Franklin’s ships had everything they needed . They had enough food in tins for three years and thousands of litres of lemon juice to stop disease. They also had two libraries with 3,000 books , excellent maps , scientific instruments , musical instruments and a new invention: a camera.
Franklin and his men left Engand on May 19th , 1845 and they sailed without problems across the Atlantic towards Canada . When Franklin arrived at Baffin Bay in July 1845, things were going very well for the expedition . On July 26th , some sailors saw Franklin’s ships when they were entering the bay . That was the last time that anyone saw Franklin and his men alive .
The British government became very worried when they heard nothing from Framklin . They sent expeditions to 1ook for him , but the expeditions all returned without any news . The government offered ￡20,000 to anybody who could help Franklin or anybody who had information about Frailklin . Nobody came with information .
Then, in August 1850 some sailors found the first signs of the Franklin Expedition while they were searching on Devon Island: some old food tins , some papers , and , something very strange , the graves of three men . The men all died in January 1846 while Franklin was waiting in Baffin Bay for the ice to melt . But why did they die? The three men were all young and three deaths in the first months of the expedition were very strange . What happened to them ? And where were the ships and all the other sailors? The mystery of the Franklin Expedition was growing stronger…Franklin’s ship was last seen by some sailors when .
| A．reaching in Atlantic on May 19th , 1845 |
| B．entering a bay on July 19th , 1846 |
| C．arriving at Baffin Bay in July 1845 |
| D．coming into Baffin Bay on July 26th , 1845 |
At last the first signs of the Franklin Expedition were found .
| A．in August 1850 on Devon Island |
| B．in January 1846 near Baffin Bay |
| C．on May 19th , 1845 near Baffin Bay |
| D．in January 1846 on Devon Bay |
The word “melt” in the last paragraph means .
| A．go away | B．pass | C．break into pieces | D．turn into water |
Which of the following statements is NOT right?
| A．Franklin was a British sailor . |
| B．According to the passage , people don’t know why they died and what happened to them in the passage . |
| C．On July 26th , 1845 some sailors saw Franklin’s ship entering Baffin Bay . |
| D．Franklin’s ships had everything they needed , so it was too heavy to sail . |
The best title of the passage is .
| A．The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition |
| B．Franklin’s Ships |
| C．Iceberg Was the Killer |
| D．Sailing sometimes Was Very Dangerous |
Last week, my granddaughter started primary school. And I wished her every success. But part of me didn’t. I really wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for us to grow up. Success is that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first time. First –time success is usually a luck. First-time failure, in fact, is supposed to be the natural order of things. Failure is how we learn.
I make my living by writing articles for a daily newspaper. Each week I thought that the article that I write would be the worst. I try my best every day. A successful article usually means that I am discussing the subjects I know well, writing in the way I am used to or saying the same things as anyone else but in an excellent way.
My younger daughter is a trapeze artist荡秋千演员.she spent three years putting together a show, and she did it successfully for years. There was no reason for her to change it but she did anyway. She was afraid to be bored. She met failure when she tried some new ways in her show. But she did his only in order to feed her soul心灵。
My granddaughter is a perfectionist. She will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort her. But I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next time. I hope I can tell her, though, that it’s not the end of the world. With luck, it is the beginning. why id the writher want his granddaughter to fail?
| A．success is boring though it can bring us something good |
| B．she would learn more form failure |
| C．it’s impossible to do everything successfully |
| D．he wanted her to be strong enough to face failure |
the writer talked about his own experience to show that___
| A．we cannot depend on luck to live a good life |
| B．we should try every possible way to avoid failure |
| C．past failures made him afraid of writing more |
| D．the thought of failure will make you work even harder |
the underlined word “comfort” in the last paragraph probably means___
| A．表扬 | B．磨炼 | C．安慰 | D．批评 |
the writer develop the article mainly by ___
| A．giving examples |
| B．following the time order |
| C．comparing different ideas |
| D．presenting the reasons of failure |
You may laugh when you see dog owners talk to their pets as though they were human. Although dogs cannot speak a human language, they seem to understand how you feel. Sounds strange? Now scientists have found that dog and human brains deal with sound and emotion情感in a similar way. This may help to explain the language problem.
To compare human and dog brains, a scientist called Attila Antics and his team tested 11dogs and 22 humans. Both group listened to almost 200 dogs and human sounds. From crying to laughter and playful barking吠. At the same time, the team scanned扫描both group’s brain activity.
The scientists found that a similar part in both brains was activated激活when animals ad people heard human voices and emotional sounds, such as crying and laughter. Also, emotional dog voices, such as angry barking also caused a similar action from human and dog volunteers.
