这是一篇宣传环保的短文，内容介绍新泽西哈特威尔市卡蓬湖三十年前后的变化．三十年前湖畔鸟、兽成群，湖中游鱼成线；而现在由于污染所致，明镜的湖水成了暗褐色的泥浆，杂草丛生．那么如何才能恢复原貌呢？请看下文：

　　Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. Now there are few birds, animals and fish. The lake water is polluted(污染的). It is in a colour of dirty brown, and it is filled with strange plants.

　　How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all around Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.

　　Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use chemicals(化学品) in their gardens. They use other chemicals inside their houses for cleaning or killing insects(昆虫). There are also many businesses. Businesses use chemicals in their machines or shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from homes and businesses and then carries them into the lake. "They pollute the water and kill the animals.

　　Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats. But oil and gas(油和汽) from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.

　　People in Hartwell are worried. They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible? A clean lake must have clean rainwater going into it. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at work. They must also be more careful about gas and oil and other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn't use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people's lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.

1．In the past, the water in Lake Ponkapog was made clean by ________.

[　　]

2．Chemicals from homes and businesses ________.

[　　]

A．are always clean

B．can help the animals

C．are good for the lake

D．get into the rainwater

3．Cleaner rainwater will mean ________.

[　　]

A．more boats on the lake

B．more dirty things in the lake

C．a cleaner lake

D．a dirtier lake

4．To save Lake Ponkapog, people need to ________.

[　　]

A．be more careful about chemicals

B．use less water

C．grow fewer plants in the gardens

D．use more motorboats on the lake

5．The passage is about ________.

[　　]

A．boats on Lake Ponkapog

B．why the water in Lake Ponkapog is dirty

C．clean rainwater

D．dirty lakes

本文为纪实性报导，作者目击了国际重大悲剧惨案，因而思绪万千．读后会激发学生：学习兴趣，用英文了解国际事件，外国朋友的心态．

　　One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn't sure of that was on September 11.

　　I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, I happened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.

　　My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn't understand how something this terrible could have happened.

　　It wasn't until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps some good did come from this tragedy. People seem different now, more understanding, more tolerant. Little things that seemed to be such a trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short, and too precious, to let myself get worried over small things. I've learned also that you can't take things for granted. Things change in the blind of an eye. People go to work and don't come back. One moment they're living and the next minute they're not. And, it doesn't matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.

　　You try to learn from what happened. You can't be used up by it. You can't live by it. All you can do is just live.

　　注：crash撞击　　reaction反应　　witness目击　　tragedy悲剧　　tolerant宽容的　　precious珍贵的　　take…for granted认为……是当然的

1．The word “positive” in the passage probably means ________.

[　　]

2．What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?

[　　]

3．From September 11, the writer has realized that ________.

[　　]

A．people should make the most of every minute they have

B．he has become less tolerant towards others

C．he should get worried about little things

D．life is too short to care about others

4．What's the best title(题目) of this passage?

[　　]

A．A Report about September 11

B．The Tragedy of September 11

C．September 11 and My Family

D．September 11 and My Turn

　　From a plane we can see the fields, cities, mountains or seas below. If we go into space, we see more and more of the earth. People and man-made satellites have been sent out into space to look at the earth carefully and people have learnt more about the earth in the last few years.

　　The sea looks very beautiful when the sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind.

　　The sea is very big. It nearly covers three quarters of the earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. There is one place and at that place the sea is about 11 kilometres deep. The highest mountain in the world is about 9 kilometres high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would be still 2 kilometres of water above it!

　　In most parts of the sea, there are many kinds of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things, and lots of fishes live by eating them.

　　The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men can go down into the deep sea. But, in 1970, five women scientists(科学家) lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.

1．This passage is ________.

[　　]

2．The sea covers about ________ of the earth.

[　　]

A．

B．

C．

D．

3．________ are not mentioned(提及) in this passage.

[　　]

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

[　　]

A．The sea is usually beautiful when the sun is shining.

B．The sea is always very terrible when the wind blows hard.

