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For years and years people have been saying that railways are dead. “We can do without railways,” people say—as if cars and planes have made railways unnecessary. We all keep hearing that trains are slow, lose money and are dying. But this is far from the truth. In these days of expensive oil, railways have become highly competitive with cars and planes. If you want to carry people or goods from place to place, they’re cheaper than planes. And they have much in common with planes. A plane goes in a straight line and so does a railway. What is more, a railway takes you from the heart of a city center. It doesn’t stop you as a car does on crowded roads. And no plane or car can ever carry as many goods as one train does.
Far from being dead, railways are much alive. Modern railway lines give you a comfortable journey. Where else can you eat well, sleep comfortably, feel safe and enjoy the scene while you are traveling at the same time? And we are only the beginning, for we have just entered the age of super-fast trains, which are traveling 150 miles an hour and more. Soon we will be wondering why we spent so much on highways and planes we can’t fly in because we don’t have enough money to buy the oil.
Some people think railways are dying because______.

A．planes and cars are expensive

B．oil is expensive today

C．trains are slow

D．railways look ugly

The writer thinks that railways are much alive because___________.

A．they are cheaper and more convenient

B．there aren’t any planes or cars

C．we can have a comfortable journey

D．we feel dangerous on highways

According to the writer, which of the following is NOT true?

A．It is cheaper to travel by train than by plane

B．The railway station is usually at the center of the city.

C．When you get off a plane you will find yourself right in the city center.

D．No car or plane can carry as many goods as a train.

What does the underline word competitive prefer to?

A．参与性的	B．性价比高的
C．竞争性的	D．对比性的

The best title for this passage may be __________.

A．Which is the Best, Train, Car or Plane?

B．Railways, not the End, but the Beginning

C．Trains are More Competitive than Cars or Planes

D．Oh, Super-fast Trains

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Every year，more than 26，000 children arrive in Britain．We ask some new arrivals what they like best about their new lives and what's different from home．

Jarek，Poland

I don't know anybody from Poland here， but I'm lucky because the English boy next door is very friendly and kind． We are in the same class!I like teachers here． At home， the teachers seem a bit strict and serious． There are a lot of rules， too． Here， teachers are patient and don't give much homework． We students go out of school and buy pizza or burgers at lunchtime．

We can't do that in Poland．

Daisy & Luck，the USA

My sister and I like living here．It's cool！My sister loves the British accent（口音）．Everybody here is very polite．But we don't understand all your strange words﹣we say yard "not" garden" and "apartment" not flat" The food is better here．There's Chinese，Indian and Thai．At home we eat too much fast food．

Zinah，India

It's too cold here!I hate doing sports， especially outside in winter． The teacher here is very serious about sports．I prefer science and maths．I love the maths class because the teacher is really funny， just like my maths teacher in India． The school is so big and some students seem unfriendly． They from a small village school．I think it's hard to communicate with them．

（1）Among the above four children，　　 probably likes the new school life best．

A． Luck

B．Zinah

C． Jarek

D． Daisy

（2）In Zinah's eyes， her maths teacher in India might be　　．

A． cold

B． strict

C． patient

D． humorous

（3）The passage is probably taken from　　．

A． a travel magazine

B． an education website

C． a geography textbook

D． a business newspaper

I live in Mentone，a quiet，simple，restful place，where the rich never come．I met Theophile Magnan，a retired，rich，old man from Lyons yesterday，in the Hotel des Anglais，Theophile looked sad and dreamy，and didn't talk with anybody else，which brought me back to the past．

A long time ago，Francois Millet，Claude，Carl and I were young artists﹣ very young artists﹣in fact．

Yes， Francois Millet，the great French artist，was my friend．

Millet wasn't any greater than we were at that time．He didn't have any fame，even in his own village．

We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted．Once a person ever offered four francs *for Millet's "Angelus"，which he intended to sell for eight．

It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged *until after he was starved and dead．His pictures climbed to high prices after his death．

Then we made a decision that one of us must die，to save the others and himself．

Millet was elected *﹣ elected to die．

During the next three months Millet painted with all his might，enlarged his stock all he could，not pictures，no! sketches， studies，parts of studies，fragments of studies，of course，with his cipher *on them．They were the things to be sold．

Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet's name．Claude and I went to sell Millet's small pictures and to build up his name as well．

We made Millet a master．I always said to my customer，"I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all，for he is not going to live three months，and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money．"Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could．

Carl made friends with the correspondents，and got Millet's condition reported to England and all over the continent，and America，and everywhere．

The sad end came at last，Millet died， not really．He became Theophile Magnan．

The pictures went up．There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures．He paid us two million francs for them．Do you still remember the "Angelus"？ Carl sold it for twenty﹣ two hundred francs．And as for the bushels of sketches and studies which Millet produced in the last six weeks，well，it would astonish you to know the figure we sell them at nowadays．

We are no longer artists and Millet dead．

（1）Why did the four friends decide to elect one of them to die？　　

A．They wanted to be rich．

B．They wanted to be famous．

C．They wanted to save money．

D．They wanted to be respected．

（2）Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage？　　

A．The writer lives a busy life in Mentone．

B．Millet was finally made a famous artist．

C．Millet painted best among the four friends．

D．The story was written in memory of Millet．

（3）What made the four friends' plan succeed？　　

A．That they didn't want to be artists any longer．

B．That Millet's pictures were sold at very high prices．

C．People's attitude towards the artists who were starving．

D．People's desire to own precious art works at low prices．

（4）Is Millet living or dead？Why？（请用约40词回答）　　

Many objects in the universe are invisible ，but they send radio waves．The radio telescope *thus appeared，and it is considered one of the greatest inventions in the twentieth century．Reber built the world's first radio telescope in 1937．Ryle and Hewish developed radio telescope systems for the location of weak radio sources，and they shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974．

