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1、AMr White is talking to a psychiatrist.Mr White:Every night when I get into bed,I think that someone is under my bed.I then get up and look.There is neveranyone there.When I go under the bed and lie down,I get the idea that there is someone on top of the bed.I then get upand look and I never find an
2、yone on top of the bed.This goes on all night,up and down,up and down.I nearly get mad.Do you think you can help?Psychiatrist:I think I can.All you have to do is to visit me twice a week for the next two years and I think I can cure（治愈）you.The visits will costs$75 an hour.Mr.White:44That is an awful
3、 lot of money for a working man like me.F1I have to talk it over with my wife and letyou know.”The next week Mr.White phoned the Psychiatrist.Mr.White:I wont be back,sir.My wife solved the problem.She cut the legs off the bed.51.Mr.white is.A.ill in mind（精神）B.crazy about sports C.interested in his b
4、ed52.The psychiatrist works as a.A.teacher B.volunteer C.doctor53.The psychiatrist told Mr.White to.A.ask his wife for help B.visit him a lot more C.cut the legs off the bed54.Mr.White became all right with the help of.A.the psychiatrist B.his wife C.his bed55.Which of the following statements is TR
5、UE?A.Mr.White is in a good health because he exercises every day.B.The psychiatrist made a lot of money by helping Mr.White.C.Mr.White has a smart wife who is very helpful.BJack loves to ride his bike.Its hisfavorite activity.But he made a bigmistake last Wednesday.He actedfoolishly（愚蠢地）.He did not
6、knowthe safety rules.He did not think aboutkeeping his body safe.Thinking before you act can helpyou avoid（避 免）many accidents.Knowing what to do can keep you orsomeone close to you safe.Rememberthat when you ride a bicycle,you sharethe road with trucks and cars.Read thefollowing rules.They can help
7、youstay away from the risk,or chance,ofgetting hurt.Title:_1.Always wear a helmet?2.Dont ride on the sidewalk so you wontrun into someone walking.3.Ride on bike paths if they are near you.4.Always ride in the same direction as thetraffic.5.Use hand signals（信号）when you stop orturn.6.Obey traffic ligh
8、ts and signals.7.Walk your bike across busy crossings.8.If you ride with a friend,ride one behindthe other.9.If you ride at night,use your headlights,wear light-colored clothing,and make sureyou have reflectors（反射镜）on your bike.56.We know from this passage that maybe Jack last Wednesday.A.failed an
9、exam B.had an accident C.went to school by bus57.The sidewalk is left for people who.A.walk B.drive cars C.ride bikes58.The word risk”me a n s.A.safety B.turning C.danger59.Its dangerous to according to the rules.A.ride in the same direction as traffic B.ride side by side（并科F）with someone elseC.use
10、hand signals when you stop or turn60.The best title of the list will be.A.B汰 e Safety Rules B.Bike Riding Club C.Bike Riding SkillsCJim is a high school student.He lives near the comer of Parkway and Center.His baseball glove is so old that he isshopping for a new one.He wants to know where he can g
11、et a good glove at a good price,so,he checks the newspaperfor sale ads.Jim sees that baseball gloves are on sale at several Pay-Lite stores.All Stores Open Daily 9 A.M.to 8 P.M.一 Ute St1 I H J te Store 9 1 Stem 3 I M U ta$tM1 如 2 K hwrl;pkAH wrallv-M I AD-utAllirfb、4 a l ScMvfElaine is looking for a
12、 good buy on a winter coat.She sees the ad shown on theleft.It says that the prices at Smiths are low.But the ad doesnt say anything about asale.It does say Everyday Low Prices.Those are the stores regular prices.two prices for each coat.The first price shown is the sale price.Its written largerthan
13、 the regular price.Elaine thinks that even the sale price for the ski jacket seemshigh.She looks back at the Smiths ad.She sees the same ski jacket advertised.Smiths regular price islower,so Elaine decides to shop at Smiths.61.The weather is probably when Elaine thinks about buying some clothes.A.wa
14、rmB.coldC.hot62.In this passage,Smithsnis the name of.A.some people B.a kind of clothes C.a fashion store63.The clothes on sale are usual in the same store.A.cheaper than B.more expensive than C.at the same price asElaine looks for more ads and I finds the one on the right.It shows64.Elaine decides
15、to buy the ski jacket at the price of.A.$58.60 B.$59.60 C.$6465.This passage tells us that.A.only the clothes at Smiths can help us keep warm in winterB.reading different advertisements can help us save moneyC.Paleys Fashion Store opens from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m.DThe Chinese mainland and Taiwan have becom
16、e closer now after Taiwanese leaders*visits and talksacross the straits（海峡）.On May 3,Kuomintang Chairman Lien Chan finished his eight-day visit to the mainland.Only twodays later,another Taiwanese leader,James Soong,visited again.Soong is Chairman of the People First Party in Taiwan.On his nine-day
17、trip from May 5-13,hevisited Xi*an,Nanjing,Shanghai and Changsha,as well as Beying.Soong,63,was born in Xiangtan,HunanProvince in 1942.He went to Taiwan with his father at the age of seven.Soong hopes his trip can build abridge between the two sides.We are here to build a bridge of trust,understandi
