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Jack is a twenty-year-old young man. Two years ago, when he finished middle school, he found work in a shop. Usually he works until ten o'clock in the evening. He is very tired when he gets home. After a quick supper he goes to bed and soon falls asleep. His grandma lives downstairs. She is happy with him.
One day, on his way home, he met Mary. They were both happy. He asked the girl to his house, she agreed happily. He bought some fruit and drinks for her. And they talked about their school, teachers, classmates and their future . They talked for a long time.
"Have a look at your watch, please," said the girl. "What time is it now?"
"Sorry, something is wrong with my watch," said Jack. "Where's yours?"
"I left it at home."
Jack thought for a moment and found a way. He began to stamp his foot on the floor, "Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The sound woke his grandma up. The old woman shouted downstairs, "It's twelve o'clock in the night, Jack. Why are you still jumping upstairs?" Jack was ________ when he finished middle school.
| A．sixteen | B．eighteen |
| C．twenty | D．fifteen |
The old woman is happy with Jack because ________.
| A．he's her grandson | B．he's clever |
| C．he can keep quiet | D．he gets home on time |
The word "stamp" in the story means ______ in Chinese.
| A．盖印 | B．跺 | C．贴邮票 | D．承认 |
Jack stamped his foot on the floor in order (为了) ________.
| A．to wake his grandma up |
| B．to make his grandma angry |
| C．that his grandma was going to tell him the time |
| D．that his grandma was going to buy him a watch |
Have you ever dreamed about sending a letter to yourself or your friends in the future? While express mail represents high speed，there is another type of mail appearing in China as a new business--future mail．
"The letter should be sent next ' Mother's Day’ and not a day earlier!" Lin Xiaofan，a senior high school student in Hefei，instructs one of the companies offering the service．
Lin Xiaofan wrote the letter to her mother in advance to express her love to her mother for next Mother's Day．
"Offering this service makes people slow down and let them understand the meaning of 'time' in another way，" said Zheng Zhimin，manager at a "future mail" company in Hefei． Zheng thinks "future mail" letters are "reminders of care，friendship and love"．
While "future mail" is becoming more and more popular，some people are wondering what will happen if the postal address changes or if the company goes broken before the letters arrive．
Zheng said customers are glad to complete an acceptance form and make an assessment（评估） so they can be compensated（赔偿） if their letters or goods are lost or damaged．
Most of the business' customers are college students and young white-collar workers．Psychologists said young Chinese might have a new way to express their feelings through this service．
"Most people put their hopes and wishes in the letter so they can experience the connection between the past and the present while they receive the letter．It can help people re-understand the meaning of 'time' ，" said Wang Kaiyu，a sociologist in Anhui Province．
Express mail is a（n） ____ way to send your letters．
| A．slow | B．fast |
| C．impossible | D．ancient |
____ are interested in future mail service now．
| A．College students | B．Blue-collar workers |
| C．Old people | D．Young children |
Through the future mail service，people can ____．
| A．forget friendship | B．show feelings |
| C．misunderstand "time" | D．make an assessment |
According to the passage，future mail is ____．
| A．dangerous | B．expensive |
| C．difficult | D．safe |
You had better use future mail if you want to____．
| A．save money from sending express mail |
| B．send a birthday gift to your friend quickly |
| C．talk with your e-friends about your life freely |
| D．express your wishes for your father's next birthday |
Water pollution happens when waste things from many areas are thrown into rivers，lakes and seas．
Agriculture
To get more food，farmers use large amounts of chemicals（化学制品）．When the chemicals are not completely used by the plants，they are washed away by the rainwater into rivers， lakes and seas， which pollute both surface water and underground water．
Factories and industries often release poisonous chemicals into seas，rivers or lakes，which is quite bad for Mother Nature．An example of industrial sea pollution happened in Japan in the 1950s．A local factory had poured waste water with mercury（水银） into the Minamata Bay for 20 years．Tuna fish in the bay took in the mercury and people ate the tuna．Many children were born with birth deformities（畸形）．As a result，people lost their hearing and sight，and thousands of people died in the end．
Sea transportation
