Good morning，everyone．  1   to the new Sea Life Centre at Plymouth．

     The Sea Life Centre is a really exciting place．There are so many things to   2    here and everything is enjoyable．It costs ￡3.70 for adults，￡2 for children and   3   for over sixties and school groups．It’s    4   from 9:00 a．m．to 4:30 p．m．every day except 25^th and 26^th of December．

      Special  5   include hourly feeding times for all the different animals and fish，and shows in the sea life theatre．   6    is always there to answer questions about what you’ve seen．  7   you are in a group of six or more people，we   8   give you a special guided tour of the centre．But you   9   to arrange (安排)this at the information desk when you  10    ．

      The latest attraction is a big   11   tunnel (隧道)you can walk through．All around you，you will see fish swimming—sometimes even over your head．You certainly have the  12  view(景色) of the undersea world．Children  13   it and it’s really amazing for adults，too．

      When you get  14   ，there is a relaxed family dining room serving food．

      That’s all．For  15   information，phone 01743-564219．Have a good time！Thank you．

1．A．Go                 B．Come                  C．Walk            D．Welcome

2．A．see                 B．do                      C．play             D．take

3．A．little               B．few                     C．less             D．fewer

4．A．popular            B．busy                     C．crowded        D．open

5．A．changes           B．programs             C．a(chǎn)ttractions     D．performances

6．A．Someone        B．Anyone                C．Everyone       D．Until

7．A．When             B．If．                     C．Because        D．Until

8．A．can                B．must                    C．should       D．have to

9．A．decide            B．like                      C．hope           D．need

10．A．return           B．a(chǎn)rrive                   C．leave            D．travel

11．A．metal            B．wood                   C．glass            D．stone

12．A．clearest         B．funniest               C．most relaxing   D．most frightening

13．A．want            B．visit                     C．love              D．find

14．A．tired             B．bored                   C．thirsty          D．hungry

15．A．some            B．more                   C．much                  D．most

Dear Pet,

Without knowing more about you, it’s hard for me to give you some good advice.

But first, I am sure that you are 39  . You said that nobody would care if you left home. What about your   40  ?  And other family members? It seems that you are very 41  . You’d better go to a doctor or talk   42  your parents. They will be able to help you.

Second, I’m sure there’s someone else in your class who feels lonely,   43 . You never know   44 other people feel. Try to make friends with your classmates. And you could 45 a club to meet new people and make friends, too.

You 46  find happiness in yourself. So my  47  advice is to write a list of all the good things about yourself, learn to like yourself, and then  48  will see your confidence (信心)and like you, too.

Editor

Beautiful pictures of mountains and forests, clear skies, flying birds, wild animals, silly faces — you can find them all in one place. 46  ? On a postcard! Have people always sent postcards? No! Before postcards, people  47 sealed (密封的) letters.
The 48  for the first decorated (裝飾的) postcard came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card  49 a border would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, postcards which had pictures on them 50  . By law, people had to write their note on the front—on the picture! The back was 51 for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back (背面隔開的) postcard. Then people could write their 52  on the back left side. And they put the address 53 . During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, people around the world were more and more 54  picture postcards. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million postcards.
Today, postcards are the 55  most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. You can always see or get a lot of newly-designed postcards, especially on New Year's Day.

【小題2】

A．liked B．hated C．found D．lost

【小題9】

A．surprised at B．interested in C．expected by D．worried about

In Singapore, many middle school students spend lots of their time on their studies．Most people think good education is a ticket to success（成功）in their future. So, many of these students try their best to get a good mark in their exams. They have a lot of homework every day and exams are a big trouble. Sometimes, some of them are even made to go to after-school classes.

Schools run activities outside school hours. The students can join in sports and games, music and dance, swimming and climbing, etc. They are also very interested in community service(社區(qū)服務(wù))．

In their spare time, most students like to listen to pop music. Hollywood blockbusters(大片), Hong Kong and Singapore movies are very popular among them. They understand IT very well. Some of them also spend their free time searching the Internet, e-mailing their friends, playing computer and video games.

They sometimes go to cafes, fast-food restaurants, shopping centers and big bookshops.

So, life as a middle school student in Singapore is not easy but it is rich and colorful.

1.Many students want to get good education to be ________ in the future．

   A．popular    B．successful    C．interesting     D．happy

2._____ __ go to after-school classes in Singapore.

   A．A11 of the students        B．Few of the students

   C．Not all the students        D．Most of the students

3. According to the passage，most students in Singapore like     _____．

   A．Hollywood blockbusters    B．writing to their friends

   C．talking to their friends      D．having exams

4. The meaning of the underlined sentence in the passage is       __．

   A．the middle school students' life in Singapore is easy.

   B．the middle school students' life in Singapore is amazing.

   C．the middle school students' life in Singapore is boring.

   D．the m.iddle school students' life in Singapore is hard, but it's interesting.

You have probably heard the expression，“It’s raining cats and dogs outside．”That means 16  it’s raining very hard I not that  17  cats and dogs are falling from the  18  ．However，one day in June，1882，it really did rain  19  over Dubuque，Iowa．The frogs  20  falling along with hailstones(冰雹)during a  21  storm．

    Hail is formed when drops of rainwater are  22  by heavy winds and are carried high up into the air．There the raindrops become frozen．Many drops may freeze  23  to form balls of ice；these ice balls，or hailstones，then  24  to earth．

    During the storm in Dubuque，the strong winds lifted small frogs from nearby ponds(池塘) 25  the air along with raindrops．When some of these frogs became covered with ice，both hailstones and“frog-stones”fell onto the ground．

1.A．that       B．how        C．why        D．if

2.A．careless    B． blind       C．dead        D．real

3.A．hill       B．tower       C．sky         D．building

4.A．cats       B．frogs       C．dogs        D．birds

5.A．stopped    B．enjoyed     C．began       D．forgot

6.A．popular    B．terrible      C．weekly      D．common

7.A．divided    B．a(chǎn)dded       C．changed      D．caught

8.A．together    B．a(chǎn)lone       C．so           D．a(chǎn)lmost

9.A．hold       B．lose        C．keep         D．fall

10.A．from       B．into        C．a(chǎn)fter         D．by