The bike is one of the simplest yet most useful inventions in the world. What is the most urprising is that it was not invented 1, although the great inventor Lenardo da Vinci had drawn pictures for bikes 2 for flying machines and some other things. Those things were not produced  3  long after he died.

     A person riding a bike 4  very little energy to make it move, and there is no5  at all when he is riding one. Even so, in developed countries, most people don't go to work  6 bike. It is not because the bikes are expensive. It's because the number of 7 on the road becomes larger. It certainly becomes more   8  to ride a bike. As a result, more people put their bikes away and go to work in their cars, and 9 this way, the situation is made more serious. Perhaps the best way to make bike riding safer and more 10 is to create paths only for bikes, and to make it so difficult and expensive for drivers to ride to in their cars into the city that they will go back to use their bikes.

1. A. earlier         B. faster           C. later            D. cheaper

2. A. as for          B. and also        C. so that           D. not only

3. A. since          B. unless          C. until             D. so

4. A. costs          B. takes           C. spends           D. uses

5. A. pollution       B. air             C. environment      D. place

6. A. on            B. by             C. with             D. in

7. A. people        B. trains           C. cars              D. planes

8. A. safe          B. slow           C. boring            D. dangerous

9. A. in            B. with           C. by               D. on

10. A. wonderful     B. popular        C. helpful           D. excellent

Choose the best answer to complete the passage.

Every child has his own dream. Every child hopes to be an adult.   31  is it really like what they imagine? As a boy  32  lives in modern times and in a modern city, 1 feel  33  pressure (压力) on me with the city's development. Although we 34 worry about money, we still have some 35 problems, such as competition among classmates and expectation (期望) from parents. These experiences are very 36 to our future. But 37 they really give me a lot of pressure. I still clearly  38  the happiness of my childhood.  39 . we had to face the fact with time passing by. We began to 40 this invisible (无形的) pressure come upon us. We get up before sunrise and 41 after sunset We work and study 42 an adult, even harder, 43 we do is in order to get an excellent 44  Growing up is very boring, but we 45 try to find happiness while growing up. I think friendship among our friends, the support from our parents and the encouragement from our teachers can help us. Why not enjoy the pleasure of growing up and its delicious taste?

 (     )31. A. However B. And C. So

(     )32. A. which B. who C. whom

(     )33. A. less B. fewer C. greater

(     )34. A. always B. often C. seldom

(     )35, A. other B. another C. others

(     )36. A. helpful B. happy C. bad

(     )37. A. at first B. for example C. in fact

(     )38. A. think B. remember C. forget

(     )39. A. Luckily B. Unluckily C. Impossibly

(     )40. A. see B. touch C. feel

(     )41. A. come out B. come down C. come back

(     )42.A.as  B. like  C. alike

(     )43. A. What B. That C. How

(     )44. A. progress B. mark C, success

(     )45. A, should B, shouldn't C. mustn't

 My name is Susan. I am a junior high school student. I like my school and my friends. I like my school because we have good teachers. They teach us many things.

But then, I don’t understand (明白) lots of things about school. I don’t understand why we have to take so many tests (考试). I have to take a heavy school bag with many books in it. I may have a test anytime. I don’t like taking tests all the time.

I wonder if I like my school life. It is hard for me to answer this kind of question. On one hand (一方面) I am not happy because there are so many tests in the school; on the other hand I am happy because I can learn a lot and I can make good friends in school.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。

1. We can know that Susan’s school life is _______.

A．pretty good        B．very boring        C．so interesting      D．not relaxing

2. Why doesn’t Susan sometimes like her school life?

A．One of her teachers doesn’t like her.

B．Her teachers don’t work hard.

C．She doesn’t have good friends.

D．She has to take a lot of tests.

3. Which one is NOT true?

A．Susan doesn’t like studying and she only wants to play.

B．The teachers in school teach Susan and other students many things.

C．Susan thinks her teachers are good.

D．In school, students can learn good things and make good friends.

4. What does the underlined word "wonder" mean?

A．Get some things.                        B．Wait to do something.

C．Have some questions.                    D．Make friends.

5. Does Susan really like her school life?

A．Sure. She likes it very much.               B．It’s hard to say if she likes it.

C．No, she doesn’t like it at all.              D．It’s easy for her to answer this question