Do you like singing? Do you know how to use the iPod or iPhone to sing? The iPod and iPhone are two devices of the company Apple. Now they will soon teach you how to sing well. The company Apple is planning to turn the two devices into karaoke machines.

After Apple invented the iPod, the way people listened to music changed a lot. But now the company wants to teach people to sing with them. By using the iPod or iPhone, you can choose your favourite song, and then you will see lyrics (歌詞) on the screen, just like traditional karaoke machines. When you sing, the devices will remember your voice. It will also compare your voice with the singer of the song. It can even give you a suitable (合適的) mark. If you sing well, you may get a mark of 90-100. If you don’t sing well, you may get a poor mark.

It is good news for people who like singing. Use your iPod or iPhone to practise more. I am sure you can sing very well.

(    ) 51. What does the underlined word “devices” mean in Chinese?

A. 設(shè)備      B. 機(jī)會(huì)          C. 歌曲     D. 手機(jī)

(    ) 52. The iPod and iPhone will soon teach you how to _______.

A. use the devices         B. sing well

C. make phone calls         D. dance to music

(    ) 53. By using the iPod or iPhone, you can’t _______.

A. choose your favourite song     B. see lyrics on the screen

C. get the singing marks          D. see people dance to the music

(    ) 54. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The company Apple didn’t invent(發(fā)明) the iPod.

B. No devices will remember your voice.

C. When you sing, you may get a mark from the divices.

D. If you like dancing, it is good news for you.

(    ) 55. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. A famous company Apple.    B. A perfect mobile phone.

C. Why people often use the iPod or iPhone to sing.

D. How people will use the iPod or iPhone to sing.

  

The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly,” said Mrs. Brown, a 56-year-old woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a trailer park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7-year-old cat, didn’t come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn’t appear for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the police.
When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white. She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
A bell went off. “Is Clyde your child or your pet?” the officer suspiciously asked. “Well, he’s my cat, of course,” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you’re supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS,” said the sppeadeotoned policeman. “Well, who can I report this to?” she asked. “You can’t. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers,” replied the officer.
Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8”x11” piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the interstate（州際公路） highway. The billboard had a phone number on it. She called that number, and they told her they could blow up a picture of Clyde (from Mrs. Brown’s family album) and put it on the billboard for all to see.
“But how can people see it when they whiz（快速移動(dòng)） by on the interstate?” she asked. “Oh, don’t worry, ma’am, they only whiz by between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the interstate is so full of commuters that no one moves.” They told her it would cost only $3,000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
【小題1】How long has the cat been missing?

A．More than a month	B．More than two months
C．More than three months	D．It’s been back.

【小題2】Who did the old lady finally turn to for help?

A．A billboard company	B．The police
C．The phone company	D．The interstate telephone line

【小題3】How is the old lady like?

A．Stupid

B．Loving

C．Smart

D．Decisive(有決斷力的)

【小題4】The underlined word was mistyped（打錯(cuò)了）. But we can still guess it’s most probable meaning:____________.

A．a(chǎn)ngry

B．surprised

C．happy

D．excited

【小題5】What’s the best title for this passage?

A．An advertisement	B．A missing cat
C．A pet’s story	D．Life without cat

What’s the most important thing for you to have in your life? Someboy mentions hard-work, others suggest knowledge, love and luck.
If you arrange the 26 English letters alphabetically(按字母表的順序)and use numbers to represent each of them, for example, 1 for a, 2 for b, 3 for c…, you can change an English word into a number. So hard-work becomes 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11="98," meaning 98 is its mark; knowledge: 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5="96," while love :12+15+22+5="54," and luck : 12+21+3+11="47," a small mark. None of these words can give one a full mark. What about money or prayer(祈禱)? They can’t , either.
Then what else? Don’t be worried. You can always find an answer to a problem in your life, when you change your way of looking at things or doing things, or your attitude(態(tài)度).Yes, attitude is the word. See for yourself: attitude:1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100，a full mark.
Different attitudes lead to different courses of life. Most times people hope for a better life. It is possible that one will have a change for the betterr after one has changed one’s attitude.
When you change your manner and became friendly towards others, you’ll meet more smiling faces towards you.In the same way, if you take a positive(積極地)attitude towards failure(失敗),you’ll find it’s also rewarding though it has caused you losses.
【小題1】In the writer’s opinion , what is the most important things in a person’s life?

A．Hard-work.

B．Knowledge.

C．Money.

D．Attitude.

【小題2】According to the passage, if you meet with problems, the best way out is to ___________.

A．a(chǎn)sk for helpf from others	B．say your prayers to God
C．change your attitude	D．try maths-solving methods

【小題3】From the passage we can learn that ______________.

A．diffrent attitudes come from different courses of life.

B．mathematics can solve every problem easily in our daily life

C．failure sometimes can bring you good if you take a positive attitude

D．none of the English words except “attitude” equals to 100 or more