The Building That Moves
Everyone knows that buildings don't move．They can't change the way they look．However，architect（建筑师）David Fisher wants to change that．
Fisher has an amazing idea．He wants to make 80﹣story buildings that change shape．Each floor will move around slowly．The floors will move at different speeds．Because of this，the shape of the building is always changing．"These buildings will never look the same，"says Fisher．
His idea is an interesting one．However，Fisher doesn't stop there．He also wants the building to be"green"．The building will make its own energy．In most buildings，only the top floor has a roof（屋顶）．In Fisher's building，each floor will have its own roof．The roofs each have solar panels（太阳能板）．This means a lot more solar energy．Also，machines between each floor of the building will catch the wind．They will turn the wind into energy．
Fisher's ideas sound impossible．However，that's what people also said before humans traveled into space!
16．The passage is mainly talking about ．
A．buildings for the future
B．the life of an architect
C．how green buildings work
17．The underlined word"80﹣story"means the building has 80 ．
A．shapes
B．floors
C．different speeds
18．Fisher's building can make its own energy because the building ．
A．is tall and always moving
B．is tall and has many solar panels
C．is always moving and has many solar panels
19．The Fisher's building will NOT get energy from ．
A．the sun
B．the water
C．the wind
20．Why does the writer say"that's what people also said before humans traveled into space"？ _
A．To show why Fisher's building will never work．
B．To show why Fisher's building is like a spaceship．
C．To show that unusual ideas can sometimes work．
The earth is changing. Tomorrow it will be different. All the living things on the earth are changing. Even people are changing, and tomorrow you will be different.
There are many kinds of change , and many different things that cause change. People need to realize the changes, to learn to see them, and to learn what causes change.
Human beings must solve many problems so that they can continue to live successfully. War is one of these problems. Disease and natural disaster are problems. Having enough food and energy for the growing number to people in the world is a problem. Most problems can be solved, but some are impossible to solve. The way in which people solve problems affects how long and how well they can live.
As people solve their problems, they change things, and changes often cause new problems for people and for their living things on the earth. Sometimes the new problems seem even worse than the old ones. Human beings will probably never stop having problems to solve. Can you use your imagination to describe a world that has no problems at all?The reason why everything is changing as that _________.
A. people want them to be changing
B. there are many different things that cause them to change
C. the living things are changing.
D the world is too smallPeople need to solve problems because _____.
| A．there will be more and more new problems if they don’t solve the old ones |
| B．The problems are difficult to solve |
| C．they have to go on living |
| D．there are so many things that are changing . |
New problems appear________.
A. because old problems aren’t solved
B. because people don’t solve them
C. because some people are foolish .
D when people are solving old onesWhich of the following is wrong according to the passage?
| A．Disaster and war are two of the problems people have to solve. |
| B．People need to solve all the problems at the same time. |
| C．The way people solve problems has much to do with their life. |
| D．People can’t solve all the problems at one time. |
The underlined word “disaster” in the passage probably means “_____” in Chinese.
| A．灾难 | B．资源 | C．条件 | D．环境 |
“Who needs a shopping mall if you have Taobao?”says Wang Wei, 28, a writer in Beijing.
Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, has become an important part of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
A growing number of Chinese Internet users like Wang have found the joys of online shopping. Most online shoppers are students or young workers. More women shop on line than men. Clothing and home –use products are the most popular on line.
It was reported that 250 billion yuan was spent on line shopping last year, eighty percent through Taobao.
Taobao means “looking for treasure” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from candies to DVD players.
You may question the security of online shopping Wang said, “ It’s very safe and convenient. Unless you receive the products from the sellers and are satisfied with them, the shop owner will not get the money. You can also get your money back if you want to return the product”Wang wei _________________.
| A．is a writer in Nanjing |
| B．is a popular man |
| C．spends much money on Taobao |
| D．thinks it is unsafe to shop online |
The underlined word “security” in the passage probably means“_________”.
| A．quality | B．safety | C．joys | D．convenience |
More than ____ billion yuan was spent shopping on Taotao last year.
| A．80 | B．100 | C．200 | D．250 |
Most people shopping on line are ___________.
| A．young | B．students | C．babies | D．men |
The best title for this passage is __________.
| A．Wang Wei’s Life | B．Online Shopping in China |
| C．Where to Shop | D．The Safest Shopping |
Here is some information about homes in the United States and the people who live in them.
