An old scientist recently made several tests with different animals to find out which was cleverer than
other animals.
    In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room where there were several boxes. Some boxes were
inside other boxes. One small box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to
find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited a few
minutes outside the door. Then he got down on his knees (膝蓋) and put his eyes to the keyhole. What did
he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other
side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.

1. The scientist did the test to see ______.

A. if the monkey would steal (偷) the food
B. if the monkey would look for the food
C. if the monkey was cleverer than other animals
D. if some boxes were inside other boxes

2. In one test the scientist put a monkey ______.

A. into a small box
B. into several small boxes
C. into a box where there was some food
D. in a room

3. After the scientist left the room, the monkey ______.

A. began to eat food
B. began to look for food
C. looked at the scientist through the keyhole
D. came into the boxes one after another

4. The scientist ______.

A. got down on his knees and waited outside the door
B. got down on his knees and heard with his ears
C. left the room for a long time
D. looked at the monkey through the keyhole with his eyes

5. To the scientist's surprise ______.

A. the monkey got down on its knees
B. the monkey came out of the room
C. the monkey looked at the scientist through the window
D. the monkey put its eye to the keyhole

    Animals, including insects, do not have a language like ours. They do not talk to each other in words and
sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have ways of communicating with each other.
    Can you see the rabbit's tail which is moving up and down? When rabbits see this white tail moving up
and down, they run too. They know that there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making
a sound. It has done this by using its body language.
    Many other animals use this kind of language. When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself
look fierce. This warns other animals. When a bee has found some food, it goes back to its home. It cannot
tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance in the air. This tells the
bees where the food is.
    Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A
cat purrs when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes
we human beings speak in the same way. We make sounds like "Oh" or "Ah!" when we are frightened or
pleased or when we drop something on our toes. 
    But we have something that no animals have-a large number of words that have the meanings of things,
actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other all kinds of different information in words and
sentences, which no other animals can do. No other animals have so wonderful a language as we have.

1. It can be learned from the text that ______.

A. animals do have a language like that of human beings
B. all animals have their own ways of communicating with each other
C. some animals say things by words as human beings do
D. animals know how to protect themselves

2. A rabbit uses its tail to ______.

A. warn other rabbits of danger
B. tell other rabbits where food is
C. make itself look fierce
D. help itself to run fast

3. What does the underlined phrase "this kind of language" refer to?

A. Moving up and down.
B. Making no sound.
C. Body language.
D. Doing a little dance.

4. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. Animals don't have a language like ours.
B. A cobra shows his anger by body language.
C. Some animals can make sounds.
D. Man is unlucky because of their language.

     Radio, telephone and television are 1.             (wide) used in the world. When you turn 2.           
the radio, you can listen. But when you use telephone, not only you can listen to others but you can also
talk with them. 3.            , you can't see anything at all. Now television is 4.             better than both of
them. People can watch TV and listen to it, but they can't take part in what they see.
    Today, some people are using a new type of telephone 5.             (call) vision-phone (可視電話). With
the vision-phone, two people who are talking can 6.             each other.
    Vision-phone can be very 7.            (use) when you have something to show the person whom you are
calling. It may also have other uses in the future. Some day you may be able to call up a library and ask to
read 8.            book over your vision-phone, You may be able to do the shopping through it, too.
    Suppose you read about something in the newspaper that you want to buy, you'll go to your vision-phone
and call the shop. The shop assistant will show you the thing that you are 9.            (interest) in. You'll be
 10.            to shop all over the town and never leave your home.
    Perhaps in the future, vision-phones will come into wide use in our everyday life.

    Have you ever seen a horse with toes (腳趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had
four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were smaller than cats.
    These small horses lived in the forest. Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground. 
    It was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became cold. Many trees couldn't live in cold
weather. The trees died and fell. Open field took the place of (代替) forests. The sun made the ground dry
and hard (堅硬). 
    Horses began to change too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry hard land,
horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time horses
had only one hard toe on each foot. We call this hard toe a hoof (馬蹄).

1. Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its ______.

A. back feet
B. front feet
C. right feet

2. The cats were ______ the horses at that time.

A. much bigger
B. smaller than
C. bigger than

3. Which of the three sentences is true?

A. The weather stays the same the whole year all over the world.
B. When the weather changed, animals began to change too.
C. Cats were bigger in the past than they are today.

4. On the dry hard land ______.

A. horses needed a lot of room for running
B. a horse needed more than four toes for running
C. horses needed only their middle toes for running

5. Now each horse has ______ on its feet.

A. one toe
B. three toes
C. four toes

     Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time.
But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rulers to make sure you are safe and have
fun on the Internet.
     ● Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go on line, for how long
and what activities you can go online.
     ● Don't give your password (密碼) to anyone else,and never give out the following informatin-your
real name,home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.
     ● Check with your parents before giving out a credit card (信用卡) number.
     ● Never send a phone of yourself to soneone in e-mail unless your parents say it's OK.
     ● Check with your parents before going into a chat room.Different chat rooms have different rules and
attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it's a right place for you.
     ● Never agree to meet someone you meet on the Internet without your parents'permission. Never meet
anyone you met on line alone.
     ● Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as
strangers.
     ● If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or teacher
right away.
     ● Treat other people as you'd like to be treated. Never use bad language.
     ● Remember-not everything you read on the Internet is true.

1. The writer tells children to ______.

A. send their photos to him
B. make rules for Internet use with parents
C. believe everything they read on the Internet
D. give out their personal information

2. It's good for children to ______ on the Internet.

A. give password to others
B. get useful knowledge and information
C. give out a credit card number
D. go into a chat room as they'd like to

3. What shouldn't be done when you are on line?

A. Using bad language
B. sending massages and e-mails
C. Leaving the site if you are feel unfortable
D. Treaing everyone online as stragers

4. If your parents don't agree, never ______.

A. Read anything on the Internet
B. relax in your free time
C. have a face-face meeting with anyone you met online
D. treat other people as you'd like to be treated

5. The best title for thispassage is ______.

A. How to use computer
B. Surfing on the Internet
C. Information on the Internet
D. Internet Safety Rules

    The way that people all over the world watch film has changed these years. People don't just go to the
films any more. They take the films home! VCR (錄像機), has made this possible, and it has helped change
people's lives.
    VCRs make it possible for us to watch films at home instead of the cinema. People can just go to a video
store near their house, rent one or more films for a day or a weekend, and watch them in their own houses.
They cost just a few dollars each day. Many different films are on videotape, from exciting films to
interesting plays.
    Watching a film at home can be very easy, and a lot cheaper. VCR owners can make snacks and sit back
and enjoy a film with family and friends. They can stop the film to make more snacks, answer the phone, or
take care of the baby. There are no lines to stand in, no tikets to buy, and no uncomfortable cinema seats.

1. What has changed people's way of watching film?

A. TV
B. The computer
C. The VCR
D. The film

2. How do people usually get videotapes to watch films at home?

A. To rent videotapes
B. To buy videotapes
C. To borrow videotapes
D. To sell videotapes

3. Is it expensive to rent a videotape for one day?

A. No, it isn't.
B. Yes, it is.
C. No, it is.
D. I don't know.

4. What does the write prefer, watching video films at home or seeing films at the cinema?

A. He prefers watching video films at home.
B. He prefers seeing films at the cinema.
C. Both A and B.
D. Neither A and B.

5. Why does the writer say watching a film at home can be very easy and a lot cheaper?

A. VCR owners can makev snacksand sit back and enjoy a film with family and friends.
B. They can stop the film to make more snacks, answer the phone, or take care of the baby.
C. There are no lines to stand in, no tickets to buy, and no uncomfortable cinema seats.
D. All of the above.

