Every year, the French town of Menton hosts an event called the Lemon Festival in the world. The Lemon Festival usually takes place between mid-February until March. During the festival, around 145 tons of oranges and lemons are sent into the town. Over 300 workers work together to make giant sculptures(雕塑) out of fruits.

Menton became the first producer of lemons in 1929. The lemons are loved by the world’s best cooks. In the late 19th century, a town parade was held to encourage Menton’s winter tourism. Kings, princes and artists filled the great and comfortable hotels or their own fantastic houses. Because of its great success, the streets were beautifully planted with oranges and lemons in the following years. In order to develop tourism, in 1934 the Lemon Festival was officially born.

Sleepy Menton becomes a world of color during the festival time. People find it very exciting and full of fun. The festival is enjoyed for three whole weeks. Along with a daily Lemon and Orange Exhibition, parades on Sundays, fireworks on Thursday nights.

Every year there will be a special theme for the Lemon festival. This year the theme of the Lemon Festival is: “The regions of France”. Some of the events are free, but you need to buy tickets to see the parades.

1.Why was the Lemon Festival officially born?

A．To encourage people to plant more lemons.

B．To help people enjoy the winter months.

C．To develop winter tourism in Menton.

D．To cerebrate the success of orange planting.

2.What is the writer trying to tell us in the second paragraph?

A．The history of Menton.

B．The tourist attractions in Menton.

C．The special taste of the lemons in Menton.

D．The history of the Lemon Festival.

3.You can enjoy the following activities EXCEPT_______ during the Lemon Festival.

A．lemon and orange shows                 B．a town parade

C．fireworks                             D．a concert

4.In which part of a newspaper can you find the passage?

A．Travel            B．Family            C．Advertisement     D．Sport

Life in the future will be different from life today. Between then and now many changes will happen. But what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

 Computers will be much smaller and more useful，and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then. People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports，watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

 There will be changes in our food，too. More land will be used for building new towns and houses for all the people. Then there will be less room for cows and sheep，so meat will be more expensive. Maybe no one will eat it every day. Instead，they will eat more fruits and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier. Work in the future will be different，too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this，many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.In the future there will be ______.

A. much more fruit  B. fewer people

C. less vegetables  D. less people

2.Every family will have at least a ______ in the future.

A. robot           B. cow                   C. TV set       D. computer

3.In the future people don't have to ______.

A. work long hours  B. work fast C. walk on foot  D. eat meat

4.People may not eat ______ as much as they do today.

A. fruit         B. fish    C. meat    D. rice

5.One big problem in the future is that ______.

A. many people don't have to work

B. many people will not be able to find work

C. people have to work fast

D. all the work will be done by robots

在下列各句的空格内填上一个适当的完整的单词，该词的首字母已给出。

1.The policeman asked politely, “ May I look at your driver’s l_______?”

2.There will be a Chinese painting e________ in the national museum next week.

3.Pass me that pair of glasses, please. I can’t see the words c___________.

4.What a nice girl Lucy is! She often h_________to do housework.

5.Betty can speak two l__________, Chinese and English.

Now many people like the game Angry Birds. Here is a piece of good news for them—soon there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world.

    The first two parks opened in Finland last year, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK.

    “As a kind of online game, it is popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. And the parks will be interesting places for everyone around the world.” said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company. He also said, “ We want to make Angry Birds a part of pop culture. We’re just getting started.”

    Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park. The company wants to invite people to not only play it on the sofa, but to go out, move around and have fun. So everyone will be happy in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.

1.Where did the first two Angry Birds-themed activity parks open?

A. In the UK.    B. In Finland.   C. In Australia.     D. In the USA.

2.Angry Birds is _______.

A. an online game       B. an online movie

C. a talk show on TV     D. a game show on TV

3. Lots of people think Angry Birds is very ______.

A. boring      B. easy     C. interesting     D. difficult

4.The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to（指的是）_______.

A. the characters         B. the screens

C. the interesting games    D. the interesting places

5.From the passage, we can know_______.

A. Angry Birds is only popular with young people

B. Peter Vesterbacka works for Angry Birds Company

C. there is no screen in Angry Birds-themed activity parks

D. Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK in 2015