By the year 2050 there may be 12.5 billion people on the earth. We need to produce more food. One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants. For thousands of years, farmers pick the best plants for next season to make plants better. It works slowly. Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material（遗传物质）.Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods（转基因食品）or GM foods.

　　By changing the genetic material of a plant, it's possible to make new plants. The new plants are strong against plant diseases（疾病）and help in our diseases. For example, a kind of rice can stop people from becoming blind.

　　Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and bring in more money. Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food.

　　Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050. Maybe we'll find better ways in the future.

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A．They make plants strong against diseases.

B．They are unnatural.

C．They can help in human diseases.

D．Both A and C.

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A．are grown only in rich countries

B．are grown only in poor countries

C．are dangerous

D．are a quick way to produce food

　　The United States has many kinds of climates（气候）. On the northwest coast（海岸）, the temperature changes very little between summer and winter, but the north central（中部的）states have a very different kind of climate. In those states, people wear light clothes in summer, and they need heavy woollen clothes in winter.

　　In the southwest coast, the climate is rainy and warm during the winter, but the summer is dry and hot. In the northeast of the United States, summer temperatures are very different from winter temperatures. Summer is usually hot, and winter is usually cold. Spring temperatures are warm, and fall temperatures are cool.

　　Years ago, people in the cold parts of the United States didn't often get fresh（新鲜的）vegetables and fresh fruits during summer. Today trucks and trains carry fruits and vegetables very quickly to all parts of the United States. In this way, Americans “send their climates” to people in other states.

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A．in the northeastern states

B．on the north central states

C．in the western states

D．on the northwest coast

(2) The word “fall” in this passage means ________.

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A．in the north central states

B．in every part of the USA

C．in the cold parts of the USA

D．in the southwest part of the USA

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A．is always very cold

B．is warm in winter

C．is widely different

D．changes very little between summer and winter

Currency：RMB

A．Chongqing and Wenzhou

B．Sanya and Shanghai

C．Chongqing and Sanya

　　Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. There are times when most of us like eating sweets and ice-cream better than meat and rice. Sweets and ice-cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite（食欲）. It's important for us to eat our meal at regular（规律）time each day. When we feel worry or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges often decided whether a man was telling truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow（吞）the bread, it meant that he wasn't telling the truth. Though this seems strange and foolish, they thought it was an excellent way of finding out truth. A man who is worrying something has difficulty in swallowing anything dry, because he loses his appetite.

A．after a meal

B．before a meal

C．when we are hungry

A．drink milk or tea

B．eat a lot dry bread

C．hardly eat dry bread

(1) If a customer（顾客）goes to the biggest Shopping Center with Shiyan Daily of May 3,2000, he will get a small present________.

A．every day

B．from Shiyan Daily

C．on May 8,2000

A．get a bad job

B．not get the job

C．be a good teacher

A．In Hankou Stadium on Sunday.

B．In Hankou Stadium on February 3.

C．In Guo'an on February 8.

(4) If three adults（成人）and six students want to watch the match, the tickets will cost RMB ________ yuan.

A．The shopping Centre is at No. 16 Hong Kong Street.

B．The telephone number of Ying Hua Middle School is 8866177.

C．The match is between Beijing Team and Guo'an Team.

　　Make lessons interesting, well, it is easy to say but far more difficult to make it happen. What are the standard of the something that people call“interesting”? First of all this book/film/lesson/should not be obvious or predictable. An dement of surprise should be present. Secondly we should have the feeling that we're not wasting our time, And last but not least：it should involve all our senses and our imagination and be pleasant.

　　I used to go to an English school where all lessons looked the same. Our teacher was too conservative to change the mode of teaching; moreover, he could not stand any form of criticism. We used to do a few grammar exercises, then we checked them, then he read one chapter from his favorite book-“Biography of Roald Dahl”and then we repeated all activities from the beginning. It was really tiring. I've been able to think of a number of ways to occupy these 45 minutes in a different manner.

A．was not good at changing our mode of teaching

B．has changed a lot of ways of teaching English

C．played an important role in the process of teaching

A．how to change the time of the English lessons

B．how to teach English differently

C．change the schedule of teaching

A．has grown very quickly

B．has grown not very fast

C．has grown very slowly

A．had reached 60 million

B．had passed 80 million

C．had passed 60 million

A．reached 40 million

B．was less than 40 million

C．was less than 20 million

　　Around the' world, people have different ideas about what good manners（文明礼貌）are.

　　When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it' important to know the right and wrong things to do. For example, in China it's OK to make a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn't noisy and lively（热闹的、繁忙的）, you may think there's something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are quiet places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there might even complain to（向……抱怨）the owner（主人）of the restaurant.

　　Paying the bill is also different from country to country. In China, one person usually pays for everybody. In western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients（宴请宾客）,but when friends eat together, they usually share the cost（费用）. This is called“going dutch”（均摊费用）. Also,

when westerners pay the bill, they usually leave some money for the waiter（服务员）. This is called “leaving a tip”（给小费）. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the US, It's common to leave tips of 10％, 15％, or 20％of the bill, which is decided by how good the service（服务）is. Good waiters can make a lot of money !

A．Chinese and American

B．Thailand and Italian

C．Chinese and Italian

A：What time does it leave the terminal, Ben?

B：It leaves at nine o'clock, Harry.

A：What time does it arrive at Five Mile Beach?

B：We will arrive at Give Mile Beach at eleven o'clock.

(3)“Arrive at”means ________.

(4) When it is 10：00, the bus is at ________.

　　John sent for a doctor because his wife was ill. He called the doctor and made sure they would meet at five. He arrived at the doctor's at twenty to five. He thought,“It's a little bit earlier. I'll wait for a moment, it's good to keep the time.”

　　Then he stopped his car in front of the doctor's. He looked around and saw a noisy square（广场）not far from here. He went there and sat down on a chair to enjoy the last light of afternoon sun and make himself quiet. He saw some children playing and some women talking to each other happily.

　　Then John hurried to the doctor's. The doctor said angrily when he saw him,“You're late. Why did you keep me waiting for twenty minutes?”John said nothing but one word-“Sorry!”

A．spend the time

B．enjoy himself

C．see the children and the women

A．someone hit her

B．she fell off her bike

C．she didn't find the way home