In the early 1990s, there were more than 91 million homes, or households(家庭) in the US. About 64% of the people in the US own their homes. The rest(其余的) rent(租) their homes. The rented homes are usually apartments(公寓).
74%of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country(乡下). Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US and about half that number have cats.
Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average(平均), 2.64 people lived in a home in the early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.
Half of the teenagers (青少年) in the US have their own bedrooms.
An American moves(搬家), on the average, twelve times in his or her life. In Japan a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.Where do most Americans live?
| A．Around the country. | B．In or around cities. | C．In the country. | D．In cities. |
How many American families own a cat?
| A．40% | B．64% | C．20% | D．74% |
Families in the US are .
| A．becoming bigger . | B．becoming smaller |
| C．becoming happy. | D．not sure |
Which of the following is TURE?
| A．Americans move more often than the English. |
| B．The average number in a family now is getting bigger than that in the 1960s. |
| C．The Japanese move . more often than the British. |
| D．Most young people of the US have no bedrooms of their own. |
The best title for the passage is about.
| A．Americans moving homes all the time |
| B．Pets in American families. |
| C．City families & country families. |
| D．Americans families. |
I live in a small town near Xing'an in Guilin. You can't see it on the map of China, because it is too small. The air here is fresh(清新的). There are not many tall buildings in our town. The tallest building is in our school. There are four hundred students and twenty-five teachers in our school. In the front of the school, there is a playground. I often play basketball with my classmates on it. There is a little garden behind our school. And we can grow (种植) beautiful flowers and plant trees there. Next to the garden, there is an orange orchard(果园). You can hear birds singing everywhere. There is a river not far from our school. In summer, we usually go swimming with our teachers in it. We study Chinese, English, Maths and other subjects at school. The teachers are very nice. We love our school.The writer lives .
| A．in a small town | B．in the city of Guilin | C．Xing'an | D．in a tall building |
There is in the front of our school.
| A．a river | B．an orange orchard | C．a playground | D．a garden |
How many students are there in the school?
| A．4025. | B．425. | C．245. | D．400. |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．There are many tall buildings in the town. |
| B．Behind the school there is a garden. |
| C．There is a river in the school. |
| D．People can hear students singing everywhere. |
What's the best title(标题) of the passage(一段)?
| A．The Garden | B．A Small Town | C．Our School | D．The Best Building |
Some children are flying kites near the river. They are very high and Peter can see them from the classroom. After lunch his aunt comes to see his mother and brings a kite to him. It looks like a bird. He wants to fly it but his mother doesn’t let him do that.
“It’s time to go to school,” says his mother, “You can fly it after dinner.”
The boy is unhappy, and says goodbye to his aunt and leaves. Now he is in the classroom but he doesn’t listen to Miss Black. He only thinks how to fly the kite. Miss Black writes something on the blackboard and then turns to the class.
“Name(说出……的名字) nine things with milk in them, Peter.” she says.
The boy doesn’t hear her and still sits there. A boy in Row 4 beats(敲打)his back and he knows it. He stands up and Miss Black asks him the question again. He thinks for some time and then says, “Yes, madam, tea, coffee, cake and …er…six cows(奶牛).”There is _____ near Peter’s school.
| A．a bank | B．a river | C．a lake | D．a park |
In the classroom, Peter can see ______.
| A．some children swimming in the park | B．his aunt buy a kite for him |
| C．some students reading beside the lake | D．some children flying kites near the river |
_____ comes to visit his mother after lunch.
| A．Peter’s teacher | B．Peter’s friend | C．Peter’s cousin | D．Peter’s aunt |
Peter’s mother tells him to fly the kite ________.
| A．at breakfast | B．in the classroom | C．after dinner | D．in school |
In class, Peter only thinks ______.
| A．his teacher’s words |
| B．what the kite looks like |
| C．how to fly the kite |
| D．how to answer the teacher’s question |