阅读理解

    Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on.8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans, a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his Class.

　　After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, and then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology（宇宙论）. As he him-self admits, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. How-ever, he still got good marks.

　　It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump（撞下）into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.

　　At first, Hawking became very depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote,“Before my illness was diagnosed, I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.”Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went to do some of the most important scientific research.

　　Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, how had their situation is, should lose hope.“Life is not fair,” he once said.“You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

(1) AS a university student, Stephen Hawking ___________.

[　　]

A．worked very hard

B．studied math and physics

C．was the best student in his class

D．was lazy and did very little work

(2) Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when _________.

[　　]

A．he was sent to hospital for test

B．his mother made him see a doctor

C．he was twenty

D．he visited his family at Christmas time one year

(3) In this passage the word“incurable”means“___________.”

[　　]

A．无法治愈的	B．难以确诊的
C．常见的	D．可以治愈的

(4) When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neuron disease, he ___________.

[　　]

A．made up his mind to get married

B．made up his mind to get married

C．thought that nothing in life was worth doing

D．became very sad

(5) What would be the best title for this passage?

[　　]

A．Motor Neuron Disease	B．Life is Fair
C．Professor Stephen Hawking	D．A Lazy Boy

　　阅读理解

    Have you ever heard your own voice? “Of course,” you say.

　　Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say,“Of course.”

　　But that's not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice---the way you hear it.

　　When you are talking, you set up sound waves. The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner ears. You get the sound from the outside and inside, too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That is why they don't hear your voice the same as you do.

(1) You _________ hear your voice the way others hear it.

[　　]

A．can't

B．seldom

C．sometimes

D．always

(2) Sound travels in the form of ____________.

[　　]

A．bones

B．air

C．waves

D．voice

(3) When you talk, sound waves are set up inside _________.

[　　]

A．your inner ears	B．your outer ears
C．your head	D．your heed bones

(4) The underlined phrase“pick up”means ______.

[　　]

A．raise

B．gain

C．select

D．pull

(5) The passage is mainly about

[　　]

A．waves in the air

B．the way you hear your own voice

C．voice going far and wide

D．the different way people hear their voices

阅读理解

　　Every object has weight. But the center of its weight is not always in the middle of the object, If the top of an object is heavier than its bottom, it will fall over easily. We say that its center of gravity（引力）is high. But if the bottom is heavier, it won't fall easily. Then we say that its center of gravity is low.

　　Look at the first picture, lifts empty box must fall over, bemuse its center of gravity (C) is not above the line of its bottom (AB).

　　Now look at the second picture. There is some heavy iron at the bottom of this box. It will not fall, because its center of gravity is above its bottom.

(1) Please point out which box will not fall?

(2) From the passage, we can infer that the Leaning Tower of Pisa does not fall is because_______.

[　　]

A．the top of the tower is heavier than its bottom

B．the bottom of the tower is not heavier than its top

C．its center of the gravity is still above the line of its bottom

D．its center of the gravity is not above the line of its bottom

(3) If an object has a low center of gravity, _______.

[　　]

A．it won't fall	B．it won't fall easily
C．it is certain to fall over	D．its top must be heavier

(4) Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

[　　]

A．The center of the weight is always in the middle of the object

B．The center of the weight is always on the object

C．The center of gravity is not always in the middle of the object

D．The center of the gravity is always high

(5) The passage is mainly about _______.

[　　]

A．why things fall over	B．a low center of gravity
C．a high center of gravity	D．that everything has weight

阅读理解

　　A four-year-old girl is lying in the arms of a doctor. She has just become motherless. A few minutes ago, a big bombing（轰炸）happened near her home in the south of Iraq（伊拉克）.

　　Every day we see pictures like this on our televisions. We see young Iraqi children asking for food and water from American and British soldiers as they move through towns and cities towards the capital, Baghdad. We see these children following grown-ups, carrying bags of things almost the same size as their small bodies as they quickly left their homes in Baghdad.

