China is a country that is changing very quickly over the past fifty years and   1  you look closely(仔细地) you can see it   2  in front of your eyes. Fifty years ago, everybody travelled around by bike. Today lots of people in China still ride their bikes  3  school or work, but many people also take the bus or travel   4   underground. There are some people who even drive their own cars. Shops   5  small businesses but now the centre of China’s cities are full of   6   department stores. In these department stores, you can buy  7  you want in one trip. You can buy food, toys, bikes and even televisions. Television is    8   change that China has seen. Many children would say that they can not imagine life   9  TV set , but years ago they had to live without them. The Internet and the computer have only recently become regular items in our lives. Without the Internet, people would not  10  to get information as quickly as they can now and the Internet helps to make people   11  friends all over the world. Computers help   12  children and adults in their   13  lives Many students are lucky enough   14 able to use them to do their homework or   15  with their friends and sometimes play games.

Washington DC, the capital of the USA, is a beautiful city, but there are  1  poor and hungry people in it. 2  of them are even homeless (无家可归的). In the northwest of the city, there is a house 3  Martha’s Table. Every day, a group of volunteers go there. They raise（募集）food, clothes and money  4  poor people. They prepare (准备) 2, 100 sandwiches, a lot of soup and cakes for about 500 people every day. They give the  5  to the homeless people.
Mrs Morley is  6  of the volunteers. She looks after more than 60 children. She  7  them stories and teaches them 8  to read and draw. The children’s parents have to work for many hours a day. They  9  take good care of them. So the parents are  10  that Martha’s Table can help them look after their children.

Do you know “homestay”? What is a homestay? When you go to another   1 , you can live in a local   2  as a member of the family. This is called a homestay. It’s a great experience (经历)   3  you can learn more about the country and its people.
I’m Lily from   4 . I came to study in Canada with some English teachers. We are living  5  an old Canadian couple (夫妇), Mr. and Mrs. Green. They have a wonderful five-bedroom house. And I have a bedroom of   6  there. They also have two bathrooms and a   7  with many beautiful flowers and big trees.
Mrs. Green   8  does the housework. She does the laundry (洗衣) and cooks meals for us. At the weekend, my friends and I cook some Chinese food for the couple sometimes. They are very happy and they think   9  tastes good. We also celebrated the Canadian festivals with them and get to know   10  about their culture and custom (文化和风俗).

More and more people like traveling for their holidays. Some people like  1, so they like to visit some old places. Some people like to breathe (呼吸)fresh air, so they like to go  2 . Some people like sea or swimming, so they like to go to the  3. In many countries, the travel agency (旅行社) can help you  4your holidays. You can5 the travel agent (代理人)what kind of holidays you like,  6 you want to go best, and how much money you are going to  7 . Then the travel agent will give you some 8 about where to go, how to get there, where to live and what kind of activities you can do there. So there are many different kinds of  9 . For example, one of the holidays is called “Package Holiday”. That is, you just pay the money, and the travel agent will plan  10 for you: the ticket for the train, bus or plane, the hotel, the activities and so on.
【小题1】A. math          B. music         C. history
【小题2】A. shopping      B. climbing      C. skating
【小题3】A. seaside       B. rivers        C. lakes
【小题4】A. order         B. book          C. plan
【小题5】A. say           B. ask            C.tell
【小题6】A. where         B. when          C. how
【小题7】A. take          B. spend         C. have
【小题8】A. message       B. suggestion     C. information
【小题9】A. jobs          B. places        C. holidays
【小题10】A. nothing      B. everything    C. vehicles

More and more Americans are going to work by bike. Do you know why more people are  1   bikes to work? We can answer the question in  2  ways. First, bikes don’t need gasoline (汽油), so it takes  3  money to use them. Second, a bike doesn’t  4 much space (空间), so it is  5 to find a place for it. And riding a bike is good for one’s  6 . People often drive their 7 to offices or to shops, but now people think riding bikes is a good way of doing sports.
That’s  8  more Americans are now riding to work  9  bike, and they are  10  their own cars at home.

You want to run across the street to catch the bus which is leaving soon? But   1 ! You’d better not. If a policeman sees you, you’ll have to pay a fine (罚款).
New traffic laws (交通法) say that  2  people cross the street when the light is red, they can be fined as much as 50 yuan.
Traffic accidents   3  more than 104,000 people in China last year. Chinese cities have   4  cars than ever. Drivers and pedestrians (行人) must work together to make the streets   5 .
The law has new rules for drivers and pedestrians. Drivers have to   6  down when they are close to crosswalks. If people are in a crosswalk, cars must   7  to let them pass.
There are   8  for bus drivers, too. If bus drivers smoke, drink or make phone calls   9  driving, they can be fined. Buses that carry too many people are   10  against(违反)the law.
Pedestrians will have to walk more safely under the new law. They must cross streets at crosswalks. Also, they shouldn’t climb over the fences (栅栏)   11  streets.
Do you ride a bike to school? It’s not a good idea to   12  classmates on the back. You could be fined 50 yuan. And stay in the bike lane (慢车道) when you’re riding. The big roads are   13  cars and buses.
If you see a hit-and –run (肇事逃逸), tell the police. They may give you a reward (奖赏). And don’t be   14  to help people to the hospital if they are hurt in an accident. Don’t worry about money. The new law says that   15  must take care of them even if they can’t pay right away.

