Passage 1

      Here is a survey of the changes of means of transportation in China since 1970s. In the 1970s, people went to work on foot or by bike. There were few buses or cars. From the 1980s to 1990s, bikes and buses were the most popular means of transportation. Most people went to work by bike or by bus. Some people had their own cars. Nowadays, more and more people have their own cars. They drive their cars to work. People can travel anywhere by train or by plane. And it's a fast and easy way for most people to take the subway to work in some cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai. In a word, more and more means of transportation will come to people's lives. It is believed that more and more people can go to the moon or other stars by spaceship some day.

Passage 2

      Look at the chart. Here is a survey of how students get to school in Class Two. There are 50 students in Class Two.

1. Passage 1 mainly (主要) tells us        in China.

  A. the most popular means of transportation

B. people can fly to the moon by spaceship some day

C. there are many means of transportation

  D. the changes of means of transportation

2. In the 1970s, Chinese people          to work.

  A. walked or took a train                B. took a bus or rode a bike

C. walked or rode a bike               D. took a train or took a bus

3.What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined (划线的) words in Passage 1 ?

A．人们猜测            B．据调查          C．据说            D．人们相信

4. There are        students riding their bikes to school in Class Two.

A.10                     B.15              C.20            D.25

5. There are          ways of getting to school in Class Two.

  A. five                 B. six            C. seven          D. eight

    “Is she still alive? Where is she? I want to see her at once!”

    Jiang Dejia，a Junior 2 student in Shifang Yinghua Middle School in Deyang，said this when she was rescued from the rubble(瓦砾) of a school building hit by the May 12 earthquake．

    “She” is a Jmlior 3 girl from the same school，called Liao Li，who was also buried in the rubble．

    Jiang and Liao didn’t know each other before the earthquake．But they encouraged each other to keep going during the two scary days．

    Later Liao was rescued too．

    “We were on the edge of death but friendship got us through．I’ll never forget it as long as I live．”said Jiang．

    Hundreds of thousands of students like Jiang and Liao were in the same situation on May l2．On that day，the biggest earthquake in China for more than 30 years hit Wenehuan，Sichuan．Several thousand middle school students and teachers ended up buried．Buildings went down and cities were leveled(夷平)．

    As from Friday the earthquake has killed about 23，000 people across the country．The number is very likely to grow．

    While people in those areas are facing death and disease，they know the whole nation is standing firmly behind them．

    Only two hours after the quake．Premier Wen Jiabao got on a plane to Chengdu，the capital of Sichuan Province．Premier Wen has been in the worst—hit areas to lead rescue work．

    Soldiers and policemen were not able to get into Wenchuan at first because of rainy weather and blocked roads．About one day after the quake．the first army group reached the epicenter(震中)on foot．Since then，soldiers have been digging with their fingers to try to find people alive．Helicopters(直升机)have been called in to airdrop food，water and medicine for people in the quake-hit areas．Medical teams have been sent in．People are racing against time to save lives．

    People outside of Sichuan．including overseas Chinese and people in other countries，are offering money，blood and materials(物资) to help．

1．The underlined word “rescued” here means “_________”．

    A．cared    B．found                  C．saved              D．called

2．What made Jiang and Liao live through the two scary days?

    A．Food．         B．Friendship．        C．Water．          D．Medicine．

3．Which of the following is true according to the passage?

    A．Jiang and Liao were rescued at the same time．

    B．Several hundred students were buried in the quake．

    C．It took Premier Wen Jiabao two hours to get to Chengdu．

    D．About one day after the quake，the soldiers got to the epicentre．

4．Soldiers and policemen were not able to get into Wenchuan at first because _________．

    A．they didn’t know the way to Wenchuan

    B．they walked there with lots of materials

    C．the weather was bad and the roads were badly damaged

    D．it was too far and they didn’t have enough vehicles

5．Where does this passage probably come from?

    A．A newspaper．                         B．A handbook．

    C．An advertisement                  D．A notice．