The Dress That Turns into a Coca Cola Machine 
This specially designed dress looks like a normal dress，but if you unfold it and cover yourself，you may look like a Coca Cola vending machine（自动售货机）. Because there are many vending machines like that on the street，it must be easy for you to hide．If you feel that someone is following you or there is some danger，you can disappear within five seconds．But don’t use it to scare your classmates．That’ll be rude.
The M-Dress is a nice black dress．It is also a mobile phone．It accepts a standard SIM card and allows the wearer to receive calls without carrying an actual(真实的) phone in their pocket or purse．You just need to bring your hand to your ear when you want to answer a phone call．When you finish talking and release your hand，the call will close．It is fashionable and useful．But it will certainly be an embarrassing moment when your dress rings in public．
Air Conditioned Jackets 
You will love these air-cooled jackets in summer time when it is very hot outdoors．The jacket has fans that draw air in．The fan is powered by an inside battery．Now it is possible to spend nearly every second of your day with cool air．What’s the main purpose of the first dress?
| A．To protect the wearer. | B．To scare your classmates. |
| C．To make the wearer look better. | D．To help sell more Coca Cola. |
The underlined word release in the 2nd paragraph means ________.
| A．put up | B．put down | C．put on | D．put out |
The second dress is called M-Dress probably because ________.
| A． it is made by men | B．it is made for men |
| C． it is medium-sized | D．it is also a mobile phone |
The best title for the second paragraph is ________.
| A．A Fashionable and Useful Dress |
| B．M-Dress That Is Also Your Phone |
| C．An Embarrassing Moment in Public |
| D．A Mobile Phone with a Standard SIM Card |
Which of the following is TRUE of the Air Conditioned Jackets?
| A．They keep you warm in winter. |
| B．The fans must be turned by hand. |
| C．The fans in them provide cool air. |
| D．The ice in them makes them cool. |
Anyone who has ever traveled with a teenager knows that the teenager can make the vacation good or bad for the entire family. As a travel agent, Lynda Maxwell said, “If teenagers are happy, everybody is happy.”
Teenagers are often interested in travelling, but their interests and schedules often aren’t the same as their parents’. It means that when the parents start to look for a place of interest in the early morning, their teenagers may be sleeping soundly!
The thing makes travelling with teenagers very difficult, but it isn’t impossible. The experts said, “The keys to success is what parents do before they travel.”
For many families, the hardest part may be finding a vacation time that is right for everyone. Be sure to sit down with everyone else in the family before setting a date.
“After setting a date, ask teenagers where they would choose to go,” suggested Maxwell. It is possible that they’d like nothing more than to sit on a beach for a week. “Maybe there’s a compromise(折中),” said Maxwell.
“Most teenagers like using the Internet now, so parents can ask them to think up the ideas about what to see and do,” said Brad Anderson. “I find teenagers are excellent at making great suggestions.”The main problem of travelling with teenagers is that______.
| A．they are always causing problems |
| B．there’s no way to make them happy |
| C．they don’t want to travel with their parents |
| D．their interests and schedules are different from their parents’ |
Maxwell thinks that.
| A．teenagers are good at making suggestions |
| B．parents should discuss the travel plan with their teenagers |
| C．parents should choose the places where teenagers like to go |
| D．teenagers should try their best to make their parents happy |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
| A．Teenagers often have some great ideas of travelling. |
| B．Teenagers always make their parents disappointed. |
| C．Most parents often look for travel information online. |
| D．Teenagers should learn how to get along with their parents. |
Do you like to sit in front of the computer and play computer games hour after hour? Have you ever thought of what that may be doing to your health? More and more children are becoming overweight(肥胖的) and growing less creative because they spend too much time in front of the computer according to a survey.
Last week Child Protective Services(儿童保护组织)in America organized an activity. The aim of the activity was to encourage children to do some outdoor activities instead of playing computer games at home. Many American children spend about 1,000 hours a year playing computer games — more time than they spend in school. As a result, they are overweight. Some of them have very poor eyesight, and they can’t see clearly.
