I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare and the tortoise.At the end I said“Sonny remember:slow and steady wins the race.Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”He opened his eyes wide.“Do you mean next when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep half-way?”

  I was shocked.“But the tortoise didn’t wish the hare would fall asleep!”

  “He must have wished that,”Sonny said.“Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare?He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he time if did.”“He didn’t have such a wish,”I insisted.“How won the race by perseverance,(毅力),by pushing on steadily.”

  Sonny thought for a while.“That’s a lie,”he said.“He won it because he was lucky.If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race.He could be as steady, as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race.That’s for sure.”

  I gave up.Today’s children are not like what we used to be.They’re just hopeless.

(1)

The writer argued with his son because ________.

[  ]

A.

he liked tortoise while his son like hare

B.

they disagreed about whether the tortoise was stupid

C.

he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t

D.

he tried to teach his son the moral lesson of the story but the son rejected it

(2)

Sonny believed that the tortoise ________.

[  ]

A.

won the race by his own effort

B.

took arise by agreeing to race

C.

was not given a fair chance in the race

D.

in fact did not win the race

(3)

Billy, Tony and Sandy must be boys ________.

[  ]

A.

who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B.

Sonny had run races with before

C.

Sonny had never raced with before

D.

Sonny did not expect to race with again

(4)

The writer thinks that his generation ________.

[  ]

A.

were more clever than Sonny’s generation

B.

had the same idea about life as Sonny’s generation

C.

were more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D.

had the foolish ideas about life from Sonny’s Generation

Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? Futurologists(未来学家)predict that life will probably be very different in 2050.
First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050. A computer will send the program directly to the television. On TV screen appear holograms(全息图), which are pictures with certain height, width and depth. We will be able to see, smell and touch the things that we see on television.
Water has become one of our most serious problems. Agriculture is changing and people are growing more fruit and vegetables to export. Demand for water will increase ten times in 2050. Some futurologists predict that water will be the cause of war if we don’t act now.
In transport, cars will run on new fuels and go very fast. A car will have computers to control its speed and there won’t be any accidents. On the other hand, space planes will take people around the earth in about three hours. People will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo by space plane in just half an hour.
In the field of technology, robots will have replaced people in factories. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere. They do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. 
Medicine technology will have conquered many diseases by 2050; we will be able to help blind and deaf people see again and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already produced clones of animals and will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have. If you want all this to come true, you should study science and technology hard.
【小题1】What is the main difference between today’s and 2050’s TV?

A.We can use a computer to turn off the TV set.
B.We can talk with the characters appearing on TV.
C.We can choose whatever we like to see on TV.
D.We can touch the things we see on TV.
【小题2】What isn’t mentioned about the future in 2050 in the passage?
A.Technology.B.Medicine.C.Movies.D.Agriculture.
【小题3】What will be more likely to cause the war in the future?
A.The lack of water. B.The less farmland.
C.The shortage of robots.D.The more space planes.
【小题4】From the passage we can infer that by 2050 ____.
A.people will spend less time in studying
B.more and more people needn’t go to school
C.people will have more time to relax or rest
D.no patients will be found in the world

Proverbs(谚语) are quite common in spoken English. We do not normally put them in a composition or letter. Sometimes it is helpful if you know what common proverbs mean. Here are a few examples:
Once bitten, twice shy. If a dog bites me, I shall be twice as careful in future when I see it. This proverb is also used to apply to many things and not only to dogs. If you have been cheated at a shop, you will not go to the same shop again. 
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. If I am a hunter, trying to catch birds, it is better to catch one bird than to see two birds in a bush but not be able to catch them. Thus this means that what you have already got is better than the chance of being able to get something bigger in the future.   
Too many cooks spoil the broth(soup). When too many people do something together, they get in each other’s way and cannot do a good job.
To pour oil on troubled waters Is to try to calm things down. Oil is lighter than water. If a ship is in trouble at sea, another ship may come to help it. The second ship can send small boats to rescue people. However, it may first pour oil on the sea to make the sea less rough.
Don't be a dog in a manger(马槽). Means “ Don’t be selfish.” In a stable(马厩), the manger is the place where the horse’s food is put. Sometimes a dog will sleep in the manger and bard when a horse comes to get its food. The dog does not want to eat the hay in the manger but it will not let the horse eat it.
He’s sitting on the fence. Means that somebody will not say whether he is in favour of a plan or against it. He is sitting on a fence between two opposing sides, perhaps waiting to see which side will win.
He who pays the piper calls the tune. A piper is a musician . The man who employs or pays a musician can say what tunes the man will play. Thus this means that if a man provides the money for a plan, he can say how it will be carried out.
You can’t get blood out of a stone means that you can’t get something out of a person who has not got any of the things you want. For example, you cannot get a million dollars from a poor man.
【小题1】Peter had a bicycle which was much too small for him but he did not want to let his younger brother ride on it. His mother was angry and said to him : “______”.

