I hear that the best watches in the world ale made                            ．

A．by car          B．by post          C．by telephone            D．by hand

—What do drivers do when the traffic lights turn red?

—They                        stop and wait for the green lights．

A．can              B．must             C．may                D．need

Mr. Smith is driving                            to the station because the bus is leaving．

A．in a hurry             B．in fashion             C．in manner               D．in turn

—Hello! Can I speak to Alice?

—Sure．                      ．

A．Come in，please                               B．Come on，please

C．Hold on，please                                  D．Get on，please

—Have you told her about it?

—No，I really don't know                         I should tell her that bad news．

A．what            B．which            C．if                  D．that

Information is very important to people．In the past，books can “keep” information for us．If we forget something，we can  1  it up in books．Before inventing the printing press，books were written by  2  ．It was very slow．So，information traveled very  3  ．After the printing press，people could make many books quickly．More and more people could  4  books．Information began to travel much faster and much farther．

    Today，we can still find information in books，but we can also find information on the  5 very quickly．If we  6  our computers and   7   to the Internet，we can find lots of information that we want just in a few 8  ．For example，policeman call use information on the Internet to  9  bad persons and students can use information on the Internet to help with their homework．

Of course we can also get   10   from newspapers，on TVs or over the radios．But I think the fastest way to get information is to search the Internet．

1．A．use                       B．look                     C．remember              D．pick

2．A．factory                  B．press                   C．hand                      D．machine

3．A．slowly               B．quickly                  C．widely                   D．early

4．A．give                      B．write                   C．discover                 D．read

5．A．book                     B．Internet                C．radio                      D．press

6．A．get over                 B．put up                  C．turn on                  D．look for

7．A．connect                 B．go                       C．write                     D．send

8．A．years                     B．months                C．minutes                  D．weeks

9．A．teach                     B．catch                   C．hide                       D．praise

10．A．message              B．money                 C．question                 D．information

What is the Internet? The Internet is a huge network of connected computers．It is one of  the greatest inventions of the last century．It started as a way to help researchers do more things faster．But lately it can do much more than that．

    Now many people all over the world use the Internet．In l985，there were about two thousand people on the Internet，but now there are over ninety million people．Each month the Internet welcomes millions of new users．

    The Internet is an excellent communication tool．You are able to talk with many people  around the world at the same time．You can also send and receive messages and e-mails， make your blog（博客）and so on．

    People can use lots of information on the Internet．You can look up businesses with a click of a button，and you can also find out all kinds of information about almost everything, such as medicine，jobs，health，sports，games，music，movies．Communication and information are just two ways that computers provide now．Who knows what this invention will be like in the future?

1．The Internet is one of the greatest inventions of the                           century．

A．21st                    B．20th                    C．19th                             D．18th

2．How many people were there on the Internet in l985．

A．90．                   B．200．                  C．2000．                   D．900．

3．The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “excellent” in the third paragraph is  “                       ’'

A．简单的                B．迅速的                C．乏味的                D．极好的

4．Every month                          users may join the Internet．

    A．hundreds of       B．millions of        C．thousands of       D．billions of

5．From the passage，we know                       ．

    A．computers can be connected to each other

    B．the Internet is a computer

    C．the Internet is the only tool for communicating

    D．a computer is a network

This is the way things go in France．

   If you were French，your family might have come from another country．A quarter of French people have grandparents who came from other countries．

   If you were French，you should almost certainly live in a town or a city because three quarters of French people live in towns or cities．But perhaps you would enjoy living in the beautiful French villages．There are many different houses in different villages．

   If you were French, you would go food shopping in the supermarket，but also in the weekly open market in your neighborhood．There you would find anything from fresh vegetables to fruits，bread，cheese and meat．They all come straight from the farm．You would eat three meals a day：breakfast when you get up in the morning，lunch at about noon and dinner at about eight o'clock in the evening．

   If you were French，in July or August，like almost all French school children，you would go on vacation with your parents．You would likely go to the seashore．In winter，you might go skiing in the Alps or Pyrenees．You would be sure to see many foreigners on vacation：millions of tourists go to France every year．

1．How many French people have grandparents that came from other countries?

    A．25％．                B．50％．                C．75％．                   D．l00％．

2．Most French people live in                           ．

A．towns                  B．cities                   C．villages                  D．towns or cities

3．Where does the food in the weekly open market come from?

A．Supermarkets．                                        B．Farms．

C．Gardens．                                                        D．Other countries．

4．When do French people have dinner?

A．At about 7：00 pm．                               B．At about l0：00 pm．

C．At about 6：00 pm．                                  D．At about 8：00 pm．

5．What do French kids do in winter?

A．They makes snowmen．                          B．They go to the seashore．

C．They go skiing．                                        D．They go shopping．

Today a second cold front will come to the north parts of Huai River．Tomorrow the temperature in the north of North China and most parts of Northeast China will be 6 to 12 degrees lower．What's more interesting，Inner Mongolia and Northeast China have the least difference between the temperatures of day and night．It can also bring rain，snow and strong winds．Weather report for some cities tomorrow．

1．In Northeast China，it will be much                            tomorrow．

2．                       have the least difference between the temperatures of day and night．

3．In Changsha and Chongqing，it's a little                      for people to drive in the street．

4．In which city will it rain tomorrow?

5．How much is the Max（℃）temperature higher in Haikou than in Jilin?

A）根据句意及首字母提示，写出空缺处单词的适当形式。

1．This car is designed by a young e                        ．

2．Oceans cover about three—quarters of the earth's s                           ．

3．Britain is writing a report on Asia for g                        class．

4．There are hundreds of small i                       in the sea，which we can't find in the map．

5．Look，it is so dirty here．Sara，take away the r                       when you go out．

B）根据汉语提示，写出空缺处单词的适当形式。

6．—Who is the m                            （班长）in your class?

    —Tom．

7．Dictionary is a useful t                          （工具）in English learning．

8．We have confidence that we will                          （成功）in the match．

9．We should work together to make our                         （环境）clean．

10．While traveling，all the p                            （乘客）should pay attention to their own things．