Today there are 7 billion people on the earth．By the year 2050 there may be 9.0 billion．We will have a lot more people to feed．We need more food．
One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants．For thousands of years，farmers have made plants better．Every season，they pick the best plants for the next season．It works very slowly．Since1983 scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic(遗传的) material. Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods(转基因食品)，or GM foods.
By changing the genetic material of a plant，it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong against plant diseases. They can also help in our diseases：a kind of rice is being prepared，for example，which stops people from becoming blind．Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and they bring in more money．Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food．
GM plants are not natural．No one knows how good or bad they are．Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050．But there are strong feelings against them，because they are unnatural. They may feed people，then hurt them or their children later．But both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use，and they are not going to die．In 2050 we may think differently about them．Who invented the GM plants?
| A．Farmers． | B．Workers |
| C．Scientists． | D．Plants． |
People plant the GM plants because .
| A．they make plants strong against diseases |
| B．they are unnatural |
| C．they can help in human diseases |
| D．both A and C |
What do you think of the GM plant?
| A．It grows too slowly． |
| B．It is bad for people’s body． |
| C．It can greatly help the poor countries． |
| D．It produces less food than the general plant. |
Why do some people dislike the GM plants?
| A．The GM foods may harm the human body． |
| B．The GM foods have terrible taste． |
| C．The GM foods are bad for the adults． |
| D．The GM foods are not cheap． |
From the passage we can find out__________
| A．the GM plants can produce more food |
| B．scientists want to make more money |
| C．scientists find the GM plants by accident |
| D．scientists work on the subject for fun |
In London, there has always been a main problem. In order to solve this problem, the government has decided to have a bike revolution(革命). It has decided to provide 6,000 bikes for the people to rent. The government encourages local people to ride bikes in order to solve the traffic problem.
More than 12,000 people have agreed to the idea. Some of them ask for more than one key. Although there are not enough bikes, an official(官员) from the government said that they would find some ways to deal with such a shortage.
Local people can get these bikes at special docking stations（停靠站）.There are about 315 docking stations across the city. About 12,450 keys have already been handed out to the local people, but only 6,000 keys can be used now.
Let’s see the cost you need to pay. One key costs ￡3, and the cost of using the bike is ￡1 for an hour. The cost per hour increases as the hours increase, so it will cost ￡50 if you rent the bike for 24 hours.
The official from the government said they also needed to face a lot of problems, for example, some bikes may be lost. But they said they would try their best to solve all the problems to make sure the success of the program. In London, the government has decided to provide bikes for local people to rent in order to solve ______________.
| A．the traffic problem | B．the population problem |
| C．the family problem | D．the health problem |
About ____________ keys have already been handed out to the local people.
| A．315 | B．6.000 | C．12.000 | D．12.450 |
In the passage, the underlined word “shortage” means “_________” in Chinese.
| A．挑战 | B．缺点 | C．短缺 | D．困难 |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The government provides a bike for each family. |
| B．Local people can get these bikes at special docking stations. |
| C．If you want a key, you need to pay ￡5. |
| D．Few people have agreed to the idea. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．The people in London. |
| B．The transportation in London. |
| C．The traffic problem in London. |
| D．The bike revolution in London. |
| Early in the year of 2010, a chocolate theme park was opened in Beijing. About 80,000 kilograms of chocolate was used to build the park. The park displayed a mini-army of 560 Terracotta Warriors(秦始皇陵兵马俑) and a 33-foot-long replica(复制品)of a section of the Great Wall. People were able to watch different types of chocolate, and bought some chocolate souvenirs to take home. |
| A walking robot maid(女保姆)was made by South Korean scientists. They spent two years developing the robot maid. She is 1.3 meters tall and weighs 55 kilograms. She can clean at home, make the bed and even heat food in a microwave oven. She can also be used in different or dangerous situations for humans. |
| In 19th FIFA World Cup, the football players from all of Nike’s national teams wore special sports clothes. The special clothes were made from recycled plastic bottles from Japan and Taiwan. Each special shirt was made up of eight recycled plastic bottles. It was the first time that the athletes wore such uniforms. People think that they are the most environmentally friendly(环保的) uniforms in football history. |
根据表格内容，选择正确答案。The theme park in Beijing was made of ____________.
| A．wood | B．stone | C．plastic | D．chocolate |
People could _____________ in the chocolate theme park.
| A．see the walking robot maid | B．visit a replica of the Great Wall |
| C．watch a football match | D．buy Nike sports clothes |
The walking robot maid was made in ___________ .
| A．Beijing | B．Japan | C．South Korean | D．Taiwan |
They used __________ recycled plastic bottles to make one special shirt.
| A．eight | B．eighteen | C．eighty | D．eighty-five |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The walking robot maid can eat food as humans do. |
| B．The special sports clothes were bad for people’s health. |
| C．People could buy a robot maid in the chocolate theme park. |
| D．It took the scientists two years to develop the walking robot maid. |
When you are ill, you will see a doctor. The doctor will write a note to take to the chemist for some medicine. Chemists are usually good at reading doctor’s notes. But sometimes doctors write too badly and even the chemists can’t read them.
