The scientists from the Lockheed Space Company (公司) work in Felton, California, with the help of a computer. But the computer is placed in Sunnyside, about 80 kilometers away. What the scientists input is sent by telephone lines to the computer, and after a time, copies of the designs are needed back in Felton as possible. Lockheed people have tried several ways of sending the prints (印刷品), but the most effective seems to be by pigeon (鸽子). Are pigeons really used to carry messages in these days? They are, and they send the prints faster and cheaper than any other way.
Human (人类的) messengers (persons carrying messages) are much more expensive and slower than the pigeons. The road to Felton goes through the mountains, and the driving is not easy. An electronic printout system(电子印刷系统) could do the work in Felton, but at a cost of 10 dollars a print. Pigeons carry the designs for about 1 dollar each.
Now Lockheed people have ten pigeon messengers. The pigeons do the work, and they have made Lockheed more famous. You can often read the news about the pigeons in the newspapers around the world.The story is mainly about .
| A．Felton, California | B．the scientists |
| C．how to work with computers | D．sending prints by pigeon |
This story is unusual because pigeons .
| A．don’t like carrying things |
| B．are often cheap to keep |
| C．seem out of place in the space age |
| D．aren’t friendly to the scientists |
Something that’s effective（有效的） .
| A．usually costs more |
| B．is something that works |
| C．is often unhappy |
| D．is often don by animals |
Which happened first?
| A．Pigeons were used as messengers. |
| B．Human messengers were used. |
| C．What the scientists input was sent to the computer. |
| D．Scientists got their designs. |
Lockheed likes the pigeons because they .
| A．do the work at low cost |
| B．get their pictures on television |
| C．understand the computer |
| D．make the scientists pleased |
One day a mother camel and her son walked through a desert. They were looking for water and grass.
The son asked, “What do water and grass look like, Mum?”His mother answered, “Water looks like the sky, blue and clear.While grass is green, fresh and nice.”
After they walked for a day and a night, the son suddenly cried, “Look!Mum,there is water and grass over there!”
“What a foolish talk,my boy!”
The water and grass were on the left,while the desert was on the right.But because the mother camel was blind(瞎的)in her left eye,she could only see a sea of yellow sand with her right eye.So she didn’t believe what the young camel said.
The next day they went on walking ,the young camel found a secondoasis,but his mother still did not believe him. She said angrily, “No,that’s not an oasis,but a desert. I have more knowledge and experience than you. You are wrong again. You should listen to me.”
This time the young camel was angry with his mother,too. So when he saw an oasis for the third time, he left his mother without telling her.He ran to the grass and ate his fill. But his poor mother was still walking on and she was still hungry and thirsty.At first the young camel didn’t know.
| A．how to go through the desert |
| B．what they wanted to do |
| C．where they wanted to go |
| D．what water and grass looked like |
How many times did the young camel find the oasis in total(总共)?
| A．Once | B．Twice | C．Three times | D．Four times |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “oasis”?
A.大海B绿洲C．陆地D草地Who couldn’t eat grass all the time?
| A．The mother camel | B．The young camel | C．The writer | D．Nobody |
What can you learn from the passage?
| A．We should believe the mother camel. |
| B． We should always believe the one with more experience |
| C．We should believe others when they are right |
| D．We don’t need to be polite to our mothers. |
There is a lion in a forest. Every day he goes about to look for food. The small animals in the forest are all afraid of him. Not far from the forestthere are four bulls(公牛). They are good friends, and often go about together. The lion tries many times to catch them, but can’t do so. Every time he comes near, the four bulls stand together to fight him. So he can do nothing to him.
One day the bulls have a quarrel(吵架). After that each of them goes his own way. When the lion sees this, he is happy. He catches one bull and eats him up. Then he catches another. One by one he catches all the four bulls and eats them up.How many animals are there in the story?
| A．Four | B．Five | C．One | D．Many |
Does the lion want to eat the bulls?
| A．Yes,we want. | B．No,he can’t. | C．Yes,he does. | D．No,he doesn’t |
Why can’t the lion want catch the bulls at first?
| A．Because the bulls are too big. |
| B．Because the bulls are good friends. |
| C．Because the bulls stand together to find him. |
| D．Because he is not strong enough to fight bulls. |
How can the lion eat the bulls at last?
| A．He catches them at one time and eats them up. |
| B．He catches one bull at a time and eats it up. Then he catches another. |
| C．He catches them at the time and eats them up. |
| D．One day he catches all the bulls and eats them up. |
What does the story want to tell us?
