2. He is weak in English,so he often feels______(sleep) in class.

1. In the word " knew" ， the " k "  is not______(pronunciation).

 随着科技的高速发展，各种发明创造以及高科技产品成为我们生活中不可缺少的东西，如笔记本电脑（laptop )、手机（mobile phone)、数码相机（digital camera)、电子卡片(electronic card ) 等，请以"My Favorite Invention"为题，描述你最喜欢的一种发明并说明理由（至少2条）。80词左右。My Favorite Invention

 When every Apple fan was waiting for the next surprise ， Steve Jobs ， the founder and former CEO of Apple,died on October 5 th,2011 at the age of fifty-six. 1

  What is Jobs best remembered for? 2 the iPod,the iTouch,the iPhone or the iPad. They have changed the way we enjoy music ， television,and even books.

  3 As a successful businessman,Jobs' passion (激情)and energy encouraged the

world. 4  He said, "The only thing that keeps me going is that I love what I do. " He believed ， " people with passion can change the world for the better. " Jobs made computers interesting and easy to use. His iPhone,iPad and iTouch are popular around the world.

  5 As president Barack Obama said ， "Jobs was brave enough to think differently ，― bold (大胆的)enough to believe he could change the world,and talented (有才能的)enough to do it."

将下面五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文意思通顺，内容完整。

A.  He told us to "do what you love".

B.  But Jobs brought much more to the world than these popular products.

C.  People say Jobs sold dreams,not products.

D.  During his last few years,he was fighting against cancer for seven years.

E. Many of us would name some great products,
1. _____ 2.______ 3._____

4,______  5._______

 Now satellites are helping to forecast (预报) the weather. They are in space,and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere (大气层).because this is where the weather forms. They send these pictures to the weather station. So the scientists there can see the weather of any part of the world and tell how the weather will change.

  Today,nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries can receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures,they compare them with the earlier ones. They may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change ， too. In the next weather forecast,they can tell people about it.

  So the weather satellites offer great help for the scientists at the stations. In the past,they could forecast the weather about 24 or 48 hours earlier. Now they can make good forecast for 3 or 5 days. Soon,perhaps,they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead (提前）.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

(   ) 1. The weather forms      

A.  in any part of the world

B.  in the atmosphere

C.  in space

D.  on the ground

(   ) 2. Changing clouds in the atmosphere means______ .

A. it is a rainy day

B.  it is a windy day

C.  the weather will change

D. it is a sunny day

(   ) 3. Without satellites， scientists could forecast the weather for______ ahead.

A. a week or more

B.  1 or 2 days

C.  2 or 5 days

D. two weeks

(   ) 4. What does the underlined word"compare"mean in Chinese?

A.与……相似    B.将.•••••比作

C.交换       D.对比

(   ) 5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.  The satellites take pictures of the weather station.

B.  The weather forecast is quite exact.

C.  The weather satellites are now used in weather forecasting.

D.  Now the satellites can forecast the weather for a week.

 The computer was one of the most important inventions of last century. The first computer was like a room. Now some computers are as 1 as television sets. Some computers can even be made smaller than a book. About 20 years 2 ， the computer was a strange machine inChina. Not many people 3 it and said "YES" to it.

  Today much of that is 4 . In 1984,when Deng Xiaoping watched two pupils working on the computers in Shanghai ， he said that computer lessons  5 start from children.

So there was the first computer book for middle school students. Now 6 all middle schools have classrooms for computer courses. Some of the students now have their own computers at home. With the help of the Internet ， they can send and 7 messages and e-mails，and they can learn about the world 8 .

  Now computers are widely used in banks,factories,airports and so on. The computer is coming into everyone's 9，so it is important for us to learn 10 to use a computer freely.
(   ) 1. A. huge    B. small

      C. great    D. little

(   ) 2. A. over    B. before

      C. long    D. ago

(   ) 3. A. understand    B. understood

      C. learn    D. learnt

(   ) 4. A. changing    B. moving

       C. turning    D. happening

(   ) 5. A. can    B. may

       C. would    D. should

(   ) 6. A. most    B. almost

      C. only    D. no

(   ) 7. A. receive    B. give

       C. do    D. make

(   ) 8. A. much quick    B. much quickly

       C. more quick    D. more quickly
(   ) 9. A. life    B. live

       C. lives    D. living

(   ) 10. A. when    B. where

       C. how    D. why

(Mary and Li Lei are visiting the Science Museum.)

Mary ：Look ！ It looks so interesting. There are dragons and frogs on it. 

Li Lei ： Ah ！ 1

Mary ：Really ？ How interesting ！ 2

Li Lei ：I think it was invented in Han Dynasty. 

Mary ：What was it used for? 

Li Lei ： Guess ！ 

Mary;3

Li Lei：No. It was used for testing earthquakes. 

Mary：But how can it do that? 

Li Lei： 4

Mary：Wow，it's really amazing ！5

We must study harder and make more inventions in the future.

A.  The ancient Chinese are great!

B.  Where was it made?

C.  It's a great invention of ancientChina.

D.  Was it used for holding water?

E.   Read this,and you'll know everything.

F.   When was it invented?

G.  What's it made of?

1.______  2.______  3.________

4.______  5.________

(   ) 10. The early explorer thought       our earth was square. In fact,now we

all know it is round,like a ball.
A. the shape of    B. the size of

C. the color of    D. the kind of

(   ) 9. ―Nick,don't         too much time ______ computer games. It's bad for

your health. 

     ―Yes,Mom. I'll turn it off at once.

A.  cost;on

B.   pay ; for

C.   spend; in

D.  spend ; on

(   ) 8. When he previews a new lesson,he always _____  with a pencil. It's a

good habit.

A.  makes mistakes

B.   makes marks

C.   makes friends

D.  makes faces