C．The highest mountain is in the deepest place of the sea.

D．The deeper the people go into the sea, the colder they will feel.

5．The last sentence “But, in 1970, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.” means that ________.

[　　]

A．women wanted to live in the deep sea for a long time

B．women could go deeper into the sea than men

C．women liked living in the deep sea better than men

D．women could do the same work as men

　　本篇大意是：木匠约翰给主人公的妻子做了一个小饭桌，结账时的账单上把成本费17.00、油漆料钱1.50、工价8.00和日期10一起相加，多计价10元，结果被主人发现了，但他并没有直接批评多要钱的木匠，只是诙谐地说：“月底30日做比月初10日做，还要贵些，是不是？”而且只付了木匠应得到的26.50元钱．很明显，本篇比上篇更难些，因上篇中主人公怀特和厂家双方处理的问题是直接的，直言不讳，而本篇中的主人公却是明人做暗事，肚内藏机关，木匠虽然诡谲，主人却更机灵，一眼看穿了木匠的把戏，但他处理问题颇有技巧，既解决问题，不多花钱，又不搞得很僵，双方不快，体现了现代生意场中的交往策略和洽谈风格．我国正在建设社会主义市场经济，这是法制化、规范化的市场经济，反对不正当的竞争．此文有一定的现实意义，文中的内容联系着当代的社会生活，通过英语试卷，同样可以检验学生：的审视能力．

　　Our village carpenter(木匠), John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill(账单) for the job.

　　My wife said to me, quietly, “That's his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it?”

　　“I'll decide about that when I see the bill,” I said.

　　John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:

　　When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It's been a fine day, hasn't it? Quite sunny.”

　　“Yes,” I said. “I'm glad it's only the 10th of November.”

　　“Me, too,” said John. “You wait-it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month.”

　　“Yes. Colder-and more expensive! Dining tables will be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John?”

　　John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.

　　“If it isn't too much trouble, John,” I said, “please add it up again. You can forget the date.”

　　I paid him ￡26.50 and he was happy to get it.

1．Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

A Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully.

B．Because it was really a fine day.

C．Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully.

D．Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like.

2．Why did the writer say that dining tables would be ￡ 20 more expensive on November 30th?

[　　]

A．Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather.

B．Because paint would be more expensive.

C．Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.

D．Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table.

3．The writer thought John would ask for ________ if he made a dining table on the last day of November.

[　　]

4．When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because ________.

[　　]

A．he got what he should get for his work

B．he got much more money for his work

C．he got the money easily

D．he didn't have to add up the costs again

5．From the story we know that ________.

[　　]

A．John made a mistake in the bill

B．John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C．John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D．John still wanted to get ￡36.50 for his work in the end

　　Dear Alice,

　　You really have two different questions here, so we'll discuss them one at a time.

　　Your problems at school. may be a result of a number of things. You don't say much about how these classmate's get along with each other. It's possible that all the students are feeling a little cautious(谨慎的) in the first term.

　　It's also possible that the others are unkind If this is so, you have to find out why you are the class “outsider.”

　　In your letter you say you often offer to help others with their work. Is it possible that your classmates don't understand your offers? Could it seem that you were trying to “buy” friends with these offers?

　　Is it possible that you took no notice of your classmates when you had your good friend near you? They may have felt hurt at that time. It may take a time for them to believe in you if so. Try to ask one classmate directly what the problem is.

　　If you hear a negative(负面的) answer, at least you'll know what to do.

Yours truly,

Shelia

1．From the letter we know that Alice was very ________.

[　　]

2．From the letter we can conclude(得出结论) that ________.

[　　]

A．Alice wasn't pleased with her teachers

B．Alice's parents made her study too hard

C．Alice didn't get along well with her classmates

D．Alice didn't want to go to school any more

3．In the letter Sheila talked about ________ possible reasons(原因) for Alice's problems.

[　　]

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

[　　]

A．Alice felt her classmates weren't kind to her.

B．Alice was very warm-hearted to help her classmates.

C．Alice didn't want to get along well with her classmates.