| A．The lion is the King in the forest. |
| B．Bulls are foolish to quarrel with each other. |
| C．Lions are stronger than bulls. |
| D．Untion(团结) is strength(力量) |
Flight Timetbale
| Flight number |
Departure |
Arrival |
From |
To |
Stop |
| CA907 |
07:45 |
12:10 |
Beijing |
Moscow |
Chengdu |
| CA981 |
08:15 |
18:35 |
Beijing |
New York |
Shanghai |
| CA158 |
10:20 |
23:10 |
Beijing |
London |
Chengdu |
| CA149 |
11:35 |
22:10 |
Beijing |
Sydney |
Hong Kong |
| CA923 |
12:35 |
17:10 |
Beijing |
Moscow |
/ |
| CA167 |
13:15 |
02:40 |
Beijing |
Paris |
Moscow |
| CA147 |
15:55 |
10:15 |
Beijing |
Sydney |
Guangzhou |
| CA949 |
17:25 |
07:35 |
Beijing |
Paris |
Shanghai |
| CA173 |
19:20 |
01:50 |
Beijing |
Moscow |
Urumqi |
| CA937 |
21:25 |
08:10 |
Beijing |
London |
Hong Kong |
You’ll go toAustraliaand only takewhen you reachBeijingAirportat eleven forty.
| A．CA923 | B．CA149 | C．CA167 | D．CA147 |
If you want to go toFranceand spend fourteen hours and ten minutes, you should stay inon the way.
| A．Hong Kong | B．Moscow | C．Shanghai | D．Chengdu |
It will take youto reachEnglandif you stop inHong Kong.
| A．nine hours and twenty | B．twelve hours and fifty | C．ten hours and forty—five | D．ten hours and thirty—five |
You’d better take theplane if you want to spend least time to get toRussia.
| A．one fifty | B．seven forty—five |
| C．seven twenty | D．twelve thirty—five |
YouinBeijingif you want to go toAmerica.
| A．may not take any plane | B．may take three planes |
| C．may take two planes | D．may take one plane |
Many teenagers have hobbies. But sometimes these hobbies can get in the way of schoolwork, and parents might worry about their child’s success at school. Teenagers often think they should be allowed to practice their hobbies as much as they want. Do you agree?
Liu Yu, a fifteen-year-old boy from Shandong, is a running star. He is on his school running team and has always wanted to be a professional athlete. ________________ “Of course we want to see Liu Yu achieve his dreams,” says Mr Liu, “and we know how much he loves running. That’s great, and my wife and I have watched him in every one of his races.
. ________________ But we do think that our son needs to be realistic. Now that he is getting older, he needs to think about what will happen
. ________________.” Liu Yu doesn’t really agree. “Well, I think I should be allowed to make decisions for myself,” he says. “My parents have always taught me the importance of working hard and not just to do what I enjoy. I understand this.
. ________________ Being a professional runners is the only thing I have ever wanted to do.”
Mr and Mrs Liu believe that Liu Yu should study hard in the evenings, and so they don’t allow him to practice running on school nights. “I know this seems strict,” says Mrs Liu, “but we think we’re doing the right thing. He has to understand that very few people can become professional athletes. It’s very difficult dream to achieve. We don’t allow him to practice every day ________________”
| A. if he doesn’t become a professional runner in the end. B. However, his parents won’t allow him to train as much as he would like to. C. But I’m serious about running. D. because we think he needs to spend time on his homework. E. We have nothing against running. |
London used to be “foggy” for the same reason that cities like Beijing or Chongqing are “foggy” today. The “fog” was in fact smog, a mixture of smoke and fog. In other words, it was made by air pollution. In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal (煤) that people burnt in their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London’s smog problem had become so bad that the government decided to do something to clean the air. A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were no more “pea-soupers”.
Many Chinese cities now face the same sort of problem with air pollution that London faced 40 or 50 years ago. However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve. One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people’s houses. If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs. Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel (燃料), like gas, is quite expensive.
However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution. As a result, there are fewer “pea-soupers” in Beijing than there used to be.What was the main reason for air pollution in London?
| A．There was too much smoke in the sky. |
| B．There were too many factories in the city. |
| C．People burnt too much coal in the houses. |
| D．The city was too big for the cleaners to clean. |
How did the air in London become much cleaner?
| A．There was not so much fog in the winter later. |
| B．A law was made to keep people from burning coal in their houses. |
| C．Many factories in the city were closed. |
| D．People paid more attention to cleaning their city. |
What does the underlined word “pea-soupers” refer to?
| A．Smog. | B．Smoke. | C．Gas. | D．Coal. |
The problem of air pollution is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve because of _____ reasons.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |
Which sentence is NOT true?
| A．Air pollution is serious in Beijing and Chongqing. |
| B．Using coal is much more expensive than using gas. |
| C．Factories made much more pollution in China. |
| D．The reasons of air pollution in London and Beijing are different. |