31、The Guinness（吉尼斯）World Records Museum

Address：329 Alamo Plaza，San Antonio, TX 78205

Open Hours：From September to May 10 am to 7 pm Sunday through Thursday

10 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday

From June to August   10 am to 10 pm Sunday through Thursday

10 am to Midnight Friday and Saturday

Adult Single（成人單票）：$14.95 for 2 attractions（吸引人的展覽），$18.95 for any 4 attractions，$22.95 for all attractions

Child（4-12）Single：$8.95 for 2 attractions，$11.95 for any 4 attractions，$14.95 for all attractions

In the museum you can enter the different exhibition halls you see below．In each of these hails you can see the world records of different kinds．Sometimes you may get a chance to do something so that you can know better how a record was set（創(chuàng)造）．

1．On a Sunday in October，you may stay in the museum until              ．

A．7．00 pm            B．8．00 pm            C．9．00 pm              D．10．00 pm

2．From the advertisement we can learn that there are              visitors to the museum on Fridays and Saturdays in summer．

A．no                       B．some                   C．fewer                    D．more

3．A 10-year-old girl and her mother will visit two attractions．How much will they pay?

A．$14.95．             B．$17.90．             C．$23.90．                D．$29.90．

4．If you want to see the smallest picture in the world，which exhibition hall will you visit?

A．Society & Money．                                 B．Arts ＆ Entertainment．

C．World Matters．                                        D．Material World．

5．According to（根據(jù)）the advertisement，sometimes visitors to the museum                  ．

A．will surely meet one who set a record        B．may set a world record of their own

C．can experience how a record was set           D．may see someone setting a record

30、

BEIJING--Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has visited the “l(fā)eft-behind”（留守）children whose parents are working in cities before Children's Day．

During a visit to northwest China's Shaanxi Province，Wen visited the home of Yang Saike，a primary school boy in a village of Xingping City．

Yang，whose parents were working in Fujian，thousands of kilometers away，was cared for by his grandparents．His parents fail to go home even once a year．

The premier held Yang in his antis and looked through his exercise book and praised him for his hard work．

Wen talked with many children and asked them many questions about their schooling and life．

“You are so pretty，” Wen said to Liu Mengqi，a seven-year-old girl living with her grandmother．Liu's parents were also working in the city．

“Have you been to school yet?” Wen asked two other girls．

“We are going to the pre-school class，”said one．

“Mom and dad at home?” Wen asked．The children shook their heads．

“Children cannot see their parents very often，which is a new problem in the countryside．We should give them more care and love，”said the premier．

With fast economic（經(jīng)濟(jì)的）development，more people in the country chose to work in cities and left their children with grandparents or relatives back home，said Wen．

The premier asked local governments to do something to protect and care for such children at home and freeing their parents in cities from worries about their children．

1．Wen says a new problem in the country is that “l(fā)eft-behind” children           ．

A．seldom get care from the government

B．seldom get together with their parents

C．cannot do well in school like others

D．cannot get any love from their parents

2．Children whose parents have moved to work in cities are probably looked after by             ．

A．their teachers       B．their neighbours       C．their grandparents   D．their friends

3．According to（根據(jù)）Wen，more country people go to work in cities because of             ．

A．great losses of farmland                           B．their hope for city life

C．economic development                               D．their poor country life

4．Wen Jiabao requires local governments           ．

A．to do more for “l(fā)eft-behind” children and their parents

B．to let the parents see their children only once a year

C．to stop the local people from going to work in cities

D．to build more schools for the “l(fā)eft-behind” children

5．The proper title（標(biāo)題）for this passage is “Wen：Give               more love”．

A．poor children                                           B．disabled children

C．country children                                        D．‘left-behind’ children

29、Your junior high school years are coming to an end．After the big exam，most of you will go on to study in a senior（高級）high school．What are you expecting from senior high? Let's hear some Teens readers talk about it．

