The underlined part in the word “buses” is pronounced as ________ .

A. /s/             B. /ɪs/          C. /ɪz/            D. /z/

One day, a young man asked Albert Einstein, the great German scientist, which the secret of success was. The scientist  41_  him that the secret of success is hard work. A few days 42____  the young man asked him the   43  question again. Einstein was very   44  . He did not say   45  , but wrote a few  46  on a piece of paper and handed it to the young man. The young man looked   47  the piece of paper. On it was written: A=X+Y+Z.“What   48  this mean?”asked the young man.“A means success,”  said the old scientist.“X means hard work, Y means good methods, and Z means   49  talking and start to   50  .
【小题1】A. told                B. said             C. talked      
【小题2】A. ago       B. before     C. later
【小题3】A. easy       B. good       C. same
【小题4】A. worried     B. happy      C. angry           
【小题5】A. anything    B. something    C. nothing        
【小题6】A. words      B.  sentence    C. word   
【小题7】A. on       B. up               C. down           
【小题8】A. will     B. shall               C. does           
【小题9】A. go on    B. stop                  C. enjoy             
【小题10】A. work   B. read                   C. write      

One of my favorite things to do is hiking in mountains．Because
nobody likes the idea of getting lost，I always prepare before every
trip．But what’s the best navigation tool，a Global Positioning Sys-
tem(GPS)or a good old map and compass?
Five of my friends and I hiked through the mountains on a trail
(路线)I marked．One team of three carried a GPS，and the other[来源:Z+xx+k.Com]
team used a map and compass．
It took the GPS team 3 hours and 1 1 minutes to get through the
whole hike，however，it took the map and compass team only 2
hours and 49 minutes．The biggest problem the GPS team met was
that they lost the satellite signal(卫星信号)in some places．With
no map or compass，they had to walk around until they were in a
place where the signal was good．The map and compass team was
able to spot different landmarks，compare them to their maps and then use the compass to point them in the right direction．
When I head out on my future hikes，I’m bringing a map，a compass and a GPS to show me the way．
(   )【小题1】The two teams____．
A．had the same navigation tool  B．went along the same trail  C．had the same problem
(    )【小题2】The GPS team spent ____ time than the map and compass team in the whole hike．
A．1ess    B．more    C．the same
(    )【小题3】In the end，the writer found out____．
A．the map and compass were too old navigation tools to use any more
B．it wasn’t necessary to bring a map and a compass together with a GPS
C．the GPS had some disadvantages in hiking in mountains