You must have seen ads on TV about hair care products （護(hù)發(fā)用品）. The models have shining hair like jewels （珠寶）. But now to make hair shine is no longer the task of hair care products, because hair can be made into real jewels. Believe it or not, a company called LifeGem in the US turns hair into jewels.
The company is in the business of taking hair from dead people and making it into diamonds （鉆石）. The diamonds are for the families to remember the dead people.
Now the company plans to make three diamonds using Beethoven's hair to show their latest technology （技術(shù)）. The work will take about 7 months and in the end, Beethoven's long hair will become 3 shining diamonds between 0.5 to 1 carat （克拉）in size.
Since the great musician died in 1827, you may wonder how they got Beethoven's hair. Actually, the hair was given by John Rezniloff, who holds the Guinness World Record for the largest and most valuable collection of celebrities' （名人） hair. His collection also includes hair of Napoleon, Albert Einstein,  Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. In total,  the collection is worth over 5 million dollars.
Though it sounds unbelievable （難以置信）, to have such diamonds made with hair may be a good way to show respect （尊敬） and love to those who died.
【小題1】What does the company of LifeGem do?

A．It buys shining hair.

B．It produces hair care products.

C．It uses hair to make jewels.

D．It sells expensive diamonds to famous people.

【小題2】Why does the company decide to make diamonds out of Beethoven's hair?

A．To show the latest technology.

B．To make the biggest diamond.

C．To make the most shining diamond.

D．To help the dead people become famous.

【小題3】How long will the work take?

A．Half a month.

B．One month.

C．Three months.

D．Seven months.

【小題4】What does the underlined word "it" refer to?

A．The collection of celebrities' hair.

B．The making of hair care products.

C．To make diamonds with hair.

D．The Guinness World Record.

Here are two stories from different parts of the world. They seem strange but, believe it or not, they re all true!
John Lee was an Englishman who refused to be hanged! In 1884 the police said Lee had killed an old woman who he used to work with. There was nothing to show that Lee had killed the woman. Lee told the police he hadn’t done it, but no one believed him and he was going to be hanged. On the day of the hanging, however, the door in the floor, through which Lee’s body would fall, did not open. They tried three times but each time the door stayed closed, even though it had worked well the day before. In the end they sent Lee back to prison, where he lived for the next twenty-two years. At all times, John Lee said he hadn’t killed the woman, and he believed it was the "hand of God" that had saved him from death by hanging.
The police in Venezuela (委內(nèi)瑞拉)in South America followed a man home one night. He was the thief they wanted to catch. However, half of his house was standing in Venezuela and the other half was standing in Colombia (哥倫比亞). Venezuela’s neighbor. When the police entered the house, the man ran upstairs to his bedroom, which was in Colombia, and called his lawyer (律師). The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia so they could not enter the bedroom. They asked the police in Colombia to help. The Colombian police refused to help because the man’s crime (罪行)was not a crime in Colombia. In the end, the Venezuelan police gave up and went back to the police station.
【小題1】The underlined（下劃線) word "hanged" in this passage probably means _.

A．shut in a room »

B．questioned by the police

C．killed by putting a rope around the neck

D．kept in a place

【小題2】 What do we¹ know about the door in the floor?

A．It had opened the day before the hanging.

B．It had been broken a long time.

C．After three times, it opened.

D．John Lee’s dead body fell through it.

【小題3】From the story we know that the thief’s bedroom was____.
A. in Venezuela B. in Colombia
C. in neither Venezuela nor Colombia I), in both Venezuela and Colombia
【小題4】Why didn’t the Venezuelan police go into the man’s bedroom?

A．They didn’t know where it was.

B．The Venezuelan police were not allowed to enter Colombia.

C．The police in Colombia told them that (hey would help.

D．The police in Colombia told them not to go inside.