Zhou Zhijie，15，from Shanghai：

I have heard that although Senior 3 is a hard year，Senior I and Senior 2 are less stressful．I hope there'll be time then to enjoy sports．There will be plenty to see：the Tennis Masters Cup will be held in Shanghai，and of course there is the 2008 Beijing Olympics．I am going to do something for it and I'm sure Hl really enjoy it．

Jin Xin，16，from Harbin，Heilongjiang：

I really enjoy science．I visit many science exhibitions．I am interested in UFOs too．I'm crazy about making model planes，although I'm not very good at it because I don’t really have enough scientific knowledge．I'll be learning more science in senior high．In a word，sometime in the future I'm going to build an excellent model plane!

Wang Yaling，15，from Xiamen，F(xiàn)ujian：

I hope I can be taller in senior high schoo1．I am only 155 cm．Many people grow faster in senior high and I hope I will too．I want to be 162 cm．But I'm not so sure about that，since most girls in my family don't grow any taller than 160cm．I hope I'm different．

Zhang Fang，15，from Puyang，Henan：

I expect that I'll make more friends in senior high．I study in a middle school in the country．Most of my classmates live nearby．In senior high，Hl meet different people from different areas．I hope I can learn new things from them．

1．It seems that              has a special interest in sports．

A．Zhou Zhijie           B．Jin Xin                    C．Wang Yaling           D．Zhang Fang

2．Jin Xin believes that it needs             to make an excellent model plane．

A．a(chǎn) quite long time                                      B．a(chǎn) lot of scientific knowledge

C．knowledge of UFOs                                   D．help from senior high teachers

3．Wang Yaling and Zhang Fang                 ．

A．a(chǎn)re from one city                                     B．have a similar dream

C．a(chǎn)re the same age                                        D．have a similar problem

4．The underlined word “stressful” in the first talk probably means “making one feel          ”．

A．busy and nervous                                    B．free and easy

C．unsuccessful and sad                                 D．safe and happy

5．Tile students in the passage are talking about                 ．

A．their hobbies        B．their experiences      C．their schools           D．their wishes

28、April 22 is Earth Day．Everyone on earth should care about and protect the earth!

The earth has warmed by about l°F（華氏度）over the past 100 years，but why and how? Well，scientists are not quite sure．Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own．But many scientists say that people are doing many things which makes the earth warmer．

First, greenhouse effect（溫室效應(yīng)）is a very important reason for the change of the earth．People give out too much energy into the air every year．It makes the earth warmer．Climate（氣候）change is another important reason．Sometimes it becomes too hot and sometimes too cold．Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little．The change of the climate makes the earth warmer．In turn，the warmth of the earth changes the climate，too．

When the earth becomes warmer．there may be more rain and a rise in sea level．It will affect the growth of plants，animals and people．On a Pacific island，100 people have to move to higher ground because the sea is rising．These people can no longer live on the coast．Before that，two islands without people went underwater in 1999．Scientists say that the seas can rise by nearly one metre by 2100．

People can affect the earth，s air，land and water．As for us，we can do many things to protect the earth．For example，we can use fridges less．We can tell more people about protecting the earth．

1．Earth Day is probably set for people to           ．

A．learn more about the earth                        B．make full use of the earth

C．take better care of the earth                         D．study the warmth of the earth

2．We can infer（推斷）from the passage that the reasons for the warmer earth are             now．

A．not very clear       B．completely secret     C．well known            D．not given yet

3．Greenhouse effect comes from               ．

A．sea rising                                                B．climate change

C．nature's unbalance                                      D．people's activity

4．According to the passage，               may affect each other．

A．a(chǎn)nimals and islands                                  B．climate and the warmth of the earth

C．fridges and animals                                           D．sea level and the growth of plants

5．The passage mainly tells us that              ．

A．there is more rain now                             B．we should protect the earth

C．we must stop pollution                               D．sea level is getting higher

27、Wang Fei，a Chinese student，and Mary，an American student studying Chinese in China，were in a supermarket．They saw a young man walking down the stairs．In his hurry，he missed the last two steps and fell onto the ground．He tried to stand up while people around him laughed．Luckily，he seemed to be OK．

Mary found Wang Fei smiling a little and was not happy about it．“Tell me，F(xiàn)ei，how could people laugh when someone fell like that? Why didn’t they go up and ask him if he was hurt?’’

