Scientists think that there has been life for__31_ of years. However we haven’t found life on other planets _32_ . The earth is a planet and it _33__ around the sun. Seven other planets also go _34_ the sun. The sun and its planets are __35  the solar system. The solar system is a small part of our galaxy.

Scientists __36_ lots of spacecraft to look at other planets in the solar system, and some spacecraft have gone __37_ the solar system. However, no one __38_ any life in space yet.

But why has no one from other planets sent us a message ? Have they tried to send _39_ to us ? _40_so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space ? We don’t know.

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

We are all busy talking about using the Internet, but how many of us know the history of the Internet?

Many people are ___36___ when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers ___37___ large and expensive. Computer networks didn’t work well. If one computer in the network ___38___ down, the whole network stopped. ___39___ a new network system（系统）had to be set up. It should be ___40___ to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, ___41___ could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on ___42___ all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and ___43___ to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing”（浏览）the Internet more convenient.

Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. ___44___ e-mail is more and more popular among students. The Internet has now become one of ___45___ parts of people’s life.

 (  )36. A. has                    B. have                  C. is                   D. are   

(  )37. A. at                B. to                   C. in                         D. with 

(  )38. A. to work               B. to study           C. work             D. study

(  )39. A. be                B. to make           C. to do           D. to be    

(  )40. A. and             B. but                 C. or              D. so 

(  )41. A. to send        B. sending            C. to make         D. making      

(  )42. A. way            B. dream              C. school          D. place     

(  )43. A. friends         B. a friend             C. models         D. a model

(  )44. A. when          B. why               C. how            D. what

(  )45. A.find              B. realize             C.look for          D. come true   

Mr. Evans lived in a city. He was a math __1__ three years ago. He taught well and his students __2__ him. So he decided to work in the middle school all his life. But a terrible accident __3__ his life.
One spring he took his class to __4__ a place of interest. The children saw a lot of ___5__ things and had a good time there. But on their way to school, their __6__ was hit by a truck because the young driver was drunk. Five students __7__ and more than half the students were __8__ in the accident. He didn’t know how it had happened and was very __9__ it and after he came out of hospital, he left school and became a __10__. He tried his best to stop the drivers from breaking the traffic laws(交通规则). He worked hard and was strict with the drivers. So they were afraid of him.
One afternoon it was very hot. Mr. Evans was __11__. He was standing at the crossing and watching the traffic. Suddenly he saw a car___12__ the crossing. It ran so fast that it almost hit a man __13__ a bike. He stopped it at once and saw a girl in it.
“_14__ your license (执照) to me, Madam,” said Mr. Evans.
The girl handed her bag to him and said, “Please look for it in the bag __15__. I can’t see anything without glasses.”