Help Colonel Blankety-Blank find the faster route(路线) from Berlin to Paris. Trains stop at every station, shown by letters. So the fastest route passes through the fewest stations. Bridges don' t count as stations, of course.________

　　23＋9=32

　　See how the digits of twenty-three are reversed(翻转) when you add nine. What other two-figure numbers can you add nine to and reverse their digits? Write down at least two of them, please.________

　　When Mr Lion bought a new car, he chose the old number plate.

　　“It's really great!” he said.

　　Why do you think he liked it?________

Annette must see Bernice quickly. She can use a small road in the countryside which is 30km. She doesn't have to use it because there' s a new road which is 15km. But she has to wait 10 minutes with the other cars to pay to use the new road. She mustn't drive faster than 60km an hour. Which is the faster road?________

从下面选用动词并用其适当的形式填入文中空白处。

answer, ask, call, do, explain, move, take, tell, wait, work

　　My boyfriend took time off from work one week to move to a new house. It was a lot of hard work.

　　I was feeling a little under the weather the next day from working so hard. I wanted to give my boyfriend a call and (1) ________ him that we should call off our plans for the evening.

　　When I called the number, a woman (2) ________ the phone. “Hello,” she said. I had not counted on a woman answering Mike's phone. I was a little surprised.

　　I asked, “Is Mike there?” The woman said, “He (3) ________ some washing right now.”Then I asked, “Can you tell him to call his girlfriend?” I hung up the phone without waiting for the woman's answer.

　　Thirty minutes later, Mike had not called me back. I went on (4) ________ for an hour before I called Mike again. A man answered the phone. “Hello,” he said. The voice was strange. Suddenly I knew that I had the wrong phone number. I said, “You're not Mike!”

　　The man said, “And you're not my girlfriend. I (5) ________ that to my wife for over an hour.”

阅读理解(Reading comprehension)

　　Last summer Annabelle Jones and Claire Hippert, two 17-year-old English schoolgirls, decided to climb the Matterhorn, the famous snow-covered mountain in Switzerland. The Matterhorn is popular to mountain climbers because it is so difficult to climb.

　　The girls first got the idea for a climbing expedition a few years ago, when a well-known disabled(unable to use legs or arms, etc.) climber, Norman Croucher, gave a talk at their school. Norman lost both his legs in a train accident when he was nineteen, but he has climbed some of the world's highest mountains on his artificial legs. “He inspired us,” said Claire.

　　Then the girls met a well-known mountaineer called Turbo Thomas and he became their trainer. For the next two years he took them climbing in the Swiss Alps during the summer holidays and they trained very hard. “It wasn't easy,” said Annabelle.

　　“The weather was often a problem. Sometimes it was so cold that we didn't want to get out of bed, but Turbo dragged us to the foot of the mountain and made us climb.”

　　The girls kept going and finally they were ready to try the Matterhorn. They made a date for the last week in August and travelled to Zermatt. They started to climb, but unluckily the weather beat them. “It rained every day so it was impossible to climb very far,” said Claire.

　　Are they disappointed? “Of course not,” said Annabelle. “I know we didn't get to the top, but we'll be back next summer to try again! Climbing is our life.”

Answer the questions.

1．Why did the girls start mountain climbing?_________________

2．Where and how did they train?_________________

3．Why was the training difficult?_________________

4．what beat them? And why?_________________

阅读理解(Reading comprehension)

　　A French girl outside Buckingham Palace said:“I was so excited. I saw the Queen! She came out in a Rolls Royce. I've been interested in your royal family since I was a little girl. I've read all the stories, especially about Charles and Diana, in French newspapers and magazines. They tell me what your royal family really do. Your newspapers can't tell the truth about them!”

　　An Italian boy, who was in Britain for the first time, talked about the weather. “I can' t understand it. I've been here for over a week, and I still haven' t seen any fog!”

　　A Japanese student from Tokyo said：“I've been in Britain since April, and I' m living with a British family. I've noticed one big difference between British and Japanese families. British men do jobs like cooking, washing up and ironing. They're jobs which I've never seen Japanese men do. They think it' s women's work. But I don' t agree!”

　　A German student, at a language school in Oxford said:“I thought Britain was a modern European country, you've been in the EEC for years now. So why do you still use miles, pints, and pounds, instead of kilometres, litres and kilos? And why do you still drive on the wrong side of the road?”

　　A Danish girl in Brighton said:“I came to Britain a month ago. I've noticed one very strange thing here. After British people have washed the dishes, they never rinse(remove…with water) them. They just take them out of the dirty, soapy water and leave them to dry!”

