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阅读理解。

     Computers have many uses today. Computers can solve difficult problems
and control other machines. Many people use small computers called
calculators(计算器) to solve simple math problems quickly. Scientists use
large computers to solve many problems at the same time. You can play games
with computers, and some computers can help you learn languages. The
Kurzweil Reading Machine is a special kind of computer. It can read books for
blind people.
     To use the Kurzweil machine, a blind person can simply open the book and
put it down on the scanner(扫描器). The machine "reads" the words on the
page. When one page is finished, the blind person turns the page and puts the
book on the scanner again. The Kurzweil machine can read in a normal voice
or in a special fast voice. It can read words with small letters and large letters.
     Blind people like the Kurzweil machine because they can "read" anything
with it: newspapers, magazines, books, even typed letters. Many libraries now
have Kurzweil machine for blind people to use. The Kurzweil machine can
also help shortsighted children learn to read.

1. What can Kurzweil Reading Machine do?

A. Solve many problems at the same time.
B. Play computer games with people.
C. Help people learn language.
D. Read the words on the paper.

2. The underlined word "it" (in paragraph 2) refers to _____.

A. the book
B. the scanner
C. the Kurzweil machine
D. the blind

3. What is the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. How computers work.
B. How to use a Kurzweil machine.
C. How to use the scanner.
D. The Kurzweil machine can read in two voices.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Computers can solve all the problems people can't do.
B. Calculators are used for solving many problems at the same time.
C. When using the Kurzweil machine, a blind man needn't do anything.
D. The Kurzweil machine can help not only the blind people but also the
shortsighted children.

     People believe that climbing can do good to health. Where can you learn the skill of climbing then?
If you think that you have to go to the mountains to learn how to climb, you're wrong. Many Americans
are learning to climb in city gyms (体育馆). Here, people are learning on special climbing walls. The
climbing wall goes straight up and has small holding places for hands and feet.
     How do people climb the wall? To climb, you need special shoes and a harness(保护带) around
your chest to hold you. There are ropes (绳索)tied to your harness. The ropes hold you in place so
that you don't fall. A beginner's wall is usually about 15 feet high, and you climb straight up. There are
small pieces of metal that stick out for you to stand on and hold on to. Sometimes it's easy to see the
new piece of metal. Sometimes, it's not. The most difficult part is to control your fear. It's normal for
humans to be afraid of falling, so it's difficult not to feel fear. But when you move away from the wall,
the harness and the ropes hold you, and you begin to feel safe. You move slowly until you reach the
top.
     Climbing attracts people because it's good exercise for almost everyone. You use your whole body,
especially your arms and legs. This sport gives your body a complete workout. When you climb, both
your mind and your body can become stronger.

1. What can we infer from the passage?

A. People are fairly interested in climbing nowadays.
B. It is impossible to build up one's body by climbing.
C. People can only learn the skill of climbing outdoors.
D. It is always easy to see holding places in climbing.

2. The most difficult thing to do in wall climbing is _______.

A. to tie ropes to your harness
B. to control your fear
C. to move away from the wall
D. to climb straight up

3. The word "workout" underlined in the last paragraph most probably means _______.

A. settlement
B. exercise
C. excitement
D. tiredness

4. Why does the author write this passage?

A. To tell people where to find gyms.
B. To prove the basic need for climbing.
C. To encourage people to climb mountains.
D. Introduce the sport of wall climbing

根据短文内容，用方框中所给词的适当形式填空。（其中有一词多余)

be only small at still from look use

There are millions of stars in our sky. If you look 1________ the sky on a clear night, it is possible
to see about 3000 stars. They 2_______ small, but they are really very big hot balls of burning gas.
Some of them are huge, but others are much 3_______, like our planet Earth. The biggest stars are
very bright, but they 4_______ live for a short time. Every day new stars 5______ born and old stars
die．All the stars are very far away .The light 6_______ the nearest star takes more than four years
to reach Earth.Hundreds of years ago, people 7________ stars, like the North star, to know which
direction to travel in. Today you can still see that star.

阅读理解。

     In the future,life will be much better. Maybe there will be vision phones(可视电话)in every family.
People can have a medical examination'without a doctor or a nurse in the room.lf people want to do
some shopping,they do not need to leave their homes. And what about education(教育) ?
     There will be more educational programs on the radio or on TV, even on the Internet. So many
children who live in faraway villages don't need go to school every day. They can study at home.
Each family will have a robot. Robots will help people with their housework.
     Maybe some people will go to the moon for a holiday and some people can live under the sea in
hot summer.

