Once, a circle lost a piece of its own. The circle wanted to be whole, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But it was incomplete, so it could only roll very slowly. It enjoyed the flowers and the sunshine along the way. It talked with worms. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on looking for the missing piece.
Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. The circle put the missing piece into itself. It could be whole with nothing missing. It was so happy and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to see flowers or talk to worms. It realized how different the world was when it rolled so quickly. It felt so sad that it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled away slowly.
Sometimes we are perfect when we lose something. A man who has everything is a poor man in some ways. He will never have hopes, dreams or something better. He will never know someone loves him or someone is giving him something he has always wanted or never had.
We couldn’t be perfect, but we must be brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, kind enough to share happiness with others and clever enough to know there is enough love around us and then we can always live a wonderful time in our lives.
【小題1】
The circle rolled very slowly because it        .

A．spent much time talking to worms	B．wanted to enjoy the sunshine
C．was looking for its missing piece	D．lost a piece of its own

【小題2】
Why did the circle stop when it rolled quickly? Because it        .

A．wanted to enjoy the world	B．found a different world
C．wanted to look for another missing piece	D．thought the world changed so quickly

【小題3】
The story mainly tells us that        .

A．nobody loves us if we give nothing

B．a(chǎn) man who has everything is the happiest

C．losing something may not be a bad thing sometimes

D．we are not whole when we lose something

When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand.
Christie couldn’t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would probably have died at once. She needed two operations, but she survived without serious damage.
Twenty years ago , 90% of all premature(早產(chǎn)) babies died. Today, doctors manage to save four out of every five, because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies.
But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay. The government, an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill. Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.
Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby. But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces, “Sorry, I won’t save your new child.”
【小題1】 Parents don’t pay their babies’ hospital bills because        .

A．they don’t have enough money

B．they would rather save cancer patients

C．doctors don’t care if the babies die

D．it makes more sense to have a bigger baby

【小題2】The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because        .

A．oxygen machine are expensive

B．the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital

C．doctors always charge more than they should

D．four out of five premature babies can now be saved

【小題3】From the story we know that saving a cancer patient        .

A．is easier than saving a baby	B．is harder than saving a baby
C．is cheaper than saving a baby	D．is more common than saving a baby

【小題4】The main idea of the article is        .

A．doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients

B．doctors are able to save premature babies, but the cost is very high

C．having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago

D．Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills

Scientists are placing robotic dogs in the homes of lonely old people to test whether they can improve the quality of life for humans. Alan Beck, an expert(專(zhuān)家) in human-animal relationship, and Nancy Edwards, a professor of nursing, are leading the animal-assisted study on the effect of robotic dogs on old people’s depression (沮喪) , physical activity, and life satisfaction.
In the study, the robot, called AIBO, is placed for six weeks in the houses of some old people who live alone. Before placing AIBO in the home, scientists will collect baseline data(數(shù)據(jù)) for six weeks. These old people will keep a diary to note their feelings and activity before and after AIBO. Then, the scientists will review the data to test if it has produced any changes in the life of its owner.
“I talk to him all the time, and he responds to my voice,” says a seventy-year-old lady. “When I’m watching TV, he’ll stay in my arms until he wants down. He has his own mind.”
The AIBOs respond to certain orders. The scientists say they have some advantages over live dogs, especially for old people. Often the elderly are disabled and cannot care for an animal by walking it or playing with it. A robotic dog removes exercise and feeding concerns.
“At the beginning, it was believed that no one would relate(與……相關(guān)) to the robotic dog, because it was metal and not furry.” Beck says. “Hopefully, down the road, these robotic pets could become a more-valuable health helper. They will record their masters’ blood pressure, oxygen levels or heart rhythms(心律). AIBOs may even one day have games that can help stimulate(刺激) older people’s minds.”
【小題1】The purpose of Beck and Edwards’ study is to _____________.

A．understand human-animal relationship

B．make lonely old people’s life better

C．find the causes of old people’s loneliness

D．improve the animal-assisted research

【小題2】 In the research, the old people are asked to _____________.

A．note the activities of AIBOs

B．keep AIBOs at home for 12 weeks

C．record their feelings and activity

D．study the collected information

【小題3】What does the underlined word “removes” mean?

A．moves again

B．is movable

C．doesn’t need

D．need

【小題4】What is the better point of AIBO than live dogs?