18、ng and cooperationbetween Taiwan and the mainland,he said.The two parties in Taiwan both agree with the OneChinanpolicy and are in favor of the finalvuni-fication（统）of China.Things continue to get better since Liens visit.Taiwan can now sell more fruits in the mainland.Themainland plans to give a pa
19、ir of giant pandas to Taiwan.More importantly,mainland people will soon beable to travel to the beautiful island.66.Lien Chans visit to the mainland lasted days.A.two B.eight C.nine67.Soong went to Taiwan with his father in.A.1942 B.1945 C.,194968.The meaning of the underlined phrase Hin favor of is
20、 to.A.support B.hate C.refuse69.The sentence”,build a bridge between the two sides,Min this passage means.A.to help the mainland and Taiwan understand and communicate more each otherB.to build a bridge for cars and buses to go across the straitsC.to make the trip between the mainland and Taiwan much
21、 cheaper70.We can tell from the passage that.A.the mainland and Taiwan have come to the final unification after their visitsB.the mainland will build a big and beautiful zoo for Taiwan as a giftC.the visits of Lien Chan and Soong are of great help to the future of ChinaEDavids got a text message fro
22、m his friend Sam.Can you understand it?7,15 20,15 20,8,5 16,1,18,11This message was in code.How many letters are there in the English alphabet?Twenty-six.So can youread it now?A B CD EFG H IJK LM N O PQR STU.12345678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21David decided to use a different code in his ans
23、wer to Sam.This time,he was putting A instead ofB,B instead of C and so on.His message to Sam shown on the right was very short.Can0you understand?A B C D E F G H I J K L MN 0 PQR S TuVwX Y ZB C D E F G H 1 J K L M N 0 PQR S T U VwX Y Z ASam guessed Davids code,and he replied;ZESDQ RBGNNK.When David
24、s little sister saw the message,she felt puzzled.She couldn*t read it at all.But David was very happy that his sister couldnt read hismessage!Lots of people use codes to send secret messages.In a war,secrets are very important so soldiers oftensend each other messages in code.Nowadays,we can use com
25、puters to make and break difficultcodes.Even before computers,people invented other machines to do this.Heres a famous machine that Germans used in the Second World War（1941 1945）.Its called theEnigma Machine.The machines were very big,heavy and expensive.Every day they changed thecodes automaticall
26、y,and this made it almost impossible for anyone to break the codes.The personsending a message had one machine,and the person receiving the message had another.71.Sam asked David to the.A.park B.house C.museum72.Sam told David to meet him.A.before breakfast B.after school C.after dinner73.Codes are
27、used to keep s o me t h i n g.A.new B.old C.secret74.People will never know the meaning if they can*t the code.A.break B.make C.change75.The best title of this passage is.A.English Letters B.Codes C.MessagesAIt was a very hot day,and there were no trees along the street.Mr Smith closed his shop earl
28、ier than usual for a veryimportant appointment.He went out into the street and began walking to the bus stop.He was very fat.The sun wasshining brightly down the street,soon he was sweating all over（浑身是汗）.A small boy came out of another shop in the street and followed Mr Smith.He stayed very near hi
29、m all the time,and he kicked（踢）Mr Smiths shoes for several times.Mr Smith looked at him angrily each time.After the fourth time,Mr Smith stopped,turned round and said to the small boy,“What are you doing?Stopfollowing me like that!Youre going to hurt my feet.”Im sorry,but dont stop me,please!”the sm
30、all boy said,Its very hot today and there isnt any other shade in thestreet!”If you were the boy,what would you do during such a hot day?51.The story would most probably happen in.A.spring52.Mr Smith was a _.A.shop owner53.Mr Smith was going to anA.by bus54.The underlined word“shaA.wetterB.summerB.b
31、ank clerkappointment.C.winterC.bus driverB.on footde“refers to a place which is_B.coolerC.by carC.hotter55.The boy kept following Mr Smith in the street because in his eyes Mr Smith was l i ke.A.the sun B.a map C.a treeBThe expression“go for if comes from football.Not football as it is played in mos
32、t countries,but the kind offootball in the United States and Canada.American football is a difficult game to explain.But the basic idea is that each team tries to move the footballacross the goal line of the other team.One of the rules is that a team must move the ball forward（向前）at least ten yards-
33、a little less than ten meters-in four attempts.It loses the ball to the other team if it fails to move that far.One of the most exciting times in football comes when a team has failed,after three attempts,to move the ballforward ten yards.Then the team must take an important decision.One choice is t