A.You cannot get blood out of a stoneB.Don’t be a dog in a manger
C.The early bird gets the wormD.Don’t be a horse in the manger
【小题2】Mr Wang paid for a new school. Some people did not like the design of the school but they did not argue with Mr Wang because ________.
A.he was sitting on the fenceB.once bitten, twice shy
C.he who pays the piper calls the tuneD.a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
【小题3】Mrs Chen wanted to buy a new dress. Her husband suggested that she buy it from a shop near their home. Mrs Chen disagreed because she had been cheated by that shop. Then she said: “ I won’t go there again because___.”
A.a bird in the hand is worth two in the bushB.I am sitting on the fence
C.Once bitten, twice shyD.too man cooks spoil the broth
【小题4】Mr brown had quite a good job in Hong Kong but he thought that if he went to Singapore he might get a much better job with more money and a large house. His wife did not want him to leave his job in Hong Kong and she warned him that _____.
A.a bird in the hand is worth two in the bushB.too many cooks spoil the broth
C.you cannot get blood out of a stoneD.he who pays the piper calls the tune

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
 
F . Scott Fitzgerald, born on September 24,1896, an American novelist, w  as once a student of St.Paul Academy, the Newman School and attended Princeton. University for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Alabama, where he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. Then he had to make some money to impress her.
His life with her was full of great happiness, as he wrote in his diary :“ My own happiness in the past often approached such joy that I could share it even with the person dearest to me but had to walk it away in quiet streets and take down parts of it in my diary.”
This side of paradise, his first novel, was published in 1920. encouraged by its success, Fitzgerald began to devote more time to his writing. Then he continued with the novel the Beautiful and Damned (1922), a collection of short stories Thales of the Jazz Age (1922), and a play The Vegetable (1923). But his greatest success was The Great Gatsby, published in 1925,which quick brought him praise from the literary world. Yet it failed to give him the needed financial security. Then, in 1926, he published another collection lf short stories All the Sad Young Men.
However, Fitzgerald’s problems with his wife Zelda affected his writing. During the 1920s he tried to reorder his life, but failed. By 1930, his wife had her first breakdown and went to a Swiss clinic. During this period he completed novels Tender Is the Night in 1934 and The love of the last Tycoon in 1940. while his wife was in hospital in the United States, he got totally addicted to alcohol. Sheila Graham, his dear friend, helped him fight his alcoholism.
56. How many novels written by Fitzgerald are mentioned in the passage ?
A. 5            B. 6            C. 7               D. 8
57. Which of the following is the correct order to describe Fitzgerald’s life according to the passage?
a. He became addicted to drinking.
b. He studied at St.Paul Academy.
c. He published his first novel This Side of Paradise.
d. The Great Gatsby won high praise.
e. He failed to reorder his life.
f. He joined the army and met Zelda.
A.f-c-e-a-b-d       B. b-e-a-f-c-d        C. f-d-e-c-b-a      D. b-f-c-d-e-a
58. We can infer from the passage that Fitzgerald            .
A. had made some money when he met Zelda in Alabama.
B. was well educated and well off before he served in the army
C. would have completed more works if his wife hadn’t broken down
D. helped his friend get rid of drinking while his wife was in hospital
59. The passage is probably followed by a concluding paragraph about          .
A. Zelda’s personal life
B. Zelda’s illness and treatment
C. Fitzgerald’s friendship with Graham
D. Fitzgerald’s contributions to the literary world

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