D．The girl asked two questions in her letter.

5．Shelia's advice to Alice is that ________.

[　　]

A．Alice should find out the true reason for her problems

B．Alice should leave school as soon as possible

C．Alice should get one negative answer

D．Alice should buy friends with her offers

29 May－2 June

Evenings at 7:15 pm(29 May at 7 pm)

Weekdays: ￡27 ￡20 ￡16

Sat: ￡29 ￡23 ￡17

6－17 June (not10, 11, 12, 15 June)

Swan Lake 6, 7, 8, 9,16 June at 7:45 pm; 17 June at 5 pm

Triple Bill 13, 14 June at 7:45 pm

Weekdays: ￡24 ￡9 ￡15

Sat/Sun: ￡26 ￡21 ￡17

Barbican Card discount(折扣):

First night tickets for ￡12 each

Other performances: 20％ off 2 tickets

1．You may watch A Dream Play at ________ on 30 May.

[　　]

2．If you want to watch Swan Lake, you can go to Barbican Theatre on ________.

[　　]

3．You may watch ________ if you go to Barbican Theatre on 14 June.

[　　]

A．Swan Lake

B．Triple Bill

C．A Dream Play

D．both Swan Lake and Triple Bill

4．You can buy a first night ticket for Swan Lake at the price of ________ with a Barbican Card.

[　　]

5．If you want to buy three tickets for Triple Bill on Tuesday, how much will you pay at least?

[　　]

这是宏扬现代科技，开阔视野的科普短文，说明电子信箱的优越性，快捷、省钱、准确、方便．

　　Are you able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone, anywhere in the world without putting a stamp on it? With e-mail you can just do that. Using computer you can send e-mail quickly and easily. The post is much slower than e-mail. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world in seconds.

　　E-mail is easy to use and it saves time and money. The differences in time in different parts of the world do not matter when sending e-mail. It is twenty-four hour service(服务) that you can send e-mail at any time of the day or night. No one has to be there to receive e-mail. It does not matter if your friends are in bed when you send e-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send e-mail back.

1．With e-mail you can send a letter without putting ________ on it.

[　　]

2．The writer wants to tell us something about ________.

[　　]

3．Which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．E-mail is not easy to use.

B．E-mail saves time and money.

C．E-mail comes only at night.

D．E-mail is slower than the post.

这一篇小故事，主人公是怀特夫人和她的小儿子．俩人对在网上玩游戏，持有不同观点，母亲怕儿子玩得太晚，影响休息；儿子则因为有了台好电脑，硬件好，内存大，各种软件和消毒盘齐全而玩得尽兴不已．这篇短文的取材时尚，内容与初中学生：年龄相吻合，容易引起他们的浓厚学习情趣．

　　“Tom? Are you in bed yet?” called Mrs White. There was no answer. Mrs White put down her book and went to her 14-year-old son's room Tome was sitting in front of a bright computer screen(屏幕) on which a colorful dragon(龙) jumped and shouted.

　　“Oh, Tom! You're still playing on that computer. You must stop now, it's half past eleven. If you don't go to bed soon, you'll be very tired tomorrow.” said Mrs White.

　　“But I've nearly beaten the dragon.” said Tom. Mrs White could see the excitement(激动) on her son's face. She sat down beside him.

　　“You are always playing on that computer. You spend more time with this machine than with your family,” she said with a smile. “What's so special(特别的) about it? Show me what it can do!”

　　Tom was very excited. “I think this is a great computer, Mum!” he said happily. “The hardware(硬件) is good. There's so much memory(内存) and it has some wonderful software programmes. This game, Dragonsplayer, is my favourite, but I sometimes borrow games from Danny and other friends. I don't have to worry about any infected(被感染的) disks(磁盘) because I have a virus(病毒) detector(监测器) which can go over any disk and check it for viruses. Let me show you!” Tom began tapping(敲打) keys on the keyboard(键盘). The screen changed in answer to his orders(命令).

　　“Oh, Tom,” laughed Mrs White. “I'm sure it's a wonderful computer, but I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.”

