Mrs． Smith is a 32﹣year﹣old woman． She comes from England． She has blonde hair， a straight nose and blue eyes． She is thin and of medium height． Mrs． Smith looks much younger than other women who are of the same age． Some think she is only 25years old．
Mrs． Smith is our English teacher． Though she only teaches us twice a week， she is a very responsible（负责的） teacher． She is very strict with us in class． But after class， she is friendly to us all． I remember one winter morning she was ill， but she went on giving us a lesson． We were moved and all of us listened to her much more carefully than usual．
Mrs． Smith teaches us very well． Her classes are always funny and interesting， All of us love her and her classes．
（1）Mrs． Smith comes from China．
（2）Mrs． Smith is 25years old．
（3）Mrs． Smith is thin and of medium height．
（4）Mrs． Smith teaches us Chinese．
（5）All of Mrs． Smith's students love her and her classes．
Lamu was a 12-year-old Tibetan girl. She wanted to go to Beijing to watch the 2008 Olympics. Only one month ago, Lamu still thought it would be difficult.
In the past Tibet had no railroad (铁路). If Lamu took a bus, it would take her a long time to reach Beijing. And a plane ticket would cost lots of money.
However, things changed for Lamu. She was able to buy a ticket to the world’s highest railroad. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway had been completed! The 1,142-kilometer railroad runs on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau (高原). Lamu could reach Beijing by train in 48 hours!
About 550 kilometers of the railroad are constructed on the frozen earth (冻土). When the frozen earth warms in summer, it can move the track. But Chinese scientists have built a special structure to solve the problem. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been designed with the wild animals in the designers’ minds. It also has special underpasses (地下通道) for animals like Tibetan antelopes (藏羚羊) to go through.
“The new railroad greatly helps Tibet’s tourism,”said Liu Yueqin, an expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (中国社科院).
As more tourists take trains to Tibet, there are more money for Tibetans. With the money, more kids can go to school.
The railroad also makes things less expensive in Tibet. Now one can buy a TV set for about 1,500 yuan. It used to be much higher than that price. When there was no railroad, it had been difficult to send things in and out of Tibet. With the new railroad, shopping can be more convenient (方便的) and faster.The special underpasses are _____ to go through.
| A．only for Tibet’s antelopes |
| B．for Tibet’s tourism |
| C．for animals |
| D．for Tibetans |
Which of the following about the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is TRUE?
| A．It is not the highest railroad in the world. |
| B．It’s the longest railroad in the world. |
| C．Scientists have no way to solve the problem of the frozen earth. |
| D．Wild animals have special underpasses to go through. |
After the new railroad was completed _____.
| A．everyone could buy a cheaper TV set |
| B．Tibetans can do business in and out of Tibet and develop their tourism |
| C．more and more people could fly to Tibet as soon as possible |
| D．more and more animals would be killed by people |
Before the railroad was finished, _____.
| A．all Tibetan children could go to school |
| B．the transportation in Tibet was convenient and fast, too |
| C．it was hard for Tibetans to buy and sell things in and out of Tibet |
| D．the Tibetans had never walked out of Tibet |
The best title (标题) of the passage is “_____”.
| A．Something about a 12-year-old Tibetan Girl |
| B．Reaching Beijing from Tibet by Train in Forty-eight Hours |
| C．High-tech (高科技) Brings the Tibetans Happiness |
| D．The Railway Puts Tibet Closer |
The Internet has become part of teenagers’ (十几岁的) life. A new report shows that 38 percent (百分之……) of 3,375 students use the Internet often.
Most of the students get useful information for their studies, but some are not using it in a good way. Many students are playing online games too much. Some even visit some unhealthy websites. A teacher from Beijing Yinghua Middle School, Hong Ying warns (警告) that something bad can happen if young people spend too much time on the Internet. She said that one of her students used to be good at school. But when he started visiting unhealthy websites，he hurt a girl by cheating online. At last the police caught him and sent him into the prison (监狱).
In order to help young people use the Internet safely, some schools in Shanghai find a good way. The schools provide a textbook (教科书) for the students. The book uses real examples to teach students about good ways of using the Internet. Teachers and parents all think the book is good.
Hong said that the book will help students keep away from the bad behaviors (行者) of using computer. The book will teach students how to be a good person (人) in the online world._______ of the 3,375 students use the Internet very often.
| A．10 | B．18 | C．38 | D．About 1282 |
_______ children are using the computer in a good way.
| A．All | B．Not all | C．Each of the | D．Every |
Some students from _______ are learning a textbook about good behavior.
| A．Beijing | B．Wuhan | C．Shenyang | D．Shanghai |
The aim (目的) of the book is to _______.
| A．teach students how to get online in a good way |
| B．tell children how to make online friends |
| C．tell a lot of stories about the harm (危害) of the Internet |
| D．teach students how to play computer games |
The police took the boy away because _______.
| A．the police liked him |
| B．he was interested in the Internet |
| C．he cheated and hurt a girl online |
| D．he didn’t study hard |
The following is the information about an accident.
