Have you ever stayed in a hotel ? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable(一次性的) toothbrushes , toothpaste , shampoo, and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own . But , if you travel to Beijing , remember to bring your own things. Starting from now on , some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources and is very bad for the environment . Do you know , one Chinese person makes as much as 400Kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing , people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel , bring your own things and use them again and again .
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place .Try to do these things in your daily life: Use cloth shopping bags , not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag , wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school canteen(食堂), use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
小题1:Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things ?

A．Let their guests be convenient during their travelling .

B．Hope their guests use less disposable things.

C．Wish their guests to save money.

D．Want their guests to use more disposable things .

小题2:From the passage we learn that some Beijing hotels will no longer provide guests with __________________.

A．cheap food and drink

B．disposable things

C．good service

D．free TV programs

小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage ?

A．Many disposable things are made of plastic.

B．Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources .

C．Plastic is very bad for the environment .

D．Plastic can be broken down easily.

小题4:What can we do to make our world a better place at home and school ?

A．Use shopping bags made of plastic

B．Use disposable plates , bowls and chopsticks .

C．Do not throw away paper cups.

D．Do not forget to reuse daily necessities (必需品).

小题5:We can learn from the passage that _________________________________.

A．people don't like disposable things at all.

B．we can't use paper or plastic bowls at school

C．We should use less plastic things and protect our environment

D．hotels won’t provide disposable things because they want to save money

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read well. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize. He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
小题1:Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

A．some school children could not read well

B．many children's books were interesting

C．children wanted to learn to write

D．a writer for children was wanted

小题2: People like his books because the books ______.

A．are cheap and easy to get

B．were written in different languages

C．are easy and interesting to read

D．were written with invented words

小题3:He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.

A．50

B．53

C．56

D．87

小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.

B．Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.

C．The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.

D．His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.

小题5: From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.

A．won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B．sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C．changed American children's way of reading

D．wrote the largest number of books in the world

Have you ever wondered?
1.      Why do airplanes take longer to fly west than east?
It can take five hours to go west-east from New York (NY) to London but seven hours to travel east-west from London to NY. The reason for the difference is an atmospheric phenomenon (大气现象) known as the jet stream (气流). The jet stream is a very high altitude (=" above" sea level) wind which always blows from the west to the east across the Atlantic. So the planes moving at a constant air speed go faster from the west to the east when they are moving with the wind than in the opposite.
2.      What would happen if the gravity on Earth was suddenly turned off?
Supposing we could magically turn off gravity. Would buildings and other structures（建筑物）float away? What happened would depend on (依靠) how strongly the things were attached (吸附) to the earth. The earth is moving at quite a speed, moving at over a thousand miles per hour. If you turn something around your head on a string, it goes around in a circle until you let go of the string. Then it flies off in a straight line. ‘Turning off’ gravity would be like letting go of the string. Things not attached to the earth would fly off in a straight line. People in buildings would suddenly shoot upwards at a great speed until they hit the ceiling (=" top" surface of a room). Most things outside would fly off into space.
小题1:What information can we get from the first passage?

A．It is the jet stream that affects how fast airplanes fly.

B．Planes go slower when they are moving with the wind.

C．It takes more time to fly from NY to London than from London to NY.

D．The jet stream always blows from the east to the west across the Atlantic.

小题2:The underlined word “shoot” in the 2nd paragraph means “_________”.

A．send for

B．move quickly

C．come out

D．grow quickly

小题3:It can be known that without gravity _________.

A．buildings and other structures would float away

B．trees and buildings would not so easily fly off

C．something around your head would not float away

D．everything outside buildings would fly off into space

小题4:Where can we read this passage?

A．In a research paper.	B．In a short story.
C．In a travel magazine.	D．In a student’s book

B
Sun Liping, 6 , lives in a small village in Yunnan. Her biggest wish is to have running water in her home. All 35 families in Sun’s village have a serious problem--- they don’t have enough water. Every day, the villagers have to walk 20 minutes to get water.
Last year, the worst drought since the 1950s hit Yunnan, making more than 2 million people short of drinking water. This year, the drought is even worse.
Not only Yunnan, but many other provinces in China are short of water as well, such as Gansu and Qinghai.
According to a report on February 17, each Chinese person has about 28% of the world’s average（平均的） person’s amount of available(可用的) water. Two thirds of China’s cities are short of water and nearly 300 million people in rural areas don’t have safe water for drinking.
Every drop of water is important. Waste a drop of water a day and you lose a bucket(桶) a year. How can we use water in a smart way? Here are some tips for you to save water in your daily life:
1. Put plastic bottles of water in your toilet to cut down the water waste when you flush (冲洗) your toilet.
2. Don’t keep the water running while you’re brushing your teeth or washing your face and hands.
3. Use low-flow(低流量) shower heads .
4. Use a bucket to collect shower water while you wait for it to warm up.
5. Make your shower time shorter.
6. Set up a rain bucket to collect rainwater for watering plants or flowers.
小题1: What is the problem in Sun’s village?