1．When Mrs White was calling Tom, he was ________.

[　　]

A．lying in bed reading a book

B．on the computer with a dragon

C．standing in front of the screen of the computer

D．playing computer games in his bedroom

2．From the passage we know that the story happened ________.

[　　]

A．before Tom went to school in the morning

B．before Tom went to bed at night

C．just as the dragon jumped and shouted

D．after Tom had slept for some hours in the evening

3．Tom was very excited because ________.

[　　]

A．he had a radio detector in his computer B：he was worrying about the infected disks

C．he had nearly beaten the dragon in computer game

D．his mother came upstairs to ask him to go to bed

4．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Tom liked playing computer games

B．Tom enjoyed playing with real dragons

C．Tom hated tapping on the keyboard

D．Tom hated teaching his mother how to play the computer

5．How did Tom get on with his mother?

[　　]

A．Mrs White was very hard on her son

B．Mrs White loved her son and took good care of him

C．Tom didn't want to talk about the computer with his mother

D．Tom thought his mother was as wonderful as the computer game

由于现代交通和现代通讯设备的应用世界变得越来越小，今日的生活比数百年前要方便得多，但也由之带来新的问题，其中之一便是污染．本文围绕带来的危害而展开议论，并呼吁要立法，以净化自然，保护环境，保护人类生存的家园－－地球．

　　The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means(通讯设备). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution(污染). To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, sell it, drink it and even hear it.

　　Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to another place. But this is not longer true. 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, but it is not only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.

　　Many countries are making rules(法规) to fight pollution. They stop the people from burning coal(煤) in houses and factories in the city, and from blowing dirty smoke into the air.

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

　　The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must keep careful of the rise in population at the same time.

1．Our world is becoming much smaller ________.

[　　]

A．because the earth is being polluted day and night

B．thanks to science developing

C．because of the rise in population

D．because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

2．Thousands of years ago, life was ________ it is today.

[　　]

3．Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means ________.

[　　]

4．Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because ________.

[　　]

A．it's bad to all living things in the world

B．it makes much noise

C．it has made our rivers and lakes dirty

D．it makes us become angry more easily

5．Which of the following is not true?

[　　]

A．Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

B．The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.

C．From now on, maybe people try to go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike. It is helpful to fight against the problem of SO₂.

D．The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people.

本篇是介绍大科学家本·富兰克林从小最爱提问的故事，其中心思想是启迪学生：善于思索，开拓发散性思维，富于创造性，是一篇有利于进行素质教育的文章．

　　When Ben Franklin was only a boy, he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers “What?” and “How?” and “Why?”

　　They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know.

　　When they couldn't tell him, Ben tried to find out for himself.

　　Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say, “That Ben Franklin! He's always finding out something new!”

　　Ben lived close to the water. He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water.

　　One day Ben said to himself, “Why can't the wind help me float(漂浮) across the water?” And I'm going to try. “Ben got his big kite. He took hold of the kite string(线) and ran with it. The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water.”

　　The wind blew the kite high into the air. Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side, and he had not worked at all.

　　One boy shouted, “Look at Ben floating across the water! His kite takes him to the other side without any work!”

　　“Yes,” said another. “He's always finding new ways to do things.”

1．When he was only a child, Ben ________.

[　　]

A．liked to fly a kite by himself

B．always asked easy questions

C．always liked to play with water

D．always liked to find out how things worked

2．His father and brothers ________.

[　　]

A．couldn't answer all his questions

B．could answer all his questions

C．tried hard to find out something new for him

D．were too busy to answer his questions

3．How did Ben Franklin float across the water?

[　　]

A．The other boy took him across it.

B．The water carried him across it.

C．The flying kite took him across it.

D．A boat took him across it.

4．He found out many things that ________.

[　　]

A．children didn't know

B．his father and brothers knew

C．people didn't know

D．most people knew

5．In the passage, the sentence “and he had not worked at all.” means ________.

[　　]

A．he worked hard to cross the water

B．he didn't go to work that day

C．he didn't cross the water at a11

D．he crossed the water in an easy way