“I believe you’re the right person to write an advice column (專欄) for the students called Dear Amy!” Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else.

At first it wasn’t too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer. Then came a letter from a person named Joe.

“Dear Amy,” it began, “I’m in real trouble. I’ve wanted to be a songwriter all my life, but my parents don’t even let me take music lessons. I have a guitar, but they both get angry if I play. I’ve tried explaining, but they didn’t listen. I feel sad. Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree.” The letter signed “Joe”.

Andy thought about this letter for a long time. Should he advise someone to run away from home? Probably not. But didn’t Joe have a right to be a songwriter if he wanted to? Andy thought hard, but couldn’t think out a good answer. Andy couldn’t sleep. He just worried about poor Joe.

At a bar a few days later, Eleanor, a girl in Andy’s maths class, sat down next to him and asked, “ What’s wrong with you? You look a little worried.”

“I guess I do,” said Andy.

“If you get a problem, why don’t you try writing to Dear Amy about it?” asked Eleanor.

Andy sighed. But Eleanor continued, “In fact, I guess Dear Amy is rather busy with other problems. She still hasn’t answered the phony letter I wrote her last week. You’d better read it — it may even make the most hard-hearted person cry! It was supposed to be from a songwriter named Joe.”

1.Andy might be ______.

A．a(chǎn)n editor of the school newspaper

B．a(chǎn) songwriter

C．a(chǎn) maths teacher

D．a(chǎn) doctor in the school

2.It’s clear that Dear Amy ______.

A．helps students who want to run away from home

B．a(chǎn)nswers letters from the students

C．writes songs for the students

D．meets readers at a bar

3.It seemed to be easy for Andy to do the job until _____.

A．he changed his name

B．he received a letter signed “Joe”

C．he met Eleanor at a bar

D．his name was well-known

4.In the letter Joe says that ______.

A．his parents don’t know about music

B．his classmates don’t understand him

C．he would stay away from his parents

D．he would obey his parents

5.The underlined word “phony” means “______”.

A．unreal            B．boyish            C．popular           D．favourite

Look at the center circles of Diagram (圖) A and Diagram B.  Which of the centre circles looks larger? 

Take a first look and you probably think that the centre circle in Diagram A is smaller than that in Diagram B. In fact , they are exactly the same size.

Then look at the picture on the right. What do you see? A vase ? Or two faces? Does the picture change quickly from one to the other again and again? Maybe or maybe not, but you can never see them at the same time. 

"What's happening? Is something wrong with my eyes?" You may wonder at what you see. Don't worry. Here is how it goes:

When we look at things, our eyes send messages to our brains and then our brains interpret (解讀) the information. However, sometimes our brains interpret the received information in a wrong way. It seems that our eyes are playing a joke on us. This often happens and we call it "Visual illusion" (視覺錯(cuò)誤). 

Movie makers often make use of illusions. They make the objects around actors much smaller or bigger than usual. This makes us believe that the actors are much larger or smaller than they usually are. The movies Jurassic Park and Honey I shrunk the kids just make use of illusions.

1.The centre circle in Diagram A looks smaller than that in Diagram B. That's because           .

A. something is wrong with our eyes

B. the two circles are not the same size

C. our brains interpret the information in a wrong way

D. the two pictures change quickly from one to the other

2.What's the right order according to the passage?

a. We look at things with our eyes.              b. Our brains interpret the messages.

c. Our brains tell us what we have seen.      d. Our eyes send messages to our brains.

A．a(chǎn)dbc

B．cabd

C．a(chǎn)cdb

D．bcad

3.Movie makers make use of visual illusions to            .

A．help the actors look better

B．make the actors much braver

C．help the actors become stronger

D．make the actors seem different in size

4.In the picture on the right, it seems that Line AB is shorter than Line CD, but in fact Line AB is as long as Line CD. Which paragraph can explain what has happened to our eyes?___________

A.The second one.

B.The third one.

C.The fifth one.

D.The sixth one.

5.The text is probably taken from            .

A．a(chǎn)n advertisement

B．a(chǎn) science book

C．a(chǎn) movie magazine

D．a(chǎn) story book

A person has been badly injured in a car accident. It is necessary to give him a transfusion (輸血) because he has lost much blood in the accident. However, special care must be taken in selecting new blood for him. If the blood is too different from his own, the transfusion can kill him.

