閱讀理解(Reading comprehension)：

　　The Peppered Moth(蛾), a kind of insect, is found in England. It is light brown in colour and likes to settle on trees which are also light brown. This makes the moth difficult to be seen and birds are less likely to notice and eat it.

　　But with the development of industry, smoke from factories began to reach the trees where the moth settled. It made the trees blacker. Then something very strange took place：in industrial areas, the Peppered Moth began to change colour. It became darker as well. Though the change took several years, some scientists soon notice that newly born moths were a little darker than usual.

　　A scientist called Kettlewell decided to make a careful study of this phenomenon(現(xiàn)象). He marked some of the light moths and some of the darker ones, and set them free in the woods near Birmingham, an industrial city. Later, recaptured(重新捕獲) as many the marked moths as possible. (The results were given in the chart.)

　　Kettlewell's research was done in the early 1950s. Soon afterwards Britain introduced new laws to reduce smoke factory pollution.

Can you imagine what would happen to the Peppered Moth as the air became cleaner again?

1．The trees where the Peppered Moth settled changed their colours because ________.

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A．the Peppered Moth changed its colour

B．the Peppered Moth can't be easily found on them

C．industry in England developed quickly

D．the smoke from factories polluted them

2．The Peppered Moth began to change its colour in industrial areas because ________.

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A．it itself liked to

B．it could be like the colour of its living place

C．it had to keep the laws of nature

D．it was usually dark brown

3．From the results of Kettlewell's research, we can see that ________.

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A．many more of the light moths were killed or eaten

B．more than one-fifth of the light moths escaped being killed

C．three times as many dark moths were kept safe as light ones

D．more dark moths were killed in industrial areas

4．Kettlewell's work gives us a good example of ________.

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5．As the air became cleaner, ________.

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A．the number of the light moths increased

B．the total number of the light moths remained unchanged

C．there were more of the darker moths and fewer of the light ones

D．the darker moths changed into the light ones suddenly

閱讀理解(Reading comprehension)：

　　The porter brings your bags to your room and helpfully explains all you want to know. Then he points to the phone and says：“If there's anything else you need, just call.” All this time you have been thinking about one thing; “How much should I tip(付小費(fèi)) him?” To make your next trip a little easier, here's a guide to tipping across some Asian countries.

　　In general, the more Westernized the place is, the more likely you will be expected to leave a tip. Some top－end restaurants will add a 10% service charge to the bill. If not, waiters will appreciate you tacking on(附加) the 10% yourself. However, if you're eating at lower-end(低檔的) restaurant a tip is not necessary. If you're staying at one of Bangkok's many five-star hotels, expect to tip the porter 20 to 50 baths, depending on how many bags you have. Taxis are now metered in Bangkok. Local custom is to round the fare(車費(fèi)) up to the nearest five baths.

　　Tipping is customary in this money-made metropolis(大都市). Most restaurants add a 10% service charge to the bill, but the extra money often ends up in the pocket of the owner. If the service is good, add another l0% to the bill, up to HK $ 100 in an especially nice restaurant. For HK $ 10 hotel porters should do it at all but the nicest hotels where a new HK $ 20 bill may be more acceptable. When in a taxi, round up(湊整數(shù)) to the nearest dollar.

　　Tipping in Malaysia is limited to the expensive Westernized hotels, which often add a 10% service charge to your meal or hotel room. If you are at a hotel restaurant, expect a 10% service change. But at local restaurants, there's no need to add a tip. At five-star hotels, one or two ringgit will content a porter. At lower-end buildings don't feel you have to tip. Like Bangkok, many taxis are now metered(打表) so you can just round up to the nearest ringgit.

　　Tipping is not part of Korean culture, although it has become a matter of course in international hotels where a 10% service charge is often added. If you're at a Korean barbecue joint(燒烤處), there's no need to add extra. But a nice Italian restaurant may require a 10% contribution. If you're at a top-end hotel, so expect to add anything 500～1 000 won per bag. Taxi drivers don't accept a tip. Keep the change for yourself.

1．In which of the following cities is it unnecessary to tip the taxi-drivers?

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2．Which of the following is not the unit of money?

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3．From the text, we can infer tipping comes from ________.

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4．If you stay at a five-star hotel in Kuala Lumpur, how much will you pay the porter at least?

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5．The writer seems ________.

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A．to tell the readers how to travel

B．to give the readers some advice on how to tip

C．to ask the readers to go on a travel to Asian cities

D．to make the trip more pleasant

　　Grygori Pilikian spent his 114th birthday the other day and some reporters visited him to find out the secret of a long life.

　　“The secret of along life is happiness,” Grygori said. “If you are happy, you will live a long time.”

