Luca Gramberini has been scuba diving（戴水肺潜水） since he was a kid．His family owns a scuba company．For the past three summers，Luca has added gardening to his underwater activities．He helps run Nemo's Garden，a project to grow plants in the sea．
From May through September，Luca and other divers are working on Nemo's Garden in the Mediterranean Sea，150 feet from the coast of Noli，Italy．Five large balloon﹣like objects，called biospheres（生物圈），hold plants such as beans and strawberries．The biospheres are filled with air and placed 20 feet below the surface．"My father came up with the idea because he loves gardening very much，"Luca said．
According to Luca，the sea is a good place to grow plants because underwater temperatures remain stable，changing little from day to night．The biospheres act like greenhouses．Inside the air﹣filled biospheres，fresh water keeps evaporating（蒸发），providing the plants with a good environment to grow in．"We have already seen the plants grow faster and better，"Luca says．"And there are fewer storms that can knock down the biospheres during the summer．"
Luca hopes Nemo's Garden will provide a new way of growing crops．"There is not enough land on the Earth，"he says．"And in many developing countries，bad conditions make it difficult for crops to grow．"
Though the project has just started，Nemo's Garden has achieved success and is moving to different areas．"We're going to try growing other plants．"Luca says．"We hope to set up biospheres around the world．There are many possibilities．"
34．Nemo's Garden is a project to ．
A．do scuba diving in the sea
B．stop storms in the sea
C．make fresh water from the sea
D．grow plants under the water
35．The underlined word "stable" in paragraph 3 means in Chinese．
A．平衡的
B．正常的
C．稳定的
D．合适的
36．The passage is probably taken from the part of a newspaper．
A．travel
B．science
C．health
D．sports
37．The best title for this passage is ．
A．Gardens in the sea
B．Projects for summer activities
C．Plants in greenhouses
D．Conditions for crop growing．
A young man and a young girl get married (结婚). The man has much money, and he likes reading very much in his spare (空闲的) time. The woman is very beautiful, but she doesn’t have anything to do because the servant(仆人)does everything for her every day. She isn’t happy, either. Do you know the reason? Her husband is busy reading his books and has no time to stay with her every day.
One day, she says to her husband: “I would like to be a book!” “Why, dear?” the husband asks. “Then you will love to read me very much” “But I don’t think so, dear. After I read one book, I usually read the next one soon,” the husband answers. The young man is ________.
| A．Cute | B．poor | C．rich | D．tall |
Who does the housework in the family?
| A．The woman. | B．The man. | C．The servant. | D．The man’s mother. |
The man likes ______ in his spare time.
| A．fishing | B．swimming | C．reading | D．sleeping |
What does the underlined word “husband” mean?
| A．妻子 | B．丈夫 | C．佣人 | D．爷爷 |
Why does the woman want to be a book?
| A．Because she likes books very much. | B．Because the man has lots of money. |
| C．Because she wants the man to read her. | D．Because she wants the man to love her. |
Do you know how to write an English letter? It is different from the Chinese letter. When we write a letter in English, we should write the date on the top of the right corner. Sometimes we write the insideaddress(信内地址)---the number of the house and the names of the street, city and country. Then we can begin the letter at the left corner. We always use words like “Dear sir”, “Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs …”to begin the writing. At the end of the letter, we usually use expressions as “Yours”, “Yours ever” or “Yours sincerely”. Then sign the writer’s name.
It is also different to write an English envelope. You should write your name and address on the top of the left corner and write the receiver’s in the middle or on the bottom of the right corner. When we write a letter in English, we should write the date _______.
| A．At the beginning of the letter | B．at the left corner |
| C．on the top of the right corner | D．at the end of the letter |
The inside address includes _______.
| A．The number of the house | B．the name of the street |
| C．the name of the city and country | D．all of the above |
We always use words like “__________ ” to begin the writing.
| A．Dear sir | B．Dear Mr/Miss/Mrs | C．Your sincerely | D．A and B |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The English letter is the same as the Chinese letter. |
| B．You can write your name and address on the top of the left corner. |
| C．Writing an English envelope is the same as writing a Chinese envelope. |
| D．We can begin the letter at the right corner. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．How to write English letters | B．How to write Chinese letters |
| C．Writing letters and sending emails | D．The advantage of writing letters |
Jackie Chan was born on 7th April, 1954 in Hong Kong. His parents left the mainland（大陆） for Hong Kong a short time before he was born. His parents named him Chan Gangsheng, which means “born in Hong Kong”. When Jackie was 7 years old, his family moved to Australia. Later that year, they got back to Hong Kong and Jackie’s father sent him to Beijing to study and work. When Jackie was 17, he began to do dangerous performances（表演） in films. In the early 1980s, Jackie went to Hollywood, but he wasn’t successful there. He went on to make films in Hong Kong and had great success. Finally, in 1985, Jackie Chan became a movie star in the United States. Today Jackie Chan has fans all over the world.Where was Jackie Chan from?
| A．Sydney. | B．Hollywood. | C．Hong Kong. | D．Beijing. |
Which name means “born in Hong Kong”?
| A．Chan Gangsheng. | B．Jackie Chan. | C．Cheng Long. | D．Chan Yuanlong. |
When did Jackie’s father send him to Beijing to study?
| A．In 1954. | B．In 1961. | C．In 1971. | D．In 1980. |
What did Jackie begin to do when he was seventeen?
| A．Study films. | B．Sing songs. |
| C．Do performances in films. | D．Make films in Hollywood. |
Which of the following is the same meaning with the underlined word “finally”?
| A．On the end. | B．As a result. | C．Right now. | D．At last. |
Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction(娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with(与…联系) their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones.
| A．because they are students | B．when they are free |
| C．when they are at school | D．because they are children |
We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from.
| A．the makers and sellers | B．the passers-by and strangers |
| C．their parents and friends | D．some mobile phones users |
What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage?.
| A．聊天 | B．核对 | C．查询 | D．作弊 |
Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t during school hours.
A. use their mobile phones B. leave their mobile phones at school office
D. help the teachers with their work D. get in touch with their childrenThe passage tells us that.
| A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons. |
| B．it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school |
| C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school |
| D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school |
Li Shizhen was born in 1518. His father was a poor doctor. Li Shizhen often saw that people fell ill. He decided to study medicine so that he could be able to help people.
Li Shizhen read many books about medicine. He found many of the old medical books to be full of mistakes. So his wish was to write a new one.
He did his best to study medical science. He studied not only the herbs（草药）in his own garden, but also the wild ones. He set out many times on long journeys to collect herbs and talk with old peasants. He learned a lot from the working people.
After many years of hard work and study, Li Shizhen finished his great work “Ben Cao Gang Mu”（本草纲目）. At that time he was sixty. His book is now one of the greatest contributions（贡献）of the Chinese people to the medical science of the world.Li Shizhen’s father was _________
| A．a soldier | B．a doctor | C．a teacher | D．a peasant |
Li Shizhen decided to study medicine because he wanted to _________
| A．making a living | B．become famous | C．help the people who fell ill | D．get more money |
Li Shizhen wanted to write a new medical book because _________
| A．he was a doctor | B．he liked writing books |
| C．many medical books were full of mistakes. | D．he was a writer |
“Ben Cao Gang Mu” is
| A．a medical book | B．a medical worker | C．a herb | D．a dictionary |
Li Shizhen collected a lot of on his long journeys.
| A．flowers | B．living things | C．plants | D．herbs |