In the popular movie Spider-Man, the young man Peter Parker is bitten(被咬) by a special spider.  
Later he finds himself able to climb up buildings like a spider. If you want to be like him, perhaps you can
ask British scientist Jem Stansfield for help. He climbed up an about 30-foot-tall wall with the help of‘two vacuum cleaners(真空吸塵器). Mr Stansfield is a host of a famous BBC's program about science.  He
told people how he did it later. He made two vacuum cleaners into two "vacuum gloves"and a "backpack". He joined them together, so they could hold hirn on the wall.
    "Activitys like this can teach children if you understand the world around you, you can make it work for you. Sometimes boring objects can really do exciting things for you. "said the 39-year-old scientist.

1. Spider-Man. is a______.
A. music
B. special spider
C. movie
D. man
2. Jem Stansfield is a(an)______scientist.
A. British
B. American
C. Chinese
D. French
3. Jem Stansfield used two ______ to help him climb up the wall.
A. hackpacks
B. vacuum
C. vacuum cleaners
D. ladders
4. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Jem Stansfield is a 40-year-old scientist.
B. Jem Stansfield climbed up an about 30-foot-tall wall.
C. Mr Stansfield is a host of a famous VOA's program about science.
D. Mr Stansfield likes doing the same thing again and again.
5. The best title for the passage is ______ .
A. "Spider Man" in life
B. Jem Stansfield
C. Climb the real wall
D. Join us

     Antifreeze is a liquid (液體) that is added to water to keep it from freezing. When water freezes and
turns to ice, it expands (膨脹). The force of water expanding is so great that it will break the hardest
metal. Water is used in car engines (發(fā)動機) to keep them cool while they run, and if this water is allowed
to freeze in winter it can break the iron block of the engine. That is why antifreeze is necessary.
     Water freezes at 0℃；the usual kind of antifreeze will not freeze until the temperature is -40℃. A
mixture (混合物) of five parts of water and four parts of antifreeze will prevent freezing at -18℃; four
parts of water and five parts of antifreeze reduce this to -22℃.
     Alcohol is a kind of good antifreeze, but when the air is running it becomes hot and the alcohol boils
away, so it must be changed very often. Most people use antifreeze that does not boil away when the
engine is running. There are several chemicals that do this. One of the most popular is called ethylene
glycol.

1. People use _____ to keep car engines cool.
A. antifreeze
B. water
C. alcohol
D. ethylene glycol
2. The usual kind of antifreeze freezes at _____.
A. 0℃
B. -18℃
C. -22℃
D. -40℃
3. We use antifreeze in order to _____.
A. keep alcohol in water
B. stop ice from becoming water
C. make the freezing point of water lower
D. raise the freezing point of water
4. Besides alcohol, _____ is another kind of popular antifreeze.
A. water
B. ethylene glycol
C. any chemical
D. any mixture
5. The text is written to _____.
A. tell us what antifreeze is
B. make people buy antifreeze
C. tell us that cars need antifreeze
D. show us how to protect car engines

       Like to chew on pencils?  It's a bad habit that you really should put a stop to.
       On the other hand, schoolteachers may face a challenge that is how to improve their students'
  attention.
       A British design company have launched (發(fā)布) a new product, to help children concentrate at
  school - pre-chewed pencils. The wooden pencils are priced at ?1.50 for a pack of four. British design
  company Concentrate, who developed the product, say that pupils are less likely to put them in their
  mouths because thy have already been chewed. And they say this is a cheap but effective way of
  encouraging students to "get their teeth" into their lessons instead.
       The company, which says it designs products to help kids at school and make clear  why they get
  distracted or are unable to focus in class, claim (聲稱) the chewed end encourages them to get thinking
  right away.  
       "We know it's foolish but just get down to some concentrated thinking and who knows what might
  happen," said company boss Mark Champkins.
       "We began to look at the reasons that children might be distracted , uncomfortable or unable to
  concentrate in lessons- and we set about designing some simple, cost-effective (劃算的) products to
  work out  some of the problems."
       That way, you even don't want to put your mouth anywhere near it.  At least, I don't think you'd have
  the stomach to, do you? 

