Everybody hates rats. But rats may soon be man’s new good friend.
What happens after an earthquake? We send in rescue(援救)dogs. Why? Because they can smell people. Dogs save lives. They help rescuers to find living people. But dogs are big and they can’t get into small spaces. So now a new research project is using a smaller animal to save lives: the rat.
How does it work? First, the rat is trained to smell people. When this happens, the rat’s brain gives a signal(信号). This is sent to a small radio on its back, and then the rescuers follow the radio signals. When the rat’s brain activity jumps, the rescuers know that someone is alive. The rat has smelled that person.
Although there are already robots which can do this job, rats are better. “Robots’ noses don’t work well when there are other smells around. Rats are good at that.” Rats can also see in the dark, they are cheaper and quicker to train than dogs, and unlike robots, they don’t need electricity!
The “rat project” is not finished, but a scientist says, “It would be great. A rat could get into spaces we couldn’t get to, and a rat would get out if it wasn’t safe.” Perhaps for the first time in history, people will be happy to see a rat in a building (but only after an earthquake, of course).
小题1:In the writer’s opinion, rats may become man’s new friend because         .

A．they can be food for people

B．they can help rescuers to find living people

C．they are lovely

D．they can completely replace man’s rescue jobs

小题2:What does the underlined word “this” mean?

A．An earthquake.

B．The rat has smelled a person

C．The rat has smelled that someone is alive

D．The rat has found a robot.

小题3:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Rats don’t need electricity.

B．Rats are better than robots when smelling.

C．Rats are as clever as radios.

D．Rats can see things in the dark when doing rescues.

小题4:Why does the “rat project” sound great according to the passage?

A．Because rats can get into very small spaces.

B．Because rats have better noses than dogs.

C．Because rats don’t like robots.

D．Because rats are brave.

小题5:Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Ways of saving people

B．Rats and robots

C．After earthquake

D．Rats for rescue

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The full marks of a P.E. test for Junior 3 students	小题1:
The month for the P.E. test for students in Nanjing	小题2:
The two sports all the boy students in Nanjing must do in the P.E. test	小题3:
The result of a research on children health	小题4:
The reason for students’ good performance in the P.E. test	小题5:

In the past, going to a piano teacher was the only way to learn how to play the piano. You could have one lesson a week. If you didn’t have private(个人的) lessons, you could still learn piano, but you would have to learn it by yourself. This was easy for some, but very difficult for most. However, with technology as it is today, there is at last another way that you can take piano lessons. You can take an online course.
An online course can save you lots of money. If a private lesson costs 30 or 40 dollars per week, just think about how quickly that adds up. You can take a complete online course in piano by spending a small part of the money that you would pay for taking weeks of private lessons. Also, private lessons are only usually one hour per week. If you have questions during the rest of the week, or if you forget something that your teacher said, you will have to wait for your next lesson to continue your learning. However, online piano courses are quite different.
With an online piano course, you can work at your own pace(进度). You can also take as many lessons per week as you’d want, or go back and listen to your last lesson if you have forgotten anything. Most adults who want to learn how to play the piano enjoy being able to go back and listen to lessons they watched before. It can give you a good idea of what you were doing right, what you were doing wrong, and what you should be doing before the next lesson.
Of course, if you need someone to sit beside you and give you instant feedback(及时反馈) while you are playing, you are not suggested to choose an online course. But most adult learners think they can get their own type of feedback by watching the course again and again.
小题1:       is not mentioned in the passage to learn to play the piano.
A.Going to a piano teacher        B. Asking experts for information   C. Teaching oneself
小题2:Going to a piano teacher is much more        than having an online piano course.
A. expensive                   B. convenient                  C. interesting
小题3:If you choose an online piano course, you can          .
A. ask questions whenever you want          
B. watch the lessons whenever you’d like  
C. get some advice while you are playing the piano.
小题4:Most adults like to go back and listen to the lessons again because         .
A. they needn’t spend any extra money          
B. they can ask some questions   
C. they can know what they were doing right, what they were doing wrong
小题5:How many advantages of an online piano course have been introduced in the passage?
A. 2                           B. 3                         C. 4

