42. (2015 甘肃兰州中考) Would you mind   (take) out

the trash,Jerry?

41. (2015 山东济宁中考) My friend Wang Ying comes from a   (南方的) town.

40. (2015 四川德阳中考) Mr Li is attending an  (国际

的) meeting in Beijing these days.

39. ( 2015 江苏无锡中考) I'm so sorry that I   ( not un-derstand) you,but I do now.

38. (2015 江苏盐城中考) The UK is an old  ( Europe)

country,where there are many palaces and castles.

37. (2015 江苏镇江中考) Like China,the UK has a long his- tory. Kings and queens were once its  (统治者) .

36. (2015江苏苏州中考) The bank is  (在……对面) the supermarket,on the other side of the road.

    On September 19,Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Stock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun has done his business successfully. A short Chinese man seems to be the tallest man in the world right now. Ma used to be an English teacher. So far,he has become the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

    Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve,he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a. m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake where he could communicate with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years. The experience made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US,Ma was shown to the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance,Ma returned to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers. Four years later,Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him “ Crazy Jack Ma”. But fifteen years later,Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce (电子商务) company.

根据短文&容回答问题。

31. What does Ma Yun look like?

32. What did Ma Yun used to be?

33. Where was Ma Yun born?

34. Was Ma Yun shown to the Internet for the first time in 1995?

35. When did Ma Yun set up Alibaba in Hangzhou?

    All over the world,people have all kinds of friends. Dogs are people's honest friends. Cats,elephants,camels,horses and cows are people's helpful and useful friends. But do you think that computers are people's friends,too? Now let me tell you 16  about it.

     We live in the “computer age”. People,like scientists,teachers,writers and even students,use computers to do 17  work. But more than 30 years ago,18 couldn’t do much work. They were very big and expensive. Very 19   people were interested in them and knew how to use them.Today computers are smaller and 20  And they can do a lot of work. Many people like to use them. More and more people have them at home.

    Computers become very important 21  they can work faster than men and make fewer mistakes. Computers can 22  people do a lot of work. Writers now use computers to write. Teachers use them to help with 23  . Students use them to study and children use them to play games. Computers can also remember what you 24  them. Computers are very useful and helpful. It is 25  that they are our good friends. Do you think so?

16. A. anything   B. nothing

C. something   D. everything

17. A. many   B. all kinds of

C.a lot   D. very much

18. A. scientists   B. teachers

C. students   D. computers

19. A. few   B. little

C.a few   D. a little

20. A. cheap   B. cheaper

C.expensive   D. more expensive

21. A. but   B. because

C. since   D. until

22. A. help   B. make

C.use   D. stop

23. A. playing games   B. doing sport

C.shopping online   D. teaching

24. A. turn in   B. put into

C.get on   D. take up

25. A. true   B. real

C.sure   D. important

15. —I got 60 points and passed the exam,Danny.

—   ! Hope you’ll be better next time.

   A. Lucky you   B. Bad luck

    C.Never mind   D. Don’t worry