Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them. In the early 1990s, about 50% of the Americans owned their homes and the rest rented (租) their homes. The rented homes were usually apartments (公寓).

74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country. Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats.

Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average (平均), 2.64 people lived at home in early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.

Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.

An American moves, on the average, twelve times in his or her life. In Japan a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.

1.Most Americans live ________, according to the passage.

     A. in or around the cities                            B. in cities

   C. around cities                                         D. in the country

2.How many American families own a cat?

     A. About 40%.                                         B. About 20%.

   C. About 74%.                                          D. About 26%.

3.On the average, there were ________ people in an American family in 1994.

     A. more than 3                                          B. only 3.5

   C. less than 2                                            D. about 2.64

4. ________ in the US have their own bedrooms.

     A. All of the people                                   B. Most of the children

   C. Half of the teenagers                             D. Only some of the teenagers

5.What can we learn from the passage?

      A. In the early 1990s, most of the Americans owned their homes.

      B. Families in the US are becoming bigger and bigger.

      C. A Japanese moves more often than an American.    

      D. An American moves more often than an Englishman.

A man was walking along the street when he saw a woman carrying a large box. It was half in and half out of her car. So the man went up and said, “The box looks very heavy. Let me give you a hand.”

“That’s very kind of you,” the woman said, “I’m having a lot of trouble with it. Maybe it sticks (卡住) in the car door.”

“Together we’ll soon move it,” the man said. “I’ll get in and take the other end.” And he got in the car.

“Right,” the man said. “I’m ready,” and he began to push the box hard.

For several minutes, the man and the woman tried to move the box. Soon they felt very tired.

They rested for a moment. Then the woman said, “Let’s try again. One, two, three!” They went on moving the box.

At last, when they were exhausted, the man said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t think there’s any way to get it out of your car.”

“Get it out?” the woman cried. “I’m trying to get it in! You know?”

1. Where did this story happen?

   A. At a bank.                                            B. In a shop.

   C. In the street.                                         D. In the woman’s car.

2.Who got in the car to move the box?

     A. The woman.                                         B. The man.

   C. Both of them.                                       D. Neither of them.

3.The underlined word “exhausted” means “________” in Chinese.

     A. 精疲力竭的                                        B. 激動的

   C. 充滿希望的                                         D. 沮喪的

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the story?

     A. The man stuck in the car door.        

   B. The woman asked the man for help.

   C. The man refused to help the woman.    

   D. The woman tried to get the box into the car.

5.What do you think of the man?

     A. He is a helpful man.                             

      B. He looks very strong.

      C. He is funny and stupid.                         

      D. He likes to play jokes on others.

Here is a page from a magazine called Future. Read the following information about things that may happen in ten years.

Cars will run on solar power (太陽能) and will be much cleaner. They will be much safer. For example, if you are too close to another car or if you are driving dangerously, your car will slow down or stop by itself.

New cities will have to be built in the sea. Some cities on water will have two levels (層). People will live on the upper level; the lower level will be used for traffic, shops and factories.

Biotechnology (生物技術(shù)) will make food better and healthier. Plants without insects or illnesses (病蟲害) will be developed. The taste of fruit and vegetables will be better and food will be kept longer.

Many new ways to cure (治愈) illnesses will be found. People will use products of genetic engineering (基因產(chǎn)品) to cure more illnesses. However, some new illnesses will appear.

1.What will happen in the future according to the passage?

A. The air won’t be much cleaner.

B. Cars will run by itself without a driver.

C. It’ll be much more dangerous to drive a car.

D. There’ll be fewer accidents and less pollution (污染).

2.Where will new cities have to be built in the future?

   A. In the sea.                                           B. In the sky.

C. Underground.                                       D. On the land.

3. What will be made better and healthier by biotechnology?

   A. Medicine.                                             B. Toys.

C. Food.                                                   D. Clothes.

4. Genetic engineering will help doctors to cure more________.

   A. cold                                                     B. illnesses

C. cancer                                                  D. headache

5. Which is the best title (標題) of the passage?

     A. Cars in the future.

      B. Get ready for the future.

      C. How to keep food longer?

      D. Where will people live in the future?

It was 6:00 on a Monday morning. With his books in his bag, 13-year-old James Mwangi was on his way to school, the Mcedo-Beijing school in a slum（貧民窟）in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi (肯尼亞首都內(nèi)羅畢). This school was built in 2001 with the help of China, for children from poor families.

     After getting to school, Mwangi went straight to his class to do his class work. It is usual that pupils in this school prepare for their lessons before the teacher comes.

     To study in the school was once a dream for the poor boy. His mother made a living by washing clothes for others. Some days she took home nothing, and some days she could get about $ 3 — it was hardly enough to buy them a full meal for a day.

     Before joining the Mcedo-Beijing school, Mwangi was at home with his seven brothers, collecting garbage (垃圾). The school is giving these children hope for the future by providing    a chance to get education.

     “For me, education is the best gift,” said Mwangi.

任務(wù)一：根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，簡要回答下列問題。

1. How old was Mwangi?

___________________________________________________________________________

2. Which country helped build Mwangi’s school?

___________________________________________________________________________

3. How did Mwangi’s mother make a living?

___________________________________________________________________________

任務(wù)二： 把短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

4. ___________________________________________________________________________

任務(wù)三：請給短文擬一個恰當(dāng)?shù)臉祟}。

5. ___________________________________________________________________________

A tourist was traveling alone in the desert (沙漠). After two weeks his car stopped    （66） , so he started walking. He was lost and had no water. It was very hot and he became very （67）. After five hours he saw a small tent. There was a woman in it. The tourist said to her, “Water. Please   (68)   me some water.”

     “I’m sorry. I haven’t any water. I only sell ties (領(lǐng)帶),”  the woman replied.

     The tourist had to walk on, and became more thirsty. Two hours later he came to （69）    tent with an old man in it.

“Water. Please sell me some water.”

“I’m sorry. I haven’t any water. I only sell ties,” the old man replied.

The tourist put his   (70)  back into his pocket and walked on. He was very, very thirsty and tired. One hour later he arrived at a third tent. There   (71)  a tall man in front of it. The tall man said, “Do you want to buy a tie? I have a lot of beautiful ties.”

“No! No! No!”   (72)  the tourist, “I need water. Please sell me water!”

“I’m sorry. I only have ties,” said the tall man.

The tourist fell to the ground   (73)  started to crawl (爬). Half an hour later he saw a large, expensive-looking hotel. He crawled to the door and took out all his money. He said to the doorman, “Water! I will pay ￡100 ___ (74)   a glass of water.”

The doorman looked at him and said, “I’m sorry, sir. You can’t come into the hotel ___ (75)   you are not wearing a tie.”

假如你是Mike，你的朋友Susan近來心情不好，請你給她發(fā)一封E-mail，提出合理性的建議，幫助她調(diào)適心情。

字數(shù)：80—100字（首尾句已給出，不記入所要求的總字數(shù)）。

供你參考的建議有：

sing, take a walk, do sports, write the diary, watch TV, listen to music, go shopping, go swimming, go outside…

Dear Susan,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours

                                                            Mike

—By the way, have you got ______ e-mail address?

—Oh, yes, it is swimonland @ hotmail.com.

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

I saw many ____________ eating grass on the hill.

     A. horse        B. cow    C. rabbit       D. sheep

–Whose shirt is this?

--It _______ be Li Lei’s. It is too big for him.

     A. could          B. must       C. can’t          D. might

—Could you tell me _____________ last night?

—Er, I was watching TV at home.

A. what you were doing           B. what were you doing

C. what you are doing             D. what are you doing