Today is December 15，2030．Influenced by the launch of the first manned mission to Mars next month，you will most likely get a gift card for a space trip．
The interest in trips， 100km above the surface of the Earth， has grown steadily since such a trip began． However， the market has grown much larger this year since the official announcement of the Mars mission． More low﹣cost spacelines have entered the market and you can now find flights for such a trip for as low as ﹩ 3，495． It's very reasonable．
Space tourism（旅游业；观光业）is one of the markets that have developed fast during the last decade，with the opening of the Starbright Hotel on the moon as well as the low orbital hotels that started accepting guests．However，accommodation in space is still expensive for the averagehousehold，so the suborbital（亚轨道的）flights with thirty﹣minute weightlessness during the three﹣hour flight will for some time be the most popular trip．
However， the spacelines might in the future face fierce competition between space elevators（太空升降舱）， like the one that is projected to start construction within two years．Once it is fully functional，it will start to ship cargo to space． But it will accept passengers as soon as possible to get back the large investment．Even if the elevator becomes successful，it will take several years before there are more elevators in the world to get in the competition for space traffic with the spacelines．
Those who are looking for a little bit of adventure and have extra money to spend may want to consider a suborbital flight in space． While a suborbital flight may not be the space mission that you have always dreamed of， it will give you the rare opportunity to see what our planet looks like in a high﹣altitude flight outside our atmosphere． So before you enjoy a trip by elevator to space， enjoy a suborbital flight first．
（1）From Paragraph 1， what will happen in January， 2031？
| A． |
A gift card will be taken to Mars． |
| B． |
Mars will be explored for the first time． |
| C． |
Man will go to Mars for the first time． |
| D． |
An affordable space trip will come true． |
（2）The underlined "average" can most probably be replaced by in this passage．
| A． |
common |
| B． |
high﹣income |
| C． |
low﹣cost |
| D． |
low﹣income |
（3）What is the space elevator's purpose of accepting passengers as soon as possible？
| A． |
To ship cargo to space． |
| B． |
To get in the competition between spacelines． |
| C． |
To start the construction of more space elevators． |
| D． |
To get back the large investment． |
（4）Which of the following is NOT true？
| A． |
Space tourism has developed fast during the last ten years． |
| B． |
A suborbital fight is the space mission that many people have dreamed of． |
| C． |
The suborbital flights will be the most popular trip for some time． |
| D． |
Even though the elevator becomes successful， we still wait for a few years to see more elevators come out． |
（5）We can know from the passage that ．
| A． |
the low orbital hotels have opened since a space trip began |
| B． |
within two years， space elevators will begin to ship cargo and people to space |
| C． |
during the suborbital flights， you will experience 30 minutes weightlessness |
| D． |
if you want to meet your curiosity， you may try a suborbital flight |
I love soccer. It’s a team game. I don’t just like to watch it. I like to play it, too. I play on a team, but it’s not my school team. All the team members(成员) are from our neighborhood(邻里). We train together on Tuesday and Friday afternoon. We are quite a good team. We win most games. We only lost or draw(平局) a few (for example, last Sunday the score was 2:2). Next Saturday there will be a game between our team and Sun Garden team. The Sun Garden team is a very good team. I’m sure it will be a wonderful game.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子是否正确，对的涂(A)，错的涂(B)。(10分)The writer plays on his school soccer team.
The writer trains with the team members twice a week..
There is a game between the writer’s team and other team teams every week.
The writer’s team never loses any games..
The writer’s team will play against Sun Garden team.
Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer. They became dropouts.
It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help their children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends—they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world.
Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in the school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
| A．The Trouble in Japanese Schools |
| B．The Problems of Japanese Students |
| C．The Pressures of the Students in Japan |
| D．Education in Japan |
“Dropouts” are those who ___.
| A．make troubles in and out of schools |
| B．go about or stay home instead of being at school |
| C．try hard but always fail in the exams |
| D．lose hope and give up some of their subjects |
Why do Japanese students work very hard at school and feel unhappy?
| A．They want to find a good job. |
| B．They want to pass exams. |
| C．They’re under pressure from their parents. |
| D．They’re not clever enough. |
Failure in examinations cause students to ___.
| A．chop out of school |
| B．quarrel with their parents |
| C．go to schools opening on weekends |
| D．have their parents lose hope |
According to the passage, it’s necessary to teach students ___.
| A．how to study well | B．how to get on with others |
| C．to show love and care for others | D．all above |
阅读理解
In almost every big university in the United States football is a favorite sport. American football is not like soccer.
