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1．What is the theme of the Shanghai World Expo?

A．One World，One Dream．                       B．Better City，Better Life．

C．You and Me．                                            D．Faster，stronger and higher．

2．If you’re interested in the changes in Chinese cities，you can go to _______floor in the China Pavilion．

A．the ground           B．the second                  C．the top                   D．each

3．The best meaning of “green” in “A green pavilion” may be“_______”．

      A．environmentally friendly                           B．colorful

C．convenient                                                D．expensive

4．According to the passage，which of the following is True?

A．The China Pavilion shows seven different colors all day．

B．The seeds in the UK Pavilion are from England．

C．You can visit online all the pavilions except the Norway Pavilion．

D．The Norway Pavilion probably shows energy—saving projects．

5．This passage is mainly ___________．

A．to tell people how to make a trip in the China Pavilion

B．to explain why the Expo websites are useful

C．to let people know about the Shanghai World Expo

D．to describe the best trip around the Pavilion Park

Andy was still traveling in Spain when he realized he had to confirm his flight home with the airline company. He was visiting Spain in order to improve his Spanish. When he was speaking to people face to face, he had no difficulty understanding what they said. However, when he was speaking on the phone, he still had a problem. Andy called the airline. And the clerk confirmed that his plane was leaving at nine o'clock three days from that day. She also told Andy to be at the airport two hours earlier in order to check in his luggage and get a seat.

Since he was leaving in three days, Andy didn't lose any time. He visited as many places as he could. He thought that it would probably be a while before he had enough money again. He wished he could come back and spend a year in Spain.

Too quickly, the final day arrived. Andy left early for the airport to arrive two hours before take-off. He hated to rush. He went to the clerk to show his ticket. The clerk looked at the ticket in surprise. "Why, sir, but your flight was at nine o'clock in the morning, and now it is eight in the evening." "But I confirmed my flight," insisted Andy. "Will I have to pay for another ticket?"

"No, Sir. However, the next flight out will be three days from now."

Andy's look of shock turned to pleasure as he realized that now he could continue his vacation.

1.Why was Andy in Spain?

A. He was there on a business trip.             

B. He hoped to learn Spanish better.

C. He liked to visit places of interest in Spain.    

D. He was visiting friends there

2.Andy missed his flight because________

A. he forgot his flight time          

B. the clerk gave him the wrong time of his flight

C. the clerk misunderstood him      

D. he misunderstood the clerk

3.Which word can best describe the feeling of Andy when he came to know that his stay in Spain would be longer?

A. happy        B. shocked       C. upset       D. angry

4.What would Andy do next?

A. He would stay in Spain for another three days.

B. He would go to another country.

C. He would stay at the airport.

D. He would pay for another ticket.

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. Travelers always have to confirm the time of flight with airline companies by phone call

B. It’s more difficult for Andy to understand others in Spanish face to face than on the phone

C. Andy was enjoying himself when visiting places in Spain.

D. Andy would be worried.

There are many colors in nature. But do you know if a color has weight? I think you’ll say “no”. But I am afraid you are wrong. If you don’t believe, you may do a small experiment.

First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the box. Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other with a white piece of paper. OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.

Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weight in a man’s mind. So he did many tests and at last he got the result. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind and their order is the same. The heaviest color is red, then blue, green, orange, yellow and white.

The scientist told us that colors also have smell. Can you smell the color? Of course not. Then why did the scientist say so? That is because every color stands for a kind of light with a certain wavelength. It reaches our brain through sense organs.

According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or you’ll be nervous or even get ill. For example, if you stay in a room with red windows, wallpapers and furniture for two hours, you’ll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue,? you’ll feel you have been there for only an hour. Another example, if a person walks out of a red room and into a blue room, his temperature will fall. That means our body temperature will change with different colors.

1.The purpose of the second paragraph is to tell us ___________.

A. a red box is heavier than a white one

B. a color has weight in one’s mind

C. white paper is lighter than red paper

D. you can know the weight of a color by holding it

2.Why did the scientist say colors have smell?

A. Because people can sense the light from colors.

B. Because we can smell colors with our nose.

C. Because every color has its own sweet smell.

D. Because every color can give off light of the same length.

3.It can be implied from the text that ___________.

A. colors have orders in weight

B. colors can change the weight of an object

C. people would stay longer in a room with red windows

D. colors can affect our mood and health

4.This passage is probably a ___________.

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Train-spotting
Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Train spotting starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us really know what train-spotting is all about? Now this is not considered cool in town and the word “train-spotter” in Britain is related to “geek” or “nerd” (someone who seems very ridiculous). But is this reputation really deserved?
First of all, let’s see what train-spotting is. It is said that there are some 100,000 train spotters in the UK. Exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the number of each train that leaves and arrives and write it down. The eventual aim is to have seen every train in the country.
Being crazy about railways and trains is not modern and it dates back to 1804. As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow? Is this any stranger than people who love cars?
So, what do you need to be a train-spotter? Well, all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers. Other equipment(装备) includes hot tea in a thermos, a camera and some sandwiches for those long afternoons spent on train platforms when you don’t want to risk the delights of railway station food.
It’s interesting to note that despite the “bad name” of train-spotting, there have been famous railway lovers in history, such as Alfred Hitchcock, who filmed them regularly, especially The 39 Steps. There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a strange phenomenon（现象）in Britain.
One glance at the US train stations should be enough to convince you that train-spotters there are alive and well. In America, they try to call rail lovers “train-fans” and talk of “train-fanning”. Don’t let this fool you—these people are train spotters and there are a lot of them. Each month, two million pages are visited on the website TrainWeb.org.                     
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【小题1】What is train-spotting according to the passage?

    “I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net．”

    “I often check my e-mail forty times a day．”

    “1 often spend more than three hours during one time on the net．’’

    “I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室)than with my‘real—life’friends．”

Do you know who like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾)called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week．The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品)use．People lose control(控制)of the time they spend on the Internet．

For example, one college student was missing for several days．His friends were worried．and they called the po1ice．The police found the student in the computer lab：he was surfing the net for several days straight．

    Studies show that about 6％to 10％of Internet users become addicted．And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them．They spend more time in cyber—space than in the real world of friends and family．

  Is“surfing the net”a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状)

●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet．

●You can’t wait for your next online time．

●You plan to spend a short time online，but then you spend several hours．

●You go out with your friends less and less．

1.What does the beginning of the passage tell us______ .

A．How to become an Internet addict?    B．What an Internet addict usually does?

C．Where to find an Internet addict?    D．Why to write this passage?

2.How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

  A．It is something like keeping drugs．B．It is a way of producing drugs．

  C．It is like taking drugs．           D．It is terrible to imagine．

3.Why do people worry about the teens?

  A．The teens are wasting too much money．

  B．They used to work on the Internet．

  C．The playing field will disappear．

  D．More and more teens will become addicted to the Internet．

4.The example in the passage shows that

  A．Internet problems are more serious among college students

  B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep

  C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted

  D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts

5.What is the writer trying to tell us in the passage?

  A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet． B．Go to family activities more often．

  C．Do things as you have planned．      D  .Stay with your parents as often as possible