Long, long ago people made fires from lightening (闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn't start it again if there was no lightening. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stone together could make a spark (火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing (摩擦). They made a hole in a piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and again. After a few minutes they got a fire.

    Years went by, people learned other ways to make a fire. Sometimes they used the heat from the sun. They held a piece of glasses in the right way and made a piece of paper on fire.

    About two centuries ago, people began to make matches. Matches brought people a quick and easy way to make fires. Today matches are still being used, but people have more new ways to make fire. One of them is to use an electric fire starter. Of course an electric fir starter is much more expensive than a box of matches. But it is very useful.

61. From the text we know that a spark can ________.

   A. fire any leaves     B. bum anything    C. bum dry leaves    D. keep fire bunting

62. We can also get a fire by ________.

   A. making a hole in a big piece of wood

   B. putting a smaller stick into the hole

   C. turning the stick hard for a while

   D. doing all the above in order

63. Matches have been used ________.

   A. for about two thousand years

   B. for about two hundred years

   C. since people began to use fire for cooking

   D. since people used the heat from the sun

64. From the passage, we know that ________.

   A. electric fire starters are widely used

   B. some forest fires happen from lightening

   C. today there are only two ways to make a fire

   D. people haven't used matches since they had electric fire starters

65. Which of the following is the fight order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?

   a. with a match    b. from the sun    c. from lightening    d. by rubbing

   e. with an electric fire starter     f. by hitting two pieces of stone

   A. b-a-c-d-e-f        B. b-c-a-e-d-f     C. c-f-d-b-a-c    D. c-d-a-f-b-e

根据对话内容， 从方框中的六个选出五个合适的句子补全对话，请将句子的字母标号写在下面的横线上。

W: Hell, Mike, you have collected modle cars for several years, haven’t you?

M: Yes, it is true.

W:  1 

M: I began my modle car collecting when I was in the fifth year of my primary school.

W: Could you tell me  2 

M: Sure. One day four years ago, I received a modle car as my birthday present from my father.  3  I fell in love with it at once. Since them I began to like car collecting.

W: How many modle cars do you have?

M: About two hundred.

W: What kind of modle cars do you have?

M:  4   , new and old, foreign and Chinese.

W: What do you think of collecting modle cars?

M:  5  

W: Thank you very much. Good- bye!

M: Good-bye.

1. ________ 2.________ 3. _________4. __________ 5._________

词汇运用（10分，每空一词）
【小题1】No one is    （允许）to drive after drinking.
【小题2】As soon as I arrived in Hong Kong, I sent a    （信息）to Mum.
【小题3】About two hundred people _________( 死 )in Ya’an Earthquake on April 20^th .
【小题4】The moon light shines in    (通过) the window and the room seems quiet and beautiful.
【小题5】The teacher spent a long time     (解释)the problem to the boys after class.
【小题6】Now Father’s Day becomes very popular. It is on the      (three) Sunday every June.
【小题7】Teenagers should be encouraged to make decisions by     (they).
【小题8】It’s much     (sun) this weekend. Why not go camping, David? ——Sounds great.
【小题9】Everyone likes Mary in our class because she always talks to others     (polite).
【小题10】The telephone was one of the most important   (invent) of the 19th century.

Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.

Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.

The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.

Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us. 

1.The painting shows about ______ games.

2.The children in the painting are playing ______.

3.From the painting we learn that ______.