Your junior high school （初中） years are coming to an end．Most of you will go to   1    in a senior high school after the big exam． 2  are you expecting from senior high school?

  3   hear what plans some students have for the future．

Zhou Jie, 15, from Shanghai, “I have heard that although Senior 3 is a  4  year, students feel less stressed out in Senior 1 and Senior 2．I hope there’ll be time to enjoy5   , especially tennis． The Tennis Masters（大師）Cup will be held in Shanghai．I’m going to volunteer and I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it．”

Jin Li, 16, from Harbin, “I really enjoy science．I’m crazy about   6  model planes, although I’m not good at    7   ． I’ll learn more science in my senior high school． Anyway, sometime in the future I’m going to build a super model plane!”

Wang Ya, 15, from Xiamen, “I hope I can be   8    in my senior high school． I’m only 155 cm．I want to be 162 cm．  9   most of the girls in my family don’t grow any taller than 160 cm．I hope I’m different．”

Li Fan, 15, from Puyang, “I hope I can make more friends．In my senior high school, I’ll meet different people from different areas．I hope I can learn new things   10   them．”

1．A．walk                 B．study               C．play                 D．write

2．A．When                B．How                C．What               D．Where

3．A．Let’s                 B．It’s                  C．They’re           D．That’s

4．A．hot                    B．hard                C．light                D．kind

5．A．books                B．shows             C．photos             D．sports

6．A．making              B．sitting              C．cooking           D．cleaning

7．A．us                     B．him                 C．it                     D．her

8．A．shorter                     B．heavier             C．thinner             D．taller

9．A．So                    B．But                  C．When              D．If

10．A．to                    B．for                  C．from               D．a(chǎn)t

完形填空

Stop and listen! What do you __1__? You may hear many different sounds. Some of the sound __2__ noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound. Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, __3__, cars, planes, farm tractors (拖拉機) and so on. And, to some people, rock music is __4__ a noise. What happens __5__ people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have found that these people have trouble __6__. But, more importantly, constant loud noise can cause a loss of __7__.

Scientists use a unit of measure __8__ a decibel to check the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures __9__ 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level __10__ the greatest hearing loss.