A. "I was happy and excited during the exam, because I felt my teachers now trusted me," said Lang Yudan, a
    13-year-old girl in Class 11.
B. Before the exam, students had to promise (承諾) they would not cheat (作弊).
C. The school says no cheating happened in the test. Next year, it wants 80percent of its exams to be without
    teachers.
D. Have you ever wanted to stop teachers watching you in exams? Well, that has come true for students at the
    Affiliated Middle School to Northeast Normal University (東北師大附中) in Changchun, Jilin.
E. Last week, 169Junior 1 students there took their first no-teacher exam. After the teacher handed out the
   exam papers, he left the room and never came back. A student collected the papers when the exam ended.
1.                 2.                 3.                  4.                  5.              

    To start as a volunteer (志愿者), you could look for an organization (機構(gòu)) or activity in your area. Some
volunteers sign up for the Peace Corps (和平部隊) or other organizations and travel to faraway parts of the
world. But you already have things to do at home. So maybe you should start with a small project.
    Meng Chen is a student in Beijing. He goes to the Forbidden City almost every day. The 20-year-old
volunteers there. He tells visitors about the clocks in the clock gallery (鐘表館).
    Meng is one of around 300 volunteer tour guides in the Forbidden City. One-third of them are university
students. They hang around the palace like other visitors, but with red "volunteer" cards on their clothes.
    Meng said he loves spending time in the buildings where 25 emperors (皇帝) spent their whole lives.
"Every brick has a story to tell," he said.
    But volunteer work is more than fun. Meng has to study for the job. It took him about three months to
remember every detail (細節(jié)) of the 176 clocks in the clock gallery.
    And it can be frustrating. (讓人泄氣的) Often, tourists turn down volunteering guides. "Too many people are
in a rush to finish sightseeing. They don't have time to listen to us," said Shi Hui. He is a university student who
volunteers there.On his first day, Shi walked around for three hours until he found a man in his 50s who was
happy to listen to him.
    "It's always fun to have listeners who are interested in your talk," Shi said.

1. How often does Meng Chen volunteer in the Forbidden City?

A. Once a month.
B. Almost every day.
C. Twice a week.
D. Almost every weekend.

2. What does Meng Chen do at the clock gallery?

A. He watches the clocks.
B. He repairs broken clocks.
C. He works at a tour guide.
D. He collects visitors' tickets.

3. We can tell from the story that Meng Chen ______.

A. enjoys being a volunteer
B. is tired of volunteering
C. is shy and seriou
D. will become a tour guide after graduation

4. Volunteers working in the Forbidden City can be frustrated when _____.

A. they are not paid enough money
B. people refuse to listen to them
C. they have too much work to do
D. they have to travel far to the Forbidden City

5. The passage is mainly about _____.

A. where to find volunteer work
B. how to become a volunteer
C. things to pay attention to as a volunteer
D. experiences of some volunteer

     Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American families have one
or two parents and one or two children each.
     Children in the US will leave their parents' home when they grow up. They usually live far from their
parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they
often go to visit their parents on holiday.
     Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to
decide on their lives by themselves.
     Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing
some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.

1. The size of most American families is ______ that of other countries.

A.larger than
B.smaller than
C.as big as
D.as small as

2. When children grow up,they leave their parents' home to ______.

A.get married
B.be free
C.find good jobs
D.go to university

3. They visit their parents ______.

A.on weekdays
B.on weekends
C.on holiday
D.very often

4. In America, children are allowed to ______.

A.choose their own jobs
B.get pay for doing house work
C.1ive with their parents when they grow up
D.Both A and B

5. Which of the following statements is WRONG?

A.Children have the freedom to choose their own job.
B.Parents don't ask their children to do the housework.
C.Parents think it important for children to make their own decision.
D.Children in America have chances to learn to make money at home.

     All big cities are quite similar (相似的). Living in a modern Asian city is not very different from living in
an American city.But it is different from living on farms, however.
     In many parts of the world, farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States,
however, each family lives on its own fields, and often can't see any neighbor. Instead of traveling from a
village to the fields every morning. American farmers stay on their land all the week. They travel to the nearest
town on Saturdays for shopping or on Sundays for church. The children ride on horses to large schools which
serve all of the farm families living in the area. In some areas, there are some small schools serving a few
families, and the children walk to school. 
     Of course, life keeps changing for everyone, including farmers. Today, there are cars, good roads, radios
and television sets. And of course there are modern machines for faming. All of this have changed farm life. 
     For many years, however, farming in America was often a lonely way of living.Farmers had to deal with
their own problems,instead of getting help from others. They learned to try new ways and to believe their
ideas instead of following old ways.

1.Living in the big cities ______ living on the farm.

A. the same as
B. different from
C. similar
D. just like

2. American farmers have their own ______.

A. villages
B. towns
C. fields
D. church

3. Farmers stay on their farm ______ in America instead of traveling from a village to the fields every
    morning.

A. all the week
B. every day
C. from Monday to Friday
D. on Saturday and Sunday

4.The life on the farm changes ______ now.

A. good
B. better
C. bad
D. worse

5. Why does the writer say "farming in America was often a lonely way of living"?

A. Because they learned to try new ways.
B. Because they had to deal with their own problems.
C. Because farm life changed a lot.
D. Because the children had to ride on horses to large schools.

     China is the country with the largest population in the world. Too many people cause many problems such
as food problem. And today, China's population is still growing very fast. So in order to control the population,
China has formulated the policy of family planning, that is,late marriage, late childbirth and fewer but healthier
children. Men of 22 years old and women of 20 years old can get married (結(jié)婚). If a man of 25 or over 25
gets married with a woman of 23 or over 23, their marriage is a late marriage. Children by a woman at the age
of 23 or late is a late childbirth. The country encourages people to have only one child. Family planning is a
useful policy to control China's population. And it is still needed in China in following years.

