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　　Johnny Smith was a good maths student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day, then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an “F” in his English class. One day after school, Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades (成績) of all the students : the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music and the grades in English. He found his English grade was an F! Johnny changed it from F to an A. Johnny's parents looked at his school reporter card. They were very happy .

　　“An A in English!” said Father. “You are a very clever boy, Johnny. ” Johnny is a hacker (網(wǎng)上黑客). Hackers know how to take information (信息) from other computers and put new information in. Using a modem (調(diào)制調(diào)節(jié)器), they join their computers to other ones secretly (秘密地). School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers, so are the police. For some people even take money from bank computer accounts (帳戶) and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers.

1．Johnny changed his English grade with the computer in ________.

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2．When Johnny's parents saw the report, they were very happy because ________.

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A．Johnny was good at maths

B．Johnny loved computers

C．Johnny could join one computer to another

D．they thought Johnny was not poor in English any longer

3．Who are worried about hackers in the story?

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A．Johnny's parents.

B．School headmasters, teachers and the police .

C．School headmasters and the teachers .

D．The police.

4．What should the hackers know well, do you think, after you read the story?

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A．Information

B．Bank computer accounts .

C．Computers .

D．Grades.

5．The last paragraph (段) is about ________.

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　　Mr. Smith was a millionaire. Everyone in the town admired (羨慕) him. One afternoon, a reporter from New York interviewed(采訪) him. At the insistence (要求 ) of the reporter, Mr. Smith finally decided to reveal (透露) the secret of his success.

　　“I first became rich by selling homing pigeons(鴿子). ” he explained.

　　“Really?” the reporter replied surprisingly. “How many homing pigeons did you start with?”

　　“Only one,” the millionaire answered, “but he kept coming back . ”

1．Mr. Smith was so rich that all the townspeople (市民) ________.

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A．had a high regard for him

B．loved him

C．liked him

2．Mr. Smith became rich by ________.

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A．sell the homing pigeons

B．selling homing pigeons

C．being selling homing pigeons

3．Mr. Smith was not willing to let out his secret at first when the reporter asked him to, was he?

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A．Yes, he wasn't.

B．No, he wasn't.

C．Yes, he was.

4．After hearing what the millionaire had answered, the reporter might be ________.

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A．more satisfied

B．more surprising

C．more surprised

5．What does the “but he kept coming back” mean?

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A．His pigeon didn't like to fly out.

B．His pigeon liked flying out every day.

C．His pigeon kept bringing the others back .

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　　Wang Fei can speak English quite well because she works very hard at it.

One day, her teacher, Mr. Wu asked her to come to his office and said, “There will be a story-telling contest (競賽) next week, Wang Fei. Would you like to take part in it?”

　　Wang Fei wanted to go, so she asked what she had to do. Mr. Wu told her that she had to tell an English story in front of the whole school. Mr. Wu said: “If you try your best, I'm sure you'll win. ”

　　Wang Fei decided to have a try .

　　On Sunday night, she stayed up late to get ready for her story for the contest. It was an interesting story, she didn't go to bed until midnight. On Monday morning, she overslept (睡過頭). When she woke up, it was already seven o'clock. She did some washing quickly. Then she had a light breakfast. After that she ran all the way to her school.

　　It was a warm morning, so Wang Fei felt very hot when she reached school. Mr. Wu was waiting outside the school hall, he looked very worried .

　　“Why are you so late, Wang Fei?” he asked.

　　“Sorry, Mr. Wu, I woke up late. ” Wang Fei said .

　　“The contest will start in a minute. Remember, speak slowly and clearly . ” Mr. Wu said.

　　Wang Fei remembered his words. She told her story very well. In the end, she came out first.

　　“You have done very well. Congratulations!” said the teacher. “All is well that ends well. But remember, don't oversleep again!”

1．Wang Fei works hard at ________.

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2．Wang Fei will be in ________ next week.

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3．On Sunday night, Wang Fei went to bed ________.

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4．At last, Wang Fei ________.

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5．Choose the best title for the passage, ________.

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　　My friend's grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe (東歐) . After being processed (移民入境檢查) at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria (自動餐廳) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order (點菜) . But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.

