Here is a page from a magazine called Future. Read the following information about things that may happen in ten years.
Cars will run on solar power (太阳能) and will be much cleaner. They will be much safer. For example, if you are too close to another car or if you are driving dangerously, your car will slow down or stop by itself.
New cities will have to be built in the sea. Some cities on water will have two levels (层). People will live on the upper level; the lower level will be used for traffic, shops and factories.
Biotechnology (生物技术) will make food better and healthier. Plants without insects or illnesses (病虫害) will be developed. The taste of fruit and vegetables will be better and food will be kept longer.
Many new ways to cure (治愈) illnesses will be found. People will use products of genetic engineering (基因产品) to cure more illnesses. However, some new illnesses will appear.What will happen in the future according to the passage?
| A．The air won’t be much cleaner. |
| B．Cars will run by itself without a driver. |
| C．It’ll be much more dangerous to drive a car. |
| D．There’ll be fewer accidents and less pollution (污染). |
Where will new cities have to be built in the future?
| A．In the sea. | B．In the sky. |
| C．Underground. | D．On the land. |
What will be made better and healthier by biotechnology?
| A．Medicine. | B．Toys. |
| C．Food. | D．Clothes. |
Genetic engineering will help doctors to cure more________.
| A．cold | B．illnesses |
| C．cancer | D．headache |
Which is the best title (标题) of the passage?
| A．Cars in the future. |
| B．Get ready for the future. |
| C．How to keep food longer? |
| D．Where will people live in the future? |
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Boys and girls, here I will tell you something about my first trip to the USA.
When I get to Kennedy Airport, I begin my visit to the USA. First, I go to Roy Senior high School. I’m happy on the first night in America because I live with a kind family, the Edwards. It’s a big family. They are very friendly to me. They help me do many things. When I want to write to my friends, they buy stamps for me; when I lose my camera, they help me buy a new one.
After some days, I go to another school in New Haven. I live in the Palumbos’ house. There are three people in the family. I’m surprised that the parents are from two countries.
It is a nice trip and I’m happy to be with the two families. They will be my friends for ever(永远).Where does the writer live for the first night?
| A．In Roy Senior High School. |
| B．In the Edwards’ house. |
| C．In another school in New Haven. |
| D．In the Palumbos’ house. |
文中划线单词 “stamps”的中文意思是 “_________”。
| A．书籍 | B．邮箱 | C．邮票 | D．杂志 |
How many school does the writer go to?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
Why is the writer surprised when he gets to the Palumbos’ house?
| A．Because there are only three people in the family. |
| B．Because the family are not very helpful to him. |
| C．Because the parents of the family are from two countries. |
| D．Because the family is too big. |
What’s the best title(标题) of the passage?
| A．American schools |
| B．American families |
| C．My first trip to America |
| D．My best friend in America |
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In our city, there is a big zoo. There are a lot of different animals in it. There are some scary(吓人的) tigers and lions. They like eating meat and they eat much meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and a baby(幼崽) one. Children like to ride one of them. The elephants are very kind and friendly. They eat much grass and bananas.
In the zoo, we can see different kinds of bears(熊): brown bears, black bears and white bears. They are all shy and clumsy(笨拙的). They stand on their back legs and lift their front legs to ask for food They like cakes very much.
Do you like pandas? There’s only one in the zoo. Her name is Lingling. She is very cute. She likes eating bamboos a lot. She is kind of shy, She’s very interesting and lovely.__What do tigers and lions like eating?
__They like eating ________.
| A．fruit | B．meat | C．vegetables | D．rice |
__How many elephants are there in the zoo?
__There are ________.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
__What color are the bears in the zoo?
__They are ________.
| A．black | B．brown | C．white | D．A, B and C |
Bears stand on their ________ legs and lift their ________ legs to ask for food.
| A．front; back | B．back; back | C．front; front | D．back; front |
Which one of the following is NOT right?
| A．Children like to ride the elephants in the zoo. |
| B．The elephants are very friendly to people. |
| C．The bears always ask for food with their back legs. |
| D．Elephants like bananas very much. |
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的句子请在答题卡的相应位置上涂（ T ）.错误的涂( F ).
