Hawaii is famous for its beaches. Every year water sports, especially surfing and water skiing attract many tourists to the island.
Hawaii has been a magical name to people who like to travel for many years. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean（太平洋） in Japan and in America, dream of seeing these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. In the tropical（热带的） lands, the sun drops like a ball of golden glow(落日余晖) that light the sky in the quiet water.
People often have a quiet, enjoyable time walking along the water. The scenery here is not very different from the exciting beauty that greeted the first tourists to these islands centuries ago. They came in canoes not much bigger than small boats.
They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees（棕榈树）, but there were no grand hotels like the ones we see today. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper（摩天大楼） hotels were only built in the last 25 years. Now planes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francisco.
No matter where people come from, they really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains which are almost hidden by the tall hotels. What’s Hawaii famous for?
| A．The beautiful beaches. | B．the tourists to the island. |
| C．The waving palm trees. | D．Surfing and water skiing. |
What does the sun drop like in the tropical lands?
| A．The sea. | B．A ball of golden fire. |
| C．A glow. | D．The quiet water. |
When did the first people come to Hawaii?
| A．In 1987 | B．About twenty-five years ago. |
| C．In 1012. | D．About two thousand years ago. |
The beauty of the islands _______ for centuries.
| A．has changed |
| B．has greeted the first tourists |
| C．has remained nearly unchanged |
| D．has been the same |
Which is true according to the passage?
| A．People really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii. |
| B．People often have a quiet, unhappy time walking along the water. C |
| C．People only in Japan dream of seeing the beautiful islands. |
| D．People found the beautiful red sand beaches in Hawaii. |
In 1959，when Jean Harper was in the third grade，her teacher asked them to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up．She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot．Her paper came back with an"F"on it．The teacher told her it was a"fairy tale"．Jean was completely disappointed．As the years went by，Jean was beaten down by the discouragement．"Girls can't become airline pilots； never have，never will．You're crazy．"Finally Jean gave up．
In her senior year of high school，her English teacher was Mrs．Dorothy Slaton，a strict teacher with high standards．One day Mrs．Slaton asked this question，"What will you do in the future？"Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm （热情），and with excitement she wrote down the very old dream right away．
The next thing that Mrs．Slaton said changed the course of Jean's life．"I have a little secret for you．You do have unlimited （无限的） abilities and talents．When you leave school，if you don't go for your dream，no one will do it for you．You can have what you want if you try!"
The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared suddenly．Jean felt thrilled and told her teacher about her dream of becoming a pilot．Mrs．Slaton slapped （敲） the desk top，"Then do it!"she said．
So Jean did．It didn't happen overnight．In her l0 years of hard work，even facing all kinds of difficulties，she never gave up her dream．
Eventually，Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain （机长） of the United Airline Company．
（1）Jean's third﹣grade teacher thought her dream to be ．
A．great
B．impossible
C．challenging
D．reasonable
（2）Mrs．Slaton may think that ．
A．Jean is not a nice girl
B．only some of her students have great abilities
C．a belief helps to realize one's dream
D．her students are good enough to enter the best schools
（3）According to the passage，we can infer that ．
A．Jean's dream was always in her deep heart
B．Jean didn't go for her dream
C．most people around Jean were for her dream
D．Jean achieved her dream overnight
（4）What does the underlined word thrilled in Paragraph 4mean？
A．excited
B．surprised
C．disappointed
D．relaxed
（5）What's the best title of the passage？
A．Face Difficulties
B．Dream the Future
C．Voice Your Dream
D．Go for It．
A
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46．What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2mean？
A．You'll make others' life more meaningful with this job．
B．You'll arrive home from work just in time．
C．You'll make much money from this job．
D．You'll succeed in getting this job．
47．The volunteers'key role is to help people with learning disabilities ．
A．get some support B．protect themselves
C．learn some living skills
D．know their own value
48．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？
A．The volunteers needn't work all day long．
B．Free meals are provided for the volunteers．
C．The volunteers should be over sixteen．
D．Only four days are left for those who want to get the job．
49．Which of the following can first be chosen as a volunteer？
A．The one who can drive a car．
B．The one who has done similar work before．
C．The one who can speak English very well．
D．The one who has patience to listen to others．
50．The passage is meant to ．
A．offer a notice B．give a report
C．carry an advertisement D．send an invitation．
A science fiction flying car looks like a normal car，but it is an aircraft （飞行器） that anybody can fly directly from any place to another without using roads or runways．Science fiction writers have written about flying cars for a long time．But now flying cars will soon fly out of the world of science fiction into our real world．And the dream of the science fiction writers will soon come true．
