C. didn?t want any money at all D. wanted one of his pictures instead of money （ ）4. The artist thought the farmer wanted a picture of his because _______. A. the farmer was an artist too B. the farmer liked his pictures very much C. the farmer wanted to give it to his son as a present D. the farmer was rich （ ）5. After hearing the farmer?s words ,perhaps the artist would be ______.
A. very worried B. very happy C. very thankful D. very disappointed ( B )
Long, long ago there was no zero. To write the number sixty-three people wrote 63.To
write six hundred and three, people wrote 63.The space between six and three was there to mean.\not any \ Later people used a dot to hold the space. Six hundred and three looked like this 6.3.But the dot was hard to see. So people put a circle around it like this 6⊙3.Then people could see the dot. They remembered the space. at last ,only the circle around the dot was used. It was like a zero. This is one story of how the zero came to be used.
Now zero has many important uses .Zero tells how many. Can you tell some other ways of using zero?
（ ）6.Long,long ago people didn?t know how to ____.
A. write B .write zero C. write numbers D. sixty-three
（ ）7.Long,long ago if they wrote two hundred-eight ,people wrote_____. A.218 B.2 8 C.228 D.208
（ ）8.Later ______ was used to mean space.
A. \ B.letter\ C. zero D. a dot
（ ） 9.People used circles _____________.
A. to remember ways B. to remember numbers C. not to forget the space D .to mean nothing
（ ）10.The story tells us _____.
A. how zero came to be used B. how to write zero
C. what?s the use of zero D. that zero means a dot, a circle or space ( C )
I often dreamed about Pisa when I was a boy. I read about the famous building called the Leaning Tower of Pisa .But when I read the word Pisa, I was thinking of pizza .I thought this tower was a place to buy pizza .It must be the best place to buy pizza in the world, I thought. Many years later finally saw the Leaning Tower. I knew then that is was Pisa and no pizza .But there was still something special about it for me .The tower got its name because it really does lean to one side. Some people want to try to fix it .They are afraid it may fall over and they don?t like it leans over the city.
I do not think it?s a good idea to try to fix it .The tower probably will not fall down ,it is 600 years old. why should anything happen to it now? And ,if you ask me ,I like what it looks like. To me it is a very human kind of leaning .Nothing is perfect ,it seems to say.
And who cares? Why do people want things to be perfect? Imperfect things may be more interesting .Let?s take the tower in Pisa. Why is it so famous? There are many other older ,more beautiful towers in Italy. But Pisa tower is the most famous. People come from all over the world to see it.
（ ）11.This passage is about_______.
A. Italian pizza B. Italy?s problems
C. How the Leaning Tower of Pisa got its name D. Why the writer likes Pisa
（ ）12.The writer used to think Pisa______.
A. in Spain B. not very famous C. not the same as pizza D. the same as pizza （ ）13. The Leaning Tower of Pisa is _______.
A. modern B. falling down C. 600 years old D. 60 years old
（ ）14.The writer________.
A. doesn?t like what the tower looks like B. likes what the tower looks like C. thinks it?s the most beautiful tower in Italy D. doesn?t like towers （ ）15. The writer likes the Leaning Tower of Pisa because________. A. it?s old B. it?s perfect C. it sells pizza D. it?s imperfect
第十一组至第十四组共13篇： 阅读下面短文判断正（T）、错误（F） 第十一组（共3篇）： (A)
The summer vacation is over. It?s true that time always flies fast. During the vacation, the weather was hot and I could not do much work, but I lived happily.
As the afternoon was hot, I did my work in the morning. I used to get up at 6:30 and take a walk in the garden for half an hour. After breakfast, I began reading English and Chinese and did some exercises in maths. Those took me three hours or more. I worked quite hard and made good progress(取得进步).
I spent the afternoon outside. I went to swim and it was funny. I would not go home until it was about five or six o?clock. Sometimes a friend of mine would come to see me and we would spend some hours listening to music.
In this way I spent my vacation happily. And I not only studied well but also became a good swimmer. Now I am in good health and high spirits(精神).
（ ）1The text mainly tell us how the writer spent his summer holidays. （ ）2. It took the writer half an hour to do his homework.