　　“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they'll tell you how much you have to pay! ”

　　“I soon learned that's how everything works in America,”the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing (愿意) to pay the money. You can even get success (成功) , but you'll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you . You have to get up and get it yourself . ”

1．Which is the best title (標(biāo)題) of the article (文章)?

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A．From Eastern Europe to America

B．Life Is Like a Cafeteria in America

C．How to Eat in a Cafeteria

D．Eating in an American Cafeteria

2．Maybe the old man came from ________.

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3．From the article, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ________.

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A．get help from your friends

B．know how a cafeteria works

C．get up again if you fail

D．try to get it by yourself

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order.

B．The old man sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him.

C．Although the woman didn't know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria.

D．Although the woman didn't know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him.

5．What does the underlined “it” in the third paragraph refer to?

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A．The food served in the cafeteria.

B．The success one wants to achieve.

C．The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria.

D．The plate used in the cafeteria.

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　　Mr Green was a dance teacher. He was a nice man and always had a lot of students. They came to his class every week. One year, he moved to a new town, and was soon teaching a lot of students in the dance school there, but then he decided to move again to a big city. He said that he would have more work there.

　　A woman came to his classes quite often. When the woman heard that he was going to leave, she said, “A new teacher will take your place, won't he? But I do not think he will be as good as you are. ”

　　Mr Green was happy when he heard this, but he said, “Oh, no! I'm sure he'll be as good I am ________ even better. ”

　　The woman said, “No, five teachers have come and gone while I've been here, and each new one was worse than the last. ”

1．Mr Green taught dancing ________.

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2．His students came to his classes ________.

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3．Mr Green moved to a big city because

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A．he wanted to do more work

B．he wanted to teach the woman

C．a(chǎn) better teacher will take his place

D．he was worse than the last

4．The woman thought that ________.

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A．Mr Green wouldn't be as good as the next teacher

B．Mr Green was the best teacher of all the teachers

C．Mr Green was not a good teacher

D．Mr Green would be better than the next one but is worse than the last one

5．From the story we know that Mr Green was the ________ dance teacher.

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On Friday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a lot of people were under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time, Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand didn't move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly some one shouted, “It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!” I looked at my watch, it was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

1．We went to the Town Hall ________.

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2．There were ________ people under the big clock.

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3．How soon would the clock strike twelve?

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4．The big clock stopped at ________.

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5．The big clock ________ to welcome the New Year.

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6．The people there began to ________ then.

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　　The telephone rang. Mrs Lee want to answer it. She was very happy to find that was Mary, her good friend. Mrs Lee asked her to come and have dinner with her and her husband that evening.

　　At a quarter to six, Mr Lee came back home. He found his wife worried.

　　“What's the matter, dear?” he asked.

　　“I've made a terrible mistake, my dear,” she said. “I've asked Mary to come and have dinner with us this evening. ”

　　“Well, that's nothing to worry about,” Mr Lee said. “We should have a happy evening together. We haven't seen her for a long time. ”

　　“But I've just found out that there is not enough food in the house. I asked you to get some meat on your way back from work three days ago and you forgot it. ”

　　“Oh, my dear! ” said Mr Lee. He went out of the house and ran to his car . He found a piece of meat in the car. It had been there for three days.

1．One day Mrs Lee got a telephone call from ________.

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A．her husband's friend

B．her good friend

C．a(chǎn) friend of Mary's

D．Mary's good friend

2．Mrs Lee looked worried that day because ________.

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A．there wasn't enough food in the house

B．Mary would come and have dinner with them

C．her husband forgot to buy some meat

D．she didn't ask her husband to have dinner

3．Mr Lee went out of the house to________ .

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A．buy some meat

B．got to his office

C．look after his car

D．get the piece of meat

4．Who do you think made a big mistake?

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5．Why did Mr Lee buy a piece of meat 3 days ago?

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A．Because Mary wanted to have dinner with them.

B．Because there was not enough food in the house.

C．Because his wife asked him to do so.

D．Because his wife liked meat very much.

