Ever thought of moving to a new country? How about starting a new country? Patri Friedman is planning to do just that. He left Google years ago to set up the Seasteading Institute. And his dream is to build seasteads-----floating micro-nations in the middle of the ocean.
So, what will life on a seastead be like? Probably a bit like life on a cruise liner (游轮), but much larger, with shops, gyms, swimming pools, schools and other areas. In fact, the early seasteads may actually be specially-rebuilt cruise liners. But as science advances, Friedman believes they’ll become more like floating cities, with several hundred people.
Seasteading raises a lot of questions. First of all, how will the new countries make money? The Seasteading Institute has suggested several money-making ideas, including ocean-based theme parks, casinos (赌场) and fish farming. There’s also the questions of safety. With storms, typhoons and pirates (海盗) , the high seas are a dangerous place. However, the Institute says that it can stand bad weather and prevent crimes with its well-designed systems.
So, is this just a day dream? Well, maybe not. One of the people behind the project is Peter Thiel. He founded PayPal and was one of the first investors (投资者) in Facebook. So far, he’s donated $ 500,000 to the project.
And Friedman isn’t wasting any time. He recently announced the creation of the Poseidon Award. This will be given to the first seastead with fifty people. Friedman is hoping to hand out the award in 2015.
【小题1】Where did Friedman use to work?

看下面的家谱，完成短文。每空一词。(5分)

     Look at my (1)__ tree, please. I am Mike. I'm from the USA. I have a big happy family. My wife (妻子) (2)       is a nurse. We have (3)__ kids. (4)__ is our son and Joy is our(5)__. They study in No.1 Middle School. My father's name is Bill and my (6)__ name is Helen. My (7)__ are old. John is my (8)__. He is a doctor. Kate is my wife's (9)__She is a worker. My wife's (10)  is Emma. My wife's father is Peter. They're old, too.

完形填空
This boy is Peter Smith. His   1 name is Peter. His 2 name is Smith. This is  3   school. His  school_4__ number is 20048567. His teacher is Miss White. Miss White   is  5__ good teacher. Li Min is a Chinese boy.  6  is his good _7__at school. Look! 8_  a pencil sharpener.  9that her pencil sharpener ? Let’s__10___ Li Min at 495-6548.
【小题1】A.first             B. family           C. last      
【小题2】A. first            B. good            C. last       
【小题3】A. you            B. that              C. his      
【小题4】A. computer        B. name            C. ID card
【小题5】A. a               B. the              C. an
【小题6】A. He              B. It                C. She      
【小题7】A. father            B. friend            C. boy       
【小题8】A. What’s           B. This’ s            C. That’s      
【小题9】A. Are              B. Is                C. Am      
【小题10】A. call              B. ask              C. get        

My Family Is Very Poor
A little boy comes to a new city. His name is Peter. Of course（当然），he lives with his mother and father. His family is very rich（富裕的）. They have a driver（司机） and a lot of servants（仆人）.
Peter is going to a new school. On the first day his parents say to him，“ peter，be modest（谦虚的）at your new school. Don’t say we are rich. ”And Peter says，“ Yes，Dad，mom. ”
So Peter goes to school. He sees his new teacher. And he sits down with the other children. The teacher says. “Good morning，children. The first exercise today is a composition（作文）. The topic（题目） of the composition is ‘My Family’.”So every child writes a composition. This is Peter’s composition：
“My name is Peter. My family is very poor（贫穷）. Both my father and my mother are very poor. Our driver is very poor and all the servants are poor…”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
【小题1】Peter’s parents are very            .

阅读短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。

My name is Peter．I am 12．I have one brother and one sister．My brother is 15 and my sister is 9．I have a friend．He is an English boy．His name is Tanaka．He is in my class．I have a dog, too．Its name is Billy．Billy is 2．I like sports．I play basketball, soccer and volleyball after class（放学后）．I have one pencil case, two English books and three Chinese books．

1.Peter has __________．

A．one brother and one sister B．two brothers and two sisters

C．a Chinese friend    D．a dog and a cat

2.Billy is __________．

A．Peter’s friend                          B．Peter’s dog

C．Tanaka’s dog       D．Tanaka’s friend

3.-- Does peter play sports after class? -- __________．

A．Yes, he doesn’t．                       B．Yes, he do．

C．Yes, he does．                           D．No, he doesn’t．

4.Peter likes ___________．

A．computer             B．balls            C．pens             D．photos

5.Peter and Tanaka are _________．

A．brothers             B．sisters          C．friends          D．Chinese