【小題5】 The police in Colombia didn’t help the police in Venezuela to catch the thief because

A．they didn’t know where he was

B．the police in Venezuela didn’t ask for help

C．the man’s lawyer told them not to help

D．the man’s crime was not a crime in Colombia

We kids have different ways to get in touch with each other now. And for the old, they’d like to go to the market or     26      each other’s houses, but for the young, we kids needn’t follow the     27     of doing so.
The easiest way for us to get in touch and make    28     is to use the Internet services, like QQ. A lot of websites such as www.qq.com have     29    in the last few years and offered such kinds of     30     for free. So we can make friends    31     through the Internet. Maybe we do not    32    all these “friend” well. We add friends only    33    we seem cooler with more friends online.
Then how do we kids keep in touch with friends online? We make it by posting our     34      to each other. At times , “friends”     35     “be missing” for months without a message. Is this the friendship in the 21^st century?
Of course, using these Internet services is not     36    for saying “ Hi, what’s up?” Some of us have found long-lost classmates and friends     37    these websites. And at times we     38  a time to go to a movie or get together. What’s more, we kids can      39     our friends’ favourite music when we are on the Internet.
Believe it or not, these Internet services will be    40     for a while, and it is really a convenient way for us to keep in touch.

【小題1】

A．visit B．enjoy C．like D．build

【小題2】

A．chances B．thoughts C．ways D．plans

【小題3】

A．quarrels B．friends C．sentences D．jokes

【小題4】

A．gone B．had C．turned D．a(chǎn)ppeared

【小題5】

A．computers B．services C．books D．rooms

【小題6】

A．easily B．loudly C．a(chǎn)ctually D．early

【小題7】

A．learn B．know C．hear D．teach

【小題8】

A．if B．when C．because D．how

【小題9】

A．money B．paper C．positions D．messages

【小題10】

A．must B．will C．may D．shall

【小題11】

A．a(chǎn)lready B．a(chǎn)lso C．just D．yet

【小題12】

A．through B．for C．onto D．into

【小題13】

A．spend B．kill C．fix D．last

【小題14】

A．listen to B．hear from C．look at D．feel like

【小題15】

A．difficult B．popular C．dangerous D．polite

We kids have different ways to get in touch with each other now. And for the old, they’d like to go to the market or     26      each other’s houses, but for the young, we kids needn’t follow the     27     of doing so.

The easiest way for us to get in touch and make    28     is to use the Internet services, like QQ. A lot of websites such as www.qq.com have     29    in the last few years and offered such kinds of     30     for free. So we can make friends    31     through the Internet. Maybe we do not    32    all these “friend” well. We add friends only    33    we seem cooler with more friends online.

Then how do we kids keep in touch with friends online? We make it by posting our     34      to each other. At times , “friends”     35     “be missing” for months without a message. Is this the friendship in the 21^st century?

Of course, using these Internet services is not     36    for saying “ Hi, what’s up?” Some of us have found long-lost classmates and friends     37    these websites. And at times we     38  a time to go to a movie or get together. What’s more, we kids can      39     our friends’ favourite music when we are on the Internet.

Believe it or not, these Internet services will be    40     for a while, and it is really a convenient way for us to keep in touch.

1.	A．visit B．enjoy C．like D．build

 

2.	A．chances B．thoughts C．ways D．plans

 

3.	A．quarrels B．friends C．sentences D．jokes

 

4.	A．gone B．had C．turned D．a(chǎn)ppeared

 

5.	A．computers B．services C．books D．rooms

 

6.	A．easily B．loudly C．a(chǎn)ctually D．early

 

7.	A．learn B．know C．hear D．teach

 

8.	A．if B．when C．because D．how

 

9.	A．money B．paper C．positions D．messages

 

10.	A．must B．will C．may D．shall

 

11.	A．a(chǎn)lready B．a(chǎn)lso C．just D．yet

 

12.	A．through B．for C．onto D．into

 

13.	A．spend B．kill C．fix D．last

 

14.	A．listen to B．hear from C．look at D．feel like

 

15.	A．difficult B．popular C．dangerous D．polite

 

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Believe it or not: the more TV you watch, the  1.  (little) happiness you get. This is the result of a new study. It shows that unhappy people watch more TV than happy people.

Well, you may say that you enjoy  2.  (watch ) TV. In fact, TV gives you happiness for a short time, but unhappiness for a long time.

Why? It is because, if you watch TV, you cannot take part in many other good  3.  (activity). And sometimes, if you are unhappy, you  4.  (usual) prefer being a couch potato(整天坐在沙發(fā)上看電視的人)，right? Watching TV is relaxing to you.

Then if you want to be happy, what should you do? You can read newspapers, visit  5.  (you) friends, go to parties, … but don’t watch television all the time. Now turn off the TV, and take a walk outside. It’s the  6.  (one) step to being happy!