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　　Mr White helped his mother move into a new house. He started at 3:30 in the afternoon. First he washed the windows, and then he carried all the heavy furniture (家具)into the new house. He helped her put the curtains (窗簾) up, too. Mr White was very tired by 9:15 when he got home. What's more, he couldn't find the right key to the door. The front door was locked. Then he tried the back door but it was locked, too. He decided to climb in through the kitchen window in order not to wake up his wife and children . But suddenly , a big black dog came at him from behind. Mr White was both frightened and surprised, he didn't own a dog! He was at the wrong house! The poor man was even move tired after he had much difficulty making the police believe that he wasn't a thief.

1．Mr White stopped working ________.

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2．Why was he tired?

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A．Because he got home late.

B．Because he looked for his key a long time.

C．Because he worked for her mother for nearly six hours.

D．Because he didn't stop working until nine fifteen.

3．Do you know whose dog it was?

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A．The dog was the Police's.

B．It was his own dog.

C．The dog may be the owner's of the house.

D．The dog was a friend of his.

4．Which of the following is true?

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A．He lost his key.

B．He came to a wrong house.

C．He often got into his room through the kitchen window.

D．He left his key at his mother's.

5．From the text we can see that________ .

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A．he had to go to the police station for the night

B．he was taken to the police station because he was really a thief

C．the police might put him into prison (監(jiān)獄)

D．the police let him go after he explained (解釋)

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　　There are more than 3,000 languages in the world today, but only about ten are major (主要) languages of the world. Among them English is the most popular.

　　More than 350 million people speak English as their first language. Major English-speaking countries are Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. Another 400 million speak it as a second language. No one knows how many people speak English as a foreign language. They usually learn English as a school subject instead of learning it from their parents. Chinese is the only language with more speaks than English. This is because of the large population of China.

　　English is the language for a better understanding between people of the world. It is also the language for business and science. Nearly half of the business deals (交易) in Europe are done in English, and more than half of the science magazines are in English. English is widely used in the world's computer net-work (計算機網(wǎng)絡(luò)) . And children should begin with English when they learn how to use computers. Through the English language peoples of different countries are able to work together and make things even better.

　　1．English is the most popular language in the world because ________ .

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A．it has the largest number of speakers

B．it is widely used

C．it is an international language

D．it is a language for world use

2．The world's computer net-work takes English as ________.

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A．its only language

B．one of the main language

C．a(chǎn) school subject

D．a(chǎn) foreign language

3．If you want to learn how to use computers, you should ________.

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A．speak English well first

B．work together with foreigners

C．learn English well

D．make things better

4．If you know English, you'll be able to ________.

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A．do everything better than before

B．understand what people from different countries say

C．read nearly all the science magazines in the world

D．read many science magazines in the world

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　　MILLBURN, New Jersey ---- an 11-year-old who gave up television for a year in a bet (打賭) with his mother says he'll use some of the money to buy himself an astronaut's (宇航員的) suit. The bet ended at 9:01 on Monday morning, but Benjamin Barreaux waited until his mother, Roslyn , handed him five 100-dollar bills in front of a gathering of newspapermen in the afternoon before switching on the TV. During the past year, he has filled his time with reading and his grades (成績) have improved from “satisfactory” to “very good”.

1．Who lost a bet to whom?

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A．The boy's mother to his father.

B．Benjamin's father to Roslyn .

C．Benjamin to his mother.

D．Roslyn to Benjamin.

2．How long had the boy kept himself away from TV?

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A．From Monday morning till afternoon.

B．One year and several hours.

C．One year and a day.

D．One year.

3．Why did the mother hand the bills to the boy?

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A．Because his grades had been improved.

B．Because he had won some money.

C．Because he wanted to buy an astronaut's suit.

D．Because she had given him her promise.

4．Why do you think the newspapermen came?

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A．They came to judge who should be the winner.

B．They came to congratulate the winner.

C．They came for the money.

D．They came for the news.

5．The mother obviously (明顯地) believed that ________ .

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A．children shouldn't watch TV too much

B．children should have their own money

C．children should be regarded (對待) as their parents' equal (平等)

D．children's interest in space should be encouraged (鼓勵)