As China’s national treasure，giant pandas are deeply loved by people．Almost all of pandas live in Sichuan Province in Southwest China．Pandas there are well—protected，especially baby pandas．Before the birth of a baby panda，the mother panda will find a cave and make it into a den with bamboo．The mother panda will give birth to the baby panda in September and later the den will become a room for the young baby．The mother panda will try her best to keep the den quite clean．For the first three weeks，the mother will hold her baby．After two weeks the colors(white and black) on the baby panda’s body will be clear．However，the baby won’t be able to go out alone until it is 3 months old．

A young panda starts to eat soft bamboo shoots by the time it is about six months old. Pandas’ food is mainly made up of bamboo．As time goes by，the little panda will go out for food with its mother．By this time，the baby is much bigger．The next spring，the little panda is really free from its mother and begins to live its own life．Usually pandas live to be 12—14 years old．In fact，it is hard to keep a young panda alive before it is old enough to live by itself．Nowadays the number of giant pandas is smaller than 1，000．

1．What does the underlined word“den”mean in the passage?

A．A kind of food for animals．    B．A baby panda．

C．A tool for fighting．           D．A hidden home for animals．

2．When do mother pandas usually give birth to baby pandas?

A．In August．    B．In September．C．In winter．D．In spring．

3．Baby pandas are         when they call get soft bamboo shoots．

A．about 6 months old    B．less than 4 months old

C．about 3 months old    D．1ess than 3 months old

4．In order to teach the baby panda how to find food，the mother panda will        

A．keep the den quite clean and stay with the baby all the time．

B．hold her baby for the first four weeks

C．give the baby soft bamboo before winter

D．go out for food with the baby when it grows bigger

5．What can we infer from the passage?

A．Giant pandas are a national treasure in China．

B．Many baby pandas die when they are young．

C．Soon the number of giant pandas in China will be large．

D．Most mother pandas don’t feed and raise their babies themselves．

Most children in the United States are returning to school after the summer holiday．Public education for children in the United Sates is free．But parents still have to buy things such as new clothes，bags and other supplies for their children before every new school year．

8，000 Americans took part in a study．It said that this year American parents would spend almost 15 billion dollars preparing their children for school．

The study also found that 93 percent of families with school age children plan to buy clothes，shoes and school supplies．Each family will spend almost 500 dollars on those things．This is 7 percent more than last year．Almost half of questioned parents also said they planned to spend about 100 dollars on electronics(电子产品) and computers．

Half of the parents in the study said their children would use their own money to buy some things for school．Teenaged children arc expected to spend about 85 dollars each for supplies．23 percent of parents said that even their younger children would buy some things for themselves．

To help shoppers save money，several cities let people buy some goods without paying sales tax．Washington，D．C．，is such a city．It has a ten—day sales tax holiday in August．At that time，people can buy clothing，shoes or school supplies that cost less than 100 dollars without paying sales tax．

1．How many children plan to use their own money to buy school needs?

A．Seven percent of them．      B．Twenty—three percent of them．

C．Ninty—three percent of them． D．None of the above．

2．How much did each family spend last year on children’s school supplies?

A．535 dollars．    B．465 dollars．    C．565 dollars．   D．435 dollars．

3．Shoppers can save money            ．

A．in special days    B．in all big cities

C．during holidays   D．when the things cost $100

4．We can learn from the study that         

A．8，000 parents will spend about 15 billion dollars for their children’s school life．

B．93％ of the American families have school children．

C．500 dollars on children’s clothes，shoes and school supplies is necessary for a family．

D．7％ of the families want to spend 100 dollars on computers and electronics．

5．The best title of the text would be“             ”

A．Children’s Costs in the United States．

B．Children’s Study Plants for the New Year．

C．Public Education in the United States．

D．New School Year，New Supplies and Costs

阅读下面短文，根据内容完成各项任务。

My mother has published several books．One day，I said to her，“I love reading online writers’ books，but it’s hard for them to find readers；let alone earn any money．Wouldn’t it be great if I could find a way to help?”