A．They don’t have enough food.

B．They don’t have enough water.

C．They have to walk far away to go to school.

D．There are fewer and fewer villagers.

小题2: What does the underlined word drought mean in the second paragraph?

A．饥饿

B．干旱

C．水灾

D．贫穷

小题3: According to the report, __________________________________.
A. China has just 28 percent of the world’s available water.
Each Chinese person can use more water than the world’s average person.
There is not enough water in two thirds of China’s cities.
D. There are about 300 million people in China’s cities who don’t have enough water.
小题4:Which of the following would lead to a waste of water?

A．Using low-flow shower heads.

B．Collecting shower water while waiting for it to warm up.

C．Taking a quick shower.

D．Keeping the water running while brushing one’s teeth.

C
“Everything happens for the best.” Whenever I faced disappointment, my mother would say this to me.
After I graduated form college in 1932, I decided to find a job in radio as a sports announcer(广播员). I went to Chicago and knocked at the door of every station. But unluckily, I was refused every time.
At one station, a kind lady told me that big stations wouldn’t hire(雇佣) a person without any experience and suggested that I try my luck at smaller stations. Following her advice, I went back to Dixon, where I had grown up. There were no such jobs in Dixon, and my father said a newly-opened store wanted a local athlete to work for it. I wanted this job, but I was refused again.
“Everything happens for the best,” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt so frustrated. “How can I become a sports announcer if I can’t get a job in a radio station?” I asked aloud.
While I was waiting for the elevator, I heard someone calling. It was MacArthur. “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to have a try. He was pleased with my performance, and he offered me a chance to work there.
On my way home, I thought of my mother’s words: “If you carry on, one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if without the failure before.”
小题1:Why couldn’t the writer find a job at big radio stations?

A．Because he never graduated from college.

B．Because he didn’t work hard in college.

C．Because he didn’t have much experience.

D．Because he didn’t know about sports.

小题2:Which of the following is the correct order of events?
a. The writer got a job as a sports announcer at a radio station.
b. The writer was refused when he wanted jobs in Chicago.
c. The writer graduated from college.
d. The writer went back to his hometown to look for a job.

A．cbda

B．cbad

C．bcda

D．bcad

小题3: Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer’s parents didn’t want him to be a sports announcer.

B．There were no radio announcer jobs in the writer’s hometown.

C．The writer became uninterested in being a sports announcer.

D．The writer got a job as a sports announcer in Dixon at last.

小题4: According to the last paragraph, what did the writer’s mom want to tell him?

A．He shouldn’t be a sports announcer.

B．Disappointment leads to failure.

C．He should be proud of himself.

D．Everything will be OK if he keeps trying.

完形填空 (30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A
In today’s world, pollution has become a serious problem.  51.  we know, air pollution is harmful to our health. However, not all people know that noise    52  also a kind of pollution and is harmful to human health.
People who work and live in noisy conditions may become   53  . For example,  many of the workers who   54. newspapers and books become deaf. Quite a few people living near   55 also have hearing lose. Recently it was reported that many teenagers in America  56 hear better than the old do, because these young people always listen to  57 pop music.  Making a loud noise in public is also a kind of pollution, it not only  58  others but also does great harm to hearing. Cars and machines also produce 59 noise. It makes people feel uncomfortable and unpleasant.  60  , it can cause them to be sick or deaf.Nowadays many countries are trying to solve all sorts of environmental problems, including noise pollution.

小题1:	A．So B．While C．As D．And

小题2:	A．are B．is C．was D．were

小题3:	A．excited B．dead C．thin D．deaf

小题4:	A．make B．print C．catch D．take

小题5:	A．factories B．airports C．schools D．gyms

小题6:	A．can B．may C．can’t D．mustn’t

小题7:	A．slow B．light C．fast D．loud

小题8:	A．helps B．disturbs C．causes D．makes

小题9:	A．much too B．lots of C．a little D．too many

小题10:

A．By the way B．we know C．For example D．What’s more

D
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled (宠坏)them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots, and the trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.
I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.
小题1: We know from the reading the doctor _________.

A．didn’t know how to plant trees at all

B．wasn’t good at his own medical job

C．had his own ways of planting trees

D．had nothing to do but plant trees

小题2: When Dr. Gibbs said, “...pick out the weaker trees early on.” he means that ______.

A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

小题3:The passage tells us that the writer _______.

A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B．didn’t often water his trees

C．didn’t have a large field

D．took too much care of his tree

小题4: The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that ________.

A．his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs

B．his trees will not be beaten down

C．his sons will be better at planting trees

D．his sons will be able to face difficulties

小题5:Which can be the best title of the reading?

