完形填空（15分）
Do you often  1 your parents? You may say “Of course, I  2 . I buy a present for my mother on Mother’s Day and on Father’s Day, I give my father  3 , too.” But what about the other days of the year?
I have a friend  4 parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice  5 . Then she wanted to  6 , so she dialed(拨号) the number, but then she  7 the phone. After about fifteen  8 , she dialed the number “Hi, Mom.”
Later I asked, “  9 did you dial the number twice?” She smiled, “My parents are old and  10 . They can’t get close to the telephone  11 . I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them  12 time to answer the call.”
My friend is a good girl. She is  13 thinking about her parents. You also want to be a  14 child, right? Please always remember to 15 your parents in every situation, not just on some important days.
小题1:A、think of            B、think with         C、think
小题2:A、will               B、do                 C、won’t
小题3:A、a cake            B、a kiss              C、a present
小题4:A、who                 B、which                C、whose
小题5:A、sing              B、conversation         C、drink
小题6:A、make a call         B、pay a visit         C、have a rest
小题7:A、put down            B、put away             C、put off
小题8:A、seconds            B、minutes            C、hours
小题9:A、How                 B、What                C、Why
小题10:A、fast             B、slow              C、healthy
小题11:A、quick             B、quickly             C、slowly
小题12:A、little             B、quick                C、enough
小题13:A、always            B、never                C、seldom
小题14:A、bad               B、clever              C、good
小题15:A、think of          B、look after           C、ring up

Because earthquakes happen without warning, it’s important to take steps now to prepare. Because you don’t know where you will be when an earthquake happens, prepare some supplies(急需品) for your home, work place, and car.
1．Water
A person needs at least 1/2 gallon(加仑，容量单位) of water daily just for drinking. Store at least 1 gallon of water per(每一个) person per day and be prepared for a 72 hour period. It is suggested that you buy bottled water. Keep bottled water in its original container(容器) and do not open it until you need to use it. Also, do check the “use by” date.
2．Food
It’s always a practical idea to keep a supply of non perishable(不易腐烂的) food on hand. Have an enough supply of canned(灌装的) food, powdered milk(奶粉), dried fruits, non salted nuts and canned juices for at least 72 hours.
3．Flashlights(手电筒) and spare batteries(备用电池)
Keep a flashlight beside your bed, at your place of work, and in your car. Do not use matches or candles after an earthquake until you are sure that no gas leaks(泄漏).
Prepare a battery powered(装电池的) radio and spare batteries. Most telephones will be out of order(发生故障), so radios will be your best source of information.
4．Clothes
If you live in a cold place, you must think about warmth. You might not have heat after an earthquake. Think about your clothing and bedding supplies.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案（10分）
小题1:Why should people prepare themselves for an earthquake?
A、Because earthquakes can be known before they happen.
B、Because earthquakes take place without warning.
C、Because earthquakes usually take place in the neighborhood.
小题2:About the prepared water, which description is RIGHT?
A、A person should prepare 0.5 gallon of water for one day.
B、You’d better use your own containers to keep water.
C、You shouldn’t open the bottled water until you need it.
小题3:You should prepare all of the following except       .
A、powdered milk
B、fresh vegetables
C、dried fruits
小题4:According to the article we know that        .
A、we need to prepare some supplies only at home
B、a telephone is the most important prepared thing
C、flashlights but not matches are first used after earthquakes
小题5:If you live in a cold place, you should prepare       .
A、some warm clothes and bedding supplies
B、some hot water
C、some batteries

Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?
Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbooks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.
Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbooks, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.
小题1:It can be inferred from the passage that ____.

A．Fewer and fewer people will buy books.

B．A good dictionary should be kept in every home.

C．Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks.

D．More people like TV programs about famous men.

小题2:What does the sentence “Television has not killed reading, however.” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?

A．People only need reading, though.

B．Reading is still necessary today.

C．Reading is more fun than television.

D．Watching television doesn’t help reading.

小题3:What can we learn from the passage?

A．TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge.

B．Cinemas are the best choice in getting information.

C．Reading is cheap way of learning and having fun.

D．Newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself.