1. If you are ill, you can see the doctor'_____in the future.
2. In the future,_____can help people do the housework.
3. In the future,students can study on______.
4. Some people can live under the sea______.
5. People can go to the moon______.

阅读理解。

     Most people have ambitions(雄心).An ambition is something we want to do,want to be or want to
have.A student's ambition. for example,might be to pass his or her exams and then get 8 good job. An
athlete's ambition could be to win an important competition. A businessman's ambition is usually to make
a lot of money(赚很多钱)
     Not all ambitions are about success at work.HoweVer,some people just want to be g00d people,
have a famiIy or help others．
     Ben's ambition is to be a sports writer.He wIites the sports repons for his class newspaper. He likes
most spons,and swimIIling and football are his faVorites.Trudy's ambition is to be a concen pianist.She is
very seirous about it and practises eVery day with her best friend"ly.It is very imnportant to her.
    Harry's ambition changes every day!One day heⅧlts to be an astronaut．The next day he wants to
be a pop smger．The next day he wans to drive a racing car(赛车)．His mother would be happy if his
ambition was to get up in time for school every day!

1. What do most businessmen want?

A. To make a lot of money.
B. To trave everywhere.
C. T.o get a lot of things.
D. Tb buy a lot of things.

2.What does Ben want to be?

A. A businessman.
B. A sports writer．
C. A pilot.
D. A computer programmer.

3. Why does Tmdy practice the piano every day?

A. Because she wants to be a concert pianist.
B. Because she wants to be an astronaut(宇航员)．
C. Because she wants to be a pop singer.
D. Because she wants to be a spons writer.

4. Who's Trudy's best friend?

A. Ben.
B. Hany.
C. Lily.
D. Lucy.

5. What does Harrr's mother want him to do?

A. To work hard．
B. To do his homework．
C. To exercise more eVery day．
D. To get up in time for school every day．

根据短文内容,完成下面的句子。

     Can we live without salt (盐)? No, salt is very important to us. We need salt in our food. Animals need
it, too. Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea water. People dig very big pools (池塘) and
let sea water in. When the sun dries up (晒干) the water, people can get salt from the ground. The salt is
white, clean and beautiful.
     There are a lot of salt wells (井) in Sichuan. A salt well is much like a water well. People bring the well
water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars (罐子,坛子) over fire. In this way they get salt.
     We can also get salt from salt mines (矿). A salt mine may be found under the ground (盐矿石可能会
在地下被找到).  Some years ago, people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it. People
there need salt from other places no more.
     In the northwest of our country ,there are many salt lakes. Some of these lakes are very big. The salt in
a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries (世纪).

1. We can't live without salt, so _____.
2. We get most of the salt from _____.  .
3. People in Sichuan get salt from _____.  .
4. Some years ago, People _____ found a big salt mine and soon opened it.
5. In _____ of China, there are many big salt lakes.

完形填空。

     Umbrellas are common in our daily life.  On rainy days,  many people hold them to prevent the
   1 .  But it's not easy to hold an umbrella if   there is a heavy rain   and   2   wind. And it's
harder to make a phone call or ride a bike   3   an umbrella in the hand. An American named
Alan Kaufman and his company  4   6 years inventing a hand-free umbrella.  5   , they made it.
     They called it Nubrella. Just touch a button (按钮), and the Nubrella will open  6    . With the
help of its "shoulder support (支持)", the umbrella can rest on the user's   7   . So the user needn't hold
the umbrella any more. He can walk with hands   8 even in the strong wind.
     The hand-free umbrella is $59.94 each. People all around the world like it very much. Because of
this smart    9 , they can use their phones to talk and send short messages in the rain now.     10
in the rain under a Nubrella is really cool, isn't it?