　　“Are you married?” a reporter asked. “Yes,” Grygori answered. “I married my third wife when I was 102. If you are happily married, you will live better. But for my third wife, I would have died years ago.”

　　“What about smoking and drinking?” another reporter asked. “Yes, they are important,” Grygori said. “Don't smoke at all and you will feel well. Drink two glasses of wine a day and you will be healthy and happy.”

1．Some reporters visited Grygori because ________.

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A．he was a happy man

B．he was a friend of them

C．he had lived to be much longer than most people

D．he had married three times

2．Grygori thought that ________ was the most important to life.

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3．The word “wine” in the last paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

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4．The writer wants to tell us ________.

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A．drinking much is good for our health

B．drinking a little is helpful

C．smoking and drinking are the most important to our health

D．both smoking and drinking are bad for our health

5．The best title for this passage is ________.

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A．Grygori's Birthday

B．The Secret of a Long Life

C．Happiness and Life

D．Reporters Visited Grygori

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you want to be good at English, you have to read stories in English. And speak English as much as possible. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not go to bed late at night studying. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper, and try to understand the exact meaning of each question. When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not missed anything out.

1．If people want to do well in an exam, they have to work hard ________.

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2．If people want to learn English well, they ________.

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A．only need to learn grammar

B．must often practise English

C．have to go to England

D．should go to bed early

3．It's important to ________ a few days before the exam.

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A．play too much

B．have a good sleep

C．read the question papers

D．have a good drink

4．When people have finished the exam, they should ________.

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A．stand up and leave at once

B．a(chǎn)nswer a few more questions

C．make sure that they have not missed anything out

D．leave some mistakes on the question paper

5．The best title(標(biāo)題) for this passage is ________.

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　　In your schoolbags most of you may have a pencil, some kinds of pens, a ruler and some books. None of these things grow in the fields. They were all made in factories and invented by someone. There have not always been pencils and pens, rulers and books. Thousands of years ago no one knew about these things.

　　Who invented them? We don't always know. There have been many thousands of inventions, large and small, in the human history. Some of these inventions have changed the world, such as paper, printing and radio, and we know the inventions. But we have forgotten most of the other inventors. Who invented the lock, for example, or the lock to the door? We don't know. Were have been thousands of inventors and we should be grateful to them for their clever ideas. Will you be one of them when you grow up?

1．Where are most things in your schoolbags made?

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2．What do inventors have?

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3．Which of the following is an invention?

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4．We don't know ________.

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A．the names of most inventors

B．the name of the inventor of radio

C．the name of the inventor of telegraph

D．the name of the inventor of printing

5．Which of the following tells us the main idea of the passage?

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A．Some of us are hoped to become inventors.

B．The article tells us something about inventors.

C．There have not always been pencils and pens.

D．We don't know all the names of inventors.

If you are in a town in a western country, you'll often see people walking with their dogs. It is still true that a dog is one of the most useful animals in the world, but the reason that one keeps a dog has changed. Long, long ago, a man met a dog and wanted it to help him fight other animals, and he found that the dog listened to him and did what he told it to. Later people used dogs for hunting(打獵) of other animals, and the dog didn't eat what they got until their master(主人) agreed. So dogs were used for driving sheep and guarding chickens. But now people in the towns and cities do not need dogs to fight other animals. They keep them to frighten thieves, but the most important reason is that people feel lonely in the city. For a child, a dog is the best friend when he has no friends to play with. Far a young wife, a dog is her child when she doesn't have her own. For old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. Now people do not have to use a dog, but. they keep it as a friend, just like a member of the family.

1．In western countries some people still think ________ are more useful than a dog.

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2．In the past people kept dogs because dogs ________.

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A．didn't eat other animals

B．helped and listened to people

C．met the people

D．frightened thieves

3．Now people in cities keep dogs because dogs ________.

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4．A dog can be ________.

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5．So a dog will ________ in a family.

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Mike and Dick work in the same office. They don't like the cold weather. And one day they decided to take their holiday in Australia. Their plane arrived in Sydney at nine in the morning. They had a good rest in a hotel(旅館). The next morning they rented(租) a car in the city and began their travel. A few hours later the sun was shining in the sky and there were no shade trees (遮蔭樹) beside the road. It was so hot that they could hardly go on driving. They had to stop to look around. Mike found a river was about half a kilometre away from them. They were both very happy and drove the car quickly. Soon they got to the river. Before they jumped into the water, Dick saw a boy playing under a big tree. He asked, “Are there any sharks (鯊) in the river, boy?” “No, there aren't,” answered the boy. So they began to swim in the river. After a while, Dick felt something hit against his leg. He told Mike about it. They were afraid and stopped swimming. Dick asked loudly, “Is it true that there aren't any sharks in the river?” “Yes, sir,” said the boy. “There're a lot of crocodiles(鱷魚) in the water. All the sharks have swum away!”

