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　　Dear Dad,

　　School is really great. I am making lots of friends and studying very hard, With all my stuff, I simply can't think of anything I need, So if you would like, you can send me a card, as I would love to hear from you.

Love

Your Son

　　Dear Son,

　　I know that astronomy, economies and oceanography are enough to keep an honor student busy. Do not forget that the pursuit(追求) of knowledge is a noble task, and you can never study enough.

Love

Your Dad

1．Why does the son write the letter?

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A．He misses his father.

B．He wants to show his love to his dad.

C．He studies too hard.

D．He needs some money.

2．What card do you think he wants to get?

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3．Will his father send him what he wants?

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4．What can “economies” be?

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5．Which of the following is true?

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A．The son can't write the letter “s” correctly.

B．The son only wants to get a letter from his father.

C．The father is not clever enough to understand his son.

D．The father can understand his son well.

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　　China's Liu Xiang become the first Asian in history to win the men's 110m hundred(男子100米跨欄) in the Olympic Games on August 27 in Athens.

　　This 21-year-old young man equaled(平了) the world record time of 12.91 seconds for the gold. He also broke the Olympic record of 12.95 records.

　　“I never expected that I could run inside 13 seconds, and I never expected that I could break the Olympic record,” said Liu in tears. “I am very, very excited.” He added, “I was in a very good shape today. When I was in the blocks(起跑線), all I could think of was the sound of the gun. My race went wonderfully from the start until the end.” “I think today the Chinese people showed the world they could run as fast as anybody else.”

　　“Still this feels like kind of a miracle(奇跡). I didn't dare to think I would get a medal of any kind here,” he said.

　　“He is a hero, he is the pride of all of China.” said the president of the Chinese Athletics Administration(中國田徑部).

　　Liu Xiang made history and we are looking forward to seeing him make more miracles in 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

1．The world record of men's 110m hurdles is ________ seconds.

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2．What Liu Xiang did told the world the Chinese people ________.

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A．a(chǎn)re strong enough to run

B．run fastest in the world

C．would get any medal in sports

D．a(chǎn)re also good at running

3．Why do we say “Liu Xiang made history”? That's because ________.

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A．he is the pride of China

B．he is 21 years old

C．he could run as fast as others

D．he made a miracle in sports

4．The underlines phrase(劃線部分) “in a very good shape” means ________.

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5．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．The Asians have never won the men's 110m hurdles.

B．Liu Xiang broke the world record.

C．Liu Xiang could run the 110m hurdles within 13 seconds.

D．Liu Xiang will take part in 2008 Olympic Games.

　　1．If the person has stopped breathing, you must try to start his/her breathing at once. The best thing is to use the mouth-to-mouth way. Lay the personal his/her back and breathe into his/her mouth.

　　2．If the person is bleeding(流血) badly, you must try to stop the bleeding. Press on the bleeding point with a piece of clean cloth and bold up the part of the body with is bleeding.

　　3．If you are bitten (cut by teeth)by an animal, wash the cut under cold running water. Cover the broken part, if there is any, with a piece of clean cloth. Then see a doctor as soon as possible.

　　4．If you are burnt (hurt by fire or something very hot), cool the burnt part at once. Run cool(not clod) water over the burn until it is less painful. Put a piece of dry clean cloth over the burnt part.

　　5．If there is a fire, never use a lift in the building, because it's very dangerous. The lift may get trapped between floors. Use the stairs and leave the building at once…

　　French doctors and American scientists have reported doing an operation(手術(shù)) in which the doctor was outside the operating room. This kind of operation is known as robotic operation.

　　Doctor Marescaux did the operation in an office in New York City last month, while a sixty-eight-year-old woman patient was in a hospital in Strasbourg, France. A doctor in Strasbourg got the patient ready. He placed medical tools and a small video camera in her stomach area(腹部). Doctor Marescaux in New York watched the patient on a video screen. Then he used the computer to send messages to the robot machine.

　　The robot moved the tools that cut the woman's gallbladder(膽囊) away. The woman got well soon after the operation and left the hospital two days later. Experts say the main problem with such a robotic operation is based on high-speed telecommunications(通訊系統(tǒng)) between the doctor and the robot. Technology must be able to send a doctor's order to a robot to move the tool quickly.

　　Experts also say a successful robotic operation will improve an operation. For example, the robot can make much smaller movements(動作) than a person can. A robot machine can turn tools in ways that a doctor's hand cannot.

　　Doctors say such a robotic operation will make possible safer and better operations in the future. They say it will improve doctor training. It will also mean that doctors could do an operation on people in dangerous places far away. And it could mean that people could have operations done by top doctors without having to travel to the city where the doctors work.

1．“Robotic operation” means“________”.

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A．a(chǎn) special kind of robot invented by doctors

B．a(chǎn)n operation done far away

C．a(chǎn)n operation done with the help of a robot

D．something done to mend a robot

2．We use the robot in the operation because ________.

