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1、People sent letters on horses in the old days. And now people have many ways to sendletters. E - mail is one good way.Sending an e - mail is very different from sending paper letter. An e - mail doesn*t need anypaper or envelopes( 信封) .We can write by tapping( 击打) the keyboard on the computer .Sendi
2、ngan e - mail is also very quick. It takes only a few minutes to get to any place in the world. You cansend a letter, a picture or even videos by e - mail. But you can never send a paper letter or apostcard by it.People all over the world can easily make friends with each other e - mail.( )51. How d
3、id people send letters in the old days? .A. On horses. B. By train C. By e mail( )52. Sending an e-mail doesnt need. .A. a keyboard B. a computer C. any paper or envelopes( )53. Sending an e - mail is very. .A. hard B. quick C. slow( )54. How long does it take people to send an e - mail to another p
4、lace? .A. A few minutes. B. A few hours. C. A few days.( )55. What cant you send by e- mail?A, A paper letter. B. A photo. C. A video.(B)阅读下列短文，并做短文后面的题目， 从四个选项中，选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳选项，并将代表正确选项的字母填入题前括号内。Hong Kong Harbor Cruise By NightEnjoy your wonderful dinner on the fbrry( 渡轮) and see the fantast
5、ic city lightsTIME： 7： 00 pm-10:00 pm dailyPRICE: With dinner Without dinnerAdult: HK$ 300 HKS120Child under 12: HKS 210 HK $ 84START/STOP: Kowloon Public Pier (Near Star Ferry Pier)TICKET OFFICE: Star Company (123 Canton Road)( )56. Where does the cruise start?_.A, Kowloon Public Pier. B. Near Star
6、 Company.C. On the ferry. D. At the ticket office.( )57. If Mr and Mrs Brown want to have dinner on the ferry, how much will theypay? A. HKS 300. B. HK$ 600. C. HKS420. D. HKS 520.( )58. Where can they buy the tickets? ,A. A Kowloon Public Pier. B. Near Star Ferry Pier.C. Star Company. D. On the Fer
7、ry.( )59. What can they see on the ferry? .A. A film, B. The city lights.C. Playing sports. D. Twinking stars.( )60. If you are eleven years old and you dont have dinner during the cruise, how muchwill you pay? .A. HK$ 300. B. HKS 120. C. HKS 100. D. HK$84.(C)David came from a poor family. When he f
8、inished his high school, however, he was given awonderful present. HSome of my friends got new clothes and a rich boy even got a new car, heremembered, My dad reached into his trousers pocked and took something out. 1 held out myhand, and his present dropped into it - a nicket( 五分银币) ，Dad said to me
9、, Buy a newspaper with that. Read every word of it. Then to the classifiedsection( 分类栏 li )and get yourself a job. Get into the world. Ifs all yours now. , I alwaysthought that a great joke my father had played on me until a few years later when I was in thearmy, sitting in a fdxhole( 战壤) ，and think
10、ing about my family and my life. It was then I realizedthat my friends had got only new cars, or new clothes. My father had given me the whole world.What a great present!( )61. When David left school, he received as a present.A. a new car B. new clothes C. both A and B D. hardly anything( )62. David
11、1 s father asked him toA. learn how to read a newspaper B. get a job by himselfC. play a joke D. remember the classified section( )63. The title of the passage may be ”A. How to Be a Soldier B. How to Find a JobC. A Great Joke D. A Great Present( )64, What did David think of his present from his fat
12、her at first? .A. It was a joke. B. It was a great present.C. He disliked it. D. The present was expensive.( )65. What did David become a few years later? .A. A college student. B. A rich person. C. A soldier. D. A newspaper reporter.(D)任务型阅读， 根据短文内容，完成表格中的所缺信息。 ( 66 69每空一词)Lifelong Learning( 终身学习)I
13、n the past, when students graduated from college and got jobs, only some of them went onwith the study. But today, lifelong learning is becoming more and more common.Lucy, who is forty, teaches physics at a college in Boston. nNext term, Ill teach some of myclasses by using the Internet. This is the
14、 way of teaching that Ive never used before, Msays Lucy.These days, Im taking a class to learn how to teach in this way. If not, Til lose my job. At thesame time, Lucys seventy - year old parents, who live in New York, are having an art historyclass online, We love this subject, H says her father, n
15、and we learn it to enjoy oursleves. You seewe can study with people all over the world. What fun it is to learn like this./LucyParentsAgeForty(66)_Subject(67)_Art historyPlace(68)_New YorkHow to teach or learnOnline(69)_For what they go onNot to lose her job(70)_leamiBill, Frank and Dave were three
16、brothers. Every year they sent their mother expensive gifts on her birthday. They liked to show her how rich they were.The eldest brother, Bill, had a lot of money and he wanted his mother to have the most expensive gifts, but he didnt know what to buy. So he put an ad in the newspaper. Wanted 一the
17、greatest gift for my mother. ”About a week before his mother?s birthday a man came to his office. He brought a big bird. This bird,” the man said, “ can speak ten languages and sing some pop songs. ”“ Really? I d like to listen to it. ” Bill said.The man made the bird talk in French and tell a joke
18、in Japanese. Then the bird sang a beautiful song. Bill was very happy and paid eight thousand dollars for the bird. The next day Bill sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.The day after his motherJs birthday he called his mother. Well, mother. he asked, “ What do youthink of the bird?”“ O
19、h, it s very delicious, dear. said his mother.阅读短文，选择最佳答案。51. Who is the eldest brother?A. Dave. B. Jack. C. Bill. D. Frank.52. What did Bill put in the newspaper?A. An ad. B. A show. C. A magazine. D. A report.53. How many languages could the bird speak?A. Five. B. Seven. C. Eight. D. Ten.54. How m
20、uch did Bill pay for the bird?A. Ten thousand dollars. B. Eight thousand dollars.C. Ten dollars. D. Eight dollars.55. What did Bill send to his mother for her birthday?A. A joke. B. Some money. C. Bird with a card. D. A song.BAnger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teac
21、her gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game, whena friend borrows your favorite thing and then breaks it, you may get reallyangry.Usually, your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something
22、 or hit someone, but sometimes, you hide your anger. For example, you may hide it inyour heart. The problem is that if you do this, you may get a headache or your stomach may hurt.I n fact, it s not good to hide your anger, and its normal for you to get angry sometimes. B ut anger must be let out in
23、 the right way, without hurting others or yourself.When you get angry, you can talk about it with other people. I ts helpful to talk about your anger with an adult, such as parents, a teacher,etc. When you talk about anger, those bad feelings can start to go away. Here are some other things you can
24、do when you start to feel angry: talk to agood friend; count from 1 to 1 0 0 ; give someone a hug; go for a bike ride; think about good things, etc.R emember that how you act when you are angry can make everything better or worse. D on, t let your anger control you.根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。6 1 . You may not ge
25、t angry when .A. your parents don t let you watch T V B . a friend breaks your favoritething C . your favorite basketball team wins the gameD .6 2 .6 3 .there is too much homework on weekendsshows that you re not angry.A. Wanting to protect someone B . G etting a stomachacheC . G etting a headache D
26、 . T aking a faster breathAccording to the passage, you can do everything when you get angryexcept .A. go for a bike rideB . think about good thingsC . talk to a good friendD .say bad things to the people around you6 4 .T he underlined word ucontrol ” in the last paragraph means in C hineseA .控制B.连接C.帮助D.失去6 5 .A.T his passage is mainly aboutexcitement B . anger C . happiness D . sadness
