29、Have you ever seen a rainbow(彩虹) in the sky? Do you know what it is?

A story says that when you see a rainbow you should   1     at once to the place where it touches（觸摸）the ground, and   2    you would find a bag of gold. Of course, it is not   3  . You could not find the bag of gold, nor could you ever find its end. No matter how   4    you run, it always seems far away.

A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our   5    as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect (效果) of light shining on raindrops（雨滴）. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colors which we see.

   It is   6    a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow (弓).

That is   7    we can never see a rainbow in a clear   8   . We see rainbows   9    when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds. Every rainbow has many colors in the same order. The first of the top color is always red, next    10    orange, then green, and last of all blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.

1. A. run             B. walk         C. jump            D. stand

2. A. where           B. there          C. here            D. near

3. A. good            B. wrong         C. beautiful         D. true

4. A. long            B. short          C. far              D. difficult

5. A. hands           B. legs           C. heads           D. eyes

6. A. called           B. spoken        C. meant           D. asked

7. A. because         B. why           C. so              D. that

8. A. space           B. sky            C. fields           D. water

9. A. hardly          B. really          C. only             D. usually

10. A. goes           B. sees           C. covers           D. comes

28、– What can I do for you?

– I want _________ MP 4 player for my daughter.

A. a                                    B. an                   C. the            D. 不填

27、– Hello！May I speak to Tina, please?

– Sorry, I’m afraid you have the wrong ____________.

A. name                       B. way              C. number       D. telephone

25、   Last year, we spent Christmas and New Year in Queensland, Australia. The beaches there were beautiful, and we spent a lot of time playing by the sea, swimming and surfing. One day, we were on a beach just south of a city called Cairns. My little sister was looking for shells in the sand down near the waves when she shouted to me, “Hey, Lan! Look what I’ve found!” I ran down to have a look, and saw her pointing at a strange black object that was half buried (掩埋) in the sand, “What is it?” she asked. I said I didn’t know.

   Just then, my father came over, “Are you enjoying yourselves, you two?” he asked. Then he saw the strange black thing. “What’s that?” he said, bending down to take a closer look. Suddenly, he said, “Quick kids, get away from here. Go and play somewhere else.”

   We went and played further down the beach, while Dad ran up to the shop near the beach to make a phone call. About 20 minutes later, we heard the noise of cars and trucks arriving, and a lot of soldiers ran onto the beach. They told everyone to leave the beach and stay away from it.

About half an hour later, we were sitting with Dad in a café a few hundred meters from the beach, when we heard an enormous explosion (爆炸). “What was that?” we asked Dad. “That was the thing you found,” he said. “One of the soldiers down there told me it was a Japanese bomb（炸彈）from World WarⅡ. Sometimes they get washed up on the beaches here.”

1. The object they found was _______.

   A. in the sand near the water                    B. in the sea

   C. lying on the beach                                  D. floating (漂) on the sea

2. When Dad saw the object, he _______.

   A. told the kids to play with it somewhere else      B. knew it was something dangerous

   C. decided to move it quickly                           D. picked it up to take a closer look

3. Dad went to a shop near the beach_______.

   A. to meet the soldiers                             B. to buy some drinks for the kids

   C. to call for help                                 D. in order to get away from the beach

4. The bomb on the beach_______.

   A. was washed up by accident                      B. killed many people

   C. was put there by the Japanese             D. was carried away by the Australian soldiers

24、   Take a class at Dulangkou School, and you’ll see lots of things different from other schools. You can see the desks are not in rows and students sit in groups. They put their desks together so they’re facing each other. How can they see the blackboard? There are three blackboards on the three walls of the classroom!

   The school calls the new way of learning “Tuantuanzuo”, meaning sitting in groups. Wei Liying, a Junior 3 teacher, said it was to give students more chance to communicate.

   Each group has five or six students, according to Wei, and they play different roles (角色). There is a team leader who takes care of the whole group. There is a “study leader” who makes sure that everyone finishes their homework. And there is a discipline (紀(jì)律) leader who makes sure that nobody chats in class.

   Wang Lin is a team leader. The 15-year-old said that having to deal with so many things was tiring.

   “I just looked after my own business before,” said Wang. “But now I have to think about my five group members.”

   But Wang has got used to it and can see the benefits (好處) now.

   “I used to speak too little. But being a team leader means you have to talk a lot. You could even call me an excellent speaker today.”

    Zhang Qi, 16, was weak in English. She used to get about 70 in English tests. But in a recent test, Zhang got a grade of more than 80.

   “I rarely（很少）asked others when I had problems with my English. But now I can ask the team leader or study leader. They are really helpful.”