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A．it can send messages in a high speed

B．even a top doctor can't do the operation himself

C．it can make the operation safer and better

D．operations can be done without any doctors

3．If we want to use the robot in the operation, we must solve the problem of ________.

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A．top doctors

B．smaller movements

C．doctor training

D．high-speed telecommunications

4．If the smaller movement can't be done by doctors in the operation, we may use ________ to solve it.

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5．Which of the following is NOT RIGHT?

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A．Robotic operation is good for doctor training.

B．Robotic operation has been used in the USA.

C．Experts speak highly of robotic operation.

D．The robot is used to watch the patient clearly.

　　At 7:40 when Mrs Fang is at breakfast, there comes a call. Twenty minutes later, she is with Ann, because she cannot stop her baby from crying. There, Mrs Fang helps wash Ann's three-day-old baby and it soon calms(安靜) down. It is her first child and she is learning what to do. After that, Mrs Fang goes on to see Mr Johnson, a rich old man who lives alone. His arm was broken and cannot wash or put on his clothes himself. He must be looked after every day.

　　Then Mrs Fang gets her second call that day. She goes to the home for the old. There she works with the old people till 2:00 p. m One by one, she answers their questions and helps them take their medicines, while the doctor takes care of other more serious problems.

　　Mrs Fang keeps hurrying around all day and sometimes she can be rung up even late at night when the sick must be helped. She is busy, but she likes her job and enjoys helping others.

1．Mrs Fang gets her first call from ________.

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2．Ann is ________.

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3．Mrs Fang gors to help Mr Johnson because he is ________.

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4．Mrs Fang often stops her work in the home for the old at about ________.

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5．From the passage(短文), we can know that ________.

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A．Mrs Fang is a doctor in a hospital

B．Mrs Fang must be a nurse in the community(社區(qū))

C．Mrs Fang is a teacher in a school

D．Mrs Fang must be a student

　　Do you know why different animals or pests(昆蟲) have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.

　　Some birds like eating locusts(蝗蟲), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops, When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.

　　If you study the animal life, you'll find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters(獵人). This is because they have the colours much like the trees.

　　Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid(液體) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over(散開), its enemies(敵人) cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.

1．From the passage we learn that locusts ________.

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A．a(chǎn)re small animals

B．a(chǎn)re easily found by birds

C．a(chǎn)re dangerous to their enemies

D．change their colours to protect themselves

2．How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?

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A．They run away quickly.

B．They have the colours much like their enemies.

C．They hide themselves by day and appear at night.

D．They have to move quietly.

3．Bears and lions can keep safe because ________.

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A．they have the colours much like the trees

B．they move quietly

C．they like brown and grey colours

D．they live in forests

4．Why can the kind of fish live up to now?

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A．Because it is very big and strong.

B．Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies.

C．Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies.

D．Because it swims faster than any other fish.

5．Which is the best title for this passage?

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A．The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests.

B．Colours of Different Animals and Pests.

C．The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests.

D．Some Animals and Pests.

　　One of the things I always believe is that no matter how bad something is, you can take something positive out of it. The one time I wasn't sure of that was on September 11.

　　I usually wake up at 6:30 or 7:00 in the morning. That day, Lhappened to wake up earlier. I turned on the TV and I saw that a plane had crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. My first reaction was that it was a terrible accident. Then I saw another plane fly into the South Tower and I realized that I was witnessing an act of terrorism.

　　My wife and I spent the day watching the terrible pictures over and over again. When I watched family members looking for their loved ones, the pain in their eyes was something I would never forget. I couldn't understand how something this terrible could have happened.

　　It wasn't until a few weeks after September 11 that I began to see that perhaps　　some good did come from this tragedy. People seem different now, more understanding,more tolerant. Little things that seemed to be such trouble before are no longer big things. Personally, I am more tolerant than I was. I realize life is too short and too precious to let myself get worried over small things. I've learned also that you can't take things for granted. Things change in the blind of an eye. People go to work and don't come back. One moment they're living and the next minute they're not. And, it doesn't matter who you are, there is nothing you can do about it. We never know when our time here will be over, so we all need to make the most of every minute we have.

　　You try to learn from what happened. You can't be used up by it. You can't live by it. All you can do is just live.

　　注：crash撞擊　　reaction反應(yīng)　　witness目擊　　tragedy悲劇　　tolerant寬容的　　precious珍貴的　　take…for granted認為……是當(dāng)然的

1．The word “positive” in the passage probably means ________.

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2．What did the writer see after he turned on the TV that morning?

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3．From September 11, the writer has realized that ________.

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A．people should make the most of every minute they have

B．he has become less tolerant towards others

C．he should get worried about little things

D．life is too short to care about others

4．What's the best title(題目) of this passage?

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A．A Report about September 11.