We know very well that dogs are good at tuning和..协调into the feeling of their owners, and we know a good dog owner can find emotional changes in their dog. But we now begin to understand that this similarity may help to explain this can be. we can know from the first paragraph that ___
| A．god owners can speak a dog language |
| B．dogs can speak a human language |
| C．dog owners can explain the language problem |
| D．dogs seem to understand how people feel |
while the dog and human volunteers listened to different sounds. Andics and his team____
| A．watched their actions | B．scanned their brains |
| C．recorded their sounds | D．activated their brains |
according to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
| A．the brains of dogs and humans deals with sounds and emotions in a similar way |
| B．only human voices can activate a certain part of the brain |
| C．pets are good at tuning into the feeling of their owners |
| D．dog owners can’t pay attention to the emotional changes in their dogs |
what is probably the best title for this passage?
| A．dogs, friends of human | B．dogs feel human emotions |
| C．human and dog brains | D．a new research on dogs |
Life is important. You should always have fun and new experiences, because you never know what day will be your last. You shouldn’t hold anger. You never know what could happen next. I learn all this at the age of nine.
It was the summer before fifth grade. My best friend Nessa and I were playing. We got angry with each other and had a fight. My older cousin, Tiffany, broke up our fight. I remember Nessa storming out of my grandmother’s house saying, “ I hope we never speak again !”
I replied, “good, I don’t need you as a friend!”
I went into the house and tried to be quiet. Then I heard people shouting outside. My cousin rushed in. she said that Nessa had been hit by a street truck as she crossed the road. The driver didn’t see her. I felt sad. I wished it had been me instead. It could have been avoided if we hadn’t had that fight!
When the ambulance救护车arrived a few minutes later, they said she was dead. I was a real mess. I had to see a psychologist心理医生for the rest of the summer.
I miss Nessa so much and I think of her always. She taught me how valuable and important life is and that you should never hold anger because you never know when you’ll see that person again. the story happened when___
| A．the writer was Grade Five | B．summer vacation was coming |
| C．Nessa was nine years old | D．the writer was nine years old |
Nessa and the writer were playing ___ on that day
| A．at Nessa’s house |
| B．at the house of the writer’s grandma |
| C．at the writer’s house |
| D．at the house of the writer’s cousin |
which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Nessa and Tiffany got angry with each other and had a fight |
| B．the writer played games happily with Nessa all the time |
| C．Nessa was hit by a truck after they had a fight |
| D．Nessa was sent to the hospital and saved by the doctors |
from the last paragraph we can infer 推断that the writer___
| A．has never thought of Nessa since then |
| B．didn’t regret for what had happened that day |
| C．will be more kind to others |
| D．lives a good life because of Nyssa |
Teaching English to your family members is a great way to improve your own English. Learning something new together can make you closer to your family members, too.
Here is some advice for you:
Film night: choose an English film with Chinese subtitles字幕. You can stop the film at any time and help your family learn new words and expressions according to subtitles on the screen.
Sports night: you can invite your family members to go skating or swimming. You can teach a few words when you play sports together. For example, “you fell down” or “your skates look cool”.
Novel night: choose a classical English story that your family members may know. You can read it to your family members and tell them about the novel in English
Make an English family tree together: you can teach your family members what each person is called in English, such as “father” and “cousin”. It is a good way to make your family members interested in English. you can learn English by ___ according to the passage.
| A．listen to the radio |
| B．teaching English to your family members |
| C．taking to your English teachers |
| D．having a party and talking in English |
you can help your family members___ when you watch an English movie
| A．listen to English songs |
| B．review some sentences |
| C．copy some conversation |
| D．learn some words |
which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．you can only help your family members learn English at night |
| B．translating a classical English story can help your family members learn English |
| C．going skating can help your family members improve their speaking skills |
| D．an English family tree can your family members interested in English |
British band “Duran Duran” is going to be the first pop group to perform online concerts on the online game Second Life. 
Second Life is an online 3-dimensional, digital world, which is imagined, created and owned by the players—people all over the world.
It is thought that 370,000 computer game players worldwide have Second Life characters that exist in the Second Life world, on the Internet.
Earlier this year, BBC Radio held music festivals and played an interview from inside the game.
In May of 2006, it held a music festival in Scotland, but also created a festival inside the Second Life game so that people all over the world could take part in their computers.
One of the members of the band, Nick Rhodes, told the BBC News website: “When I first saw Second Life a few months ago, I couldn’t believe my eyes. When I started looking at the people on screen, talking, walking around and doing normal things, I thought this is somewhere between a strange TV show, a strange experience and a video game. I wanted “Duran Duran” to be part of it.” Each band member has a 3-dimensional person and it is hoped they will do their first online concert soon. The audience will be able to join in and react (反应) while the band is on stage.
Rhodes said new technologies like Second Life will become more and more important in the music industry in the future.
The number of people joining the Second Life is growing quickly. Some computer experts said it probably would be the ‘Next Big Thing’ in the future.Is Second Life an online game?
What did BBC Radio create inside the Second Life?
What was Nick Rhodes’ new idea?
How will the band show their first concert online?
What does the writer tell us in the last two paragraphs?