Children's education is changing very fast today. In the past, teachers made children sit quietly for hours. They made them remember all kinds of things. The children had to go on reading things again and again until they knew them “by heart”. Today, many teachers wonder if it is possible to make children learn at all. They say you can only help them learn. They say you must let children learn and discover things for themselves. But for some of the children, school is a kind of place they cannot escape from. They are there only because their parents make them go. They get out of the classroom as soon as the teachers let them leave. Many of them want to find jobs but the law（法律）will not let them work until they reach a certain（一定的）age. And so, they have to stay in school. Often they do not learn anything at all and hate every moment.

(1）In the past, the students had to ________.

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A．sit quietly for hours

B．remember all kinds of things

C．read things again and again until they knew them“by heart”

D．do all of the above

(2）Now many teachers think that ________.

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A．they don't need to give the students lessons

B．they should help the students discover things

C．they shouldn't let the students learn and discover things

D．they can help the students and let them learn and discover things

(3）Some of the students go to school because ________.

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A．they want to find some jobs

B．they do not learn anything at all

C．their parents make them go

D．they hate school and stay there as a place to escape from

　　Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always creating(创造) new words, and we are often able to know where most words come from.

　　Sometimes, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you every think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, especially when they are not made with ham? About a hundred years ago, some men went to America from Europe(欧洲). They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They didn't speak good English, but they ate good food. When some Americans saw them eating a round piece of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans didn't understand the question and answered：“We come from Hamburg.” One of these Americans owned a restaurant. He had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of bread and started selling them. Such bread came to be called “hamburgers”. Today, “hamburgers” are sold in many countries around the world.

　　Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why any word has a certain(一定的) meaning is interesting, too. This reason(原因), for most English words, can be found in any large English dictionary.

1．According to the writer, English is ________.

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A．very difficult to learn

B．not so old as Chinese

C．as old as Chinese

D．older than Chinese

2．Hamburg is ________.

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A．a round piece of beef

B．a kind of food

C．a city in Germany

D．the name of a village

3．According to the passage, ________.

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A．hamburgers are made with beef

B．a few Americans like hamburgers

C．hamburgers are made with ham

D．hamburgers were first sold about a century ago

4．Which of the following can often be found in any large English dictionary?

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A．Where those Germans came from.

B．Where all the new words come from

C．The reason why a word has a certain meaning.

D．The reason why English is spoken around the world.

5．From the story we lean that the word “hamburger” comes from ________.

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A．the round piece of beef which those people from Hamburg were eating

B．English speakers because they always create new words

C．China because it has a long history

D．English because Germans don't speak good English

Scientists (科学家) think that many animals cannot see colours. The world is black and white to them. Scientists want to find out if (是否) dogs can see colours. When the scientists give the dogs food, they show them a certain( 一定的 ) colour every time. The dogs get ready to eat when they see this colour. The scientists then show the dogs another colour. Again the dogs get ready to eat. The colours are all the same to them. Colours are not all the same to monkeys. For example, if we put food in a red box, and do this every day, a monkey will always go to the red box to get food. If we put food in a blue box, the monkey won’t go to it.

（　 ） 51. Scientists show the dogs colours ____________.

　　 A. to tell them to eat　　　　 B. to find out if they can see black and white things

　　 C. for fun　　　　　　　　 D. to find out if they can see colours

（　 ） 52. The dogs get ready to eat when they ____________.

　　 A. hear different pieces of music　　　 B. see the monkeys

C. see black things　　　　　　　　 D. see all the colours

（　 ）53. Colours are _____________.

A. all the same to monkeys　　　　　　　　 B. not all the same to dogs

　　 C. different to dogs D. not all the same to monkeys

（　 ）54. If we put food in a blue box and do this every day, a monkey will always go to ____________.

A. the red box to get food　　　　 B. the blue box and put food in it

C. the blue box to get food 　D. the red box and put food in it

（　 ）55. Which of the following is TRUE?　

A. Scientists find that dogs don’t like colours.

B. Dogs like to hear different pieces of music.

C. Monkeys like the food in the box.

D. Monkeys will not go to the blue box if we don’t show them before

　

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假如你叫张宾，Jimmy是你的笔友，他下个月就要到中国旅游。请你根据下面e-mail给他介绍国内非常值得一去的地方。

省／市	供考虑的地点
首都北京	长城――世界七大奇迹之一；故宫博物馆――辉煌壮丽的清朝宫殿群；圆明园――举世闻名的皇家园林。
陕西省	秦陵兵马俑――世界上著名的景点；华山――悬崖峭壁，山势险峻；离西安不远。
湖南省	张家界——一个四周环山的好地方。

注意：
１、词数：80左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。
２、参考词汇：imperial adj.　皇帝的steep adj.陡峭的  the Terra Cotta Warriors秦陵兵马俑
Dear Jimmy,
I am very glad to hear that you’ll come to China for a visit next month. Now I will teel you something about the places of interest in China.
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Oh, I must stop now. I hope you will have a good trip!
Good luck!
Yours
Zhang Bin