The children were made ____ 12 hours a day.

It’s sixty kilometers____ here to the school.

--______ we clean the classroom at once?

--No, you _____. You____ clean it after school.

At least thirty times Bobby had tried to climb the snowy mountain, but he had never   46   the top. His friend old Peeper, who knew a lot about his failures,  47  Bobby to try again. He gave Bobby a pair of sunglasses and said, “If it starts clouding over, put on the glasses, or if your feet start hurting, put them on too. The glasses are very 48 . They’ll help you.” Bobby received the gift without much thought.

The day came when he was to have another   49 . About two hours after he started, he felt his feet hurting. Then he  50 what Peeper had said, and put on the glasses. The pain was pretty bad, but   51  the sunglasses he could clearly see the snow-covered mountain top, so he went on.

  52 , clouds were gathering. But this time Bobby could still see the  53 through the clouds. He kept climbing , leaving the clouds behind, forgetting his pain, and finally arriving at the top. It was certainly worth it. His feeling of   54  was extremely good, almost as great as that  55 view. The mountain below was surrounded (包圍) by a sea of clouds. He couldn’t believe that the clouds were as thick as that, so he looked more closely at the sunglasses, and discovered the  56  . Peeper had engraved (鐫刻) the snow-covered mountain top on the sunglasses,  57  Bobby could see it when he was looking upwards!

Bobby __58  that the only difficulty to reaching the top had been losing   59  when he couldn’t see the mountain top. He was thankful that Peeper had used that little trick to help him see that his   60   was never impossible, and that it was still there, where it had always been.

根據(jù)所掌握的文化或背景知識，選擇正確答案。

1.The slogan of the 30th Olympics is ________________.

2.The sign @ on the keyboard means ______ in English.

3.You can see ___ in America.

4.Below are some ideas about America culture. Which of the statements is NOT true?

5.____ can prevent the earth from being hurt by harmful rays from the sun.

6.__________ lies in the center of China. There are over1,000 lakes in it.

Children can spend hours a day looking at computer screens and other digital devices. Some eye doctors say this leads to an increase in “computer vision syndrome(電腦視力綜合癥).”

Nathan Bonilla-Warford is an optometrist（驗光師）in Tampa, Florida. He has seen an increase in problems in children. “A lot more children come into the office either because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red or watery eyes or discomfort, or because their nearsightedness appears to be increasing and they’re worried,” he says.

Dr. Bonilla-Warford says part of the problem is that children may be more likely to pay no attention to early warning signs than adults. “Even if their eyes start to feel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, they’re less likely to tell their parents, because they don’t want to have the game or the computer or whatever taken away,” he explains.

He says another part of the problem is that people blink（眨眼）less often when they use digital devices. He says, “A person who uses an electronic device blinks about one third as much as we normally do in everyday life. And so that can result in the front part of the eye drying and not staying protected like normal.”[來源:Z.xx.k.Com]

Eye doctors offer suggestions like following which is known as the 20/20/20 rule. That means every twenty minutes look away twenty feet or more for at least twenty seconds from whatever device you’re using.

Other suggestions include putting more distance between you and the device and using good lighting. Of course, another way is to spend less time looking at screens. Many experts say children should spend no more than two hours a day using digital devices—with no screen time for children under two.

But not all eye doctors have noticed an increase in problems in children. Dr. David Hunter, from Children’s Hospital Boston, has not seen an increase in his practice. “While it is possible to develop fatigue looking at screens for a long period of time, there’s certainly no proof that it actually causes any damage（傷害）to the eyes.” he says.

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

2.What does the underlined word “fatigue” mean?

3.What can be the best title for the passage?

Every day in China, about 200 million children go to school. Many of them take school buses. What should we do to keep these students safe on the road?

On April 5, the State Council (國務(wù)院) published new rules about school bus safety. These new rules are much stricter than the old ones.

Under the new rules, local governments must make sure that students attend nearby schools or boarding (寄宿的) schools to reduce traffic risks. Also, local governments must help kids in the countryside reach their school buses.

From now on, school buses have a speed limit of 80km per hour on highways and 60km per hour on normal roads. While on the road, other cars must let school buses go first.

The new rules also say that school buses must never be overloaded (超載的). They have a speed limit of 80 km per hour on highways and 60 km per hour on normal roads.

There are many other rules as well. A school bus must have more than seven seats. On each bus, there must be at least one adult to keep an eye on the kids. Each school bus must have a fire extinguisher (滅火器), a first aid box and a GPS.

Last year, a series of school bus accidents happened in China. To stop such accidents, the Central Government decided to strengthen the rules for school buses.

The most serious accident happened in November in Gansu, when a nine-seat minibus crashed. There were 62 children inside, and 21 of them died.

1.Under the new rules, which of the following is NOT true?

2.The phrase “keep an eye on” in Paragraph 6 has a similar meaning to “__________”.

3.According to the new rule, a school bus must have the following EXCEPT __________.

4.The government made new rules for school buses because __________.

閱讀下面短文，根據(jù)所給語境，按要求完成下列各題。

Failure is a part of life. No matter what we do, there are always two results：success and failure. There is no doubt that every one of us wants to be successful, but we can’t always avoid failure.

People have different opinions about the failure. Some people regard failure as a bad thing. They hold that they should always do everything well. If they fail in something, they will lose their confidence. Other people regard failure as a chance to learn. They redo(重做) what they failed to do.（1）They know complaining won’t help themselves.

As an old saying goes, “Failure is the mother of success.” （2）As long as we keep to what is right and correct what is wrong in time, we will have success. In my opinion, failure is not bad, it’s not good, either.

1.根據(jù)（1）處完成下面的句子。（每空一詞）

They ___________________ think complaining ___________________ themselves.

2.將（2）處翻譯成漢語。

_______________________________________________________________________________

3.根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容填空。（每空一詞）

When we fail in something, we shouldn’t _________ but __________ it again until we can succeed.

“USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?” We often hear such discussions. As China open its door, it is a dream for many Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn about the outside world.

It’s true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Their foreign language skills will be improved and it may be easier to find jobs.

But there are problems that should be considered. Language is the first. Students must spend a lot of time learning another language.

Students must also learn to live without parents’ care and deal with all kinds of things they haven’t to do before, like looking after themselves. There are reports about Chineses students abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally. When they have to take care of themselves, it is hard for students to study well.

Finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden to the family. For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it?

We know that there are many famous people who have achieved success through their hard work in China. Liu Xiang is a good example. Once an American teacher invited him there, but he refused. He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games. So when you winder which country is better to study in, think it again.

根據(jù)句意及括號內(nèi)的漢語提示完成句子。（每空一詞）

1.If we see someone cutting in line, we may_______(禮貌)ask him to join the line.

2.I think it is an ______(了不起)invention.

3.The local ______(政府) has taken measures to help solve the flood.

4.She has _____(教) herself to play the piano since the age of 8.

5.The old man has been         (死)for a year.

6.The new cinema was _____(設(shè)計) by a famous artist last year. Most people fall in love with it when they see it for the first time.