閱讀理解。

1.According to the first passage, we can learn that ________.

A. Australians consider mango as the national fruit

B. mangoes are rich in fat to meet people’s daily need

C. there are all kinds of vitamins and minerals in mangoes

D. people enjoy mangoes because they are healthy and tasty

2.The underlined word “cultivated” in the first passage means ________.

A. bought B. made

C. planted D. invented

3.According to the second passage, we can make our body produce more melatonin by ________.

A. surfing the Internet on the computer or ipad

B. changing our body clocks to different cycles

C. turning off TVs at least an hour before sleeping

D. enjoying some outdoor activities in the open air

4.The second passage mainly tells us that people ________.

A. can do something to have a good night’s sleep

B. should do to bed early and get up early every day

C. should jump out of bed quickly when the sun rises

D. shouldn’t eat fatty food two hours before going to bed

5.These two articles may come from ________.

A. a story book B. a magazine

C. a guide book D. a news report

閱讀理解。

One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盞花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.

One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It turned out to be an old woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it , but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year: the field was covered by pure white marigold. Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a new focus.

The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her right children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遺傳學(xué)) couldn’t complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream.

Still, the old woman didn’t change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and get the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman’s husband died, her children flew far and high, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.

Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold which was not nearly white, but as white as sliver or snow.

A problem even experts couldn’t deal with was solved by an old woman who didn’t understand genetics. Wasn’t it a miracle?

To take root in the heart, even the most common seed can grow into a miracle!

1.According to the passage, ________ marigold is unusual.

A. white B. purple

C. brown D. golden

2.The underlined part “focus” is closets in meaning to “center of ________”.

A. energy B. activity

C. attention D. creativity

3.It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A. the children didn’t agree on their mother’s decision

B. the woman needed the great reward for her big family

C. the experts also succeeded in growing the white marigold

D. the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family

4.The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she ________.

A. was luckier than experts

B. put her heart into flowers

C. got support from her family

D. studies the seed genetics well

5.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A. the difficulties

B. the possibility of going beyond experts

C. the unforgettable development of marigold

D. the importance of holding on to dreams

閱讀理解。

How long are you willing to wait for a webpage to open before you start to lose your patience? Half a minute? A few seconds? Google engineers have discovered that even 400 milliseconds―as short as the blink of an eye―is too long for most Internet users.

A millisecond is one thousandth of a second. People hardly notice such a small time difference, but it does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times. “Without question, nobody likes to wait,” said Arvind Jain, a Google engineer. “Every millisecond matters.”

Nowadays, millions of smart-phones and computers are continually gathering and sending out information. With so many people downloading maps, sports videos, news and restaurant recommendations, you can get digital “traffic jams”. Meanwhile, users are expecting faster and faster service.

Google found that if one website is 250 milliseconds slower than another website, then people will visit it less often. This is why technology companies are now competing to be the fastest. Google said people do expect different things from different websites because they realize not all loading times are the same. For example, a person will be more patient waiting for a video to load than for a search result.

Even so, four out of five online users will click away if a video takes too long to load. This makes it difficult for video websites to choose between the quality of pictures and fast loading times.

Trying to get a higher speed has always been part of the history of the Internet. In the 1990s, when the World Wide Web first started to become popular, it was very crowded and slow; people called it the “World Wide Wait”. But engineers managed to fight the problem with new inventions. They laid a lot of fiber optic cables (光纜)for sending in high speed; they improved software so it would work more smoothly; they placed computer servers all around the world to be nearer to users; all this increased speed.

Nowadays we can enjoy much faster Internet. Famous search engines such as Google and Microsoft’s Bing usually find search results in less than a second. However, in order to meet the requirement of Internet users, these tycoons should never stop their steps.

1.The report from The New York Times suggests that

A. A millisecond is one thousandth of a second.

B. 400 milliseconds is not so long for most Internet users.

C. A millisecond has nothing to do with the Internet speed.

D. A millisecond really makes a difference to the Internet users.

2.The engineers did something to improve the speed, including _____.

a. making software work more smoothly

b. laying a number of fiber optic cables inside

c. placing computer servers throughout the world

d. developing the quality of pictures on the Internet

A. a b c B. b c d C. a c d D. a b d

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. The quality of pictures comes first for video websites.

B. Google is 250 milliseconds slower than other websites

C. Microsoft’s Bing is the fastest engine the world now

D. People are more likely to wait for loading films than maps

4.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A. Internet users are willing to see more search engines set up

B. Google and Microsoft’s Bing should help find the searching results

C. These companies should mind their steps, or they will break down soon.

D. These companies need to catch up with the developing needs of Internet users

5.What can be the best title of this passage?

A. Don’t make me “www.wait”.

B. Search engines work faster.

C. Traffic jams keep us waiting.

D. The WWW becomes popular.

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Tips on how to save money

It’s important for you teenagers to know how to save money. If you think it’s a difficult task and don’t know how to do it, please do as the following.

1.________

Make it a habit to write down all that you have spent. And when you find out the total amount that you have paid at the end of the month, you will realize the importance of saving money.

2.________

If you have gone to a shop to buy something and get back some changes, then you can save them in your money jar. And you’ll be surprised at the huge amount of money.

3.________

Maybe you enjoy hosting parties. Invite your friends over to your house instead of a restaurant. You can have a barbecue or play games. It’s a great way to have fun, but at a lower cost.

4.________

Do you like drinking cola or coffee very much? Instead of buying cola, coffee or other drinks with a meal, drink water. Water is better for your health, and drinking it saves you money, too.

5.________

Do you have the habit of not leaving a store without buying anything? The only way to stop that is carrying less money around with you, which will not even help you buy a drink.

Follow these tips above, make small changes in your life, and watch your money grow.

選詞填空

As a child, I would spend hours dreaming about my future. I imagined having a beautiful home, I also 1.of being a teacher, a pianist or world traveler. Dreaming encourage me to set goals and learn new skills like painting, knitting and cooking. When I dreamed, I realized the chances in life 2. endless.

A dream is something that you 3. might happen. Once you have a dream, you can create a goal. A goal is something that you can work 4.in the future. Goals turn dreams into reality.

Perhaps you want to change something about 5.. May be you want to lose weight, exercise more every week or earn 6. grades. You may want to read 10 books this year or travel to another country. These are specific goals.

7.you have a goal, create a strategy that will help you reach that goal. Dreams are free. But goals have a 8.. You must spend time, money and effort to reach them. If you want to learn an instrument, then you must take lessons and practice. It is not always easy, but your hard 9. will pay off.

Finally, don’t give up your goals, At times, you may get discouraged, 10., Work hard and you can reach your goals！

Amy usually eats an a ________ after lunch because it’s her favorite fruit.

Can I borrow your bike? M ________ is broken.

They went on a long train j ________ across France.

Peter felt very n ________ before the job interview.

Bill was o ________ a job in a factory, but he refused to take it.