Poverty（贫穷）is a big problem in the world，but China has done a good job to deal with it and made the proud achievement.During fighting poverty，we've been moved by many heroes.
Helping Girls ◆Zhang Guimei ◆Ljiang，Yunnan ◆Many girls couldn't go to school because they were very poor. ◆Mrs.Zhang started a girl school for free and helped over 1，800 girls go to college. |
Building a Road ◆Mao Xianglin ◆Wushan，Chongqing ◆Villagers lived on the 1，000﹣meter﹣high cliffs（悬崖峭壁）.So it took them three days to walk to the nearest town in the past. ◆Mr.Mao led villagers to build a road with their hands for 7 years.Now they spend just an hour driving to the nearest town.Local people can sell fruit to other places conveniently. |
Planting Mushrooms（序菇） ◆Chen Zaiming ◆Jingdong Yi，Yunnan ◆This place was famous for its wild mushrooms.But villagers didn't know how to grow them. ◆Mr.Chen taught villagers to plant mushrooms and helped them make over 5 million yuan. |
Chinese Achievements ◆832 counties（县） and 128 ，000 villages are no longer in poverty. ◆98.99 million villagers have been lifted out of poverty in the past 8 year. ◆China is responsible for reducing 70 percent of poverty since the late 1970s all over the world. |
（1）Who helped girls go to college？
| A． |
Zhang Guimei. |
| B． |
Mao Xianglin. |
| C． |
Chen Zaiming. |
| D． |
All above. |
（2）How did people go to the nearest town in Wushan，Chongqing in the past？
| A． |
On foot. |
| B． |
By bus. |
| C． |
By car. |
| D． |
By train. |
（3）Which place was well﹣known for wild mushrooms in the text？
| A． |
Lijiang. |
| B． |
Wushan. |
| C． |
Jingdong Yi. |
| D． |
Not mentioned. |
（4）How many villagers have been lifted out of poverty in the past 8 years in China？
| A． |
832. |
| B． |
1，800. |
| C． |
12，8000. |
| D． |
98，990，000. |
（5）Which of the following is TRUE？
| A． |
Girls didn't want to go to school in Lijiang，Yunnan. |
| B． |
I takes people three hours to drive to the nearest town in Wushan now. |
| C． |
People used to be good at growing wild mushrooms in Jingdong Yi. |
| D． |
China has got the greatest achievement on lifting out of poverty. |
阅读短文，判断正(T)误(F).
I was in town yesterday. I decided to stop at the bank to see Jane. I thought she might have time to go for lunch with me.
When I got to the bank, they told me she had just been out. I asked them if she would be back by 10:30 or 11:45, and they told me “Yes”. I had some time, so I decided to wait for her. I walked over to take a seat by the window. I watched everyone coming in. It was 12:30, and I was sure she couldn’t come back until after lunch. I got up, and as I started to walk to the door, someone called my name. I turned around and was surprised to find it was Jane. She said she had not left her office all the morning. Yesterday I was in a city.
I wanted to have lunch with Jane.
Jane was in her office all the morning.
I didn’t wait Jane any more.
In fact, Jane’s workmates made a mistake.
根据短文内容回答问题。
Red Ribbon Week is held every year, usually during the last week of October. It started with a police officer named “Kiki” Camarena. He was sent to Mexico in order to investigate(调查) a Mexican drug company and stayed there for four and a half years. His efforts helped put a stop to several major drug making companies. So the bosses wanted to murder the men who brought them down. When Camarena left his office for a lunch date with his wife on February 7, 1985, a car drove up and kidnapped(绑架) him, and a month later he was killed. At that time he was only 37 years old.
Shortly after his death, people in Camarena’s town began wearing red ribbons in his honor. Then Camarena’s high school friend, Henry Lozano, started Camarena Club. Hundreds of people joined the club and promised to be drug-free in order to honor the death of Camarena. And then schools in several states began to join in. Now, at the end of every October, millions of Americans wear red ribbons in memory of “Kiki” Camarena. So, in 1988, the first national Red Ribbon Week was founded in America.
Red Ribbon Week has become the largest drug education and prevention organization in the United States. It encourages communities to stand up against drugs and it encourages children to make a promise not to take drugs in their life. 
Is Red Ribbon Week held at the end of October in America?
How long did “Kiki” Camarena stay in Mexico?
What did “Kiki” Camarena do there?
Why do people wear red ribbon during Red Ribbon Week?
What’s the passage mainly about?
The ocean can be a great place to swim and play, it may also be useful in another way. Some scientists think that waves could help make electricity.
“Have you ever been on a surfboard or boat and felt yourself being lifted up by a wave?” asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group in Scotland. “There is certainly a lot of energy in waves.”
Scientists are working on using that energy to make electricity. The United States and a few other countries have started doing research on wave energy, and it is already being used in Scotland.
