News 1: A gas explosion (瓦斯爆炸) happened on October 20 in a coal mine (煤礦) in Daping, Henan. It has killed 129 people so far. Another 19 are still missing. More than 400 workers were at the mine at the time. Only 298 ran out.

News 2: Scientists have found some caves (洞穴) in the north part of the Mogao Grottoes (莫高窟) of Dunhuang in Gansu. Now the north part has 248 caves in all. Altogether there are 735 Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. People began to make Mogao Grottoes from 366 AD. Pictures in the caves show what people’s lives were like in the past.

News 3: Are girls cleverer than boys? Maybe. In a new study, scientists found that female chimps used sticks two years earlier than male chimps in Africa. Female chimps watched their mums look for food. The males climbed trees. The same thing also happens in the world of people. Girls learn to write and draw before boys, while boys learn to play with balls before girls.

1. Which of the above news stories talks about an accident?

A. News 1        B. News 2           C. News 3       D. All of them

2. We can tell from the Mogao Grottoes pictures _________.

A. there are many caves in China      B. how to live a happy life

C. how people lived long ago         D. caves should be protected

3. The reporter of News 3 is_____ that girls are cleverer than boys.

A. very sure     B. doubtful (懷疑的)   C. sure       D. not sure

4. Which of the following statements is true?  

A. More than 400 workers lived through the mine explosion.

B. Female chimps don’t like to learn things from their mums.

C. Boys learn to play with balls earlier than girls.

D. All caves in China have pictures on the walls.

5. “Chimp” in the last news story probably is __________

A. a kind of food                    B. a kind of animal

C. the name of a man                 D. the name of a game

Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important thing in your life?”, maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet”.

     The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today, computers are getting smaller, and smaller, but they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”

     The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, send e-mails, do some shopping, play games or make friends.             

     Young men, especially the middle school students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet bars as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their names, ages and sex(性別). They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their heart into study. Some of them play the games in the Internet bars all day and all night. Many of them can’t catch up with others in many subjects because of that.

      Now the government has done many things. Some gangster Internet bars(黑網(wǎng)吧)have been banned(取締). But that’s not enough. The teachers and parents are still worrying about their students and children.

    We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that computers and the Internet could not do all the things.    

1. How was the first computer?

A. It was not big.         B. It couldn’t work fast.   

C. It was very cheap.      D. It was no useful

2. When did people begin to use the Internet?

  A. In the 19th century.     B. In the 1980s.   C. In the 1970s.     D. In the 1960s

3. Which of the following is true?

A. Computers can help people do everything.

B. Middle school students aren’t allowed to use the Internet.

C. Some students have used the Internet bars to make the “unreal friends”.

D. Computer isn’t good to students.

4. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Computers and the Internet.     B. The Greatest Invention of This Century.

C. Gangster Internet Bars.          D. How to use the Internet

5. What's the meaning of the word “that” in the fourth paragraph (段落)?

A. Students often go into the Internet bars as soon as they are free.

B. And they play the games in the Internet bars all day and all night.

C. Students are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their heart into study.

D. All of above

We’re all nice to our friends and family members. When they are in need, we help them. If they ask for something, we give it to them.

We should also be kind and polite to strangers. How can we do that? It’s easy. If a man drops something, pick it up for him. If a woman is carrying a bag with both hands, open the door for her. When people want to cross the street, stop your bicycle, motorcycle, or car and let them cross.

In many big cities, people on the street are rude to each other. They walk around with serious expressions on their faces. Car drivers don’t stop for people crossing the street.

All of these things affect the quality of life in our cities. We need to try harder to treat each other better, like part of a big community. That way, big cities can be like big neighborhoods, with people treating each other like friends and neighbors.

If we can be kind to just a few more people a day, more and more people will be nice to each other. Our cities and towns will be better places. Then everyone will be like one big family.

1. What is the main idea of the passage?

  A. By treating strangers well, our cities and lives will improve.

  B. Cities are unfriendly places to live.

  C. Always open doors for people when they need help.

  D. We should all be nice to our friends.

2. Who does the underlined word “they” mean in Line 1?

  A. Any people.                B. Friends and family members.

  C. Strangers.                  D. People from other places.

3. Stopping your car to let people cross the street is an example of __________.

  A. unsafe driving               B. something to do for friends only

  C. a strange thing to do          D. a way to be kind to strangers

4. What happens when everyone is rude and serious?

  A. People get along better.          B. It’s easier to make friends.

  C. The quality of life goes down.     D. Nothing happens.

5. The general mood of this article is __________.

  A. positive      B. negative        C. sad         D. hopeless

Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the world’s great cities are located on rivers, and almost every country has at least one river flowing through it that plays an important part in the lives of its people.

