Friday，June 6th，happens to be National Donut （甜甜圈）Day．Since the only way to celebrate this important holiday is by eating the sweet rings，you really have no choice but to eat up a few or even more than ten!
And while it may sound like a special celebration dreamt up by donut factories to increase sales，the idea of the holiday can be followed a11 the way back to World War One．In 1917．when women volunteers were sent to look after injured US soldiers，they noticed how homesick the men were．To try to cheer them up，the women decided to make donuts for the soldiers．Not surprisingly，the treats worked well!
In 1938，when the"Great Depression"（大萧条）happened to the country，volunteers from Chicago spent a day selling fresh donuts．However this time around it was not just to cheer up American people，but also to raise money for the charity（慈善）The event was such a success that it is now celebrated every year by the whole country，on the first Friday of June．What's even better is that this year．Dunkin Donuts is giving away free donuts with drink，making it the first World Donut Day!Many stores take part in this fun tradition，so be sure to check if you are ready to give out free treats!
If you're among the few persons that don't like the taste of donuts，you can celebrate by selling donuts to your friends and family and giving money to charily like volunteers．It is after all thanks to them，that we have this fun tradition．
44．People celebrate National Donut Day by
A．eating more donuts
B．relaxing a whole day
C．giving each other rings
D．making donuts themselves
45．Who created the holiday？
A．Donut factories．
B．Donut stores．
B．Homesick soldiers．
D．Women volunteers．
46．If you don't like donuts，on the Day you could
A．give away free donuts
B．sell donuts for charity
C．raise money to help friends
D．volunteer to check the preparation
47．Which part of a magazine can this text come from？
A．Popular Science
B．Culture Abroad
C．Sports World
D．Future Life．
Can plants eat people? Probably not，but there are many plants that eat meat．Some of them are big．And they can eat small animals．One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草)．
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant．It grows in dry parts of the United States．Its leaves are like the pages of a book．They can open and close very quickly．Inside the leaves，there are three small hairs．If a fly touches one of the hairs，the leaf closes quickly．The fly cannot get out．In about half an hour，the leaf presses the fly until it is dead．Then，the plant covers the fly．Slowly，the plant eats the fly．
Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun，the air，and the ground．In some places，the ground is very poor．It doesn’t have all these important things，
especially nitrogen(氮)．Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen， so some plants eat meat to get what they need．Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea !The Venus flytrap is a kind of_________．
| A．plant | B．animal | C．food | D．meat |
The Venus flytrap grows in_________．
| A．most parts of the world | B．some parts of Africa |
| C．dry parts of the United States | D．wet parts of England |
From the passage，we learn that_________．
| A．all plants can eat people | B．all plants can eat animals |
| C．some plants can eat people | D．some plants can eat animals |
The underlined word“presses”probably means________ in Chinese．
| A．挤压 | B．关上 | C．打开 | D．松开 |
—Why do some plants eat animal meat? —Because_________．
| A．plants are dangerous to animals |
| B．animals are dangerous to plants |
| C．plants want to get what they need from animal me |
| D．plants want to protect themselves against animals |
Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．
The reporter was talking to them about being important．
“How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．
The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”
The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．
The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”
The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”
“No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes thePresident important．”
“Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．
“Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”This story happened in_________．
| A．England | B．America | C．Japan | D．Australia |
There are_________ in this passage．
| A．two men and two women | B．three men and one woman |
| C．three women and one man | D．four women |
The banker thought________．
| A．he was really important because he was a rich banker |
| B．the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U．S was really important |
| C．the visitor who met the President of the US |
| D．the reporter was really important |
The owner of the very large company thought_________．
| A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies |
| B．the banker was really important |
| C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important |
| D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President．the President would not answer any telephone call |
The owner of many buildings thought__________．
| A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York |
| B．the owner of the very large company was really important |
| C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor |
| D．the person who worked in the White House was really important |
| From：Li-Hong @ net. cn |
To：jenny@compail.ca |
| Subject：School term |
Date：01/09 6:00 p.m. |
| Dear Jenny, Today is my first day of new high school．Many students in our school come from big cities．They bring the high-tech things to school，for example，mobile phones，MP3 players，CD players and electronic dictionaries．They show off these things to others．What about your classmates in the US? Do they have these things? Li Hong |
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| From：jenny@compail.ca |
To：Li-Hong @ net. cn |
| Subject：Repeat! |
Date：01/09 8:00 p.m. |
| Dear Li Hong． We also bring these high-tech things when we are back to school．However，we often work during the holidays，and make money to buy these things．I think we need these things．We need mobile phones to contact with our friends．We also need CD players to listen to music．Electronic dictionaries can be useful for our study too． Jenny |
The word “high-tech” means ____________ in Chinese．
| A．高质量的 | B．高品质的 | C．高科技的 | D．高价格的 |
Where do you probably read these two letters?
| A．In a magazine. | B．In a book. | C．In a guide-book. | D．On a website. |
Li Hong thinks many students like to bring the high-tech things to school because ____________．
| A．they like to listen to music |
| B．mobile phones are useful for their studies |
| C．they want to show off these things |
| D．they want to contact with their classmates |
Jenny thinks students bring CD players to school because they want to _________．
| A．make money | B．contact with friends | C．listen to music | D．study well |
From the passage we know that ____________．
| A．Li Hong has many high-tech things like her classmates |
| B．American students often use their own money to buy the high-tech things |
| C．Chinese students work during the holidays to buy the high-tech things |
| D．all the high-tech things are useful for the students |
Some things can carry(携带) messages, for example, a sign（标志） at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. Signs on the door tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?
People can communicate on many other ways. An artist can use his drawing to tell about beautiful mountains, about the blue sea and many other things. Books are written to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas.
Books, magazines（杂志）, TVs, radios（广播） and films all help us to communicate（交流） with others. They all help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.
1. What can help you if you want to know which bus to take?
_______________________________________________
2. What do the signs on the door do?
______________________________________________
3. People can communicate in many other ways, can’t they?
_______________________________________________
4. What can help us to communicate with others?
_______________________________________________
5. What do they help us to do?
_______________________________________________
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1. Who lives in the same street?
A. Zhou Jiang and Liu HaipingB. LiuHaiping and Wang Dong
C. Wang Dong and ZhangHongboD. Zhang Hongbo and Zhou Jiang
2. If you want to know something about medicine（药），what number can you call?
A. Tel: 021- 69673081B. Tel: 028- 66630492
C. Tel: 022- 27364085D. Tel: 022- 27308691
3. Who can’t we write an e-mail to?
A. Zhang JiangB. Liu Haiping
C. Zhang Hongbo and Wang DongD. Zhang Jiang and Liu Haiping