22、One day last winter，my dad and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus（馬戲表演）．Finally，there was only one family in front of us．There were eight children．All were perhaps under the age of 12．You could tell that they didn't have much money．Their clothes were not expensive but clean．All of them were standing in line，two by two behind their parents．I could feel that the children had never seen the circus before．They were very excited．

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted．He proudly answered，“Eight children’s tickets and two adults’ tickets so that I can take my family to the circus．” The ticket lady answered the price．The man's wife looked sad．The father asked again in surprise．“How much did you say?” The ticket lady said the price again．The man didn't have enough money．

How could he tell his eight children that he didn’t have enough money? At that time，my dad put his hand in his pocket，pulled out twenty dollars and dropped（掉）it on the ground（In fact，we were not rich）．

My dad picked up the money and said to the father，“Excuse me，sir．This fell out of your pocket．” The man knew what happened at once．He looked at my dad and took my dad's hands．He was so thankful that he couldn't say a word．

My dad and I went back home．We didn't see the circus，but I would never forget that day．

根據(jù)短文內容，判斷下列各句正（T）、誤（F）。（5分）

1．One day last winter，my dad and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the concert．

2．Only eight children were in front of us．

3．The eight children's father didn't have enough money to buy the tickets．

4．The eight children's father dropped $20 on the ground．

5．My dad and I didn't see the circus at last．

21、Sleep

Babies sleep about eighteen hours a day．Mrs. Thatcher and Napoleon both said they only needed to do it three or four hours a night．Sleep．No one can live without it．But how much do we really need?

Research（研究）by the National Sleep Foundation in Washington says that we all need eight hours' sleep every night．Scientists have found that people who sleep for less than six and a half hours a night are more often ill than people who sleep for eight hours．Going without sleep also increases（增加）the chance of serious illness．Workaholics（工作狂）who sleep for less than five hours often die young，and do less well at work．

The scientists found that adults（成年人）usually sleep for seven hours a night，with 32% sleeping less than six hours．

It also says that the idea that we need less sleep as we get older is completely untrue．“People have no idea how important sleep is to their lives，” Dr Thomas Roth，director of the Foundation says．“Good health needs good sleep．”

“But not too much of it，”says Professor Jim Horne of Loughborough University．“Sleep is like food and drink，”he believes，“you would always like to have a little bit more，but that doesn’t mean you need it．” Professor Home studied a group of people who could spend as many hours as they wanted in bed，after ten hours they didn't find it any easier to get up in the morning．And people who sleep for more than nine hours a night die younger than people who usually sleep for seven or eight!

根據(jù)短文內容，選擇正確答案。

1．How many hours a day do babies sleep?        ．

A．8 hours                B．3 hours                   C．4 hours                  D．18 hours

2．It's                   for your health to work without sleep．

A．good                   B．healthy                    C．bad                        D．useful

3．The word “it” means                in the sentence “But not too much of it”．

A．idea                     B．sleep                       C．work                     D．study

4．Professor Horne found it was not             for people to get up in the morning after ten hours' sleep．

A．easier                  B．happier                   C．more important       D．more difficult

5．The passage（文章）is about                 ．

A．spots                   B．food                       C．sleep                      D．drink

18、1．We can learn from the PROFILE below that                ．

A．Kaka is a football player          B．Kaka is from England

C．Kaka is 28 years old in 2008

2．It is very good advice for you to protect yourself                       ．

A．when a traffic accident happens

B．when you go out for a picnic

C．when an earthquake（地震）hits

3．The survey（調查）below is about                    

A．reading books                        B．doing sports                          C．making friends

4．Please read the notice，and find out which of the following is WRONG?

A．Benny and Paula will have a birthday party．

B．Benny and Paula have just moved to a new house

C．Benny and Paula's new house is on 44 Wright Avenue

5．Please read the tour information and find out which of the following is TRUE?

