根据短文内容回答问题。

　　Which animals do we need most? Dogs? Cats? Horses? No! The answer to the question is cows!

　　Why cows? Cows give us milk．And milk is one of our most important foods．Suppose(假设)that all the milk cows make in one year was put into bottles, and suppose these bottles were set side by side, the line of bottles would go all around the world 400 times!

　　That is a lot of milk．Less than half of it is used for drinking and cooking．Most of it is used to make butter, cheese, ice-cream and many other things．

　　It takes many cows to give us that much milk．But not as much as it used to．A cow used to give only about 1, 500 quarts(夸脱)of milk a year．Now a fine cow may give more than 3, 000 quarts in a year!

　　Why do cows give more milk today? Farmers have better cows．The cows get better care and better food．For each two and a half pounds of grass that she eats, a fine cow makes about a pound of milk．But she may not give all the milk she makes．If she is unhappy, she may give only a small part of it．A cow is a friendly animal．If man is kind and speaks softly to her, she gives more milk．She also likes music．

　　Cows give us more than just food．Their skin can be made into shoes．No animal does more for us than cows．

1．Why do we need cows most?

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2．How much of the milk is used for drinking and cooking?

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3．What is the most of the milk used to do?

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4．Why does a fine cow now give twice as much milk as a cow used to?

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5．What will happen if we make cows unhappy?

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根据短文内容回答问题。

　　Mr Hunt was cutting a branch(树枝)off a tree in his garden．While he was sawing(锯), a man passed in the street．Seeing Mr Hunt, he stopped and said,“Excuse me, but if you keep on sawing that branch like that, you will fall down with it．”He said this because Mr Hunt was sitting on the branch and cutting it at a place between himself and the trunk(树干)of the tree．

　　Mr Hunt said nothing．He thought,“This is some foolish man who has no work to do and goes about telling other people what to do and what not to do．”

　　The man went on his way．Of course, after a few minutes, the branch fell and Mr Hunt fell with it．

　　“My God!”he cried,“That man knows the future!”And he ran after the man and wanted to ask him how long he was going to live．But the man had gone．

1．Why did the man stop when he saw Mr Hunt?

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2．Where was Mr Hunt sitting?

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3．What did Mr Hunt think of the man?

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4．What happened after the man left?

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5．The man didn't tell Mr Hunt how long he was going to live, did he?

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阅读短文，然后按要求完成各题。

　　Mr．and Mrs．Bell are very forgetful．(A)________, Mr．Bell sometimes goes to his office for work on Sunday morning, for(B)他认为是星期一．And Mrs．Bell sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family．

　　One summer(C)they planned to fly to New York for their holidays．They got to the airport only ten minutes before the plane took off．So time was short．But suddenly Mrs．Bell said she must tell Alice, their daughter, not to forget to lock the front door when she went to school．As Alice was then at school, they couldn't tell her about(D)it by telephone．So they hurried to the post office．Mrs．Bell wrote a short note to Alice while Mr．Bell bought a stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped it in the letter box, but suddenly Mrs．Bell began to cry．The short note was still in her hand．She had put the plane tickets in the envelope．

1．在(A)的空白处填入一个适当的词语：____________

2．将画线部分(B)译成英语：______________________

3．将画线部分(C)改写为：they ________ to New York for their holidays ________．

4．在文中能够解释画线部分(D)的最佳词语：________

5．在文中找出最能解释主题的语句：_______________

阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。

　　Jarvis believes that young people today do not have contact(接触)with old people．He is looking for a way to solve this problem．His idea is to build a centre that will bring teens and seniors together．The centre will offer many different programmes．For example, teenagers can read for old people, play cards with them, or visit them when they are ill．Old people can look after young children, help them with their homework, or do sports with them．

　　The centre will have special rooms for all kinds of activities, for example, a kitchen, an art room, and a library．The plan also includes a gymnasium, a daycare room and a dining room．

　　But now the main problem is money．It will cost about ＄5 million to build the centre．

　　Jarvis says he will ask people to donate(捐赠)money, and he will ask the government for support, too．The main goal, Jarvis says, is to help teens and seniors bridge the generation gap．

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

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2．What's Jarvis' idea to solve the problem?

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3．What will the centre offer? Give an example．

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4．How many kinds of special rooms are there in the plan?

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5．How much will building the centre cost?

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阅读短文，然后按要求完成各题。

　　“Cool”is a word with many meanings．Its old meaning is used to express a temperature that is a little bit cold, as the world has changed,(A)这个词有许多不同的意思。

　　“Cool”can be used to(B)express feelings of interest in almost anything．

　　When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say,“It's cool．”You may think,“he's so cool,”when you see your favourite footballer．

　　We all maximize the meaning of“cool”．You can use it(C)________　________ many words such as“new”or“surprising”．Here's an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used．A teacher asked her students to write about the waterfall they had visited．On one student's paper was just the one sentence,“It's so cool”．(D)Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt．

　　But the story also shows a scarcity of words．Without“cool”,(E)some people don't have any words to show the same meaning．So it is(F)quite important to keep some credibility．Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word“cool”?I can．And I think they are also very cool．

1．将(A)处汉语译成英语：________________________________

2．从文中找出文章的主题句，并写在横线上：_______________

3．根据句意在(C)处填入一个适当的短语：________　________

4．写出(D)和(F)的同义词或近义词：___________　___________

5．将(E)句子换成具有相同含义的句子：Some people ________　________ words to show the same meaning．

根据短文内容回答问题。

　　The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and TV, telephone and so on．Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has also brought new problems．One of the biggest is pollution．Pollution comes in many ways．We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it．

　　The more people, the more pollution．Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people．Man is now slowly polluting the whole world．

　　Air pollution is still the most serious．It's bad to all living things in the world．Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water．Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily．

　　Many countries are making rules to fight pollution．They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city．

　　The pollution of SO₂(二氧化硫)is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution．It is caused by heavy traffic．It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution．

1．Is our world becoming much smaller?

