A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country．

Dean Bluey from Dallas，Texas，was a school boy who has much 31 in computer．One day，he 32 an email to a friend on the Internet．Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”．"The message was from Finland， 33 kilometers away from America．

“I didn't know 34 I should do，”Dean said to a reporter afterwards．“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real．”So Dean did nothing at first． 35 the message kept coming．

“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He 　36 and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was 37 , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 38　 the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. 　39 , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

　　　 “I'm glad she's OK,” Dean said. “It's hard to believe, but 　40　 saved her life.”

31．A．interest　 　　　　　 B．interested　 　　　　 C．interesting 　　　　　　 D．interests

32．A．sent　 　　　　　　　　 B．sends　 　　　　　　　 C．was sending 　　　　　 D．is sending

33．A．thousand 　　　　　　 B．thousand of　 　　 C．thousands 　　　　　　 D．thousands of

34．A．how　 　　　　　　　 B．what　 　　　　　　　 C．where 　　　　　　　　　 D．when

35．A．So　 　　　　　　　　 B．And　 　　　　　　　 C．But 　　　　　　　　　　　 D．As

36．A．telephoned　 　　　 B．replied　 　　　　　　 C．found 　　　　　　　　　 D．talked

37．A．better　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．worse　 　　　　　　　 C．harder 　　　　　　　　　 D．easier

38．A．with　 　　　　　　　 B．on　 　　　　　　　　　 C．to 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．at

39．A．Hardly　 　　　　　 B．Happily　 　　　　　 C．Luckily 　　　　　　　　 D．Carefully

40．A．a boy　 　　　　　　　　　　 B．doctors　 　　　　　　 C．the police　 　　　　 D．email

       Bob Geldof is one of the most famous pop 36________ of the 37 ________ century．He was born in Ireland in 1954．His mother 38 ________ when he was eleven．When he was fourteen，he became 39 ________ in pop groups．He left school and worked first in a food factory and 40________ as a worker building roads．In 1975 he returned to Dublin，and stared his own pop group．From 1979 to 1982 they were the top group in Britain，but in 1982 the group stopped 41________ together．

Bob Geldof's life changed 42 ________ an October evening in 1984 when he was watching TV．He became sad when he saw pictures of hungry people in Africa．He felt he should do 43________ to help them．

He called on all his friends in the pop world．By January in1985，five 44 ________ pounds had been collected. After the 45 ________ of his records，Bob went to African countries．

36．A．star              B．stars             C．singer                    D．the stars

37．A．twenty                 B．twelve                 C．twentieth         D．twelfth

38．A．dead             B．died              C．has been dead D．dying

39．A．interest                B．interesting    C．interested               D．interests

40．A．later             B．late                      C．latest                     D．＼

41．A．sings            B．to sing                 C．singing                   D．Sang

42．A．in                        B．at                        C．from                      D．on

43．A．something    B．anything        C．nothing                  D．everything

44．A．million                 B．millions                C．millions of              D．million of

45．A．succeed        B．success               C．successful              D．succeeded

根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择一个最佳答案，将字母标号写在答题纸的相应位置上.（共10分，每小题1分）

Children like to copy what they hear. They copy their parents, their friends and even the TV. This teaches them how to _1_ the language. Copying is also a good way for students to learn a second language. When you _2_ foreigners speak English, repeat what they say as well as you can.

Children don't practice grammar,, but use the language to 3_ things that they are interested in. They don't _4 their vocabulary or poor grammar. They find ways to express themselves, and they do  it successfully.

Students of English schools also pay attention to communication (交流). Look for _5_ to talk with people in English. If you can't find a _6 to talk to, talk with other students in English _7.  Start an English discussion group and talk about music, movies or anything that 8 you.

Don't worry about _9, what you want is to learn how to communicate easily. Remember that you can communicate successfully even with _10_small vocabulary.

1.                A．tell            B．read           C．write     D．speak

2.                A．listen to        B．listen           C．hear of   D．hear

3.                A．take exams      B．talk with        C．talk about D．tell to

4.                A．look like        B．worry about     C．take care of   D．look after

5.                A．places          B．questions       C．chances  D．changes

6.                A．video          B．foreigner        C．film  D．people

7.                A．again          B．instead         C．only D．instead of

8.                A．interests        B．improves        C．allows    D．troubles

9.                A．exams          B．looking on       C．making mistakes    D．books

10.               A．an            B．the            C．/ D．a

In learning English，one should first pay attention to listening and speaking．It is the groundwork of reading and writing．You’d better  31  your best to speak while you do much listening．Don’t be  32  of making mistakes．But be careful not to let them stop you from improving your  33 ．While you are doing this，a good  34  is to write-keep a diary，write notes or letters．Then if you can，ask some others to go through  35  you have written and tell you where it is wrong．Many mistakes in your speaking will be  36  found when you write．Through correcting mistakes，you can do better in learning English．

If you are slow in speaking，don’t  37  about it．One of the helpful ways is reading，either aloud or to yourself．The important thing is to choose  38  interesting to read． It mustn’t be too difficult for you．When you are reading  39  this way，don’t stop to  40  the new words if you can guess their meanings when they have nothing to do with the sentences．You can do that some other time．

31．A．have         B．send         C．make          D．try

32．A．sure         B．afraid       C．proud         D．tired

33．A．English      B．Chinese      C．Japanese      D．French

34．A．start        B．idea         C．way           D．manner

35．A．how          B．when         C．why           D．what

36．A．happily      B．easily       C．really        D．slowly

37．A．talk         B．fear         C．worry         D．hurry

38．A．something    B．everything   C．anything      D．nothing

39．A．by           B．on           C．at            D．in

40．A．look at      B．look for     C．look up       D．look over

Ben and his classmates are watching a DVD about the environment. A long time ago , most towns and villages were very small . The number of people 　36 lived in every country was much smaller than it is today, too. There was 37 heavy industry . People did not use chemicals .There were no motor vehicles and there were no factories . So there was very 38 polution .

Sadly , our environment is much dirtier than 　39 was in the past . This is a 　40 , because the best way for us to be healthy is to live in a clean environment .

　　 The air and water are much dirtier than they 　 41 be . The chemical factories and cars

42 terrible gas .The water 　43 by chemicals from the factories and ships .This means we are destroying our home little by little .

In the DVD we will try to find ways to 　44 our environment cleaner and find ways to stop future pollution .We hope you will learn 　45 you can to help make the world cleaner and healthier.