The first﹣known sky car is the FSC﹣1．The FSC﹣1looks like an expensive sports car．You can drive the FSC﹣1on the road like a normal car．If you touch a button，its wings and propeller （螺旋桨） fold out and then it can take off，fly and land as an airplane．The owners of the FSC﹣1can choose if they want to drive or fly．
Another flying car or sky car is the Moller Skycar M400．Although you can't drive it on the roads，it is small and easy to fly and can take off and land like a helicopter （直升飞机）．Urban Aeronautics'X﹣Hawk is another type of sky car．It is expected to be available for about ＄3million．
Just like any new technology，flying cars have taken a long time to be developed．But some experts think the technology is far from what people imagine when they are sitting in traffic．It still needs to be improved．
26． kinds of flying cars are mentioned in the passage．
A．Two
B．Three
C．Four
D．Five
27．The writer thinks that flying cars will be no longer a dream because ．
A．science fiction writers'ideas are stupid
B．they are too expensive to make
C．they will soon be available
D．they are only in science fiction
28．The FSC﹣1can ．
A．change itself into a robot
B．move on water like a ship
C．be flown only like an airplane
D．be driven like a car and flown like an airplane
29．The Moller Skycar is different from the FSC﹣1because ．
A．it can't fly
B．it can't be driven like a car
C．it is difficult to land
D．it is much more expensive
30．Some experts think the technology of flying cars is ．
A．normal
B．traditional
C．not good enough
D．strange．
"I will think of it．"It is easy to say this，but do you know what great things have come from thinking？
Sir Isaac Newton was sitting in his garden when he saw an apple fall from a tree．He began to think and tried to find out why the apple fell．Then he discovered how the sun，moon，and stars are kept in their places．
A boy named James Watt sat quietly by the fire，watching the lid of the kettle move up and down．He wanted to find out why the steam in the kettle moved the lid．From that time he went on thinking and thinking．And when he became a man，he improved the steam engine （蒸汽机） so much that it could easily do the work of many horses．
James Ferguson was a poor boy．Once，seeing the inside of a watch，he wondered．"Why should I not make a watch？"But how could he get the materials to make the mainspring （钟表的主发条）？He soon found he could make it with whalebone （鲸骨）．He then made a wooden clock which kept good time．His motto （座右铭） was"I will think of it．"And he made his thoughts useful to himself and the world．
Boys and girls，when you have a difficult lesson to learn，don't lose heart，and don't ask someone for help before helping yourselves．Think，and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose．
（1）From the passage，we know that some great things come from ．
A．listening
B．reading
C．speaking
D．thinking
（2）The idea of Isaac Newton's discovery was from ．
A．the falling of an apple
B．the cleaning of a garden
C．the falling of a tree
D．the moving of a lid
（3）The achievement of James Watt was that he ．
A．kept thinking
B．found the steam in the kettle
C．improved the steam engine much
D．watched the lid move up and down
（4）The right order of the following sentences is ．
①James Ferguson made a wooden clock．
②James Ferguson saw the inside of a watch．
③James Ferguson made the mainspring with whalebone．
A．③②①
B．②③①
C．②①③
D．③①②
（5）What is the main idea of the passage？
A．Learn to ask for help．
B．A difficult lesson to learn．
C．It is easy to say"I will think of it．"
D．Think，and by thinking you will learn how to think to some purpose．
On the fourth Sunday of every November，most Americans get together around the dinner table to celebrate Thanksgiving．Special traditions in the US have been around for many years．（1） These are four popular Thanksgiving traditions and how they started．
（2） The first Thanksgiving meal was in the autumn of 1621 when the first travelers from England celebrated their first harvest （收获）．But it wasn't made into an official （官方的）holiday until 1863．The first large meal had turkey，fruits and vegetables，which are still common today．
（3） Historians say the first travelers invited Native Americans （美洲印第安人）to the meal to thank them for teaching them how to grow food．Today at the large meal，friends and family will also say what they are most thankful for．
（4） The parade （游行）includes very large balloons that look like cartoon characters and beautiful floats （花车）that carry famous people．There are also many musical performances to watch．This parade started in 1924，and today over 44 million people watch it on TV or in New York City．
（5） People started to watch football on Thanksgiving a few years after the day
became an official holiday．Today，the National Football League takes advantage of this popularity and hosts three NFL games every Thanksgiving．
根据短文内容，从方框中选出五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确．
A．Giving thanks is what the holiday is all about．
B．American football is something people both watch and play with their family on Turkey Day．
C．However，some people don't always stop to think about where the traditions came from．
D．Here is one way to make turkey for a Thanksgiving dinner．
E．A large meal is the important event every Thanksgiving．
F．Every year，there is a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City．
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