　　All this shows that some of the young lives have. been turned upside down by the war. And they show the terrible price being paid by Iraqi children.

　　In southern parts of the country, like the second largest city, Basra, the UN is working to repair the damage（损失）caused by the war. “We are working to provide clean water and get the electrical power to work again,” said Geoffrey Keele, a UN spokesman.

　　But little else can be done, in Baghdad, parents give their children sleeping pills to try and let them escape the sound of bombing. And all the schools are closed. Some diseases break out among the children, sometimes leading to death.

　　Nearly 50% of the Iraqi population, which is over 20 million, is under 15 years old. And 30% of them are suffering from malnutrition（营养不良）.

(1) From the first paragraph, we know that _____.

[　　]

A．the girl in the doctor's arms is dead

B．the girl's mother is looking for her

C．the girl's mother was killed during the bombing

D．the text tells us nothing about her mother

(2) Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 2?

[　　]

A．There are bombings every day in Iraq

B．Children ask for water and food from the American and British soldiers

C．Children with bags are leaving their homes for Baghdad

D．Baghdad is the capital of Iraq

(3) The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 means _______.

[　　]

A．the Iraqi children pay much money for what they need

B．the Iraqi children are suffering a lot in the war

C．some people sell children at terrible price

D．the young lives have been turned upside down

(4) How much help is the UN giving to the Iraqi children?

[　　]

A．They are helping them return to school

B．They are giving them enough food and drinks

C．They can help only a little

D．They can do nothing

(5) The number of Iraqi children in malnutrition is about ________.

[　　]

A．20 million

B．10 million

C．6 million

D．3 million

Here is an e-mail from Simon's e-friend Mike. Read it and try to find what Mike's problem is and then complete the exercises after it. Choose the correct answers.

　　Dear Simon

　　How are you recently? I've not received your letter for nearly a month. I hope everything goes well with you.

　　I have moved into a new house. But I don't feel happy about it. Because my parents have suddenly become very serious about cleaning. They want me to be very diligent about cleaning my room. I have to make the bed every day. I have to put all of my things away before l go to bed every evening.

　　When we lived in the old house, life was more relaxed and my parents weren't so strict about cleaning. I could leave all my books and toys all over the house. I was free at that time. I prefer my life in the old house.

　　My parents say that a clean house is a comfortable house. Do you agree with them?

　　Regards

　　Mike

1 Which word is the synonym of‘diligent’?

[　　]

A．hard-working　　　B．lazy

C．happy　　　　　　D．helpful

2 Mike prefers ________

[　　]

A．living in the new house.

B．living in the old house.

C．living with his grandparents.

D．cleaning his new house.

3 What can't Mike do in his new home?

[　　]

A．He can't play with the cat.

B．He can't watch TV.

C．He can't leave his things everywhere.

D．He can't chat with friends on the Internet.

4 Why do you think Mike's parents are strict about cleaning?

[　　]

A．Because they want to train Mike.

B．Because they often have guests come over their home.

C．Because they're doctors.

D．Because they think a clean home is more comfortable.

5 What does Mike think about the old house?

[　　]

A．It was very clean.

B．It was very small.

C．Life there was more relaxed.

D．Parents never cleaned the old house

Sandy wrote an article to introduce her e-friend in the USA to her classmates. Here is her article.

　　Sophie is my e-friend in the USA. We often chat on the Internet. We also write to each other sometimes. Her handwriting is great. She is learning Chinese now and she can even write Chinese very well. What a wonderful girl!

　　I have got a picture of her, and she looks so pretty and slim. I know she is clever at art and languages, but she hates PE. Ever she sent me an e-mail to describe her feeling in a PE class. Of all the classes she had that day, the PE class was the worst. It was even worse than the Maths class. They had to go running at the beginning, although the playground was covered with mud. Then they had to play soccer. The worst part during that PE class was when the students chose whom they wanted on their teams, she was the last person selected(挑选). How embarrassing(令人难堪的)it was!