When you read an article you will understand and remember it better if you can work out how the writer has put the ideas together．Sometimes a writer puts ideas together by asking questions and then answering them．For example，if the article is about groundhogs（土拨鼠），the set of questions in the writer’s head might be：
What does a groundhog look like？
Where do groundhogs live？
What do they eat？…
In the article，the author might answer those questions．
Sometimes an author writes out her questions in the article．These questions give you signals．They tell you what the author is going to write next．Often an author has a question in her head but she doesn’t write it out for you．You have to work out her question for yourself．Here’s a sample reading for you to practice this method.
Earthworms
Do you know how many kinds of earthworms there are？There are about 1800 kinds in the world！ They can be brown，purple，green．They can be as small as 3 cm long and as large as 3 m long．
The best time to see earthworms is at night，especially a cool，damp night．That’s when they come up from their burrows（地洞）to hunt for food．Earthworms don’t like to be in the sun．That’s because they breathe through their skin，and they can’t breathe if their skin gets too dry．Earthworms must come out of the earth if it rains a lot，because they can't breathe in their flooded burrows．What a dangerous life！
Earthworms don't have eyes，so how can they tell when it's dark？ They have special places on their skin that are sensitive to light．These spots tell whether it’s light or dark．If you shine a flashlight on an earthworm at night，it will quickly disappear into the ground．
Earthworms don't have ears either，but they can hear by feeling movements in the earth．If you want to hear like an earthworm，lie on the ground with your fingers in your ears．Then have a friend stamp his or her feet near you．This is how earthworms feel birds and people walking，and moles digging，near them．
Earthworms are useful．Farmers and gardeners like having lots of earthworms in their land because the worms help to make better soil when they dig．That digging keeps the soil loose and airy（通风的）．In one year earthworms can pile up as much as 23,000 kg of castings in an area about the size of a football field．
小题1:What’s the purpose of reading Earthworms?

A．To show the special life facts of earthworms.

B．To explain the differences from the groundhogs.

C．To put the writer’s idea into real use.

D．To make the readers think more clearly.

小题2:Which question CANNOT be answered in the passage?

A．How do earthworms help with gardeners?

B．What life are earthworms living with?

C．When may people observe earthworms?

D．Why can human listen like earthworms?

小题3:How can you understand Earthworms better according to this passage?

A．Read, ask and answer questions in your own head while reading.

B．Read to work out all the questions in the writer’s head while reading.

C．Read and check all the things that are not clear to you again and again.

D．Read for general ideas and discuss or compare with other similar topics.

小题4:What’s the best title for the passage?

A．One way to help with understanding

B．One way to practice with a new idea

C．One way to learn to be a wise writer

D．One way to be clearer about worms

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。（共10分，每小题2分）
There was a story many years ago of a school teacher—Mrs. Thompson．She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same．But that was a lie．There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard．He didn’t play well with the other children and he always needed a bath．She did not like him．
Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother．Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself．She felt even worse when, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present, too．It was his mother’s perfume（香水）
Teddy said ,“Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to．”After the children left , she cried for at least an hour．On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math．Instead, she began to teach children．
Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy．The boy’s mind seemed to come alive．The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved．By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class．
Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy．He wrote that he had finished high school and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life．He went to college．Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed: Theodore Stoddard ,M．D．（医学博士）．
The story doesn’t end there．On his wedding day, Dr．Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson’s ear ,“Thank you, Mrs.Thompson, for believing in me．You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference．”
Mrs.Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back ,“ Teddy, you have it all wrong．You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference．I didn’t know how to teach until I met you．”
小题1:Did Mrs. Thompson like Teddy at first?
小题2:When did Teddy give his teacher a present?
小题3:What did Mrs. Thompson do after the children left the classroom?
小题4:Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?
小题5:What does the passage want to say?

阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。(共10分，每小题2分)

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. This is his third job: he used to be in marketing and then television.
Mary has a quick look at the shopping channels - the usual selection of electric cars, household robots and cheap travel offers - before picking up the video phone to talk to her assistant. 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, which 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.
小题1:Do Frank and Mary get the latest news on the computer in the morning?
小题2:Who makes coffee for Mary and Frank?
小题3:What does Frank do?
小题4:What are the two world languages in 2050?
小题5:What do you think of Louise's life in 2050? Why?

Timetables are important. They help you know what your classes are and when your classes are. They help you get to your classes on time. A class timetable has the names and time of all classes. A good timetable has other information(信息) too. You can write your teachers’names on it. In some schools, students have the same class in the same place every day—from Monday to Friday. The following timetable is fit(合适的) for those students.

