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Dear Mrs. Green,
I am Jack White’s father. I am writing to you to ask for three-day leave this week. Because we have to deal with some important family matters in Washington D.C. Jack’s grandfather is badly ill in hospital and he hopes we can go to see him. Maybe it will be the last time. We have already told Mr. Johnson, the schoolmaster, about it.
Could you please give Jack some homework to keep up with the class while he is absent? You can contact me on 88763568 if you would like to discuss the homework.
Thanks again for you help. We are very happy with Jack’s progress in study.
Sincerely
Mr. WhiteWho is Mr. Johnson?
How long will Jack be absent from school?
Where will Jack and his father go?
What does Mrs. White ask Mrs. Green to do for Jack?
Who wrote this letter?
B
Many children in England get given lunch at school．There are new rules about what children may be given for these lunches．The reason for this is to give children healthier food．There are many foods that children aren't allowed to eat and they're only allowed to eat small amounts of fatty or sweet food．If you were at a school there，you might hear this conversation as you wait for your lunch．
Josh：Whats for lunch？I want chips．
Dinner lady：No chips today．You've had chips twice this week already．
Josh：Oh!OK，I'll have a chicken pie with gravy．
Dinner lady：No，sorry．You've had a pastry dish （油酥食品） once this week already．
Josh：Really!Oh yes，on Monday．Well，what can I have？I'd like pasta and sauce．
Dinner lady：No，sorry．Pasta counts as （算作）a pastry dish．So you can't have that，either．
You've had two pastry dishes this week﹣a meat pie and a pizza．You can have vegetables or salad．The meatballs are nice today．
Josh：All right．I'll have meatballs and steamed vegetables．I hope they're tasty．
Dinner lady：They're good for you!
Josh：I miss my chips．They're my favorite．I used to have them every day．Before these new rules came in．
Dinner lady：Well，that's why these rules were brought in．Too many children were eating junk food，especialy chips．Children like chips，but they aren't a healthy choice．
Josh：I'll have an apple juice with that，please．
Dinner lady：OK，but its only 150 ml．You aren't allowed more than that as juice has sugar
in it．The new rules encourage you to drink water．No soft drinks at all．
Students cannot have more than two portions （价额）a week of food that has been deep﹣fired．They must have at least three different fruits and three different vegetables every week．Whole grains such as brown bread are to be given，instead of"white"grains．
These ru les are to teach healthy eating and to stop children putting on too much weight．This will make sure that more people are healthy in the future．
6．The new rules about gwen lunch are brought in to ．
A．give children healthier food
B．sell fruit and vegetables
C．help students save money
7．What did Josh have for lunch in the conversation？
A．Chips．
B．A chicken pie with gravy
C．Meatballs and steamed vegetables．
8．The new rules encourage children to have a week
A.150 ml soft drinks
B.3 portions of deep﹣fired food
C．more than 3 kinds of vegetables
9．Many children in England get given lunch．In that way，children ．
A．can eat whatever they like
B．must choose food by rules
C．can put on weight quickly
10 The passageis about ．
A．healthy school lunches
B．how to order food
C．school rules．
A
Mr and Mrs Albina，with 64 children，have the world's largest family．Not one of their children is adopted（领养）．
When people hear about the Albinas' large family，the first question they ask is，"How is it possible？How can one woman give birth to 64 children in her lifetime？"The answer is simple：
Every time Mrs Albina gave birth，she had twins or triplets．
Soon after the Albinas got married the children came quickly，in twos and threes．The first 21 children were boys．Mrs Albina loved her sons，but she wanted a daughter very much．
The Albinas spent the early years in Argentina．Then they decided to move to Chile．To travel from Argentina to Chile，they had to cross the Andes Mountains．Mr and Mrs Albina and their 21 sons made the difficult，two﹣week journey on mules．One night there was a terrible snowstorm in the mountains．During the snowstorm，Mrs Albina gave birth to triplets，a boy and﹣two girls!
The oldest Albina children are in their thirties and forthies．They are on their own now，but 18 of the Albina children still live with their parents．The family lives in a two﹣room shack in Colina，Chile．The shack has electricity but no toilet or running water．The children wash in a small bowl in the dusty backyard．
At times there is very little food in the Albinas'small house．When there is not enough food for everyone，Mrs Albina makes sure the youngest children do not go hungry．"The smallest eat first，and then the bigger ones．We've always done it that way，"she says．Obviously，the Albinas do not have enough money for their big family．Why，then，do they continue to have children？
The Albinas do not use birth control because it is against their religion （宗教）．They could let other people take care of their children，but Mrs．Albina will not allow it"When my two brothers and l were babies：she says，''our mother left us at an orphanage（孤儿院）and never returned．We lived there together until we were five．Then a couple adopted my brothers，and I was left behind．I was heartbroken．I promised myself that when I became a mother，l would never give my children away．Even if I didn't have much money，I would always take care of my children myself．"Mrs Albina has kept her promise．
l．How many people are there in the world's largest family？
A.66：a mother，a father and their 64 adopted children．
B.66：a mother，a father and their 64 children．
C.23：a mother，a father and their 21 sons．
2．All ofthe Albina children are ．
A．living in Argentina
B．in their thirties and forties
C．twins or triplets
3．The Albina family is ．
A．poor
B．middle class
C．rich
4．The Albinas do not use birth control because ．
A．they want to have as many children as possible
B．they don't know about birth control
C．it is against their religion
5．Mrs Albina will not let other people take care of her children because ．
A．she is afraid other people won't take good care of them
B．she promised that she would always take care of her children herself
C．she has a lot of money and can take care of them herself．
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[1]Once，when there was a famine（饥荒），a rich baker sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town，and said to them，"In this basket there is a loaf（面包）for each of you．Take it，and come back to me every day at this hour for more．"
[2]The hungry children gathered eagerly about the basket，and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest loaf．At last they went away without even （77） thanking/saying thanks （goodbye）to/expressing thanks to the good baker．
[3]Gretchen，a poorly dressed little girl，did not fight or struggle with the other children，but stood quietly in the distance（远处），When the badly behaved children had left．Gretchen took the smallest loaf，which was all that was left in the basket．She kissed the baker's hand and went home．
[4]（78）第二天，孩子们表现得像以前一样糟糕．Gretchen got a loaf almost half the size of the one she got the first day．When she came home，her mother cut the loaf open．Many new shining pieces of silver fell out of it．
[5]Her mother was very worried and said，"Take the money back to the baker at once．The silver must have fallen into the dough by accident．By quick，Gretchen!"
