14．"Our aim is to take our art to the world and make people understand what it is to move，"said David Belle，the founder of parkour（跑酷）．
Close your eyes and imagine you are living in the next two centuries or more．You'll be living in a world filled with smart robots，which will be helping you to take care of your children，or your elderly parents in your home．You'll live much longer thanks to the medicine made by genetic （基因的） science．And mankind may be going farther in space than ever before-you will be living on the moon or Mars．
How should we view the changes that wait for us in the future？Should we be optimistic （樂觀的）about the years ahead，or worried about what the future holds？Some scientists and experts are having a discussion about how technology，science and society will develop in the future．
"I'm looking forward to the day when more technology will come to my life，"says John Searle，a professor at the University of California Berkeley Philosophy，"because I think further research in such areas as genetics，physics，chemistry and medicine will help us to overcome poverty，improve health，and make life longer．"
Hugh Herr，at MIT's Biomechatronics Group，considers very powerful weapons as concern over the future．Another is the growing role of technology in our lives．"Machines'taking over what humans do is not a good thing，"Herr says．
That is a similar concern shared by Daniela Cerqui，a social and cultural scientist．"I am afraid that the long-term future we are building will have no space left for human beings，"says Cerqui．"The main values of our society are related to information that must progress as quickly as possible，and computers are much better than humans in these tasks．"

56．The second paragraph mainly tells usC．
A．how science will develop in the future
B．how people will live in a modern society
C．what life would be like in the future
D．what computers will bring to our society
57．From Paragraph 4we can infer thatA．
A．John Searl is optimistic about the future
B．we should wait to see the changes in the future
C．John Searl worries much about what the future holds
D．further science research will be helpful for making life longer
58．The underlined word"That"in the last paragraph refers toB．
A．The poverty problem in the future      
B．Machines'taking over what humans do
C．The technology of weapons            
D．The health problem of humans
59．The best title for the passage can be"A"．
A．The Future--Full of Hope or Concern
B．Great Changes Will Take Place in the Future
C．The Relationship Between Technology and Humans
D．The Role of Robots and Computers in the Future．

13．A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television，the more likely they are to develop  depression as young adults．
The researchers used a national long-term survey of healthy young teenagers of about 13-16to find out the relationship between media use and depression．They based their findings on more than4000young teenagers who were not depressed when the survey began in 1995．
As part of the survey，the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily．They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio．
Here was the result．The young people spent five and a half hours a day using media and more than 2hours of that was spent watching TV．
Seven years later，in 2001，more than 7% of the young people had signs of depression．The average age at that time was 21．Brian Primack at the University of Pittsburgh medical school was the lead authorof the new study．He says every extra hour of television meant an 8% increase in the chances of developingsigns of depression．
The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of othermedia such as movies，video games or radio．But the study did find that young men were more likely than young women to developdepression given the same amount of media use．
Doctor Primack says the study did not find out if watching TV causes depression directly．But one possibility，he says，is that it may take time away from activities that could help prevent depression，like sports and social activities．It might also prevent a person from sleeping well，he says，and that could have an influence．
The study was just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry．
In December，the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happylives．Researchers from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people．The study found that happy people are more likely to be socially active，to read，attend social services and to vote．

56．Who was in charge of the new study of depression？C
A．Maryland    
B．Pittsburgh   
C．Brian Primack   
D．General Psychiatry
57．What does the word"depression"mean？It's a kind ofD．
A．vote         
B．study   
C．sports
D．disease
58．In 2001，more thanC young people in the research had got the signs of depression．
A.7            
B.21         
C.280            
D.4000
59．What does the writer want to tell us？B
A．Thescientific research can prevent people from having depression．
B．People are sure to benefit from watching TV less while taking activities more．
C．Giving up all the uses of media and this will make you become a healthy person．
D．The researchers will stop the study as it's too difficult to understand the relationship between media use and depression．

12．（B） 目前中學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)任務(wù)重，壓力大，而豐富多彩的業(yè)余生活，有利于開拓視野，調(diào)節(jié)身心，提高學(xué)習(xí)效率．請以"My Spare Time"為題，寫一篇80詞左右的短文，談?wù)勀愕臉I(yè)余生活，如看書、看電視、玩電腦、做運動、做家務(wù)等． 
要求：1．包含提示所給要點，可以適當發(fā)揮拓展；
2．不得出現(xiàn)真實的人名和校名；開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)．
My Spare Time
I am a middle school student．Though I'm busy with my lessons，my spare time is still colorful．
                         ．

11．How time flies!My best friend and I have changed a lot．
My best friend Gina used to be an outgoing girl． She often played soccer with boys after school． She never wore skirts． But now she is very quiet and shy． She often reads in the library and wears white skirts
I'm Eric． I used to be short and thin． But now I am tall and strong． I often play volleyball with my friends． In the past，my math was so bad． Every class was like a bad dream． I'm afraid to ask and answer questions in class． I tried my best to study and often learned form others． Fortunately，I can get good scores on my math exams now． My classmates say I'm a clever and handsome boy． I'm glad to hear that．