1. What makes Dulangkou School different from others? __________

   A. The students’ desks are in rows.   　　　     B. Students sit and study in groups.

   C. There are three blackboards in the classroom.   D. Both B and C.

2. A discipline leader is supposed to __________.

   A. take care of the whole group

   B. make sure that everybody finishes homework

   C. make sure that nobody chats in class

   D. collect all the homework and hand it in to teachers

3. The new way of learning is said to give students more chance to __________.

   A. chat with each other                                       B. listen to the teachers

   C. make friends                                      D. communicate

4. We can tell from the story that some students __________ this new way of learning.

   A. get benefits from        B. are tired of         C. cannot get used to     D. hate

23、Back into the past…

   1932  Liu Changchun (1901—1983) joined the 10th Olympic Games in Los Angeles, US. He is the first Chinese to attend (參加) Olympics. He took part in the 100m and 200m race.

   1952  The People’s Republic (共和國) of China sent its first delegation to the 15th Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.This delegation had 40 people. But they arrived too late and missed most of the events.

   1984 China’s first Olympics after its return to the IOC. China sent a large delegation to the 23rd Games in Los Angeles, US.

   Xu Haifeng won a gold medal in the 50m pistol (手槍) shooting. It was China’s first Olympic gold medal.

   1996 China got 16 gold medals in the 26th Atlanta Olympics. It was fourth on the gold medal list. Wang Junxia won a gold medal in the 5,000m race, and broke the world record.

   2000 China got 28 gold medals in the 27th Olympics held in Sydney, Australia. This time, China was third on the gold medal list. Fu Mingxia won a gold medal in the platform diving.

   2004 China got 32 gold medals at the 28th Olympics in Athens, Greece. It held second place on the gold medal list. Liu Xiang won a gold medal in the 110m hurdle (跨欄). He is the first Asian to win this event.

1. Who is the first Chinese that won an Olympic gold medal? __________.

   A. Liu Changchun          B. Xu Haifeng    C. Liu Xiang         D. Fu Mingxia

2. When was the 28th Olympics held? __________.

   A. 1984                       B.1996             C. 2000              D. 2004

3. How many gold medals did China get in Sydney Olympics? __________.

   A. 16                         B. 27              C. 28               D. 32

4. Where did Wang Junxia break the world record in the Olympics? __________.

   A. Los Angles               B. Atlanta         C. Sydney          D. Athens

22、   Which country grows the most tea? The answer is India. It grows three times as much as China. Which country drinks the most tea? It’s neither China nor Japan. It’s Great Britain.

   In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall. But a plant grown for market is pruned (修剪). Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. This is an easy height for tea picking. Only the two top leaves of each new shoot (芽) are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge.

   In general, there are two kinds of tea, black tea and green tea. They are made in different ways. When black tea is made, it loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. But green tea retains its healthy qualities. For instance, it may prevent heart disease (病).

   How did we get tea bags? The answer: by accident. People used to send tea in tin boxes. This was expensive. Someone thought of a cheaper way. He sent tea in small silk bags. Customers would open the bag. They would put the leaves into a pot as usual. One customer put the bag into a pot. Then he just poured hot water over it. And the tea bag was born.

   Shen Nung was the first to drink tea. This was about 2737 B.C. Shen was ill, so he drank several cups of hot water daily. One day something happened. Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot. The next cup was poured. The water was now colored. Shen tasted it. He liked it. He drank it all. Shen was proud of his new drink. He served it to his guests. Word spread. People thought this way. Tea is good enough for the King. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.

1. The best title for this passage might be ___________.

   A. An Ancient Drink                           B. Green Tea

   C. A Favorite Drink for Centuries               D. Tea Plant

2. The author’s main purpose in writing this passage is to__________.

   A. persuade you                                  B. make you laugh

   C. tell you how to do something                        D. give you information

3. In this passage retains means ____________.

   A. keeps            B. makes           C. takes         D. loses

21、   3For those of us who are studying at school, the time of exams is very stressful and difficult. Some people find exam times so bad that they become ill, because they are afraid of failing; they are afraid of letting their parents and family down. If exams are really making you ill or worried, don’t hide your feelings. Talk to someone about it. Maybe you can speak to a friend, or someone in your family, or teachers at your place of study. If one person doesn’t help you, ask someone else.

   How to get through exams? Here is some advice:

   Ask a teacher or tutor about how to review your lessons, and exam skills—how to work when you are in an exam.

   Take short rests during your time of work. If your mind is tired, it will not remember well.

   Plan your work: study at times when you know you will work at your best.

   Get enough sleep, and eat healthy food.

   You need exercise to work well. Walk, run, play sport—whatever you enjoy.

   Stop thinking about the future and failing.

   If you feel ill, talk to someone about your worries. But don’t be too relaxed! 84Some stress over exams makes you work hard for them.

   If it upsets you to talk to your friends about an exam when it is finished, don’t do it! In fact, don’t even think about the exam you have finished. What is done is done. You cannot change what you have written!

   To this advice, we could add:

   If you are studying in the evening, don’t go straight to bed. Your mind will still be “going round and round”—thinking too much. Do something else, maybe walk or get exercise. Choose something that will relax you, and make you think of other things.

（一）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容簡要回答問題。

1. Why do some students hate exams?

2. What should you do if the exam upsets you when it is finished?

（二）將短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。

3. ______________________________________________________________________

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（三）請給短文擬一個適當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題。

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