Have you seen Avatar？It’s a popular movie this year. It is three-dimensional(3D), so you may have to wear a special pair of glasses to see it. The 3D glasses make the images(图像) from the movie look like they are coming straight at you.
More and more 3D movies are coming to theaters. 3D TV sets have been produced in Japan now. Three-dimensional technology can make TV and movies more exciting. But people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3D movies.
When we look at an object(物体), each eye sees it at a different angle(角度). Our eyes send the two images to our brain(大脑), and the brain puts them together. That’s how we see depth(深度). So when we watch a 3D movie, one film projector(投影机) projects a left eye image and the other projects a right eye image. 3D glasses allow us to see a different image in each eye.
There are a lot of people walking around with very less serious eye problems. Under normal situations, the brain can adjust to their eyes so they can see things normally.
But when they are watching a 3D movie, the images projected to their eyes can’t be put together by their brain. So the brain needs to work harder at reading the images. That makes it easier for these people to get headaches.
Dr John Hagan, an eye doctor in Kansas City, said some people who do not see depth normally cannot see in 3D at all.
小题1:When people want to watch a three-dimensional movie, they need          .
A. a ticket                  B. a pair of 3D glasses             C. an earphone
小题2:Three-dimensional technology uses         film projector(s) to project one movie at the same time.
A. one                     B. two                         C. three
小题3:According to the passage, if we look at an object by only one eye, we can’t judge the       excatly.
A. image                   B. angle                         C. depth
小题4:Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. In the near future, people can enjoy 3D movie by watching TV at home.
B. Whenever you wear a 3D glasses, you can see objects more clearly.
C. People who have something wrong with their brain can’t read the images of 3D movie.
小题5:The main idea of this passage is            .
A. how to use 3D glasses to watch a 3D movie.    
B. 3D glasses make the movie seem alive
C. not everybody can enjoy 3D movies.

It is very important for us students to learn to use dictionaries. Try to find the answers to the questions in this dictionary extract（摘要）.

小题1:We can find these explainations（解释）in _________ dictionary.
A. an English-English       B. a Chinese-English       C. an English-Chinese
小题2:If you try to find a word similar to “proud”, you can look up the word “______”.
A. pleasure                B. pride                  C.person       
小题3:If you have a bad cold, you will ______ according to the extract.
A. feel proud of yourself       B. lose your voice  C.encourage your parents
小题4:The word “encourage” is a (an)______.
A. adjective                   B. noun               C. verb
小题5:In the sentence “Your parents may △ you from smoking”, △ stands for _____ according to the extract.
A. proud    B. voice                C. discourage

Now more and more people in the world are getting fatter. This troubles them a lot. （1）Experts(专家) say that it has a lot to do with our eating habits.
Our eating habits are very important for good health and a strong body. Most of us like eating sweets and ice cream better than vegetables and rice. Sweets and ice cream are not bad for us if we eat them at the end of a meal. （2）If we eat them before a meal, they may take away our appetite(食欲).
It’s important for us to eat our meal in the same period each day. When we feel worried or excited, we may not want to eat. A long time ago, in England, some judges(法官) often decided whether a man was telling the truth by giving him some dry bread. If the man could not swallow(吞) the bread, it meant that he wasn’t telling the truth. Because when a man is worried about something, he will have trouble in swallowing anything dry, because he loses his appetite.
小题1:Are more and more people getting fatter in the world?________________________       ___
小题2:Do most people like eating sweets or rice?_______________________            ________
小题3:What may happen to people when they feel worried or excited?____            __________
小题4:将短文中画线句子（1）处翻译成汉语。                          
小题5:将短文中画线句子（2）处翻译成汉语。                           

Your junior high school years are coming to an end. After the big exam, most of you will go on to study in a senior school. What are you expecting from senior high school? Let’s hear some teen readers talk about it.
Zhou Zhijie, 15, from Shanghai:
I have heard that although Senior 3 is a hard year, Senior 1 and Senior 2 are less stressful. I hope there’ll be time then to enjoy sports. There will be plenty to see. Especially, the World Cup in Brazil is coming. We can watch football matches. I’m sure I’ll really enjoy it.
Jin Xi, 16, from Harbin, Heilongjiang:
I really enjoy science. I visit many science exhibitions. I am interested in UFOs, too. I’m crazy about making model planes, although I’m not very good at it because I don’t really have enough scientific knowledge. I’ll be learning more science in senior high school. In a word, sometime in the future I’m going to build an excellent model plane!
Wang Yaling, 15, from Xiamen, Fujian:
I hope I can be taller in senior high school. I’m only 155cm. Many people grow faster in senior and I hope I will, too. I want to be 162cm. But I’m not sure about that, since most girls in my family don’t grow taller than 160cm. I hope I’m different.
Zhang Fang, 15, from Hebi, Henan:
I expect that I’ll make more friends in senior high school. I study in a middle school in the country. Most of my classmates live nearby. In senior high school, I’ll meet different people from different areas. I hope I can learn new things from them.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填涂在答题卡的相应位置。
小题1:It seems that ______ has a special interest in sports.

