71.It is said that Chinese tea was discovered by Shen Nong. People say that he lived 5,000 years ago. One summer day, while he was visiting a faraway part of his country, 72.他感到很渴。. The servants began to make water hot enough to turn into gas for him to drink. 73.Some leaves from a near plant fell into the water. Shen Nong drank some, and found it could make him feel less tried. Also 74.as a scientist, Shen Nong was interested in the new drink. And so, tea was created in 2737 BC.

75.喝茶對我們的健康有好處。 It makes people feel less tired, clears heat inside the human body and helps people lose weight.

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Tomb-Sweeping Day? It is also called Qingming. It comes on April 4th or 5th. It is a day for the living to show love and respect to dead friends and relatives. People will sweep the tombs（墳墓）, put meat, vegetables, wine in front of the tombs.

Mid-Autumn Festival? It’s on the 15th of the eighth lunar month. People enjoy the ＂Lady in the Moon＂ at night. Mooncakes are the traditional food. People eat them for family reunion（團圓） and happiness.

Lantern Festival? It comes on the 15th of the first lunar month. It marks the end of the Spring Festival. On this day, people eat yuanxiao for good luck. Special activities include the display of lanterns and riddle solving.

Dragon Boat Festival? It’s on the 5th of the fifth lunar month. It’s for the great poet Qu Yuan. People gather to watch the colorful ＂Dragon Boat Races＂. People eat zongzi on this day.

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One day, Our teacher, Mr. Sims said that we would have a school trip. We decided to go to an amusement park. My classmates were excited. To my surprise, Danny stood up and said simply, “I won’t go with you, My dad hurt his back and lost his job. I am not asking my parents for money.”

“Danny, I’m very proud of you for understanding the situation that your parents are in.” Mr. Sims replied. “But the trip is at the end of the month, we have plenty of time to raise money for it.” While walking home from school that day, I noticed three boys talking with Danny. I was a little worried that they were giving him a hard time. But as I got closer, I found they were only discussing how to raise money for the trip.

By admitting（承認）he was poor, Danny changed my life. I will remember his courage and honesty forever.

【1】Why did many girls like Danny in the class?

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【2】Where did the students decide to go for the field trip?

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【3】What was the matter with Danny’s father?

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【4】Did the three boys fight with Danny after school?

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【5】What did the writer learn from Danny?

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Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks (網(wǎng)絡) didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system (系統(tǒng)) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way computer network system would keep on working all the time.

At first the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software that made “surfing” the Internet easier.

Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mails is more and more popular among young people.

The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.

【1】How long has the Internet been used?

A. For about 20 years.??? B. For about 30 years.??? C. For about 60 years.

【2】What would happen when one computer in the network broke down before the new network system was set up?

A. The other computers wouldn’t work.

B. The other computers would still work.

C. The whole network still worked.

【3】Which of the following used the Internet first?

A. Hospitals.??? B. Universities.??? C. The government.

【4】What is TRUE about computers in the 1990s?

A. They became more expensive.

B. They became larger and larger.

C. They became cheaper and easier to use.

【5】What can we infer (推斷) from the last sentence?

A. People will die without the Internet.

B. People will more and more depend on the Internet.

C. People live easily without the Internet.

— Great! ________

A. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

B. Many hands make light work.

C. Where there is a will, there is a way.

D. One tree can’t make a forest.

???? Then it was time for her to go to college in another town. And she had to ______ with someone she didn’t __know. She had no idea whether she could make friends in that new environment.

????? But something happened during the first class. And it ______ Whitney's life. The teacher asked everyone to ______ a little about themselves. Whitney told everyone where she came from and some simple information. The last ______ for each student was - "What is your goal for this term?" ______ of the students said it was to get good grades, pass the tests or something similar. But Whitney said something______. She said that her goal was to make just one good friend.

???? When most of the students sat quietly, one student came to Whitney. She reached out her hand and introduced herself. She asked ______ she could be Whitney’s friend. Whitney was surprised and happy. She ______ and reached her hand out, too.

???? Their friendship lasted all through the college.

【1】A. careless??? B. quiet??? C. noisy??? D. weak

【2】A. marks??? B. friends??? C. tests??? D. secrets

【3】A. quarrels??? B. debate??? C. live??? D. discuss

【4】A. changed??? B. controlled??? C. destroyed??? D. blocked

【5】A. remember??? B. share??? C. recite??? D. write

【6】A. require??? B. decision??? C. competition??? D. question

【7】A. Most??? B. Few??? C. All??? D. None

【8】A. interesting??? B. different??? C. similar??? D. strange

【9】A. how??? B. why??? C. whether??? D. where

【10】A. smiled??? B. watched??? C. rushed??? D. turned

【1】I ____(遺憾地告訴)you that you haven’t passed the English test.

【2】He ____(頂嘴)loudly yesterday.

【3】Please ____yourselves ____(遠離)the Internet bar.

【4】I think we should ________(我們自己做決定)to finish the work.

【5】They can ____a lot ____(從……學到)working.

What factors (因素) are needed for their success?

