— But nobody knows if it tomorrow.

A. won’t rain; rainsB. doesn’t rain; rains

C. doesn’t rain; will rainD. won’t rain; will rain

He was born in London, England in 1955. When he was a small boy, Tim was interested in playing with electrical things. He studied science at Oxford University. He made his first computer from an old television at the age of 21.

Tim started working on early computers. At that time, they were much bigger than now. He worked in England then Switzerland. Tim was really interested in two things, computers and how the brain works. How could the brain connect so many facts so quickly? He had to work with people all over the world. They shared information about computers. It was hard to manage all the information. He answered the same questions again and again. It took a lot of time. It was even difficult for computers in the same office in Switzerland to share information. Tim also forgot things easily. Could a computer work like a brain? Could it “talk” to other computers?

There was an Internet already but it was difficult to use. In 1989, Tim BernersLee invented the World Wide Web (WWW) all by himself. This had a special language that helped computers talk to each other on the Internet. When people wanted to share information with others, they used the World Wide Web. The Internet grew quickly after that.

Tim BernersLee doesn't think he did anything special. He says that all of the ideas about the Internet were already there. All he did was to put them together. He says that many other people worked together to make the Internet what it is today.

Most inventors want to become rich. But Tim gave away the World Wide Web for nothing. He now works in America. He helps people share technology and wants the Internet to be free for everyone to use. Maybe he is the most important but least famous inventor in the world today!

【1】What was Tim BernersLee interested in？

A. Looking for jobs in different cities.

B. Talking to people around the world.

C. Studying how to connect computers.

【2】The underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refers to “________”．

A. Working on early computers

B. Connecting different facts together

C. Repeating the answers to the same questions

【3】Why is Tim BernersLee one of the most important men in the world?

A. He made information sharing on the Internet possible.

B. He made the first computer when he was 21 years old.

C. He helped people understand better how the brain works.

【4】In what order did the following events take place?

a．Tim worked in England.

b．Tim worked in Switzerland.

c．Tim made his first computer.

d．Tim invented the World Wide Web.

e．Tim studied science at Oxford University.

A. c－e－d－a－b B. e－b－a－c－d

C. e－c－a－b－d

【5】What does the writer think of Tim BernersLee?

A. He is not famous because he is not rich.

B. He has changed our lives and he is great.

C. He did nothing special but make people a good life.

The team, called the Chargers, plays in a league (聯(lián)賽) that didn’t allow mixed teams after fourth grade. When the league leader found out that there were girls in the team, he gave the coaches (教練) bad news. The team could keep playing but only without the girls.

Keisha Martel, Kayla’s mom, is one of the Chargers’ coaches. She asked the team to take a vote (投票), knowing it would be difficult for the kids to choose.

“They all said, ‘It doesn’t matter. We’re a team and we’re sticking together (團(tuán)結(jié)一致),’” said Keisha.

The Chargers wasn’t allowed to play for a few weeks, but then the league reversed its decision. The team, girls included, played the rest of the season. They even made it to the championship (錦標(biāo)賽) game — and won!

Kayla has some advice for other teams. “Make sure you are family — you have each other’s back,” she says.

【1】How many girls played for the Chargers?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

【2】What was the bad news the Chargers’ coaches got?

A. Some of them had to leave their jobs.

B. The team had to keep playing without the girls.

C. The team couldn’t play in the league anymore.

D. There would be no basketball team at the school.

【3】What does Kayla’s mom do?

A. She is the league leader.

B. She is a basketball coach.

C. She is a teacher at Kayla’s school.

D. She is the headmaster of Kayla’s school.

【4】The underlined word “reversed” is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A. forgot B. supported C. changed D. made

【5】What’s Kayla’s advice for other teams?

A. They should practice more.

B. Team members should support each other.

C. They should not be afraid of making mistakes.

D. Team members and coaches should trust each other.

Many years ago, a young girl worked as a cleaner at the tailor’s in New York. When at work, she often saw the ladies drive cars to the shop to try on beautiful clothes. They dressed and behaved very well. So the girl thought, “This is the real life for a lady!” After thinking about this, a strong wish came up from her heart. She also wanted to a boss, and became a member of them.