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2．How was the life thousands of years ago?

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3．“Pollution comes in many ways．We can even hear it．”What does“it”mean?

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4．Why is air pollution the most serious kind of pollution?

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5．Are many countries making rules to fight pollution?

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阅读短文，然后按要求完成各题。

Dr Spear is a doctor living in London．She decided one morning to give her cat away．Dr Spear thought that(A)it was much better for the animal to live in the country．So she put Mimi in her car and drove(B)more than 100 kilometres out of the city to her brother's house and left the cat(C)________ him．A month later she was shocked to hear that(D)Mimi was no longer there! Then one night Dr Spear heard a noise at her bedroom window．Unable to sleep she got out of bed and was surprised to see a thin cat looking in．She chased the cat away and went back to bed．Then, just as she was about to(E)fall asleep, something landed on the bed．“(F)It gave me a real fright and then I realized it was Mimi!”

1．将画线部分(A)译成汉语：__________________________

2．写出画线部分(B)和(E)的近义词语：________; ________

3．在(C)处填入一个适当的词：________________________

4．将画线部分(D)改写成：Mimi wasn't there _____________

5．找出画线部分(F)指代的语句：______________________

阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。

　　China's diving beauty Guo Jingjing has said that she would retire(退休)from diving after the 2008 Beijing Olympics．

　　Born in Hebei Province, Guo has a great gift for water sports at a very young age．She started training in diving at the age of seven, and was selected to the national team when she was 11．So far Guo has completed three Olympic Games．And in Athens, she took the gold medals in Women's Diving 3m Springboard(女子单人3米板)and Women's Diving Synochronzied 3m Springboard．(女子双人3米板)

　　Guo is the leading member of China's dream team after Fu Mingxia．She said,“I will retire after the Beijing Olympics．That's true．After 20 years in this sport, I think it's very difficult．It's time to leave even though I still have a passion(热情)for the sport．I enjoy diving．Diving is part of my life．It's impossible to hold on till 2008 just for a gold medal．”“To finish my career at home in 2008 is something very, very significant and emotional．I want to retire in front of the home fans．”She said．

　　Guo said she has not decided what to do after the retirement．“It's still too early to think about it．What I should do now is to work hard and just wait for the 2008 Olympic Games．”

1．Where was Guo Jingjing born?

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2．How old was she when she started training in diving?

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3．How many Olympic Games has she joined in?

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4．When does she plan to retire?

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5．Guo Jingjing hasn't decided what she will do after retirement, has she?

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阅读短文，然后按要求完成各题。

　　Playing is serious business for children．In fact, it's what they do best! Ask them why they do it, and kids will probably say,“Because it's fun!”But actually it's much more than that．It's also good for them．

　　(A)Studies show that from birth babies begin learning through playing．They use their five senses to get to know their new world．Touching allows them to discover how different things feel．Brightly coloured toys and clothing help develop a baby's sense of sight(视觉)．

　　When small children choose which toy to play with, they begin developing their abilities in making decisions．

　　Children love toys that allow them to use their imagination．Sometimes an empty box is more interesting than a high-tech toy．That's because a box can become anything a child imagines it to be．

　　Crayons, paints and Play-Doh(彩色塑泥)are also good because they allow children to create．Traditional building blocks teach important pre-maths skills like problem-solving．

　　(B)Playing doesn't become any less important once children start school．Many valuable(有价值的)lessons about life are learnt on the school playground．Kids learn how to share, take turns and play by the rules．

1．What can children do best in their childhood?

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2．What kind of toys do children love?

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3．将短文中画线句译成汉语(A)：________

4．将短文中画线句译成汉语(B)：________

5．请给短文拟一个适当的题目：________

根据短文内容回答问题。

　　Many French teachers and parents complain that their kids are less brighter than they were．They say young people visit museums less often and spend too much time on the Internet．They only read comics and listen to music, and like American culture more than their own．

　　But is this true? A recent survey shows that many French kids spend their time as other kids do．

　　Most French teens love music, with 86 percent things, from Japanese cartoons to American novels．

　　French kids read a lot and like many different things, from Japanese cartoons to American novels．

　　Many French people worry that their children watch too many American films and listen to too much American music like that of Britney Spears．

　　But the results of this survey prove that French young people like their own culture．

　　As Silvia Berlin, a student from Paris, says,“I love watching American TV, but I watch more French programmes．I love being French!”

1．According to the passage, what do many French teachers and parents complain?

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2．What is the top hobby of most French teens?

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3．Do French young people like their own culture?

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4．What do the French young people do more, visiting museums or spending time on the Internet?

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5．What do many French people worry about their children?

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