    "Visitors to the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will be able to go sightseeing in super cool cars with no
drivers," Shanghai city officials (官員) said recently.
     When a prototype (樣品) of the six-seat car was shown to the public, it interested many people. "The
car will help visitors feel what high technology (科技) is and help them enjoy the tour of the World Expo
site," said a professor from Tongji University. The prototype, 4.5meters long, 1.7 meters wide, and 1.6
meters tall, runs along a white line. The car costs around 300,000 yuan to build and can reach a top speed
of 50 kilometers per hour.
     According to the researchers, visitors will be able to drive the car anywhere in the World Expo site by
pressing a button. If they want to get off or stop the car, all they need to do is just to press the button again.
     "People can rent one of these cars for a whole day or just take a ride in it from one place to another,"
the professor said. About 400 to 500 of these cars will be made for the Expo in 2010. The cars will have
radar (雷達) to help them get around. They will mainly use solar (太陽能) batteries (電池) and lithium (鋰)
batteries. As they have no need of drivers and oil, these cars will help save energy and human labor, and
cause no pollution to the environment.

1. ______ people can take the car at a time.

A. Four
B. Five
C. six
D. Seven

2. From the second paragraph, we can know the car ______.

A. is 4.5meters long and 1.6 meters wide
B. runs along two white lines
C. costs about 30,000 yuan to build
D. can reach a top speed of 50 kph

3. People can ______ when they want to get off or stop the car.

A. tell the driver of the car
B. ask other visitors to help them
C. driver the car out of the white line
D. press the button themselves

4. The best title of the passage is "______".

A. Tour the 2010 World Expo
B. what is high technology?
C. Cool cars with no driver
D. Radar first used in cars

    Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because
plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and men can't make rood from air, water
and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. Therefore, animals and men need
plants in order to live. This is the reason why we find so many plants around us.
    If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some
plants are large while,others are small. Most plants are green.
    Some plants have many small leaves. Others have only a few. There are many kinds of leaves.
    Leaves are of different shapes and colors. Leaves are also different in other ways. Some leaves have
long thin parts at the end, we call them leaf stalks, some have short leaf stalks, others even have no leaf
stalks. The leaf edges are also different. Some leaves have smooth (平滑) edges. Some have a wave-shaped
edges. Others have edges like the teeth of a saw (鋸子).

1. Which of the following shows the right relation (關系) according to the first paragraph?

2. Plants are important because           .

A. we need to eat plants every day
B. men can't live without plants
C. we can see so many plants around us
D. animals eat plants as their only food

3. We know from the passage that           .

A. all leaves have leaf stalks
B. all leaves have smooth edges
C. plants are different in shapes but have the same color
D. leaves are different in shapes and colors

4. The underlined word "leaf stalks" in the last paragraph means           .

A. 葉邊
B. 葉紋
C. 葉柄
D. 葉尖

5. The main idea of the passage is           .

A. how plants help men and animals
B. plants are important and they are quite different
C. plants are more important than air, water and sunlight
D. why we find so many plants around us

    We've talked about snails (蝸牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don't move at all.
They are in their shells-sleeping. 
    Hot sun will dry out a snail. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail
will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as
it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell asleep.
    In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When
hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes at the end of the top feelers (觸角), are very weak. But its sense
of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens. 
    A snail's mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin (大頭針). Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very
small, and you can't see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail
wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones.

1．A snail ______.

A．doesn't move at all
B．has thousands of feet
C．moves more slowly at night
D．sleeps much of the time

2．In the sentence "A snail draws its body into its shell", the word "draw" means ______.

A．to pull
B．to push
C．to move away
D．to make with a pencil

3．From the story, we know            .

A．a snail can't see well
B．a snail's shell is very thin
C．a snail's nose is quite short
D．a snail's body changes in different seasons

4．A snail goes to sleep when            . 

A．it feels hungry
B．it rains heavily
C．spring is coming
D．it is put into a paper box

5．Which of the following is WRONG?

A．In winter the snail doesn't eat or move.
B．A snail doesn't like living under the sun.
C．The snail's teeth can't be worn out.
D．The snail's nose helps to find food.