Shen Hao was born in 1964. He was the former first secretary of Party branch（原党支部第一书记）of Xiaogang Village, Fengyang County, Anhui Province. He died on November 6, 2009. From 2004 to 2009, he had done many good things for villagers. For the development of Xiaogang Village he had made great contributions. So he was respected by all the villagers.

During the six years, he repaired the village roads, built a building for a number of villagers. He rented a house in the village and thought about how to get the villagers to get rich all day. Even in the New Year, he still got together with his villagers. At last, under his leadership, Xiaogang Village was out of poverty. Now the villagers are leading a rich life.

He is a very filial（孝顺的）son, but he had almost no time to get together with his over 90 year-old mother. But she never complained. His wife works in the bank and she is very busy. They both have little time to look after their daughter.

Although he did not do what he should do to his mother, wife and daughter, all the villagers will remember their good secretary forever.

1.Why was Shen Hao respected by all the villagers?

A. Because he repaired roads.

B. Because he built a building for some people.

C. Because he is a filial man.

D. Because he has made great contributions for the development of Xiaogang Village

2.What did Shen Hao think about all day?

A. He thought about how to mend the road.

B. He thought about how to build houses.

C. He thought about how to make the village rich.  

D. He thought about how to get together with his family.

3.The underlined word “poverty” means________ in Chinese.

     A. 贫乏          B. 贫穷           C. 虚弱               D. 贫瘠

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

     A. Shen Hao was only 45 years old when he died.

     B. Shen Hao spent much time in taking care of his daughter.

     C. Shen Hao helped the villagers a lot.

     D. Now in Xiaogang Village, people are leading a rich life.

Everyone would like to be remembered. A few people even try to do something that no one else in history has ever tried to do. These people sometimes have their names recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.

    Often it takes a group of people to do something unusual. One such team paddled(用浆划)a bathtub（浴缸）145 kilometers for 24 hours. This group had 13 members. They paddled their bathtub on a river near Ashford, Great Britain on May 28 and 29, 1983. A month later, a racing team of hospital bed pushers in Avon ,Great Britain, pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes! However, the distance record for hospital bed pushing is still held by the men of Brunt field Bedding Center. This team from Edinburgh pushed a hospital bed 5,203 kilometers in 1979. It took the team 35 days to cover the distance.

    Another group of record makers held the highest dinner party in the world. Nine people from Sydney, Australia, climbed Mountain Huascaran on June 28 1989.The climbers carried a dinner table, chairs, and a meal up the mountain .When they reached the top, they all put on warm suits for dinner.

    People all over the world are trying hard to do something unusual to make a record. It should be understood; however, that now not all the records will be kept in the Guinness Book of Records.

1.According to the passage, what record was made near Ashford in May, 1983?

A. A record for paddling a bathtub.

B. A record for climbing a mountain.

C. A record for pushing a hospital bed.

D. A record for swimming across a river.

2.What was unusual about the highest dinner party held by the nine people in the passage?

A. The people who held the dinner party all came from Sydney.

B. Only nine people held the highest dinner party.

C. They had a meal on the mountain.

D. They carried a dinner table and chairs up the mountain to hold the dinner party.

3.Which of the following show the right order(顺序)of what happened in the passage?

    a. A group of 13 members paddled a bathtub on a river near Ashford.

    b. A team from Edinburgh made a distance record for hospital bed pushing.

    c. A group of nine people from Sydney had a dinner party on the top of Mountain Huascaran.

    d. A racing team pushed a hospital bed 16 kilometers in just 50 minutes in Avon.

    A. a-b-c-d    B. d-b-c-a    C. a-d-b-c    D. b-a-d-c

4.Which of the following is mentioned(提及)in the passage?

