There’s always something deep in our soul that never dies. I moved to the small, busy town of Edison in New Jersey six years ago. It was during the second term of my fifth grade. My parents got new jobs and higher income, so they decided it was time to move from Woodbridge to a better, more educational town.
In the US, it is unnecessary to take a test to get into a “good” middle or high school. You just attend the school close to where you live. So, many parents will think about the quality (质量，品质) of the local school when they decide to buy a new house. My parents did the same. We finally chose Edison mainly because of the high quality of its school.
In New Jersey, an area with a good school usually means a concentration of Asian people. There are about 300 students in our school. 55% are Asians and just under half of that are Chinese. There are so many Chinese people nearby that we even have our own Chinese school.
Edison is an old town, just like thousands of others in the United States. However, I have treated it as my hometown. That’s where I spend much of my youth, and the memories there can’t be moved at all.Why did the writer’s parents move to Edison?
| A．Because they were born there. |
| B．Because it was a better educational town. |
| C．Because the writer began his fifth grade. |
| D．Because the writer didn’t need to take a test. |
How many students are from Asia in the writer’s school?
| A．About 80. | B．About 160. |
| C．About 220. | D．About 300. |
What does the underlined expression “a concentration of” mean in Paragraph 3?
| A．None of | B．The whole of |
| C．A large number of | D．A small number of |
Why can’t the writer forget Edison?
| A．Because he regards it as his hometown. |
| B．Because his parents got new jobs there. |
| C．Because there are many Asians there. |
| D．Because it is in the state of New Jersey. |
An Englishman was once traveling in Italy. One day he went into a small restaurant to order dinner. He understood very little Italian and couldn’t read the menu(菜单). He knew the word for eggs, and so he ordered eggs. Italy is famous, however, for its mushrooms(蘑菇) with eggs. But he did not know the word for mushrooms. The waiter did not speak a word of English and could not help him. At last, the man took out his pocket a pencil and a piece of paper and very carefully drew a picture of a mushroom on the piece of paper. The waiter looked at the picture of the mushroom for a long while. He did not understand very well, but at last he left. He was gone a long time. After about a half hour he returned. But instead of an order of mushroom, he brought the man a large black umbrella.Why did the Englishman go to Italy?
| A．He went to work in a restaurant. |
| B．He went to buy an umbrella. |
| C．He traveled in Italy. |
| D．He wanted to visit his friends. |
What is Italy famous for?
| A．Mushroom with eggs. | B．Eggs. |
| C．Mushrooms. | D．Beautiful umbrella. |
How did the Englishman tell the waiter that he wanted some mushrooms?
| A．He drew a picture of a mushroom on the table. |
| B．He said “mushrooms” in Italian. |
| C．He showed the waiter a picture of a mushroom. |
| D．He drew a picture of an umbrella. |
What’s the end of the story?
| A．The Englishman didn’t get what he wanted, but an umbrella. |
| B．The Englishman got mushrooms at last. |
| C．The Englishman left before the waiter came back. |
| D．The Englishman got nothing in the end. |
Which of the following is right according to the passage?
| A．An American was once traveling in Italy. |
| B．The man knew Italian very well. |
| C．The man told the waiter that he wanted to buy an umbrella. |
| D．The waiter didn’t know English at all. |
根据短文内容，选择正确答案
Liu Yun, 13, pretty and smart. She is a good student. But many students try to stay from her because Liu Yun’s mum has AIDS(爱滋病) and her father has died of AIDS. Luckily, Liu Yun didn’t get it.
AIDS means fear for most people. Nobody wants to play games with her. Even a teacher who used to like her turns his back on her now. The biggest problem is how other people look at her. She sometimes wants todrop out of schoolbecause she can no longer face others’ indifference(冷漠)。
It is said if a person has AIDS, it’s still safe to eat and play with him. So I think Liu Yun’s classmates and teachers are afraid of AIDS because they don’t know much about AIDS. And Liu Yun needs their love and understanding. Even a friendly smile means a lot to her.Why isn’t Liu Yun popular with the students and the teachers?
A. She has AIDS. B. Her mother has AIDS.
C. Her father has died of AIDS. D. Both B and C.What will you do when you best friend has AIDS?
| A．I’ll stay away from him. |
| B．I won’t have meals with him. |
| C．I won’t talk with him. |
| D．I should be more friendly to him than before. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined words “drop out of school”?
| A．逃学 | B．辍学 | C．请病假 | D．回家 |
Can we have meals with the people that have AIDS?
| A．Yes, we can. | B．No, we can’t. |
| C．No, we shouldn’t. | D．We don’t know. |
Which of the following is TURE?
| A．Though Liu Yun’s mother has AIDS, every teacher still love her. |
| B．None of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS . |
| C．Most of teachers love her after her mother has AIDS. |
| D．Only a few teacher love her when her mother has AIDS. |
阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F).
