“Visitors to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be able to go sightseeing in super cool cars with no drivers,” Shanghai city government speaker said recently.

      When the six-seat car was shown to the public, it interested many people. “The car will help visitors feel what high technology（技术）is and help them enjoy the tour of the World Expo site,” said a teacher from Tongji University. The car, 4.5 meters long, 1.7 meters wide（宽）, and 1.6 meters tall, runs along a white line. The car costs around 300,000 yuan to build and can reach a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour.

      According to the researchers, visitors will be able to driver the car anywhere in the World Expo site by pressing a button（按按钮）. If they want to get off or stop the car, all they need to do is just to press the button again.

      “People can rent one of these cars for a whole day or just take a ride in it from one place to another,” the teacher said. About 400 to 500 of these cars will be made for the Expo in 2010. the cars will have radar（雷达）to help them get around. They will mainly use solar（太阳能）batteries. And they have no need of drivers and oil（汽油）, these cars will help save energy and human work, and cause no pollution to the environment.

1.The new type of car has _____ seats.

      A. seven                      B. six                          C. five

2.According to this passage, which of the following is TRUE?

      A. The car can reach a top speed of 50 kph.

      B. The car costs about 30,000 yuan to build.

      C. The car is 4.5 meters long and 1.7 meters tall.

3.Which of the following is not mentioned in this passage?

       A. People can buy this type of car and drive it in the World Expo site.

       B. This type of car can save energy and human work, and cause no pollution.

       C. People can press the button themselves when they want to get off or stop the car.

4.The title（标题）of the passage is probably “_____”.

      A. Radar First Used in Cars 

B. Cool Cars with No Driver

      C. Tour the 2010 World Expo

Two strangers were sitting together in a plane . They were on a long journey . One of the men was a teacher . The other was a farmer .

They sat without talking for a while , then the farmer said , “ Let’s do something to pass the time .”

“ What do you want to do ?” the teacher asked .

“ We can ask each other riddles (谜语 ),” the farmer said, “ You start.”

“ Let’s make the rules first ,” the teacher said . “ And to make the game more interesting , let’s play it for money . If we don’t know the answer to the riddle , we have to pay a dollar .”

The farmer thought about this for a while , then he said , “ That’s not fair（公平 . You are a teacher , an educated ( 受过教育的) man . You know more things than I do . I am just a farmer .”

“ That’s true ,” the teacher said , “ What do you think we should do ?”

The farmer said , “ If you don’t know the answer to a riddle ,you pay me 100 dollars .If I don’t know the answer to the riddle , I’ll pay you 50 dollars.”

The teacher thought for a while , then he said , “ OK. That’s fair . Who’ll go first ?”

“I will ,” the farmer said . “ Here’s my riddle . What has three legs when it walks , but only two legs when it flies ?”

The teacher thought and thought , “ What has three legs when it walks, but only two when it flies ?” Then he said , “ That’s a good one . I don’t know the answer .” He gave the farmer 100 dollars and said , “ Tell me the answer . What is it ?”

“ I don’t know , either .” The farmer said , and gave him 50 dollars .

1.At first the two men sat there without talking because ________ .

A．the farmer didn’t like the teacher         B．the teacher didn’t like the farmer

C．the farmer liked to tell jokes               D．they didn’t know each other

2.The farmer wanted to __________ .

A．make the journey interesting .             B．see if the teacher was lucky

C．know if the teacher was clever .            D．make friends with the teacher .

3.The teacher thought at first that the farmer __________ .

A．would fail the game                      B．knew more then he.

C．could answer any riddles .                 D．would win the game .

4.From the short story we know that __________ .

A．the teacher was cleverer than the farmer .

B．an educated man is not always clever.

C．both of the two men could know the answer

D．Neither of the two men was clever.

5.The best title of this story is __________ .

A．How to Answer Riddles .                  B．A Rich Teacher.

C．A Way of Getting Money.                  D．A Clever Farmer.

句型转换，按括号内的要求转换下列句型，每空一词。
1.Sometimes you’re supposed to come early.(改为否定句)
Sometimes you           supposed to come early.
2. Mrs.Smith is busy. She is doing her housework now.
Mrs.Smith is           her housework now.
3.Tom visits his grandparents once a week.(对划线部分提问)
           does Tom visits his grandparents?
4.My pen pal is from America.(用Japan改为选择疑问句)
Is your pen pal is from America           ?
5.The teacher said，“Don’t cheat in exams，children!”
The teacher told the children           cheat in exams.

根据句意，在标有题号的横线上写出括号内所给单词的适当形式。

1.Many animals are _____________ (active) in winter and they usually sleep.

2.I can offer you £50, but I can’t go any _____________ (far)than that.

3.When you feel tired, you’d better wear ___________ (energy) colours, such as green.

4.“It’s not good to keep your worries to_____________(you).” the teacher said to one of the children.

短文填空。用下面方框中单词或词组的适当形式填如短文空格内，使短文意思正确、通顺（每词限用一次）。（共10小题，每小题1分；计10分）