A．Only the students under 12 can have the discount（折扣）．

B．If you set off at 9：15，you can't visit Heartlands and Heroes．

C．If you have only ￥25，you can visit Lech Ness and Legends．

17、判斷下列句子是否符合短文內容。符合的寫（T），不符合的寫（F）

A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls，and nobody liked her．So she was always unhappy and didn't like to talk to others．However，one day，her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip．When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before．She decided to wear it to school．

On her way to school she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her．Many of her schoolmates said "hello" to her，but this never happened before．She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought her them all．She was so happy about all of the wonderful things．Although she didn't tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip，they all wanted to know what had happened to her．

When she went back home after school，her mother asked her，"Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning．"

She understood that she hadn't worn the hair clip to school at all．

It is not important what we wear or how we look．The most important is how we think about ourselves．

1．The little girl was not beautiful because she had no money to buy a hair clip．

2．Her mother didn't like the little girl，either．

3．Most of the schoolmates liked her beautiful hair clip very much on that day．

4．Her mother found the clip by the door after the girl went to school．

5．It is not important what we wear or how we look．

16、Many Chinese students think American students enjoy more freedom than them at school．But American schools also have their rules．If the students break the rules，they will get  punishment，too．

On the first day of a new term，128 students of Morton High School were sent home for wearing the wrong clothes．There are altogether 1,200 students in the school．Usually only 20 students break the school dress rule every day．So the headmaster Theresa Mayerik said it was the worst new term she had ever seen．

At Morton High School，students' favorite clothing such as baggy（寬大的）trousers，low-necked shirts and tank tops（緊身短背心）are not allowed in classrooms．Some students think they have the right to choose what to wear，but the headmaster doesn't think so．“I'd be supportive if half the school was sent home，because 99% will get the message that our school are for education．” “Freedom” does not mean “free of restrictions（約束）”．That is to say there is no total freedom in the world，no matter in the US or in China．

1．Many Chinese students think that                   ．

A．American students are very free at school

B．American students are not so clever as them

C．American students don't love their school at all

2．128 students of Morton High School were sent home for                   ．

A．not finishing their homework

B．being late for school

C．not wearing the right clothes

3．Some students in Morton High School think that they have the right to                     ．

A．decide when to go to school

B．choose what to wear

C．eat and drink in class

4．What does the underlined word “supportive” mean in Chinese?

A．高興的                              B．支持的                              C．害怕的

5．What's the writer's attitude（態(tài)度）to the school dress rule?

A．Agree．                             B．Disagree（不同意）．          C．Not sure．

15、China will be the first developing country to host the Olympic Games in modern Olympic history．It hopes to learn from other countries that have held Olympic Games．As well as new buildings，the government wants more people to work in all the services in Beijing．There will be a lot more people in the city，because of all the visitors to the Olympics．The city will need more places to eat and drink，because visitors eat out a lot．

The government says the Beijing Olympics will be “green”， “hi-tech”（科技），and “the People’s Olympics”．They want everyone to feel part of the Olympics．So the Chinese people are preparing for the Olympics，too．Many people are learning English to work as guides in 2008．

The Beijing organizers（組織者）are making sure everything that is built for the Olympics will be used after the Games are over．So the Chinese people will work for the Olympics and they will benefit（受益）from the Olympics too．When the Olympics are over，the people of Beijing will use the swimming pools and other Olympic sports centers．

1．China will be                   country to host Olympic Games in modern Olympic history．

A．the first                             B．the first developing                 C．the first Asian

2．Why does the government want more people to work in Beijing?

A．Because the services in Beijing used to be very poor．

B．Because many people can't find jobs in their hometown．

C．Because many visitors will come to Beijing．

3．The new buildings for the Olympics will                      ．

A．be used by the people after the Olympic Games

B．be closed after the Olympic Games

C．be only reopened when the next Olympic Games come

4．What does “the People's Olympics” mean?

A．It means that everyone in China will be a player in the Olympic Games．

B．It means that everyone in China feels part of the Olympics．

C．It means that all the Chinese people are rich enough to go to Beijing and watch the Olympic Games．

5．What does this passage want to tell us?

A．The people in Beijing enjoy learning English．

B．The new buildings for the Olympics are very modern．

C．Everyone in China should do something for the Olympics and can also get a lot from the Olympics．