Bananas don’t grow on trees. They grow on a stalk that looks just a little like a stalk of corn. The stalk is soft enough to be cut with a knife. 
It takes about a year before bananas are ready to be picked. Some are as small as fingers. Others are as long as men’s arms. Some banana plants grow as tall as a house – even taller!
Not all bananas are eaten as fruit. Some never get sweet, and they are cooked as a kind of vegetable.
People in most countries never see a banana until it reaches the store. But if you visited a country where it’s hot and rains a lot all the year, you might see a banana plantation, a large farm where bananas grow.
The tasty fruit doesn’t come from a seed but from a root planted deep in the ground. First a stalk pushes up into the air. The leaves grow. In the beginning the banana plant grows very fast – sometimes as much as the length of your feet in one night. Soon, sweet-smelling flowers come out, and when their flowers drop off, bananas begin to grow.
As they get bigger, bananas start turning up. It looks as if they’re growing upside down! Bananas are ready to eat when they turn soft and yellow. Bananas are picked long before this – when they’re hard and green. This is because bananas have to travel many miles before they arrive at a store. On trucks and boats and trains bananas travel all over the world. There are special boats just for bananas and special trains that keep them just cool enough so that they will get ripe while traveling. If bananas are picked when they are ripe (成熟的), they will spoil on the way.What’s the weather like in places where bananas grow?
| A．Dry and cold | B．Cold and wet | C．Wet and hot | D．Hot and dry |
The fruit of banana plants come from________.
| A．a stalk | B．a tree | C．a seed | D． a root |
Bananas are picked long before they are _____________.
| A．green | B．ripe | C．hard | D．red |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．All bananas are eaten as fruit. |
| B．Some banana plants grow taller than a house. |
| C．Bananas get ripe on their way to the store. |
| D．It takes about a year before bananas are ready to be picked. |
A French woman goes to London to see her son. She knows a little English, but can not speak it very well.One day she goes to a shop.She wants to buy a hen(母鸡) for supper.But she can not remember(记得) the English word for “hen”.Just then the shop waiter asks her: “Can I help you?”“I want the egg’s mother ”the woman answered.The shop waiter does not understand（明白） her and says:“Sorry, we have not any bigger(较大的) eggs.”Suddenly(突然) the woman remembers（记起） the word “cock(公鸡)”.She says:“I want the cock’s wife!”This time the shop waiter laughs(笑).The woman goes to London_______.
A.to learn English B.to have supper C.to see her sonThe woman________.
A.only knows a little English B.knows much English
C.doesn’t know EnglishThe shop waiter think the egg’s mother must be”_______”.
A.bigger eggs B.the cock’s wife C.hensThe shop waiter laughs because he ________.
A.understand the woman at last B.think it is interesting(有趣的)
C． does not understand the woman Is the woman clever（聪明的）?
A. Yes， he is. B. No ， she isn’t. C. Yes， she is .
Everybody can suffer from stress．No matter what your age is，you can feel stressed out by things that are happening in your life．Teenagers，however，have many more opportunities to get stressed than people in any other age group．Being a teenager is hard．You are not a child any more，but you are not an adult，even though you have to deal with some very grown-up problems and decisions．Families can be one of the biggest causes of stress，such as problems with parents arguing at home．or problems with brothers and sisters．Teenagers also have a lot of stress from school，either from their teachers or from their friends．Some teenagers also feel stressed about choosing their education after high school．Getting a place at university can be very difficult and some cannot afford to go to university．The stress about getting a job when finishing school is hard for some teenagers．There are so many young people finishing school and not enough jobs for them．Sadly，there is nothing we can do to remove these causes of stress from the 1ives of teenagers，but you can learn the best way to deal with it．Talking to people is one of the best ways to deal with stress．It may sound simple，but it is true．A problem shared is a problem halved．Why is being a teenager often difficult?
| A．Because even though you are not an adult，you must deal with adult problems． |
| B．Because even though you are an adult，you must deal with children’s problems． |
| C．Because even though you are a teenager，you must do a lot of homework． |
| D．Because adults often make them feel stressed． |
Families can add to the stress a teenager might experience ________．
| A．by asking them to go to university |
| B．by helping them with their homework |
| C．as teenagers quarrel with their parents，and their brothers or sisters |
| D．as families never support their children enough |
Why can leaving school be a stressful time for teenagers?
| A．Because they will be leaving their favourite teachers． |
| B．Because many people’s favourite memories are at school． |
| C．Because they may worry about getting a place at university． |
| D．Because they may worry about becoming an adult． |
Why can finding a job after finishing school be difficult?
