Around the world more and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities. Of course, there have always been people who have looked for adventure(冒险)---those who have climbed the highest mountains, traveled into unknown parts of the world or sailed in small boats across the greatest oceans. Now, however, there are people who look for an immediate excitement from a risky(冒险的) activity which may only last a few minutes or even seconds. I would consider bungee(蹦极) jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place(perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 meters above the ground with an elastic(有弹性的) rope tied to your ankles. You fall at up to 150 kilometers an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that about 2 million people around world have now tried bungee jumping. Other activities which most people would say are as risky as bungee jumping include jumping from tall buildings and diving into the sea from the top of high cliff(悬崖).
For the reasons, some psychologists explain that many people think their life in modern societies has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were constantly(持续的) in danger. They had to go out and hunt for food, diseases could not easily be cured, and life was a continuous battle (战争)for survival.
Nowadays, according to many people, life offers little excitement. They live and work in comparatively safe conditions; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.Are there many people who are taking part in the dangerous sports?
How many kinds of dangerous sports does the writer refer to?
How long does a bungee jumping usually last?
What do many people think of their life nowadays?
What does the writer tell us in the last two paragraphs?
A young mother thought that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughter her tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a piece of bread and butter, but the child said that she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread as well.
Her mother looked at her for a few seconds and then said, “When I was a small girl like you. I was always given either bread and butter, or bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.”
Lucy looked at her mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and said to her kindly, “Aren’t you pleased to live a happy life this now?”Lucy’s mother thought it was wrong to waste food because .
| A．the food was delicious |
| B．it was hard to get food |
| C．there were so many hungry people in the world |
| D．the food was little to eat |
Lucy wanted to eat .
| A．tea and bread | B．the bread with butter |
| C．the bread with jam | D．the bread with butter and jam |
When she was young, Lucy’s mother could only eat .
| A．both bread with butter and bread with jam |
| B．either bread and butter or bread and jam |
| C．bread and butter |
| D．bread and jam |
Lucy felt about this at her mother’s words.
| A．very sad | B．sorry | C．pity | D．worried |
Lucy thought her mother should feel happy because .
| A．she had come to live today’s happy life |
| B．they needn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
| C．they could eat bread and butter |
| D．they couldn’t eat bread with butter and jam |
根据短文内容， 判断正（T）误（F）。
Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.
But at three o’clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man’s dog. So she telephoned the young man and said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o’clock the next morning. Then a voice said, “You telephoned me twenty four hours ago. Now I’ve rung you up to say that I haven’t a dog.Miss Grey felt sorry when her noisy neighbor moved out.
Miss Grey’s new neighbor was as noisy as the old one.
Some noise woke her up in the early morning.
She thought the new neighbor had brought a dog with him.
The young man rang up Miss Grey in the early morning, because he wanted to punish（惩罚）her.
根据短文内容， 判断正（T）误（F）。
Robots seems very new to most people. But they have a long history. The first one was made by a Greek inventor, you may see robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring jobs.
Some people can’t look after themselves and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see, many of these people use a dog to help them. In the future, robot dogs might take the place of these guide dogs.
Robots are also used in American hospital. At one hospital, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to sick people’s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system.
In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of human being. They can, however, help us in a lot of different ways.Robots have a long history.
The first robot was invented by a Greek.
Robots can only be seen in films.
Robots can help some people look after themselves.
Today’s robots have a few different uses.
阅读下面短文，完成所给任务。
Tom was three years old. He liked to watch TV with his parents after supper, ①his parents never let him stay long. Mother would say, “It’s eight o’clock now. ②汤姆，到了你睡觉的时间了。”
“But why don’t you go to bed, too?” Tom always asked.
“We are adults (大人),” mother would say, “And adults go to bed late.”
One evening Tom asked his mother for an apple.
“But it’s too late,” his mother didn’t want to give him anything to eat at bedtime. “The apples are already asleep.”
“But not all of them, Mom.” Tom said, “The baby apples are perhaps asleep, but their parents are surely awake.”
1.请在①处填上一个适当的连词。
2.请把②出的句子译文英语。
3.What did Tom ask his mother for?
4.请在文中找出和下面的句子意思相同的句子。
His mother wanted to give him nothing to eat at bedtime.
5.文中有一对反义词，其中一个是asleep，对应的是 。
Everyone knows that there’s not enough land in Hong Kong.If you go there by air, you will land at Kai Tak Airport. It was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big islands in Hong Kong.
The other island is Hong Kong itself. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel(隧道) under the sea.
The population of Hong Kong is more than six million. Chinese and English are spoken by many people there. Clothes, computers, radios, televisions are made in Hong Kong. It is a shopping center. You can buy all kinds of things there.
Hong Kong is also a beautiful city. It’s a good place for traveling. People from all over the world visit Hong Kong every year. You can watch dog-racing and motor-racing there. When you are hot and tired, you may rest in the small cool gardens. There are also a lot of tall buildings with comfortable rooms to live in. If you enjoy eating out, you can easily find a good place for delicious food.Foods of different flavors(风味) are served in Hong Kong. Where was Kai Tak Airport built?
| A．It was built out into the sea. | B．It was built out into the lake. |
| C．It was built out into the river | D．It was built out into the pool. |
What’s the population of Hong Kong?
| A．Nearly 6 million. | B．Less than 6 million. |
| C．Over 6 million. | D．Only 6 million. |
How many products(产品) of Hong Kong are mentioned in this passage?
| A．7. | B．6. | C．5. | D．4. |
Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Kai Tak Airport is in Kowloon. |
| B．There's a lot of land in Hong Kong. |
| C．Many people in Hong Kong speak Chinese and English |
| D．Hong Kong is a beautiful city for traveling |
According to the passage, we know that ________.
| A．Hong Kong is a big city with a large population |
| B．there are almost no factories in Hong Kong |
| C．few people visit Hong Kong ever year |
| D．visitors can enjoy the comfortable living rooms and delicious foods in Hong Kong |