Name	In the past	Now
Gina	outgoing	（61）quiet and shy
	（62）played soccerwith boys	reads in the library
Eric	short and thin	tall and（63）strong
	Was not good at （64）math	（65）get good scoreson the math exams

10．Do you know the TV play Mother Tiger and Father Cat？It is an interesting play． The little girl Qianqian is only seven years old． She is in Grade One． Her mother wants her to study hard． She takes her daughter to all kinds of after-schools classes，such as math，piano and swimming． She doesn't let Qianqian go to the zoo or the amusement park． In a word，she keeps her daughter studying all the time．
But Qianqian's father thinks happiness is more important than study，He usually plays with her． Sometimes，he even does homework for her．
Who do you like better，Mother Tiger or Fahter Cat？Do you think who is right？If you want to be happy and get good grades in your study，what would you do？
56．What is Mother Tiger or Fahter Cat？It's a TV play
57．What grade is Qianqian's in？She is in Grade One
58．What does Qianqian's mother want her to do？She wants her to study hard．
59．In Qianqian's father's opinion，what is more important？Happiness
60．Are your parents like Qianqian's mother or father？Qianqian's father/Qianqian's mother．

9．51． What does she like doing？A

A． She likes drawing
B． She likes writing．
C． She likes sining．
52． What time is it now？C

A． It's a quarter to seven．
B． It's half past seven．
C． It's a quarter past seven．
53． What does she look like？C

A． She has short curly hair．
B． She has long straight hair．
C． She has short straight hair．
54． Which aninal is the biggest on land？A

55． If you want to post a letter，which place do you need to go？B

8．A lift is wonderful．It is really only a small room．Rooms usually stay in one place．Lifts travel up and down all day long．
Sometimes a worker stands in the lift．He or she operates it up and down．In modern lifts there is no worker．The people walk in．They know what floor they want．They push a button and the lift goes to that floor．It is all very fast and easy．
Lifts are very important to us．Why？Think about a tall building．Maybe it has twenty floors．Maybe it has fifty or more．Who can walk up all the stairs？Maybe people can climb them one time．Can someone climb thirty floors to an office every day？Can small children walk up to their room on the twenty-fourth floor？Can their mother and father carry food up all those stairs？Of course not．
We can have high buildings because we have lifts．We could not have all the beautiful tall buildings in the world without lifts．They are really wonderful．

51．A lift looks likeA．
A．a(chǎn) small room 　　
B．a(chǎn) small house　　 
C．a(chǎn) small ladder　　 
D．a(chǎn) small stair
52．Which of the following is true？C
A．A modern lift has no buttons．
B．A modern lift has a worker to operate it．
C．A modern lift can go up and down with no worker in it．
D．A modern lift knows what floor people want．
53．If you want to go to the floor you want，youD．
A．a(chǎn)sk for help                  
B．open the door of the lift
C．ring the bell                　
D．push the right button
54．Why do people have to use lifts？BecauseA．
A．they have tall buildings
B．they can't walk up and down
C．old people and children need them
D．lifts are wonderful
55．Choose the best title for this text．B
A．Buttons      
B．Lifts       
C．Tall Buildings       
D．Climbing Stairs．

7．Presents For Children's Day

Charles M．Schulz was born in 1922in Minneapolis，the only child of a housewife and a barber．His interest in comics was encouraged by his father，who loved the funny pages．Charles M．Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948to 1950and Li'l Folks to the St．Paul Pioneer Press．Peanuts debuted（首次露面） on October 2，1950，and ran without interruption（中止） for the next fifty years．Charles M．Schulz died in 2000．

It's a Dog's Life．Snoopy brings all your familiar friends together for great times and fun．

Charlie Brown faces some of life's little challenges with the h elp of Snoopy，Lucy，Peppermint Patty，Linus，and the rest of the gang（一伙） in It's a Big World，Charlie Brown．

The last one is the special edition Peanuts 2000，which includes all the last year's Peanuts comic strip and Charles M．Schulz's famous farewell strip．

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26．Why did young Charles become interested in comics？D
A．He wanted to sell cartoons．
B．His mother encouraged him．
C．Cartoons brought him great times and fun．
D．His father's love for the funny pages influenced him．
27．When did Peanuts first appear in public？C
A．In 1922．
B．In 1948．
C．In 1950．
D．In 2000．
28．Who doesn't belong to the Peanuts gang？C
A．Snoopy．
B．Lucy．
C．Charles M．Schulz．
D．Peppermint Patty．
29．Which of the following appeared last？A
A．Peanuts 2000．
B．Li'l Folks．
C．It's a Dog's Life，Snoopy．
D．It's a Big World，Charlie Brown．
30．What do you think the passage is？D
A．A novel．
B．A menu．
C．A diary．
D．An advertisement．