Since then, every day before she started work, she would smile to the mirror so happily, so gently, and so confidently. Although in her working clothes, she imagined herself to be a lady wearing beautiful clothes. She dealt with people politely, naturally and gracefully. So the customers were very satisfied with her. She worked actively as if the shop was her own. As a result, she won the deep trust of her boss.

Before long, she won high praise from her customers. They said, “ She is the most intelligent girl with very good temperament”

“She is very excellent.” The boss also said.

After another period of time, the boss handed over the tailor shop to the girl for management.

As time went by, the girl got a very great name--- “Annette”. Then “Costume Designer Annette” and finally “Famous Designer Mrs. Annette”.

【1】Did her wish come true in the end?

__________________________

【2】How did she deal with her customers?

__________________________________

【3】Why did she win the trust of her boss?

______________________________________

【4】What will you do if you want to be successful? Why?

___________________________________

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內(nèi)容包括：

一、原因：1.考試太多 ; 2.自身勤奮不夠 ; 3.把大量時(shí)間用在上網(wǎng)和玩游戲上; 4.為了騙取家長(zhǎng)和老師高興.

二、你的看法與建議. 參考詞匯：cheating in exams(考試作弊) ; diligent adj（勤奮的）

要求：1、字?jǐn)?shù)80—100左右；

2、圍繞要點(diǎn)可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3、文章開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)入總字?jǐn)?shù).

At present,a number of middle school students have picked up a bad habit——cheatingexaminations.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

As a devoted (忠實(shí)的) son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria (奧地利). The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too. One day in the summer, a band was playing a lively tune (曲子) when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mum, the band is playing for your birthday.” She believed him and had a wonderful day .

【1】Freud was a famous ____ of _____ .

A. doctor; Austria B. general; Vienna C. King; Austria D. doctor ; Australia

【2】From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party , we can see that he was ______.

A. a brave man B. a sick man C. a devoted man D. a man full of humour

【3】One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ______ .

A. for his holiday B. the King Josef’s birthday

C. his mother’s birthday D. his 70th birthday

【4】Which of the four sentences is wrong ?

A. Freud’s mother birthday and the King’s birthday were on the same day .

B. Freud’s mother was so old that her memory was very bad.

C. She knew that the band was playing for the King .

D. Freud’s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summers in the same place.

【5】Freud’s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because _____.

A. the King Josef himself came to celebrate (慶賀) her birthday

B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday

C. she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully

D. she believed that the band was playing for her birthday

Subject: Help! Date: 21/ 10/ 2006 10:02 a. m.

Dear Aunt Aggie,

I’m having a problem with my classmate, Rena, at school. The other day I wrote an e-mail to another classmate, Beth, in which I said some things about Rena that perhaps weren’t very nice. Unluckily, when Beth was writing back to me, she accidentally forwarded（無(wú)意間轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)）the message to Rena! Now Rena is really angry with me and won’t talk to me, and Beth is unhappy as well. She’s said sorry to me a hundred times already, but the harm is done. I feel bad, because I never would have said those things to Rena’s face, but how can I get her to forgive（諒解）me? What should I do?

Joe

To: Joe@ heinfo. net From: Aggie@ yahoo. com

Subject: Some advice Date: 22/ 10/ 2006 10:45 a. m.

Dear Joe,

This problem is more common than you might think! E-mail is very useful, but also very dangerous, as you don’t know where your message might end up! First of all, you should say sorry right away to Rena. Explain that it was a mistake, and that you didn’t mean to hurt her feelings. It may take time for her to be able to forgive you, but that’s up to her. Then you might want to do something nice for her. Perhaps send her some flowers to show that you’re truly sorry. Also, you should remember that old saying: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. ” And good luck!

Aggie

【1】What is Joe’s problem in the first e-mail?

