they are busy with other subjects, too.
Our mind is rather like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, there is much to do before the photo is finished and ready to show to our friends. In the same way there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever （永远）in our mind. Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.
（ ）1. We usually begin to learn our own language by _______ it.
A. speaking B. hearing C. saying D. teaching
（ ）2. If you have a good ________, you?ll have less difficulty in learning something. A. teacher B. camera C. memory D. family
（ ）3. The children who live abroad with their parents can learn two languages more easily
because _________.
A. they are very clever B. they have good teachers
C. they have more chances to use these languages D. they have a better life （ ）4. _______ can take photos of what can be seen, felt, heard, smelt and tasted. A. A camera B. Memory C. A diary D. A man?s mind （ ）5. Memory is ________ that we keep in our mind and carry about. A. the best diary C. a great help
（B）
The world is not only hungry, it will also be thirsty for water. About 97% of water on the earth is sea water, or salt water. Man can only drink or use the other 3％of the fresh water （淡水）which comes from rivers, lakes and underground. On the other hand, because the number of people in the world is becoming larger and larger, more and more fresh water is needed. So water shortage becomes a big problem.
How can we work out this problem? Scientists have found some ways to turn salt water into fresh water. One important way is to boil （使达到沸点）sea water with high heat until vapor （蒸汽）rises, leaving the salt. In this way, a lot of fresh water can be made quickly.
But heating is not the only way to get fresh water. Other ways are tried, for example, digging deep wells, keeping rain water and preventing rivers from being polluted.
Which way is the best? To get the most fresh water for the least money is the best. （ ）6. Where does the fresh water people need come from?
A. Sea water. B. Rivers and lakes. C. Underground. D. Both B and C. （ ）7. From this passage we know fresh water ________. A. only comes from the rain B. can be used in many ways
C. can be found in many factories D. is needed by more and more people （ ）8 The word shortage in this passage means ________.
A. being enough B. being short of C. being short for D. being less （ ） 9. What is the writer mainly talking about in this passage? A. The ways of getting fresh water.
B. How to use fresh water in our daily life. C. All people in the world should save water.
D. Different ways of making water in different places.
B. the best camera D. a beautiful picture
（ ）10. Which of the following is true?
A. Hunger is the only problem in our world.
B. Water shortage is the only problem in our world.
C. Scientists don?t want to spend money solving the water problem.
D. Scientists have been working hard and have made much progress in solving water
problem.
（C）
Today there are 6 billion people on the earth. By the year 2050 there may be 12.5 billion. This is a lot of people to feed. We need more food.
One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants. For thousands of years, farmers have made plants better. Every season, they pick the best plants for the next season. It works very slowly. Since 1983, scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic material （遗传物质）. Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods （转基因食品）, or GM foods.
By changing the genetic material of a plant, it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong against plant diseases. They can also help in our diseases: a kind of rice is being prepared （准备）, for example, which stops people from becoming blind.
Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and bring in more money. Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food.
GM plants are not natural. No one knows how good or bad they are. Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050. There are strong feelings against them, because they are unnatural. They may feed people, then hurt them or their children later. But, both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use, and they are not going to go away. In 2050 we may think differently about them.
（ ）11. GM foods are made by ________.
A. farmers B. workers C. scientists D. plants
（ ）12. What are the good things about GM foods? （
A. They make plants strong against diseases. B. They are unnatural. C. They can help in human diseases. D. Both A and C. ）13. GM foods ________.
A. are a quick way to produce food B. grow in the wild （野生）
C. are safe D. are grown only in rich countries （ ）14. Why do some people not like GM foods? A. They are not useful. B. They are not helpful. C. They are not natural. D. They are not cheap. （ ）15. From the reading we know that ________. A. GM foods will disappear one day in the future B. GM foods will not disappear in the future C. people will not be interested in GM foods D. people will have to stop using GM foods
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A man once had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed him. He reached a place where he saw two roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road should he take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right, and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was received there kindly and given a room, and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.
Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest and, as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads, like in the dream. He remembered the dream and took the road to the right. He soon reached a small hotel, was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years before had saved his life. （ ）1. The Black Forest is __________.
A. a place in Germany B. not a real place
C. invented by the writer D. a place in Britain
（ ）2. When he was walking in the forest, _______ ran after him.
A. two dogs B. two tigers C. two men D. two women
（ ）3. Finally he came to __________.
A. a forest B. another road C. another dream
（ ）4. It was _________ that saved the man?s life 20 years later. A. a voice B. the dream C. someone else
（ ）5. The story tells us that _________.
A. a dream may come true some time later B. a dream is always a dream
C. people should not believe their dreams D. people should always believe their dreams
( B )
Have you ever heard your own voice? “Of course,” you say.
Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say, “Of course.”