She answered．“That would be wonderful! It’s terrible to write something and get no answer—writers need to know they’re being read and liked，You should do it!”I did some research，which made it clear that relying on donations(捐赠) and advertisements wasn’t useful． Writers shouldn’t have to beg(乞求)，and they want to write what they want，not what the advertisers want．

I told my wife what I had come up with：a network that allowed readers to directly pay writers for their works．“That’s a wonderful idea．”she said．

“You’re right，”I said．“Now，how do we make sure it’s a fair for the writers? What if we give each writer part of the reader fee，based on how often the reader has read that writer over the past month? So，the more often Jack reads Jill，the more Jill will earn．”

My wife loved the plan．Blogit is now the largest online network in a way connecting readers and writers，As Blogit grows，readers are finding writers they enjoy and popular writers have already earned more than $1，000 at Blogit．

1．He planned to set up an online network                    ．

2．The writer come up with the idea                         ．

3．将短文中画线的英语句子译成汉语。                               ．

4．Is the writer successful to make his plan come true?                          ．

5．What can the readers at Blogit do now?                                 ．

阅读下面短文，根据上下文意义和所给单词首字母，写出标有题号每小题空白处适当单词的完全、正确形式。(每空一词)

Tibet is among the most popular places for Chinese tourists．The number of travelers to Tibet has g1  by 10 percent every year for a few years．What is the best w2  to go to Tibet for tourist trip，by plane，by bus or by train? People who want to go to Tibet always ask this question．

If you take the plane，you won’t see the b3   places on the way．If you take the bus，you will be very t4   after the trip．If you take the train，you can enjoy the scenery a5   the way and sleep quite well．Now，since July 1st，when the first train r6   1，956 kilometers from Xining to Lhasa，more and more P 7  have been going to Tibet．

The train stops at several f8  places along the way，such as Qinghai Lake，Kunlun Mountain，and the Potala Palace．Passengers can also enjoy many activities d9  the journey，like Tibetan dancing and Karaoke．On the train，passengers can have tea，eggs and noodles for b10 ，and fried g11  vegetables and chicken for lunch，Unlike most Chinese trains which have open—hole toilets，this one has special toilets which call c12  the waste．There is also a special garbage system(系统) in the train that k13  the environment clean．

All the windows on the train can protect people from the b14  sunlight．Other equipment，such as televisions，and electrical sockets(插座) for computers and cell—phones，Can a15  be found on the train．

Because there isn’t much oxygen(氧气)there，trains will have oxygen masks for t 16  who need them．It makes passengers feel m 17  comfortable when they have e18 oxygen on the famous“roof of the world”．There are also doctors on the train to make s19  that all of the travelers are safe．“I feel very comfortable，”said Yue Jiang，a Beijing-born s20  who has lived in the United States for 20 years．“It certainly meets Western standards and it’s very clean．”

根据对话内容，在每个标有题号的空白处填入一个适当的句子，使对话完整，合乎情景。

Danny and Mary are talking about their future．

A：Hello，Mary! What did you do in your class meeting?

B：Hello，Danny! We discussed our jobs in the future．

A：Well，                     1                 

B：I want to work in tourism because 1 want to see many places around the world．

A：         2             I’m sure you will spend lots of time flying from one city to another．

A：Yes，that’s true       3       It’s boring．You can see nothing about clouds，clouds and clouds．

A：But it is the fastest way to travel．

B：I like to travel by train．      4          What about you? Tell me about your future job．

A：My future job? I am not sure．But you know I like delicious food．I’m thinking of becoming a cook．

B：Ah! You are good at eating．        5        It’s not an easy job．

A：Yes，you are right．But I think if I put my heart into it，then I’ll be good at it．

B：I hope so，and then I will have the chance to enjoy some good meals．

请根据下面短文设计一个表格。

Here is a week’s weather report for Xinjiang．On Sunday，October 23rd，northern Xinjiang will be cloudy．The temperature will be above 2 to 10．On October 24th，the eastern areas will be sunny．It will be above 1 to 8．On Tuesday it will have showers and the temperature will be above 2 to 9．On October 26th，most places will have a strong wind and it will be above 2 to 7．On Thursday it will be sunny and the temperature will be above 3 to 9．Western Xinjiang will have light rain and it will be minus 3 to 5 on Friday．Norther Xinjiang will have snowstorms and the temperature will be minus 4 to 6 on Saturday．

请你以Tree’s Function为题，写一篇你对植物功能的了解。

要求：1．条理清晰，符合说明文的结构特点。

      2．语句通顺，句子连贯。

3．字数在100词左右。

一Is ______ book on the desk ______ useful one?

一No, it isn’t．

A．the；an        B．the；a           C．a；the        D．the；the

一______do you want?

—I want a CD of popular songs．

A．Which CD      B．How many CDs   C．What CD      D．How much

Be sure to come! I have ______ to show you．

A．important something    B．anything important

C．nothing important      D．something important