A．Zhou Zhijie

B．Jin Xi

C．Wang Yaling

D．Zhang Fang

小题2:Jin Xi believes that it needs ______ to make an excellent model plane.

A．a quite long time	B．a lot of scientific knowledge
C．knowledge of UFOs	D．help from senior teachers

小题3:Wang Yaling and Zhang Fang ______.

A．are from one city	B．have a similar dream
C．have the same age	D．have a similar problem

小题4:The underlined word “stressful” in the first talk probably means “making one feel______.”

A．busy and nervous	B．free and easy
C．unsuccessful and nervous	D．safe and happy

小题5:The students in the passage are talking about______.

A．their hobbies	B．their experiences
C．their schools	D．their wishes

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整，并将其标号填涂在答题卡的相应位置。
Science and technology are developing quickly. On the one hand they can improve our lives, but on the other hand, they can cause pollution. 小题1:
Air pollution is a serious problem. Factories and heavy traffic give out a lot of smoke and make the air dirty.        小题2:So the government should take action and make everyone keep the air clean.
The main reasons for noise pollution are heavy traffic and road works. 小题3:Therefore, the government should try to make less noise.
Factories put a lot of dirty water and chemicals into the rivers and the sea. They pollute the water. 小题4:      And it also can make sea animals sick. So the government should stop factories doing that.
The main reasons for land pollutions are construction and people. Construction makes much waste and people throw away a lot of rubbish every day. 小题5: People should stop throwing away so much rubbish and start using old things again.

When I knocked into a stranger, “Oh, excuse me, please.” was my        . He said, “Please excuse me, too.” We were very       , this stranger and I. But at home a different story is told.
Later that day, while I was cooking the evening meal, my daughter stood beside me quietly. When I turned, I nearly made her fall onto the floor. “Get out of my way!” I said       . She walked away with tears(眼泪) in her eyes. I didn’t     how rudely I’d spoken. Later, I went into the        again, and found some flowers there by the door. Those were the flowers she picked for me. I felt really        and my tears began to fall. For a stranger, we can be polite, but for the ones we love, we seem to be rude.
If we die tomorrow, the company we are working for could easily take our place soon. _    the family we left behind will feel the loss(损失) for the rest of their lives.
      is behind the story? You know what is the full word of       ?
FAMILY = (F)ather    (A)nd    (M)other    (I)   (L)ove   (Y)ou
Fill life        love and courage, and we shall live an uncommon life.
小题1: 

A．report

B．reply

C．reason

D．review

小题2: 

A．proud

B．rude

C．upset

D．polite

小题3:

A．quietly

B．happily

C．angrily

D．deeply

小题4:

A．check

B．ask

C．realize

D．mean

小题5:

A．kitchen

B．living room

C．office

D．building

小题6:

A．excited

B．lonely

C．disappointed

D．sorry

小题7:

A．Because

B．But

C．Unless

D．Since

小题8:

A．What

B．How

C．Why

D．Who

小题9:

A．love

B．family

C．home

D．courage

小题10:

A．of

B．for

C．with

D．from

Everyone has got two personalities（个性）—the one that is shown to the world and the other is hidden and real. You don’t show your hidden personality when you are awake because you are clear what to do and what not to do, but when you are asleep, your sleep position shows the real you. On a usual night, of course, people change their positions from time to time. The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.
If you go to sleep on your back, you are a very open person. You usually believe people and you are easy to accept new lifestyle or new ideas. You don’t like to ask for help from others. You don’t like to trouble people, either. So you never express your real feeling. You are quite a shy person and you aren’t very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are rather a person who is not known well to others. You worry a lot and always easily get upset. You don’t pay attention to your job. You are always stubborn（倔强的）. You usually live for today not tomorrow. This means you enjoy having a good time.
If you sleep curling up（蜷缩） your body, you are probably a very nervous person, but you are very kind and patient. You are shy and don’t usually like meeting people. You prefer to be on your own. You are easily hurt.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced personality. You know your strength and weakness. You are usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious, but you don’t often feel sad. You always say what you think even if it makes people upset.
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sleep positions	personalities	likes	dislikes
on your back	open, shy, not confident	to believe people, 小题1: ___________ or new ideas	to ask for help to trouble people
小题2:___________	stubborn	小题3:. _____________, to get upset easily	to pay attention to your job
curling up your body	小题4: _______________	to be on your own	to meet people
on your side	well-balanced, careful, confident	to feel anxious	小题5:.______