| Time |
January 21, 2012 |
| Place |
Mount Hua, Shanxi |
| People |
A team of seven mountain climbers |
| Weather |
Heavy snow |
| Event |
Two climbers fell into the valley (山谷) |
| What happened |
Mr. Zhang hurt his left leg. Miss Wang was hurt in the head |
| Time of call for help |
2:30 p. m. |
| Name of the caller |
Mr. Chen, a member of the team |
| Action |
Firemen arrived there at 3:00 p. m. and took the wound (伤者) to the nearest hospital at 3:15 p. m. |
Maybe it was _______ when they were climbing the mountain.
| A．rainy | B．snowy | C．sunny | D．windy |
_______ took the wound to the hospital.
| A．Policemen | B．Visitors | C．Partners | D．Firemen |
The accident happened in the _______.
| A．morning | B．afternoon | C．evening | D．night |
_______ people were hurt in the accident.
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
| A．When they were climbing the mountain, two of them fell into the valley. |
| B．The firemen arrived half an hour later. |
| C．Mr. Zhang hurt his head. |
| D．The accident happened on Mount Hua, Shanxi. |
Almost everyone has dropped some food on the floor and still wanted to eat it. If someone saw you drop it, he or she might have shouted, “ 5-second rule!” This so–called rule says food is OK to eat if you pick it up in five seconds or less. But is that true?
Professor Anthony Hilton from Ashton University, UK, tested the rule with his students. They found that food dropped for five seconds is less likely to contain bacteria(细菌) than if it sits there for longer.
For the study, Hilton and his students tested a lot of foods——bread, pasta, cookies and candy—to see how much bacteria they had when they made contact with the floor. They allowed the food to lie on the different types of flooring—carpet(地毯), laminate (复合地板) and tile(瓷砖) — for three seconds to 30 seconds.
Not surprisingly, the longer the food was on the floor, the more bacteria it had. And the type of floor where the dropped food landed had an effect. Bacteria are least likely to transfer(转移) from carpet, while they are most likely to transfer laminate or tiled surface after more than five seconds.
The study also found that the wetter the food, the more likely it was to pick up bacteria. Although most people are happy to follow the 5-second rule, eating food dropped on the floor still carries an infection(感染) risk. “It very much depends on which bacteria are on the floor at the time.” Hilton told Forbes.What is the “5-second rule’ mean?
| A．People often shout at someone when they drop food on the floor. |
| B．Food is safe when you pick it up off the floor in less than five seconds. |
| C．It’s better to eat dropped food when it’s been on the floor for over five seconds. |
| D．Food will go bad when dropped food on the floor in five seconds or less. |
Where is Ashton University?
A. In the USA. B. In England.
C. In China.D. In France.Hilton’s test wanted to find out____________.
| A．if the “5-second rule” is true |
| B．the students’ favorite food |
| C．which food is easily dropped |
| D．if different types of floor have different bacteria |
According to the test, we learn the following EXCEPT ________.
| A．the dropped food had more bacteria if it sat on the floor for longer. |
| B．the dropped food on the carpet had the least bacteria. |
| C．bacteria was impossible to transfer from laminate or tiled surfaces. |
| D．the wetter food was likely to pick up bacteria. |
According to the article, the infection risk of the dropped does NOT depend on _____________.
| A．how long the food sits on the floor |
| B．what the dropped food is |
| C．what the bacteria are |
| D．what the weather is like that day |
One day a man found a cocoon(蚕) of a butterfly in the forest. He sat there for several hours and watched the butterfly. Suddenly, a small opening appeared and the butterfly made its great effort(努力) to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.（那个蛹好象忘记了它该怎样做, 也好象停止了挣扎）.
So the man decided to help the butterfly. He cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon so that the butterfly would come out easily. But to his surprise, the butterfly got a heavy body and very small wings when it came out of the cocoon.
The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that the body would grow smaller at any moment and the wings would become larger and be able to fly. But neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬) around with a heavy body and small wings. It was never able to fly.
The man was in his kindness, but he didn’t understand the nature rules. Before the butterfly came out of the cocoon, fluid(液体) from its body must be forced into its wings, and then would be ready for flying. It must have a hard struggle(拼搏) to get through the small opening to get its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any difficulties, it would make us fail. We would not be as strong as we could have been, we could never fly.What was the butterfly doing at the beginning of the story?
| A．It was trying to make a cocoon for it self. |
| B．It was crawling around quietly on the ground. |
| C．It was flying among the trees in the forest. |
| D．It was struggling to get out of its cocoon. |
The man cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon in order to __________.
| A．take the butterfly home |
| B．help the butterfly come out easily |
| C．kill the butterfly |
| D．stop the butterfly growing bigger |
What do you think of the man?
| A．Patient but cruel | B．Careful and wise |
| C．Kind but unwise | D．Brave and funny |
What does the last paragraph (段落) tell us?
| A．Struggles are sometimes necessary in our life. |
| B．Nothing is difficult if we put our heart into it. |
| C．Every good deed will come back with good result. |
| D．The greatest happiness in the world is to help others. |
What is the best title of the story?
| A．The Love for the Cocoon. |
| B．The Joy of Helping Each Other. |
| C．The Lesson of the Cocoon. |
| D．The Expectation (期待) for the Butterfly. |