本文采取书信形式，一位爱担忧的老祖父给编辑部写了一封信，内容告诫年轻女孩儿，不要在街上乱搭不相识人的车游玩，这样做即危险，也容易造成交通事故，很有教育意义．

　　Dear editor(编辑),

　　Can't your newspaper do something about the custom(习惯) of hitchhiking?

　　A short time ago, on a car travel I counted at least 50 people standing beside the road, asking for rides. Many of them were young women.

　　Don't they understand how dangerous it is to get into the car driven by a stranger? How much do they know about the driver? Is he a good driver or not? Nothing!

　　Many of these young hitchhikers may come from good families. Don't their parents teach them anything about the world? I always taught my children not to talk to strangers. I never let them take rides from people they didn't know.

　　Isn't there enough crime(犯罪) today without asking for trouble by hitchhiking? On the other hand, hitchhiking may bring some traffic trouble.

　　Don't you think what I said is true?

A Worried Grandfather

1．The word “hitchhiking” means ________.

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A．waiting for a bus at the bus stop

B．driving in a dangerous way

C．going on a long way by getting free rides in other people's car

D．asking a stranger the ways in a car

2．The Worried Grandfather ________.

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A．doesn't like young women to drive cars

B．thinks it is dangerous for a young woman to get into a stranger's car

C．likes drivers to be careful and strict in their work

D．never lets his children get into other people's car

3．The Worried Grandfather ________.

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A．was hit by a car when he was standing by the road

B．is a good driver and often gives free rides to strangers

C．is in trouble now and he wants to get some help from the newspaper

D．has seen much of the world and he is very careful

4．The Worried Grandfather wrote the letter to tell ________.

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A．the newspaper to let its readers know the danger of hitchhiking

B．young women never to go on a long travel alone

C．young people to listen to their parents at home

D．his children not to talk to strangers on the road

5．What do you think a good editor is going to do after he receives the letter?

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A．He will either return the letter to the old man or give it to the police station.

B．He will write back to the Worried Grandfather and tell him not to hitchhike any more.

C．He will write or ask someone to write something about the danger of hitchhiking in the newspaper.

D．He will hold a meeting to tell the drivers to make the traffic trouble less.

Ladies and gentlemen,

　　It is my pleasure to give you a very short introduction (简介) to our school.

　　Our school has six grades and sixty-six classes. There are more than 4,000. students in all.

　　We have Chinese, Math, English, Physics, Chemistry, Politics, History, Geography and Biology. Besides, P.E. , Music, Art and Computer are also offered in our school.

　　There are six physics labs, six chemistry labs and three sound labs. There are also three computer classrooms with 200 Lenovo computers.

　　All the students in our school respect teachers. We listen to our teachers carefully in class. We are always ready to learn from each other and help each other.

　　After class, students do some sports and listen to music. We enjoy our school life very much.

　　That's all. Thank you.

(1) How many students are there in this school?

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(2) How many subjects do they have?

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(3) The number of chemistry labs is the same as the number of ____.

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(4) How do you think the students in this school?

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A. They respect teachers.

B. They listen to their teachers carefully.

C. They help each other and learn from each other.

D. A B C are all right.

(5) What do you think this writing is?

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A. It's a news report (新闻报道).

B. It's a story.

C. It's an advertisement (广告).

D. It' s an introduction speech (介绍性演讲).

阅读理解

　　Once in Egypt (埃及) there was a thick forest. In the middle of the lake in this forest lived a terrible ogre (吃人精). Whenever any animal tried to drink from the lake, the ogre would jump out and eat the animal up.

　　One day a group of monkeys came to the forest. Their head was a clever old monkey. He knew about the ogre, so he warned the others,“An ogre lives in the lake in this forest, if he catches you, he will eat you. So don't drink any water from the lake until I tell you it is safe.”

　　The monkeys listened to their head. They got very thirsty, but they stood back from the lake. Then the clever old monkey went near the lake and waited to see if the ogre would appear.

　　When the ogre saw the old monkey, he came out of the water and said,“Come down and drink.”

　　“No,” said the monkey,“if we come to the water, you will eat us.”

　　“Yes,” said the ogre,“but there is no other lake in the forest. Soon you and your friends will have to come here to drink.”

　　The old monkey thought and thought. Then he saw some long reeds (芦苇) growing near the lake. He picked some reeds and gave them to the other monkeys. Each monkey put one end of the reed in its mouth and the other end in the water. Then the monkeys sucked (吸) the water through the reeds. So they stayed away from the lake and still drank as much as they wanted. The ogre was very angry when he saw this and disappeared into the lake.

　　And none of the monkeys saw him again.

(1) If the animals ________ , the ogre would eat them.

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A. went away from the water

B. found some water to drink

C. tried to find some water

D. went near the lake and drank water from it

(2) The clever old monkey warned the others not to drink any water from the lake ________ .

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A. although it was safe for them to drink

B. because there was an ogre in the forest

C. until he found it was safe

D. until the ogre allow them to do so

(3) The ogre told the old monkey ________ .

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A. there was another lake in the forest

B. he would soon eat all the monkeys

C. not all the monkeys would die without water

D. he wouldn't eat the monkeys any longer

(4) None of the monkeys saw the ogre again because ________ .

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A. the monkeys were not warned that there was an ogre there

B. the monkeys had left the forest looking for another lake

C. the ogre knew he couldn't catch any monkey any more

D. the ogre moved to another lake looking for food

(5)Which of the following is right?

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A. The other monkeys wouldn't listen to their head.

B. The ogre was so thirsty that he soon died.

C. The old monkey warned the ogre not to eat them.

D. It was reeds that saved the monkeys.

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词)

　　During the past hundred years, the railway, the car, the radio, the cinema, and now the TV, have produced very great changes in the amusements with which people pass their free time.

　　A hundred years ago, people were in the 　(1)　 of making their own amusements. When a group of people got together, they talked, played cards or other games, read aloud to each other, or went out riding, shooting or walking. Most people could sing a little, or play the piano; so at a party the guests amused each other. Above all, conversation was an art; amusing conversation could keep people happy for hours.

　　As for games such as football and tennis, people were also in the habit of playing them themselves. Most of them did not play very well, 　(2)　 they amused themselves and their friends.

　　Nowadays, we are amused by professional singers or players. 　(3)　 listen to your friends singing when you can hear the great singers of the world by the radio or on TV? Why play football with players who 　(4)　 very good at it when you can see some of the best players playing an important match? You may just sit comfortably at a cinema and watch the game without the trouble of going outside.

　　The art of conversation and the habit of playing and singing are growing, more people are becoming lookers and listeners, and more become doers and talkers. This change 　(5)　 people neither good nor harm; it is 　(6)　 to do something not very well oneself than always to sit watch others doing it.