[6]When the little girl gave the rich man her mother's message，he said，"（79）It was no mistake，I had the silver pieces put into the smallest loaf to reward（奖赏）you．Always be as content（满足），peaceable，and thankful as you now are．Go home now，and tell your mother that the money is yours to keep．"
76．What did Gretchen do while the others fought over the bread？（no more than 6 words）
77．Fill in the blank in the second paragraph with proper words（no more than 3 words）．
78．Translate the Chinese sentence in the fourth paragraph into English．
79．Translate the underlined sentences in the sixth paragraph into Chinese．
80．What do you think of Gretchen and her mother？
You don't need to get in a time﹣travelling machine to see how technology will change our lives，such as the way we shop．Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already appear．Let's see what's in store for your future shopping．
Try it on，virtually（虚拟地）．Want to shop online for a new pair of glasses？You don't need to guess which pair looks best on you﹣use the eBay Fashion iPhone app to try a pair of glasses you're checking out on a picture of your face．But what about buying something bigger？Thanks to Microsoft Kinect's action tracking（跟踪）camera，you can cover clothes on your screen body．You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to improve your shopping experience．
Get a perfect，custom fit．Everyone's body is shaped differently．To get a perfect fit，you sometimes have to get your clothes changed．But by using 3D scanning technology，all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly．Some companies scan（扫描）your body using High﹣tech to get the real sizes，so they can make special clothes just for you．
High﹣tech shopping carts（推车）and checkout counters（收银台）．High﹣tech shopping carts could be common in malls and supermarkets in the future．Microsoft Kinect﹣enabled carts are under test．The cart can follow you along the aisles（通道），controlled only by your movement and your voice．
In the United States，several supermarkets use a certain set called"Scan It"that gives buyers the freedom to scan products on their own while they shop．If we don't want to wait in line before the checkout counters，we can use Toshiba's new object Recognition Scanner．The machine identifies（辨认）a product as soon as it's placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color，even if it has no bar code．
57．According to Paragraph 2，the eBay Fashion iPhone app can ．
A．only make pictures of our faces
B．help us sell more clothes online
C．create us a virtual dressing room
D．choose suitable glasses for us
58．Which of the following can help get the correct shape of our body？
A．Object Recognition Scanner．
B．The eBay Fashion iPhone app．
C.3D scanning technology．
D．Microsoft Kinect﹣enabled carts．
59．What can we infer from this passage？
A．Checkout counters will disappear from supermarkets in future．
B．High﹣tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarkets
C．"Scan It"cannot be used by buyers themselves．
D．The new technologies are only dreams that are impossible to come true．
60．This passage mainly talks about ．
A．a new time﹣travelling machine
B．the influence of new technology
C．some inventions to change habits
D．the ways for future shopping．
Many years ago，a French naturalist，Comte de Buffon，wrote some books about natural history．The books were a great success even though some critics（批评家）did not like them．
Thomas Jefferson did not like what Comte de Buffon had said about the natural wonders（奇观）of the New World．It seemed to Jefferson that Comte de Buffon had spoken of natural wonders in America as if（好像）they were unimportant．
This troubled Thomas Jefferson．He was also a naturalist，as well as a farmer，an inventor，a historian，a writer and a politician（政治家）．He had seen the natural wonders of Europe．To him，they were no more important than those of the New World．
In 1788，Thomas Jefferson wrote about his home state，Virginia．While writing，he thought of its natural beauty and then of the words of Comte de Buffon．At that moment，Jefferson created a new word﹣belittle．He said，"Comte de Buffon believes that nature belittles her productions on this side of the Atlantic（大西洋）．"
Noah Webster，the American word expert，liked this word．He put it in the English language dictionary in 1806，"Belittle﹣to make small，unimportant．"
Americans had already accepted Jefferson's word and started to use it．In 1797，the Independent Chronicle（独立纪事报）used the word to describe a politician the paper supported．"It is an honorable man，"the paper wrote，"so let the opposition try to belittle him as much as they please．"
In 1872，a famous American word expert decided that the time had come to kill this word．He said，"Belittle shouldn't become English．And more critical writers of America，like those of Britain，feel no need of it．"
This expert failed to kill the word．Today，belittle is used where the English language is spoken．
53．Thomas Jefferson was NOT a ．
A．naturalist B．historian C．politician D．musician
54．We can infer（推断）that Jefferson created the word"belittle"out of his ．
A．anger B．excitement C．kindness D．responsibility
55．What can we know about the word"belittle"from the passage？
A．It has already disappeared from the English language．
B．It had been used before it was put in the English language dictionary．
C．It is used to describe natural wonders now．
D．An American politician decided to kill this word in 1872．
56．What's the passage mainly about？
A．How the word"belittle"came into being．
B．The argument about natural wonders．
C．Every word has a long history behind．
D．Noah Webster supported Jefferson's idea．