A radio telescope is usually made up of：

•One or more antennas to collect the radio waves．Most antennas are made in the shape of a dish to collect and reflect *the radio waves to the sub﹣reflector，in the same way as a curved mirror focuses visible light to one point．

•A receiver and amplifier to receive the radio waves from the sub﹣reflector，and make these weak radio waves strong enough to be recorded and turned into electronic signals *．To make an amplifier sensitive enough，it is usually cooled to very low temperatures（e．g．as low as ﹣270℃）．

•A recorder to keep a record of the electronic signals．Most radio telescopes today keep the signals to the computer's memory disk for astronomers to analyze later．

Radio wavelengths are much longer than those of visible light．and the radio waves from deep space are always weak．To catch these waves，radio telescopes usually have huge antennas．The sizes of most antennas in use today are around 50 to 300 metres in diameter． The antenna of FAST in Guizhou，China，the latest and largest radio telescope in the world，is 500 metres in diameter，as large as the size of 30 football fields．

To avoid interferences， and keep the telescopes sensitive，radio telescopes are built in places where there are no human radio waves or electronic signals．For example，FAST is 5 kilometres away from the closest village and 25 kilometres away from the nearest town．

Radio telescopes create pictures of the sky，not in visible light， but in radio waves．This is extremely useful，because there are objects that can't be seen，objects that we wouldn't even know were there without radio telescopes．

（1）Radio telescopes help collect　　from the universe．

A．light

B．objects

C．radio waves

D．visible signals

（2）Most antennas of radio telescopes are made in the shape of a dish to　　．

A．make the antennas strong enough

B．increase the number of radio waves

C．turn radio waves into electronic signals

D．focus radio waves on the sub﹣reflector

（3）The underlined word "interferences" in the passage refers to　　．

A．the noises made by villagers and animals

B．the sounds from the radios and televisions

C．the people who go to Guizhou to watch FAST work

D．the radio waves and electronic signals from humans

（4）What have we done with the help of radio telescopes？　　

A．We have received pictures of deep space．

B．We have discovered unknown lives in the universe．

C．We have found some unknown objects in the universe．

D．We have turned the radio waves from space into light．

Have you ever jumped on a trampoline？ Today many people use it for exercise．

Back in the 1980s，researchers found that jumping on a trampoline was a good way to help astronauts regain their strength．Actually，trampolining has many advantages．It helps bones*and muscles*grow and improves your balance by stimulating *the inner ear．It is especially useful for increasing flow of the lymphatic system，which helps your body get rid of harmful toxins．Trampolining has benefits similar to those of running，but without too much stress on knees and ankles．

If you would like to start trampolining，you may first need to ask a doctor to make sure it's a safe activity for you．It's easy to find an inexpensive trampoline， but it should be well﹣made and strong enough to support your weight．To avoid accidents，some trampolines have a safety net around them．Remember： whenever you are on a trampoline，be careful not to jump near the edge of it．

Here are a few exercises for beginners；

•High Knee Lift．Raise one knee at a time．Lift your knee higher than you usually do when you are running．

•Star Jump．Jump into the air and spread your arms and legs into a star shape．As you gain more confidence，practice more difficult levels：

•Tuck Jump．At the top of your jump， bring the knees to the chest*，with the arms holding the legs．

•Pike Jump．Jump high，bring the legs up，and point the toes *forward．Touch your toes with hands．

There are many more exercises you can try．Happy trampolining!

（1）According to the passage，what benefit can we get from trampolining？　　

A．It helps with bone growth．

B．It cures illnesses in our knees．

C．It helps reduce stress on muscles．

D．It prevents ears from being hurt．

（2）How can we do trampolining safely？　　

A．Buy an expensive trampoline．

B．Jump in the center of a trampoline．

C．Choose a trampoline without a net．

D．Lose weight before starting trampolining．

（3）Which picture shows Tuck Jump？　　

（4）This passage introduces　　．

A．an exercise to improve our fitness

B．an exercise to gain self﹣confidence

C．a way to keep balance when we jump

D．a way to avoid accidents when exercising

Hot Dog is popular． It's not a dog， but a cooked sausage in a long piece of bread． Here are some stories and facts about it from English websites．

	HISTORY of Hot Dog		HOT DOG FUN FACTS
The 1600s A German called Johann Georghehner created the"dachshund"sausage．"Dachshund"is a German small long thin dog． The 1860s The very first hot dog ﹣the"dachshund"sausage in a roll﹣was sold by Germans in New York．It became popular in the US later． 1871 Charles Feltman，a German，started the first Coney Island hot dog stand．It made hot dogs known to more people． 1893 Chris Von Der Ahe started the American tradition of eating hot dogs at baseball parks，making hot dogs more popular． 1901 A New York cartoonist，Tad Dorgan，saw the red hot "dachshund" sausages sold on streets．He wanted draw picture of it，but he wasn't sure how to spell "dachshund"， so he simply wrote" Hot Dog"． It is widely believed how Hot Dog had its name． 1949 The first vegetarian hot dogs came out．	World record for eating hot dogs：73 in ten minutes
		Hot dogs were one of the first foods eaten on the moon!
	About 150 million hot dogs are eaten by Americans each July 4^th．
		About 21 million hot dogs were sold at American baseball parks in 2010．
	New Yorkers eat more hot dogs than any other city population in the US．