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7:50	Meeting	Meeting	Meeting	Meeting	Meeting
8:20	Chinese	English	Maths	English	Chinese
9:05	Morning Exercises
9:30	Maths	Chinese	English	Chinese	Maths
10:25		Maths	Chinese	Maths	PE
11:45	Lunch
12:45	History	Music	PE	Music	English
13:30	PE	Art	History	Art	History
14:15	Biology	Geography	Biology	Geography	Meeting
15:00
Chinese : Mr Li       Maths: Ms Feng          English: Mr Black        History: Mr Ge       Geography: Mr Jiang      Biology: Miss Song         Art : Mr Xu       Music: Mr Hu       PE :Ms Wang    Meeting: Ms Feng

小题1:Why do we say the timetables are important?

A．Because they can help us do the homework well.

B．Because they can help us know about out subjects.

C．Because they can help us know a lot about our classmates.

D．Because they can help us know a lot about our teachers.

小题2:What does the timetable include(包括)?
a. the names of the subjects
b. the time of all classes
c. the classroom
d. the teachers’ names
e. the workdays of a week

A．a c d e

B．a b c e

C．a b d e

D．a b c d e

小题3:What class are the students having at 10:30 on Wednesday?

A．PE

B．Maths

C．English

D．Chinese

小题4:How many classes does Ms Feng have on Friday?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four

小题5:Which of the following is Not right?

A．The students have an hour for lunch.

B．The students have seven lessons a day.

C．The students go to school five days a week.

D．The students do morning exercises and play ball games every day.

In the 13^th century, the famous Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China. During his stay in China, he saw many wonderful things. One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In Western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15^th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7^th century.
A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.
Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day, people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48,000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not give enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.
So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially then we are making notes. We can choose drinks in bottles instead of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchief and not paper ones. When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper, we can save it and reuse it later.
Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.
小题1: When he was in China, Marco Polo ________.

A．saw many wonderful things

B．read a lot of books

C．discovered Cai Lun invented paper

D．learned to make paper

小题2:About ________ tons of paper are thrown away every day in our city.

A．48,000

B．1,700

C．2,000

D．2,800

小题3:Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

A．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones.

B．To grow more trees.

C．To use both sides of very piece of paper.

D．To use the paper bags from shops more than once.

小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．About 48,000 trees can be used to make 2,800 tons of paper.

B．If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use.

C．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries.

D．It is never too late to plant trees for paper.

小题5:Which is the best title of the passages?

A．Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again

B．Cai Lun, the Great Inventor

C．Saving Paper

D．The history of Paper

DNA is the whole “map” of the human body. It is something that all humans have, and it tells the body what to do. DNA is the reason that we look like our parents, because we get some of their DNA to make our own.
People have been trying to understand the human body for a long time, In1860, Mr Mendel discovered why we look the same as other people in our family. It is because of small things called “genes”(基因) in our body. In 1953, two scientists, Watson and Crick, found out that those small parts are really messages . They’re written in the DNA with a special language.
In1961, another two scientists found the first “word” that they could understand in that language. It shows how DNA tells the cell﹙细胞﹚to build its parts. So far, scientists have found all the words in the DNA map, but we still do not understand what they all do. By understanding what just one “word ”means, we can help to save people from several illness. So the more we understand, the more doctors will be able to do.
Most people hope that this will help to make better medicine and help sick people. Other people worry that when we learn more “words” and find out more information, we will use it in the wrong way, just to make people more attractive (有吸引力的)，or stop sick people getting jobs.
小题1:When did Mr Mendel discover why we look the same as other people in our family?
A. In 2000.     B. In 1961      C. In 1953     D In 1860
小题2:What did the two scientists find in 1961? They found_____.

A．all the words in the DNA map

B．Small things called “genes” in our body

C．The first “word” they could understand in that language

D．those small parts are written in the DNA with a special language

小题3:How can we help sick people if we understand more “words” in the DNA map?

A．Make better medicine.	B．Make them get jobs.
C．Make maps for them.	D．Make them attractive

小题4:Which one is not true according to the article?

A．We look like our parents because of “genes” in our body

B．We have understand what all the words in the DNA map do

C．DNA is the whole “map” of the human body.

D．DNA tells the cell to build its parts.

小题5:What do people think about this research about DNA?

A．It can be only bad	B．It can be only good
C．It can be good but won’t work	D．It can be good and bad

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