(     )1. A. wind
(     )2. A. tall
(     )3. A. by
(     )4. A. used
(     )5. A. At first
(     )6. A. easily
(     )7. A. feet
(     )8. A. free
(     )9. A. discovery
(     )10.A. Lying

B. water
B. short
B. without
B. took
B. At last
B. hardly
B. legs
B. busy
B. magazine
B. Flying

C. sun
C. strong
C. with
C. paid
C. At most
C. nearly
C. shoulders
C. difficult
C. book
C. Walking

D. snow
D. light
D. under
D. spent
D. At least
D. mostly
D. hands
D. hard
D. invention
D. Driving

阅读理解。

     In your school bags, you may have a pencil, some kinds of pens, a ruler, and some books. None of
these things grow in the fields. They were all made in factories. And, of course, they were invented by
some people. There have not always been pencils or pens, a ruler and books. Thousands of years ago
no one knew about these things.
     Who invented them first? How did they have such clever ideas? We always don't know. There have
been many thousands of inventions, large and small, in the human history. Some of these inventions have
changed the world. Such as paper, printing, radio, telephone and computer, and we know the inventors.
But we have forgotten most of the other inventors.
     Who invented the clock, for example, or the lock to the door? We don't know. There have been
thousands of inventors and we should grateful (感激的) to them for their clever ideas. Will you be one
of them when you grow up?

1. Most things in your school bags are made of _________.

A. paper
B. wood
C. metal
D. nylon

2. The inventors invented these things because _________.

A. their children were at school
B. they hoped to save some money
C. they have a lot of clever ideas
D. they have good machines

3. The history books tell us _________.

A. who invented paper and printing
B. who invented clocks and doors
C. when the first key was invented
D. how much the silk cost

4. We don't know ________.

A.the names of the inventors of paper
B. the names of the inventors of telephone
C. the names of the inventors of lamp
D. the names of most inventors

5. The writer wonders _________.

A. if you are an inventor
B. if you want to be an inventor
C. what's invented by you
D. how many inventors you know

阅读下列短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I felt frustrated. I studied English for 8 years, 1 my spoken English was still terrible. I took an English class every night. I learned different textbooks every day, but I didn't make any 2 at all! One night I got online for "Learn English". I found a(n) 3 English learning system (方法). 4 , I started using the system to learn English. I used the system every day. I was 5to find that learning English in this way was so easy and interesting. There were no boring grammar rules. The articles and stories were interesting. Then 6 amazing happened. One day I met an American man named James in a coffee shop. Without thinking, I wasn't afraid to 7 with him. My English words came out freely. It was hard for me to 8 it. I didn't have any 9 making James understand me. Then we exchanged e-mails. My English has 10 greatly now. I think there are many ways of learning English. We should find out what's helpful to us.
( ) 1. A. and ( ) 2. A. decision ( ) 3. A. boring ( ) 4. A. Later on ( ) 5. A. worried ( ) 6. A. something ( ) 7. A. argue ( ) 8. A. practice ( ) 9. A. fun ( ) 10. A. missed	B. but B. mistake B. old B. In fact B. angry B. anything B. agree B. believe B. trouble B. enjoyed	C. or C. progress C. serious C. Long ago C. crazy C. nothing C. talk C. learn C. time C. grew	D. so D. challenge D. perfect D. At first D. surprised D. everything D. deal D. understand D. reason D. improved

阅读理解.根据材料内容,选择最佳选项

Here are five points you can follow to improve your English, and the first point is the most important.

It's your duty to achieve your aims (目标)!
Studying English is your own duty and not the duty of your teacher or your parents. You must take an
active part in your clsses!

Get a teacher or attend a class!
It's a little difficult to study English alone. Also, it's difficult to learn how to speak English if you don't have an English teacher to talk with.

Work as hard as possible in class!
You need to practice speaking often. You should do all of your homework, reading and vocabulary
study outside class and then check the homework in class.

Keep studying!
Don't stop for a long time such as during a summer holiday! To make good progress, you should study at least 5 hours each week.

                                        Make English your hobby and have fun!
    You can improve your English through other activities:
    Reading - choose English books that you can read.
    English songs - choose your favorite English songs and sing them again and again.
    DVDs - many films are also in English with subtitles in your language.
    Travel - traveling in English-speaking countries can help you with your English.

1. Point _____ is more important than any other point.

A. No. 1
B. No. 2
C. No. 4
D. No. 5

2. According to the passage, an English learner should study _____ every week to make good progress.

A. about two hours
B. at least four hours
C. at least five hours
D. more than seven hours

3. The underlined word "subtitles" means "_____" in Chinese.

A. 情节
B. 字幕
C. 画面
D. 人物

4. Which of the following activities is NOT mentioned (提到)?

A. Reading English books.
B. Singing English songs.
C. Watching English films.
D. Writing e-mails in English.

5. The reading above is mainly about _____.

A. how to improve your English
B. why we need to learn English
C. how to study English for pleasure
D. how we can sing English songs well

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