A．It is easier to keep at home.

B．It can help the disabled people.

C．It responds to all the human orders.

D．It can watch TV with its owner.

【小題5】The writer seems to suggest that the future robotic dogs may__________.

A．cure certain diseases	B．keep old people active
C．change people’s ideas	D．look more like real dogs

根據(jù)題中空格后的中文提示，英文釋義或句意，寫(xiě)出句中所缺單詞，使句子通順
1. Have you seen the beautiful             (架子)？They were made in China.
2. The soldier didn’t dare to walk          (穿過(guò)) the thick forest alone at the very beginning.
3. －Where is my lazy cat?－Look! It’s sleeping             (舒適地) in the sun.
4. Scientists are trying to            (grow and improve) some special plants on the earth.
5. ―Mum, there’s nothing in the fridge. ―Do you mean the fridge is       ? －Yes, right.

請(qǐng)根據(jù)句意從方框中選出合適的詞，并用其適當(dāng)形式填空，使句子通順
…important    culture    active    thirty-three    necessary…
1. The principal gave us a talk on the            of protecting the environment yesterday.
2. All of us are grateful to him because he always            helps us solve problems.
3. It’s             to tell him the details of the trip. He won't go with us tomorrow.
4. There are many history and              differences between China and England.
5. ―Who is the              President of the USA?  
―Harry S. Truman.

在下面括號(hào)內(nèi)列舉的科學(xué)家中，對(duì)發(fā)現(xiàn)和完善萬(wàn)有引力定律有貢獻(xiàn)的是              
                          。（安培、牛頓、焦耳、第谷、卡文迪許、麥克斯韋、開(kāi)普勒、法拉第）

在物理學(xué)發(fā)展的過(guò)程中，許多物理學(xué)家的科學(xué)發(fā)現(xiàn)推動(dòng)了人類(lèi)歷史的進(jìn)步。以下敘述中，正確的說(shuō)法是

A．哥白尼創(chuàng)立地心說(shuō)

B．相對(duì)論的創(chuàng)立表明經(jīng)典物理學(xué)已不再適用

C．卡文迪許建立了行星運(yùn)動(dòng)定律

D．牛頓總結(jié)出牛頓運(yùn)動(dòng)定律和萬(wàn)有引力定律，建立完整的經(jīng)典力學(xué)體系

下圖中四幅圖片涉及物理學(xué)史上的四個(gè)重大發(fā)現(xiàn)，其中說(shuō)法不正確的有（   ）

A．卡文迪許通過(guò)扭秤實(shí)驗(yàn)，測(cè)定出了萬(wàn)有引力恒量

B．奧斯特通過(guò)實(shí)驗(yàn)研究，發(fā)現(xiàn)了電流周?chē)�存在磁�?chǎng)

C．法拉第通過(guò)實(shí)驗(yàn)研究，總結(jié)出法拉第電磁感應(yīng)定律

D．牛頓根據(jù)理想斜面實(shí)驗(yàn)，提出力不是維持物體運(yùn)動(dòng)的原因

關(guān)于科學(xué)家和他們的貢獻(xiàn)，下列說(shuō)法中正確的是

A．安培首先發(fā)現(xiàn)了電流的磁效應(yīng)

B．伽利略認(rèn)為自由落體運(yùn)動(dòng)是速度隨位移均勻變化的運(yùn)動(dòng)

C．牛頓發(fā)現(xiàn)了萬(wàn)有引力定律，并計(jì)算出太陽(yáng)與地球間引力的大小

D．法拉第提出了電場(chǎng)的觀點(diǎn)，說(shuō)明處于電場(chǎng)中電荷所受到的力是電場(chǎng)給予的

關(guān)于科學(xué)家和他們的貢獻(xiàn)，下列說(shuō)法正確的是                                      （   ）

A．楞次首先發(fā)現(xiàn)了電磁感應(yīng)現(xiàn)象

B．安培首先發(fā)現(xiàn)電流周?chē)�存在磁�?chǎng)

C．庫(kù)侖利用組秤裝置，發(fā)現(xiàn)了點(diǎn)電荷間的作用力與電荷間距離的平方成反比

D．法拉第提出電荷周?chē)�存在“�?chǎng)”，并創(chuàng)造性地用“電力線（即電場(chǎng)線）”形象地描述電場(chǎng)