Today Newtown is a clean place, but many years ago there were millions of rats there. The rats even attacked (攻击 ) the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed (伤害 ) many people.
The city office ordered every one to kill rats. However, most people were lazy, so they did not kill many rats. The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats, either. Some time later, they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They at once began to kill rats. They got as many dead rats as they could. And some of them even stopped their own work to kill rats because they could get more pay. Every day a city official(官员 ) put all the dead rats together. He was very busy doing that, because sometimes a man brought hundreds of them in one day. Two weeks later, there were not so many rats in the city as before, but people still brought many dead rats to the city office. The city officials felt surprised at this but at last they found out people were stealing the dead rats they had collected. So the city official had to order his men to dig a big hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats and the city did not have to pay any more money for that.The rats in Newtown were once ______
| A．as big as cats | B．as dangerous as dogs |
| C．huge in size | D．run into cars there |
When the city office first ordered the citizens to kill rats, most people ______.
| A．had to pay for each dead rat |
| B．stole dead rats |
| C．were too lazy to kill rats |
| D．killed nearly all the rats very soon |
A big hole was dug so that ______.
| A．the rats could come out to attack people at night |
| B．people could take many rats |
| C．the people loved dead rats |
| D．people could not steal dead rats for money |
Fifteen years ago，I drove a taxi for a living．One day I went to pick up a passenger at 2：40 A．M．When I arrived there，I walked to the door and knocked．"Just a minute，"answered a weak，elderly voice．
After a while，the door opened．A small woman stood before me．She was more than eighty years old．By her side was a big bag．
When we get into the taxi，she gave me an address，and then asked．"Could you drive through downtown？"
"It's not the shortest way．"I answered quickly．
"Oh，I'm in no hurry，"she said．"I'm on my way to a hospice （临终关怀医院）．I don't have any family left．The doctor says I don't have very long．"
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter （计程表）
For the next two hours，we drove through the city．She showed me the building where she had once worked，the neighborhood where she had lived，and the place where she had gone dancing as a girl．
Sometimes she'd ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness，saying nothing．
We drove in silence to the address she had given me
"How much do I pay you？"she asked．
"Nothing．"I said．
"You have to make a living，"she answered．
"Oh，there are other passengers．"I answered．
Almost without thinking，I gave her a hug （拥抱）．She held on me and said．"You gave an old woman a moment of joy．"
61．When did the driver go to pick up the woman？
62．How old was the woman？
63．Where did the woman want to go？
64．How much did the woman pay the driver？
65．What can we learn from the driver？
You can't look at sunflowers and feel sad．Their big bright faces almost seem to be smiling at you on a summer day as they slowly turn toward the sun．Not only do the flowers make people happy，they also provide food for bees，birds and squirrels and many other small animals that love to eat the seeds（种子）．
Sunflower seeds aren't only delicious to animals．People love them，too．You can find bags of them in the stores．They tell you what kind of seeds they are and how they should be planted．
There are hundreds of different kinds of sunflowers．The biggest ones are Mammoth Russians．They grow to over 10 feet tall and produce big round heads with bright yellow petals （花瓣）that are over a foot across．They grow on strong thick stems （茎）with big heart﹣shaped leaves．The ripe seed heads sometimes get so heavy that they hang down．Other kinds of sunflowers，called dwarf，produce small stems and smaller flowers in colors such as light yellow and deep bright orange or red．
Sunflower is also a place in America．People there love sunflowers so much，so they named their place "Sunflower"．There are sunflowers everywhere．
Sunflower
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Being important |
（56） providing food |
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delicious to （58） bags of them in the stores |
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Kinds |
Mammoth Russians |
grow to over 10 feet tall． produce big round heads |
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small stems smaller flowers |
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a place in （60） |
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Zhuzhou→Beijing
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Train No |
Leave |
Arrive |
Travel time |
Ticket price （yuan） |
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Hard seat |
Hard sleeper |
Soft sleeper |
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K158 |
10：36 |
05：52 |
19hr 16min |
192 |
351 |
541 |
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G68 |
13：38 |
20：56 |
7hr 18min |
666 |
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G422 |
13：43 |
21：09 |
7hr 26min |
666 |
/ |
/ |
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T146 |
16：34 |
10：52 |
18hr 18min |
192 |
351 |
541 |
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K600 |
22：24 |
21：00 |
22hr 36min |
192 |
351 |
541 |
54．Which train needs the longest time？
A．K158
B．T146
C．K600
55．Which train leaves in the morning？
A．K158
B．G68
C．G422．
阅读下面的图表，做51﹣55小题．
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Time：19：00﹣22：00on July 4th． Place：Piano Square near the Xiangjiang River． Special guests：Richael Clayderman and Langlang． All the teachers and students in Grade Three are welcome to enjoy the wonderful night． Programmes：10 including Yesterday once more and Country road． Drinking water is free． Held by the Students' Union of Yandi School． |
51．The concert will last for hours．
A.2
B.3
C.4
52．Where will the concert be held？
A．On Piano Square
B．In Yandi School
C．In Xiangjiang School
53．Who holds the concert？
A．Richard
B．The teachers
C．The Students'Union．
In the future，we could all work and live in buildings with their own ecosystems（生态系统）．They are made to produce more energy than they use．
Toby is an engineer from Europe．He has now made wonderful models showing what this new building could look like．
He said he was suggested by a kind of tree to create the towers．The Hyperion，found in Northern California，is the tallest tree in the world，reaching 115m．The buildings will be 120m high and have 1000 homes，offices and working spaces，gyms，restaurants and swimming pools．
Because of the ecosystem，the buildings will also make fewer diseases．
The buildings will have city farms and small animal farms producing eggs and milk．"Farming can bring methane （甲烷）that produces energy，then the energy is supplied to homes，"said Toby．
Toby has had many excellent designs （设计）．At the end of last year，he also showed designs for eco﹣friendly（环保的） ocean buildings．
The eco﹣friendly buildings don't need coul or oil as they produce their own energy and heat．
46．What is the name of the tallest tree in the world？ ．
A．California
B．Toby
C．The Hyperion
47．How high will the buildings be？ ．
A.115m
B.120m
C.1000m
48．The energy of the homes in the buildings comes from ．
A．methane
B．coal
C．oil
49．Which of the following is NOT true？ ．
A．The engineer is from Asia
B．The buildings will also make fewer diseases．
C．The engineer has had many excellent designs．
50．The passage mainly talks about ．
A．ecosystems
B．eco﹣friendly buildings
C．eco﹣friendly ocean buildings．
Open﹣air Piano Concert