Everyone should pay attention to his health and try to keep healthy. The doctor says that the longer children play computer games, the more overweight they may become. And the junk food children eat while they’re playing computer games makes the weight problem more serious.
To keep fit, children need to take exercise regularly, play outside with friends, and explore the world around them. Can you spend two weeks without playing computer games? It might be difficult for computer lovers, but why not have a try?Children may become______ if they play computer games all day.
| A．much younger | B．much lighter | C．less creative | D．less careful |
American children may spend______ hours in school a year according to the passage.
| A．less than 1,000 | B．more than 1,200 | C．about 1,500 | D．about 2,000 |
The underlined word “eyesight” means “______” in Chinese.
| A．凝聚力 | B．想象力 | C．记忆力 | D．视力 |
What can we learn from the passage?
| A．Playing computer games has caused some health problems. |
| B．Playing computer games can make children cleverer and more creative. |
| C．Child Protective Services in America organized an activity for parents. |
| D．Child Protective Services asked children to study at home and not to play outdoors. |
Everyone may feel it difficult to fit in with a new culture. However, you needn’t change everything about yourself, because all of your experiences are part of you and make you special. The following tips may help you live in a new culture more easily.
Teach people your culture. You’re the one who meets the new culture, but it doesn’t mean you should be the one doing all the learning. Take the opportunity to teach new friends your culture. They may know little about it. Invite them for traditional dishes from your culture, or show them how you celebrate your holidays.
Find a support group. Find people in your neighborhood who recently moved here. You can share experiences, cheer each other up when things get difficult, and introduce each other to the new friends you’ve made.
Keep in touch with home. You probably left behind your good friends and family when you move. If it’s a long time, keep in touch with them. Write letters, send emails, and make phone calls so that you can learn about the things happening there, and talk about your new experiences. Keep pictures around to remind you of home.
Remember: the key to getting over your culture shock(文化冲击)is to understand the new culture and find a way to live comfortably within it 52keeping your culture in your heart.
It’s important to be yourself. Do not change too fast or too many things at once. You should have your own style. So, maintain(保持)what’s important to you and find a good combination between old and new cultures, and you’ll be fine.The underlined phrase “fit in with”means “” in Chinese.
| A．改变 | B．研究 | C．适应 | D．产生 |
The underlined sentence in the second paragraph means.
| A．you should meet a new culture |
| B．you should keep the new culture far away |
| C．you should teach your culture to others |
| D．you should learn and follow the new culture |
Which of the following words can fill in the blank of paragraph 5?
| A．what | B．why | C．while | D．whether |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．People should teach their new friends their culture. |
| B．People should try to make some friends in a new place. |
| C．people should keep in touch with home after they leave. |
| D．People should give up their old culture in a new place. |
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The underlined word “accent” means “ ” in Chinese.
| A．口型 | B．口译 | C．语气 | D．口音 |
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D. BROWNS English Language SchoolIf you want to get more information about BROWNS English Language School, you can call_____ .
| A．070-7445-1110 | B．(416)784-0550 |
| C．(774)212 3241 | D．(+617)5561 1192 |
The material mainly tells us.
| A．some ways of learning English |
| B．some English language schools |
| C．English around the world |
| D．some advantages of learning English |
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down. We know from the passage, the doctor______.
| A．didn't know how to plant trees at all |
| B．wasn't good at his own medical job |
| C．had his own ways of planting trees |
| D．had nothing to do but plant trees |
When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.
| A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning |
| B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier |
| C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later |
| D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore |
The passage tells us that the writer。
| A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper |
| B．didn’t often water his trees |
| C．didn’t have a large field |
| D．took too much care of his trees |
The writer wants to change his prayer,hoping that.
| A．his trees will be stronger than Dr.Gibbs′ |
| B．his trees will not be beaten down |
| C．his sons will be better at planting trees |
| D．his sons will be able to face difficulties |
Which can be the best title of the reading?
| A．Watering Trees | B．Growing Roots |
| C．Doctor and his Neighbor | D．Father and his Children |