One evening，an old lady went shopping in the supermarket．She （71） lots of toys for her grandson，including a knife．When she came back to her car，she found a man with red hair staring the car and （72） two sitting at the back．She was surprised．She realized that they would drive her car away．Then she took out the toy knife （73） thinking and pointed at the men in the car．"Get out of the car!"she shouted （74） ．The men in the car got so scared that they ran away quickly．The lady made sure （75） all the men had gone．Then she took out the key to start the car．To her （76） ，she couldn't．she tried again and again and finally she knew 7﹣﹣﹣it wasn't her car!She looked around and saw her
8car not far away．When she came back to her car，she saw the men 9up to her with a policeman．She thought it was time for her to tell 10and make it clear．After hearing her story，the policeman began to laugh．Her face turned red．
A man came home from work late, tired, to find his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. He thought for a moment, looked up and said, “Daddy, could you lend me $10?”
The father was furious, “If you asked for the money to buy a toy or some other rubbish, then go straight to your room and think about why you are being so selfish(自私的)!”The little boy went to his room and shut the door. After about an hour or so, the father calmed(平静)down, and started to think, “Maybe he really needs to buy something and he didn't really ask for money very often.” So he went to the little boy's room.
“Sorry! Maybe I was too hard on you just now.” said the man, “Here's $10.” “Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he said happily. Then, the boy took out some coins. When the father found that the boy already had money, he got angry again.“Why do you want more money since you already have some?” the father shouted angrily. “Because I didn't have enough, but now I do.” The little boy replied, “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”How much does the boy's father make an hour? ____ .
| A．$10 | B．$20 | C．$30 | D．$40 |
In this passage, the underlined word “furious” means ____.
| A．very angry | B．quite happy |
| C．too excited | D．a little nervous |
In the first passage, the father refused to lend the boy any money because _______.
| A．he thought the boy wanted to keep the money for himself |
| B．he did not have enough money at that moment |
| C．he thought the boy would buy something of no use |
| D．the boy always borrowed money from him |
The boy wanted to buy ________ with twenty dollars.
| A．a new book for himself |
| B．a nice present for his father |
| C．a toy for his own birthday |
| D．an hour of his father's time |
From the passage, we can infer(推断)that the boy's father__.
| A．often played with his son |
| B．spent little time with his son |
| C．didn't love his son at all |
| D．often came back home early |
Always forgetting your long passwords(密码)? Worried about being hacked(被攻击)?All these worries will soon become history. Scientists have found that upper-casing(大写)your password can help you reduce the chance being hacked.
Usually passwords are six letters or more.However,50 percent of people choose a common word or simple key combination for their password. The most used passwords are 123456, abcdef and abc123. In fact, if your passwords are in lower-case(小写),it will be easily hacked by a hacker. According to a study, it only takes a hacker ten minutes to hack a six-letter password which is in lower-case, but if you make the letter in upper-case, it can take up to ten hours. So if you want to make your account much safer, you should make your password upper-case. Of course, you can also add numbers or symbols to your password. Most of the time a hacker’s computer has to work for 18 days to break a password, but if you choose a nine-letter password that includes numbers and symbols, it can take a hacher’s computer 44,530 years to break it.Scientists have found thatyour password is much safer for
your account.
| A．upper-casing | B．lower-casing |
| C．reducing | D．copying |
According to the passage,______is not one of the most used
passwords.
| A．123456 | B．abcdef | C．abc123 | D．000000 |
It takes a hacker___to hack a six-letter password which is in
lower—case.
| A．10 minutes | B．10 hours |
| C．18 days | D．44,530 years |
The Chinese meaning of the underlined word is
A.数字B.符号 C.色彩调料What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．What passwords are. |
| B．How a password is hacked. |
| C．How to make your password much safer. |
| D．Why hackers hack your password. |
A young man was getting ready for graduation. He always wanted a beautiful sports car, and he told his father this. On the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful box. The young man was disappointed when he opened the box and found a book. He shouted angrily,“With all your money you give me a book?”and rushed out of the house.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and a wonderful family, but he realized his father was very old and thought he should go to see him. Before he made a visit, he got a call telling him his father had passed away(去世).He was also told his father had given all his possessions to him. When he arrived at his father’s house, sadness filled his heart.