34、o try a fourth and final time.If the team succeeds,it keeps the ball,and continues to move forward.But if it fails,the other team gets the ball at that place on the field.The second choice is to kick the ball.The team gives up the ball if it makes this choice.But a good kick can put theother team at
35、 the far end of the field,making it more difficult for that team to score.People watching a football game are certain to shout their advice.Some will shout,“Kick the ball!But others willurge the team to take a chance,to live dangerously.Go for it!?,they will shout.56.“Go for it“is an expression whic
36、h comes from a sports game that Picture shows.A.B.竺*c.57.The second paragraph（段落）mainly tells us about the of the game.A.teams B.fields C.rules58.A team has choices after three unsuccessful attempts.A.two B.three C.four59.After four attempts,if a team fails to move the ball forward ten yards,theyll
37、the ball.A.keep B.lose C.kick60.When people shout,“Go for it，they hope the team chooses to.A.kick the ball B.try a fourth time C.Give up the ballMost have heard of the American Prom.This is the senior students,school leaving party.The British name for theevent is a Leavers Ball or Leavers,Dinner,alt
38、hough some UK schools call them Proms,too.In Canada,Ireland andAustralia the terms Grad or Formal are most common and in South Africa it is called a Matric Dance.Some Matric Dances in South Africa still follow the old British traditions.Before the dance,pupils are givenlessons in dancing.School leav
39、ers invite a partner to the dance.The girls have dresses especially made for the event.Tosave costs the dance is often held in the school hall.American Proms have become elaborate（精心的）and expensive,complete with luxury hotel ballrooms（豪华的酒店舞厅），live bands and expensive prom dresses.They now include a
40、fter-Prom activities that often extend into the earlymorning of the next day.The Leavers5 Ball in the UK is not so formal（正式）.The girls also wear ball gowns and the boys suits.A dinner anddisco will be held at a local hotel.Each pupil buys a ticket and can go with a partner or just arrive with frien
41、ds.61.We learn from this passage that the Prom is a.A.test B.game C.party62.In Australia,people call P r o m.A.Leavers BallB.Grad or FormalC.Matric Dance63.The most important activity in the Prom is.A.dancing B.eating64.The Matric Dance is often held in the.A.school hall B.hotel ballroom65.According
42、 to this passage,the event in costs the most.A.the United States B.the UKC.meetingC.local restaurantC.South Africarefine swill-oil（提炼地沟油）DAfter a study showed that one in every ten meals in the country may be cooked withdirty oil,the State Food and Drug Administration（SFDA）on Thursday issued anemerg
43、ency notice（发 布 紧 急 通 知）to restaurants nationwide,warning them againstrecycling oil.The swill-oil is cooking oil refined from kitchen waste that has been recycled.Although it looks clean and clear,ifs actually so dangerous to peoples health that itmay cause cancer.According to a report,the swilloil
44、business is extremely profitable.Recycling one ton of kitchen waste willproduce 130 kg of swill oil.With its price being half that of normal cooking oil,a profit（利润）of 1.5 to 2 billion yuan isproduced in the whole swill-oil business in the country every year.The profit is almost 200%,so its easy to
45、understandwhy the business is so hot.He Dongping,a professor from Wuhan Polytechnic University（WHPU）said,“To stop the use of dirty oil shouldstart at its source,kitchen waste.And the first step is to find a good way of collecting kitchen waste.”“However,it mighttake about 10 years before China could
46、 solve the problem completely,he added.66.According to the s t u d y,o f us may have eaten the food cooked by dirty oil.A.few B.nobody C.many67.Its to tell the difference between swill-oil and normal cooking oil just by looking.A.fast B.easy C.hard68.The underlined sentence“The swilLoil business is
47、extremely profitable.means that the swill-oil business is reallya.A.big money-maker B.common situation C.terrible thing69.We can infer（推断）from this passage t hat.A.the biggest problem is that restaurants produce too much kitchen wasteB.the way of dealing with kitchen waste isnt good enough nowC.we c
48、an stop the use of swill-oil in a short time if we take it serious70.The main topic of this passage is a b o u t.A.restaurant service B.food safety C.eating habitsEWhen you look at clouds,you will notice that there are many different kinds.Some cloudsare high and thin,some are white and fluffy（蓬松的），
49、and others look dark and heavy.There are four kinds of clouds.They are high clouds,middle clouds,low clouds,and clouds that grow vertically（垂直的）.And the clouds in these four groups are named for the way they look.Cirrus clouds are high clouds that are more than 5 kilometers above earth.Cirrus clouds
50、 look like curly hair,and theword cirrus just means“curl of hair”.Some high clouds that look like layers（层）are called cirrostratus clouds.The wordsky and cloudsstratus means“layer”.About 3 to 6.5 kilometers above earth are the middle clouds.Altostratus clouds are light gray,and Altocumulusclouds are