6．Hum Thomas fell in love with Megan．But then an accident changed in his life，and he had to move to Canada．Magan promised to write to him．But Hum never heard from her …until one day a letter arrived．
He saw the letter came from where he and his father had lived in their early years．Who was writing to him？He turned the envelop（信封）over in his hands several times．Then  he took out the letter and read：
Dear Hum，
I don't know if this letter will reach you，and I don't know why I'm writing to you after all these years，but …
Hum turned to the end of the letter and saw：
Best  wishes
Megan
He couldn't believe it．He turned back to the first words of the letter and read：
…after all these years，but I've just found your letters to me from Canada．Believe me，this was the first time  I'd read them and they made me cry，even after 50 years，I found them in a box of my father's papers．They were never opened．
Hum，I never know that you'd written to me．I thought your life in Canada had made you forget me．Now  I realize that my father kept your letters．I can still remember asking him if there was any letter for me，and he always said："______，my girl，I told you he was no good．"Finally，after about a year，I believed him．
 But why did he keep the letters？Do you think he wanted me to find them when it was too late？Anyway he's dead now，so I can't ask him．All I can say is I'm sorry．Sorry for what my father did，sorry that you never heard from me and sorry for …everything．
I hope that at least this letter reaches you．Of course，I'll understand if you don't want to write back to me，but if you don't do，I am still Magan Jenkins，and I will live at the same adress．
Best wishes，
Megan
Hum read the letter again．Everything with Megan came back to him．He had never forgotten her．He couldn't．Every day he looked at her face on the wall．He had a drawing of her．It had traveled everywhere with him．But to hear from her again …
"Are you all right，Dad？"asked Mike，coming into the room．
（Adapted from Two Lives by Helen Naylor）

42．Why did Hum turn to the end of the letter before he finished the rest of it？D
A．Because he was not interested in the beginning
B．Because he didn't like to read letters from Megan
C．Because he wanted to finish reading it in a short time
D．Because he wanted to know whom the letter was from 
43．Megan failed to read Hum's letters becauseA．
A．her father kept them                  
B．they were lost on the way
C．she moved to another city         
D．he didn't post them at all
44．Which of  the  following sentences can be put in theC？
A．Sorry，it's my fault                    
B．Look up here
C．No，he was forgotten you             
D．Yes，here are the ones from him
45．What can we infer from the passage？D
A．Hum had never got married all these years．
B．Megan was still living with her father in Canada．
C．Megan was sure that Hum would receive her letter．
D．Megan still loved Hum and felt sorry for what had happened．

5．Imagine，one day，getting out ofbed and being at your office in Shanghai in only a couple of hours；and then，after afil11 day at work，going back home to Beijing and having dinner there．
Sounds unusua1，doesn't it？But it's notthat unrealistic，with the deve1opment of China's high-speed railway system．Now it can take us about5 hours to get to Guangzhou，sooner orlater 3 hours to Kunming or Changsha in some months．It's easier for us to trave1．And that's not a1l．China has even greater high-speed railway plan-to connect the counter with Southeast Asia and Eastem Europe．China is negotiating（協(xié)商） to extent its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in10 to15 years，even reaching London and Singapore．IfChina's plan for the high_speed railway goes forWard，people could zip（壓縮） overfrom London to Beijing in under twodays．The new system would stil1 fo11ow China's high-speed railway standard．And thetrains would be able to go346ki1ometers an hour，almost asfast as some airplanes．
China's bu11ettrain，the one connecting Wuhan to Guizhou，already has the World's fastest average speed．It covers1，069kilometers in about three hours．〇f course，there are some technical changes to overcome．It's important to pay attention to every detail．It'll be win-win project．For other countries，the railway network will definitely create more opportunities（機會） for business，tourism and so on，not to mention the better communication among those countries．With high-speedtrains，people wi11 set up factories and business centers in the west once and
for a11（最終）．Andthey'11trade with Centra1 Asian and Eastem European countries．

61．From Beijing to Shanghai，you'11 need a couple ofhours，it'sAfor you to achieve．
A．possible       
B．impossible       
C．unusua1               
D．unrealistic
62．How many hours do we need to arrive in Guangzhou now according to the passage？D
A．Two hours．
B．Threehours．
C．Fourhours．
D．Five hours．
63．What does China havegreater high-speed railway plan？D
A．To connect the counter with SoutheastAsia．
B．To connect the counterwith Eastem Europe．
C．To connect the counter with SoutheastAftica．
D．A and B．
64．How far is it from Wuhan to Guizhou，and how manyhours does it take？B
A.346 kilometers； 3 hours．
B.1，069 ki1ometers； 3hours．
C.346 ki1ometers； 4 hour．
D.1，069 ki1ometers； 4hours．
65．From the passage we canknow．D
A．China is negotiating to extent its own high-speedrailway network to up to17 countries
B．The trains would be almost as fast as some airplanes-346kms an hour
C．People wi11trade with CentralAsian and Eastem European countries withhigh-speedtrains
D．Above a11．