( A ) Choose the best response from A to F according to the sentences given. Each choice should be used only once.

(    )51. Thank you for the gift. It’s so nice.

(    )52. Wish you good luck in the final exam!

(    )53. My computer doesn’t work. May I use yours?

(    )54. Animals are our friends. We should protect them.

(    )55. Remember to turn off the lights when you leave home.

A. Of course.               B. OK, I will. C. Thank you.              D. I agree with you. E. Don’t mention it.          F. I’m glad you like it.

(A)Choose the best response from A to F according to the sentences given. Each choice should be used only once.

(   )51. Helena, how do you study English?

(   )52. What do you think of your Chinese teacher?

(   )53. John, I won the 400-meter race in the school sports meeting.

(   )54. I got home late yesterday and missed the cartoon movie.

(   )55. It’s raining harder! Let’s stand under that big tree.

	A. You’d better not. It’s dangerous in such weather.   B. Not at all. C.I like him. He’s knowledgeable.                 D. What a pity! E. By making flashcards.                        F. Congratulations!

 

Last Sunday afternoon, I was having dinner in a restaurant when my friend Poor came in. Poor is working in a bank and is quite rich, but he is always borrowing money from his friends and never pays it back. Poor saw me and came to sit at my table. He had never borrowed any money from me. When he was eating, I asked him to lend me two dollars. To my surprise, he gave me the money at once.“I have never borrowed any money from you,”Poor said,“So you can pay for my dinner.”

Read the passage and choose the best answers.(阅读短文,选择最佳答案。)

1.The story happened     .

A．at home	B．in a restaurant
C．in a bank	D．in an office

2.Poor is the name of a man and the writer     .

A．knows him well	B．doesn’t know him
C．often lends him some money	D．often borrows money from him

3.Poor is a     man.

A．busy

B．clever

C．rich

D．poor

4.Why was Poor glad to lend the writer two dollars?

A．Because they are brothers.

B．Because Poor is rich.

C．Because the writer is rich.

D．Because Poor wanted the writer to pay for the dinner.

5.From the story we can see     .

A．Poor is an old man	B．Poor is friendly
C．the writer paid for the dinner	D．the writer is poor

 

Choose the best answer (根据文章内容，选择最恰当的答案)
Traditionally, the President is the highest-pad public employee. A salary of $ 400,000, along with other benefits, is paid to the President annually. But President Obama’s income for 2008 was far more than that, according to the White House.
The White House recently published the tax returns (纳税申报单)of Obama and Vice –president Joe Biden. Tax returns are reports of tax that a person has to pay. They often include income information used to calculate the tax. In the US, people whose incomes are over a certain amount have to file tax returns(纳税申报)every year. The tax returns of government officials are open to the public. This transparency helps to prevent corruption(腐败)。
From Obama’s tax returns , we can see that the President and first lady President’s two books Dreams From My Father and The Audacity of Hope(《无畏的梦想》). The two books, published in 1995 and 2006,are very popular and have been on the bestseller(畅销书)list for a long time.
The Obama’s income is down from 2007,when they made ＄4.2 million. However, that is still far more than former US President George Bush earned, who reported a total of ＄719,274 for his final year. The Obamas’ income also greatly exceeded(超出)that of Biden, who reported a family income of ＄2269,256.That’s about a tenth of what the Obamas earned. As Vice-president, Biden earns a salary of ＄220,000.US families earn an average income of about ＄50,000.
The Obama’s tax returns also show that together, the President and his wife paid about ＄933,000 in taxes. They gave $172,050 —nearly 6.5 percent of their earnings —to different charity groups. In the US, if a person gives his money to churches and non-profit(非盈利)organizations, the law reduces his or her taxes. This is one reason why rich people in the US like to give money to charity.

【小题1】_______had the highest income in 2008.

A．Obama

B．Biden

C．Bush

D．George

【小题2】How much did Obama and his wife earn in 2008?

A．$400,000

B．$2,660,000

C．$4,200,000

D．$719,274

【小题3】In the US, which people have to file tax returns?

A．Everybody

B．Wealthy people

C．Government officials

D．People whose incomes are over a certain amount.

【小题4】The Obamas have given_______ percent of their earnings to charity.

A．10

B．6.5

C．9.7

D．4.3

【小题5】Why should the tax returns of government officials be open to the public?.

A．Because it can help to prevent corruption

B．Because it can make government officials well-known to the public.

C．Because it can help government officials to get more money.

D．Because the government wants them to pay more taxes to the public.

【小题6】According to the law, if a rich man gives his money to charity,_______.

A．he will be praised by the people

B．he will pay fewer taxes

C．he will be free of taxes

D．he will get some extra money from the government.

TOKYO, JAPAN--What do you do when you see a cockroach (蟑螂）？ Do you hit it with a newspaper? Do you step on it?
When researchers at Tokyo University see a cockroach, they take the remote control and make the cockroach turn around, run left or right, or go forward. These scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots. Each cockroach has a very small pack that has in it a microprocessor(微处理器）.Then researchers can send signals from the remote control to the pack. The signals control the movements of the cockroaches.
Why does anyone want to control a cockroach? “Insects can do many things that people can’t,” says Isao Shimoyama, head of robot research at Tokyo University. In a few years, he says, these robot insects will carry very small cameras. They will be able to move through earthquake rubble(瓦砾）to look for people or move under doors to find information about someone.
This may seem strange, but the Japanese government thinks the research is very important. The government is giving the scientists $ 5 million for this research.
First, the researchers breed (培育)hundreds of cockroaches. They use only the American cockroach because it is bigger and stronger than other cockroaches. Then they choose the best cockroaches and remove their wings and antennae(触须）. They put small packs where the antennae were. The packs weigh about three grams, or about two times the weight of the cockroaches themselves. “Cockroaches are very strong,” says Ralph Holzer, who is a researcher at Tokyo University. “They can lift 20 times their own weight. ”
With a remote control, the scientists send signals to the packs. When a cockroach gets the signal, it moves. The problem is that the cockroaches don’t always move in the right direction.
【小题1】The scientists are changing the cockroaches into robots because ______.

A．they want cockroaches to do things people can’t in the future

B．they want to control the movements of the cockroaches

C．they want cockroaches to take photos of the earthquakes

D．they want to send signals to the packs on the cockroaches

【小题2】What can cockroaches do to help people?

A．They can lift 20 times their own weight.

B．They can help people to carry very small cameras.

C．They can breed hundreds of cockroaches.

D．They can search for those people in rubble after an earthquake.

【小题3】Scientists control cockroaches’ movements ______.

A．by removing their wings

B．by sending signals from the remote control

C．by using very small cameras

D．by removing their antennae

【小题4】What problem do the rcscarchcrs meet with?

A．The cockroachcs sometimes clon;t move.

B．The cockroachcs sometimes move in ihc wrong direction.

C．The cockroachcs arc too big to move through earthquake rubble.

D．The cockroachcs can only lift 20 times their own weight.