A．Watering Trees	B．Growing Roots
C．Doctors and his Neighbor	D．Father and his Children

Stop. Listen! What do you hear? You may hear many different sounds. Some of those sounds may be noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound.
Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines, such as motorcycles, jet planes, farm tractors(拖拉机), rock music is also noise.
What happens to people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have found that these people have trouble in sleeping. But, most important, constant(不断的) loud noise can cause a loss of hearing.
Scientists use a unit of measure called decibel(分贝) to measure the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room, for example, measures 35 decibels. Talking measures between 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level(层次) causes the great hearing loss.
根据短文内容，选择正确的答案（每小题1分，共5分）
小题1:According to the passage, noise is      .

A．any kind of sound	B．a loud or unwanted sound
C．all sounds that you can hear	D．terrible sound

小题2:A decibel is a      .

A．unit that measures sound	B．kind of noise
C．machine that makes loud noise	D．person who hates sound

小题3:According to the passage, loud noise can      .

A．help people to sleep better	B．stop machines
C．cause a loss of hearing	D．kill people

小题4:We can conclude（推断） from the passage that      .

A．noise is a serious problem	B．rock music isn’t noisy
C．noise is only from traffic	D．some people hate any sound

小题5:Study that diagram below.       would be the quietest.

Room   Noise Level A      40~65 decibels B      35 decibels C      120 decibels D      130 decibels

      A. Room A        B. Room B           C. Room C           D. Room D 

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。（每小题2分，共20分）
（A）
We all have our own ways of sharing our life experiences with others.

Photographers use cameras, artists use brushes, musicians use songs and writers use stories.
Spencer Johnson’s story Who Moved My Cheese? Shows changes exist in (存在于) our life. Life changes and so we do. We must change ourselves to face the changing environment, or we will fail.
Just look at the cycle (循环) of the seasons. Trees bud (发芽) in spring and in summer their leaves turn green. In autumn, their leaves start to fall onto the ground. When winter arrives, there are no leaves on trees. Next spring the cycle begins again. Since we know there are cycles in nature, we can prepare for them. We know it is colder in winter and hotter in summer, so we can dress properly.
Since we accept the cycles of nature, we should also accept the changes in our life.
We can prepare ourselves for changes by becoming more flexible(灵活的). We can regard the changes in our life as chances. As we keep changing ourselves, we can keep up with the changes in our life.
小题1:What do writers use to share their life experiences?

A．Stories

B．Newspapers

C．Basketballs

D．Pianos

小题2:Who Moved My Cheese? Tells us that _________________.

A．changes exist in our life

B．we should move other’s things

C．we should use books to share our life experiences

D．there are difficulties in our life

小题3:The cycle of the seasons means______________.

A．we should wear warm clothes in winter

B．we should accept the changes in our life

C．we should prepare for the weather

D．leaves turn yellow in autumn

小题4:f you fail a test, what should you think according to the passage?

A．I have no chance to pass the test.

B．Exams are hard for me.

C．I have bad luck.

D．It’s good for me because I know there are more to learn.

小题5:What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Weather changes in different seasons.

B．Who Moved My Cheese? is a good book.

C．We should change ourselves when life changes.

D．We should not lose heart when meet with difficulties.

  We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There’s no real word for it yet, so we’ll call it e-talk. People don’t like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters called acronyms. Acronyms are often used in chat rooms. Some of them are
BTW (by the way)        BRB (be right back)
LOL (laughing out loud)    IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations(缩写). They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
Info(information)       puter (computer)
Pie(picture)           sec (second)
We usually don’t see people when we communicate on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keywords to draw “feeling”, such as:
:-)(happy)    :-p(joking)   :-( (sad)    :-0 (surprised)
These days, many forums(论坛) have picture feelings. For example,

(sad)      (happy)
There are even whole new words, like“newbie’s”(someone who is new on a chat board or forum).
It takes time for people to get used to e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbie’s have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change.
小题1:What does the underlined word “acronyms” mean?

A．网友

B．聊天室

C．首字母缩写词

D．关键词

小题2:Why do people type acronyms?

A．To show their feelings.

B．Because people can type them quickly.

C．In this way newbie’s won’t understand them.

D．To make people use Internet

小题3:What does “BTW, my puter is not working well. :- ( ” mean ?

A．The person is angry at somebody.

B．The person is happy about getting a new computer

C．The person is sad that his computer is having problems.

D．The person is joking that his computer is having problems.

小题4:E-talk will probably _______.

A．keep changing

B．be easy by people on the telephone

C．be used by people on the telephone

D．make life easier

小题5:What’s the best title for this passage?

A．E-talk Language	B．Picture Feelings
C．How to Use Abbreviations	D．use the Internet