1．The story happened when it was ________ in the two men's country.

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2．Mike and Dick went to Australia ________.

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3．The two young men went to Australia to ________.

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4．Mike and Dick couldn't drive any longer because ________.

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A．the sun was shining in the sky

B．there were no shade trees beside the road

C．the weather was very hot

D．they were too tired

5．Dick became afraid because ________.

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A．he saw a shark in the water

B．he thought it might be a shark that hit against this leg

C．he saw the boy laughing at the munder the big tree

D．he had been told there were some sharks in the river

6．Having heard the boy, the two young men began to ________.

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A．catch the crocodiles in the water

B．look for the crocodiles there

C．to beat the Australian boy

D．come out of the river at once

　　No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted(發(fā)出呼嚕) like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him——water splashing(場(chǎng)所飛濺), bees humming(嗡嗡作響聲), a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

　　People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life.

　　The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

1．What do we mean by language?

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A．Sounds made by man.

B．All the words made by man.

C．Different kinds of sound.

D．The way man learns.

2．From the passage we know that long long ago ________.

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A．no one learned how to make sounds or words

B．a(chǎn)nimals taught to learn the language

C．man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground, and so on

D．man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words

3．What is the number of language spoken in the world today?

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4．In which sentence can the word “contain (s)” be put so that it is a right one?

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A．I ________ several dictionary.

B．Sea water ________ salt.

C．A dog ________ four legs.

D．Mr Smith ________ glasses on his nose.

5．Which of the following is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?

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A．To use the words in every day life.

B．To read more books.

C．To read easy books.

D．To look up new words in the dictionary.

　　Kate was born in a small village. When she finished middle school in a town, she wouldn't return to the poor place and found work in a shop there. She wanted to marry (嫁) a rich man. As she wasn't friendly to others, nobody would marry her. Five years passed and she became a twenty-seven-year-old girl. She had to marry Mr. King who taught maths in a school.

　　Mr. King likes his work and is kind to his students and they all like him. But his wife hates him. She thinks him poor and is bad to him. One day the woman wanted to buy a beautiful hat for herself, but her husband hadn't enough money. She scolded (罵) him for a long time and didn't let him go home. He had to stay in his friend's house. A few days later he went home with his friend. As soon as she saw him, she decided to leave. She began to put her clothes into a trunk(箱子). Mr. King and his friend couldn't stop her. Before she left, she said to her husband, “Only a dog likes a man like you!” At that moment his friend was reading the newspaper carefully. Suddenly he jumped up and shouted, “Good news for you, my friend! You've won the first prize in the lottery (頭彩)!” “Really?” the woman stopped to ask. “He'll get five hundred thousand dollars!” Mr King's friend said to the woman. “Why not leave him now? Haven't you said only a dog likes him?” “Bowwow-wow(汪汪),” the woman said with a smile. “It was only a joke!”

1．When Kate was ________, she finished middle school.

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2．Nobody would many Kate because ________.

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A．she came from a village

B．she was very rude(粗野的)

C．she wasn't beautiful

D．she hadn't enough money

3．At last Kate had to marry a ________.

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4．Kate didn't like her husband because ________.

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A．he couldn't give her enough money

B．he wasn't friendly to her

C．he liked only his work

D．he didn't take good care of her

5．Kate thought ________.

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A．her husband was a dog

B．her husband was bad to her

C．only a dog liked her husband

D．she could remarry(改嫁) a rich man

6．When she heard her husband won the first prize in the lottery, Kate became ________.

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7．Kate decided to ________.

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A．stay with her husband

B．say sorry to her husband

C．live alone

D．get all the money

　　Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are small children. Others are teenagers(少年). Many are adults(成年人). Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by hearing the language over the radio, on TV, or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.

　　Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects required (要求) for study. They study their own language, maths English. Some people learn it because it is useful far their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, because at college or university(上大學(xué)) some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers, magazines(雜志) in English.

1．People learn English ________.

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2．It is ________ to answer why so many people want to learn English.

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3．Different kinds of people want to learn English ________.

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A．together with other subject

B．for different reasons

C．for their work

D．for higher studies at colleges

4．From this passage we know that ________.

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A．we can learn English easily

B．English is very difficult to learn

C．English is learned by most people in the world

D．English is a useful language but one must work hard to learn it

5．Which of the following is right?

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A．We don't need to learn any foreign language.

B．We can do well in al our work without English.

C．English is the most important subject in schools.

D．We should learn English because we need to face the world.