- How does your project help poor children in that Hope Primary School, Mr Lee?

       - We help them _______sending them teachers and books.

    A. with     B. without     C. by       D. for

  Bob was happy. He was at a new school, and the other students were friendly. “ Hi, Bob!” They said. But some students said, “ Hi, Peter!” Bob didn’t understand. He asked another student, “ Why do some students call me Peter?”
“Oh, that is easy to answer,” the student said. “Peter was a student here last year. Now, he goes to a different school. You like Peter. Some students think that you are Peter.”
Bob wanted to meet Peter. He got Peter’s address(地址) from a student and went to Peter’s house. Peter opened the door. Bob couldn’t believe his   eyes. He looked really like Peter! Bob and Peter had the same colour eyes and the same smile. They had the same black hair. They also had the same birthday.
Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers. They both were adopted(领养) by two different families. Soon after the boys born, one family adopted Bob, and another family adopted Peter. Bob’s family never knew about Peter, and Peter’s family never knew about Bob, either.
(    ) 1 Bob didn’t understand why __________.
A. he was happy                          B .he went to a new school
C . some students called him Peter            D. he was named Bob
(    ) 2. Another student told Bob that __________.
A. students liked Peter                     B. he looked liked Peter
C. Peter was a good student in that school     D. Peter liked his studies very much
(    ) 3.How did Bob feel when he saw Peter?
A. He felt very sad.                        B. He was greatly surprised.
C. He felt that Peter was very funny.          D. He was very angry because they looked the same.
(    ) 4. What is not mentioned(提及) about Peter and Bob?
A. Their eyes had the same colour.           B. They had on the same clothes
C. They had the same black hair.             D. They were born on the same day.
(    ) 5. Bob and Peter _____________.
A. lived in different countries               B. lived in the same family
C. lived in different families                D. lived with the same parents

It's very early in the morning and I'm sitting outside. It's also very cold and dark. With me is Jim Nightingale, and he is the reason I'm up so early. He passes me a hot cup of coffee. "Not long to wait now," he says. I hope he's right.

    After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east, and then I hear a bird singing. It sings very loud and very clear. "That's the robin(知更鸟)," says Jim. A few more birds start singing with the robin and Jim knows the names of them too. Half an hour later, there are more and more birds singing, and it's very loud! Suddenly, all around us the air is full of the sound of birdsong. This is the dawn chorus(晨鸣), and it's beautiful.

    "Wow, this is amazing!" I tell Jim, who is smiling. "Is there a dawn chorus every morning?"

    "Birds can sing any time of the year but the best time is the end of winter and during the spring. This is when the birds sing most."

    "Really? So, why do they sing?" I ask.

    "Well, there are two reasons," explains Jim. "Most of the songbirds who sing are males. They want to find a female(雌性)so they sing to show how strong they are. The females listen and choose the best singer! The birds also sing to tell other males to go away. They need their own area; they don't like sharing with another male."

    I listen to the birds; the songs seem too much to me. "Do the birds sing a special song in the morning?"

"That's a good question," replied Jim. "The successful birds have many kinds of calls and songs. Sometimes they copy the songs of other birds. This makes it sound like there are many birds in that place already and other males stay away. Also the female likes songs with different notes. Some birds, for example the European wren, have songs that contain over 700 different notes per minute!"

So, how does Jim know so much about birds? Well, he works as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is trying to help the birds live in the modern world. "More and more of the birds' habitat disappears every year. The sparrow, for example, was a very common bird in the UK, now it's in danger."

    By now the sun is up and the birds are quiet. It's light so they can start looking for food, they need a big breakfast after all that singing.

1.Why does the writer get up early in the morning?

A. To visit her friend.               B. To drink hot coffee.  

C. To see different birds.                  D. To hear birds sing.

2.A bird sings early in the morning mainly_______.

A. to call a female's attention          B. to fight with other males

C. to find a place to live in      D. to start looking for food

3. According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

A. At first the writer is happy to be up so early in the morning.

B. Male birds have their own ways of fooling other birds.

C. It's easier for the birds to find food early in the morning.

D. Jim has a job with the Royal Society for the Proteciton of Birds.

4.The text is mainly about_______.

A. the robin's songs                          B. the birds' habitat    

C. why birds sing                                D. how to protect birds

Recently，a solar powered（太阳能动力的）plane took to the sky for the first time. It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world. The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland（瑞士）at 45km an hour. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.

“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.

During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6k above the countryside. Engineers plan to test a night flight before July. Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012.

The plane flies at 70 km an hour. That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time. We want to fly it day and night with no fuel (燃料),” Piccard said

1.How long did the first flight of the solar powered plane last？

A. 45 minutes   B. 60 minutes    C. 70 minutes   D. 90 minutes

2.What’s the most special about the plane？

A. It uses no fuel         B. It’s the fastest plane  

C. It can fly highest       D. It’s the heaviest plane

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?

A The plane goes much faster than a car

B The plane took off at a speed of 45km an hour

C Engineers plan to test a night flight before July

D The plane will fly in the air or up to five days at a time

4.Which column（栏目）of a newspaper may the passage come from？

A. Food and Health           B. Scientist and Technology  

C. Culture and Communication   D. Sports and Entertainment

1.Which of the following information about the plane Lowcarbon is NOT true?

   A. It can fly at 70 km an hour.                  B.It is solar –powered.

   C.It has passed a night-flight test.               D.It is slower than a car.

2.Lowcarbon is a special plane because________________.

   A.it’s made in Switzerlland                    B.it has travelled around the world

   C.it can do turns in the sky                    D.it’s big and light, but uses little enegy

3.The purpose of the second article is to________________.

   A.encourage us to visit Shanghai Expo           B.ask us to be volunteers for Shanghai Expo

   C.invite us to write stories about Shanghai Expo   D.tell us to get the lucky prize of Shanghai Expo

4.Your stories about the 2010 Shanghai Expo for China Daily___________.

   A.can be in Chinese                          B.don’t need to have photos

   C.must be given by post                       D.should be handed in by e-mail