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The modern summer Olympic Games which was held in Barcelona, Spain in 1992 was the 25th since it was first held in Athens, Greece in 1896. Do you know the dates and the places of all the 25 Games, and also the total of gold medals (金牌總數(shù)) the first three teams gained in each game? No Date Place Totals of Gold Medals 1 1896 Athens, Greece USA. 11; Greece 10; Germany 7 2 1900 Paris, France France 27; USA 19; Britain 17 3 1904 St. Louis, USA USA. 70; Cuba 5; Germany 4 4 1908 London, UK Britain 56; USA 23; Sweden 7 5 1912 Stockholm, Sweden Sweden 24; USA 23; Britain 10 6 1916 Berlin, Germany Not held because of World War I 7 1920 Antwerp, Belgium USA. 41 ; Sweden 19; Britain 15 8 1924 Paris, France USA. 45; Finland 14; France 13 9 1928 Amsterdam, Holland USA. 22; Germany 10; Finland 8 10 1932 Los Angeles, USA USA. 41 ;Italy 12;France 10 11 1936 Berlin, Germany Germany 33; USA 24; Hungary 10 12 1940 Helsinki, Finland Not held because of World War II 13 1944 London, UK Not held because of World War II 14 1948 London, UK USA. 38; Sweden 16; France 10 15 1952 Helsinki, Finland USA. 40; USSR 22; Hungary 10 16 1956 Melbourne, Australia USSR 37; USA 32; Australia 13 17 1960 Rome, Italy USSR 43; USA 34; Italy 13 18 1964 Tokyo, Japan USA. 36; USSR 30; Japan 16 19 1964 Mexico City, Mexico USA. 45; USSR 30; Japan 11 20 1972 Munich, W. G. USSR 50; USA 33; GDR 20 21 1976 Montreal, Canada USSR 49;GDR 40; USA 34 22 1980 Moscow, USSR USSR 80; GDR 47; Bulgaria 8 23 1984 Los Angeles, USA UAS 83; Romania 20; W. G. 17 24 1988 Seoul, S. Korea USSR 55; GDR 37; USA 36 25 1992 Barcelona, Spain CIS45; USA 37; Germany 33 * Note: GDR is East Germany.

1. By the year 1992, the modern summer Olympic Games had been held ______ times in USA.

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A. one B. two C. three D. four

2. The Olympics was held successfully in Germany in 1916, wasn't it?

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A. No, it isn't B. yes, it did C. No, it wasn't D. Yes, it was

3. From the data (資料) we can see that ______.

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A. every country should hold the Olympic Games in turn B. any Olympic Games should not be called off (取消) for any reason C. no peace, no sports D. if there is a war anywhere, the Olympic Games must be stopped

4. The spirits of the Olympics are            .

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A. more, higher, and stronger B. faster, higher, and stronger C. peace, friend, teamwork

5. The 2008 Olympics will be held in            .

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A. Canada B. Japan C. China D. Russia

Lin Qiao is a student of Grade Eight. She always works hard   31   her lessons, such as Geography, History, Computer Studies. English is her favourite   32  . She thinks that English is as   33   as Chinese, but it’s different from Chinese. A lot of words and expressions are hard to remember. She often takes her Walkman with her, and spends much time   34   speaking English with it.

She often helps others   35   their lessons after she finishes   36   her homework. She is   37   of all the students in Science class. Her classmates all   38   her for her cleverness. In PE class she enjoys   39   softball. She gets on well with other students. She always thinks most of others but thinks   40   of herself, so she really sets an example(榜樣) to others.

31. A. in          B. at         C. for        D. of

32. A. thing       B. game       C. work      D. subject

33. A. special      B. useful      C. boring     D. mixed

34. A. practising   B. to practise   C. making     D. to make

35. A. with       B. in          C. at         D. of

36. A. do         B. doing      C. does       D. to do

37. A. better      B. the better    C. best       D. the best

38. A. pay        B. believe     C. enjoy      D. admire

39. A. play       B. playing     C. to play     D. played

40. A. more     B. least        C. much      D. less

   From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying ,but in the evening and on weekends  they are free and enjoy themselves .Some watch television or go to the movies ;others take part in sports .It is decided by their own interests.

   Almost everyone has some kinds of hobbies :it may be something from collecting stamps to making modle planes .Some hobbies are very expensive ,but others don’t cost anything at all.Some collections are worth(值……的) a lot of money ;others are valuable (有價值的) only to their owners.

   I  know a man who has a coin collection worth several thousand dollars. A short time ago ,he bought a rare(罕見的)fifty-cent piece that cost him $250!He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand ,my youngest brother collects matchboxes .He has almost 600 ones ,but I wonder if they are worth any money .However , to my brother, they are valuable.Nothing makes him happier than to find a new matchbox for his collection.

（    ）31.When are most people free?

         A.From Monday to Friday.

         B.In the evenings and on weekends .

         C.On Monday and Friday.

         D.In the whole week.

（    ）32.Are all  the  collections expensive?

          A.Sure, they are very expensive.

          B.No ,some are very cheap or cost nothing.

          C.No,all the collections are cheap.

          D.The passage doesn’t tell us.

（    ）33.How much did the man pay for the rare coin?

         A.50 cents .  B.250cents.   C.50  dollars.  D. 250 dollars.

（    ）34.What does the writer’s youngest  brother collect?

         A.Coins.  B.Stamps.   C.Matchboxes.   D. T V sets.

（    ）35.People collect some things because of the         

         A.fun  B.business.   C.study.   D.work.

If you have a bottle of water recycled(再利用) from urine(尿), would you drink it? Astronauts at the ISS may soon do so.
NASA(美國航空航天局) said it would use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle water for washing hands, shower water, water for brushing teeth and even urine to make drinking water. It will save millions of dollars each year.
At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters(升) of water every day. It costs about 24 million dollars a year to send water up to the ISS. A liter of water costs about $ 11,000.
The machine will be sent to the ISS later. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all the water used on the station.
Will the water be clean? Different chemicals will be put in the wastewater. The water will be heated to 130℃ to kill bacteria(細(xì)菌). Scientists say that the recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap.
【小題1】NASA will use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to ______.

A．protect the ISS

B．make the astronauts work harder

C．provide better water and food for the astronauts

D．save the cost of sending water up to the ISS

【小題2】At present it costs NASA about ______ dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day.

A．4.4 thousand	B．11 thousand
C．48.4 thousand	D．24 million

【小題3】Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by ______.

A．freezing	B．heating
C．shaking	D．precipitating(沉淀)

【小題4】The passage mainly tells us something about ______.

A．water recycling at the ISS

B．the International Space Station

C．a(chǎn) high-tech machine

D．the cost of NASA

【小題5】Which of the following sentences is TURE?

A．The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap.

B．The high-tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station.

C．The ISS astronauts use more water than us.

D．The high-tech machine can only recycle urine to make water.

1I like to keep dogs at home. Dogs are            ones of all the animals.

A. interesting            B. more interesting       C. the most interesting