One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote an answer, but he wrote too badly and the woman could not read it.
“What shall I do?” she asked her husband. “I don’t know whether he is going to come or not. I don’t want to call him and say that I don’t understand him.”
Her husband thought for a few minutes and then he had and idea. “Take it to the chemist,” he said. “He will be able to read it for us.” The woman went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s “note” to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.
“Could you wait a moment, Miss?” he said. Then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle(瓶子). He gave the bottle to the woman.
“Take one spoonful(一匙) every day,” he told the woman.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在答题卡上涂A, 错误的在答题卡上涂B. The doctor invited the woman to dinner one day.
The woman couldn’t read the note because the doctor wrote it badly.
The husband asked his wife to go to the chemist’s shop and get some medicine.
The chemist gave the woman a large bottle of medicine.
In fact, the chemist didn’t know the meaning of the doctor’s note at all.
A sign is another kind of language. Here are some of them that you see on the roads.
Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign , they must not go at more than thirty kilometers can hour. We see this sign when we are getting near a town. Number two is a sign that we're near a crossing. We must drive carefully. Number three is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully. It is not safe to go round a bend very fast. Number four is a sign that there is another road coming in from the right. There is a junction at this place. Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the road gets narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully. Number seven has the word “ SCHOOL” on it. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or the road. Perhaps there are children going to or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly. Number eight is a sign with the letter “ P ” on it. The letter “ P ” means “ Parking ”. At some places, there're the signs “ No parking ” or “ No waiting”. If a driver leaves his car near one of these signs, a policeman may come and write down the number of his car.At the places where you see Sign 1, .
| A．you are already out of a town |
| B．you still have thirty kilometers to go |
| C．there must be many houses and buildings not far away |
| D．there must be a town thirty k8ilometers away |
The underlined word bend probably means here.
| A．traffic | B．subway |
| C．turning | D．danger |
You have to drive not only slowly but also carefully when you find .
| A．each of the eight signs |
| B．either of Signs 2 and 3 |
| C．all of Signs 2, 4, 6 and 7 |
| D．any of Signs 3, 5, 6 and 7 |
People put these signs on the road in order to .
| A．teach drivers lesson |
| B．make drivers even safer |
| C．stop cars going there |
| D．learn another kind of language |
Which can be the best title for this message?
| A．Another language. |
| B．On the road. |
| C．What to do. |
| D．Traffic signs. |
If a snake bites you, take a photo with your mobile phone! It save your life. This is the surprising advice of a British cook. One day Henry Jackson was working in a restaurant kitchen. He picked up a dish from a table, and suddenly a snake appeared and bit him on the hand. A few days earlier, the snake came to the restaurant from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out of the box and hid under the dish. “ I tried to pick it up and it bit me. I threw it away, but it landed in the fridge. So I closed the door.” Jackson said. Anyway, Jackson was cool and he took a photo of the snake with his mobile phone. Soon his hand began to ache and he went to hospital. Then his chest began to hurt. Doctors couldn't say what was wrong because they didn't know what kind of snake it was.
Then Jackson remembered his mobile phone photo. The doctors sent it to London Zoo. When they knew the kind of snake, they could give Jackson the right medicine, and he left hospital the next day. “ So my advice is this: If a snake bits you, pick up your phone. Take its photo first and then call the hospital. Show the photo to the doctors,” suggests Mr. Jackson. “ Oh, and if the snake doesn't smile for its photo, don't worry!” When the snake bit Mr. Jackson, it was .
| A．hiding in a box of bananas |
| B．climbing out of a box of bananas |
| C．lying under a dish |
| D．climbing into the fridge |
Mr. Jackson threw the snake away probably because .
| A．he was surprised | B．he wanted to get a better photo |
| C．his chest began to hurt | D．the fridge door was open |
Mr. Jackson closed the fridge door so that .
| A．he could take a photo |
| B．the snake couldn't go back to the zoo |
| C．the snake became cool |
| D．he was safe from the snake |
The doctors gave Mr. Jackson the right medicine when .
| A．London Zoo told them what kind of snake it was |
| B．Mr. Jackson sent the photo to the hospital |
| C．he left hospital the next day |
| D．the snake bit him |
The text tells us if we are in danger and have a phone with us, it will help us to do thing.
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．four |