Cooperation(合作) and competition are 1  important. They’re necessary for a person to achieve success in life.
Learn to be cooperate with others. No one likes a selfish(自私的) or greedy(贪婪的)person. However, everyone likes a cooperative and friendly person. Everything we do today,   2  in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability to  3 with one another. In our society, most tasks(任务) need the cooperation of many people  4 they can be finished successfully. So we must try to be cooperative. Each person   5 a small part of a machine . If only one part is out of order, the machine can’t be running  well.  6 , transportation and communication systems are developing quickly and people all over the world can keep in line with each other _7 . It’s hard for a person who is away from the society to have a deep understanding of the world he 8 . Cooperation is becoming more and more important for a person to get a good life.
Being competitive(竞争的) also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than others, you must work harder and study more carefully. The desire(愿望) to succeed and do better than others   9 us to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be   10 and successful, and we could never have champions(冠军).
We cooperate with others to be more competitive, we compete to get a better environment for cooperation leads(带领) us to realize our goals and meet our needs.
根据短文内容选择正确答案。
【小题1】A. all                B. both                    C. neither
【小题2】A. if                 B. weather                 C. whether
【小题3】A. get along          B. get off                 C. get back
【小题4】A. in order           B. in order to             C. so that
【小题5】A. likes              B. is like                 C. looks like
【小题6】A. Except             B. Besides                 C. But
【小题7】A. easier             B. much better             C. more easily
【小题8】A. lives in           B. lives on                C. lives
【小题9】A. encourage          B. encourages              C. encouraged
【小题10】A. excited            B. interested              C. exciting

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Are you nervous when you stand in front of the public? Are you afraid to make a speech?
Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li had thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of   1  classmates.
"I was wrong. It was very different and much  2  than talking to my classmates during playtime," Li said. "I tried, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute (哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom   3  "
Li is not ___4____. Many middle school students now have the same   5  : they can talk about their ideas freely   6  their best friends after class, but can't speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to writing instead of 7  .
Zhou hopes schools can give students more chances to open their  8  , such as speech competitions, English corners and class discussions. Students can join in any one they want to.   9 he also gives some advice to students. "During your free time you should 10  more. When you're speaking in public, take it ___11___. Just imagine you're talking to nobody and speak up your ideas clearly," Zhou said. "That  12 a fine public speech and you'll feel confident. "

Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a __51__ history. A Greek scientist made the first robot. You may  52  robots in some movies. The robots in the movies are usually stronger, faster and __53__ than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They can do lots of dangerous, difficult or__54__ jobs. Some people can’t look __55_ themselves and robots can help them. For example, some people can’t see, and they use a guide dog to help themselves move. But now scientists are__56__ a robot to help them.
Robots are also used in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot   57  meals from the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms. It never loses (迷失)its __58__ because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system(系统).__59__ the future, robots will even work in space. But robots will  60  take the place of(代替)people but only work for people. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.

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  1 the first time, Zhang Shengyu, a student at Laiyang Middle School in Shandong, didn’t ask her mother to buy her a new schoolbag or any new pens for the beginning of the school term. “My old schoolbag can still be used, so there is no  2 to buy a new one,” Zhang said. “I’ve decided to be thrifty (节约的) from now on. ”
As the center of the  3 attention, many of the one-child generation do not know about the hardships of life. They sometimes have no idea of the value(价值) of money. Many students would  4 away pens and erasers that haven’t been used up and buy new ones. Some like to compete with each other to see whose clothes and  5 are more expensive.
The Ministry of Education put a notice on its website on Jan 20. It called on students to have good habits such as diligence and thrift, to stop wasting food and to pay  6 attention to famous brands. （牌子）
Many schools consider  7 the students the value of money  and encourage their students to be  8 .
Students at No 44 Middle School of Shijiazhuang, Hebei planted many fruit trees in their campus. By taking care of the trees, the students learned  9 to cherish(珍惜) things.
At Tie Yi Middle School in Xi’an, students organized a group to collect used pen refills (替芯) and use them for crafts (手工作品). “What we students do are small things,   10 I think with everyone’s work, we can make a difference,” said Li Dongdong, 16, a student at the school.