Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(詳細地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.

Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man lead a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all take an interest in the world.

I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the main reason.

【1】People with little education usually ________.

A.spend a long time in schoolB.have a good chance to get a job

C.spend the best years to choose jobsD.have fewer chances to get a good job

【2】The earliest education was probably to________.

A.make a man lead a better lifeB.teach a man to write and think

C.make people get a way of livingD.teach people to read good books

【3】The underlined word “well-rounded” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A.圓滿的B.嶄新的C.公平的D.全面的

【4】It is expected that educated people will be able to ________.

A.accept education as a way of livingB.take an interest in the whole world

C.develop their abilities to make playsD.learn subjects like language and math

【5】The passage mainly tells us that ________.

A.education should make a man improveB.people can get education in a short time

C.people should be able to get better paying jobsD.all subjects are so important for a way of living

Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.

Mary Bluett, an official said mobile phone’s use is a distraction (分心的事) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams. She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.

Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.

Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

【1】Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones ________.

A.because they are studentsB.when they are free

C.when they are at schoolD.because they are children

【2】We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from ________.

A.the makers and sellersB.the passer-by and strangers

C.their parents and friendsD.some mobile phone users

【3】What does the underlined word “cheat” mean in the passage?

A.聊天B.作弊C.查詢D.核對

【4】Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t ________ during school hours.

A.use their mobile phonesB.leave their mobile phones at school office

C.help the teachers with their workD.get in touch with their children

【5】The passage tells us that________.

A.students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons

B.it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phone at school

C.some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school

D.parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours

Robots also help disabled people and people who cannot look after __________. For example, scientists are making a robot to help__________ people. Now many of them have a dog to help them. The dog is called a guide dog. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.

One robot dog is called Meldog. It has wheels. It usually “walks”__________ its owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner's walk. Meldog talks to its owner by _________. The owner wears a special belt. This belt __________ instructions to the owner from Meldog such as “Stop here”, “Turn left” and “Turn right”.

In the United States, another _________ of robot helps disabled workers. This robot, called Kilroy, helps disabled computer operators. The robot _________ the sound of its owner's voice. It follows instructions such as “Turn the page” and “Make a cup of coffee”.

Robots are also used in American __________. They can do simple jobs. For example, they shave (刮臉) patients and brush their teeth and take meals from the kitchen to patients' rooms. It never gets lost__________ this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.

【1】A.interestingB.strangeC.dangerous

【2】A.othersB.themC.themselves

【3】A.deafB.blindC.old

【4】A.in front ofB.behindC.under

【5】A.televisionB.radioC.loudspeaker

【6】A.writesB.readsC.sends

【7】A.typeB.sizeC.set

【8】A.guessesB.thinksC.hears

【9】A.cinemaB.hospitalC.museum

【10】A.untilB.becauseC.whether

Paper cutting can be seen in many parts of China during the Spring Festival. People stick pattern (圖案) on the windows, doors or desks for the festival. It is a kind of 【1】 [trdnl] culture.

Paper cutting is all 【2】 by hand. It is easy to learn. You need only a knife and paper. It can be one piece of paper or many pieces【3】[smpl] patterns can be cut with a knife. For some difficult patterns, people first stick the pattern on the paper and 【4】 use various kinds of knives to make it. No mistakes can be made during the process 【5】 the work would fail. Paper cutting covers nearly all topics, from flowers, birds, animals to people in 【6】 [hstri] and characters in classic novels.

In the past, women living in the countryside had a get-together in 【7】(they) free time to make paper cutting. Nowadays, fewer and fewer people learn this skill. At present, there are factories 【8】(make) paper cutting in China. Exhibitions are held regularly and books of this kind are published Paper cutting has 【9】(change) from decoration to a kind of art. More and more【10】(foreign) come to China to learn it. At the same time, paper cutting also appears in cartoons, on stages, in magazines or in TV series.

It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future.【1】 I have to say that future is now. That is to say we must treasure every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.