There are four basic blood groups: A, B, AB and O. A single test can tell us a person’s blood group. Everybody is born with one of these four blood groups. People’s blood group, like hair colour, is inherited (繼承) from parents.

Because the substances contained in each group are different, transfusion must be given carefully. Basically, A and B cannot be mixed. A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B. O can be given to any other group, so it is often called the universal donor. On the contrary, AB is sometimes called the universal recipient (接受者). However, before being given the transfusion, patients usually receive only salt or plasma (血漿) until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible. In this way, it is possible to avoid any bad results of the transfusion.

There is a relationship between our blood groups and our nationalities. Among the Europeans, about 42 percent are blood group A while 45 percent are blood group O. The rarest is blood group AB. However, some American Indian groups are nearly 100 percent blood group O.

1.Which of the following shows the correct relationship in blood transfusion? (→ =" giving" blood to)

2.Usually, before being given a transfusion, ________.

A．a(chǎn) person needs to receive salt or plasma first

B．a(chǎn) person needs to have a good rest

C．a(chǎn) person needs to have a lot of food and water

D．a(chǎn) person needs to find the person with the same blood group as him

3.The third most common blood type among the Europeans is _______.

A．A                B．B                C．AB               D．O

4.Which is NOT right according to the passage?

A. A person’s blood group depends on his parents.

B. There is only one kind of blood group in a person’s body.

C. About 13 percent of the Europeans have blood group AB.

D. Most of American Indians can be universal blood donors.

5.Which is the best title for the passage?  

A．Blood transfusion                       B．Blood groups

C．Car accidents                          D．Blood group and nationalities

選擇下列詞匯完成下面對(duì)話。并在答題卡上將相應(yīng)的字母編號(hào)涂黑．(共5小題，每小題1分)

A. take   B. where   C. present   D. enjoyed   E. pleasure   F. broke down

A: Hello, Jim!

B: Hello, Wei Hua!

A: Thanks for inviting me to your birthday party yesterday evening. I _______ 1.it very much.

B: Thank you for your nice present!

A: It was my _______ 2.!

B: By the way, _______ 3.are you going?

A: I’m going to see Uncle Wang. My radio _______ 4. last week. I took it to him to repair yesterday. I’m going to get it back.

B: May I go with you?

A: Why not? His home is not far away from here. It’ll _______5. us about ten minutes.

B: OK! Let’s go.

選擇下列句子完成下面對(duì)話。并在答題卡上將相應(yīng)的字母編號(hào)涂黑。（共 5 小題，每小題 1 分）

A: Whose notebook is this?

B: _______ 1.Look, his name Ted is on it. Let’s go and take it to him.

A: I’m afraid he isn’t at school today.

B: _______ 2.

A: He had a car accident yesterday afternoon and now he’s in hospital.

B: _______3.Let’s go to see him after school, shall we?

A: OK! He’ll be happy to see us.

B: _______ 4.

A: What about outside the school gate at 5 p.m.?

B: All right. _______ 5.

A: See you.

根據(jù)句子意思，用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空，將答案寫在答卷上。（共10小題，每小題1分）

1.For _____________( far) information, you can contact me by phone on 26458299.

2.My car breaks down, and I’m going to have it ______________.( repair)

3.With the ____________(develop) of modern technology, people’s life has improved a lot.

4.Mike is having a meeting on the ________________(twelve) floor.

5.The people in the earthquake area___________________(provide) with food and medicine from all over the world last month.

6.Debbie greets every customer_______________. ( cheer)

7.Everyone should protect and save_______________ (nature) resources.

8.It is amazing for a one-year-old girl to dress______________. (she)

9.Nothing can’t live on the earth _____________( with ) air or water.

10.On ______________( child) Day, some amusement parks are free.

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—— Would you like some__________?

—— Oh, yes, just a little.

A. bread    B. potatoes     C. vegetables

Tom lives on the ________ floor.

A. two B. twice    C. second

—— Excuse me, is this Lucy’s book?

—— No, this is mine. _______is over there.

A. Hers        B. His         C. Its