_______ I know, many thousands of tourists from the Mainland have been to Taiwan．

A．As soon as              B．As well as               C．As much as             D．As far as

The passenger told the police he couldn’t believe ______ at first．

A．what does the captain say                                   B．what the captain says

C．what did the captain say                              D．what the captain said

—How fantastic your paintings are!

—_________

A．Thank you!             B．Of course!              C．Just so so            D．Really?

Many scientists say that the world is getting hotter and hotter．If they are right , the ice at the North and South Pole will melt eventually．If this happens, the sea will  1  and may cover most  2  all of Singapore．This will force everybody to move to a  3  country．

       We know that the sun  4  the earth．The heat from the sun hits the  5  , and some of 6  goes back into the sky．However, factories and cars  7  a lot of carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）．When the gas rises into the sky, the heat from the sun can come  8  them but the heat from the ground cannot．It  9  near us in the sky and makes the  10  hotter and hotter every year．

Scientists call this the “greenhouse effect” because a greenhouse is a small glass  11  which is hot inside．It is used for  12  plants in cool countries．Many countries are  13  about the greenhouse effect．They are trying to stop factories and cars from sending  14  gases into the sky．Scientists are not sure when the world will get much hotter．Some people say that the greenhouse effect has  15  already and has begun to affect the world’s weather．

1．A．rise                          B．fall                         C．change                   D．disappear

2．A．and                          B．or                           C．but                         D．till

3．A．better                       B．larger                      C．safer                      D．farther

4．A．shines                   B．circles                    C．covers                    D．heats

5．A．ground                     B．sky                         C．mountain                D．forest

6．A．them                        B．it                            C．those                      D．such

7．A．make                        B．spread                    C．produce                  D．from

8．A．through                    B．over                       C．into                        D．toward

8．A．hides                        B．continues                C．follows                   D．stays

10．A．cloud                      B．air                          C．season                    D．temperature

11．A．building                   B．flat                         C．tool                        D．machine

12．A．putting                    B．storing                    C．cutting                    D．growing

13．A．excited                   B．disappointed            C．worried                  D．pleased

14．A．dangerous               B．harmful                   C．heavy                     D．useful

15．A．meant                     B．improved                C．started                    D．stopped

Different people have different ideas about time．People in the USA think that it is important to know the time．In cities in America, there are clocks in stations , factories and other buildings．Radio tells the correct time during the day．Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go．They want to do certain things at certain time．They don’t like to be late．

But time is not so important to everybody in the world．When you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don’t like to rush．If you had an appointment with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time．

In South America, even the radio program may not begin on time．The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time．People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines．They think that you let a clack or a watch control your life if you do everything on time．

1．Time is very important to _______．    

       A．people in North America                              B．people in South America

       C．the men on the radio                                          D．everybody in the world

2．The underlined word “control” probably means _______ in Chinese．

       A．改变                      B．控制                       C．创造                      D．摆脱

3．People in South America think __________

       A．they wouldn’t like to meet friends in public places

       B．they don’t have to do certain things at certain time

       C．it’s wrong of a radio station to tell wrong time

       D．it’s their habit to be a little earlier

4．What is the best title of the passage?

       A．Is your life relaxing?

       B．Most radio tell the exact time?

       C．Different people have different ideas about time．

       D．Differences between North and South America are everywhere．

We know the mosquito very well．Mosquitoes fly everywhere．They can be found almost all over the world , and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them．

       No one likes the mosquito．But the mosquito may decide that she loves you, she? Yes, she．It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs．She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite．If she likes what she finds, she bites．But if she doesn’t like your blood ,she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood．Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen．You’re different from the others!

       If the mosquito likes you ,she lands on your body without letting you know．She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different．After she bites, you will have an itch （痒）on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood．By the time the itching begins, she has flown away．

       And then what happens? Well ,after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired．She just went to find a place to have a good rest．There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs．

1．In which part of a magazine can you probably read this article?

       A．Science World         B．News Report           C．Sports Square         D．Culture Comer

2．When a mosquito decides that she doesn’t like your blood, she will ________．

       A．land on your body                                       B．feel very tired soon

       C．choose another none instead                        D．find a different kind of food

3．The mosquito bites you _____．

       A．in order to have a good rest                         B．too quickly to let you know

       C．only if you’re female                                  D．when she gets angry with you

4．Why do you have an itch after the mosquito bites you?

