Matt grow the best vegetables in the village . He grows fruit too--big , sweet apples and oranges . And what else ? Well , the biggest and the prettiest flowers . Things grow in Matt' s garden all through the year . He cuts some flowers for his sitting room table ; and of course , he eats some fruit and vegetables . But he sells everything else in the market . Matt is not a poor man .

   He knows a few other gardens ; but he does not have any friends . You might ask , " What is that ? Why doesn ' t he have friends ? "

   I will tell you . People do not understand him . And they do not understand his garden , " Why not ? " you will ask . " It' s a very good garden , isn' t  it ? "

   It is a wonderful garden . Matt plants things in spring , summer and autumn and winter . After that he does very little work . He sits in the garden with his small radio . And everything grows .

   People ask , " How does Matt grow these wonderful things ? He waters the plants sometimes , but he doesn' t do anything else . He just sits under an orange tree  with his radio . He listens to music nearly all day ! " And that is all quite true , people cannot understand it , and so they don' t like it very much .

    Matt likes music . But what about the garden ? Who does the work ? I will tell you another true thing : the music does the work . All plants love music ; and Matt knows that .

   Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers ? Well , just give your plants a  lot of  music ,

66.There are not only vegetables and flowers , but also ______ in Matt' s garden .

A. plants   B. fruit trees     C. ants       D. crops

67.Matt makes a living by _______.

A. selling his vegetables , fruit and flowers

B. growing trees in his garden

C. working in the market

D. helping other people growing plants

68.. Everything in Matt' s garden grows well because _____

A. he has a good garden

B. he is good at growing things and likes listening to the radio

C. music helps his plants a lot

D. he is very hardworking

69. People think that ______ .

A. Matt' s garden is better than theirs

B. Matt works harder than they

C. Matt knows how to grow vegetables well

D. the radio helps Matt to grow veveything well in his garden

70. People don' t like Matt because ____.

A. he doesn' t give thim any vegetables or fruit

B. he listens to the radio too much

C. they are jealous（嫉妒的） of him

D. Matt doesn' t let them listen to his radio

C

Flags have existed for over 3000 years.The earliest flags were wooden or metal poles topped with a carving.About 2000 years ago pies of fabric were added to some poles for decoration.Over the next 500 years the free-flying part of the flag became more important.

Every country today has its own flag.Many groups and organizations also have a flag which stands for,or symbolizes,the aims of the group.

The flag depicts (描繪)a world map,centered on the north pole.The map is surrounded by an olive(橄欖)wreath(花環(huán))symbolizing peace and co-operation.The flag is blue and white.

8.Flags have been in existence for _________.

A.500 years                     B.over 3000 years

C.about 2000 years              D.between 500 and 2000 years

9.A very old flag is likely to _________.

A.be made of fabric             B.have a map on it

C.have white shapes on it       D.be made of carved wood

10.An olive wreath is used to represent _________.

A.peace         B.purity        C.justice       D.equality

二、Word spelling(單詞拼寫)10分

1.It's _________(不必要)to spend so much money on clothes.

2.Everything has its own advantages and d_________.

3.Setting up a car factory here can help develop the e_________in this area.

4.In the 18th and 19th centuries scientists made many important _________(發(fā)現(xiàn)).

5.A condenser is used to collect and store e_________.

6.It usually takes four hours to get my cell phone fully c_________.

7.Do you know what material _________(傳導(dǎo))electricity and heat best?

8.Don't pull the cloth so hard.It _________(撕)easily.

9.How do you feel animal experiments? Do you think it c_________.

10.There is no d_________ about his honesty.

Farmers have turned to _________ deer because it can make a lot of money.

A.keep                                              B.keeping

C.make                                             D.making

．I just wonder           that you don’t want to cooperate with me.

A．why it does                                     B．what it does

C．how it is                                 D．why it is

         British newspapers are among the oldest and most famous in the world. But recently big changes have seen these traditional publications try to fit the modern world. After 221 years, The Times (《泰晤士報(bào)》) has changed its size to become much smaller. In fact, the paper has cut its size in half from a broadsheet to tabloid.

         In Britain the newspaper market is divided between the larger broadsheets and the smaller tabloids. These terms refer to the size of the papers’ pages, but there is also a clear difference in content. Broadsheets such as the Times, the Guardian (《衛(wèi)報(bào)》) and Daily Telegraph (《每日電訊報(bào)》) are serious papers. They cover a broad range of political, economic and international issues. Their stories are also reasonably long and use quite formal language.

         Tabloids have far more stories about less serious issues such as celebrities’（名人） love lives. Their stories are shorter and use more simple language. Tabloids often have bigger pictures. Britain’s best-selling newspaper, the Sun, is a tabloid and has a naked (裸體的) girl on page three every day.

         By changing to the size of a tabloid, the Times is following in the footsteps of a less famous broadsheet paper the Independent (《獨(dú)立報(bào)》). It changed to tabloid last year and saw its sales increase greatly. Although both papers have switched to the smaller size, the content of the papers has remained the same. They are both still serious papers.

         The two papers claim that people find the smaller size easier to handle when they travel to work on the bus or the train in the morning. Instead of calling the new style of their paper tabloid, the paper says its new size is “compact” (緊湊型).

41. In which year was The Times born?

A. 1782                B. 1785                C. 1788                          D. 1786

42. Which is the most correct statement?

A. Broadsheets are larger in size while tabloids are smaller.

B. Tabloids are less serious than broadsheets.

C. Broadsheets contain more news than tabloids.

D. They are different in size, content and the style of language.

43. In which of the following newspapers would you find more news about the personal life of the famous soccer star Beckham?

A. The Sun      B. The Times          C. The Independent        D. The Guardian

44. According to the passage, we can infer the main reason for The Times' changing into the tabloid is that_____.

A. it wants to become convenient for people to carry.

B. it wants to increase its circulation (發(fā)行量).

C. it intends to copy what The Independent has done.

D. it is unlikely to stay in business if it does not change.

45. Which of the following statements is true according to the given information?

A. There are more tabloids than broadsheets in Britain at present.

B. After the change, there will be no differences between The Sun and The Times.

C. Although The Times has cut its size, it remains a serious paper.

D. All the papers will tend to have the same style in the future.

About 698,000 laptops were sold in China in          second quarter,        12.1% in crease from a year ago.

         A．a(chǎn); a    B．the; a        C．the; the      D．a(chǎn); the

 28．You'd better tell John tO bring the latest Readers Digest t}le next time he——．

  A．comes    B。is coming    C．will come D。is about to come

Though the man was badly hurt in the accident，he was still________ and could think clearly.

A．a(chǎn)wake 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．a(chǎn)ware

C．conscious 　　　　　　　　　　　 　D．confused

I received his mother’s telephone call at eleven．    that he was badly hurt in an accident yesterday．   

      A．Then did I know                        B．Only then I knew

      C．Only then did I know                   D．Only then knew I