阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Mary is getting married next Saturday．Today she asks her best friend Lucy to shop for clothes to wear at the wedding．‘So what are we looking for, Mary,’ Lucy asks．
‘Well, my parents want me to wear a traditional Chinese dress, but I prefer a more modern style．I think I’ll buy two dresses and wear them at different times on my wedding day．’ Mary answers．The girls look in many shops．At one shop, Mary tries on a Chinese-style dress．‘I like it,’ Lucy says．‘Red is a very strong color and represents love and prosperity(繁荣) for Chinese weddings．I think your parents will be pleased． ’
Mary does not look happy．‘I don’t think I look good in red． I think it makes me look too od． What about this blue one?’ ‘Well, that’s a nice dre ss too, but blue is a calm color．It could help you feel calm, but I think you want a happier color for your wedding．If you don’t like red, what about orange? It represents joy and it is a good color for weddings,’ Lucy explains．
After listening to Lucy’s opinions, Mary says, ‘Even though the orange dress would be the best for my wedding because it represents joy, I’ll choose the red dress because it will remind my mother of her own wedding and will make her happy．’ What would Mary prefer to wear at the wedding?
| A．A Chinese dress |
| B．A modern-style dress |
| C．A Chinese-style suit． |
| D．A traditional Western dress． |
Why will Mary buy two dress?
| A．Because she is greedy(贪心的)． |
| B．Because she likes shopping so much． |
| C．Because she has lots of money． |
| D．Because she wants to keep her parents and herself happy． |
What is good about the blue dress?
| A．It makes Mary look young． |
| B．It represents love and prosperity． |
| C．It will keep Mary calm． |
| D．It will make Mary happier． |
What is the passage about?
| A．Different colors for different situations． |
| B．How color affects one’s moods． |
| C．Mary’s choice for a wedding dress． |
| D．Mary’s and her mother’s preferences． |
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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．
When we exercise hard，we burn fat （脂肪）．But have you ever wondered where exactly the fat goes？
Some doctors think that fat is changed into heat and given off in the air．Others think the body burns it．Some even joke that someone comes and takes it．That's why you always weigh less in the morning．
Now a new study from Australia solves the mystery．
"The correct answer is that most of the fat is breathed out as CO2．It goes into thin air，"says the study．
Scientists followed the atoms （原子）in 10 kilograms of fat as they are lost．They found that 8.4 of those kilograms are breathed out as CO2 through the lungs （肺）．The other weight，1.6 kilograms，becomes water and leaves the body．
"None of this is easy to understand because we can't see the CO2 we breathe out，said the study's lead expert．
Does that mean you can lose more weight by breathing more？It is not as easy as you think．Breathing more than the body's metabolic rate （新陈代谢速度）can make you uncomfortable．You may feel dizzy （眩晕的）and become unable to see，move or feel，according to the study．
So how can people lose weight healthily？The key is to eat less and move more．You may have heard this many times．During a day．a 70kg person breathes out about 200g of CO2．So if the same person wants to lose weight，he or she can do some light exercise，for example，walking fast．This can help lose 24Og of CO2．
根据短文内容．选择圾佳答案．
（1）Where is the new study from？
A．Japan．
B．Australia．
C．Canada．
D．America．
（2）According to the new study，where does our fat go when we exercise a lot？
A．The body burns it．
B．Someone comes and takes it．
C．It is changed into heat and given off in the air．
D．Most of it is breathed out as CO2．
（3）What will happen to people if they breathe more than the body's metabolic rate？
A．They will lose weight healthily．
B．They will feel comfortable．
C．They may become unable to move．
D．They may becomc healthier．
（4）Which of the following is the best way to lose weight？
A．Sitting still and breathing more．
B．Sleeping a lot and breathing more．
C．Eating less and exercising more．
D．Eating more and doing some light exercise．
（5）The passage mainly tells us ．
A．where fat goes when we exercise
B．why we can lose weight healthily
C．how we should do some exercise
D．what we should do to burn fat．
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