1. What is the passage about?

A. China's population problem
B. China's family planning
C. China's late marriage
D. China's childbirth

2. China has formulated the policy of family planning because ______.

A. population problem can cause many other probolems
B. China has too many people
C. China wants to control its population
D. A, B and C

3. Which of the following is a late marriage?

A. A man of 26 with a woman of 23.
B. A man of 25 with a woman of 22.
C. A man of 23 with a woman of 23.
D. A man of 23 with a woman of 20.

4. The word "encourage" in the article means ______.

A. 贊助
B. 提醒
C. 鼓勵
D. 逼迫

5. Family planning is ______ in today's China.

A. not needed
B. still needed
C. not good
D. useless

    There are many kinds of cars in this world. My grandfather thinks this is because cars are like their drivers.
He says, "Rich people have expensive cars, big people have large cars, and old people drive old cars." But I don't
agree with him.
    My neighbor, Mrs. Hill, is 82 years old. She drives only on Tuesday, and then she drives only to the bank. She
never drives more than 30 kilometers an hour. Do you think Mrs. Hill has a very old and small car? No! Her car
is new. It's very large, and it can go 200 kilometers an hour!
    My friend Mike is an artist. He paints beautiful pictures with lots of colors. But his car is black. Mrs. Bates
has a very, very old car. It often has some trouble. Does she drive that kind of car because she is poor? No, she
has four restaurants and two million dollars in the bank. My uncle Joe has a very small car. Every Sunday, he
drives to the country with his wife, his three children, his mother and his dog.
    Now, you have read about my friends and their cars. Do you agree with my grandfather? Maybe you have a
car. Does it say something about you?

1. The writer's grandfather thinks             .

A. a person has the same kind of car as himself（herself）
B. different people have cars of the same kind
C. poor people have large cars
D. artists have black cars

2. ______ has a very very old car.

A. Mrs. Hill
B. Mrs. Bates
C. Mike
D. Joe

3. Though Uncle Joe has a very small car,             .

A. he has a dog
B. he has a large family
C. he has no children
D. he has few members in his family

4. The writer's friend Mike paints             .

A. pictures in black
B. colorless pictures
C. colorful pictures
D. pictures with only a few colors

5. The writer thinks             .

A. his grandfather's idea is right
B. cars are often the same as their drivers in many ways
C. artists shouldn't drive black cars
D. a car doesn't say anything about its owner

    Cars are important in the United States. Most people feel that they are poor without cars. Though he is poor,
he doesn't feel really poor when he has a car.
    Henry Ford was the man who first started making cars. Maybe he didn't know how much the car was going
to affect the United States. The cars make the United States a country on wheels (輪子). And they have helped
to make the United States a rich and modern country.
    The car has become popular in the United States today. The country is a very large one. The Americans like
to move around in it. It is the easiest and cheapest way to travel in car. With a car people can go to any place
without spending a lot of money.

1. In the United States, _______.

A. most people are too poor to buy cars
B. poor people wouldn't like to buy cars
C. all the poor people have cars
D. people think they are not rich if they don't have cars

2. What was Henry Ford?

A. He was a car maker.
B. He was a car driver.
C. He was a car seller.
D. He was a traveler in a car.

3. According to the writer, cars in the United States _______.

A. are the nicest
B. run fastest
C. make the country richer
D. make the country beautiful

4. The Americans like to move in cars because _______.

A. there are no trains in the United States
B. cars can take them to any place they want to go
C. it doesn't take them much money to travel in cars
D. both B and C

5. Which is the best title?

A. A Country on Wheels
B. A Rich and Modern Country
C. Making Cars
D. Traveling in Cars

    These days most people in Britain and the U. S. A. do not wear very formal clothes. But sometimes it is
important to wear the right clothes.
     Many British people don't think about clothes very much. They just like to be comfortable. When they
want to enjoy themselves, they can wear almost anything. At theaters, cinemas and concerts you can wear
whatever you like. From beautiful suits and dresses to jeans and sweaters. Anything goes as long as (只要)
you look clean and tidy.
     But in Britain and the U. S. A., men in offices usually wear suits and ties, and women wear dresses or
skirts(not trousers). Doctors and business people always wear quite formal clothes. And in some hotels and
restaurants men have to wear ties and women have to wear tidy dresses.
     In many ways, Americans are less formal than British people, but they are more careful with their clothes.
At home or on holidays, most Americans wear uniforms or sports clothes. But when they go out in the
evening, they like to look nice. But in good hotels and restaurants, men have to wear jackets and ties, and
women wear pretty clothes. 
     It's hard to say exactly what people wear in Britain and the U. S. A., because everyone is different. If you
are not sure what to wear, watch first and then do the same. You'll feel more comfortable if you don't look
too different from everyone else.

1. People in Britain and the U. S. A. wear informal clothes when they ____.

A. go out to enjoy themselves
B. are in offices
C. are in big restaurants
D. go out to work

2. At concerts, doctors wear ____.

A. sweaters
B. whatever they like
C. what others wear
D. like players

3. Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A. Women are usually not allowed to wear trousers in offices.
B. Officers always wear formal clothes even though they are at home.
C. Americans are more relaxed in their clothes than British people.
D. Though everyone is different, they wear the same clothes in offices.

4. "Anything goes" in the second paragraph means "____".

A. Any clothes are all right
B. Anything wears
C. All the things around are all right
D. Not any clothes are all right

5. Men wear ties when they ____ in the U. S. A.

A. meet their families
B. meet their close friends
C. eat something delicious
D. have dinner in good restaurants