But that?s not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice—the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves(声波). The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones(骨头) of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner(里面的) ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That?s why they don?t hear your voice the way you do. （ ）6. Sound travels in the form(形式) of __________.
A. bones B. air C. waves D. voice、 （ ）7. The sound of your voice begins ________.
A. inside your head B. outside your head C. in your inner ears D. in your outer ears
（ ）8. When you talk, other people hear your voice _______.
A. through the bones of your head B. from the outside
C. from the inside D. all of the above
（ ）9. The phrase “pick up” here means ________. A. to raise B. to get C. to choose
（ ）10. The passage is mainly about _________.
D. to pull
D. a small hotel D. God
A. waves in the air B. the way you hear your own voice
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Tom is a little boy ,and he is only seven years old. One day he went to the cinema. It is the first time for him to do that. He bought a ticket and then went in. But after two or three minutes he came out, bought a second ticket and went in again. After a few minutes he came out again and bought a third ticket. Two or three minutes later he came out and asked for another ticket. Then the girl in the ticket office asked him,“Why do you buy so many tickets? How many friends do you meet?”Tom answered,“ No, I have no friend here. But a big boy always stops me at the door and tears（撕）my ticket to pieces.”
( )1.Tom wanted to buy____when the girl asked him.
A. the second ticket B. the third ticket C. the fourth ticket D. the fifth ticket ( )2.The big boy stopped Tom at the door because__________.
A. it was the big boy?s job B. the big boy didn?t like Tom
C. the big boy didn?t know Tom D. Tom didn?t buy tickets at all ( )3.The big boy was__________ at the cinema.
A. a bookseller B. a policeman C .a shopkeeper D. a worker ( )4.From the story we know__________.
A. the little boy had a lot of money B. the little boy knew nothing about the cinema
C. The big boy wasn?t friendly to Tom D. the girl wanted to get more money ( )5.Which of the following is Not true in the passage?
A.Tom bought the tickets for himself. B. Tom didn?t go to the cinema before. C.Tom was too young to make friends D. Tom had no friend at the cinema.
( B ) If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you don?t, you may get lost. If you get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don?t try to find your friends—let them find you. You can help them find you by staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle（吹口哨）three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal（信号）given three times is a call for help.
Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don?t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with brahches（树枝）. Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.
When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don?t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk in order to go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is to stay in one place. ( )6.If you get lost in the forest.you should___________. A. try to find your friends B stay in one place and give signals C. walk around the forest D. shout as loudly as possible ( )7.Which signal is a call for help?
A. shouting here and there B. crying twice
C. shouting or whistling three times together D. whistling every where in the forest
( )8.When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that________.
A. someone is afraid of an animal B. people will come to help you C. someone needs help D. something terrible will happen ( )9 .What?s the meaning of the underlined sentence?(划线句子)
A． Leave branches to find your way back B． Pick off branches to build another house
C．Use branches to make a bed D．Drop branches to look for water ( )10.The main（主要的）idea of the passage is_____________.
A. how to travel in the forest B. how to spend the night in the forest C. what you should do if you want to get some water D. what you should do if you are lost in the forest （ C）
The mascot first appeared in the Olympic Games in 1972 in Munich. After that it played an important part in each Olympic Games. So it will be in the Beijing Olympic Games. The mascot for the 29th Olympic Games has been the subject of the discussions since Beijing won the right to hold it. There is a competition for mascots of the Beijing Olympic Games. So far Beijing has received more than 600 mascot designs(设计) from around the world. The result will come out in June next year.
The lovely panda, the Monkey King, the golden monkey and the red-crowned crane all have been chosen. But it's difficult to make a decision because it should not only show the spirit of the Olympic Games, but also the Chinese culture(文化) as well. It should be welcomed by young and old, men and women. And it should have a market worth that can be easily used in different Olympic things, such as T-shirts, bags, cups, pens and so on. At the same time, it should also look good on TV, the Internet, mobile phones and anything else that has something to do with the Olympics.
What will be the mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games? What's your idea? Why not think about it?
（ ）11. The Chinese for the word “mascot” in the passage is ________. A. 会徽 B. 会歌 C. 会棋 D. 吉祥物
（ ）12. The mascot first appeared in the _______ Olympic Games. A. first B. nineteenth C. twentieth D. twenty- ninth
（ ）13. We'll know what the mascot of the Beijing Olympic Games is in _______. A. 2005 B. 2006 C. 2007 D. 2008
（ ）14. Which of the following is WRONG about the mascot of the Beijing Olympics? A. It should be popular with the people. B. It must be designed by the Chinese. C. It should show the spirit of the Olympic Games. D. It can help people to know more about China. （ ）15. From the passage we know _______.
A. it's hard to choose a mascot B. there is a mascot in each Olympics
C. the mascot can be used everywhere D. there are four mascots in the Beijing Olympics
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