| From：Li-Hong @ net. cn | To：jenny@compail.ca |
| Subject：School term | Date：01/09 6:00 p.m. |
| Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong | |
| From：jenny@compail.ca | To：Li-Hong @ net. cn |
| Subject：Repeat! | Date：01/09 8:00 p.m. |
| Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny | |
【小题1】The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．
| A．高质量的 | B．高品质的 | C．高科技的 | D．高价格的 |
| A．In a magazine. | B．In a book. | C．In a guide-book. | D．On a website. |
| A．they like to listen to music |
| B．mobile phones are useful for their studies |
| C．they want to show off these things |
| D．they want to contact with their classmates |
| A．make money | B．contact with friends | C．listen to music | D．study well |
| A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates |
| B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things |
| C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things |
| D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students |
Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．
The reporter was talking to them about being important．
“How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．
The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．
The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”
The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes the
President important．”
“Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”
【小题1】This story happened in_________．
【小题2】There are_________ in this passage．
【小题3】The banker thought________．
【小题4】The owner of the very large company thought_________．
【小题5】The owner of many buildings thought__________．
The reporter was talking to them about being important．
“How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．
The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．
The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”
The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes the
President important．”
“Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”
【小题1】This story happened in_________．
| A．England | B．America | C．Japan | D．Australia |
| A．two men and two women | B．three men and one woman |
| C．three women and one man | D．four women |
| A．he was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U．S was really important |
| C．the visitor who met the President of the US |
| D．the reporter was really important |
| A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies |
| B．the banker was really important |
| C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important |
| D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President．the President would not answer any telephone call |
| A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．the owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．the person who worked in the White House was really important |
Can plants eat people? Probably not，but there are many plants that eat meat．Some of them are big．And they can eat small animals．One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草)．
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant．It grows in dry parts of the United States．Its leaves are like the pages of a book．They can open and close very quickly．Inside the leaves，there are three small hairs．If a fly touches one of the hairs，the leaf closes quickly．The fly cannot get out．In about half an hour，the leaf presses the fly until it is dead．Then，the plant covers the fly．Slowly，the plant eats the fly．
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun，the air，and the ground．In some places，the ground is very poor．It doesn’t have all these important things，
especially nitrogen(氮)．Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen，so some plants eat meat to get what they need．Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea !
【小题1】The Venus flytrap is a kind of_________．
【小题2】The Venus flytrap grows in_________．
【小题3】From the passage，we learn that_________．
【小题4】The underlined word“presses”probably means________ in Chinese．
【小题5】—Why do some plants eat animal meat? —Because_________．
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The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant．It grows in dry parts of the United States．Its leaves are like the pages of a book．They can open and close very quickly．Inside the leaves，there are three small hairs．If a fly touches one of the hairs，the leaf closes quickly．The fly cannot get out．In about half an hour，the leaf presses the fly until it is dead．Then，the plant covers the fly．Slowly，the plant eats the fly．
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun，the air，and the ground．In some places，the ground is very poor．It doesn’t have all these important things，
especially nitrogen(氮)．Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen，so some plants eat meat to get what they need．Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea !
【小题1】The Venus flytrap is a kind of_________．
| A．plant | B．animal | C．food | D．meat |
| A．most parts of the world | B．some parts of Africa |
| C．dry parts of the United States | D．wet parts of England |
| A．all plants can eat people | B．all plants can eat animals |
| C．some plants can eat people | D．some plants can eat animals |
| A．挤压 | B．关上 | C．打开 | D．松开 |
| A．plants are dangerous to animals |
| B．animals are dangerous to plants |
| C．plants want to get what they need from animal me |
| D．plants want to protect themselves against animals |