　　I think maybe that was the most unlucky day for her, because the end of the PE class was not the end of her bad luck. She had to clean all the mud on the sports clothes herself.

　　Read her article and choose the correct answers to the questions.

1 How is Sophie's Chinese?

A．She can't speak or write Chinese.

B．She can speak, but can't write.

C．She can write it very well.

D．She can write it, but not very well.

2 What is Sophie's favourite subject?

A．Music class.

B．PE class.

C．Maths class.

D．Sandy didn't tell us.

3 Why did Sophie feel embarrassed?

A．Because her uniform didn't look good on her.

B．Because the soccer ball always hit her on the head.

C．Because she was the last person picked for the team.

D．Because she always got mud on her clothes.

4 Why didn't Sophie like that PE class?

A．Because she likes running and playing soccer.

B．Because she likes soccer, but doesn't like running.

C．Because she had to run without shoes.

D．Because she had to run in the mud and she was the last one selected for the team.

5 Which is not true?

A．Sandy thinks Sophie is good at languages.

B．Sophie needs to wear sports clothes in PE class.

C．In Sandy's view, that was an unlucky day for Sophie.

D．Sophie likes Maths best.

  My name is Chau Kai Fat. I am 72 years old. I was born in China. Before we moved to Macao in the 1940s, we were farmers in a small village in China. We used to fly kites, take turtles for walks, jump ropes and watch grasshoppers fight when we were small. My father made kites for us. We had a pond in front of our house. These were many turtles there. We gathered around the pond after school. We took out the turtles and tied a rope around their little necks. Then we started taking them for walks. In summer, the grasshoppers were everywhere. We caught them and put them in a jar and watched them fight. The winner got a sweet and the loser had to sing. It was fun.

　I am Peter, Mr. Chau's son. I was born in 1963. When I was at primary school, the most popular game was football. Everyone played football and we listened to football games on the radio. When I was in Form 3, our English teacher showed us an

English game ?--- Scrabble. We took seven letters from a bag.

Each letter has points. Then we made an English word with all

or some of the letters. We counted the points. The one who had

the most points would be the winner. The first time we played

the game we thought it was never-ending because everyone took so long to come up with a word. We began to enjoy it more after we played the game several times.

　I am Wilson, Mr. Chau's grandson. My grandpa told me he watched grasshoppers before. My father told me he played ‘Scrabble’. However, I love computer games. A few weeks ago, a new game came out. It is called ‘Julio's Adventures’. I downloaded it from the Internet. In the game, Julio has to go through 14 levels to save the princess and to get the treasures. Sometimes, there are puzzles for you to solve. Sometimes, you see a monster in the tomb. You have to control Julio's movements and fight with the attacker by pressing the space bar. You can choose the weapons you like. I am still trying to get through level 8. lf you know the secrets, please e-mail them to me at ezboy@sunshine.net.cn.

There are pictures showing Mr. Chau Kai Fat, Peter and Wilson on the web page. Read the web page articles on page 34 again. Write the names of the persons in the blanks.

Kitty is showing the articles to her mother. Her mother has some questions for her. Help Kitty answer her mother's questions. Circle correct letters.

(1) Mrs Zhang: Where was the pond?

　 Kitty:　　 ...

　A. In front of his school.

　B. In front of his friend's house.

　C. In front of his house.

(2) Mrs Zhang: Who showed Peter the game ‘Scrabble’?

　 Kitty:　　...

　A. His father.

　B. His teacher.

　C. His friend.

(3) Mrs Zhang: What does Julio try to do in ‘Julio's Adventures’?

　 Kitty:　　 ...

　A. He tries to save the princess and get the treasures.

　B. He tries to solve the puzzles.

　C. He tries to find the tablets.

  Disneyland is in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the most famous theme parks in the world. We went there in July last year. It took us about 11 hours to fly there. It was warm and sunny when we arrived. We did not join a tour. We bought the 3-day passes to Disneyland. Every day, we used the same passes so we did not have to line up for tickets.