Players sometimes kick the ball, but they also throw the ball and run with it. They try to take it to the other end of the field. They have four chances to move the ball ten yards. They can carry it or throw it. If they move it to the end of the field, they receive six points. This is called a touch—down. It is difficult to move the ball. Eleven men on the team try to stop the man who has the ball. If the man does not move the ball ten yards, his team kicks the ball to the other team.
Each university wants its team to win. Thousands of people come to watch. They all yell for their favorite team. Young men and women called cheerleaders come on the field to help the people yell more. They dance and jump while they yell.
Each team plays ten or eleven games each season. The season begins in September and ends in November. If a team is very good, it may play another game after the season ends. The best teams play again on January 1st, the first day of the New Year. Many people go to see these games and many others watch them on televisionIn American football players can ___.
| A．only kick the ball |
| B．only throw the ball |
| C．only carry the ball |
| D．kick, throw and carry the ball |
If a team wants to get points, it has to move the ball ___.
| A．10 yards | B．to the other end |
| C．40 yards | D．away from its own end |
Who are dancing and jumping while they yell?
| A．The cheerleaders. |
| B．All those who are watching the game. |
| C．The winners. |
| D．The players of both sides. |
Most teams play games in ___.
| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
When do the best teams play again?
| A．At Christmas. | B．Before the season ends. |
| C．On New Year’s Day | D．On the last day of season |
Danny was just tired about the way things were going. His mum came to school and talked on and on about Rick Jackson. It seemed that she would never stop talking. “Somebody’s got to stop that boy!” she was shouting. “Rick’s troubling everybody in the neighborhood. And he loves to pick on little boys like Danny.”
Mrs. Green, Danny’s teacher, was concerned a lot. “I didn’t know that Danny was being picked on,” she said. “He’s never said anything about this to me!” Mrs. Green looked at Danny. “How long had this been going on?” she asked. Danny could only shake his head and look at the floor. He knew if he said a word about this, he would have trouble at school.
Danny hadn’t said anything about the problem because he wanted to do things with the boys in the neighborhood. After all, most of them were nice to him. He hated to leave the gang just because of Rick. Maybe the time had come to find new friends. He felt it hard to make up his mind.We learn from the reading that.
| A．Danny was not a good student |
| B．Danny’s mother talked too much about the school |
| C．Danny’s teacher knew something about Danny’s problem before |
| D．Danny wanted to get away from Rick |
When Danny’s mother came for Mrs. Green, the matter was nowto Mrs Green.
| A．serious | B．common | C．untrue | D．similar |
Danny now.
| A．was tired of the school and his friends |
| B．had no friends at all |
| C．was not sure what he would do with the problem |
| D．made some new friends in the neighborhood |
Danny didn’t say anything about the matter to Mrs. Green because.
| A．she had known it |
| B．the other boys would tell her |
| C．he didn’t want to be in trouble |
| D．his mother didn’t want him to say it |
The word “gang” in the reading means“”.
| A．a place for boys to play games |
| B．a group of young people |
| C．a school bus for children to and from school |
| D．the teacher’s office |
阅读理解
An expensive car speeding down the main street of a small town was soon over-taken by a young motorcycle policeman. As he started to take out the ticket, the woman in the car said proudly. “Before you go any further, young man, I think you should know that the mayor of this city is a good friend of mine.”
The officer did not say a word, but kept writing.
“I am also a friend of Chief of Police Barnes,” continued the woman, getting angrier each moment.
Still he kept on writing.
“Young man,” she said, “I know Judge Lawson and State Senator Patton.”
Handing the ticket to the woman, the officer asked pleasantly. “Tell me, do you know Bill Bronson?”
“No. Why?” she replied.
“Well, this is the man you should have known,” he said, going back to his motorcycle, “I am Bill Bronson.”The policeman stopped the car because.
| A．it was an expensive car |
| B．the driver was a proud lady |
| C．the driver was driving too fast |
| D．the driver was going to attack him |
The woman was getting angrier each moment because.
| A．the policeman didn’t know her friends |
| B．the policeman kept writing the ticket for her |
| C．the policeman refused to accept her offer of money |
| D．she didn’t know the policeman’s name |
The woman driving the expensive car.
| A．failed to stop the policeman writing the ticket |
| B．warned the policeman not to move a step further |
| C．was surprised that the policeman did not know the mayor |
| D．told the policeman to stay where he was |
The policeman was.
| A．an honest and fair fellow |
| B．a foolish and proud fellow |
| C．a silly and rude fellow |
| D．a kind-hearted fellow |
The policeman.
| A．had no sense of humor |
| B．had a sense of humor |
| C．had no sense of duty |
| D．was playing a joke on the woman |