（ ）3. The writer spent most of the afternoon listening to music . （ ）4. The writer didn?t have very good summer holidays .
（ ） 5. The writer spent more time swimming than listening to music.
( B )
Some people remember the things by writing notes to themselves. Then they leave the notes in obvious(明显的) places, such as on the table or on the floor in the middle of the living room. I don?t think I like to write notes to myself. Most of the time I lose them or forget to look at them until it?s too late. I prefer to use an alarm clock（闹钟) to tell me what I should do. I have ten alarm clocks in my house. They could tell me about things. For example, if I have to make a telephone call at a certain time, I?ll set an alarm clock to go off a few minutes early and put the clock by the telephone. Or if I want to watch a certain television programme, I?ll set an alarm clock at the right time and put the clock on top of the TV set. I can remember almost anything if I use my clocks. However, sometimes an alarm clock goes off and I don?t know what it means. I always remember setting it, but not why I set it. If the clock is by the telephone, I know I may have set it to tell me to call someone, but I can?t be sure. I might have set it to tell myself that somebody was to call me at a certain time.
（ ）6. Some people like to write notes to themselves so that they can remember what to do at a certain time
（ ）7. The writer doesn?t like to write notes to himself .
（ ）8. The writer often uses a computer to help him \\remember things. （ ）9. Sometimes an alarm clock can do the housework for the writer.
（ ）10. The writer prefers remembering the things by writing notes to using alarm clocks ( C )
We have rather a small house, with only two bedrooms. You can think our alarm(恐慌), then, when Aunt Clara wrote to say that she was coming to stay with her family for the weekend. Her family, I should say, has four boys, all under the age of twelve.
I sent off a telegram(电报) at once, and explained(解释) in it that our house was too small. Aunt Clara called us up the next morning. ? I forgot to explain,? she said in her sweetest voice, “the boys will be bringing a couple of tents (帐篷).”
Even so my wife couldn?t make free from fear (害怕). It was true that we had a large garden, but there was still the problem of feeding (喂养) four growing boys.
“And what if it rains ?”she asked.
But Saturday morning turned out to be bright and clear when I went to the station to meet Aunt Clara. I tried to squeeze (往车里塞) three of the boys, together with the luggage (行李), into the back of the car. The youngest sat in front, with Aunt Clara and me.
“I didn?t see the tents among your luggage,?”I turned over and said to David, the eldest boy. “The tents !”said Aunt Clara. “Oh！We left them in the luggage van(行李车厢).” （ （ （ （
）11. From the story, we know that the main problem was food ______. ）12. Aunt Clara sent a telegram after she received the telegram. ）13. The boys were going to sleep downstairs outside . ）14. The man?s wife was looking forward to the visit.
（ ）15. Aunt Clara arrived by train. 第十二组（共4篇）： （A）
Albert Einstein was born in 1879. As a boy he was not happy in school. He seemed to be slower than others and he often failed in his exams. Most of his teachers did not like him. His parents, however, loved him very much. They often said to the teachers, Albert is a bright boy. He failed in some of the exams because he had no interest in those subjects. They believed their son would do something great. One day, the Einsteins and their friends were having a picnic by the riverside. Someone said, See how the other children play and laugh, but not Albert. He just sits and looks off across the river. Albert's mother heard this and said, Albert is quiet, because he's thinking. Let's wait and see. He'll become a great scientist, I believe. She was fight. Later, Albert became one of the greatest scientists in the world. He won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1921. （ ）1 Albert Einstein was a scientist .
（ ）2. He won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1921.
（ ）3 Einstein often failed in some exams because he wasn't interested in those subjects . （ ）4. Einstein's mother complained about her friend. （ ）5. Einstein was born in Germany.
(B)
More and more advertisements appear on the Web. You have to be careful not to be
fooled or tricked(欺骗) by the advertisements on the Internet. Something is said to be a bargain(便
宜物品), but it isn?t always cheap. And some so-called new things just have a new outside.
