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Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.
Greg’s story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world’s second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top. After five days, he stumbled(踉跄）into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured(受伤）and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.
Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn’t have a roof(屋顶）and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. “ I’ll build you a school,” he told the villagers. “ I promise.”
Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg’s organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too.
Greg hasn’t finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it’s the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy!
Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It’s an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary(普通的）people can do with courage and determination(决心）!

What was wrong with Greg when he got to the village for the first time?

A．He fell ill.	B．He was badly hurt and hungry.
C．He lost his way.	D．He failed in his business.

How did Greg keep his promise to build a school?

A．He raised and saved money.

B．He did business to make money.

C．He wrote a book to sell for money.

D．He borrowed money from his friends.

What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A．Saving money.	B．Living in the car.
C．Raising money.	D．Building the school.

What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Building schools can help people to have a better life.

B．We have to do something in return to those who help us.

C．Ordinary people can make a difference to people’s lives.

D．Climbing mountains is a good start to help poor people.

Where can we get funny cards when we visit English?

A．In the Cartoon Museum.	B．On Stratford Butterfly Farm.
C．At Cox’s Hotel.	D．At Cox’s pub.

Which is the proper time to go to the pub at Cox’s Hotel?

A．9:00-18:00 on Friday.	B．10:30-17:30 on Tuesday.
C．12:00-1:30 on Saturday.	D．10:00-16:30 on Monday.

How much should four college students pay for a visit to Startford Butterfly Farm?

A．£ 16.

B．£ 32.

C．£ 18.

D．£ 22.

阅读与回答问题。(共5小题，每小题2分，计10分)
Read a Timeline
Every family has a history. A timeline can show events in a family's history. A timeline is an ordered group of words and dates that shows when events happened.
Learn the skill
Step1 The title tells what the timeline is about. The timeline has a line divided in equal parts. Each park stands for 10 years.
Step2 Look at the first and last numbers on the timeline. The numbers are years. The events on the timeline happened between these years.
Step3 The numbers with the events on the timeline tell the year in which each event happened.
Practice the skill
Title _______________________

How long does each part in the timeline stand for?
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Where did Lily's great-grandmother come from? (in no more than 4 words)
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Who was born in 1970?
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What happened in 1994?
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What's the best title of the timeline?
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任务型阅读。(共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)
阅读下面短文，根据短文内容完成表格中所缺信息，没空一词。
You will read about how you are a citizen in your school, community and nation. A citizen is a person who belongs to a place. You are a citizen of the community where you live and the nation where you were born.
Citizens Have Rights
As a citizen, you have rights that the government protects. A right is something you may do. As a citizen, you have a right to speak freely and to practise your religion. You also have the right to privacy. That means you may decide what to show or tell someone and what not to tell.
Citizens Have Responsibilities
Along with rights, citizens have responsibilities. A responsibility is something that you should do. For example, you should follow the laws. A law is a rule that everyone in a community, state or country must follow. Laws keep people safe and help them get along well with one another. When people follow the traffic laws, they help keep others safe. When you follow laws in a park, you help others enjoy the park.
Being a Good Citizen
Good citizens care about people's rights. They try to make things fair and safe for everyone. Good citizens work together to solve problems. Children can be good citizens by solving problems together in their school or community. They may follow proper steps to deal with problems. First, name the problem. Then, list ways to solve it. Next, choose the best way. And finally, find out if it solves the problems.
Citizens' and Responsibilities
Passage outline Supporting details
Main idea Learn aboutto be a good citizen.
☆ Speak.
Rights☆Practise your religion.
☆Make aon what to show or tell someone and what not to.
Responsibilities
☆Follow the laws, which are that everyone should follow.
◇Obey a traffic law to keep people safe.
◇Follow laws in a park to help others the park.
☆Care about people's rights.
☆Try to do things in a and safe way.
Ways to be good citizens☆Workwith others.
☆Learn to solve problems in four steps.

"Listen carefully to what I say," the time traveler said, "I shall tell you something that you will not agree."
"Why will we not agree?" I asked.
"Because the science and mathematics you know are not correct," he said. "You believe there are only three dimensions(三维空间)-length, breadth(宽) and thickness."
"There is nothing to argue with that, " the youngest member of our little group said.
"Exactly!" the time traveler answered, "But there is also a fourth dimension - time."
"We all know about time, " another member of the group said. "Time passed."
"I do not agree," the time traveler said, "Length, breadth and thickness do not pass. They stay in the same place in space. We move about them. I can prove that time is the same. It does not pass. We move in time the same way that we move in breadth, length and thickness."
None of us believed the time traveler, and we argued with him for many hours.
"If we could travel back in time," the scientist said, "We could do things to change the future."
"If we could travel forward in time," the doctor(博士) said, "we could do things that change our present."
The time traveler smiled, "It is clear," he said, "that there is only one way I can show you that I am right. We must do an experiment. Please wait here."
He left the room and soon returned, carrying what looked like a clock.
"This is a model of a time machine. It took me two years to make it," the time traveler said. "I want all of you to understand that when I start the machine, it will immediately travel in time and disappear from the present."
He turned to the youngest of all. "Give me your hand," he said.
The young man put out his hand. The time traveler took it and placed it on the machine. Immediately, there was a sudden wind, and the little machine disappeared.
I was certain this was not a trick, but the doctor was not so sure.
"Are you asking us to believe," he said, "that the machine is now in a different time?"
"Certainly! In my laboratory, a full-size machine is almost complete. As soon as it is complete, I shall send myself on a journey through time. Would you like to see my machine?"
"Are you serious about this?" the doctor asked.
"I have never been more serious about anything," the time traveler said, "Come."
We followed him to his laboratory. There, we saw the actual machine, not quite complete, but large enough for a man to sit in.
How many dimensions did the time traveler say there are?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

How long did it take the time traveler to make his model time machine?

A．Two years.	B．Two months.
C．Twenty years.	D．All his life.

Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a. The model time machine disappeared with a wind.
b. The time traveler came back to the room with a model time machine.
c. The members of the group argued with the time traveler for many hours.
d. The time traveler showed them a full-size time machine which was not quite complete.
e. The youngest man's hand was placed on the model time machine.

A．e c a d b	B．b c e a d
C．c e b a d	D．c b e a d

What can we infer(判断) from the passage about the time traveler?

A．He believed that they could move in time.

B．He was playing a trick on a group of people.

C．He sent the young man to the future in the model time machine.

D．He would possibly send himself on a journey through time.

What kind of story do you think the passage is?

A．A detective story.	B．A science fiction.
C．A romantic fiction.	D．A horror story.