Wang Fei said，“Because they knew he wasn’t hurt too much．”

“But I still don’t understand．A fall is a fall．In my culture．people would never laugh!”

This is an example．The Chinese and the westerner will think and act differently when seeing such a thing．Chinese people are used to laughing or smiling．Very often the person who is in embarrassing（困窘的）situation would also laugh or smile to get out of it．However，if someone gets hurt seriously，it will not be a laughing matter any more．People will help him or her instead．

But，in that case，a westerner will rush over and help the person get up．If a westerner falls，he or she，like a Chinese person，may try to make a joke if he or she is not hurt．If two close friends are walking together，and one falls but clearly isn't hurt，a common joke is to say “Have a nice trip”．

So different people have different habits and different countries have different cultures．

1．Will Wang Fei and Mary think and act in the same way if they see a young man falling down?

2．Why didn't people go up and ask the young man if he was hurt?

3．What do Chinese people often do when they find themselves in embarrassing situation?

4．What is a westerner likely to do when he or she sees someone fall down?

5．What might Mary say to Wang Fei if he fell but clearly was not hurt?

25、One day，a poor boy，who was selling newspapers from door to door in order to pay for his schoolin9，found he had only ten cents left，and he was   1  ．He decided to ask for a meal at the next house．However，he changed his mind when a young woman opened the door．

Instead of a   2   he asked for a drink of water．But as he looked so hungry，she  3  him a large glass of milk．He drank it, and then asked，“How much do I owe（欠）you?”

“My mother teaches me never to accept money for any   4  ，”she replied，“so you don’t owe me anything．”

Many years later，the   5   became seriously ill．Then she was sent to a famous   6   in London．

Dr Kelly was called in to study her illness．When he   7   the name of the town which she came   8  ，a strange light filled his eyes．

As soon as he walked into her room，he recognized（認(rèn)出）her at once．

He did his best to   9   her．Then he gave special attention to her．After some time she got   10  ．

Dr Kelly asked for her final bill   11   she left hospital．He looked at it，then  12  something on it before it was sent to her．She was   13    to open it，for she believed it would take the rest of her life to   14   for it all．But finally she opened it，and read these words on it：Paid in full with one glass of    15  ．

1．A．thirsty                   B．hungry                 C．tired                             D．excited

2．A．tomato                         B．sweet                         C．meal                      D．banana

3．A．ordered                 B．brought                C．sold                       D．found

4．A．business                B．fitness                 C．illness                    D．kindness

5．A．woman                  B．boy                     C．man                       D．mother

6．A．college                  B．hotel                    C．dentist's                 D．hospital

7．A．called                    B．a(chǎn)sked                   C．heard                     D．told

8．A．to                         B．from                    C．by                         D．through

9．A．save                      B．examine               C．feed                       D．protect

10．A．back                    B．a(chǎn)way                   C．well                       D．worse

11．A．before                 B．a(chǎn)fter                    C．when                     D．because

12．A．remembered         B．said                     C．noticed                  D．wrote

13．A．excited                B．surprised              C．a(chǎn)fraid                     D．ready

14．A．wait                    B．care                     C．search                   D．pay

15．A．water                         B．milk                     C．coffee                    D．juice

24、--I'd like some… Er，…excuse me，how is the word “j-u-i-c-e” pronounced?

--It's                ．

--Thanks．I'd like some juice，please．

23、Tom has                  honest face，and，in fact，he never tells lies or plays tricks on others．

A．a(chǎn)                         B．a(chǎn)n                       C．the                        D．不填

22、Come on，children．Help yourselves to some              if you like．

A．fish and chicken                                      B．fishes and chicken

C．fish and chickens                                       D．fishes and chickens