the lion，African elephant，African leopard，black rhinoceros and African buffalo．The name"Big Five"came from the five animals that were the hardest to catch．Now they are what people most want to see in the wild．If you visit the park，you should never miss the migration（迁徙） of over 1.5million wildebeests（角马）and 250，000zebras every year．This is the most famous site of the park．
42．Which is NOT right about national parks according to Paragraph 1？C
A．A national park is public land that covers a large area．
B．Wild plants and animals are protected in national parks．
C．Forbes has listed twelve of the world's largest national parks．
D．National parks are attractive because of their natural beauty．
43．The underlined word"immensity"refers toA．
A．great size
B．natural wonder
C．colourful view
D．unusual beauty
44．Ckinds of animals are mentioned in the passage．
A．Five
B．Six
C．Seven
D．Eight
45．If the writer continues writing the article，he would most likely write aboutB．
A．ways to keep the air and water clean
B．more national parks in the world
C．his wonderful trip to the Grand Canyon
D．famous historic wonders in Africa．

6．A short Chinese man seems to be tallest in the world right now．Jack Ma （Ma Yun） is executive chairman（董事局主席）of Alibaba Group，a business-to-business online platform．On September 19，2014，Alibaba went public on the New York Stock Exchange （纽约证券交易所），raising 25billion through an IPO，the biggest in US history．Ma，a former English teacher，has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland．
Born in Hangzhou，Zhejiang，Ma grew up as a happy kid．At the age of 12，he wanted to learn English．Every morning，he awoke at 5am，cycled 40minutes to a hotel near the West Lake where he could chat to foreign tourists．He did it for nine years，rain or shine．
The experience made him a fluent English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wider world．In a 1995trip to the US，Ma was shown the Internet for the first time．He searched Yahoo using the word"Beer"，and found that there was nothing in there about China．Seeing the chance，Ma returned to China and set up a website called China Pages without even knowing much about computers．
Four years later，18people including Ma，his wife and his friends founded Alibaba in Hangzhou．He believed in the Internet business potential（潜力）when few other Chinese did．People called him"Crazy Jack Ma"．But 15years later，Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce（电子商务）company，owning popular shopping websites like Taobao and Tmall．It makes more profit online than Amazon and E-Bay combined．
No one thinks he's mad now．Ma's favourite line has been printed on Alibaba's souvenir T-shirts．It reads："Everybody should have a dream．What if that dream comes true？"
38．Why did Ma cycle to a hotel near the West Lake？B
A．To work as a guide．
B．To chat with foreigners．
C．To work part time．
D．To do morning exercises．
39．When did Ma and his team found（建立） Alibaba？C
A．In 1995．
B．In 1998．
C．In 1999．
D．In 2014
40．Which is the right order？D
a．Ma became the richest man on the Chinese mainland．
b．Ma became executive chairman of Alibaba Group．
c．Ma worked as an English teacher in Hangzhou．
d．Ma set up a website called China Pages．
A．c-b-d-a
B．b-c-a-d
C．d-c-b-a
D．c-d-b-a
41．The title of the passage can be"C"．
A．Alibaba's First IPO
B．The World's Largest E-commerce Company
C．Crazy Jack Ma
D．The Internet Business Potential．

5．-Do you mind my opening the window？
-Don't you see the willow catkins （柳絮）swimming about in the air？（　　）

	A．	Yes，please		B．	Of course not
	C．	You'd better not		D．	It doesn't matter

4．I am going to buy stocks （股票）with all my money．Any good advice for me？
---_______________________．You should be cautious（谨慎）in the stock market．（　　）

	A．	Don't burn the candle at both ends．
	B．	Don't put all your eggs in one basket．
	C．	Better late than never．
	D．	Actions speak louder than words．

3．---Justin，could you tell me_____________________________？
---On the first floor of the RT Supermarket．（　　）

	A．	when will the Lianyungang Wanda Plaza be built
	B．	how soon will the 2016 Olympic Games take place
	C．	how long our Art Festival will last
	D．	where I can find a KFC fast food shop

2．---How much do you know about John Nash？
Just a little．He is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist ____ was killed in a car crash yesterday．（　　）

1．Zhang Yimou was chosen to direct the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics _______he was a world-famous director．（　　）

A．

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