When you go to England,  you can be    1    many people take an umbrella (伞) or a raincoat(雨衣)    2    them in the sunny morning.

On a bus or a train,  you can usually see    3    is looking out of the window or reading newspapers.  But they don’t talk much.  When you meet English people,  they often talk about one thing—the    4   .

5    is it so?  Because the weather is changeable(多变的) in England.  People there can have spring,  summer,  autumn and    6    in one day.  When they get on the bus,  the weather is sunny and    7    just like in spring.  However,  when they get out of the bus,  it can be    8    and cold.  At noon,  the weather will be sunny and a little hot,  and it will be summer at this time of a day.

In England,  people can also have summer in winter,  or have winter in summer.  So in    9    they can swim sometimes,  and in summer sometimes you can see people    10    warm clothes.

1.A. surprised      B. surprising   C. bored    D. boring

2.A. on             B. to           C. with     D. for 

3.A. many people        B. everyone  

C. all the people   D. some of the people

4.A. books          B. newspapers   C. windows  D. weather

5.A. Why                B. Where        C. How      D. What 

6.A. Sunday         B. winter       C. rain     D. snow 

7.A. cold           B. cool         C. hot      D. warm

8.A. sunny          B. rainy        C. windy    D. humid

9.A. spring         B. summer       C. autumn   D. winter

10.A. sell          B. selling      C. taking   D. takes 

Have you ever complained (抱怨) why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes　 36 dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and　 37　 all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you will find the whole world smiling to you.

On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk to relax yourself. Just before you go out, it 　38 starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why　 39 sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops(庄稼) in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest (收成).

40　 everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way to success.　 41　 difficulty isn't terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is 42　 a spring (弹簧). If you are 　43　 , it will be strong. So when you meet difficulties, don't give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile.

Attitude 　44　 everything. With an optimistic (乐观的) attitude, life is easy and 45 . If you want to be happy, try to remember these five easy rules. Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect less. The quickest way to receive happiness is to smile, the fastest way to lose it is to complain.

36. A. seem B. seems C. seemed

37. A. cry B. smile　 C. complain

38. A. suddenly B. finally　 C. hardly

39. A. don't　 B. not　 C. didn’t

40. A. But B. For　 C. Although

4l. A. In fact B. From early on　 C. For example

42. A. unlike　 B. likes　 C. like

43. A. powerful B. weak　 C. confident

44. A. decides 　 B. deciding　 C. to decide

45 A. please　 B. pleased　　 C. pleasant

In America: There are many more cars than in China. Maybe the number of cars in California is the same as the number in China. But there are fewer traffic jams and accidents in America than in China. We hardly see traffic police in the street, but all cars obey traffic rules strictly , and people hardly find that a car does not obey traffic rules in the street.

About America traffic rules, there are many better terms , such as:

1. Stop line: There are stop line in all crossing without traffic lights(some have two stop lines and others have four stop lines); all cars must stop while meeting the stop lines.

2．Traffic lights: There are traffic lights in the crossing of the road .Cars may almost turn every direction. the traffic lights can give signals step by step including u-turn . There is a kind of middle lane of turning left. When a car wants to turn left in the road, he may enter into the middle lane of turning left and give a signal of turning left. When he thinks being safe he may turn left.

3. Specific item: Such as parking, there are three kinds of lines (its color are white, blue or red) in the roadside. Every line may park different kinds of cars. There are streets in some residential(住宅区) areas, and no car can park at any time or any period time.

4. About the priority (优先权) of passengers and cars: At any case, passengers have the priority to cars. But only after passengers have passed the road and gotten the top of sidestep, cars may go ahead. In general, traffic rules of America are very specific, convenient and safe.

1.According to the passage, we can know________.

A. there are more traffic jams and accidents in America than in China

B. traffic policemen are often seen in the street in America

C. California may have as many cars as China

D. You can easily find that a car does not obey traffic rules in the street in America

2.When you meet a stop line while driving a car in the crossing without traffic lights,,_____.

A. you can go ahead       B. you can turn left  

C. you can have a u-turn    D. you must stop

3.Which color is not include in the parking lines in America ？

A. yellow          B. blue      C. red       D. white

4.Which of the following is true?

A. Any car can park at any time or any period time in the streets in some residential areas.

B. While giving a signal of turning left and being safe, you can turn left in the middle lane of turning left

C. At any case, cars have the priority to passengers.

D. You can park your car at any one of the three parking lines.

5.This passage mainly talks about________

A. the priority of passengers and cars       B. the traffic lights

C. the stop line                         D. American traffic rules

完形填空（10分）
　　What will our life be like in the future? Each family will have a  1 in the future. You can ask it to do everything  2  you. It will serve(服务) you  3 hours a day. The robot will  4 like a human. It can talk with you when you are  5 . You won’t know it is a human  6 a robot when you meet it on the street.
　　People will have  7 time to work and more time to travel. The vehicles(交通工具) in the future will fly freely in the sky because every vehicle will have wings(翅膀) with it. They will  8 you to any place you want to visit. You can go to  9  when you have a travel if you feel tired. All vehicles will be  10  because of driving by robots.
【小题1】A、rocket              B、robot               C、car
【小题2】A、on                 B、about               C、for
【小题3】A、eight              B、twenty              C、twenty-four
【小题4】A、sound              B、live                C、look
【小题5】A、happy              B、alone               C、comfortable
【小题6】A、so                 B、and                 C、or
【小题7】A、less               B、few                 C、more
【小题8】A、make               B、take                C、let
【小题9】A、school             B、work                C、sleep
【小题10】A、safe              B、dangerous           C、unpleasant