Well, good timing for a start. You can have a great idea which the public simply doesn’t want ... yet. The Italian Giovanni Caselli invented the first fax(傳真)machine in the 1860s. Although the machine was excellent, his invention quickly died a commercial(商業(yè)的) death. It was not until the 1980s that the fax became very common in every office... too late for Giovanni Caselli.

Money also helps. The Frenchman Denis Papin (1647-1712) had the idea for a steam engine (蒸汽機)almost a hundred years before the better-remembered Scotsman James Watt was even born... but he never had enough money to build one.

You also need to be patient (it took scientists nearly eighty years to develop a light bulb which actually worked)... but not too patient. In the 1870s, Elisha Gray, a professional inventor from Chicago, developed plans for a telephone. Gray saw it as no more than “a beautiful toy”. However, when he finally sent details of his invention to the Patent Office(專利局) in February， 1876, it was too late. Almost the same invention had arrived two hours earlier... and the young man who sent it, Alexander Graham Bell, will always be remembered as the inventor of the telephone.

Of course what you really need is a great idea—but if you haven’t got one, a walk in the country and careful look at nature can help. The Swiss scientist, George de Mestral, had the idea for Velcro（魔術貼）when he found his clothes covered in sticky seed pods after a walk in the country. During a similar walk in the French countryside some 250 years earlier, Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur had the idea that paper could be made from wood when he found an abandoned wasps’ nest（蜂巢）.

You also need good commercial sense. Willy Higinbotham was a scientist doing nuclear（核能的） research in the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, USA. In 1958, the public were invited to an exhibition in the Laboratory to see their work, but both parents and children were more interested in a tennis video game on the screen. Soon hundreds of people were ignoring the other exhibits to play the first ever computer game—made from a simple laboratory instrument called an “oscilloscope”. Higinbotham, however, never made money from his invention: he thought people were only interested in the game because the other exhibits were so boring!

【1】How many factors do inventors need according to the passage?

A. 3.??? B. 4.??? C. 5.??? D. 6.

【2】The word “ignoring” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.

A. having no idea of??? B. doing no good to

C. getting no chance of??? D. paying no attention to

【3】What can you learn from the passage?

A. Giovanni Caselli invented the first fax machine in the 1980s.

B. Denis Papin afforded to build a steam engine a hundred years ago.

C. Elisha Gray missed the chance to be the inventor of the telephone.

D. George de Mestral got an idea from a walk in a French countryside.

【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. How to be a successful inventor

B. How to get a great idea from nature

C. How to have a good commercial sense

D. How to make money from inventions

Over the coming weeks, I tried to get my friend to reconsider, but failed. Our trip to Australia was off. And none of my friends wanted to replace him. If I wanted to travel, it would have to be on my own.

It’s taught me that if I wait for others, I’ll never go anywhere. But there are places I want to visit, people to see, experiences to have, and food to try—and only so much time to achieve it all. So I refuse to wait. I won’t let others keep me from realizing my dreams. It can be scary travelling alone, especially then you’ve never done it before. But, to me, growing old without experiencing everything you want from life is more frightening.

If you’re been putting off a trip because you’re waiting for someone to go with—stop. Just go. Don’t let others hold you back from your dreams. Trust me, along the way you’ll make plenty of friends. More than that, travelling alone gives you real freedom. You wake up and it’s just you—what you want, where you want, when you want. In that freedom and great space of possibility, you meet yourself.

It’s sink or swim and you have to learn how to survive—who to trust, how to make friends, how to find your way around alone. That’s the greatest reward（獎賞） of travelling alone. Each time you go away, you learn to become a little more independent and confident.

Travelling alone is not for everyone. Some people return home soon after starting off, some cry for weeks before accepting it, and others just accept it right away. But you’ll never learn that if you don’t travel once by yourself. Whether a weekend away, a two-week vacation, or a trip around the world, try it at least once.

【1】What does the writer think is more frightening?

A. Travelling alone for the first time.

B. Changing your mind all the time.

C. Waiting for others during a long trip.

D. Failing to experience life in your growth.

【2】The underlined words “hold you back from your dreams” in Paragraph 4 probably mean“______”.

A. get you out of trouble??? B. stop you from travelling

C. keep you waiting for them??? D. wake you up from your dream

【3】According to the writer, the best reward of travelling alone is _____.

A. the experience of travelling

B. the freedom to go anywhere

C. the chance to taste delicious food

D. the possibility of meeting new people

【4】The passage is mainly about__________.

A. where to travel??? B. when to travel

C. how to travel safely??? D. why to travel alone

Clerk:66.【1】 .

Jane: Good afternoon. Could you tell me if there is a good museum in Changsha?

Clerk:Well, we have several museums. 67.【2】 ?

Jane:I like history museums. They’re fascinating.

Clerk:History? I’m sorry. The history museum is closed today. Do you like science museums?

Jane:68.【3】 . I think they’re boring.

Clerk:Why not go to the computer museum ? You can learn all about the history of computers.

Jane:Good idea. I like computer museums very much. 69.【4】 ?

Clerk:Go along the street, and turn left at the first crossing. You can see the computer museum on your right.

Jane:Thank you.

Clerk:70.【5】 .