When ships transporting oil get damaged on the way，oil spillage（溢出） happens．One major disaster was the Exxon Valdez oil spill．An oil tanker sank off Alaska in1989 and leaked（泄漏） oil into the ocean．To save cost，some ships also poured unwanted oil from their engine rooms into the sea，thus polluting the oceans．
Home activities
If the waste from the washing of clothes and dishes are not treated and poured into the sea，they will do harm to the sea life． Some diseases may also spread．Sometimes，rubbish is dumped into the sea．Farmers use large amounts of chemicals to____．
| A．have more food | B．release poison |
| C．save planting cost | D．plant more crops |
From the example in Paragraph 3，we learn that____．
| A．eating tuna fish is sometimes a great danger |
| B．water pollution is a serious problem in Japan |
| C．factories and industries should be closed in Japan |
| D．water pollution can do great harm to people's health |
The underlined word "release" probably means ____．
| A．释放 | B．吸收 | C．生产 | D．运用 |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．Industrial water pollution |
| B．Agriculture water pollution |
| C．Reasons for water pollution |
| D．Ways to solve water pollution |
"An Englishman，even if he is alone，forms an orderly queue of one，" wrote a famous British author，George Mikes．While this sounds funny，it's a popular English stereotype（刻板印象）．From the supermarket to the subway，queues are a common sight on the streets of Britain．
Here in China，queues are normal，too．It is a part of everyday life．People queue most of the time，from buying tickets in the cinema to waiting for seats at a restaurant．But in certain situations，you'll find yourself in the middle of a rushing crowd，such as getting onto the subway．Even away from the busy subway platform，queues are different．
One day I was standing in line at the supermarket．I left a small space in front of me．Within seconds，a girl walked by and took her place in that small space．I was surprised at first，but later I found these experiences very interesting．It is with these small，everyday differences that I get to live and learn in a new culture．
Back in Britain，the person spends about six months of their life waiting in a queue，according to the auction site MadBid．To pass the time，maybe they tell themselves the famous proverb．．Good things come to those who wait．
From the passage，we know that the English are famous for
| A．being rude and loud |
| B．traveling on subways |
| C．forming an orderly queue |
| D．standing in line at the supermarket |
How did the writer feel when the girl jumped the queue?
| A．From annoyed to calm． |
| B．From calm to angry． |
| C．From surprised to interested． |
| D．From shocked to angry． |
The passage is mainly about ____．
| A．comparing queuing in two cultures |
| B．praising the English for good manners |
| C．calling on people in China to queue more |
| D．explaining why people rush in some situations |
Where would you most probably read this passage?
| A．Novel． | B．Poster． |
| C．Newspaper． | D．Science magazine． |
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Recently using a mobile phone has become a fashion. Do you often send text messages (短信) to your friends or family? If you keep sending text messages over and over again, there may be something wrong with your fingers. Everybody using the mobile phones should be careful. If you don’t, you may get injured one day.
Text messaging or texting is becoming popular. But scientists have found out that texting can give us problems with fingers. Too much texting can make your fingers uncomfortable. When we press small buttons over and over again, we may have a disease called RSI. RSI is short for Repetitive Strain Injury (重复性力损伤).
Harriet Wilson is a doctor. She has many patients with RSI. She says we should check how much time we are spending in typing text messages. _________ we spend more than 10 to 15 minutes every day, we could have such problems in the future.
Mobile phones are getting smaller and smaller. And the buttons are getting closer together. Texting with a smaller phone is worse than using a larger phone with bigger buttons. So it’s a good idea to use a larger phone. If you use a computer keyboard and play video games for long, you may have the same problem. More and more people can find themselves with RSI. What’s the result of keeping sending text messages over and over again?(no more than 8 words)
__________________________________________________________________ Translate the underlined English sentence into Chinese.
__________________________________________________________________Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with a proper word. (one word)
__________________________________________________________________Will we have the same problem if we use a computer keyboard or play video games for long?
__________________________________________________________________Why do we had better use a large phone? (no more than 15 words)
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