I was in town yesterday. I decided to stop at the bank to see Jane. I thought she might have time to go for lunch with me.
When I got to the bank, they told me she had just been out. I asked them if she would be back by 10:30 or 11:45, and they told me “Yes”. I had some time, so I decided to wait for her. I walked over to take a seat by the window. I watched everyone coming in. It was 12:30, and I was sure she couldn’t come back until after lunch. I got up, and as I started to walk to the door, someone called my name. I turned around and was surprised to find it was Jane. She said she had not left her office all the morning. Yesterday I was in a city.
I wanted to have lunch with Jane.
Jane was in her office all the morning.
I didn’t wait Jane any more.
In fact, Jane’s workmates made a mistake.
根据短文内容回答问题。
Red Ribbon Week is held every year, usually during the last week of October. It started with a police officer named “Kiki” Camarena. He was sent to Mexico in order to investigate(调查) a Mexican drug company and stayed there for four and a half years. His efforts helped put a stop to several major drug making companies. So the bosses wanted to murder the men who brought them down. When Camarena left his office for a lunch date with his wife on February 7, 1985, a car drove up and kidnapped(绑架) him, and a month later he was killed. At that time he was only 37 years old.
Shortly after his death, people in Camarena’s town began wearing red ribbons in his honor. Then Camarena’s high school friend, Henry Lozano, started Camarena Club. Hundreds of people joined the club and promised to be drug-free in order to honor the death of Camarena. And then schools in several states began to join in. Now, at the end of every October, millions of Americans wear red ribbons in memory of “Kiki” Camarena. So, in 1988, the first national Red Ribbon Week was founded in America.
Red Ribbon Week has become the largest drug education and prevention organization in the United States. It encourages communities to stand up against drugs and it encourages children to make a promise not to take drugs in their life. 
Is Red Ribbon Week held at the end of October in America?
How long did “Kiki” Camarena stay in Mexico?
What did “Kiki” Camarena do there?
Why do people wear red ribbon during Red Ribbon Week?
What’s the passage mainly about?
The ocean can be a great place to swim and play, it may also be useful in another way. Some scientists think that waves could help make electricity.
“Have you ever been on a surfboard or boat and felt yourself being lifted up by a wave?” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group in Scotland. “There is certainly a lot of energy in waves.”
Scientists are working on using that energy to make electricity. The United States and a few other countries have started doing research on wave energy, and it is already being used in Scotland.
Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean. “The winds start out by making little ripples (波纹) in the water, but if they keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves,” Taylor said. “Waves are one of nature’s ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey.”
When waves come towards the coast, people can set up dams(大坝) to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine(涡轮). The turbine can then power an electrical generator(发电机).
We will never run out of wave power. Besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as oil and coal do.
Oceans cover three quarters of the earth’s surface. That would make wave power seem perfect for creating energy around the world. But there are some disadvantages that need us to pay more attention to.
Jamie Taylor said that wave power still cost too much money. He said that its influence on animals in the sea is still unknown. Besides, wave power would get in the way of fishing and boat traffic.
With more research, “Many of these problems might be solved,” Taylor said. “Finding more energy sources(资源) is very important, for traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may run out some day.”
In the future, when you turn on a light button, an ocean wave could be providing the electricity! 
We can learn from the passage that__________________.
| A．almost every country is making use of the wave power at present |
| B．it is necessary for us to develop wave power instead of oil and coal |
| C．wave power will be sure to make some bad influence on sea animals |
| D．scientists are making efforts to find new ways of fishing and boat traffic |
What does the fourth paragraph tell us?
| A．Why scientists are doing the research on wave power. |
| B．What experience that scientists have achieved so far. |
| C．How the wave energy forms and grows bigger. |
| D．Which countries are trying out wave power. |
What’s the writer’s attitude towards wave power?
| A．The writer believes that wave power will be used widely by man. |
| B．The writer doubts if wave energy can be changed into electricity. |
| C．The writer is sure the experiments will come to the end some day. |
| D．The writer thinks that wave power isn’t worth researching at all. |
What can be the best title for the passage?
| A．Sea Animals and Wave Power. |
| B．How Do We Get Wave Energy? |
| C．The Advantages of Wave Power. |
| D．Can Waves Make Electricity? |