Tao Lihua, 14, is a middle school student in Shenzhen．She plays Erhu on the street after school to help her family．Many years ago, her father lost his arms in an accident, and her stepmother （繼母） is now ill in hospital．

The father makes money by selling radios and drawing pictures by mouth with a brush．But they have no money for the mother's illness．

Every week, Tao plays Erhu in Lianhua Hill Park in Futian District in her school uniform．Early in 2006, CCTV reported the girl's story and more and more people began to know her．But the father refused the help from many people, and the daughter still went out to play Erhu on the street．

“I like Erhu and my dream is to be a musician．I'm going to study hard at a university for that．My father always tells mc to make a living through hard work and not to rely on （依靠） other people, “Tao said．

46．How does Tao Lihua help her family?

A．By doing chores． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．By selling radios．

C．By drawing pictures． 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．By playing Erhu．

47．Why does the father draw pictures by his mouth?

　 A．Because he is good at doing that．

　 B．Because he has no hands．

　 C．Because people like watching him do so．

　 D．Because there is something wrong with his arms．

48．What does the underlined phrase “make a living” mean in Chinese?

　　 A．保持紀(jì)錄 　　　　　 B．創(chuàng)建處所 　　　　　　 C．謀生 　　　　　　　　　　 D．創(chuàng)造生機(jī)

49．When did Tao Lihua become well-known?

　　 A．After CCTV reported her story．　

B．After she first played Erhu in a park．

　 C．After she became a musician．　　

D．After her father refused people's help．

50．Which is NOT true according to the passage?

　 A．Tao's family couldn't afford（承擔(dān)得起）her stepmother's illness．

　 B．Many people wanted to help Tao Lihua and her family．

　 C．Tao Lihua doesn't go to school now because she has to make money．

　 D．Tao Lihua wants to take Erhu lessons at a university in the future．

We got up late as usual．My husband decided to water the flowers in the garden    41    

leaving, and when he discovered that he couldn’t manage（處理）by   42   , he asked me for help at the last moment．   43   now we had an hour to get to the airport．   44   , there were not many cars or buses on the road and we were able to get there just in time．We checked in and went to a big hall to   45   our flight to be called．We waited and waited but no announcement was made．In the end there was an announcement   46   us that passengers could get a free meal．The plane hadn’t left Spain for technical problems．We waited again for a long time until late evening   47   we were asked to spend the night in a nearby hotel．

The next morning after a   48   night because of all the planes taking off and landing, we returned to the   49  ．Guess what had happened while we were asleep! Our plane had arrived and taken off again．All the other passengers had been   50   in the night to catch the plane, but for some reason or other we had been forgotten． You can imagine how we felt．

1．A． after                       B． until               C． before                  D． since  

2．A． herself                    B． himself           C． itself                    D． themselves

3．A． So                          B． Unless            C． Although              D． Because 

4．A． Friendly                  B． Luckily           C． Terribly                D． Possibly

5．A． look after                B． wait in            C． look at                 D． wait for

6．A． agreeing                  B． telling             C． asking                  D． shocking

7．A． where                     B． which             C． when                   D． what

8．A． bad                         B． good              C． dangerous            D． interesting

9．A． home                      B． hotel               C． station                 D． airport

10．A． woken up              B． paid for          C． given up               D． agreed with

　　Why is 2004 a special year? Because it is a Leap Year（閏年）! What's so special about that? Well, Leap Year happens only once every four years. And it has 366 days instead of the usual 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.

　　Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar（日歷）in step with the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the whole year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. However, a true year is actually 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. That's the time it takes the earth to travel around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, and we put it at the end of February, the shortest month of a year. Then we have a Leap Year.

(1) How often call we have a Leap Year?

[　　]

A．Every year	B．Every February.
C．Every four years.	D．Every other year.

(2) What is a calendar? It is a kind of clock ________.

[　　]

A．for the whole year	B．only for Leap Year
C．for the usual year	D．for the unusual year

(3) How long does it take the earth to travel around the sun? It takes the earth ________ to travel. around the sun.

[　　]

A．a day	B．a month
C．a year	D．a little longer than 365 days

(4) Mrs Green was born on February 29, 1972. Now she is 32. How many birthdays has she had?

[　　]

A．32.	B．16.
C．8.	D．4.

(5) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A．There were 29 days in February. 1992.

B．Usually we have 365 days ill a year.

C．People who were born on February 29th are very lucky because they can have more birthdays than others.

D．The next Leap Year will be the year 2008.

To learn a foreign language well, you need to spend a lot of time on it. The ___46___ time you spend on the language, the faster you will learn. This does not ___47___ sitting in class looking out of the window, nor listening to other students who do not speak well. This means spending time enjoyably on the ___48___ you are learning.

Listen to the language you are learning on your MP3 player. Read ___49___ you are listening to. Listen to and read things that you like, things that you can mostly ___50___, or even partly understand. One hour of listening or reading is more effective（有效率）than many hours of class time. If you ___51___ listening and reading, you will improve yourself.

Build up your vocabulary lists, which you’ll need lots of. Start to notice words and how they come ___52___ as phrases. Learn these words and phrases ___53___ listening and reading. Read online, using online dictionaries, and make your own vocabulary lists. Do not ___54___ for someone else to show you the language, nor to tell you what to do, and you should discover the language by yourself, like a child growing up. Talk when you feel like it. ___55___ when you feel like. You are learning and improving. The language will become clearer in your mind. Just make sure you spend enough time on the language.

1.	A．worse B．less C．more D．farther

 

2.	A．mean B．point C．bring D．make

 

3.	A．song B．report C．news D．language

 

4.	A．how B．what C．where D．why

 

5.	A．hear B．write C．understand D．check

 

6.	A．finish B．stop C．remember D．keep

 

7.	A．out B．together C．a(chǎn)round D．down

 

8.	A．through B．a(chǎn)cross C．between D．except

 

9.	A．look B．care C．wait D．use

 

10.	A．Speak B．Listen C．Read D．Write

 

Nearly 600 years ago in Beijing，some workers made an excellent bell（鐘，鈴）．It was 6.75 metres high，3.3 metres in diameter（直徑）and 46.5 tons（噸）in weight．Its loud and clear sound could be heard 50 kilometres away at night when everything was quiet．Even now it would be very difficult to make such a wonderful bell．

But then there was a problem：how could they move it to the temple? The big bell was made in their factory：The temple was on the other side of the city．They had to move it through the streets across the city．At that time they had no machine to lift it or move it for such a long way．

Finally they had an idea：they dug（挖）a small river from their factory to the temple．Then they poured water into it．In winter the water in the small river froze to make an “ice road”．They tied thick wood to the bottom of the bell，pulled the bell to the ice and skated it along on top of the ice to the temple．

This wonderful bell，named the Yong Le Bell，is the largest one in China．Now it is stored in the Great Bell Temple in the west of Beijing．

1．Which sentence is TRUE about the Yong Le Bell?

A．It had loud and clear sound．                   B．It was made more than 600 years ago．

C．It was 6.75 tons in weight．                        D．At that time it was very easy to make it．

2．Which of the following is UNNECESSARY for the workers to move the bell?

A．The small river．                                     B．Cold weather．

C．The thick wood．                                      D．Quiet night．

3．What does the underlined word “froze” mean?

A．融化                   B．上凍                    C．上漲                   D．下降

4．What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．How the bell was moved．                       B．How the bell was made．

C．Who made the bell．                                   D．Where the bell was made．