Most waves are created when winds blow across the ocean. “The winds start out by making little ripples (波纹) in the water, but if they keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves,” Taylor said. “Waves are one of nature’s ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey.”
When waves come towards the coast, people can set up dams(大坝) to block the water and send it through a large wheel called a turbine(涡轮). The turbine can then power an electrical generator(发电机).
We will never run out of wave power. Besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as oil and coal do.
Oceans cover three quarters of the earth’s surface. That would make wave power seem perfect for creating energy around the world. But there are some disadvantages that need us to pay more attention to.
Jamie Taylor said that wave power still cost too much money. He said that its influence on animals in the sea is still unknown. Besides, wave power would get in the way of fishing and boat traffic.
With more research, “Many of these problems might be solved,” Taylor said. “Finding more energy sources(资源) is very important, for traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may run out some day.”
In the future, when you turn on a light button, an ocean wave could be providing the electricity! 
We can learn from the passage that__________________.
| A．almost every country is making use of the wave power at present |
| B．it is necessary for us to develop wave power instead of oil and coal |
| C．wave power will be sure to make some bad influence on sea animals |
| D．scientists are making efforts to find new ways of fishing and boat traffic |
What does the fourth paragraph tell us?
| A．Why scientists are doing the research on wave power. |
| B．What experience that scientists have achieved so far. |
| C．How the wave energy forms and grows bigger. |
| D．Which countries are trying out wave power. |
What’s the writer’s attitude towards wave power?
| A．The writer believes that wave power will be used widely by man. |
| B．The writer doubts if wave energy can be changed into electricity. |
| C．The writer is sure the experiments will come to the end some day. |
| D．The writer thinks that wave power isn’t worth researching at all. |
What can be the best title for the passage?
| A．Sea Animals and Wave Power. |
| B．How Do We Get Wave Energy? |
| C．The Advantages of Wave Power. |
| D．Can Waves Make Electricity? |
I love my iPhone---it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my computer, as it stores all of my writing and thoughts. Though I love these devices(装置) of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from them and truly communicate with others.
I teach history in a high school. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes(主题) and ideas. Because I want students to thoroughly study the material and share their ideas with each other in the classroom. I have a rule---no computers, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule before class, some of them were not happy at all.
Most students think that my reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There’s a bit of truth to that. Some students believe that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can relate to my students.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions(打断) by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and to make connections between the course material and the class discussion.
I’ve been teaching my history class in this way for many years and students realize that with deep conversation, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
I’m not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.What’s the second paragraph mainly about?
| A．The reasons why students should use computers or iPads in class. |
| B．The advantages of using cell phones and computers in the classroom. |
| C．What the writer is trying to do and what rule has been made in class. |
| D．A new learning style that the teacher enjoys using in history class. |
According to the writer, the use of technology in the classroom may _____.
| A．improve teaching and offer more help |
| B．allow students to get on well with each other |
| C．help students concentrate on what they learn |
| D．keep students from making deep conversations |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．The teacher will carry on the success in the future. |
| B．The teacher will have to cancel the rule in class. |
| C．Some students will be punished according to the rule. |
| D．More and more students will be absent in history class. |
My five brothers, my sister and I lived in Toronto with our parents. My father worked in a factory, and my mother stayed at home. Each year my father would dress up as Santa Claus and go through the streets sharing joy and candies with the children there. He loved it as much as they did!
But around Christmas in 1970, my father was out of work. In fact, there was no money for Christmas and my parents weren’t sure how they’d provide for us.
That Christmas Eve, however, as usual, my father left the house dressed as Santa Claus. He knew that even though our Christmas would be hard, he could not make the other kids in the neighborhood disappointed.
As my father left the house and went downstairs, another Santa Claus was walking up, with a great bag of gifts for us! He said nothing, only smiled a sweet smile at my father, and wished him a merry Christmas. The jolly man handed the bag and walked away down the block.
We never knew who showed us great kindness on the snowy Christmas night. We do know, however, that without him we would have had nothing under the tree. His kindness gave my parents hope and showed us in a very real way the true meaning of Christmas.
Our family has never forgotten this kind stranger and his generosity(慷慨). Each year we tell the story of the mysterious(神秘的) Santa Claus and try to repay his gifts by giving help to others in need.According to the passage, the writer’s father is ______on Christmas.
| A．brave | B．lonely | C．serious | D．generous |
The underlined word “jolly” in the passage probably means “______”.
| A．handsome | B．strong | C．happy | D．silly |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．The family showed thanks to the Santa Claus and helped others in need. |
| B．The bag from the other Santa Claus was filled with gifts and money. |
| C．Santa Claus that helped the family lived a rich life in the same community. |
| D．The writer’s father arranged another Santa Claus to take the place of him. |