       A．Because she drinks too much．

       B．Because she bites so quietly．

       C．Because she lays eggs in your blood．

       D．Because she puts something special into your blood．

I worked for a short time as a cashier（出纳员）at a restaurant a few months age．I also helped to clean up the tables when it was very busy．One night, just before Christmas, I found a large black wallet on the floor near one of the tables．I guessed I should check it to find out who was the owner, but I was very busy at the time．And I imagined that if there was something valuable in the wallet, the owner would be back．Sure enough, an hour later a man came up to the counter and asked if anyone had found a wallet．I asked him to describe the lost wallet, and after he described tie exactly, I gave him the wallet．He expressed his thanks when I handed it to him．He asked me if I had opened it, and when I told him “no”, at once he opened it and showed that it had nearly $800 in cash（现金）．He took not a twenty-dollar bill and handed it to me and I was amazed at this． “A reward（酬劳） for your honesty, young girl．” he said and then turned and walked away．

       Thinking about it later, I began wondering whether I would have been honest if I had known what was in the wallet! I thought that if I had no way to find the owner and no one returned to get it．But it also came into my mind that I actually saved someone’s Christmas plans by finding and returning the wallet．The good feeling it gave me was worth more than anything could buy．

1．What’s in the lost wallet?

       A．Nothing valuable．                                     B．A Christmas plan．

       C．About 800 dollars．                                    D．A twenty-dollar bill．

2．The writer didn’t give the wallet to the man until_____．

       A．she got a reward

       B．the man expressed his thanks

       C．the man described the wallet exactly

       D．she saw the man again in the restaurant

3．If the owner of the wallet couldn’t be found ,the writer might________．

       A．return it later                                              B．keep it herself

       C．call the police                                             D．give it to her boss

4．How did the writer feel after returning the wallet?

       A．She felt very happy shout it．

       B．She wished that be hadn’t done it．

       C．She was disappointed about what the man did．

       D．She was sad to lose the chance to keep the money．

If you watch the sky about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some “moving stars” ．But they’re not real stars．They are man-made satellites．And the biggest of all is the International Space Station（ISS国际空间站）．

From now until July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth, and people can see it just with their eyes．The ISS is the biggest man-made satellite because scientists want to live on it．They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there．

When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in space．People will stay an study there with many of the things they have at home．Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built．The ISS is the most ambitious（雄心勃勃） and expensive space program ever．Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year．

Scientists hope that the ISS will be a stepping-stone（垫脚石） for future space explanation．“The ISS will help us better understand the human body, explore space and study the earth, It can help us make life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Clark , an ISS scientist．

China is not an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments．China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it．

The ISS is not finished yet．More than 100 parts need to be put on．Scientists hope it will be finished as soon as possible．After it’s finished, more than 90%of the world’s population will be able to see the Space Station．So keep looking up, and maybe you’ll see it get bigger．

1．The ISS is ______．

       A．a world power station                                 B．a man-made satellite

       C．an outer space moving star                          D．a stepping-stone to the sun

2．You can watch the International Space Station with your eyes _________．

       A．an hour before sunset                                  B．while flying on the earth

C．in a special room                                        D．from now till July

3．The ISS is in fact regarded as _______ for space exploration．

       A．a laboratory            B．a city                      C．a living room           D．a museum

4．The passage tells us that ________．

       A．China belongs to the ISS

       B．to build the ISS will cost less in the future

       C．China did some research on wheat through the ISS

       D．the best way to learn more about space is to live on the ISS

根据句意和提示完成单词，使句子语法正确，意义通顺。

1．In my opinion, a good teacher should be s_________ with the students．

2．Are you going to a_______ their invitation?

3．Mr. Freeman has been to Jiuzhaigou t_______, but he still looks forward to a third chance．

4．Alice always thinks more of others than herself, so she has made q________ a few friends．

5．In western countries people usually have meals with k_______ and forks．

6．We all introduced ________（我们）before the meeting started．

7．The climate in the Northwest is much________（干燥）than that in Shandong Province．

8．He prefers to sit in the front of the classroom so that he can see the screen more _______（清楚）．

9．Have you got the ________（最新）news about the H1N1 flu?

10．What was the most important ________（发明）in the 20th Century?

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