B．The Tragedy of September 11.

C．September 11 and My Family.

D．September 11 and My Turn.

　　One day Mr Jackson took Paul to his favourite restaurant. It was a French restaurant. The waiter was from France. But he didn't speak to them in French. “Would you like to see the menu?” he asked in a kind way. “Yes, please,” Mr Jackson said.

　　The waiter gave them a menu each. They studied them “You can spend only twenty-five dollars,” Mr Jackson told his son. The waiter asked Paul, “What would you like, young man?”

　　“How much is the tomato soup?” Paul asked.

　　“Six dollars,” the waiter said. “It's very good.”

　　“How much is the duck with orange?” Paul asked next.

　　“Fifteen dollars,” the waiter said.

　　“How much is the chocolate ice cream?”

　　“Six dollars,” the waiter said.

　　Paul added(加) it up quickly. Six plus fifteen plus six is twenty-seven. He thought he could have the duck and the soup, or the duck and the ice cream. “I'll have the duck and the chocolate ice cream, please,” he said to the waiter.

　　Paul said to his father, “My meal will cost only twenty-one dollars. Can I keep the other four dollars?” His father laughed. “No, Paul,” he said. “Leave it for the waiter.”

1．How did the waiter speak to Paul and Mr Jackson?

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2．What did Paul have for dinner?

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A．The soup and the duck.

B．The duck and the ice cream.

C．The duck, the soup and the ice cream

D．The soup and the ice cream

3．How much did Paul's meal cost?

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4．What did Mr Jackson tell Paul to do with the other $ 4?

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A．Keep it.

B．Give it back to him.

C．Spend it on something else.

D．Give it to the waiter.

5．What does this passage tell us?

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A．Paul and his father hate eating in restaurants.

B．Mr Jackson's favourite food is English food.

C．Paul was careful not to spend more than $ 25 in the restaurant.

D．Paul didn't know what to choose from the menu.

　　Kate and Bruce worked in the same factory in London. They were good friends. They often played jokes on each other.

　　One day Kate met Bruce on her way to the factory. She said, “Hi, Bruce. It's good to see you.”

　　“How can you see me when I'm not here?” Bruce asked.

　　“What do you mean? You are not here?” Kate asked, “Of course you're here.”

　　“No, I'm not,” Bruce said, “and I'll bet(打賭) you ten dollars that I can prove(證明) I'm not here.”

　　“All right,” said Kate. “Ten dollars. Now prove you're not here.”

　　“It's easy,” Bruce said. “Am I in Hong Kong?”

　　“No,” said Kate.

　　“Am I in Paris?”

　　“No,” said Kate.

　　“If I'm not in Hong Kong and I'm not in Paris,” Bruce said, “then I must be somewhere else. Is that right?”

　　“That's right,” said Kate. “You must be somewhere else.”

　　“And if I'm somewhere else, I can't be here, can I? Ten dollars, please.”

　　“You're very clever, Bruce.”

　　“We had a bet.”

　　“Certainly we had a bet,” Kate said. “But how can I give you ten dollars if you're not here?”

　　With a laugh Kate walked away.

1．Kate and Bruce were ________.

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2．This story happened in ________.

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3．That day Kate spoke to Bruce ________.

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4．When Bruce had proved that he was not “here”, Kate ________.

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A．was very angry with him

B．gave him ten dollars

C．proved that she couldn't give him the money

D．thought he had won the bet

5．Which of the following is TURE?

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A．Bruce laughed because he got ten dollars from Kate.

B．Kate laughed because she got ten dollars from Bruce.

C．Kate couldn't give the money to Bruce because Bruce was not there with her.

D．Both Kate and Bruce were very clever.

　　Scuba diving is a new sport today. It takes you into a wonderful new world. It's like a visit to the moon! When you are under water, it is easy for you to climb rocks, because you are no longer heavy, When you have tanks of air(氧氣罐) on your back, you can stay in deep water for a long time.

　　Under water, everything is blue and green. During the day, there is enough light. You can catch fish nearby easily. To catch fish is one of the most interesting parts of this sport. Besides(而且), there are many uses for scuba diving. You can get many things from the deep sea.

　　Now you see that scuba diving is both useful and interesting.

1．Scuba diving will take you to ________.

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2．You can climb big rocks under water because ________.

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A．you are stronger

B．the fish nearby help you

C．you are heavier than before

D．you are lighter under water

3．Under water, you ________ in the day time.

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A．can see everything clearly

B．can't see anything clearly

C．can see nothing

D．can see only fish

4．With a tank of air on your back, you can ________.

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A．be in safe places

B．stay under water for a long time

C．have more fun

D．stay under water for a short time

5．Which of the following is NOT TURE?

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A．Scuba diving is a new sport,

B．Scuba diving is like visiting the moon.

C．The only use of scuba diving is to have more fun.

D．Scuba diving is both interesting and useful.