1. What is the aim of the design company Concentrate?

A. Helping students "get their teeth" into their lessons  
B. Encouraging students chew the pencils
C. Helping students like to use the pencils                          
D. Helping students write homework clearly.

2. The underlined word "focus" might mean _____ in Chinese.

A. 分離的  
B. 聚精會神的  
C. 脫離的    
D. 思想不集中的

3. What did Mark Champkins think of the pre-chewed pencil?

A. He likes it very much because it helps students concentrate on their lessons.
B. It is helpful for students to focus in class but should be improved in some way.
C. Students wouldn't put the pencil anywhere near the mouth or stomach.
D. There is something wrong with the pencil., so he doesn't like it. 

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

A. It is designed by an American company.
B. The pencil has already been chewed.
C. It makes kids hate thinking right away.
D. It makes kids less likely to put it in the mouth.

5. In which page of a newspaper can you most probably read this passage?

A. Business  
B. Advertisement  
C. Science    
D. News

       How can we learn English well? Here is some advice:
       Find out the reason.
       Before you begin studying English, ask yourself, "Why do I want to
study English?" Do you learn English in order to be an English teacher, a
translator or an interpreter'? Do you want to learn F.nglish to communicate with foreigners or to pass some exams?
       Develop interest.
       Interest is the best teacher.  Often, the things we do best in our life are the things we enjoy doing. Like other decisions in your life, studying English
must be something that you would like and volunteer to do.  Try to develop
your interest to study English.
       Set goals.
        When vou know your reason for studying English, setting a goal is
easy.  For example, if you want to travel to an F.nglish-speaking country, you should improve your listening skills and pronunciation.  Whatever your goal is, write itdown.
       Make a plan.
    After setting your goal, the important thing that you should do is to make it come true.  A complete plan is very important to an English learner.
        Have fun learning English!
    Find out a way which you are suitable for. After you have studied for a few weeks, it's necessary to form your own study hahits according to your
situation.
    Lastly, there is a thing that you must remember一'rhat is to work hard whatever you do!

1．Therc are__________ways to learn F.nglish in this passage.
2. lf you want to study English well, you should like it.  Because_____is the best teacher.
3.If you know the reason for learning English, you can easily set your_____.
4. You should make a complete plan and try your best to make it_________
5. Find out a suitable way to learn English and it's_____for you to form your own study habits.

    Meet the car of the future. It can lean（傾斜）when turning a corner, just like a bike.
    The Japanese car maker Nissan made the new car. It is called Land Glider.
It runs on electricity(電力）．
    It is only half the width of a family car,  It only has room for the driver and one passenger.  Because it is small, it can move easily through busy city
streets.
    The top speed of the new car is l00km an hour.A computer in the car
decides how fast it runs and where it goes. When it turns, it can lean to keep
up its speed.
    The car also has a special system. The system can "see" other cars on the
road. It can direct(指揮)the Land Glider away from those cars. Nissan
compares the system to the way fish swim in the sea without running into
each other.

1. In the future, the car can lean when____________,just like a bike.
2. The car called Land Glider is made in__________．
3. The new car can go easily_______the streets of the busy city because it is small.
 4. How fast it runs and where“goes are decided by______________in the car.
5. The____________can "see" other cars on the road.

      Your arms and legs'will become weak if you do not use them for a long
time. When you want to use them again, they slowly become strong again.
Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory
works in the same way.
     When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he
keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his
memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to
become strong.
     If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it'is his own fault(過錯).  But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think
that his parents are to be blamed(責(zé)備) , and few of us know that it is just his own fault.
     Have you ever found that some people can't read or write but usually they have better memories?This is because they cannot read or write and they have to remember things; they cannot write them down in a little notebook. They
have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is the
whole time being exercised. So if you want to have a good memory, learn
from the people: practice remembering.

1. If vou clon't use your__________ for along time, you will find it_______to use them again
2. When someone savs that he has a__________memory,he really means that he keeps his memory by using lt．
3. The more you use your memory, the_______________memory you
will have.
4．If there is someone who can't mflmory something easily, that means he
does not give it_______________to becorne slrong.
5. We should remember a lot of things every day to___________.