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I’m Jack, and I am a middle school student. Yesterday was the most exciting day in my life. I was on TV! This is my first time on TV. In the evening, Mum, Dad and I were watching a TV programme in the sitting room and there I was! This is how it happened.
I was playing soccer in the park with my friends when a man and a woman came to us. The man had a camera. The woman had a microphone. “I’m from Channel 9,” she said. “Do you know the programme Kid’s Speak Out?” I did know it. I watched it often. It’s a weekly programme where kids say what they think about different things.
“Would you like to be on it?” the woman asked me.
I wanted to be on it and I thought my friends might also want to be on it, so I asked, “Can my friends be on it too?”
“Sorry, only one of you can,” the woman said. “You can talk about it and decide which of you is going to be on the programme.”
I asked my friends if they wanted to be on the programme. They didn’t, so I went on it. The woman asked me a lot of questions. I thought carefully and tried to give sensible answers. When she finished, she said I was one of the best kids she’d spoken to! I felt very proud of myself. My mum and dad were proud of me too!
Jack was excited yesterday because he .

A．watched a TV programme with his parents

B．was on TV for the first time

C．played soccer in the park with his friends

D．saw the hosts of the programme Kid’s Speak Out

How did the thing happen?
①Jack asked his friends if they wanted to be on the programme.
②The woman asked Jack if he’d like to be on the programme.
③The woman asked Jack a lot of questions.
④Jack played soccer in the park with friends.
⑤Jack thought carefully and tried to give answers.

A．④①③②⑤

B．④②①③⑤

C．④③②①⑤

D．④⑤③①②

What does the word sensible mean in the passage?

A．明智的

B．可能的

C．合理的

D．正确的

What can we know about Jack from the passage?

A．Jack’s parents were proud of him.

B．Jack was the top student at school.

C．Jack was afraid to be on the programme.

D．Jack never watched the programme Kid’s Speak Out.

As a child, I was really afraid of the dark and of getting lost. These fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments.
Maybe it was the strange way things looked and sounded in my own room at night that scared me so much. There was never complete darkness, but always a streetlight or passing car lights, which made clothes on the back of a chair take on the shape of a wild animal. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no wind. A very low sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the day. My imagination (想象) would run wild, and my heart would beat fast. I would lie very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me.
Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, especially on the way home from school. Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home. That was no problem. After school, though, when all the buses were lined up along the street, I was afraid that I would get in the wrong one and be taken to some other strange places. On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn’t let the leaders out of my sight.
Perhaps one of the worst fears of all I had as a child was that of not being liked or accepted by others. Being popular was so important to me then, and the fear of not being liked was a serious one.
One of the processes growing up is being able to realize and overcome our fears. Understanding the things that scared us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life.
The author had _______ kind(s) of fears when she was a child.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．none

_______ would scare the author at night.

A．Streetlight and car lights	B．Wild animals and enemies
C．Moving curtains and wind	D．Clothes and walls

When she went to some other places, she would _______.

A．walk away without others

B．take a bus by herself

C．follow others closely

D．make sure not to take a wrong bus

Which of the following would be possibly true when she was a child?

A．She thought being popular among people was important.

B．She was always the leader of the others.

C．She always got poor grades.

D．She was not liked by others at all.

According to the four advertisements, which of the following offers the lowest Salary for one hour?

A．Mayflower Restaurant	B．Center Hospital
C．GoGo Game	D．Sunny Kids Training

You can go and work abroad as ______________

A．a cleaner	B．a waiter or waitress
C．a sports teacher	D．a game designer

Which of the following is true?

A．All the jobs above are in the same country.

B．For each job, you need to work 8 hours a day.

C．You can’t phone GoGo Game for more information.

D．If you are 20 years old, you can’t work for Sunny Kids Training.

Gasoline (汽油) prices are getting higher and higher. The prices make it hard for drivers to afford the fuel.
One group held a special event to display（展示）new kinds of cars .
The new cars are different and they can run on many different kinds of fuels .

Some of these cars are called hybrids(混合动力). They can run on different kinds of fuels . One kind of them runs on a special fuel cell which is filled with a gas called hydrogen(氢气). ______ They are very clean , and don’t give off bad fumes(烟雾) when they run .
The man who makes fuel cell cars is excited about the technology .__ ___ Once we use oil up , it will take millions of years for more oil to form. Since gasoline is made from oil , that could be a problem for companies that make traditional cars , and for drives . ____
Buses that run on hydrogen fuel cell power are being tested on the road . They could become a common form of transportation in the near future

A. The fuel cell cars are also better in another way .
B. However, it won’t be a problem for cars that run on fuel cells ..
C. He says we will never run out the fuel, but we may run out of oil.

What do you think of this kind of new cars ? Why ?

It may seem easy to say that plants and animals are different. Any child can tell the difference between a tree and a dog. But those differences are far deeper than just what they look like. The cells (细胞) that plants are made up of are different. In other words, the cell wall of plants has something special.

First of all, it's important to find that not all plant cells have a cell wall. Besides, there are many differences of a cell wall based on the kinds of plant. The following is meant to be what a plant cell wall is like.
The cell wall of a plant is on the outside of the cell membrane (膜). It is usually hard and cannot be bent easily, but the degree of flexibility (韧性) of the cell wall is different. It is based on the special use that the cell has in keeping the plant alive. Cells that make up the trunk of a tree are clearly less flexible than cells on a leaf.
Cell walls act in many ways. They serve to protect the plant. They provide support, as well as help in the movement of chemicals and wastes into and out of the cell.More importantly, they control the water that goes in and out.Plants must have good water controlling systems (系统), allowing them to keep water during dry seasons, and get rid of unnecessary water. Plants can't walk around to find water, so being able to control water is very important.
So there you have it , what a plant cell wall is. Of course, there are many other things that are not talked about here. Knowing more about plant cell wails requires further study and research.
From the first two paragraphs we can find that _____.

A．all plants have a ceil wall

B．plant cells and animal cells are the same

C．different kinds of plant have different cell walls

D．there are no differences between the cells of a tree and a dog

The underlined word "bent" in the passage is the closest in meaning to _____.

A．变形的

B．防水的

C．太阳灼伤的

D．表皮破损的

Cells in the trunk of a tree are _____ those on a leaf.

A．as flexible as	B．not so flexible as
C．more important than	D．less important than

What is the most important use of a plant cell wall?

A．To protect the plant.	B．To provide support.
C．To move chemicals and wastes.	D．To control the water.

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