There is an old English saying: “Gain time, gain life”【2】 Time is something that we can’t see or touch, but we can feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeably. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even more precious(珍貴的) than money, because when money is spent, we can earn it back. 【3】So, some of us even say time is priceless(無價的).

We should always remember: future is now. For us students, we should try our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own.【4】 We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never put off what can be done today till tomorrow.

As we all know, “Time and tide wait for no man.”【5】 So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter. Remember: “No pains, no gains.” Today’s hard work is the cause of tomorrow’s harvest.

A.But if time is gone away, it will never return.

B.If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow.

C.But do you know what future really is?

D.We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today.

E.Then what’s time?

—You mean you'll go if Amy goes?

A.invitesB.is invitedC.will be invited

【1】你想告誡你的同學不要獨自在河中游泳，你可以這樣說：

Don’t___________________________________________________!

【2】你想知道那個穿紅衣服的女孩是誰，可以這樣問：

________________________________________________________ ?

【3】Jim 要去旅游，你想祝他旅途愉快，可以說：

________________________________________________________, Jim!

【4】當朋友抱歉地表示無法幫助你時，你可以這樣回答：

________________________________________________________.

【5】你想請老師給你一些如何學好英語的建議，可以怎么說：

Could____________________________________________________?

Time capsules are small collections of goods or information that are stored somewhere safe. They can be opened by people many years later, giving future people a view of life in the past.

They may contain (包含) newspaper articles, popular music recordings, and photos. Historians can use time capsules to learn more about societies that lived in the past.

One of the earliest time capsules was the Detroit Century Box. On Dec 31st, 1900, the city picked several photos and letters to be placed in a box. The box was then locked until Dec 31st, 2000. The things inside the capsule give us a look at Detroit in the past. There were photos of people and places, as well as letters written by local people. Some of them even gave predictions for the future. One person predicted that Detroit would have a population of 4 million by 2000. But in fact, the city’s population was about 951,000 that year.

Humans have even sent time capsules into space! The US sent two capsules into space on the Voyager spacecraft (旅行者號航天器) in 1977. They are called the Voyager Golden Records. They contain sounds and pictures that show the diversity of human life and culture. For example, they have music by German composer (作曲家) Beethoven and pictures of plants, insects and landscapes (山水風景畫). The Voyager spacecraft has traveled far away from our solar system(太陽系). It is hoped that aliens might find the time capsules someday and learn about us.

【1】A time capsule________.

A.is a subject about societies that lived in the past

B.is a small collection of things stored in a safe place

C.collects medicines and buries them deep underground

D.collects music recordings which will be popular in the future

【2】The earliest time capsule was locked for________ .

A.23 yearsB.77 yearsC.100 yearsD.218 years

【3】From the collections in the Detroit Century Box, we may learn________.

A.what people wore in the pastB.what Detroit was like in 1977

C.what would happen to Detroit in the futureD.what the population of Detroit is in 2000

【4】What does underline word “diversity” in paragraph 5 probably mean in Chinese?

A.思想性B.普遍性C.預見性D.多樣性

【5】The Voyager Golden Records________.

A.contain pictures and plantsB.were sent into space by Germany

C.have traveled far from the solar systemD.have been found by the aliens

The different chair was made in a company in Switzerland. The company's boss Keith Gunura said the idea came from his work experience when he was young.【2】The place was not big enough for all the workers to sit on chairs, and it was tiring for him to stand for several hours at a time.【3】Then the Chairless Chair came out. As its name implied, it doesn't look like a chair at all. 【4】When you want to sit down, just push a button, and it will move and work like a chair. The Chairless Chair is only two kilograms, so it doesn't make you feel anything different.

The Chairless Chair definitely moves more easily than a traditional folding chair. 【5】Most of them are the people who need to stand at work for a long time.

A.With a belt, it can be tied along your body.

B.Well, a special chair has come to the world.

C.At that time, Keith worked in a packing factory.

D.Now many people are waiting in line to have one.

E.He decided to make a chair that can move around with him.

A.beganB.has begunC.has been on