A. Joe made Rena unhappy and he felt very sad.

B. Joe’s classmate, Rena, sent Beth an e-mail and made her unhappy.

C. Joe received a wrong e-mail from Rena and became angry.

D. Joe’s friend, Beth, is unhappy because Joe sent her an angry e-mail.

【2】After Rena’s feelings got hurt, what did Joe do?

A. He emailed her and said sorry. B. He asked Beth what he should do.

C. He emailed Aunt Aggie for help. D. He said sorry to Rena face to face.

【3】What does the underline sentence mean in the second e-mail? It means “______.”

A. because you don’t know who the e-mail is for

B. because you can never know who will get your e-mail at last

C. because you don’t know where your e-mail was written

D. because you never know where the message is from

【4】What advice did Aggie give Joe?

A. Joe, Beth and Rena should have a talk together.

B. Joe should wait for some time before saying sorry to Rena.

C. Joe should ask Beth to explain that to Rena.

D. Joe should say sorry to Rena, and then send her some flowers.

Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after _____. For example, scientists are making a robot to help ______ people. Now many of them have a dog to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.

One robot dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks” ______ its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner’s walk. Meldog talks to its owner by ______. The owner wears a special belt. This belt ______ instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.

In the United States, another ______ of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot _____ the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”.

Robots are also used in American ______. They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave (刮臉) patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost ______ this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.

【1】A. interesting B. strange C. dangerous D. safe

【2】A. others B. another C. them D. themselves

【3】A. deaf B. blind C. old D. sick

【4】A. in front of B. behind C. under D. above

【5】A. television B. radio C. loudspeaker D. mobile telephone

【6】A. posts B. writes C. reads D. sends

【7】A. type B. size C. set D. double

【8】A. guesses B. thinks C. hears D. sees

【9】A. cinema B. hospitals C. museum D. theatre

【10】A. until B. before C. because D. whether

Last week there was a sports meeting in his school. John ran faster than any other boy and won the boy's 800 meters, 1, 500 meters and 3, 000 meters. The whole school knew him. He was very happy. He told his grandma about the good news as soon as he got home.

" I broke two school records today, Granny, " called out the boy.

To his surprise, the old woman wasn't happy. She thought for a while and said, "I'm sorry to hear that. We have no money to pay for them, you know!"

【1】John began to study in a middle school at the age of_________.

A. nine B. thirteen C. eleven D. fifteen

【2】John runs to school every day in order to_________.

A. keep healthy B. win the boy's race

C. make his teachers happy D. get to school on time

【3】John doesn't ask his father to buy him a bike because _________.

A. he doesn't like riding a bike

B. he doesn't like his father

C. his home is near the school

D. he knows his father doesn't have enough money

【4】John _________ after the school sports meeting.

A. ran faster B. worked harder

C. became famous D. got a bike

【5】John's grandma wasn't happy because_________.

A. she thought John had broken some things in the school and they had to pay for them

B. she thought John hadn't done well in the school sports meeting

C. John's father couldn't afford a bike

D. John's mother was ill and they spent much money on medicine

We are now in great danger because of you humans. You're destroying us _____ a terrible speed. You're burning and cutting down millions of us each year. Every day one tree is ___but 30 trees are cut down. What would you do ____ all of us died? Without us, you wouldn't get the ingredients for some of your important medicine, you wouldn't have enough material for buildings, furniture, ____ products. Therefore, air pollution and noise pollution would become more and more______·

The best thing for you to do now is to stop destroying us and start protecting the environment, because we are the best fighters ______pollution!

【1】A. because of B. as soon as C. even though D. so that

【2】A. support B. operate C. prevent D. produce

【3】A. away B. below C. around D. back

【4】A. anything B. something C. nothing D. everything

【5】A. in B. for C. at D. on

【6】A. built B. lost C. dropped D. planted

【7】A. before B. unless C. if D. whether

【8】A. flower B. paper C. water D. glass

【9】A. unfair B. serious C. seriously D. kindly

【10】A. through B. across C. against D. except