完形填空。     Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will proba

完形填空。     Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will probably    1    they go to learn language,
geography, history, science and all the other subjects. That is quite true. But    2    do they learn these things?
We send our children to school to prepare them for their future work and life. Nearly    3    they study at
school has some practical use    4    their life, but is that the    5    reason they go to school?
     There is    6    in education than just learning facts. We go to school to learn    7    to learn. So when we
have left school we can go on learning. If a man really knows how to learn, He will always be successful,
because whenever he has to do something new, he will quickly teach himself how to do it in the best way.
     On the other hand, the uneducated person    8    do it, or does it badly. So the purpose of school is not
just    9    languages, geography, science, but to teach pupils the best    10    to learn.

(     )1. A. speak    (     )2. A. how      (     )3. A. nothing  (     )4. A. at       (     )5. A. best     (     )6. A. more     (     )7. A. how     (     )8. A. can      (     )9. A. taught   (     )10. A. subjects	B. say          B. where      B. all things  B. in       B. first               B. many       B. where        B. no         B. to teach    B. reasons	C. talk            C. why      C. everyone        C. on             C. just      C. much         C. though            C. can’t  C. to teaching  C. way	D. tell           D. what   D. everything      D. with         D. only   D. most      D. but              D. not  D. teaches      D. knowledge
1-5 BCDBD   6-10 AACBC
阅读理解。
A rabbit is running into his hole. You may ask, "What happened?"      Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they ran, too. They know there is danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.      Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee finds some food, it goes back to his home. It can"t tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.      But animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for examples, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs (发出呼噜呼噜的声音) when pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning.         But human beings have something that no animals have-a large number of words about things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information to tell or inform other people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of the things that have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No animals has the wonderful power of language.       No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.       People in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for examples, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we don"t know all these. The words we know are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as possible. When we met a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the most useful book.
1. What"s the meaning of the underlined word?
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A. 标语 B. 信号 C. 唱片 D. 图像
2. A dog can tell something _____.
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A. by giving signals B. by making different sounds C. by dancing in the air D. by barking
3. It has been proved that no animals are able to _____.
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A. give the others information B. express their actions and feelings with words C. tell others how they feel D. make different sounds, each with its own meaning.
4. Generally speaking, what we mean by "vocabulary" is _____.
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A. all the words that we know B. more and more words we use C. all the words we need D. the dictionary which contains thousands of words
5. What must we do in order to make our vocabulary larger?
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A. Make more and more new words. B. look up some new words in a dictionary. C. learn more language. D. Try to read as many books as possible.
阅读短文，完成各小题。
Some countries have large numbers of earthquakes. Japan is one of them. One of the most serious earthquakes in world history took place in Japan in 1923. The shock and fires caused by it destroyed much of Tokyo and Yokohama and left more than 7000 dead. Other countries do not have many. For examples, there are few earthquakes in Britain, France, Germany.       There is often a great noise during an earthquake, but it is not always. The earth rocks. Houses fall down. Railway lines are broken. Sometimes many people are killed in an earthquake. People think earthquakes often happen near volcanoes (火山), but this is not always true. The centers of some are under the sea. The bottom of the sea suddenly moves. The powerful forces inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is rocking and great waves are caused there. These waves travel long distances and rush over the land when they reach it. They are strong enough to break down houses and other buildings; sometimes they break more buildings than earthquake itself.      What kind of building stands up best in an earthquake? A building with concrete (水泥) walls is perhaps the best. A steel frame (框架) will make it even stronger. The frame holds the different parts together and the walls do not easily fall. There is less chance of fire because concrete and steel (钢材) does not burn. This kind of building is the safest. Today modern concrete and steel apartment buildings are commonly seen in cities of Japan. 1. Why do we say that an earthquake is terrible? _____________________________________________________________________. 2. What kind of building is the safest for us to live in against earthquakes? _____________________________________________________________________. 3. Which country has the largest number of earthquakes, Britain, Japan, or France? _____________________________________________________________________. 4. 判断正误：正确的在括号里写T，错误写F。 (     ) The text mainly tells us how to protect ourselves when the earthquake happens. 5. Put the underlined sentences into Chinese. _____________________________________________________________________.
阅读理解。
Different weather makes people feel different. It influences (影响) health, intelligence (智力) and feelings. 　　      In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and every cold at other times. People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March. 　　      The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ (智商) of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% below. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand (另一方面), can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year (July and August). 　  　Weather also has a strong influence on people"s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer. At about 18C, people become stronger. 　  　Low air pressure (气压) may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. There are a  "good weather" for word and health. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade (摄氏度). 　　      Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today? It may be the weather"s problem.
1. _____ can have a bad effect (作用) on health.
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A. Hot and wet weather B. Good weather 　　 C. Warm weather D. High intelligence
2. People may have more intelligence when _____ comes.
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A. a rain B. very hot weather 　 C. a strong wind D. low air pressure
3. Low air pressure may make people _____.
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A. forgetful B. sad C. angry D. tired
阅读理解。
Now satellites are helping to forecast (预报) the weather. They are in space, and they can reach any part of the world. The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere (大气), because this is where the weather forms (形成). They send these pictures to the weather stations. So meteorologists (气象学家) can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change. 　　      Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures.When they receive new pictures, the meteorologists compare them with earlier ones. Perhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours. This may mean that the weather on the ground may soon change, too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this. 　　      So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for three or five days. Soon, perhaps, they may be able to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead (提前).
1. Satellites travel ____.
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A. in space B. above space C. above the ground D. in the atmosphere
2. Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere?Because ____.
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A. clouds form there B. the weather forms there 　　 C. the weather satellites can do it easily D. the pictures can forecast the weather
3. Meteorologists forecast the weather ____.
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A. without studying satellite pictures 　　 B. before they receive satellite pictures 　　 C. when they have received satellite pictures 　 D. after they have compared the new satellite pictures with the earlier ones
4. Maybe we"ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _____.
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A. one day B. two days 　 C. five days D. seven days or even longer
阅读理解。
What do Napoleon, Clinton and Wang Nan have in common? They are all left-handed. 　　      Today, about 15% of the number of people is left-handed. But why are people left-handed? The answer is the way the brain (大脑) works. The brain has two halves-the right half controls the left side of the body, and the left controls the right side of the body. So right-handed people have a strong left-brain and left-handed people have a strong right brain. 　　      The two halves of he brain are about the same size. But each side controls different things. The left side controls language, math and logical (逻辑的). When you remember new words, or when you put things in order, you use your left side. 　　      The right side of the brain controls your love of art, colors and music. It is also good at recognizing (识别) faces. 　　      This does not mean that all artists are left-handed and all accountants (会计) are right-handed. Some right-handers have a strong right brain, and some left-handers have a strong left-brain.
1. The phrase "in common" in the first sentence means _____.
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A. the same B. different C. strange D. interesting
2. People who are right-handed or left-handed are mostly decided by _____.
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A. their parents B. their minds 　 C. the way the brain works D. the way the head works
3. Each side of the brain _____.
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A. likes music and math B. controls different things C. controls the same thing D. has two halves
4. When you are singing, you are using your _____.
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A. logic thinking B. heart C. left brain D. right brain