Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the proper words.

　　Miss White was a teacher at a school for boys and girls. She taught them chemistry and physics from the l ________ to the highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learned quickly, but sometimes they were very slow and then Miss White had to r ________ things many times.

　　Once, the first class had been studying chemistry for several weeks when Miss White s ________ asked,“What is water? Who knows? Hands up?”

　　There was silence for a few s ________, and Miss White felt sad, but then one boy r ________ his hand.

　　“Yes, Danny!”said Miss White happily. He was not one of the b ________ boys in the class, so she was glad that he could answer.

“Water is liquid which has no colour until you wash your hands in it. Then it turns black.”The boy answered.

Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage.

　　When you read, your eyes help you learn. You can also learn with your 1 . You can do this by listening carefully and thinking about what you hear. In order to learn when you listen, you need to do three things.

　　1.Pay attention. When you daydream, you let your mind wander off the subject. You cannot listen and daydream 2 . You need to keep your mind on what the speaker is saying. Watching the speaker will help pay attention to what he or she is saying.

　　2.Ask questions. To learn, you must understand what you hear. Sometimes things are not clear. Ask questions 3 . Be sure you understand what the speaker means.

　　3.Ask the speaker to repeat what you did not hear. Sometimes speakers talk too softly. At other times, a noise, such as a train or a cough, prevents you from hearing. If you missed something the speaker said, ask politely for the person to repeat it. The speaker will not mind repeating 4 you have shown that you are listening.

　　Exercises:

　　1.Bob opened his reader. He listened. Several students read aloud. Then Bob gazed out the window and thought about his tree house. He had worked on it all weekend. “Bob, please read next,” the teacher said. Her voice startled Bob. He didn't know 5 .

　　Why has Bob lost his place in the book?

　　2.Mark's teacher said, “Ponce de Leon discovered Florida in1513.” Mark was confused. He knew America was discovered in 1492. Florida is 6 America.

　　What should Mark do next?

　　3.When Kate was introduced to Janet, she didn't hear Janet's name.

　　What should Kate do next?

(1) A.eyes	B.hands		C.ears	D.mouth
(2) A.at all	B.either		C.for a long time	D.at the same time
(3)A.politely	B.clearly		C.loudly	D.once
(4) A.because	B.although		C.so	D.until
(5) A.when and how to read			B.whom the teacher asked to read
C.where to begin reading			D.what to do or what not to do
(6)A.not far from		B.on the west of	C.to the south of	D.part of

It's March, 2050.Frank and Mary Smith wake up in their comfortable house in the morning and switch on the bedroom computer to get the latest news. They used to read the Times, but changed to electronic newspapers many years ago.

   There is the usual news about space: another space flight has returned from Mars and scientists have discovered a new planet. Then they turn to

business news: the US dollar has risen greatly in Shanghai, one of the

world's leading business centers. Mary tells the computer to buy 5,000

dollars, and there is a quick response that it has been done.

   As they watch the screen, Mary orders one of the household robots to make coffee for them. Frank disappears into the study to join a video conference with his partners around the world. He is a computer engineer, working for several companies. Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels. She also has a job and she is doing medical research. Both she and Frank used to have an office desk in London, but in 2014 they decided to move to the seaside and work from home.

    Frank and Mary have one daughter, Louise, who also has her own workstation at home. She goes to school only one day a week, mainly to play with other students. Classrooms disappeared in 2030 because there was no longer any need for them: communications systems have made it much easier to learn at home.

     Louise, now thirteen, is studying Chinese at present. It has become a world language as

 important as English. Louise has many Chinese friends. They communicate by computer.

     According to the family doctor, Louise will live to at least 130. Her wish is to work for a

 few decades (十年) and then spend her time on music and painting.

66. Why do Frank and Mary switch on the bedroom computer in the morning?

   Because  they _________________________________________________                  

67. Does Mary read space news and business news?

____________________________________________________________

68. Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?

____________________________________________________________

69. What are the two important world languages in 2050?

    _____________________________________________________________

70. How old will Louise be in 2150 according to the passage?

  

The water tap was leaking(漏水) again, and the noise was driving Cassie crazy. Cassie looked at her watch. It was nearly nine o’clock. She climbed out of bed and stood on a chair by the shelf. Her mother’s Mr. Fix-It Book was on the top shelf. Cassie stepped down quietly. She read the book quickly until she found the page she was looking for, and then began to read carefully.
Next, Cassie opened a box in the kitchen and picked out the tools she needed--- a hammer, a wrench, and several small things. It was so easy job for her to do the repair, and she tried several times. Finally, the water tap was in pieces. One by one, she carefully laid them out on the table. That way she would know how they went back. While this was going on, her cat walked over to watch what she was doing.
Cassie worked late into the night. At one point, she thought she was done. Oops! A small piece that she had forgotten still lay on the table. Slowly Cassie took the water tap apart(分开) one more time. This time she made sure everything was in place. She turned the water tap on and then off. One…two…three… She waited a full minute. There was no leak! Cassie smiled and put the tools back into the box. Then she went back into bed.
The next morning, Dad was in the kitchen when Cassie got up.
“Notice anything, Dad?” she asked.
He looked around and listened. “Hmm, something’s missing… I can’t find out what it is… Wait, it’s too quiet in here!”
“That’s right,” Cassie said. ‘Something is missing. I fixed the water tap. It doesn’t leak any more.”
“That’s my girl,” Dad said.“It’s a good thing you are really like your mother.”
【小题1】Mr. Fix-It Book is probably a book on how to ________.

A．train pets

B．fall asleep

C．fix things

D．cook food

【小题2】Cassie took the water tap apart again because_______.

A．she had forgotten one piece	B．the tap was still leaking
C．the cat had taken one piece away	D．she hadn’t understood the book

【小题3】The water tap wasn’t fixed until_______.

A．nine o’clock

B．late that night

C．the next morning

D．the next afternoon

【小题4】We can learn from the last sentence of the passage that ________.

A．Cassie’s mother is good-looking	B．Cassie likes her mother very much
C．Cassie’s mother is good at fixing things	D．Cassie looks quite like her mother