  On the first day, we went to Fantasyland. We had to cross a bridge to get there. We saw the Sleeping Beauty Castle. Many cartoon characters such as Snow White, Cinderella and Peter Pan live around the castle. The highlight of that day was the fireworks at night. The castle looked shiny under the fireworks.

  On the second day, we went to Mickey's Toontown. Mickey and all his friends live there. In the afternoon, these characters would walk in a parade. They waved to people when they were marching down the street.

  On the last day, we visited Tomorrowland. My favourite game was the Space Mountain. We rode in an indoor train and saw animals and mountains in 3-D pictures. It felt as if they were right in front of us.

  It was a really exciting trip. Three days were just not enough. I wish I could meet Mickey and all his friends again very soon.

At the end of the presentation, Daniel's classmates ask him questions about Disneyland. Help Daniel answer their questions. Circle the correct letters.

(1) How long did you spend in Disneyland?

　A. Only one day.

　B. Two days.

　C. Three days.

(2) Where did you see the parade?

　A. In Fantasyland.

　B. In Mickey's Toontown.

　C. In Tomorrowland.

(3) What is the Space Mountain?

　A. It's an indoor train in Tomorrowland.

　B. It's the place where I saw the fireworks.

　C. It's a 3-D mountain.

Sunday wants to write about West Hill in Sunshine Town for her history project. She is interviewing Mr.Hu, a 60-year-old man, who lives in West Hill. Read their conversation.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

Sandy:	How long have you lived in West Hill, Mr.Hu?
Mr.Hu:	I’ve lived here all my life. I met my wife here and 　　　　we got married. This area was called Taihe Village before.
Sandy:	When did they change the name?
Mr.Hu:	5　When 　　　　the West Hill underground station was built, the government started to 　　　　take down the wooden houses in this area. Since June 2000, Taihe Village 　　　　has become history.
Sandy:	What do you miss most about Taihe Village?
Mr.Hu:	10　I 　　　　miss many things about Taihe Village. I was a dentist and everyone in 　　　　Taihe Village knew me well. Now, I'm old and I can only sell medicine to 　　　　people in the street. In the past, there were many stone and wooden 　　　　houses around here. Also, there were big trees in the village. The air 　　　　was very fresh.
Sandy:	Did you have noise pollution from cars and trains?
Mr.Hu:	15　Yes, 　　　　but not very serious.
Sandy:	I’ve heard that the food stalls were very famous 　　　　here. Is it true?
Mr.Hu:	20　Yes. 　　　　The food stalls sold very good snacks but they all moved. That's why it 　　　　was easy to find mice here before. Everyone in the village was used to 　　　　seeing mice. We weren’t surprised to see mice in the street at night.
Sandy:	That's terrible!
Mr.Hu:	25　We're 　　　　glad that it has improved so much but I really miss everything here in 　　　　the past. Many of my friends moved because the government gave them new 　　　　flats in new towns. I sometimes feel lonely. Every time I see a 　　　　chessboard, I think about them.
Sandy:	Mr.Hu, thank you so much for the information. 　　　　Although the village has disappeared, it is still beautiful in your 　　　　heart.

(1) What was West Hill called in the past?

A. Taihe Village.  B. Taihua.  C. Huhe Village.

(2) When did the government take down all the wooden houses completely in Taihe village?

A. In 1998. B. In 1999. C. In 2000.

(3) Was there noise pollution in Taihe Village?

A. Yes, a lot.  B. Yes, a bit.  C. No, never.

(4) Why were there mice in Taihe Village?

A. There were no cats.

B. There were many food stalls.

C.The houses were dirty.

(5) What did people sell in the food stalls in West Hill?

A. Snacks. B. Medicine. C. Chessboards.

(6) What did Mr.Hu do with his friends?

A. They watched TV. B. They played chess.

C. They played football.