| A．Because there is a lot of competition for jobs． |
| B．Because there are no jobs． |
| C．Because a job is more difficult than school work． |
| D．Because there is a lot of competition for places at university． |
We can deal with the stress in our life ________．
| A．by not trying to find a job |
| B．by forgetting about our problems |
| C．by getting a place at university |
| D．by sharing our problems with our friends |
Harry’s father bought a magazine which gave its readers information about all kinds of products and helped them make the best choice while buying．
Harry borrowed his father’s magazine when he needed a new computer．“I’ll read it and choose the best one．” He said．
The magazine described these computers．
| The DGT PC450 |
The BNK 975XF: AT $3，200 |
The CGP 8PT |
 This computer comes with lots of good software. However it does not have much memory and is rather slow．At $2，850 it’s not very good value for money. |
 This is the most expensive computer we tested．However it is also far the most reliable (可靠的)．It is very fast and has lots of memory．It is worth the extra money if you can afford it． |
 At only $1，900．It has lots of money and is quite fast．However it broke down twice while we were testing it and we cannot recommend (建议) it for reliability． |
Harry chose the BNK 975XF．“I know it’s expensive，” he said，“but it will be with me for a long time and do everything I want it to do．”Harry wants to buy a computer，so he borrowed ________ from his father．
| A．a computer magazine | B．a magazine about all kinds of products |
| C．a shopping book | D．a book about all kinds of computers |
________ doesn’t have much memory and is rather slow．
| A．The DGT PC450 | B．The BNK 975XF |
| C．The CGP 8PT | D．Harry’s computer |
The CGP 8PT is ________ among the three kinds of computers．
| A．the fastest | B．the most expensive |
| C．the cheapest | D．the slowest |
Harry chose the BNK 975XF because ________．
| A．it is the most expensive | B．it has lots of good software |
| C．it has much memory | D．it would work for him for a long time |
．________ helped Harry to choose the computer．
| A．His father | B．His friend | C．The shopkeeper | D．The magazine |
When I was at university，I studied very hard．But a lot of my friends did very little work．Some did just enough to pass exams．Others didn’t do quite enough．Fred Baines was one of them．He spent more time drinking in the Students’ Union than working in the library．
Once at the end of the term，we had to take an important test in chemistry．The test had a hundred questions. In my room the night before the test，Fred was watching TV．Fred usually worried a lot the night before a test．But on that night he looked perfectly calm．Then he told me of his plan．“It’s very simple．There are a hundred questions and I have to get fifty correct to pass the test．I’ll take a coin into the examination room．I haven’t studied a chemistry book for months，so I’ll just toss the coin．That way，I’m sure I’ll get half the questions right．”
The next day，Fred came happily into the exam room．As he sat tossing a coin for half an hour he marked down his answers．Then he left，half an hour before the rest of us．
The next day，he saw the chemistry professor in the corridor．“Oh，good，”he said，“Have you got the result of the test?”The professor looked at him and smiled，“Ah，it’s you，Baines．Just a minute．”Then he reached into his pocket and took out a coin．He threw it into the air，caught it in his hand and looked at it．
“I’m terribly sorry，Baines，”he said，“You failed!”This story mainly wants to tell us ________．
| A．chemistry is really hard to learn |
| B．there were too many questions for students to prepare for |
| C．good exam results needs hard study |
| D．tossing a coin can not always decide the result |
Fred Baines was one of those who ________．
| A．did just enough to pass the exam |
| B．didn’t work hard enough for their studies |
| C．had too much other work for the Students’ Union |
| D．were quite good at passing exams |
Fred came happily into the exam room because ________．
| A．he had got ready for the exam |
| B．he knew the answers already |
| C．the other students would be behind him |
| D．he had his way to finish the exam |
The chemistry exam in fact ________．
| A．was not very hard |
| B．took the other students an hour to finish |
| C．had more than one hundred questions |
| D．needed to be done by tossing a coin |
The professor tossed the coin to tell Baines that ________．
| A．he was satisfied with his way for the exam |
| B．he wanted to make friends with him |
| C．his way for the exam would never work |
| D．the exam result depended on the coin |
When we talk about stars, especially women stars，it seems that they are always young，pretty and own charming body shapes．But recently a Britain's Got Talent（英国达人）star Susan Boyle has changed our views absolutely(完全地)．
Simon Cowell，one of the judges of the talent show spoke of his shock over Ms Boyb's voice. “This lady came up，and I'm thinking, ‘This will take five seconds and I can go to have a cup of tea.’ That changed when she began to sing I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables. She knew we were going to have that reaction and just to see that look of satisfaction on her face midway through —it was one of my favorite moments,” Cowell said.
The performance was posted On line and before long，the 47-year-old Scottish woman has been famous all over the world．
Speaking from her home in Scotland,MsBoyle said that she hadn't thought of changing her appearance．She said that her friend helped her with make-up．“I mean，that's hardly a makeover.” she added．
Ms. Boyle also spoke of the reason she first began to explore her vocal(歌唱的) talents．”I was kind of slow at school, so getting something like singing was a good way of hiding behind that and thus it built my confidence．’’．Susan Boyle is __________．
| A．a judge | B．a reporter | C．a beautiful lady | D．a Scottish woman |
．Susan Boyle had a look of satisfaction on her face when she was singing because ______.
| A．she was confident of her singing |
| B．she was satisfied with the judges |
| C．she was pretty and in good shape |
| D．she sang the song，I Dreamed a Dream from Lea Miserables |
. What does the underlined word “views” mean?
| A．见解 | B．预告 | C．复习 | D．景色 |
．According to the passage，which is NOT true?
| A．It was the vocal talents that built Susan's confidence． |
| B．Susan Boyle was not good at her lessons when at school． |
| C．Susan Boyle became famous because of her appearance． |
| D．Simon Cowell didn't think Susan Boyle a good singer at the time sight． |
What can we learn from Susan Boyle's success?
| A．It's never too old to learn． |
| B．It's easier to succeed at the age of 47． |
| C．If you have a dream，try to make it come true! |
| D．If you are not able to study well，to be a singer instead． |
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