However, shopping online is a kind of fashionable(时尚的) thing today. I love to buy things of everyday use, so I often get lots of information about them on websites online. For example, if I want an MP3, I can choose my favourite one, and look for what the users like or don?t like about it, then decide whether to buy or not. And at the same time, you don?t have to go to a shop or walk around a crowded shopping area, so you don?t have to waste much time. The Internet is really useful for shopping, but be careful not to spend too much.
（ ）6. If you want to shop online, you should be careful not to be fooled. （ ）7. The writer thinks that the advertisements online are always true. （ ）8. MP3 is a kind of book that you can learn music. （ ）9. The writer often buys so-called cheap things online. （ ）10. If you shop online, you can save time.
(C)
The Red Cross Society of China (RCC) (中国红十字会)has so far received 150 million yuan (18 million US dollars) in donation (捐款) for tsunami-hit(遭受海啸袭击的) countries, reports from the RCC said on January 14, 2005.
2.66 million US dollars of the money were sent to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Maldives soon after they were hit by the killer disaster(灾难)late last month. The rest(剩余部分) of the money will be sent for rebuilding villages, schools and orphanages(homes for children who lost their parents) in the disaster area, the reports said.
According to the reports, two RCC?s rescue(营救) teams have arrived in Indonesia and Sri Lanka Friday. A third team will go to Thailand early next week.
The RCC will report how much money has been collected and the uses of the money on its Website on time, the reports said.
（ ）11. The countries were hit by a tsunami.
（ ）12. The RCC collected money for Indonesia, Sri Lanka , Thailand and Maldives.
（ ）13. The rest of the money will be used to rebuild airports in the disaster area. （ ）14. Two RCC?s rescue teams have arrived in Thailand. （ ）15. The passage is probably from a newspaper.
(D)
We use the Internet for many things: business, shopping, writing letters, talking to people, finding information and so on. In recent years, a new kind of English has grown on the Internet. There's no real word for it yet, so we'll call it e-talk.
People don't like typing too much. To save time, they turn phrases into a few letters (called acronyms). Acronyms are often used in chat rooms(聊天室). Some of them are: BTW (by the way) BRB (be right back)
LOL (laughing out loud) IMO (in my opinion)
People also use many abbreviations. They are shortened forms of words. Some common abbreviations are:
info (information) puter (computer)
pic (picture) sec (second)
We usually don't see people when we communicate(交流） on the Net, so people have new ways to show feelings. Most people use their keyboards to draw \ :-) (happy) ;-) (joking) :-( (sad) :-O (surprised) These days, many forums (论坛) have picture feelings. For example:
(happy) (sad) (angry) (cool)
T
here are even whole new words, like \or forum). When you write something bad about someone else, it's called \ person.
It takes time for people to get used to(适应) e-talk. Also, different groups on the Net have their own special ways of communicating. Newbies sometimes have to ask other people what they mean. As the Internet grows, e-talk will continue to grow and change. （ ）16.People type acronyms so that they can type them quickly.
（ ）17. “BTW, my puter is not working well.” means that the person is sad that his computer is having problems.
（ ） 18. If someone is angry, he may type “LOL” or “BRB”. （ ） 19. E-talk will probably be used by people on the telephone. （ ） 20. The best title for this passage is E-talk
第十三组(3篇)
( A )
What changes are going to happen in our way of life? According to (根据) writer Patrick Goldring, more people are going to have part-time jobs (兼职工作). This is going to be true for most workers. People have many interests. Fulltime jobs (专职工作) do not allow time for these interests. People are going to have two or three different part-time jobs.
According to David Jenkins in his book \Power\工作的权利), workers are going to have more power in their companies (公司). They are going to have more power over their jobs and their hours. Groups of workers and company leaders are going to meet to find answers to company problems. Some leaders of company don't want change. Workers are demanding (要求职) it, however. What is the result of \power\According to Jenkins, the result (结果) is a good feeling toward the company.
( )1. Workers will meet with company leaders.
( )2. All the workers are going to get part-time jobs.
( )3. Part-time jobs are good for people with many interests. ( )4. \
( )5. According to David Jenkins, people want to have two or three part-time jobs.
( B )
Paul got on the bus to go to the town. It was very crowded, and he had to stand for about five