Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station．Each time when Spring Festival comes，buying tickets of train trip would be very hard．And things seem to be getting worse and worse，although we have greatly increased the mileage(总里程) of railway network and speeded up trains．Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family．Many people become angry with the Ministry(部)of Railways．They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station．Instead，they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers at much higher price．

    The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计) that about 216 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak period(高峰期) during the 2010 Spring Festival holiday．The number of travelers will be 8％higher than that of 2009．This problem even attracted the President Hu Jintao’s attention．He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways，asking him to make sure of a “smooth and safe” transportation．Afterwards，officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station．

1. What does the underlined word “scalper” in the first paragraph mean?

        A．代售点            B．售票员           C．票贩               D．赌徒

2. Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station，and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers         ．

             A．expensively        B．wrongly           C．dangerously        D．hardly

3.How many people took the train trip during the peak period during the 2009 Spring Festival holiday?

         A．About 216 million．                           B．About 172 million．

C．About 200 million．                            D．About 233 million．

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

         A．People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival．

         B．It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival．

         C．President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem．

         D．The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem．

Alice and her brother, Peter, saved money for many years. One day, they broke their money jar and decided to help other people.
“Who will we help?” Peter asked Alice. “Let’s help our neighbors, Billy and his twin sister, Rose. I’ve found that their shoes are too old. We can buy two pairs of shoes for them.” Alice said.
Alice and Peter went shopping at once. They picked out two nice pairs of shoes and put them into two beautiful boxes. When it was dark, Peter walked to Billy and Rose’s house quietly. He put the boxes near the door, knocked hard, and then ran away quickly.
Billy and Rose came out, “Look! There are presents for us. Someone left them here,” Billy said in surprise. They looked around, but they couldn’t see anyone. They took the boxes inside happily. The next morning, Alice and Peter saw Billy and Rose playing outside. They were both wearing their new shoes. Alice and Peter were so happy because they could help others.
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
【小题1】Alice and his brother, Peter were so careless that they broke their money jar.
【小题2】They wanted to buy the twins new shoes.
【小题3】Peter didn’t give the shoes to them face to face.
【小题4】Billy and Rose happened to see Peter running away quickly.
【小题5】 Alice and Peter were happy when they saw Billy and Rose both wearing their new shoes.

—Look! There are lots of old people in the park.

—They look relaxed. Some are playing the card , ___________ are chatting.

A．another           B．the other          C．other             D．others

Look! There are many people on the beach. They are______ and happy.

      A. relaxed      B. relaxing         C. relaxes          D. relax