The US President
You may know that President(总统) Obama is very busy, but he has time to go to the school to visit students. He tells them about his life. He says that he learns a lot from his mother. He also asks students to work hard at school.
To help students to be better, the President has some good ideas(主意) for them. First, go to school on time(按时) every day. Second, listen to teachers well in class. Thirdly, do their homework every day and don’t watch too much TV.
Please do as what the President says and you can be successful one day.President Obama is very busy.
Obama learns a lot from students.
Obama asks the students to work hard at school.
The President tells students to watch TV every day.
There are two ideas from President Obama.
Buckingham Palace is in London, England. Buckingham Palace is famous because Queen Elizabeth（伊丽莎白女王）of England lives there. She became queen in 1952.
Buckingham Palace is a big and beautiful building. Queen Elizabeth and her family live on the second floor of the palace. The queen also has her office at the palace. Queen Elizabeth often asks important people to eat dinner at the palace. She invites 9,000 people to each party!
Buckingham Palace is like a small town. It has a police station, a hospital, two post offices, a movie theatre, a swimming pool, two sports clubs, a garden and a lake. The palace has about six hundred rooms. About four hundred people work there. Two people have very unusual jobs. They take care of the clocks. There are 300 clocks in Buckingham Palace.
Queen Elizabeth’s day starts at 7:00 in the morning. Seven people take care of her. One person prepares her bath, and another person prepares her clothes. Another person takes care of her dogs. The queen loves dogs.
It’s very interesting to have dinner at Buckingham Palace. You have to follow rules. Queen Elizabeth starts to eat first, and then everybody eats. When the queen finishes eating, everybody finishes eating. You can’t leave the table during dinner.
People visit the rooms in Buckingham Palace in August and September. There are wonderful things to see. Don’t forget that Queen Elizabeth is one of the richest people in the world.Which floor does the queen live on?
A. the ground floor B. the second floor
C. the sixth floor D the tenth floor The underlined word “unusual” means ___________ in Chinese.
| A．不经常的 | B．有意义的 | C．特殊的 | D．通常的 |
How many rooms does Buckingham Palace have?
| A．900. | B．600. | C．400. | D．300. |
According to the text, everyone has to ____________ during dinner at Buckingham Palace.
| A．stay at the table |
| B．listen to music |
| C．finish eating later than the queen |
| D．finish eating earlier than the queen |
Which sentence is NOT true?
| A．We can guess the clocks in Buckingham Palace are very important. |
| B．Buckingham Palace is a palace and a home, too. |
| C．People can visit Buckingham Palace all year round（全年）. |
| D．Queen Elizabeth can swim or do other sports. |
Uncle Wang works in a book shop in the middle of the city. The shop is not far from his home. It is about one kilometer away. So Uncle Wang seldom goes to work by bus. He usually goes there by bike, sometimes on foot. It takes him twenty minutes to get there by bike and forty minutes on foot. Today his bike is broken. He wants to walk there.
Now he is having breakfast. He leaves home at ten minutes to eight and he walks to work twenty minutes earlier. His work starts at half past eight in the morning and finishes at a quarter to five in the afternoon.What does Uncle Wang do?
| A．He sells books. | B．He grows flowers. |
| C．He makes shoes. | D．He works in a hospital. |
Why does he seldom go to work by bus? Because________.
| A．there is no bus |
| B．his shop is not far from his home |
| C．he likes riding a bike |
| D．his shop isn't in the middle of the city |
How long does it take him to walk to his book shop?
| A．Twenty minutes | B．Forty minutes | C．Ten minutes | D．Half an hour |
He usually finishes his work at ________in the afternoon.
| A．4:45 | B．5:15 | C．4:55 | D．5:05 |
What time does he usually leave home by bike?
| A．7:50 | B．8:10 | C．8:20 | D．7:30 |