What do you think is the best way to pass an examination? The only way out is to work hard every day in
the school year. If you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard at your lessons only a few days before
the exam, you are sure to fail. If you want to get good points in the English exam, try to read stories in English
every day. Speak English whenever you can. A few late at night studying. Before you start the exam, read
carefully the question, try to understand the exact meaning of each. When you have at last finish your exam,
read over your answers, correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you have not missed anything out.

1. How can we do well in an exam?

A. We should study hard in the school year.
B. We'd better go to bed a bit earlier before the exam.
C. We should read over the papers before handing them in.
D. We must do A、B and C.

2. Learning the rules of grammar is _______ to pass the exam.

A. enough
B. not enough
C. possible
D. not useful

3. Make sure that you _______ before you give the papers to the teacher.

A. remember the rules of grammar
B. have thought over and over again
C. have answered all the questions
D. have read many stories in English

4. The writer thinks that one should _______ if he wants to learn a foreign language well.

A. read as many stories in the language as he can and try speak it often
B. learn the rules of grammar by heart
C. take the exams carefully
D. correct the mistakes before speaking it

5. What the writer said is ______.

A. not useful
B. helpful
C. mistaken
D. hard to understand

      Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you "What is the most important in your
life?" maybe you will say "Computers and the Internet." 
      The first computer was made in 1946. it was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting
smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, "People can't
live without computers today." 
      The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now
it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play computer
games or make friends.
      Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They
make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don't know their real names,
ages, and even sex. They are so interested in making the "unreal friends" that they can't put their hearts into
study. Many of them can't catch up with others on many subjects because of that.
      We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should
remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

1. The Internet can not be used for ________.

A. studying
B. shopping
C. thinking
D. playing

2. When the computer was invented, it was ________.

A. large and worked quickly
B. small and worked slowly
C. large but worked slowly
D. small but worked quickly

3. The Internet was born in about ________.

A. 1960
B. 1970
C. 1980
D. 1985

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Few students like going into the Internet.
B. Students use the Internet to make "unreal friends."
C. These “Unreal friends” often meet each other.
D. Students know the friends on the Internet very well.

5. What does the writer think of the Internet?

A. It is wonderful.
B. It can make students study harder.
C. It is not good for students.
D. It is helpful, but we can't do everything on it.

                                                                  The Giraffe
      The giraffe is the tallest modem land animal. It can be over 5.5 metres tall. Its neck bone may be 1.9 metres
long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones (骨) in its neck, the same number as in the human (人類). Even a
small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long, while
the bones in a human neck are small. That makes the difference. A female (雌的) giraffe gives birth to one baby
at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe
eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.

1. In this passage the underlined word "giraffe" means _______.

A. 鯨魚
B. 長頸鹿
C. 大象
D. 恐龍

2. The number of the bones in a bird's neck is _______. 

A. as big as in a human's neck
B. not so big as in a giraffe's neck
C. much more than in a human's neck
D. much smaller in a giraffe's neck

3. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A. A giraffe has only seven bones.
B. Tile giraffe is the largest animal on land.
C. It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up.
D. All the leaves on the trees will be eaten by giraffes if they live in that region.

4. The baby giraffe is about _______ at birth.

A. 5.5 metres long
B. 5.5 metres tall
C. 1.9 metres long
D. 1.9 metres tall

5. When a giraffe sees a tiger we can guess _______.

A. it will run away as fast as possible
B. it will run to eat the tiger
C. it will make the tiger bring it something to eat
D. it will bring some small animals for the tiger to eat

                                                            Vision-phones (可視電話)
      Radio, telephone and television are widely used in the world, When you switch on the radio, you can listen.
But when you use telephone,not only can you listen to others but also you can chat with them,however, you
can't see anything at all. Television is much better than both of them. People can watch TV and listen to it, but
they can't take part in what they see. 
     Today, some people are using a type of telephone called vision-phone. With it two people who are talking can
see each other.
     Vision-phones can be of great use when you have something to show the person whom you are calling, It
may also have other uses in the future. Some day you may be able to call up a library and ask to read a book
right over your vision-phone, You may be able to do some shopping through it, too. Perhaps In the near future,
vision-phone will come into wide use in our everyday life.

1. According to the passage, we can guess that the _______ was invented last.

A. radio
B. television
C. telephone
D. vision-phone

2. Maybe the vision-phone can take the place of _______ some day.

A. the radio
B. the telephone
C. the television
D. all the above

3. Through a vision-phone we can _______.

A. take medicine
B. order what we need
C. travel around the world
D. try on clothes

4. In the future, you can use a vision-phone to _______.

A. read a book
B. ask an assistant to read a book for you
C. ask an assistant to bring you a book
D. ask an assistant to do some shopping for you

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Vision-phone is more advanced than radio-telephone or television.
B. People will use vision-phone in the future more than now.
C. Vision-phone will be helpful in people's life.
D. It is impossible to do shopping through vision-phone.

      Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1997, scientists
studied works (作品) of art made at different times from 15,000 B.C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in
these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through
history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world's population is left-handed.
      Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person's two
hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right
hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain (大腦).
The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hands and eyes work together, controls the left hand. The
leftside of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings
show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common
among artists than among people in other jobs.
      No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have
found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged (損害) when they
are born. However, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason (原因),
why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person
does not receive the gene (基因) for right-handedness, he/she may become either right or left-handed according
to the chance (偶然性) and the people they work or live with.
      Though right-handedness is more common than lefthandedness, people no longer think left-handed people
are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other
children, but today they don't have to.

1. After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found ________.

A. the art began from 1 500 B.C.
B. the words of art ended in the 1950s
C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

2. How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A. Less than one sixth.
B. More than a half.
C. About 40 %.
D. The passage doesn't tell us.

3. What is the left hand for most people used to do?

A. It's used to find or hold things.
B. It's used to work with things.
C. It's used to make a person's eyes work together.
D. It's the centre for thinking and doing problems.

4. According to (根據(jù)) the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.
B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.
C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.
D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

5. The best title (題目) foe this passage is ________.

A. Scientists' New Inventions
B. Left-handed People
C. Which Hand
D. Different Brain, Different Hands

      Matt Mason has seen the future-and it's fun. Mason likes thinking about how machines can make our lives
easier by doing the work we hate, such as cleaning. He shows a hard floor cleaning system (系統(tǒng)) that's built
into the wall: it will blow dirt to a part of the room where it will be collected by a vacuum (吸塵器). Then the
system will drop some cleaner on the floor and an arm will mop (用拖把擦) it up. "This may trouble you," says
Kara, an expert in Mason's company. "But you can program it to come on at 3 a. m., and it will just wet-mop the
floor for you."
                                                         
      When it comes to the kitchen, Bruce Beihoff, another expert at Whirlpool, is sure that in a few years, robots
will be doing most of the boring work, freeing us to relax. "More than just fun, future kitchens will be
environmentally friendly," he says. "A new system will be built in the house which can recycle energy (能量)
lost from your kitchen to make the whole home warm."
      "The fridge will be the center of the home," says Daniel Lee, a market expert. The fridge will have a touch
screen (觸摸屏幕) where you can watch TV, surf the Internet, check your e-mail, keep a shopping list and
order vegetables. "Your fridge is the first place you go in the morning and the last place at night," says Lee.
      Ever wonder why a 1.9-meter man and a 1.6-meter woman have to cook meals on counters (工作臺) of the
same height. "The height was decided over 50 years ago, according to the height of ordinary women," says Jane
Langmuir, an expert of cooking machines. "But times have changed. We have made a new counter where you
press a button and it moves to whatever height you want." At the same time, Ted Selker at MIT's Counter lab
has made the Dishmaker which lets you make dishes and bowls out of plastics at home. After each meal, the
dishes are changed straight back into plastics.

1. How many inventions are mentioned in the passage?

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

2. In future, if you want to clean your house, you will _______.

A. have a recycling system built in the wall
B. get up early to start your cleaning system
C. use your fridge to give orders to a cleaner
D. leave the work to a kind of cleaning machine

3. What is future kitchen work like?

A. Terrific and relaxing.
B. Easy and interesting.
C. Enjoyable and exciting.
D. Funny and amazing.

4. From the passage, we know _______.

A. people will have more and more time enjoying themselves
B. future kitchens can provide all the energy for our life every day
C. the fridge can be found in the center of a future house
D. people must be expert at computers to use these inventions

      In the new century, "smart clothes" are used not only for covering your body, but for many other kinds of
uses. 1.______ A German clothing maker has invented the "mp3 blue jacket". This kind of jacket can be used as
both an MP3 player and mobile phone. An English company has developed a cloth keyboard that can be put onto
your pants. 2.______ If it gets dirty, the keyboard can be washed and even ironed. As the technology improves,
smart clothes will get much smarter. Researchers are developing clothes that can show your body temperature
and heat you up before you feel cold. 3.______ They can tell the doctor when you are in danger. This
technology can also provide important information about your environment. 4.______ Jackets with GPS
(全球定位系統(tǒng)) technology can keep you from getting lost. People have begun to love the idea. Probably smart
clothes will one day be common on Paris streets-and even in your own home.
A. Shirts can warn you of high pollution levels.
B. Some kinds of smart clothes have come into the market.
C. You can control your computer with it easily anywhere.
D. Other smart clothes to wear are special medical ones.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Smart Clothes in the Market
B. Smart Clothes on Paris Streets
C. Smart Clothes for New Century
D. Smart Clothes with Keyboard