　　A Swedish girl said:“I've watched a lot of television since I arrived in Torquay two weeks ago. British television's wonderful! But the “programmes” which I've enjoyed most are the advertisements. They're very funny a very clever, or both. Back home in Sweden we don't have any TV advertisements at all!”

　　Who said what?

Who do you think said these things? Write them on your answer sheet.

1．□

It makes shopping very difficult. For example, I don't know what size shoes or jeans to ask for.

2．□

Did you know that he did not speak to her at that time, except in public?

3．□

I enjoy guessing what they're for, you know beer or toothpaste or whatever, before they actually name the product.

4．□

I help too－my friends at home would be very surprised if they could see me.

5．□

In fact the sun hasn't stopped shining－it's not at all like in old films and Dickens novels.

6．□

阅读理解(Reading comprehension)

Industrial　　　▲City

Commerical　　●Town

Tourist centre　■Village

　　Find the names of these places on the map of England. Write them on your answer sheet.

1．It is a large, commercial and industrial city with a population of about three hundred thousand. It is in the northeast of England, on the River Tyne._________

2．It is a tourist centre on the south coast, about eighty-five kilometres from London. It is a medium-sized town with a population of around one hundred and fifty thousand.________

3．It is an industrial and commercial city in central England. It is a very large city with a population of more than one million.________

Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　Parents whose children show a special interest in a particular sport have a difficult decision to make about their children's careers(职业). Should they allow their children to train to become top sportsmen and women? For many children it means starting very young and schoolwork, going out with friends and other interests have to take second place. It's very difficult to explain to a young child why he or she has to train for five hours a day, even at the weekend, when most of his or her friends are playing.

　　Another problem is of course money. Only the very best young sportsmen and women can get some money from the government. In most cases, it is the parents who have to find the time and the money to support their child's training－and sports clothes, transport to competitions, special equipment can all be very expensive.

　　Many parents are worried that it is dangerous to start serious training in a sport at an early age. Some doctors agree that young muscles(肌肉) may be damaged by training before they are properly developed. Professional trainers(职业训练师), however, believe that it is only by starting young that you can reach the top as a successful sports person. What is clear is that very few people do reach the top and both parents and children should be prepared for failure even after many years of training.

Complete the answer to each question(根据短文内容完成下列问题的答案)

1．How do the government help young people who are good at sport?

It gives money to the very best ________ ________ ________ ________.

2．What are the advantages(好处) of early training? Name one.

You can only become a top sports person ________ ________ ________.

3．What are the disadvantages(坏处) of early training? Name three.

1) It's ________ ________.

2) You won't have much time for ________, ________ ________ ________ ________.

3) You may ________ ________ ________.

4．What should both parents and children be prepared for?

They should be prepared for ________ even after ________ ________ ________ ________.

Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　The Internet is becoming important in our life. How much do you know about it?

　　What is the Internet?

　　The Internet is a large, worldwide collection of computer networks(网络). A network is a small group of computers put together. Different networks from all over the world make up the Internet. Once you have learned to use the Internet, you can have a lot of fun on the World Wide Web(网).

　　What is the World Wide Web?

　　The World Wide Web has been the most popular development of the Internet. The web is like a big electronic(电子的) book with millions of pages that are called homepages.

　　You can find information about almost anything in the world on these pages. For example, you can use the Internet instead of a library to find information for your homework. You can also find information about your favorite sport or film star, talk to your friends or even do some shopping on the pages. Most pages have words, pictures and even sound or music.

　　What is email?

　　Electronic mail(email) is a way of sending messages to other people. It's much quicker and cheaper than sending a letter.

　　If you want to use email, you must have an email address. This address must have letters and dots(点) and an “@”(meaning “at”). This is what an address looks like: michael @ sohu. com. Write a message, type in the person's email address, then send the message across the Internet. People don't need to use stamps, envelopes or go to the post office since the invention of the Internet. Quick, easy and interesting－that's the Internet!

Complete the answer to each question(根据短文内容完成下列问题的答案，用词不超过5个)

1．What is a network?

It's ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ put together.

2．What are the characteristics(特点) of the Internet?

The characteristics of the Internet are ________, ________ ________ ________.

3．What does “talk to your friends on the pages” mean?

It means you can type your words in the computer and then ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ across the Internet.

4．Why do people like to use email to send messages to their friends and family?

Because it's ________ ________ ________ ________.

5．What's the World Wide Web like?

It's like ________ ________ ________ ________ with millions of pages.

6．What does “e” in email mean?

It means ________________.