     A. Hospital bed pushing was a popular sport in Edinburgh.

     B. People living in Ashford usually used a bathtub to carry things.

     C. Two different records for hospital bed pushing were given.

     D. Hospital bed pushing was held twice a year in Avon, Great Britain.

Two Chinese spacecrafts successfully completed China’s first space docking early November 3, 2011, which has taken the country a step closer to building its own space station.

Nearly two days after its launch, the unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou VIII docked with the space lab module Tiangong I more than 343 km above the earth surface. Shenzhou VIII and Tiangong I took apart after flying together for 12 days. On the 14th of November, the two spacecrafts finished the second docking. Then Shenzhou VIII parted from Tiangong I again and returned to the earth safely on the 17th. Tiangong I is still traveling around the earth in the space, waiting for the arrival of Shenzhou IX and X and so on in the near future.

That marked another great leap for China’s space program and made China the third country in the world, after the United States and Russia, to master the space docking technique (空间对接技术).

The world’s first space docking was achieved in 1966, when the manned U.S, spacecraft Gemini 8 (双子星8号) docked with an unmanned Agena Target Vehicle (阿金纳目标飞行器). Space docking is necessary to explore space beyond Earth’s orbit. “The capability increases China’s ability to act independently in space, as well as its ability to work together with others,” said Gregory Kulacki, a U.S. space scientist and senior analyst.

“With the success of its first space docking, China is now equipped with the basic technology and ability required for the construction of a space station,” said Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China’s manned space program.” The country is on its way to building a permanent manned space station around 2020.”

1.What did the success of the first space docking mean to China?

      A. China has caught up with the United States in the space exploration field.

      B. China took a step closer to building its own space station.

      C. China became the first country to master the space docking technique.

      D. China has the ability to build a permanent manned space station right now.

2.What does the underlined word “That” in the third paragraph refer to?

A. Shenzhou VIII.

B. Tiangong I

C. The Space Station

D. The success of China’s first space docking

3.What can we learn from the passage? 

A. Tiangong I will fly in the space for 12 days.

B. The first space docking of the world was achieved in 1966, by Russians.

C. Without space docking technique people can’t explore space beyond Earth’s orbit.

D. The U.S.A helped China achieve the first space docking.

4.What’s the best title of this passage?

A. The first space docking of China.

B. The history of space docking.

C. The first space docking of the world.

D. The space docking technique

For those of us who are studying at school, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam times so bad that they become ill, because they are afraid of failing; they are afraid of letting their parents and family down.          1.              Talk to someone about it. Maybe you can speak to a friend, or someone in your family, or teachers at your place of study. If one person doesn’t help you, ask someone else.

________2.           Here are some advice:

Ask a teacher or tutor about how to review your lessons, and exam skills—how to work when you are in an exam.

Take short rests during your time of work. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well.

Plan your work: study at times when you know you will work at your best.

Get enough sleep, and eat healthy food.

You need exercise to work well.            3.          

Stop thinking about the future and failing.

If you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed! Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them.

If it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don’t do it! In fact, don’t even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done.         4.         

To this advice, we could add:

If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed. Your mind will still be “going round and round”—thinking too much.           5.           Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

如今，越来越多的中学生拥有并在使用手机 (mobile phone)。针对这个问题，不同的人有不同的观点。许多学生认为手机方便了自己与家长和同学的联系，发短信、打电话已成为中学生日常生活的重要组成部分。然而大多数老师和家长认为中学生上课时会用手机听音乐、玩游戏或与朋友发短信，将会严重影响学习，他们呼吁学校禁止学生携带手机来校。针对这一现象，写一篇100词左右的短文，介绍上述两种观点并谈谈你的看法。

(参考词汇：have different opinions; communicate with; make up an important part of; urge …to do sth; stop …from…, in one’s opinion; concentrate on; be against; should be allowed to)

I have ________ dictionary and I use it every day.

My father always gets up early. That’s ________ habit.

Forget it, John. I said that just ________ fun. 

In autumn, many green ________ change to yellow, orange or red.

This is one of ________ dresses at the yard sale. You should get it.