He began to see his father’s important papers and saw the still new book. With tears, he opened the book and began to turn the pages. As he read the words, a car key dropped from an envelope in the book. It was the key to a sports car.The young man wanted his father to buy him a.
| A．book | B．sports T-shirt |
| C．sports car | D．cellphone |
On the morning of his graduation,his father give him a .
| A．box | B．paper | C．key | D．car |
According to the second paragraph,we can know that.
| A．the young man became successful |
| B．the young man usually visited his father |
| C．the young man did not marry |
| D．the young man gave his father a call every week |
The Chinese meaning of the underlined word is.
| A．跑车 | B．财产 | C．房子 | D．书本 |
Which of the following is wrong?
| A．The father loved his son very much. |
| B．The father had bought his son a sports car for his graduation. |
| C．The father only bought his son a book. |
| D．The young man did not understand his father |
It is December 25th, 2050. The people in the city are all celebrating Christmas. I’m the mayor of our city. My citizens* and I are holding a big party under the sea, though you wouldn’t believe it. But please do not feel excited, you should feel sad because we have to live under the sea. Because of the pollution, the earth has been completely destroyed, from top to bottom. The atmosphere* has no oxygen* and moisture*. As a result, the plants are burned by the strong sunlight with a great number of harmful rays. Of course, none of them are still alive. Not only no green, but also the temperature reaches about 121℃ all day even in winter because there is too much CO2 circling the earth.
On the land, there is no life. Luckily, the sea is not destroyed by human. So, we have to move into the sea. At the bottom of the water, people have built many new cities. There is a lot of advanced* equipment* in each city. Computers are used to control all the machines, even the people’s life. We can also make the seawater into fresh water. There are two machines making oxygen. If they stop working for only one minute, more than 10 million people will die.
The population of our city is over 30 million and, of course, it is quite crowded. We have lots of high buildings and bridges. The roads are wide, too. Our cars are miniature* UFOs, don’t be surprised, it is true. At the bottom of the sea you can’t see anything, because there is no light all day. However, we have advanced lighting equipment so that we can see the “sun” under the sea. Of course, the advanced lighting equipment is very expensive. And if it doesn’t work, we can see nothing under the sea. What should we do then?Where are they holding a big Christmas party?
| A．On the land | B．Under the sea | C．In high buildings | D．On the road |
What controls people’s life under the sea?
| A．Machines | B．Computers | C．Advanced equipment | D．Human beings |
Why do people have to live under the sea in 2050 according to the passage?
| A．It is interesting to build cities and live under the sea. |
| B．We have advanced lighting equipment so that we can see the “sun” under the sea. |
| C．There is no oxygen and moisture around the earth as it is destroyed. |
| D．We can make oxygen under the sea with the high technology. |
What can we learn from this article ?
| A．The plants are burned by the strong sunlight with a great number of useful rays. |
| B．There will be no lives in the world in 2050. |
| C．People prefer to live under the sea in 2050. |
| D．We should protect our environment instead of destroying it. |
What might the best title for this passage be .
| A．A Christmas In The Future | B．A City Under The Sea |
| C．The Underwater Life | D．The Future Life Under The Water |
It's the end of class. When the bell rings, students of Luohu Foreign Languages School in Shenzhen quickly take out their cell phones. They want to log on* to their micro blogs to check the interesting things that have happened in the last hour.
Since last year, the trend* of micro blogging has swept the country. Recent surveys shows that most students in middle schools have a micro blog and some even update* their blogs over five times per day.
"We learn many fresh and interesting things on micro blogs and they have become popular topics in class," said Andy Liang, 14. "If you do not know about them, you are out of the loop."
It is also a great place for students to let out stress. "My parents always ask me to study all the time, and encourage me before exams, but it really adds pressure," said Simon Zhang, 15. "When I share these feelings on my micro blog, I get many replies from friends in the same situation, which makes me feel better."
But parents are worried that micro blogging could be a waste of time. Some misleading messages may even cause danger to kids, they said.
Mr. Shen, a professor at the China Education Association, suggests parents not worry too much as long as kids are not crazy about micro blogging. Maybe it can become a window for parents to understand their children. "If parents can read their children's micro blogs, they'll know their thoughts, thus leading to better communication and solutions to problems," he said. He also gives some tips for kids.
---Don't micro blog for more than one hour a day.
---Never micro blog in class.
---Try to talk face to face with people from time to time.
---Be critical*. Don't trust all the messages on a micro blog.The underlined part "out of the loop" in the passage probably means .
| A．not popular | B．not excited | C．unhealthy | D．unlucky |
Micro blog made Simon when he shared his feelings and got replies on his micro biog.
| A．feel sad | B．let out stress | C．add pressure | D．make friends |
We can know from Mr. Shen that micro blogging can.
| A．make kids crazy while logging on to it |
| B．bring a lot of misleading messages |
| C．become a window to understand young kids |
| D．lead to worse communication |
Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．It's good for kids to micro blog for more than one hour a day. |
| B．Kids should trust all the messages on a micro blog because they are useful. |
| C．The trend of micro blogging has swept the country since five years ago. |
| D．Kids should try to talk face to face with people, not just micro blogging. |