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It was a great gift to the world from ancient China．Before it was invented，sailors had to depend on the stars to find direction．After it was invented，the oceans were open to travel．And many new discoveries were made with the help of it． |
Gunpowder |
It was one of the greatest inventions．It is said that in the 3rd century a Chinese man wrote about how to make it．At first，it was used for making fireworks．At the end of the Tang Dynasty，people began to use it in wars．The method of making it was brought to the Arab world and Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries． |
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China was the first country in the world to make paper．During the Western Han Dynasty （202B．C．～9A．D．），paper was made in some places in China．It was developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty （25A．D．～220A．D．） by Cai Lun．He made paper with bark，ropes，rags and so on．Before it was invented，the ancient Chinese carved characters on animal bones and stones．They also wrote them on bamboo and wooden sticks． |
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It was developed in 1041﹣1048 in the Song Dynasty．A man named Bi Sheng carved characters on pieces of clay and wood．Then he put ink on them．After the characters were printed on paper，the pieces of clay or wood could be used again．This technology then spread to Korea，Japan and Europe．It was the basic method at that time． |
Compass
Paper﹣making
Printing71．After the was invented，the oceans were open to travel．
| A． |
compass |
B． |
printing |
C． |
gunpowder |
72．At first，gunpowder was used for ．
| A． |
finding direction |
B． |
making fireworks |
C． |
carving characters |
73． developed paper﹣making in the Eastern Han Dynasty．
| A． |
Some sailors |
B． |
Bi Sheng |
C． |
Cai Lun |
74．Printing was developed in the
| A． |
Tang Dynasty |
B． |
Song Dynasty |
C． |
Han Dynasty |
75．The best title for the reading material is ．
| A． |
The Four Dynasties of Ancient China |
B． |
The Four Great Inventors of Ancient China |
C． |
The Four Great Inventions of Ancient China． |
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift (电梯).
If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep. Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
| A．Go home alone late at night. |
| B．Make sure where the public phones are. |
| C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early. |
| D．Always notice the environment around you. |
When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should __________ to make yourself safe.
| A．run home |
| B．turn back and walk towards him or her |
| C．find a lift and go in |
| D．cross the street and go to the other way |
What can you learn from the text?
| A．How to cross the street. |
| B．How to be safe in your everyday life. |
| C．How to use the public phones. |
| D．How to notice the environment around you. |
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| Spanish Dancing Spanish Dancing is fun and easy to learn. Come and learn this wonderful dance from Spain. Place: John Black’s Date: June 15th－July 14th Price: ￥500 Time: 7:30 p.m.－9:30 p.m. Tel: 2711399 |
| Titanic (3D) To know more about the big ship that sank in the Atlantic 100 years ago, come and see Titanic (3D). Place: Wanda Plaza Date: June 1st－23rd Price: ￥80 Time: 8:30 p.m.－11:30 p.m. Tel: 3102768 |
| Country Music Enjoy true American country music. Place: Rainbow Music Club Date: July 2nd Price: ￥300 Time: 7:30 p.m.－11:30 p.m. Tel: 8115608 |
If you want to enjoy country music, you should call ________.
| A．8115608 | B．3102768 | C．2711399 | D．6935094 |
Where can you learn Spanish dancing?
| A．In the cinema. | B．At John Black’s. |
| C．At Wanda Plaza. | D．At Rainbow Music Club. |
You can watch Titanic (3D) at ________.
A.7:50 a.m., June 1st B. 9:00 p.m., June 28th
C. 9:50 p.m., June 2nd D. 7:50 a.m., June 30th
Hello, everyone. Because of the high rate of school violence (暴力) in some areas, teenagers’ safety becomes a serious problem. We are planning to set up an organization, or you can call it a group --- School Watch. It makes sure that students have a safe school environment. Please be part of our plan!
What is School Watch?
School Watch is a volunteer project in our school. It helps us stop violence and improve the quality of school life. It will keep yourself and your schoolmates safe. The other members of School Watch care for you and your classroom, and you do the same for them.
Is it for everyone?
Anybody can become a member of School Watch because everyone has something to offer.
What else can it do?