Since the beginning of history, people have used rivers for transportation. The longest one in the United States is the Mississippi. The lifeline of Egypt is the Nile. To the people of India, the Ganges is great, but it is also important for transportation; ships can travel along it for a thousand miles. Other great rivers are the Congo in Africa and the Mekong in southeastern Asia. The greatest of all for navigation, however, is the Amazon in Brazil. It is so wide and so deep that large ships can go about two thousand miles up it.

Besides transportation, rivers give food, water to drink, water for crops, and chances for fun and recreation for the people who live along their banks. In order to increase the supply of water for crops, engineers sometimes build a dam across a river and let a lake form behind the dam. Then people can use the water not only to irrigate(灌溉) their fields but also to make electricity for their homes and industries.

However, large cities and industries that are located on rivers often cause problems. As the cities grow in size and industry increases, the water in the rivers becomes polluted with chemicals and other materials. People are learning the importance, however, of doing more to keep their rivers clean if they want to enjoy the benefits of these natural resources.

1. The greatest river for navigation is ________________.

  A. the Mississippi      B. the Nile        C. the Mekong       D. the Amazon

2. Which is WRONG?

  A. Many cities are located on rivers.

B. Almost every country has at least one important river.

  C. The Nile is in India.

  D. Rivers play an important part in the lives of people.

3. When rivers are dammed, people use the water for __________.

  A. keeping the rivers clean     B. making electricity

  C. washing clothes            D. irrigation and the production of electricity

4. Most water in rivers is polluted with ___________.

  A. people’s drinking water too much        B. people’s swimming in the river too much

   C. chemicals and other materials           D. people’s building a dam across a river

5. The best title for the passage is _____________.

  A. The Importance of Rivers            B. Rivers in Cities

  C. Transportation                     D. Natural Resources

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The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communicate means（通訊設(shè)備）. Life today is much easier than it （1）_________(be) hundreds of years ago, but it （2）___________(bring) new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Pollution (3)_____________(come) in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there weren’t so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place, man now slowly (4)______________(pollute) the whole world.

Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all (5)____________(live) things in the world, but it is not only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us (6)____________(become) angry more easily.

The pollution of SO₂ is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It (7)___________(cause) by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there (8)____________ (be) less air pollution. The earth is our home. We (9)___________(take) care of it. Many countries are making rules (10)_____________(fight) pollution. That means keeping the land, water and air clean.

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Maria Gomez was born in Peru. She g________(1) up in a small village. She went to school when she was six years old. She went to elementary school, but she didn’t go to high school. Her family was very p_________(2), and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She worked in a shoe f__________(3).

When Maria was seventeen years old, her family m_________(4) to the United States. F________(5) they lived in Los Angeles, and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria arrived in the United States, she was not happy.

She m_________(6) her friends in Peru, and she didn’t know a w_________(7) of English. She began to s_________(8) English at night, and worked in a factory during the day.

Maria studied very hard, and now she speaks English well. She’s still studying at night, but now she is studying typing. She wants to be in Peru. Maria still misses her friends in Peru. But she is very happy now, and she hopes she will have a good f________(9) in the new c_________(10).

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It would be hard for a family to live on 300 yuan a month, wouldn’t it?

That’s how much Li Hua’s family have to live on for a whole year. The world is now trying to help people like Li Hua to live better.

（1）From Tuesday until today, about 2000 government leaders, scientists met in Shanghai to talk about stopping poverty (貧窮) around the world.

According to the United Nations, the poorest people in the world live on less than 8.5 yuan a day.

Most of those people live in African countries like Sierra Leone and Somalia. These countries often have wars and lots of diseases. (2)Now, more than 1 billion people in the world live in poverty. The UN said that by 2015, that number should be cut in half.

To help China’s poor places, the World Bank has given more than 37 billion yuan to help China build railways and schools and stop river pollution and deserts.

Many places in China’s countryside, like Li Hua’s home in Chongqing, are very poor. Li Hua, 13, lives with her mother, two grandparents and 16-year-old brother in Chongqing. Her father is dead. The family makes their living by planting crops. They have no TV, no electric fan and no telephone.

1. 翻譯漢語。

2. 翻譯漢語。

3. What is the meeting in Shanghai to talk about?

4. What can Chinese do with the 37 billion yuan?

5. Which is the title for the passage, still too Many Poor People or What Is Poverty? 

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