School Watch makes it possible for us not only to help each other but also to make friends with each other. Some members may offer to help the schoolmates who have problems with their homework.
Who will be the School Watcher?
Our school will look for the School Watcher and give him or her lots of prizes. You could be the one!
How do you join it?
To be part of this plan, the only thing you need to do is to talk to the director of School Watch in your grade. You can check the official website at www.schoolwatch.com if you want to get more information.What is School Watch?
Where is the School Watch?
Who can join School Watch?
How do you join it?
What does the passage tell us?
Tanzania Tarangire is a national Park which lies in Tanzania．The park itself covers an area of around 2,850 square kilometers, making it the sixth largest park of its kind in the country．I recently visited Tarangire to see what it was like．
One of the first sightings upon entering the park which I found was a huge group of elephants．Our guide told us that Tagrangire was probably the best place in Tanzania to find large group of elephants, and that their population in the park was around 2,500．We continued to watch the elephants as they stood under trees and scratched themselves against the trees to hit the spot of an itch.
To the right of the elephant group, we noticed a big tree! Our guide informed us that this was a Baobab tree and that they could live for hundreds of years．Compared with this tree, the elephant just looked like dwarfs (much smaller plants or animals)! We were informed that Tarangire was one of the best National Parks in Africa to see so many Baobab trees．
As we continued our drive through the park, we finally reached a watering hole．Our guide warned us that there were lions all around us．It took us all a while to find them, but there they were! Most of them are resting in the shade under bushes, but there was one that was drinking from the watering hole directly in front of us．We then noticed just to our right, there were a couple of fresh zebra bodies — it seemed as if the lions which were resting had killed them! We were unlucky not to have seen the kill, as our guide had mentioned that the zebra bodies were fresh and the kill had happened within the last hour．
Our final big sighting was one that none of us were expecting to see, even our guide! We stopped at a place where there were quite a many cars, with a sleeping leopard（美洲豹）there! We took photos and watched its surprising body before returning to our hotel as it was getting late．
So, I hope you enjoyed my description of Tarangire, and add this amazing park to your very own Tanzania travel route．
Which statement is correct about the park?
| A．It covers an area of about 2,580 square kilometers. |
| B．It is the largest park of its kind in the country. |
| C．Their population in the park was around 2,000. |
| D．There are a lot of Baobab trees in the park． |
What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 infer?
| A．They moved their bodies against the trees to solve the skin problem. |
| B．They rested under the trees, doing nothing, just for killing the time. |
| C．They helped each other to knock down the dirty things on their bodies |
| D．They guarded their baobab trees, fighting the terrible leopards and lions. |
What does the passage possibly tell us?
| A．A Page from Tanzania Tourist Diary. | B．Animals and Plants in Tarangire Park. |
| C．A Visit to Tarangire National Park. | D．Protecting Animals and Environment. |
Every day, it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us. Look at your own bags and clothes of your classmates. How many different advertisements can you see which use English words? Often, bags and clothes show the name of company that made them. This is a popular form. A special picture or symbol (标志) called a logo is sometimes used. Logos appear on many different products. They are popular because when you see a logo, it helps you to remember that product or company. It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio. Most advertisements are very short. Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence and it is easy for people to say. Nike, for example, has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world: “Just do it.” Advertisements often use funny situations as well. It is simple to remember it. All advertisements are designed to make people buy a product. An advertisement for a soft drink, for example, might show a group of young people who are having fun. The young people are all drinking the soft drink. Advertisements are saying to you, “Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.” You might think that advertisements are not for you, but the next time you buy a soft drink, ask yourself this question: Why am I buying this particular product? From the passage, we know that _______.
| A．all advertisements around us are written in English |
| B．many bags have the name of the company that made them |
| C．having soft drinks makes a person young and modern |
| D．advertisements are only for young people |
All advertisements are designed to _______.
| A．sell you something you don’t want | B．make you young and modern |
| C．make you buy the product | D．show you what you need to buy |
The best title of this passage is .
| A．advertisements all around us |
| B．all kinds of advertisements |
| C．to make people buy a product |
| D．advertisements often use funny situations |
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